Jean Serge Essous yavutse mu mwaka wa 1935 avukira mu mujyi wa Brazzaville mu gihugu cya Kongo, yapfuye ku itariki ya 25 Ugushyingo 2009 mu mujyi wa Brazzaville [1] yari umucuranzi wa saxophone w’umunyekongo, umukararinetisite, akaba n’umwe mubashinze ikipe ya Afrika muri Paris mu Bufaransa, itsinda rya Bantous de la Capital muri Brazzaville, muri Kongo, OK Jazz, na Orchester Rock a Mambo . [2] [3] [4]
Ku ya 11 Ukwakira 2006, UNESCO yashyizeho Jean Serge Essous nk'umuhanzi wa UNESCO ushinzwe amahoro ashyirwho n’umuyobozi mukuru wa UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura . [2]