Gilles Deleuze, through his influential analysis, has largely contributed to the aura of complexity that reigns around Nietzschean philosophy and even more so over the concept of the superman. Yet here, for his last course at the popular university, Michel Onfray delivers a veritable gem of clarity and undoubtedly presents the best access to Nietzsche's thought on the superhuman.

Presses Universitaires de France and Fremeaux & Associes offer this biography of Adolf Hitler, analyzed and explained by historians Johann Chapoutot, Professor at the Sorbonne and Christian Ingrao, Research Director at the CNRS, a specialist in the violence of the Nazi party and World War II. Can a man alone lead an entire continent to war and into the most intense of barbarities? The story of the life of the Fuhrer is also the story of his time. The trauma of the German defeat in the Great War is superimposed misery and conspiracy theory. And when science and history devote themselves to the justification of nationalism and racial ideology, the advent of a Third Genocidal Reich becomes thinkable. This audiobook traces Hitler's journey from his childhood in Austria to his suicide on April 30, 1945, and highlights the mechanisms that served this accomplished demagogue in his quest for absolute domination.

Dorado Schmitt no longer needs any introduction. Ever since the end of the 70s he’s been the great modernizer of gypsy jazz, devoting his work to the genre while writing some of its finest chapters. Worshipped by many for his wonderful melodic sense and immense ‘feel’, Dorado conquered America and became an icon of the Django Reinhardt Festival, the famous annual event held at Birdland, New York’s temple of jazz. For years the guitarist had dreams of recording with a jazz group — guitars, brass, piano, bass, drums — and here he ventures into different territory, with sounds recalling George Benson, Brazil (notably in an excellent version of his hit ‘Bossa Dorado’), or else the great pop played by another guitarist named… Sacha Distel. This live recording made under difficult conditions has a ‘gutsier’ sound than a studio album, but the music is sublimated by an atmosphere and warmth that make it a brilliant moment of truth. Augustin BONDOUX & Patrick FReMEAUX

4-CD box set features Maxim Saury, Benny Vasseur, Rex Stewart, Gerard Badini, Pierre Michelot and Roy Eldridge. Includes Django's great successes performed by Claude Bolling's Big Band and also contains the very first recordings of Claude Bolling's Big Band realized by Franck T'not between 1948 and 1956. Three of these CDs express the beginning of European jazz, joined by one CD where Claude Bolling is interviewed by jazz specialist Daniel Nevers and editor Patrick Fremeaux in January 2003.

“1958 saw two highlights in Mahalia Jackson’s career: her unique encounter with Duke Ellington and her legendary concert at the Newport Jazz Festival.”

The vocal ensemble known as Les Compagnons de la Chanson enjoyed a career lasting more than forty years, one of the finest examples of longevity in vocal groups. Their many performances on the world's stages, including concerts with some of the most famous artists of their times, and the subtlety of their vocal and instrumental arrangements, were just some of the factors that contributed to the exceptional success of a group who remained faithful servants of the French Chanson genre for a whole lifetime. The 36 songs included in this boxed-set - timeless pieces recorded between 1946 and 1958 - are evidence of an extraordinary career; they document a repertoire that is incomparable in it's diversity, including works by Charles Trenet, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Becaud, Georges Brassens, Henri Salvador... Claude Colombini Fremeaux & Dany Lallemand

Syncopated music has been played across the United States since the early 20th century, but swing first appeared in New Orleans. The unique style of its jazz bands, becoming a veritable trademark, was a major stepping-stone in the artistic history of America. World War II was followed by a surge of freedom as well as the search of jazz in its original form and America rediscovered this gem embedded in its history. This was the period of the New Orleans Revival and its riches are revealed by Dan Vernhettes. This vast panorama, interpreted by the greatest artists, portrays the gumbo jazz of New Orleans: ragtime, blues, marches, dance music, lighter tunes and religious hymns.

"The saxophone was really invented by jazz which gave it its tone, expression, colour, nuances and revealed its technical range, in short its “voice”. That it is the most outstanding jazz instrument is demonstrated by all the great saxophonists of the classic period featured on this anthology." Patrick FReMEAUX

The Presses Universitaires de France and Fr�meaux & Associ�s offer this biography of Madame de Pompadour, analyzed and explained by C�cile Berly, historian specializing in women in the 18th century. Mistress then favorite of King Louis XV, the bourgeois Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson was ennobled to become the Marquise de Pompadour. Not content with having imposed herself among the aristocracy, Madame de Pompadour, in a few years, gained great influence over the king and became the unofficial Prime Minister of the kingdom. For nearly twenty years, she deeply marked the reign of Louis XV and proved to be a formidable businesswoman. She uses her political power and her fortune to leave her mark in the history of art and architecture. This builder of modest and obscure origins has been the object of all kinds of fantasies that C�cile Berly deconstructs here through a fascinating story.

Francois Chassagnite was one of the greatest French Jazz trumpeters. He toured around the world and sat in with many of the greats, from Chet Baker to Canadian Gil Evans and Malian Salif Keita. He was a regular organizer of the famous Marciac Jazz Festival's master classes, where he used to invite Wynton Marsalis and other great US Jazz players like Terence Blanchard. Chassagnite passed away last summer and this album was his last recording session.

This is a film of the Victory Concert performed by Claude Bolling's Big Band before more than 300, 000 people at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on Aug. 25, 1994, the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Paris. Features the songs St. Louis Blues March / Skyliner / In The Mood / Stormy Weather / I'm Beginning To See The Light / Begin The Beguine / Sing Sing Sing / Marie / Everyday I Have The Blues / Route 66 and others.

Vincent Giraud, philosopher and professor at the University of Doshisha, invites us to approach Latin medieval thought from the angle of the fundamental concept of creation. The creation of all things was the basis of medieval reflections on many topics such as existence, goodness, and the idea of beauty. Over a period of almost a thousand years, the philosopher reveals a rich, evolving and dynamic thought process. From the Neoplatonic tradition to the Christianization by Saint Augustine and the effort made by Anselm of Canterbury to prove God in a rational way, the author reveals a spectacular movement of thought, carried by a medieval society that was ever-changing. Beyond the pleasure of hearing a thought so rich, it is enjoyable to philosophize on the being of things with medieval thinkers. Join Vincent Giraud as he presents these lessons.

2013 collection of Spanish traditional Fado music. Artists include Amalia Rodriguez, Herminia Silva, Carlos Ramos, Lucilia Do Carmo, Alfredo Marceneiro & more.

“This record was produced in the context of the museum work of Guillaume Veillet (a collector and former editor of Trad Magazine), so as to make available to the public a broad panorama of French traditional music. It is one of a collection of 10 CDs, divided geographically by region, that aim to document popular contributions to the history and contem porary nature of our cultural and artistic heritage.” Benjamin Goldenstein

Dany Doriz, the man behind the Caveau de la Huchette club since 1970, and a peerless vibraphone player in his own right (with the blessing of Lionel Hampton), extends an invitation to Scott Hamilton, a world icon in saxophone swing (cf. the Michel Jonasz album ‘La boîte de jazz’)… Both of them living legends, and both the keepers of their instruments’ memory. Their many meetings onstage over the years were bound to result in a record. The main strength of this album: resolutely contemporary jazz, combined with just as much respect for tradition, elegance and virtuosity. And the outcome is sealed by profound feelings of mutual admiration and friendship. They restore to life a whole era of classic jazz… and make it part of the great jazz repertoire. Patrick FReMEAUX