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An American in France: A Travelogue, Part II

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
August 8, 2023
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For this week's show, we again visit Europe with a variety of American artists performing and recording in France, living in France and collaborating with French artists. We'll also check out a few recent French Jazz releases all along the way. Etes-vous pr��t?

Playlist

Thelonious Monk

piano
1917 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:50

Sidney Bechet

saxophone, soprano
1897 - 1959

" data-original-title="" title="">Sidney Bechet "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" from Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers (Esquire) 02:00

Bud Powell

piano
1924 - 1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Bud Powell "Parisian Thoroughfare" from In Paris (Discovery Records) 04:55

Bud Powell

piano
1924 - 1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Bud Powell "There'll Never Be Another You!" from Blue Note Caf�� Paris, 1961 (ESP Disk) 0:06:50

Nicole Mitchell

flute
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble, Ensemble Laborintus "Towards Excellence" from Moments of Fatherhood (RogueArt) 0:14:16

Cossi-Anatz "Bourr��e du C��or" from Jazz Afro-Occitan (Digger's Digest) 0:20:05

Anthony Braxton

woodwinds
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Braxton "Donna Lee" from Donna Lee (America Records) 0:29:16

Sam Rivers

saxophone, tenor
1923 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Sam Rivers "Ecstasy" from Paragon (Fluid) 0:38:37

Nina Simone

piano and vocals
1933 - 2003

" data-original-title="" title="">Nina Simone "No Me Quitte Pas" from Right On! (Roker Records) 0:44:15

Archie Shepp

saxophone, tenor
b.1937

" data-original-title="" title="">Archie Shepp "Sophisticated Lady" from Parisian Concert (Impro) 0:50:30

Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Prayer for Passive Resistance" from Mingus at Antibes (Atlantic) 0:56:19

Dave Brubeck

piano
1920 - 2012

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Brubeck Quartet "Three to Get Ready" from The Last Time We Saw Paris (Columbia) 1:04:25

Randy Weston

piano
1926 - 2018

" data-original-title="" title="">Randy Weston "Little Niles" from African Night Solo Piano (Inner City) 1:10:35

Keith Jarrett

piano
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Keith Jarrett "III" from Bordeaux Concert (ECM) 1:14:47

Ray Bryant

piano
1931 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Ray Bryant "Blues In G, Willow Weep For Me" from Someware in France (Label M) 1:19:21

Pierrick Pedron

saxophone, alto

" data-original-title="" title="">Pierrick Pedron,

Gonzalo Rubalcaba

piano
b.1963

" data-original-title="" title="">Gonzalo Rubalcaba "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere" from P��dron Rubalcaba (Gazebo) 1:26:59

Sophie Alour

saxophone
b.1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Sophie Alour "My Favorite Things" from Shaker (Na?ve) 1:32:57

Duke Ellington

piano
1899 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Duke Ellington "Limbo Jazz" from Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Sessions (Atlantic) 1:37:22

OZMA

band / ensemble / orchestra
b.2001

" data-original-title="" title="">OZMA "Dust City (Beijing)" from Hyperlapse (Cristal Records) 1:43:43

Tiger Trio—

Myra Melford

piano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Myra Melford,

Joëlle Léandre

bass
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Jo?lle L��andre,

Nicole Mitchell

flute
b.1967

" data-original-title="" title="">Nicole Mitchell "Hurricane" from Unleashed (RogueArt) 1:49:56

Coleman Hawkins

saxophone, tenor
1904 - 1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Coleman Hawkins "April in Paris" from Body And Soul (BMG Music) 1:56:46

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