JAZZ IN PARIS

JAZZ IN PARIS
THE 100'S MOST BEAUTIFUL MELODIES
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There can be no doubt that Paris' love affair with jazz has been lasting and beautiful. Studded with "I love you, me neither" periods common to all long idylis - the first time there was "love at first sight" dates from the Great War - the affair has always been passionate and impassioned.
A good many events, chance meeting and heart-throbs bear witness to this; in concerts, the capital's American friends made it their duty to give audiences all they could wish for, so high were they held in esteem; in front of the microphone, when the situation or context wasn't foreign to their habits, their spirits were raised considerably: Miles Davies accompanied a film; Bill Coleman, thirty-five years latern joined Stéphane Grappelli in the studios; under the watchful eye of Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie duelled with Johnny Griffin, while Art Blakey, his heart scattered by his reunion with Bud Powell, was welcoming Barney Wilen with open arms; and Lionel Hampton, thanks to the arrangements of Michel Chevalier, astonished the public all over again, Sidney Bechet, Don Byas, Sonny Criss and Rhoda Scott even forgot to return across the Atlantic...
After all, they'd found partners to their liking, hadn't they? For jazz had struck on the Old Continent, generating a crowd of creators who took to the task of fittering the colours of Afro-American music through their own personal prisms, is it necessary to quote Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli, matchless and unequalled, or Jean-Luc Ponty, Claude Bolling, Eddy Louiss, Pierre Michelot, Michel Legrand...?
All those musicians, all the moments - and many more! - made jazz history the length of the river Seine. Here they are, close to the ear, in the collection "Jazz in Paris", a treat for the connoisseur, and a delight for all who ask only that listening be a pleasure.

Disc 1:
The Man I Love
1. (Générique) Ascenseur Pour l'Échafaud - Miles Davis
2. The Man I Love - Helmut Zacharias
3. Continental - Blossom Dearie
4. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Hubert Fol
5. Stompin' at the Savoy - Henri Salvador
6. Fine and Dandy - Django Reinhardt
7. Cherokee - Pierre Michelot
8. This Can't Be Love - Sonny Criss
9. The Nearness of You - Jack Diéval & le J.A.C.E. All Stars
10. Laura - Don Byas
11. Yesterdays - Buddy Banks
12. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Stéphane Grappelli
13. No Greater Love - Earl Hines Trio
14. Scoubidou - Andy & the Bey Sisters
15. Who Is Me? - Bernard Peiffer
16. Begin the Beguine - Henri Crolla
17. Blue Moon - Dizzy Gillespie
18. Carioca - Mary Lou Williams Trio
19. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Art Simmons Quartet
20. Baby Won't You Please Come Home? - Sammy Price

Disc 2:
Nuages
1. Swing - Quintette du Hot Club de France
2. Body and Soul - Stéphane Grappelli
3. Minor Swing - Les Amis de Django
4. Autumn Leaves - Stéphane Grappelli, Yehudi Menuhin & Oscar Peterson
5. Stella by Starlight - Alain Goraguer
6. Caravan - Bernard Peiffer
7. Parisian Thoroughfare - Le Jazz Groupe de Paris
8. Summertime - Chet Baker
9. Sweet and Lovely - Dizzy Gillespie & His Operatic String Orchestra
10. Hallelujah - Earl Hines Trio
11. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Buck Clayton Quintet
12. It Had to Be You - Sidney Bechet
13. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Quincy Jones
14. Satin Doll - Kenny Clarke & Rhoda Scott
15. Angel Eyes - Eddy Louiss
16. I Remember Clifford - Slide Hampton
17. Nica - Max Roach
18. A Night in Tunisia - René Thomas
19. Nuages - Django Reinhardt
20. Misty - Davy Jones & Sarah Vaughan

Disc 3:
'Round Midnight
1. 'Round Midnight - Sacha Distel Quartet
2. September Song - Quintette du Hot Club de France
3. La Bride Sur le Cou - Georges Arvanitas
4. God Bless the Child - Sonny Criss
5. Lover Man - Joe Newman
6. The Surrey with Fringe on the Top - Blossom Dearie
7. My Funny Valentine - Art Simmons Quartet
8. Over the Rainbow - Elek Bacsik
9. I Want to Talk About You - Jean-Luc Ponty
10. That's My Desire - Peanuts Holland
11. These Foolish Things - Michel de Villers
12. Blue and Sentimental - Dizzy Gillespie
13. Mélodie Pour Les Radios Taxis - Barney Wilen
14. Georgia on My Mind - Don Byas
15. Lullaby of the Leaves - Lucky Thompson Quartet
16. There's a Small Hotel - Mary Lou Williams
17. My Old Flame - René Thomas
18. Willow Weep for Me - Toots Thielemans
19. Autumn in New York - Bobby Jaspar Quartet
20. I Can't Get Started - Lester Young

Disc 4:
La Vie en Rose
1. When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong
2. A Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong
3. Blues March - Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers
4. Manha de Carnaval - Stan Getz
5. On Green Dolphin Street - Stan Getz
6. Clo's Blues - Jazz at the Philharmonic
7. Manoir de Mes Rêves - Django Reinhardt
8. April in Paris - Michel Legrand
9. Django - Stéphane Grappelli
10. Night and Day - Don Byas
11. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Harold Nicholas
12. I Got Rhythm - Doc Cheatham & Sammy Price
13. Honeysuckle Rose - Willie "The Lion" Smith
14. La Vie en Rose - Michel Legrand
15. Vamp - Barney Wilen
16. Things Ain't What They Used to Be - Ronnell Bright Trio
17. After You've Gone - Sidney Bechet
18. How High the Moon - Stéphane Grappelli
19. We'll Be Together Again - Sonny Criss
20. Stormy Weather - Don Byas

Disc 5:
Les Tricheurs
1. I'll Remember April - Chet Baker
2. Bouncing with Bud - René Urtreger
3. (Back Home Again In) Indiana - Maurice Meunier
4. Basin Street Blues - Albert Nicholas & His New Orleans Friends
5. Sweet Georgia Brown - Arthur Briggs & Freddy Johnson
6. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me - Sidney Bechet
7. Saint Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong
8. Them There Eyes - Quintette du Hot Club de France
9. Swing 42 - Les Amis de Django
10. Swing Valse - Gus Viseur
11. Swanee River - Jimmy Archey & Michel Attenoux
12. Cheek to Cheek - Bernard Peiffer
13. I've Got the World on a String - Guy Lafitte
14. Misterioso - Bobby Jaspar Quintet
15. (Générique) Des Femmes Disparaissent - Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers
16. Don't Blame Me - Sonny Criss
17. Elephant Green - Pierre Michelot
18. Moment's Notice - Slide Hampton
19. Les Tricheurs - Jazz at the Philharmonic
20. Florence Sur Les Champs-Élysées - Miles Davis