Format | Audio CD |
Ordering Number | FA8552 |
Barcode | 3448960855228 |
label | Fremeaux & Associes |
Release date | 4/20/2018 |
salesrank | 7834 |
Labelled by the French and the American commissions for the centenary of the Great War, this record celebrates the 100th anniversary of the arrival in France of jazz, brought over by black American troops (the famous Harlem Hell Fighters) mobilized in that First World War. Produced by the Hot Club Jazz Iroise and arranged by Stan Laferrière, this album is a tribute to James Reese Europe, an influential Harlem composer post- 1910 — he joined the National Guard and fought alongside French soldiers — and a historic figure in jazz and the struggle for civil rights. Two orchestras relay each other in presenting this fabulous material: the Spirit of Chicago Orchestra, which plays in the purest rag-time tradition of jazz in its embryonic stage, and the Jazz Formation of the Air Force Band, which brings these melodies right up to date and shows just how much these melodies that go back to the origins of jazz have inestimable value. Augustin Bondoux / Patrick Frémeaux
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CD 1- 1.Spirit of Chicago OrchestraCastle House Rag02:18
- 2.Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan LaferrièreCastle House Rag 204:21
- 3.Spirit of Chicago OrchestraBallin' The Jack02:40
- 4.Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan LaferrièreBallin' The Jack 203:20
- 5.Spirit of Chicago OrchestraMemphis Blues03:19
- 6.Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan LaferrièreMemphis Blues 203:16
- 7.Spirit of Chicago OrchestraJa Da02:44
- 8.Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan LaferrièreJa Da 203:52
- 9.Spirit of Chicago OrchestraCastle Walk03:25
- 10.Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan LaferrièreCastle Walk 204:12
- 11.Spirit of Chicago OrchestraDown Home Rag03:03
- 12.Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan LaferrièreDown Home Rag 203:33
- 13.Spirit of Chicago OrchestraBroadway Hit Medley03:20
- 14.Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan LaferrièreBroadway Hit Medley 204:07
- 15.Spirit of Chicago OrchestraLa Marseillaise01:33
- 16.Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan LaferrièreLa Marseillaise 203:39
- Total:52:42