(2-CD set) "A drawing by Jean Cocteau lies behind the image which springs to mind whenever I think of Charles Trenet - I see him with big wings, flying across the sky..." Gilbert BeCAUD. Includes a 40 page booklet with both French and English notes.

One radio show might have been more important and popular than any other in the 1960’s: Jacques Chancel’s “Radioscopies”. Every acclaimed name of that period was invited to talk about himself and his work. As was Marc CHAGALL on May 25, 1971. “You know, I am not a painting manufacturer” did he said during the show. Remasterized and issued for the first time by Fremeaux & Associes, the unique testimony of one of the 20th century’s greatest artists can finally be heard by all. In French.

(2-CD set) "A name which begins with a stroke and which ends with a strike." (Jean Cocteau) "As sweet as Marlene, as sour as Dietrich." (Claude Nougaro)

Benoît Blue Boy, is our national bluesman, he is covered with medals, and already has an impressing discography. During the summer of 2002, Benoît Blue Boy left for the United States in Austin, Texas, digging for american music, blues, rythm'n blues, mexican music, cajuns, country, western swing, soul... Deep american music, popular and mixed, from Latin America. He then went to the Gulf of Mexico to unite with musicans at Port Arthur where cajuns, mexicans and americans meet every night to danse and listen to their favorite orchestras coming staight from New-Orleans, Houston, San Antonio... This is the exciting story of Benoît Blue Boy in America.

(2-CD set) If John Lee Hooker is a wise man of today, the remarkable debut of his commercial career must not be forgotten. He was once a sort of crazy young dog, the heart-throb of manu a dame who heard him play in the cabarets of Detroit's black ghetto. Young and wild... This boxed set depicts the first musical years of one of the biggest names in the history of the Blues. Includes a 24 page booklet with both French and English notes.

(2-CD set) For the first time ever, the Sound Archives Institute allows us to listen to the original recordings of one of the greatest symbolic events of the 20th century - the sinking of the Titanic and offers a sequential presentation on two compact discs, covering the historical accounts as given by surviving eyewitnesses. These sound documents, issued for the very first time, come complete with a substantial 88-page booklet. Moreover, for the first time since 1912, we can hear the authentic sound of the Titanic's whistle! NB : During the Titanic's transatlantic crossing in April 1912, both French and English speaking passengers were aboard. Half of the accounts are in French and the other half in English. English versions of the French accounts are provided in the booklet for added comprehension.

Santos Chillemi is travels between three musical roads: Argentina, jazz and classical. On this CD he pays homage to the traditional South-American repertoire. Features la cumparsita today / Arraigado / Chacarera / Malambo / Milonga de los recuerdos / Besame mucho / La flor de la canela / Tomo y obligo / El dia que me quieras / El choclo burlon / La quimera o Balderrama / Alfonsina / La pome-�a / La cumparsita today (radio version) and others.

"That lag-along style where you relax instead of hitting everything on the nose" Lester YOUNG. This 2-CD set is dedicated to Cool Jazz and those who played it the best. Includes a 40 page booklet with both French and English notes.

This 2-CD set supplements Fremeaux & Associes’: "La Deportation" and "Crimes contre l’humanite", as it concerns a contemporary crime: “negationnisme”. Those who uphold the re-reading of history argue that gas chambers didn’t exist, and that Shoah didn’t exist either… The Jews supposedly invented their death during World War II to possess a land that they didn’t have: Israel. This double CD fights against this criminal “interpretation” and instrumentalization of history.

“Martin Gray survived the Holocaust; at the age of 14 he was shut away in the Warsaw ghetto and was then deported to Treblinka, from where he would escape. He then enlisted in the Red Army and arrived in Berlin in 1945 for those he saw dying in the concentration camp … 15 years later, he was successful in business and built a family, based on hope, reconstruction and love. On October 3, 1970 his wife Dina and their four children all died in a forest fire. A 20th century apostle, Martin Gray defended a spirituality of love without dogma, where the realisation of the person grows from the consciousness of being part of an ensemble: humanity. In 1985, Marguerite Marniquet (Didakhe editions) felt that despite Martin Gray’s testimonies through his works and the cinema adaptation of his life with “For those I loved”, it was necessary to record his warm, reassuring and calm voice that defends human identity, education and an ideal of humanity. The Didakhe publishers then asked us to extend the public communication of the record, timeless through the values it defends: those of life.” Patrick FREMEAUX, the editor.

The proud and voluptuous sensuality of Cuba's Afro-hispanic music as played by the Cuban West Indian orchestra of "La Coupole", Montparnasse. Reissued for the first time. - TRACK LISTING: ORCHESTRE TYPIQUE DU HOT-CLUB COLONIAL. ECOUTE MAMA. CACHITA. FELI'S BOYS ORCHESTRA. BIM BAM BUM. BABALU. MUCHO MUCHO MUCHO. BRAZIL. ZARABANDA. VUELVE. SOL TROPICAL. MI MULATA. BRUCA MANIGUA. NAGUE. THE PARROT. MICAELA. AVE MARIA MORENA. SENSEMAYA. BACOSO. PENSANDO EN TI.

This 2-CD set features more than three hours of testimonies, sound archives and music to tell the life of French greatest champion: boxer Marcel Cerdan. Marcel Cerdan is a myth. As Mermoz, Gabin, Camus or Django, he symbolises France of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Casablanca he learned the boxing and became French Champion in Paris, Europe Champion in Milan and World Champion in America! Life of Marcel Cerdan, from Casablanca to New York, is told by those who shared his intimity and glory: Andy Dickson (boxing organizer), Jacques Marchand (journalist), Maurice Rouff (his sparring-partner) and Dominique Zardi (actor). Archives from the National Institute for the Audiovisual restore the emotion of Cerdan’s voice, of Piaf’s one, and voices of his adversaries, managers, friends, sounds of his trainings and fights – like the one against Tony Zale… Includes a 24 page booklet with both French and English notes.

Talented young people who make great music and deserve to be better known. Mike Zwerin (International Herald Tribune). - TRACK LISTING: Arabesques Ribbon in the wind beuef scarce sweetness inspiring different moods.

2-CD set contains 36 tracks from 1942-52 (recorded in New York, Chicago and Hollywood) featuring Count Basie with His Orchestra, His All-American Rhythm Section, His Instrumentalists & Rhythm, Octet, Septet (with Oscar Peterson) and Sextet. 40 page booklet includes notes in French and English.

(4-CD set) FRENCH AUDIOBOOK - ENTRETIENS AVEC CLAUDE BOCHURBERG.