Vladimir Cosma - Ultra Pop-op

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Year : 1970   

Label : Sylvester Music Company/MPI

Serie : Sounds Pop
Genre : Jazz, Rock
Style : Jazz Rock, Psychedelic, Pop   

Vladimir Cosma is a French/Romanian composer, conductor and violinist in various music genres during over fifties years, collaborating with Michel Legrand and likewise jazz giants  Chet Baker, Pepper Adams or Toots Thielemans. He was in charge of numerous french film music scores, whose the most famous are "Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob" and "Le Grand Blond Avec Une Chaussure Noire" (starring Louis De Funès and Pierre Richard). Originally released under N° 27 of the "Musique Pour L'Image" (French music library label) including background music & psychedelic soundscapes, "Ultra Pop-Op" back in the spotlight thanks to the track "Black Flowers" selected by french Hip-Hop producer Michaël Darmon (Kif records, Jazz Liberatorz) for the French jazz compilation released in 2002, "Mélodie En Soul Sol". 

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