at Livingston College In the early 1990s, in Paris, she was musical director for jazz of the Théâtre du Châtelet and the :fr:Auditorium des Halles (inviting Shirley Horn, Abbey Lincoln, John Stubblefield, Wynton Marsalis, Ahmad Jamal, Tommy Flanagan, Mulgrew Miller, Dom Salvador, James Newton, Angélique Kidjo, etc.). She was also in charge of the jazz festival of Le Marin (Martinique). She taught in the Jazz Department of the Conservatoire Nadia et Lili Boulanger, at the École Supérieure de Jazz and the Bill Evans Piano Academy. She was "godmother" of the salsa festival of Vic-Fezensac (France), vice-president of the Centre de Musique populaire de Céret, consultant for the Latin Jazz exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and director of the music collection for the French publisher Buchet Chastel. She organized concerts for the Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie and the Centre Pompidou, produced radio programs for France Musique, France Culture and Radio Canada and hosted programs on Salsa TV. In Paris, she also studied for ten years with the French jazz pianist Bernard Maury. She has given lectures and workshops in several countries; taught Latin dancing in France and Belgium. She translated over forty books into French, among them the biographies of Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Chet Baker and Johann Sebastian Bach. Publications Articles in Elle, Jeune Afrique, Magazine de l'ORTF, Ethnomusicology, Routes, Jazz Spotlite News, Nuestro, Canales, La Tribune de Genève, Arts et Vie, Jazz and Keyboard Workshop, Vogue, Africa, Latin American Music Review, Cahiers de Musiques Traditionnelles, Courrier de l'Unesco, Les Lettres Françaises, Le Monde d'Hermès, Percussions, L'autre Afrique, Le Monde de la musique, Jazz Magazine, Les Cahiers du Jazz, Le Courrier, New West Indian Guide, One More Time, and other publications. Isabelle Leymarie has written liner notes for several record labels. Texts in collective books (in French) Bibliography (published in French and Turkish) (in French) (published in Spanish and French) (in French) (in French) (published in English, French and Spanish) (awarded the :fr:Prix des Muses Prix des Muses) Translations Filmography "Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy” (1987), 58 minutes, written and produced by Isabelle Leymarie, co-directed with Carlos Ortiz 1989 Festival Latino, New York First Prize Winner, 1988 San Juan Film Festival 1987 American Film & Video Festival Jury Prize Winner, 1986 San Antonio Film Festival "Latin Jazz à New York" (1991), 52 minutes "Paris Jazz" (2004), 52 minutes References Living people