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Catherine Antoine |
  Style : French Chanson REF : OP136 |
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Catherine Antoine is an artist in the vein of Juliette Greco and Claude Nougaro. She brings freshness, poetry and the sensuality and richness of her voice to the French chanson tradition. On the album NATURE she is backed by some of the finest jazz musicians. |
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SIBA e a Fuloresta |
 Style : World/Brésil REF : OP140 |
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The brazilian version of the Buena Vista Social Club : Siba e a Fuloresta. 2 times winner of "Premio Tim" the brazilan Grammy awards |
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SONANTES |
 Style : World/Brazil REF : OP138 |
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The major album of Sonantes the brazilian collective founded by CéU !! Guest stars include Siba, Lúcio Maia, Beto Villares, Apollo 9, and more As Brazil celebrates its 50th anniversary of bossa nova music in 2008, there continues to be a streaming output of new talent and innovation from this rich musical country. A perfect example is Sonantes, a São Paolo based musical collective featuring the vocal talents of CéU in collaboration with Pupillo and Dengue, members of the Brazilian group Nação Zumbi, as well as Rica Amabis from Instituto and Gui Amabis. |
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Ousman Danedjo |
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Ousman Danedjo sings in Wolof, Bambara or Fula. A songwriter and performer, he also plays the kora, the xalam and percussion. He discovered Africa eleven years ago. The encounter changed his life.
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Herman van Veen |
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Herman van Veen, singer, writer of songs, fairy tales and stories was born in Utrecht on March 14, 1945. He grew up as the only boy in a working class family and studied violin, voice and music pedagogy at the Utrecht Conservatory. He made his theater debut in 1965 with the musical, clownish solo show Harlekijn (Harlequin). Since then he has traveled all over the world, performing in four and a half languages. His first bundle of verses and stories was published in 1969. The first book of his world-famous creation, Alfred Jodocus Kwak appeared in 1979 and has since been translated into 20 different languages. To date he has created 141 CDs, 11 DVDs, some sixty-odd books and numerous scenarios for, among other things, the feature films “Uit Elkaar”, “Nachtvlinder”, and the music theater production “The First Lady” |
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Henri TACHAN |
 Style : Chanson REF : OP132 |
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This "friend" of Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens, is one of the last Giants of the French popular music. Henri crossed the modes inspired the new generation and conquered the heart of a whole public by his poetry. His magnificent writing is simple and sincere.
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David LINX & The Brussels Jazz Orchestra "Changing Faces" |
 Style : Jazz REF : OP127  |
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One of the jazz vocal leader in Europe with one of the most known Big Band in the World (awarded by the Critics Poll in 2004 Downbeat Mag.) Eleven arrangers chiselled this record note by note. They together shaped one homogeneous and magnificent jewel, David Linx and his guests made it precious.
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Almo |
 Style : Pop REF : OP134 |
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Born in Paris, ALMO was plunged into a heady musical atmosphere from earliest childhood. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and after returning to France, he began a career as a composer, arranger and performer in advertising and for the cinema. He wrote the original soundtrack for the feature film Le Souffleur, directed by G. PIXIE (produced by Europa Corp./Avalanches) and released in March 2005. But ALMO’s real love is songwriting. Brought up on soul (Stevie WONDER, Marvin GAYE) and pop (Paul McCARTNEY, Cat STEVENS), this talented songwriter is now striking out on his own.
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Alfredo RODRIGUEZ |
 Style : Cuba REF : OP119 |
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Digital exclusivity
Oye Afra is a compilation made by Alfredo’s wife : Miké Charropin. Always with him on the road, Miké has taken the time to select some of the greatest live performances of Alfredo Rodriguez, responding to the insisting profession and lovers of the Son Cubano. |
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Armande Altaï |
 Style : French Pop REF : OP131 |
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Forget the screens, forget the clichés... Listen to this album as if it had come out of nowhere – because it has. Time has taken the edges off the angles, off the abrasiveness and sharpness. Now you can hear the tenderness, the warmth and the melancholy too. Leaving aside all misunderstanding, we can now recognise Armande for what she is: a unique artiste, a proud and fragile mauve-accented poet. |
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Ricardo Teté Featuring : Irène Jacob, David Linx, Hamilton de Hollanda, |
 Style : World / Brésil REF : OP114 |
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If music were coffee, Ricardo Teté’s music would be a subtle blend. A learned and an innocent union of elements that aren’t often brought together. Sweetness and mystery. A certain naiveté; bright colours and childhood; a dash of intellect, of distance, of crystal. Instantly appealing melodies and multilayered lyrics.   |
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Charlier/Sourisse Featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel |
 Style : Jazz REF : OP132 |
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They form the kind of duo that jazz fans love. Their careers seem so closely interlinked and complementary that people will speak about ‘Charlier/Sourisse’ as if they were a single person. You hardly know which one is André and which one Benoît. The two artists seem to share a view of life and of music, which they have been making together for over fifteen years, both as a duo and alongside Didier Lockwood and Jean-Jacques Milteau.  |
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Jean-Patrick Capdevielle |
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| Viché de Vince: basse, gtr et claviers, Philippe Almosnino: gtr, Vic Emerson: claviers et arrangement de cordes, David Hallyday: drms, Frank Ridacker: drms, Christophe Deschamps: drms, Hervé Cavelier: violon, Jean Claude Tcheurekdjian: violon, Jean Marc Apap: alto, Frédéric Kret: violoncelle, Stéphane Logerot: contrebasse, Sylvain Rouge: choeurs, Jean-Patrick Capdevielle: voix, choeurs, harmonica, percussions, gtr
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His name rings in the ears of the rock amateurs, or those who were listening the top 50 beginning of the 80s. Capdevielle had then invaded the music charts. |
Style : Rock |
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Toufic Farroukh |
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Jazz from unfamiliar angles. If Toufic Farroukh’s new album ‘Tootya’ is anything it is this. A touch of oriental roots, a tinge of electronica combined with lots of intense flavoring the accomplished Lebanese saxophonist’s journey continues with this powerful follow up to 2002’s groundbreaking DrabZeen. |
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Style : World / Electro |
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Robin McKelle |
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It’s a remarkable voice -- a soul-infused alto tinged with haunting echoes of the postwar jazz greats. For years its possessor, Robin McKelle, has inched closer to her inevitable destiny with the spotlight. Having shared stages with revered artists such as Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Terence Blanchard, Michael McDonald, Jon Secada and others, McKelle now assumes center stage with a debut solo album that exuberantly broadens the boundaries of retro-swing. Plus encore il avait alors conquis tout un public |
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Produced by trumpeter, arranger and clinician Willie Murillo (Brian Setzer Orchestra, Aimee Mann, LeAnn Rimes), Introducing Robin McKelle evokes the jazzy spirit of 1940’s America, while retaining a contemporary edge that speaks of a new wartime. With its well-struck balance of potent swing and fearlessly sentimental balladry, the album heralds the arrival of a peerless interpretive artist. |
Style : Jazz Vocal Management & concerts |
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Guy Marchand |
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The new record from the must know french singer. One of the last french pop geant. " La Dernière Vague " is a welcome back from the "Eddie Barclay" years. |
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Style : French Pop |
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Philos |
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PHILOS : guitar, trompet, singing, Michel LATOUR : Rhodes, Hammond, piano, Marc HETT : trombon, Stephan GENS : guitars, lap steel, Arnaud DIETERLEN : drum, Bernard VIGUIE : bass. |
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A world of lyrics & Rock'n roll, somewhere between Serge Gainsbourg and Jacques Brel... a revelation ! |
Style : Pop Rock |
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Stéphane Guillaume |
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Stéphane Guillaume : Saxophones, Clarinets, Flutes, Frédéric Favarel : Guitars, Marc Buronfosse : Double Bass , Antoine Banville : Drum , Produced by : Stéphane Huchard The present album, like its predecessor, contains no vain displays of instrumental virtuosity. On the contrary, in the delicacy of its associations, in the fragile and airy beauty that it evokes, the record remains as if deliberately apart from whatever might make it too demonstrative. |
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Free of grand exuberant solos and mere technical feats, Stéphane Guillaume’s world exists inside the framework of a group whose members are each in search of a common sound, within which the smallest melodic thrill, the fine details of the arrangements and the subtlety of the writing are immediately perceptible. |
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Pedro Aznar |
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Featuring : Mercedes Sosa, Gilberto Gil, Joao Donato, Nilda Fernandès One of the most respected and best-loved artists in South America, Pedro Aznar leads us on a journey through a rich musical tradition ranging across three continents: the ancestral song of the Andean peoples, the rhythmic legacy of Africa, and the European musical heritage, all seen through a contemporary prism with many facets. |
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A unique voice, not only in terms of his remarkable vocal gifts, but of his musical and poetic vision too, Aznar is an artist who has brought his work to maturity while staying faithful to his original inner calling. Songs of joy and longing, songs to cry and celebrate to, songs of raging fury and delicate tenderness. |
Style : World Music / Argentina |
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Guy Marchand |
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2 INCONTOURNABLES ALBUMS IN A DOUBLE DIGIPAK COLLECTOR CD 1 Nostalgitan |
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CD 2 Buenos Aires |
Style : POP |
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No Child Soldiers Démobilisons les enfants soldats |
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Alpha Blondy, Angélique Kidjo, Mama Keita, Lokua Kanza, Bibie, Ben Okafor, Monique Séka, Charlotte M'Bango, Aïcha Koné & Madéka with the participation of Salif Keita, Corneille, Tété, Rokia Traoré, Extra Bokaya, Youssou N'Dour & Geoffrey Oryema.Today nearly 300 000 children between 6 and 17 years old are forced to take part in over 20 armed conflicts worldwide. Mobilisation for the demobilisation of child soldiers! |
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The NO CHILD SOLDIERS project aims to draw attention to the situation of child soldiers. This record brings together some of Africa’s best-known musicians - Alpha Blondy, Angélique Kidjo, Mama Keita, Lokua Kanza, Bibie, Ben Okafor, Monique Séka, Charlotte M’Bango, Aïcha Koné and Madéka - who met up especially in the studio to record “BEMAMOU”, the previously unreleased highlight track on the album. |
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Benjamin Moussay Trio Swimming Pool |
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Benjamin Moussay : Piano et + |
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In Benjamin Moussay’s work, the pianist is inseparable from the composer. The pianist completes in performance what the composer has conceived, while occasionally adding electronic effects to give a finishing touch to his vision. And even when playing a piece by Debussy or a song by Serge Gainsbourg, Moussay makes use of the same narrative sense and still underlines the visual aspect of the music. |
Style : Jazz |
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Captain Mercier - Live DVD ÉVÈNEMENT - 15E ANNIVERSAIRE |
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Jacques Mercier : Chant - Charly Mercier : Chant - Benoit Sourisse : Orgue - Richard Arame : Guitare - André Charlier : Batterie - Gilles Douieb : Basse - Claude Egea : Trompette - Jean Gobinet : Trompette - Philippe Sellam : Sax - Damien Verherve : Trombone Brilliant, sizzling, explosive… CAPTAIN MERCIER is rhythm ‘n’ blues sung in French, written and played by ten of the most talented musicians of their generation. What other group in France can boast of members who have played or written material for international artists of the calibre of Ray CHARLES, Quincy JONES, Dee Dee BRIDGEWATER, Michel PETRUCCIANNI, Didier LOCKWOOD, Stevie WONDER, Salif KEITA or Diana ROSS, as well as for the greatest names in French popular music, such as Charles AZNAVOUR, Gilbert BECAUD, Henri SALVADOR, Bernard LAVILLIERS, Claude NOUGARO, Nino FERRER, Johnny HALLIDAY or CABREL, SOUCHON, SANSEVERINO, ARTHUR H, FERSEN and RITA MITSOUKO? |
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Jim Tomlinson - The Lyric FEATURING STACEY KENT |
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jim tomlinson: saxophone tenor et percussion |
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"Anyone familiar with my live and recorded work will know that I am fortunate in having Stacey Kent as my musical and my life’s partner. This partnership has deepened over the years to the extent that we share a musical empathy that is at times uncanny. As well as being my greatest inspiration, Stacey’s singing is an extension of my own musical voice. |
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Ralph Thamar - Alma Y Corazon FEATURING MARIO CANONGE |
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Ralph Thamar : Chant |
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With this record, Ralph Thamar, the Latin lover, along with Mario Canonge’s musical crew, are all set to capsize hearts and minds, both in the West Indies and elsewhere. The bolero isn’t outdated anymore – it’s futuristic ... |
Style : World REF OP112 |
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Hùrlak >>40°<< |
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Thierry Vaillot : Guitare |
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The music of Hùrlak is a voyage. |
Style : World & Jazz REF OP106 |
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CéU |
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Arrangements, artistic direction : Beto Vilares & Antonio Pinto Realisation, recording and mixing : Urban Jungle |
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From contemporary Brazil comes CéU, with an album blending force and grace. For photos of CéU and her performance at the North Sea Jazz click on this link. |
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RAY BARRETTO - Time was - Time is |
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Ray Barretto->Congas & timbales |
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48th Grammy Awards (2006) nominees (Best Latin Jazz Album) When Ray Barretto takes Latin-Jazz back to its roots, using the vocabulary of today, then you know the future looks good. The legendary figure of sunshine music and his septet have given a new twist to the ever fertile dialogue between New York and the Caribbean. Muy caliente… |
Style : Latin Jazz REF OP109 |
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GUY MARCHAND - Emilio |
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Arrangements, direction artistique et direction d'orchestre : Frédéric Manoukian |
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Guy Marchand is a well-known and appreciated French cinema actor who has also become a familiar face to television viewers. But fewer people are aware that before becoming an actor, Guy had already made a name for himself as a singer and that it was through music that he first took up acting. And today, with his rich experience and affection for Latin-American music and jazz, Guy Marchand has returned to his first love. |
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SARAH MORROW & The american all stars in Paris FEATURING HAL SINGER & RHODA SCOTT |
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Sarah Morrow - Trombone Hal Singer - Tenor Sax Rhoda Scott - Hammond B3 Wayne Dockery & Peter Giron - Doublebass Jeff Boudreaux & John Betsch - Drums |
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First appearing in Ray Charles and Dee Dee Bridgewater’s bands, the trombonist Sarah Morrow is one of the most active jazzwomen. On All Stars in Paris, her third album, she has brought together several American legends living in France to play some well-established standards. The record features the great Rhoda Scott, the master of the Hammond organ, and Hal Singer, a worthy representative of the Texan school of tenor saxophone. They are joined by Wayne Dockery and Peter Giron on the bass, and John Betsch and Jeff Boudreaux on the drums. In addition to the sheer pleasure of playing music together, the musicians have here paid a homage to Paris, a city which, from the 1930s onwards, has welcomed American jazzmen with the respect – or the fervour – which has sometimes been refused them on the other side of the Atlantic. Between jazz and Paris, the love affair continues. |
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Mokhtar Samba - Dounia |
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Steel drums: Andy NAREL - African "mandingo" guitar : BACO - Guitar : nguyen LEE, Bruno CAVIGLIA, Claude DIBONGE, Jean Christophe MAILLARD, Jose PALMER - Lead vocal : Camel El HEBCHI, Idrissa DIOP, Maalem ABDESLAM, MAMA KEITA, Mimi FELIXINE, Oliver LOUVEL, Tom DAKITE, Weuz KALLY - Backing vocals Cathy RENOIR, Esta DOBONGNA, Ange-Laure FANDHO, EWAN DOBONGNA, ISABELLE GONZALES, Youssef BOUCHOU - Keyboards, acoustic piano : Celia REGGIANI - Synthe chorus : Cheikh TIDJANE - Programming : Christophe SARLIN - basse : Michel ALIBO, Linley MARTHE, Guy SANGUE, Etienne MBAPPE, Philippe CHAÎEB - Oriental Violin : Farhat BOUALLAGUI - Drums Guest : Francis LASSUS (brushes), Olivier MONTEILS, Reda SAMBA, Queen ETEME - Keyboards : Frédéric GAILLARDET - Percussions : Gerard CAROCCI, Midoune CISSE, Minino GARAï, Mustapha CISSE, MIDOUN and the Dakar Percussive Ensemble, Rabah KHALFA, ANGA DIAZ - Synthe ( saï saï) : Jean Philippe RYKIEL - keyboard, talk box,samplesvocal : Julien AGAZAR - Balafon : Lansana "Boua" KOUYATE - Sax : Laurent BONNET, Pierre Olivier GAUVIN - Acoustic Piano : Lionel FORTIN, Mario CANONGE - Tablas : Nanda KUMA : Nicolas RAKOTO - Drums : Mokhtar SAMBA, - Accordion : Regis GIZAVO - Kora : YACOUBA |
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This "drummer for the great" has blended bright arpeggios on the kora, insistent spirals of the Sahelian bards and the ornate style of the voices, as well as jazz improvisations and hints of classical music. The music thus moves between the white Africa of the Berber nomads and the black Africa of the great Empires fed by the Niger. An outstanding drummer and percussionist, Mokthar has played with some of the greatest musicians : Salif Keita, Youssou'N'Dour, Joe Zawinul, Alpha Blondy, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jaco Pastorius, Manu Dibango, Carlinhos Brown, Carlos Santana, Eddy Louis, Mori Kanté..... |
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Stéphane Guillaume - Soul Role |
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Stéphane Guillaume : flutes, clarinets, saxophones - Antoine Banville : drum - Marc Buronfosse : doublebass - Christian Staïcu : piano, Fender Rhodes - Claude Egea : bugle, trompet - David Patrois : vibraphone, marimba - Daniel Yvinec : artistic direction & bass (on Formica Léo) - Frédéric Favarel : guitars. |
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Stéphane Guillaume, after being moved and enriched during his highly varied career as an accompanist to others, has now taken the time to put his immense talent and incredible inventiveness to work on his own music. Soul Role is the second album of one among the best french jazz musicians. He played among others with Quincy Jones, Wayne Krantz, Sara Lazarus, Claude Nougaro, Umberto Pagnini’s “Cricca”, David Patrois, Steve Potts, Manuel Rocheman, Aldo Romano, Yoshco Seffer, Toots Thielemanns, Franck Tortiller, and Didier Lockwood’s “New Quartet”. |
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méxico, mágico, místico Flor de Luna - xochimetzli |
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Gilles Coquard - Alexis Cárdenas - Aldo Guinart - Juan de Dios Márquez "Tuly" - Martha Ruales - Marie-Janick Massot - Jean-Pierre Dauger "El Goloá" - Francisco Gonzalez Giraldo - André MAZURE - Rodrigo Mosquera - Gildardo Mejía Rodriguez -Santiago Cano - Gerardo Gutiérrez Bernal - Groupe La Calaca. |
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Featuring : Dr L. Subramaniam - Ofelia Medina - Orlando Valle "Maraca" - Marcel Loefeler. Flor de luna is the expression of artists who are united in music, who have joined together with the desire of going beyond the ‘traditional’ field of World Music. From Mexico to Cuba, from Venezuela to Ecuador, from Colombia to Argentina by way of India, Flor de luna is a hymn to the peoples in movement. |
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Mario Canonge - Rhizome |
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Made up of a ‘hard core’ of musicians Mario CANONGE, Michel ALIBO, Antonio SANCHEZ who have been joined for the occasion by some remarkable guest soloists Roy HARGROVE, Jacques SCHWARZ-BART, Richard BONA, Jean-Pierre KOQUEREL (Groupe Akiyo) and Gino SITSON) |
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Featuring Roy Hargrove & Richard Bona In a career lasting for nearly 20 years, Mario Canonge has so far given us 5 albums. He has a thirst for different musical experiences and exchanges, and has put his talents to work for the most diverse styles and cultures, from Cape Verde to Haiti, from Cuba to his native French West Indies. Mario CANONGE is in fact a central and essential element in Caribbean music, but above all an ambassador for Martinique’s musical heritage throughout the world. |
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Charlier / Sourisse - Eleven blues |
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André Charlier: Drum - Benoît Sourisse: Hammond B3, Piano - Kenny Garrett: saxophone alto - Jean-Marie Ecay: guitare - Claude Egéa: trompette, bugle - Damien Verherve: trombone - Stephane Guillaume: clarinettes, saxophone soprano |
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Featuring Kenny Garrett This duo is considered as an essential element of the contemporary French jazz scene. They are remarkable both for their longevity and their talent, and have played with some of the world’s most exceptional musicians. From Michel Petrucciani and John Scofield to Martial Solal, from Michel Portal, Mike Stern and Toots Thielemans to John MacLaughlin, from Captain Mercier and Jean-Jacques Milteau to Mighty Mo Rodgers, their varied musical career has helped them create a warm and distinctive sound. |
Style : Jazz REF : OP101 |
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Etienne Mbappe - Misiya |
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Etienne Mbappé: lead and background vocals, bass - J.C. “mbutu” Maillard: guitars - Roger “kemp” Biwandu: drums - Lionel “lion” Fortin: keyboards - Hervé “le kian” Gourdikian : saxophones - Gérard Carocci : percussions Constance “coco’’ Mbassi : background vocals - Sylvia “sissi” Laubé : background vocals - Christophe Cravero: violin - Sébastien Guillaume: violinAlexandra Cravero: viola - Valentine “titine” Duteil cello - Jean Wellers double bass - Felix Sabal Lecco programming |
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Featuring : Mokhtar Samba, Boddy James Nguime, Andy Narell, Miguel Sanchez In his mother tongue, Douala (a Cameroonian dialect), he sings of love, of friendships, of his son’s eyes… He composes odes to life and to his native land. We hear him sing sad, sensual ballads to the accompaniment of the guitar and the cello and then more upbeat songs that show his unique feel for dance rhythms. Laureat of the ADAMI 2006 "Talents" Jazz & Electro |
Style : World/Africa REF OP100 |
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