Frémeaux & Associés, the leading jazz heritage label, has published in book and audiobook format a reference course on the history of jazz by Laurent Cugny, professor emeritus at Sorbonne University's Faculty of Letters (Institute for Research in Musicology), pianist and former director of the ONJ (Orchestre National de Jazz). This 3-CD anthology selected by the author retraces, in parallel with his book, the path taken by this music which, from the brothels of New Orleans to the most prestigious stages on the planet, has become one of the most popular music of our last century.
Patrick FRÉMEAUX

CD1 - DES DÉBUTS, AU COOL JAZZ : DEEP RIVER MARIAN ANDERSON • IF YOU SEE MY SAVIOUR THOMAS A. DORSEY • KIND HEARTED WOMAN BLUES ROBERT JOHNSON • MAPLE LEAF RAG SCOTT JOPLIN • TIGER RAG ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND • CANAL STREET BLUES KING OLIVER • BLACK BOTTOM STOMP JELLY ROLL MORTON • HOTTER THAN THAT LOUIS ARMSTRONG • JAZZ ME BLUES BIX BEIDERBECKE • NEW KING PORTER STOMP FLETCHER HENDERSON • BODY AND SOUL COLEMAN HAWKINS • THESE FOOLISH THINGS LESTER YOUNG • JUMPIN’ AT THE WOODSIDE COUNT BASIE • ECHOES OF HARLEM DUKE ELLINGTON • CLARINET A LA KING BENNY GOODMAN • HOT HOUSE DIZZY GILLESPIE • KOKO CHARLIE PARKER • TEMPUS FUGUE-IT BUD POWELL • BOPLICITY MILES DAVIS • THOU SWELL STAN GETZ • I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY CHET BAKER • BERNIE’S TUNE GERRY MULLIGAN • TAKE FIVE DAVE BRUBECK.

CD2 - DU HARD BOP AU FREE JAZZ (+ JAZZ VOCAL) : OLEO MILES DAVIS/SONNY ROLLINS • MOANIN’ ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS • JOY SPRING CLIFFORD BROWN / MAX ROACH • SELF-PORTRAIT IN THREE COLORS CHARLES MINGUS • SUMMERTIME GIL EVANS/MILES DAVIS • SO WHAT MILES DAVIS • GIANT STEPS JOHN COLTRANE • INVISIBLE ORNETTE COLEMAN • CRAZY BLUES MAMIE SMITH • BACK WATER BLUES BESSIE SMITH • STRANGE FRUIT BILLIE HOLIDAY • HOW HIGH THE MOON ELLA FITZGERALD • EMBRACEABLE YOU SARAH VAUGHAN • SWEET LORRAINE NAT KING COLE • MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME NINA SIMONE.

CD3 - LE JAZZ EN FRANCE : LONESOME LOVE SICK BLUES JOSÉPHINE BAKER • PARIS BIGUINE STELLIO • DINAH DJANGO REINHARDT • CHRISTIANA MICHEL WARLOP • SWEET AND BEBOP BORIS VIAN • FLÈCHE D’OR DJANGO REINHARDT • STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY HENRI SALVADOR • ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT SACHA DISTEL • ESQUISSE II ANDRÉ HODEIR • LES OIGNONS SIDNEY BECHET • IN A MIST MICHEL LEGRAND • VERY FATIGUÉ MARTIAL SOLAL • RAT RACE LES DOUBLE SIX • CUTE MILT BUCKNER / JO JONES • TROC TROC • CRAZY RHYTHM STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI / CLAUDE BOLLING • 22 MEZOUK ALAIN JEAN-MARIE • MOTHERLESS CHILD GOLDEN GATE QUARTET • TEA FOR TWO DIDIER LOCKWOOD • MINOR SWING NEW QUINTET DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE • DRUM THING 1 DANIEL HUMAIR • NEW STORIES HERVÉ SELLIN • SALAMERO LAURENT CUGNY.

SÉLECTION : LAURENT CUGNY