Daniel Janin - Dinha Mantha's Power

Year : 1974
Label : PSI
Genre : Jazz
Style : Big Band, Funk/Soul, Jazz Funk

"Dinha Mantha's Power" is the most famous album to the Funk/Soul accent and probably the best of French band leader Daniel Janin, including the soulful song "Sand And Rain" featuring american jazz songstress Nancy Holloway. Daniel Janin is a vibrationist, arranger, band leader & composer for various TV shows, who was big band conductor for the Bruno Coquatrix's Olympia Hall in Paris from 1961 to 1964, and worked with various artists from the french variety such as Jacques Brel, Gilbert Bécaud or Dalida. A part of his work has often been sampled by several Hip-Hop artists as the songs "Black Night", "Fat Fat Fellow" or more recently "Trumpet Flower" by Nujabes on the Samurai Champloo original soundtrack. "Sand & Rain" was selected by Mickaël Darmon for the  KIF label's compilation, "Mélodie En Soul Sol : Paris '70".

Various - Mélodie En Soul Sol (Paris 70's)

Year : 2002
Label : Kif Recordings
Genre : Jazz
Style : Big Band, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz

Compilation which focuses on French Jazz including Heavy Funk & Big Band grooves extracted from various Music Library labels and others jazz albums, recorded between 1967-1976, and selected by DJ/producer Michaël Darmon, owner of Kif Recordings (Jazz Liberatorz). Titles include several compositions of Daniel Janin & J.C. Pierric, but also Claude Vasori, Vladimir Cosma, Martial Solal or Vincent Geminiani, two songs featuring Nancy Holloway (Sand And Rain & Hurt So Bad). Most of the tracks have been used in Hip-Hop such as "Black Night" composed by Daniel Janin sampled by The Beanuts on "Muchachacha" or "Trumpet Flower" (Daniel Janin) sampled by Nujabes on "Kodama (interlude)" extracted from Impression (Samurai Champloo Music Record).

DISC 1 : Daniel Janin Et Son Orchestre - Saramina / Daniel Janin - The Little Green Man Walk / Daniel Janin & Nancy Holloway - Sand And Rain / Vincent Geminiani - Ophis Le Serpentaire / Daniel Janin - Black Night / Daniel Janin - Hep Taxi / Vladimir Cosma - Black Flowers / Claude Vasori - Fantomaniac

DISC 2 : Daniel Janin Et Son Orchestre - Fat Fat Fellow / Nancy Holloway - Hurt So Bad / Martial Solal - Un Train Vaut Mieux Que Deux Tu L'auras / Vincent Geminiani - Insidieusement Les Elfes / Daniel Janin & J.C. Pierric - Goose Skin / Claude Vasori - Punching Ball / Daniel Janin & Robert Viger - Nobel Tower / Daniel Janin - Trumpet Flower