{"id":6189,"date":"2026-10-08T10:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.souillacenjazz.fr\/new\/?p=6189"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:13:51","slug":"hommage-a-sim-copans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.souillacenjazz.fr\/new\/hommage-a-sim-copans\/","title":{"rendered":"Hommage \u00e0 Sim Copans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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la depeche du 07 10 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samedi dernier, en fin de matin\u00e9e, au 11 rue de la Halle, sur la fa\u00e7ade de la biblioth\u00e8que de Souillac, une plaque comm\u00e9morative d\u00e9di\u00e9e \u00e0 Sim Copans a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9voil\u00e9e dans le cadre des hommes et femmes qui ont inspir\u00e9 le territoire de Cauvaldor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toutes les prises de paroles ont retrac\u00e9 la vie de Simon Copans, et salu\u00e9 cet homme de radio am\u00e9ricain passionn\u00e9 de jazz arriv\u00e9 en France en 1944, ami de Jean Calvel qui lui fit d\u00e9couvrir Lanzac et Souillac. En 1976, Jean-Pierre Rodrigo, Jean-Pierre Rohic et Patrick Cazals les sollicitent pour cr\u00e9er et promouvoir un festival de jazz \u00e0 Souillac. Sim Copans, visionnaire, s\u2019emploie \u00e0 faciliter cette transmission du jazz am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 travers l\u2019Atlantique vers Souillac, petite commune en zone rurale. Le festival est renomm\u00e9 en 1985 “Festival Sim Copans”, avec un rayonnement culturel incontournable dans le Lot et dans la France : il f\u00eate cette ann\u00e9e ses 50 ans d\u2019existence gr\u00e2ce au travail des b\u00e9n\u00e9voles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avec sa femme Lucienne, Sim Copans, ayant choisi Lanzac comme terre d\u2019attache, l\u00e9gua \u00e0 la ville de Souillac toutes ses archives (vinyles, ouvrages, revues\u2026) consacr\u00e9es au jazz et \u00e0 la culture am\u00e9ricaine et qui constitue aujourd\u2019hui le fonds Sim Copans au 3e \u00e9tage de la biblioth\u00e8que.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u2019est en pr\u00e9sence de Richard Copans, un des fils de Simon Copans, du maire de Souillac Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vergnes, de Geoffrey Cros, vice-pr\u00e9sident de Cauvaldor en charge de la culture et du patrimoine, de Valentine Bo\u00e9, directrice du service culture de Cauvaldor, de Gwena\u00eblle Coat, sous-pr\u00e9f\u00e8te de Gourdon, de Violaine Delpech et R\u00e9gis Villepontoux, conseillers d\u00e9partementaux du canton, des repr\u00e9sentants des communes de Lanzac Aur\u00e9lie Nickert, de Lachapelle-Auzac Th\u00e9ophile Leymarie, de Rocamadour Jean Baptiste Jallet ; de Robert Peyrillou, pr\u00e9sident de Souillac en Jazz, de Genevi\u00e8ve Bouyjou, responsable du fonds Sim Copans \u00e0 la biblioth\u00e8que de Souillac, de Jean-Pierre Rodrigo et Jean-Pierre Rohic, pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 l\u2019origine de cette aventure, que la m\u00e9moire de ce passeur de culture am\u00e9ricaine a \u00e9t\u00e9 honor\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le verre de l\u2019amiti\u00e9 offert par la municipalit\u00e9 a permis de poursuivre les \u00e9changes avec \u00e9motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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