Lindy Hop, Boogie… The dazzling greatness of the latest Jazz dances in the peak of the Forties and Fifties! This CD belongs to the “Dance Master Classics” anthology, a collection of 20 discs compiled by specialists in each of dancing’s domains. Gathered here in almost exhaustive fashion for the very first time, this a panorama of the best titles in dancehistory, grouped by aesthetic form, follow one special guiding principle: to magnify the relationship between dancers and music. Noël Herve & Patrick Fremeaux

Louis Jordan created festive music, unique in its kind and which characterises the quintessence of Rhythm and Blues. This 2-CD set features his 1938-1950 recordings. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

French songs for children.

“Fremeaux & Associes present, under the direction of the well-known bio acoustician ornithologist Jean Claude-Roche, a guide allowing the listener to recognise 198 species of common African continent birds from their voices. Songs and common calls are included for each species.” Patrick Fremeaux

Discovered by a large audience in 1992 thanks to his film Latcho Drom, director Tony Gatlif is the high priest of the Gypsy, Roma and Tzigane communities, whose wonderful contributions to music have been featured in all his films. Gatlif acted as musical-director for this soundtrack produced by Delphine Mantoulet and Valentin Dahmani, which translates both the blazing passions and the violent altercations between France's Turkish and Spanish communities. Geronimo is a rockopera heir to West Side Story.

For 'Cinema Hits,' Bolling, in his unique way, has managed to jazz up several classic tunes of the cinema - from 'The Sting' to 'Doctor Zhivago' to 'High Noon,' thus enabling US to see these immortal works in an unexpectedly new light. All in all, the colors are quite different without the loss of any original sparkle. Bolling Hot! - Ivan Brunet, the Observer. Features the songs "The Pink Panther," "As Time Goes By," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "Cheek to Cheek" and others.

Some records are remembered as the highlights of a time, of a style, of a public. They can no longer be found in retail shops a few years after their release, but remain in the memories and record collections of some happy few, able at the time to grasp its degree of modernity and interest. Note Manouche is one of these CDs and represents a major step in the history of “Gypsy Swing”. Released before the big trend of this style, in 1999, it features almost exclusively genuine and beautiful compositions by Mandino Reinhardt and Marcel Loeffler – all being a perfect mix of tradition and modernity. This new release in Fremeaux & Associes’s catalogue fits perfectly between Django Reinhardt and the award-winning “Paris Musette” collection. Benjamin Goldenstein & Patrick Fremeaux

“With her deeply moving interpretation of Trouble of the World in the film “Imitation of Life“, Mahalia Jackson succeded in reaching the heart and bringing Blacks and Whites in the same prayer.” Jean BUZELIN

(2-CD set) “If it hadn’t been for Earl Hines (...), it’s no felling what or how they would be playing now”. Dizzy GILLESPIE. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

French songs for children.

Yvette Guilbert was a great figure in France’s heritage (a poets’ muse in Montmartre during the Belle epoque), and her face was made immortal thanks to Toulouse Lautrec. Singer/actress Nathalie Joly now devotes a third album to the great female Ambassador of spoken texts in song, and you can hear the wonderful performance she’s accomplished in setting music to these songs from the woman who was probably the first modern songstress in France. The world of Guilbert — the “fin de siecle commentator” — is full of poetry, wit and commitment, and its strength and daring is echoed as Nathalie Joly sings her universe with pertinence and finesse. She restores all the contemporary symbolism of these timeless works announcing the great chanson artists of the 20th century to come. Augustin BONDOUX & Patrick FReMEAUX

In Paris, the gentle classes sang of women, the Eiffel Tower and the boulevards. In Paname, the populace sang of their love for bals musettes, the Seine and faubourg bistros. Yet the essence of this same city is present in the songs dating from the twenties, thirties and post-war years and have been sung the world over. This 2-CD set gives a new birth to the 1919-1950 Paris through the songs that celebrated the great city. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

Paso doble, Flamenco and Sardana are gathered here in a program devoted to Spanish dances. This CD belongs to the “Dance Master Classics” anthology, a collection of 20 discs compiled by specialists in each of dancing’s domains. Gathered here in almost exhaustive fashion for the very first time, this a panorama of the best titles in dance history, grouped by aesthetic form, follow one special guiding principle: to magnify the relationship between dancers and music. Noël HERVe & Patrick FReMEAUX

This literary movement built itself around underground jazz culture, which expressed liberation of body and soul. Inspired by jazzmen and hep cats, the Beat Generation hipsters rejected traditional values, embraced African-American musics, travelling, drugs, a free sex lifestyle as well as spirituality. Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and On the Road author Jack Kerouac launched the radical American counterculture that thrived in the 1960s and 1970s, leaving a tremendous mark on lifestyles, and on the world of arts and opinions — hippies and punks alike. In partnership with the Centre Pompidou on the occasion of the “Beat Generation” exhibition in Paris, the story of the Beat Generation is told by Bruno Blum in a 32-page booklet. PATRICK FReMEAUX

In this 2 CD set conference, Michel Onfray is dealing with the "French Spirit". He stresses on the importance of the Political History, as well as Philosophy and Sociology in defining the French identity. In French.