This 2 CD set delivers a two hours conference by Michel Onfray, held on June 16, 2010, about Freud. A few weeks after the great controversy following his book about the father of psychoanalysis, Michel Onfray takes time to explain his point of view and to clarify his approach of Freud’s legacy. In French.

This CD presents a panorama of Gypsy jazz recordings from 1933-2003. Features Quintette du Hot Club de France, Coleman Hawkins with Django Reinhardt, Claude Bolling with Stephane Grappelli, Rodolphe Raffalli, Galliano/Capon, Les Primitifs du Futur, Tony Murena, Jo Privat, Orchestre Musette Victor, Capon/Escoude, Annie Papin, Okay Temiz and others.

(3-CD box set) Francoise Dolto is known worldwide for taking a new look children's psychology. She presented many of her ideas and interactions with children on the radio, and this set features a thematic selection of these shows during their first year, from 1976-77. In French.

“Tell them about your dream, Martin”. Mahalia Jackson to Martin Luther King (Washington, 23 August 1963) The complete Mahalia Jackson recordings (presented chronologically as in the Sister Rosetta Tharpe series) reveal a personality who will remain one of the greatest-ever Gospel artists, a singer who filled 20th century Afro-American culture with inspiration. The source of this vital music is the collection of Jean Buzelin, the author of this anthology, together with the aid of collectors of Mahalia Jackson's work; all these recordings have been restored with the best analog transfers and most sophisticated technology available, to avoid any alteration of the original sound.

(2-CD set) During the thirties and forties, the ladies singing in the big swing bands sparked the triumph of the music hall which swept the entire planet. Features songs from Helen Ward, Georgia Gibbs, Maxine Sullivan Gone With The Wind, Bea Wain, Gail Reese, Mildred Bailey, Martha Tilton, Billie Holiday, Judy Ellington, Helen Forrest, Pauline Byrne, Helen O'Connell, Marion Hutton, Anita Boyer, Lena Horne, Jo Stafford, Helen Forrest, Pat Cameron and many others.

“The scientist is not the man who provides the true answers; he is the one who asks the true questions” Claude Levi-Strauss - © Plon. This CD gives the opportunity the spend an hour with one of the greatest French scientists of the 2nd half of the 20th century: Claude LEVI-STRAUSS. This famous anthropologist was invited to one of France most famous radio shows during the 1960-70-80’s: “Radioscopie” produced by Jacques Chancel. This conversation was recorded in 1988. In French.

A born showman with a gift for melody, Ray Ventura was not only one of France’s great jazz promoters: the band he founded as “Les Collegiens” was one of the most brilliant orchestras in the golden age of music-hall. From pieces by Paul Misraki like “Tout va tres bien Madame la Marquise” and “Qu’est-ce qu’on attend pour être heureux?”, to splendid performances by Henri Salvador and Sacha Distel, this 3CD set of Ventura’s recordings chosen by Dany Lallemand looks back on the career of one of the most emblematic characters in French popular song. Claude Colombini Fremeaux

Romane is not only one of the greatest French guitarists, he is also one of the most prolific composers of gypsy-jazz. But at heart he remains very much a musician whose desire is to communicate and share his love of the genre. He has written music manuals and also founded his own music school, the Romane Swing Academy. Here he plays with his two sons, Pierre and Richard Manetti, both of whom are also superb guitarists. Guitar Family Connection contains all the musical virtues one expects from such a tightly-knit group. The way they listen to each other, alternately taking the lead with respect, shows how a family can play with one musical heart.

“Guitarist Paco de Lucía believes that flamenco can absorb befitting influences. Flamenco jazz is therefore quite in keeping providing that the genre’s roots and general objectivity are well-dosed. This anthology shows how pianist Chano Dominguez confronts pieces signed by Thelonious Monk. A double CD set produced by Fernando Rosado for Nuba Records, to discover the Flamenco jazz.” Philippe Lesage & Patrick Fremeaux

“In 1925, Armstrong plays faster and higher than any other trumpeter. With his supple and firm lips as well as his exceptional lung capacity, his attack is powerful and sharp, the vibrato is full and fiery, his playing bears a thousand different forms with a deep, radiant and voluminous sonority. This sonority is a world in itself. Apart from the soloist’s outlined phrases and with just one note, it comes over as significant, bringing a message from his heart.” Lucien Malson "The Fremeaux & Associes Complete Series usually feature all the original and available phonographic recordings and the majority of existing radio documents for a comprehensive portrayal of the artist. The Louis Armstrong series is an exception to the rule in that the selection of titles by this American wizard is certainly the most complete as published to this day but does not comprise all his recorded works." Patrick Fremeaux

This previously unreleased CD delivers two stories interpreted by Marcel Pagnol himself. "Les Secrets de Dieu" is presented by Pagnol as a traditional story, and "L'agneau de la noel" is a real story which happened during the shooting of one of his movies and tells the story of a lamb used for the movie, who was so handsome that all the cast just fell in love with the animal and kept it as a mascot! In French.

“It is safe to say that among performing artists of the 20th century, only Charlie Chaplin was as universally recognized as Louis Armstrong.” Dan MORGENSTERN, Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University

(12-CD box set) The Baroque Libertines : from Pierre Charron to Cyrano de Bergerac. In French. "A parallel history of thinking, that rehabilitates the hedonist and materialist tradition, that resuscitates the agnostics, libertines, baroques, dionysian socialists, free spirits and other visionaries..." Robert Maggiori

1940 to 1951 were privileged years in the Delta. Three styles of blues were being sung - the oldest form was still present through the genre’s great creators such as Son House, Bukka White and Big Joe Williams. The second was played the young bluesmen who used the foundations as set down by the ‘elders’ but slowly modernised them (including Muddy Waters, Honeyboy Edwards, Johnny Shines, Sonny Boy Williamson and Howlin’ Wolf). Finally, the third style turned towards other forms of black music which were less regional but more modern and commercial (B.B. King, Willie Love, Ike Turner). This 2-CD boxed edition covers the Delta blues during this decisive decade. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

(2-CD set) In November 2001, Fayard brought out the magnificent ‘Histoire du Negro Spiritual et du Gospel’. Fremeaux & Associes, the principal producer of Gospel in Europe and the editor of our sound heritage, decided to complement this book by offering an illustration of all the groups presented in Noêl Balen’s publication, available in their catalogue. The first CD reunites the present-day big American and European bands, including the choirs of Reverend Clay Evans and Bill Morton. The second CD concentrates on the past, and presents original sides by Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong and The Golden Gate Quartet.