(2-CD set) Dreams of love... Dreaming of a better, brighter life or dreaming in search of the absolute. Love can take so many different forms - and can open so many doors!

"...Too wonderstruck at being together not to remain chaste lovers, content to entwine nothing but their music. Lovers unconcerned by cracks in a porcelaine sky, performing miracles as others perform songs." Alain GERBER

Wartime. Workers are needed in the shipyards of the Pacific Coast and the bluesmen of Texas pack their bags and move to California. Once there, they find themselves side by side with the crooners from "Black Hollywood". The resulting fusion of styles gave birth to the "California blues". Listen to this 2-CD set and travel back to the very sources of this highly original and still very influential style. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

(2-CD set) Hawaiian music of the early 20th century exerted a considerable influence on all American popular music, from country-music to the blues. It was hawaiian virtuosos - artists almost without peer - who shaped the now famous slide-guitar style.

(2-CD set) The story of one of the finest blues labels in the world. Volume 1

CD1 : STORMY WEATHER - THE WAYWARD WIND - AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW - IF YOU DON't LOVE ME - TRALA LA - IF I HAD A NEEDLE AND THREAD - TONIGHT MY HEART SHE IS CRYING - PUH-LEEZE! MISTER BROWN - TAKE MY LOVE, TAKE MY LOVE. BORN TO SING THE BLUES : BORN TO SING THE BLUES - BEALE STREET BLUES - WABASH BLUES - BASIN STREET BLUES - THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES - CARELESS LOVE BLUES - BLUES IN THE NIGHT (MY MAMA DONE TOLD ME) - THE ST. LOUIS BLUES. Shirley Bassey AT THE CAFe DE PARIS : BORN TO SING THE BLUES - SOMEBODY LOVES ME - MY BODY'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY MIND - SEX - I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN - HANDS ACROSS THE SEA - THERE'S NEVER BEEN A NIGHT. CD2. THE BEWITCHING Shirley Bassey : BURN MY CANDLE - NIGHT AND DAY - CRAZY RHYTHM - THE WALL - THE BANANA BOAT SONG - THE GYPSY IN MY SOUL - LOVE FOR SALE - FROM THIS MOMENT ON - KISS ME, HONEY HONEY, KISS ME - YOU YOU ROMEO - MY FUNNY VALENTINE - HOW ABOUT YOU? - FIRE DOWN BELOW - AS I LOVE YOU. THE FABULOUS Shirley Bassey : A FOGGY DAY IN LONDON TOWN - I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN - CRY ME A RIVER - APRIL IN PARIS - I'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE - THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY - 'S WONDERFUL - I'LL REMEMBER APRIL - EASY TO LOVE - NO ONE EVER TELLS YOU - THEY CAN't TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME - THE PARTY'S OVER. CD3. : IF YOU LOVE ME - COUNT ON ME. SHOWBOAT : CAN't HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN - BILL - WITH THESE HANDS - AS LONG AS HE NEEDS ME - ABOVE ALL OTHERS. SHIRLEY : IN STILL OF THE NIGHT - LET THERE BE LOVE - ALL AT ONCE (DeJÀ) - FOR EVERY MAN THERE'S A WOMAN - I'm IN THE MOOD FOR LOV - SO IN LOVE - IF I WERE A BELL - THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU - HOORAY FOR LOVE - TOO LATE NOW - I'm SHOOTING HIGH - EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE. CD4. : YOU'LL NEVER KNOW - HOLD ME TIGHT - REACH FOR THE STARS - I'LL GET BY (AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU). Shirley Bassey : LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING - THE NEARNESS OF YOU - FOOLS RUSH IN - WHO ARE WE? - ANGEL EYES - TILL - A LOVELY WAY TO SPEND AN EVENING - THIS LOVE OF MINE - YOU'RE NEARER - GOODBYE LOVER - HELLO FRIEND - WHERE OR WHEN - WHERE ARE YOU - CLIMB EV'RY MOUNTAIN - TONIGHT - LET'S START ALL OVER AGAIN. CD5. YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE - AVE MARIA - FAR AWAY - MY FAITH - ANGEL D'AMORE - WHERE SHALL I FIND HIM - IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING. LET'S FACE THE MUSIC : LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE - I SHOULD CARE - LET'S FALL IN LOVE - THE SECOND TIME AROUND - IMAGINATION - ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE - I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU - EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS - SPRING IS HERE - ALL OF ME - I CAN't GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - WHAT NOW MY LOVE - WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : OLIVIER JULIEN

CALYPSO, PREGoN, MAMBO, CREOLE WALTZ, BE-BOP JAZZ, DANZoN-MAMBO, VOODOO SONG, POP, GOOMBAY, MENTO, RHYTHM AND BLUES, JAZZ, SHUFFLE RHYTHM AND BLUES, BIGUINE, QUADRILLE, LATIN JAZZ, TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK, QUELBE, BLUES, CHA CHA CHa, BALLAD. Meconnues, ignorees, voire devalorisees, les musiques caribeennes sont à la base d'une grande partie des musiques americaines qui ont conquis le monde. Marquees à leur tour par l'influence des etats-Unis, elles ont produit une magie irresistible de Cuba à la Nouvelle-Orleans et de la Martinique à Haiti, jusqu'à la Jamaique. Ce coffret paraît simultanement au livre de reference Caraibes/etats-Unis de Bruno Blum. en montrant les interactions fondamentales entre Caraibes et etats-Unis de 1944 à 1972, il devoile dans cette anthologie au champ tres large, une relecture radicale de toute l'histoire des musiques americaines, une invitation à un nouveau regard sur l'heritage des Caraibes. Patrick FReMEAUX Often unsung and ignored, the music of the Caribbean formed the basis of much American music, which subsequently conquered the world. In turn, the USA left a deep mark on it, which produced an irresistible magic - from Cuba to New Orleans and all the way to Martinique, Haiti, Jamaica. This Caribbean compendium also shows the cream of U.S. music with ties to the West Indies. In showing fundamental interactions between the two, in this exceptional anthology Bruno Blum unveils a radical rereading of American music history and a doorway to a new outlook on the Caribbean. Patrick FReMEAUX CD1 - CARIBBEAN : RUM AND COCA COLA [TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, CALYPSO] - LORD INVADER - CAO CAO, MANi PICAO [CUBA, PREGoN] - CELIA CRUZ - PIANOLO [CUBA, MAMBO BATIRI] - PeREZ PRADO - CUBAN MAMBO [CUBA, MAMBO] - PeREZ PRADO - TES YEUX [MARTINIQUE, CREOLE WALTZ] - L'ORCHESTRE DELS' JAZZ BIGUINE - MARJORIE'S FLIRTATION [TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, CALYPSO] - LORD KITCHENER - JEAN AND DINAH [TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, CALYPSO] - THE MIGHTY SPARROW - CHEROKEE [JAMAICA, BE-BOP JAZZ] - JOE HARRIOTT - EL BOMBiN DE PERUCHO [CUBA, DESCARGA JAZZ] - ISRAEL "CACHAO" LoPEZ - CHANCHULLO [OYE CoMO VA] [CUBA, DANZoN-MAMBO] - ANTONIO ARCAÑO - SIESTA [HAITI-USA, POP SONG] - JOSEPHINE PREMICE - SONG OF THE JUMBIES [HAITI-USA, VOODOO SONG] - JOSEPHINE PREMICE - SPONGER MONEY [BAHAMAS, GOOMBAY] - GEORGE SYMONETTE - SHAKE SHAKE SEÑORA [JUMP IN THE LINE] [JAMAICA, MENTO] - LORD FLEA - ZOMBIE JAMBOREE [JAMAICA, MENTO] - LORD LEBBY - FAT MAN - DERRICK MORGAN [JAMAICA, RHYTHM AND BLUES] - TENDERLY [JAMAICA, JAZZ] - ERNEST RANGLIN TRIO - SERENADE IN SOUND [JAMAICA, JAZZ] - CECIL LLOYD GROUP - EXODUS [JAMAICA, JAZZ] - CECIL LLOYD GROUP - ONE CUP OF COFFEE [JAMAICA, SHUFFLE RHYTHM AND BLUES] - BOB MARLEY - THIS MAN IS BACK [JAMAICA, SHUFFLE RHYTHM AND BLUES] - DON DRUMMOND - NOUS LES CUISINIeRES [GUADELOUPE, BIGUINE] - ROBERT MAVOUNZY - PANTALON [GUADELOUPE, QUADRILLE AVEC COMMANDEUR] - ENSEMBLE DE QUADRILLE GUADELOUPeEN. CD2 - USA : RUM AND COCA COLA [CALYPSO] - THE ANDREW SISTERS - EARLY IN THE MORNING [SHUFFLE RHYTHM AND BLUES] - LOUIS JORDAN - RAN-KAN-KAN - [MAMBO] - TITO PUENTE - I'm GONE [RHYTHM AND BLUES BALLAD] - SHIRLEY & LEE - BEGIN THE BEGUINE [LATIN JAZZ] - CHARLIE PARKER - EVIL EYED WOMAN [RHYTHM AND BLUES] - TERRY TIMMONS - BO DIDDLEY [RHYTHM AND BLUES] - BO DIDDLEY - DAY-O [DOCKER SONG] - HARRY BELAFONTE - CARRIBEE JOE [TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK] - DUKE ELLINGTON - CONGO SQUARE [TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK] - DUKE ELLINGTON - ZAJJ'S DREAM [TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK] - DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA - ST. THOMAS [JAZZ] - SONNY ROLLINS - MY BOY LOLLIPOP [SHUFFLE RHYTHM AND BLUES] - BARBIE GAYE - PEANUT VENDOR [PREGoN] - CHET ATKINS - JEAN & DINAH [CALYPSO] - ROBERT MITCHUM 2'42 - 16. MAMBO AT THE M [MAMBO] - CAL TJADER - DON't BLAME IT ON ELVIS [QUELBE] - THE FABULOUS MCCLEVERTYS - ALLIGATOR WINE [BLUES] - SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS - BE MY GUEST [SHUFFLE RHYTHM AND BLUES] - FATS DOMINO - IT KEEPS RAININ' [BALLAD] - FATS DOMINO - ZOMBIE JAMBOREE [CALYPSO] - HARRY BELAFONTE - CARAVAN [JAZZ] - DUKE ELLINGTON - OYE CoMO VA [CHA CHA CHa] - TITO PUENTE. COeDITION AVEC LE MUSeE DU QUAI BRANLY - JACQUES CHIRAC DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : BRUNO BLUM

John Barry est l'un des plus grands compositeurs de musique de film du XXe siecle. Olivier Julien, dans une anthologie 3 CD retrace le fil de la jeune carriere d'un orchestrateur de genie. en effet, avant de composer les bandes originales legendaires de James Bond et d'être maintes fois recompense aux Oscars, John Barry posait dejà les fondations d'un style qui allait non seulement revolutionner la musique de film, mais aussi marquer de son empreinte un rock britannique qui allait conquerir le monde. Patrick FReMEAUX John Barry is one of the greatest film composers of the 20th century. In a 3-CD anthology, Olivier Julien traces the early career of a masterful orchestrator. Indeed, even before composing the legendary James Bond soundtracks and receiving numerous Oscar awards, John Barry was already laying the foundations of a style that would not only revolutionize film music but also leave it's mark on British rock, which would go on to conquer the world. Patrick FReMEAUX CD1 : JOHN BARRY AND THE SEVEN : LET'S HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME - ROCK-A-BILLY BOOGIE - ZIP ZIP - THREE LITTLE FISHES. THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN : EVERY WHICH WAY - YOU'VE GOTTA WAY - BIG GUITAR - RODEO - PANCHO [THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN WITH LATIN-AMERICAN RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT] - HIDEAWAY [THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN WITH LATIN-AMERICAN RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT] - FARRAGO - BEE'S KNEES - WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN - LONG JOHN - SNAP 'N' WHISTLE - LITTLE JOHN - FOR PETE'S SAKE - LITTLE JOHN (LIVE) - REBEL ROUSER - GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT (LIVE) [THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN AND BOB MILLER AND THE MILLER MEN] - MAB MAB - TWELFTH STREET RAG - CHRISTELLA. JOHN BARRY AND HIS ORCHESTRA : MOOD ONE - MOOD TWO - MOOD THREE - MOOD FOUR - SMOKY BLUES. CD2 : THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN PLUS FOUR : HIT AND MISS - ROCKIN' ALREADY. JOHN BARRY AND HIS ORCHESTRA : BEAT FOR BEATNIKS - BIG FELLA - BLUEBERRY HILL - NEVER LET GO. THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN : WALK DON't RUN - I'm MOVING' ON [THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN PLUS FOUR] - BLACK STOCKINGS - GET LOST JACK FROST - SATURDAY'S CHILD - MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - SKID ROW. JOHN BARRY - BEAT GIRL : MAIN TITLE - BEAT GIRL - THE OFF BEAT - I DID WHAT YOU TOLD ME (CHANTe PAR ADAM FAITH) - LINDON HOME ROCK - TIME OUT - THE SHARKS - THE BEAT GIRL SONG (CHANTe PAR ADAM FAITH) - THE CITY 2000 A.D. - THE STRIPPER - THE CAVE - BEAT GIRL - KIDS STUFF - MADE YOU (CHANTe PAR ADAM FAITH) - CAR CHASE - NIGHT CHASE - CHICKEN - BLUES FOR BEATNICKS - IT'S LEGAL (CHANTe PAR SHIRLEY ANNE FIELD) - THE IMMEDIATE PLEASURE - BLONDIE'S STRIP - END SHOT - SLAUGHTER IN SOHO / MAIN TITLE - BEAT GIRL. CD3 : JOHN BARRY AND HIS ORCHESTRA : THE MENACE - RODEO. THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN : STARFIRE - A MATTER OF WHO [THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN PLUS FOUR]. MICHAEL ANGELO AND HIS ORCHESTRA : ROCCO'S THEME - SPINNEREE. THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN : WATCH YOUR STEP - TWIST IT. JOHN BARRY - STRINGBEAT : IT DOESN't MATTER ANYMORE - SWEET TALK - MOODY RIVER - THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD BOY YET - A HANDFUL OF SONGS - LIKE WALTZ - RODEO - DONNA'S THEME - STARFIRE - BAUBLES BANGLES & BEADS (FROM KISMET) - ZAPATA - RUM-DEE-DUM-DEE-DAH - SPANISH HARLEM - MAN FROM MADRID - THE CHALLENGE. MICHAEL ANGELO AND HIS ORCHESTRA : TEARS - THEME FROM "THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS STONE". THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN AND ORCHESTRA : CUTTY SARK - LOST PATROL - THE JAMES BOND THEME - THE BLACKSMITH BLUES - THE LOLLY THEME - MARCH OF THE MANDARINS. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : OLIVIER JULIEN

Dans cet ouvrage, l'islamologue Boumediene Benyahia nous presente la pensee de quatre figures majeures de l'histoire intellectuelle de l'islam : Avicenne, Al-Ghazali, Averroes et Ibn Arabi. Apres avoir retrace la genese de l'islam au VIIe siecle en Arabie et la formation des grandes ecoles de droit musulman aux VIIIe et IXe siecles, l'auteur met en lumiere l'influence de la philosophie grecque sur la pensee islamique et la maniere don't ces penseurs ont faconne un dialogue entre theologie, droit et metaphysique. À travers une analyse rigoureuse et accessible, il revisite les debats et controverses qui ont oppose ces figures intellectuelles et marque l'histoire de la pensee islamique. L'ouvrage souligne le rôle essentiel de ces penseurs dans la transmission et la circulation des idees entre l'Orient et l'Occident au Moyen Âge, temoignant de la richesse et de la complexite de cette tradition philosophique et spirituelle. Par cette approche historique et analytique, l'auteur offre aux lecteurs des cles pour mieux comprendre les dynamiques intellectuelles qui ont structure la pensee islamique et leur place dans l'histoire des idees. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX In this work, Islamologist Boumediene Benyahia presents the thinking of four major figures in the intellectual history of Islam: Avicenna, Al-Ghazali, Averroes and Ibn Arabi. After tracing the origins of Islam in 7th-century Arabia and the formation of the great schools of Muslim law in the 8th and 9th centuries, the author highlights the influence of Greek philosophy on Islamic thought and how these thinkers shaped a dialogue between theology, law and metaphysics. Through rigorous and accessible analysis, he revisits the debates and controversies that divided these intellectual figures and marked the history of Islamic thought. The book highlights the essential role of these thinkers in the transmission and circulation of ideas between East and West in the Middle Ages, testifying to the richness and complexity of this philosophical and spiritual tradition. Through this historical and analytical approach, the author offers readers keys to better understanding the intellectual dynamics that structured Islamic thought and their place in the history of ideas. Audiobook, in French. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX CD1 - LA GENeSE DE L'ISLAM : MOTS ET CONCEPTS DE L'ISLAM - L'ARABIE ET LA MECQUE AU VIIE SIeCLE - L'ENFANCE DE MUHAMMAD - L'HeGIRE ET LA PRISE DE LA MECQUE - LES QUATRE eCOLES JURIDIQUES SUNNITES - DROIT ET eMERGENCE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE - LA FEMME ET L'ISLAM. CD 2 - AVICENNE, AL-GHAZALI ET IBN ARABI : LA VIE D'AVICENNE - AVICENNE ET L'APPROCHE RATIONNELLE DE L'ISLAM - AL-GHAZALI, PHILOSOPHE, THeOLOGIEN ET JURISTE PERSE MUSULMAN - AL-GHAZALI, IBN ARABI ET LA QUESTION DE LA ReSURRECTION DES ÂMES. CD3 : AVERROeS : SON OEUVRE - IBN ARABI : SA RENCONTRE AVEC AVERROeS - SUR LA QUESTION DE L'ÂME - LES DIMENSIONS DU NOBLE CORAN - SUR LA CROYANCE ET LA FOI - LE STATUT DE LA FEMME - LA RELIGION DE L'AMOUR - CONCLUSION : LE LEGS DES PENSEURS DE L'ISLAM. COLLECTION ISLAM DES LUMIeRES DIRECTION COLLECTION : CLAUDE COLOMBINI FReMEAUX EN PARTENARIAT AVEC LA GRANDE MOSQUeE DE PARIS

A une epoque ou la plupart des saxophonistes se coulaient dans l'ombre de Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, fort de ses convictions, a su se tenir a distance et, irresistiblement, ouvrir les portes d'un univers musical d'une grande modernite en imposant une sonorite lisse et une grande intelligence melodique. Jean-Paul RICARD At a time when most saxophone players were slipping into Charlie Parker's shadows, Lee Konitz - a man of conviction - kept his distance and slowly, irresistibly, opened up the doors to a new universe of music: it was grand and modern, and Konitz imposed upon it a sound that had smoothness and showed great intelligence in it's melody. Jean-Paul RICARD CD 1 (1947-1954) : CLAUDE THORNHILL & HIS ORCHESTRA (Columbia 1947) : YARDBIRD SUITE - LEE KONITZ with LENNIE TRISTANO (Prestige 1949) : SUBCONSCIOUS-LEE - LENNIE TRISTANO SEXTET (Capitol 1949) : WOW - MARIONETTE - DIGRESSION - INTUITION - LEE KONITZ with LENNIE TRISTANO (Prestige 1949) : MARSHMALLOW - SOUND-LEE - MILES DAVIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (Capitol 1950) : MOON DREAMS - LEE KONITZ GROUPS (Prestige 1950) : REBECCA - YOU GO TO MY HEAD - ICE CREAM KONITZ - PALO ALTO - LEE KONITZ SEXTET (Prestige 1951) : YESTERDAYS - HI BECK - LEE KONITZ/BILLY BAUER DUO (Prestige 1951) : DUET FOR SAXOPHONE AND GUITAR - LEE KONITZ with GERRY MULLIGAN (Pacific Jazz 1953) : LADY BE GOOD - LOVER MAN - LEE KONITZ (Vogue 1953) : I'LL REMEMBER APRIL - LEE KONITZ QUARTET (Storyville 1954) : ABLUTION. CD2 (1954-1961) : STAN KENTON & HIS ORCHESTRA (Capitol 1954) - IN A HIGHER VEIN - LEE KONITZ QUARTETS (Storyville 1954) - NURSERY RHYME - FOOLIN' MYSELF - LENNIE TRISTANO QUARTET (Atlantic 1955) : THESE FOOLISH THINGS - LEE KONITZ with WARNE MARSH (Atlantic 1955) : BACKGROUND MUSIC - LEE KONITZ (Atlantic 1956) : ALL OF ME - LEE KONITZ QUINTET (Atlantic 1957) : FOOLIN' MYSELF - LEE KONITZ QUINTET (Verve 1957) : BILLIE'S BOUNCE - LEE KONITZ QUARTET (Verve 1957) : THE NEARNESS OF YOU - GERRY MULLIGAN (Pacific Jazz 1957) : DISK JOCKEY JUMP - LEE KONITZ with STRINGS (Verve 1958) : WHAT'S NEW? - LEE KONITZ meets JIMMY GIUFFRE (Verve 1959) : CORK 'N' RIB - LEE KONITZ (Verve 1959) : YOU DON't KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - LEE KONITZ (Verve 1961) : I REMEMBER YOU. DIRECTION COLLECTION : ALAIN GERBER, TEXTE : JEAN-PAUL RICARD, PRODUCTION DeLeGUeE : JEAN BUZELIN

Ce recueil de textes sur la nature de George Sand, interpretes avec finesse par Marie-Christine Barrault, met en lumiere l'alliage harmonieux entre la nature, l'engagement ecologique et la modernite intemporelle de l'ecrivaine. a travers la diversite des sujets abordes et la richesse des styles, il devoile des facettes meconnues de son oeuvre prolifique. Ses ecrits sur la botanique temoignent d'une erudition remarquable en sciences naturelles, ou l'observation precise de la flore se mele a des reflexions metaphysiques empreintes de poesie. Voyageuse infatigable, elle relate ses explorations avec une curiosite profonde et un respect des ecosystemes qui traversent son ecriture. Son style litteraire, d'une elegance rare, capte les beautes de la nature et invite a une admiration emerveillee, revelant l'ame poetique d'une femme en resonance avec les enjeux de notre epoque. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX This collection of George Sand's texts on nature, interpreted with finesse by Marie-Christine Barrault, highlights the writer's harmonious blend of nature, ecological commitment and timeless modernity. Through the diversity of her subjects and the richness of her styles, it reveals little-known facets of her prolific oeuvre. Her writings on botany bear witness to a remarkable erudition in the natural sciences, where precise observation of flora blends with metaphysical reflections imbued with poetry. A tireless traveler, she recounts her explorations with a deep curiosity and respect for ecosystems that run through her writing. Her literary style, with it's rare elegance, captures the beauty of nature and invites us to admire it in wonder, revealing the poetic soul of a woman in tune with the issues of our time. Audiobook, in French. Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX SeLECTION DES TEXTES ET MISE EN MUSIQUE PAR PATRICK SCHEYDER DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : CLAUDE COLOMBINI

Pour le premier album de son Klezmer Ensemble, Marc Crofts reunit des musiciens de tous horizons (Suisse, France, Pologne ou Bulgarie) qui ont chacun des influences musicales differentes : musiques klezmer, balkaniques ou tziganes, mais aussi jazz et classique. Le violoniste a puise dans un repertoire folklorique perdu, qu'il a rearrange de facon totalement inedite en faisant dialoguer les codes traditionnels avec ses propres experiences musicales et celles de chacun de ses acolytes. Entre tradition et modernite, Urban Myths propose une relecture subtile et jubilatoire de la musique klezmer, interpretee par des musiciens virtuoses qui communiquent une precieuse complicite. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX For his first Klezmer album, Marc Crofts has gathered musicians from many horizons (Switzerland, France, Poland, Bulgaria). Each of them brings in a different musical influence, whether from Klezmer, the Balkans or gypsy traditions, but also jazz and classical music. The violinist draws from a lost folk repertoire which he has rearranged in a totally novel way, constructing a dialogue between traditional codes and personal musical experiences that belong only to his companions and himself. Navigating old traditions and inventive modernity, "Urban Myths" offers a jubilant and subtle new interpretation of klezmer music played by virtuoso musicians who share a precious and communicative complicity. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX UKRAINIAN MEDLEY - FARMER'S ZOK - BELORUSSIAN SKOTCHNE - VEN IKH ZOL HOBN - VOLEKH - VOLYNSK NIGN - THE POET'S NIGUN - PAPIR IZ VAYS - ROZMARIN NIGN - WEAVER FROM JELAL - ANONYMOUS NIGN - ZAY GEZUNT - PERELMAN'S TISH-NIGN - SAKHINOVSKI SKOTCHNE. MARC CROFTS : VIOLON, VOIX & ARRANGEMENTS - ATANAS MARINOV : CLARINETTE - SERAPHIM VON WERRA : ACCORDeON - PIOTR WEGROWSKI : CONTREBASSE. PRODUCTION : NOMADIM PROD.

Jimmy Gourley (1926-2008) est un guitar hero americain qui a faconne l'histoire du jazz, notamment a Paris ou il s'installe en 1951. Cette anthologie evenement qui parait avec sa biographie officielle, reunit les titres les plus emblematiques de l'oeuvre du guitariste, don't certains jamais reedites. Que ce soit avec les champions americains ou francais dans l'intimite d'un duo pere-fils avec Sean Gourley, voici une plongee dans l'oeuvre enregistree de celui don't les cordes de jazz ont fait vibrer la capitale pendant plus d'un demi-siecle. Augustin BONDOUX et Patrick FReMEAUX Born in 1926, American musician Jimmy Gourley was an early "guitar hero" who shaped the history of jazz, particularly in France where he settled in 1951. This anthology, which appears together with his official biography, is a major event that brings together the guitarist's most emblematic recordings, including tracks that have never been released until now. Before he passed away aged 82, Gourley played not only with American stars but also in more intimate surroundings, such as his duo with son Sean Gourley. This set gives real insight into how this great guitarist's six strings had the French capital vibrating for half a century. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX CD1-1951-1954 : HENRI RENAUD : A NEW DATE - VENEZ DONC CHEZ MOI - PARIS JE T'AIME - BOBBY JASPAR : TOUT BLEU, TOUT BLEU - THE END OF A LOVE AFFAIR - LEE KONITZ : YOUNG LEE - LOST HENRI - CLIFFORD BROWN : ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE - GOOFIN' WITH ME - HENRI RENAUD/JIMMY GOURLEY : NOT REALLY THE BLUES - WHO CARES? - MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY - IT'S DE-LOVELY - GIGI GRYCE/CLIFFORD BROWN : BABY - HENRI RENAUD/BOBBY JASPAR : CAPRI - SCHABOZZ - EXPANSION - ZOOT SIMS : CALL IT ANYTHING - ZOOT'S SUITE - THE THIRD HERDSMEN : EMBARKATION. CD2-1954-1961 : BOB BROOKMEYER : STEEPLE CHASE - ROY HAYNES : MINOR ENCAMP - RED ROSE - BUDDY BANKS : BAG'S GROOVE - YESTERDAYS - SANDY MOSSE/EDDIE BAKER : STRAIGHT LIFE - LET'S GO - CHUBBY JACKSON BIG BAND : FLYIN' THE COOP - LESTER YOUNG : THREE LITTLE WORDS - NEW D.B. BLUES - LOU BENNETT : AMEN - BROTHER DANIEL - WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES - (PARIS BLUES) LOUIS ARMSTRONG : BATTLE ROYAL - (PARIS BLUES) JIMMY GOURLEY : GUITAR AMOUR - JIMMY GOURLEY : FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE - THREE LITTLE WORDS. CD3-1972-2002 : JIMMY GOURLEY + RENe URTREGER : TAFIRA ALTA - JIMMY GOURLEY + EDDY LOUISS : FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE - JIMMY GOURLEY + TEXIER/HUMAIR/LUBAT : GRAFFITTI - COMON' OVAH - MISS MAGIC - JIMMY GOURLEY : REPETITION - JIMMY GOURLEY + STAN GETZ : EMBRACEABLE YOU - JIMMY GOURLEY : MONTAGNE MADNESS - SHAMEFUL ROGER - LADYBIRD - JACK DIeVAL : S.F.P. BLUES - JIMMY GOURLEY : OUR DELIGHT - JIMMY GOURLEY + ANDRe VILLeGER : MAYBE YOU'LL BE THERE - JIMMY & SEAN GOURLEY : BILOXY BLUES WALK - JIMMY GOURLEY : BY MYSELF. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : JEAN BUZELIN ET JEAN-PAUL RICARD

Chaque album du trio Kuhn/Humair/Jenny-Clark est une promesse de perfection. Enregistre au cours de la tournee internationale 1992-1993, ce live est un temoin inespere de l'apogee de ce trio legendaire et de l'alchimie incandescente qui unissait ces trois maitres. La virtuosite est organique, la puissance inalterable et l'elegance regne en majeste. L'age d'or du jazz en Europe. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FReMEAUX Each album by the trio Kuhn/Humair/Jenny-Clark already promises perfection. And this unexpected live recording made in the course of an international tour in 1992-1993 proves at least three things: the trio was at it's zenith; it had already become a legend; and the alchemy that bound these three masters together was incandescent. Here their virtuosity is no less than organic, the trio's power is unshakeable, and the elegance that reigns throughout is majestic. This is a demonstration of the Golden Age of jazz in Europe. Augustin Bondoux / Patrick Fremeaux INDIA (JOHN COLTRANE) - HEAVY HANGING (Joachim Kuhn) - GUYLeNE (DANIEL HUMAIR / Joachim Kuhn) - FROM TIME TO TIME FREE (DANIEL HUMAIR / Joachim Kuhn) - SUMMERTIME (GEORGES GERSHWIN). Joachim Kuhn PIANO - DANIEL HUMAIR DRUMS - JEAN-FRANcOIS JENNY-CLARK BASS

Le legendaire Chet Atkins fut bien plus que le guitariste emblematique de la country. Celebre virtuose au style fingerpicking unique, personnel, au son clair, subtil et irresistible il personnifia le mythe americain de la guitare. Monstre sacre surnomme Mr. Guitar il accompagna Elvis Presley et nombre d'autres; producteur influent, createur du son de Nashville, precurseur du surf rock, ce travailleur acharne a approche nombre de genres avec finesse et style : variete, blues, jazz, rock, musique gitane, classique et bien sûr country. La fameuse guitare electrique Gretsch Country Gentleman emprunta le nom d'une de ses morceaux et plusieurs modeles furent rebaptises Chet Atkins. Indispensable a tout amateur de guitare, la creme de ses eblouissants enregistrements en solo est reunie dans cette anthologie definitive de son age d'or concoctee et commentee par Bruno Blum. Patrick FReMEAUX The legendary Chet Atkins was much more than the emblematic country music guitar player. A guitar master and celebrity with a unique, subtle, sharp and clean sound, with a compelling fingerpicking style, he embodied the American guitar myth. A giant nicknamed Mister Guitar, he became a session man for Elvis Presley and hundreds more; an influential Producer who created the Nashville Sound and a precursor of surf rock, the hard-working Atkins involved himself in a number of genres with finesse and style: rock, pop, as well as blues, jazz, gypsy music, classical and, of course, country. The classic Gretsch Country Gentleman electric guitar was named after one of his tunes and several guitars were soon labeled the Chet Atkins models. Indispensable to any guitar lover, the cream of his dazzling solo recordings is packed into this definitive anthology of his golden age, concocted and annotated by Bruno Blum. Patrick FReMEAUX DISC 1 - 1946 -1952 : GUITAR BLUES - CANNED HEAT - STANDING ROOM ONLY - BUG DANCE - THE NASHVILLE JUMP - MY GUITAR IS MY SWEETHEART - I'm PICKING THE BLUES - BARNYARD SHUFFLE - DIZZY STRINGS - GALLOPING ON THE GUITAR - BARBER SHOP RAG - CENTIPEDE BOOGIE - MAIN STREET BREAKDOWN - BOOGIE MAN BOOGIE - INDIAN LOVE CALL - BIRTH OF THE BLUES - MOUNTAIN MELODY - HYBRID CORN - JITTERBUG WALTZ - ONE MAN BOOGIE - CRAZY RHYTHM - RAINBOW - IN THE MOOD - BLUE GYPSY - THE THIRD MAN THEME - SAINT LOUIS BLUES. DISC 2 - 1952-1956 : NOBODY'S SWEETHEART - LOVER, COME BACK TO ME! - BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG - IMAGINATION - PIG LEAF RAG - OH BY JINGO! - HELLO! MA BABY - COUNTRY GENTLEMAN - MEMPHIS BLUES - ALICE BLUE GOWN - TWELFTH STREET RAG - GEORGIA CAMP MEETING - DILL PICKLES RAG - BEAUTIFUL OHIO - FRANKIE AND JOHNNY - CARAVAN - MISTER SANDMAN - DANCE WITH ME HENRY - DARLING, JE VOUS AIME BEAUCOUP - TWEEDLE DEE - UNCHAINED MELODY - INTERMEZZO - TENDERLY - MINUTE WALTZ - MINUET - INDIAN LOVE CALL. DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : BRUNO BLUM

(2-CD set) For nearly fifty years, an entire school has sought its inspiration in the work of Charlie CHRISTIAN. Includes a 24 page booklet with both French and English notes.

(2-CD set) The blues has been, since its beginnings, played and sung by countless Southern hillbillies. This Hillbilly blues is not a mere copy of the black blues but an original “white” form of blues, Country Music’s Kind of blues! This Hillbilly blues’ anthologie showcases some of the best moments of a long-time neglected genre. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

(2-CD set) In the 'Roots of Rock'n'Roll' series, this volume covers 1951, a year flowing with lively, rhythmic and humorous master-pieces - all the ingredients for pure Rock'n'Roll. Fats Domino, Tennessee Ernie Ford and Wynonie Harris are still around. But they have to make room for the newcomers who are to add spice to Rock'n'Roll - Little Richard, Bill Haley, Big Mama Thornton. OMIT-3/4/08-Capitol

(2-CD set) 1949 - In the United States the decade closed with the sound of music which was often joyful and frantic. But despite the Blacks' Rhythm & Blues Top 40 as well as the Country and Western Top 40, the music which echoed out of the jukeboxes was often tinted with Rock'n'Roll. OMIT-3/4/08-Capitol

Krister Mild his a renowned Swedish ornithologist. He proposes in this CD beautiful bird songs recorded in Sweden, where he lives, and in the neighbouring Nordic countries. Certain of these choruses sound different from those of Western Europe: it could be that mixed in with them are Nordic species that we don’t know well, such as Redwing, or more simply perhaps, birds with which we are familiar have a different “dialect” over there! Features a 12 pages booklet with both French and English notes. Patrick Fremeaux

What best example could one have of the art of Abdullah Ibrahim than this Autobiography " The pianist regarded at the time as his more beautiful concert solo? As the title of the disc indicates it, it is all the history, the culture, the meetings and the interrogations of the musician which ravel in this extraordinary voyage. Ibrahim jumps of a topic, an air, a melody to another like one dodges the water puddle pools, without any rupture in the continuity and the logic of his musical thought. One has the impression that, inside himself, he reconstituted, reorganized, recomposed by preserving all his culture and his evolution since his childhood: musics and popular songs. South-African, entertaining (dance, festival) like functional (anthems, steps) which rythm life, American black jazz, European classical music... All that produced a perfectly built and coherent musical mixture. Never, in spite of the abundance of parts which are followed, there is the impression of a juxtaposition, a joining. No piece " is retracted " to pass to the following, all have their place, their function, their role and their significance in the architecture of this large fresco. They are sand-gravel mix surges which thunder, powerful waves which roll, coloured sparks which burst, aggregates of notes touffus, or time of calm meditations, tender and deep melodies, the nostalgic calls followed by abrupt resolutions, of the dreams of hope, the songs repeated... One collects oneself then, after some steps, one is carried by the dance... almost frighten before peace does settle and the harmony finally reigns. Let us follow while reading them the titles of the pieces while they are played, notice as all are connected and intersected naturally, listen how an harmonic and rhythmic expansion very marked announces a typical anthem which itself is transformed into standard of jazz! Let us discover how Ellington and Monk are completely absorbed and returned with a different breathing.

In a concert given in Zurich in 1991, when it was then rare for Shepp to adopt the alto saxophone of his debuting years, this album offers a fine example of their repertory : a series of perfectly formed pieces, played with both the depth of experience and lucid distance. Going to the heart of the matter, the two musicians enable us to discover the very essence of jazz and Afro-American music in it's full glory.

This 2-CD set features an adaptation specially made for children of Victor HUGO’s masterpiece « Les Miserables ». The story is told by Guy Trejan – in French – with the participation of 20 actors and musicians. Hugo’s book illustrates the fight between good and evil. The once bad Jean Valjean became a good man. He is, however, ruthlessly confronted with the police inspector Javert. Recommended for children as from 7 years old.

This CD has been specially conceived for children. It enables them to discover Antiquity through one of its most exiting narratives, and one of the most beautiful examples of heroic behaviour: Ulysses. This is an adaptation of Homer’s work read by the actor Jean-Pierre Cassel with a musical composition by Jean-Francois Alexandre. In French.

(2-CD set) The legendary star Big Joe Williams was one of the major creators of Delta blues and played an important role in orchestral Chicago blues before holding a key position in the sixties folk boom - indeed, he can be thanked for the discory of Bob Dylan! This album covers the first part of the career of this blues great, from his most celebrated composition, "Baby Please Don't Go," to "She Left Me," his last hit for the black public in 1951.