Big Jullien And His All Star - Riviera Sound No.1

Year : 1970  

Label : Riviera

Genre : Jazz

Style : Soul Jazz, Funk/Soul, Big Band

"Riviera Sound No.1" is a soul jazz album recorded at the Studios Barclay, Paris, including incredible funk/soul breaks & brass sounds with Michel Colombier compositions ("The Big Team/Opening" 45 RPM or "I Remember Otis"), Ivan Jullien (An Oscar For Eddy) and Charlie Mingus (Time Square). Ivan Jullien is a French trumpeter, bandleader and arranger, who composed and arranged over one hundred songs for various french singers among Henri Salvador, Charles Aznavour, Sacha Distel, or Françoise Hardy. He collaborated also with the greatest jazz musicians such as Michel Legrand, Francis Lai (arrangements on "A Man  And A Woman"), Quincy Jones, Count Basie Orchestra or Dee Dee Bridgewater. During the sixties and the seventies, he was the leader of the Paris Jazz All-Stars big band featuring the organist Eddy Louiss, drummer Jean Arpino, pianists Maurice Vander & Michel Colombier, all credited as musicians on "Riviera Sound No.1".

Baden Powell - 1976 ~ Tristeza

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Year : 1976
Label : Festival
Genre : Latin Jazz
Style : Bossa Nova, Samba Jazz

Baden Powell De Aquino was one of the great figures of the Bossa Nova and Jazz Samba genres including the Afro-Brasileira style. "Tristeza 1976" refers to his first international success "Tristeza On Guitar" recorded ten years ago. During the seventies, Baden Powell recorded various albums for the French label Festival such as "La Grande Réunion" featuring french jazz violonist Stéphane Grappelli. From 1973, his quartet consists of bassist Guy Pedersen, drummer Jean Arpino and Jorge Arena from The Percussionists Of Rio De Janeiro. Titles include his own compositions (Canto De Ossanha, Ciudad Vacia, Imagem), the Brazilian latin jazz classics from Jobim (So Danso Samba) and Ary Barroso (Bahia). Recorded in France at studio Frémontel.