Classically trained at the Conservatoire d'Avignon, pianist Patrick Favre developed a passion for jazz. He began his professional career in 1989, performing with bassist Louis Petrucciani and saxophonist Charles Tyler. In 1995, he worked with clarinetist Perry Robinson and appeared on his recording Movement. Favre settled on the trio lineup, offering a 2003 album entitled Dance nomadic and a 2010 release on Fremeaux entitled Humanidade. His latest release, Origins, features a lineup of bassist Gildas Bocle, drummer Karl Jannuska and guitarist Pierre Perchaud. With a selection of nine originals, Favre tells the story of his life in a kind of musical fresco. Each track explores moments in his life, looking at them like snapshots that are kept secretly inside a drawer.

(2-CD set) After the arrival of Charles Trenet, the French song was never to be the same again. Charles hid his worries behind a mask of carefree youth and enjoyed jingling words and swinging rhymes. In 1938, his identity as the “singing fool” became permanent... Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

World-known astrophysician Hubert Reeves is appreciated by the scientists and by the public for his ability to transmit his amazing knowledge in a most understandable form. In this CD, Hubert Reeves whished with his son Benoit to record the questions the students generally asked him at the end of his conferences. He delivers a clear message, understandable by everyone on this yet very exigent science. In French.

"This 2CD boxset delivers the recording of a Forum organized by one of the major newspaper in France: Liberation, with the objective of letting two major characters of the subject treated discuss in public. This discussion between Laurent Fabius (former Prime Minister of Francois Mitterrand) and Alain Finkielkraut (major philosopher of our times) was focused on the subject: “La Reconstruction de la gauche?” (The left wing process of reconstruction). In French." Patrick Fremeaux

Here’s an audio-CD of one of those landscapes most depicted in the history of art. Bernard Fort reproduces the sound atmosphere of the mythical landscapes of the paintings of Giotto, Leonardo de Vinci and others, Botticelli, Masaccio, Fra Angelico… In the manner of a landscape artist, his palette of sounds expresses the natural bio-acoustic identity of Toscany placing the listener in the area’s incomparable soft spring and summer atmosphere. Patrick FReMEAUX

“You can’t play nothing on trumpet that doesn’t come from him, not even modern shit. I can’t ever remember a time when he sounded bad. Never. Not even one time. He had great feeling up in his trumpet and he always played on the beat. I always just loved the way he played and sang.” Miles DAVIS "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

Extremadura is the second album that Rapha�l Fa�s, whose background is in gypsy jazz and classical music, has devoted to Andalusia. Rapha�l's guitar technique is faultless and his feeling for melody a rare gift indeed, which serves him well here in this demonstration of his unique flamenco style - he plays the music using a pick. This new album shows all the virtuosity, passion and perfectionism that have made Rapha�l Fa�s an unavoidable figure not only on the flamenco scene but also in all music.

Since his arrival in Paris 15 years ago, and assisted by Patrick Tandin Productions, Raul Barboza gained international repute. Through records, DVDs and concerts on the world’s most prestigious stages, Barbaoza globally legitimized his Indian-inspired accordion and became the major ambassador of Chamame, the expression of a natural life-style using musical rhythms and improvisation. D. Leblond, B. Goldenstein et P. Fremeaux

The "Haricots Rouges" are not only the unassailable ambassadors of New Orleans jazz in France, but also probably the world's best-known French jazz band. Their material here is timeless and international: the great film themes. These Best New Artists - with a 60-year career and sales of over a million albums behind them - have preserved all the youthful freshness of their art, namely joie de vivre, irresistible swing and tenderness. Listening to this album makes one thing certain: their career shows great promise!

“When a jazz record demonstrates so obviously that it can easily reach a wide audience without sacrificing inventiveness or swing, it’s a pleasure to be seized at once.Generously.” Alex DUTILH, JAZZMAN

Francoise DOLTO is worldwide known as the founder of a new consideration of the child. She will remain a undeniable founder of the modern approach of the children's psychism. Her talent remains also in the proximity she was able to create with the audience. Her radio shows are remarquable for this and are also historicaly extraordinary: indeed it was the first time ever that an expert in the psychoanalysis was presented to the public in a national station. This 3CD set features a thematic selection of these shows during their first year (1976-1977). In french. The subjects considered by these CDs are: Sexuality; Eating; Sleeping; Talking; Separation

François Jullien, a philosopher, a Hellenist and a French sinologist, proposes to put Western and Chinese thoughts into perspective in order to come back to the great founding notions of our way of understanding the world. The displacement invoked by Chinese thought offers valuable resources for perceiving our most buried cultural choices and interrogating them from within. By gap with the European vision based on modeling, goal setting and action, China thinks the experience in terms of silent transformations and maturing conditions. The result is a strategy that tends to take advantage of the potential of the situation instead of confronting it.

""La Famille aujourd'hui” is a serie of three conferences organized by “L’Universite de Tous Les Savoirs” in january 2005. Since year 2000, this University has presented every year 366 conferences in a multi-disciplinary state of mind, thus exposing an inventory of the knowledge of humanity, by means of conferences by majors actors of the scientific, intellectual, cultural or economic world. This challenge, the “Mission 2000”, was initiated by both the Cultural and National Education Ministries, conceived and led by Yves Michaud (philosopher and art historian). 180 000 people assisted in these daily conferences. This 3 CD boxset is dedicated to the crucial question for our society of the notion of Family. Major psychanalyst of the teenagers'world Marcel Rufo is the author of the second conference. Also featuring conferences by Nacira Guenif-Souilamas and Andre Masson. In French." Patrick Fremeaux

“The foremost Gypsy guitarist in the world and a legend amongst European Gypsies, Debarre has astonished British audiences with his virtuosity for the last six years. He’s one of the most versatile guitarists of our time and is the recognized master of the style originated by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli at the Hot Club de France. Formed in 2000 the Angelo Debarre Quartet has been stunning audiences Europe wide with their cutting edge approach to the later period of the Reinhardt repertoire.” Benjamin Goldenstein & Patrick Fremeaux

“The Lord made only one Louis Armstrong. It took him time, and he’d take even more time to make another one! Just one Louis is enough for this world.” Lionel HAMPTON "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