(2-CD set) "Django cut himself off from me in 1947, after returning from the United States (…) He had met with an enormous check for which only he was responsible. Upon his return, he detached himself more and more from music, realising he'd failed his "American conquest"" Charles DELAUNAY. Includes a 40 page booklet with both French and English notes.

“These two exceptional musicians are identical: they're both very demanding; they're absolutely bursting with enthusiasm; and both of them get a bit wary if you treat them like friends too quickly! I wanted to bring them together for a series of concerts at the Salle Cortot, and it was two years before the idea finally took shape. Little by little, the two of them came to trust me… Today the record has finally come out!” Franck Mossler

“When Bird left New York he was a king, but out in Los Angeles he was just another broke, weird, drunken nigger playing some strange music. Los Angeles is a city built on celebrating stars and Bird didn’t look like no star.” M. DAVIS The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Fremeaux & Associes by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

“When Charlie Parker became popular with his be-bop tunes, everybody had to change his style – the drummer, the piano player, the singer, whoever” Anita O’Day (High Times, Hard Times) The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Fremeaux & Associes by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

Spearheading the young generation in Lorraine, international icon Samson Schmitt is one of the most eminent gypsy guitarists of today, Samson has had music in his blood since birth, and it shows. His universe reflects the very essence of gypsy jazz: music anchored by deep roots, profoundly human and altruistic, yet modern and in perfect tune with its times. The guitarist’s characteristic imprint lies as much in the aerial virtuosity of his phrasing and generous compositions as it does in the way he shares those qualities with the accompanists featured alongside him, including such unavoidable figures as Gino Roman, Mayo Hubert and Ludovic Beier. Augustin BONDOUX

This recording is a collection of musical moments dedicated to pianist Bill Evans. The three men at the heart of this project - Mike Ladd, from the USA, Emmanuel Bex from France, and Nico Morelli from Italy - create something very new from their respective traditions. Together, they are like a perfect storm, bringing together the past and the future into a swirling present tense. Bill Evans too was a bridge between two worlds, between Miles Davis and classical composers like Satie and Debussy. This bridge between styles is present here also as primitive meets the avant-garde, the street meets the steeple, the sky meets the ground. This is the space that is captured so beautifully on this recording.

“My vote is definitely for Charlie Parker. I’ve worked with all the great names you mentioned, but Charlie Parker was the originator and innovator of the century.” Buddy de FRANCO The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Fremeaux & Associes by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

“A lot of people didn't understand his music and when they started to do so, they still wondered how he did it. Charlie Parker remained a mystery.” Clint EASTWOOD The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Fremeaux & Associes by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

“Run the risk of being perfect? Luckily, Sassy Sarah also knew – better than a good many others – how to bring her desire for respectability close to the precipice, and even, from time to time, give it a solid heave over the edge.” Alain GERBER Fremeaux & Associes’ « Quintessence » products have undergone an analogical and digital restoration process which is recognized throughout the world. Each 2 CD set edition includes liner notes in English as well as a guarantee. This 2 CD set presents a selection of the best recordings by Sarah Vaughan between 1950 and 1961.

“Charlie Parker lifted jazz music off the dance floor and into the stratosphere!” Joe LOVANO The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Fremeaux & Associes by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

(2-CD set) "Don't talk to me about music! At the moment I'm painting..." Django REINHARDT. But fortunately, Django did not only paint in 1949… This 2-CD set with 40 tracks covers the legendary guitarist's Rome sessions from this very same year. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

“Melody... If you were being tortured and could only keep one — even if the torture was fierce — then it would have to be Laura. Played by Charlie Parker, Laura steps through the gates of Paradise wreathed in little scrolls of pure, undiluted happiness. Nothing can spoil that moment every time I hear it.” Jean-Pierre MARIELLE (Le grand n’importe quoi, Calmann-Levy, 2010)

The first anthology dedicated to the Masters of harmonica swing is presented by Alain Antonietto and Dominique Cravic. A comprehensive panorama relating how the smallest musical instrument encountered the jazz repertoire in a 2-CD set box.

“Between generosity and timidity, fidelity to the roots of the gypsy swing and need to conquer new territories, this Selmer style playing guitarist is distinguishable from any others by his unique sensitivity and audacity. Long-time well known from the gypsy style lovers in Paris, Rodolphe recorded his first CD in year 2001. His « Hommage to Georges Brassens », fruit of an eclectic and very personal swing, achieved an amazing success in France, while we were commemorating the 20 years anniversary of the great poet’s death. 15 000 sold CDs later, Rodolphe reunited his team to record another rare beauty. « Gypsy Swing Guitar », his second CD, recorded in 2003 (with already legendary jazzmen Christian Escoude and Florin Nicolescu), is really impressive by its inspiration, its innovation and its repertoire. A musician that sounds like no-one else: this hard-to-achieve definition of a true jazz player! In this new opus, Rodolphe Raffalli continues his tribute to Georges Brassens with new titles and new arrangements, like “La Mauvaise Reputation” in the gypsy bossa style or a “Chanson pour l’Auvergnat” in the alsacian very swinging way of playing! A new monument!” Patrick Fremeaux & Benjamin Goldenstein

“It’s true that I think of Charlie Parker as being impassable.” Rene URTREGER The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Fremeaux & Associes by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

"Armstrong's unique recording session away from the USA (Paris 1934) and the return of the prodigal son back home to enter a new phase of his career which included the silver screens and radio." Daniel Nevers "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

“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

“You really have to be blind to all the evidence if you refuse to see that Parker’s calibre was at least as prodigious as that of the greatest musicians of earlier generations.” Boris VIAN The aim of 'The Complete Charlie Parker', compiled for Fremeaux & Associes by Alain Tercinet, is to present (as far as possible) every studio-recording by Parker, together with titles featured in radio-broadcasts. Private recordings have been deliberately omitted from this selection to preserve a consistency of sound and aesthetic quality equal to the genius of this artist.

Left to its own devices these last few years, jazz musette Strikes Back! The Swing of France trio have not only inherited the swing waltzes of Tony Murena, Gus Viseur and Jo Privat: they also perpetuate the legacy of the “Paris Musette” collective that put the squeeze-box back in the spotlight some 30 years ago. The trio shows great brio in reviving the melodic force of this universal music, warm, sophisticated… and commonly known as “the Paris blues." The public had forgotten jazz musette, but Swing of France is striking back, and conquest of the galaxy is near!

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

Coming from every stylistic category, this musicians on “Paris Musette” revive this manouche and swing waltz repertoire.

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.

3-CD set contains tenor clarinet/saxophonist Marcel Zanini's complete Black & Blue recordings as well as 18 "swing and vocal" bonus tracks. Features Sam Woodyard, Milt Buckner and Marc Edouard Nabe.

(2-CD set) This set delivers the best tracks recorded by Chet Baker between 1953 and 1956 in Los Angeles, Paris and Ann Arbor. As usual this "Quintessence" volume features a booklet with both French and English notes written by Alain Gerber, writer, journalist and producer in France.Gerry Mulligan Quartet : Moonlight In Vermont, Chet Baker Quartet : Maid In Mexico - Imagination - Band Aid - Happy Little Sunbeam, Chet Baker Ensemble : Ergo - Moonlight Becomes You, Chet Baker With Strings : A Little Duet, Chet Baker Quartet : But Not For Me (Vocal) - But Not For Me (Instrumental) - There Will Never Be Another You - Look For The Silver Lining - My Funny Valentine - I Fall In Love Too Easily - Line For Lyons - Lover Man - My Funny Valentine - Zing, Went The Strings Of My Hart. Chet Baker Sextet : Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day, Chet Baker Quartet : Long Ago And Far Away - Sad Walk - Tenderly, Chet Baker & His Orchestra : Chet, Chet Baker Quartet : Everything Happens To Me, Chet Baker Quintet : Tasty Pudding, Chet Baker Quartet : That Old Feeling - I've Never Been In Love Before, Chet Baker & Art Pepper Sextet : Sonny Boy, Chet Baker Quartet : My Ideal, Chet Baker Quintet : To Mickey's Memory, Chet Baker Big Band : A Foggy Day - Darn That Dream - Tenderly, Russ Freeman & Chet Baker : Love Nest - Hugo Hurwhey.

"London's most stylish vintage Jazz band!" (Evan Christopher) Amongst vintage jazz bands, The Dime Notes have given themselves the mission of unearthing early pre-swing jazz tunes, dusting them down, reinventing them, and taking them to a wide audience. In so doing they pay tribute to the vanguard of New Orleans jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, and the list goes on. The hippest of the hip, they are the first vintage jazz band with an eponymous organic chocolate bar and they deliver vintage jazz in typically elegant, British style. As London becomes the ebullient new jazz capital, the Dime Notes show that the history of the music is still relevant in all the excitement.