[Dixielandjazz] The Anachronic Jazz Band

[a. de lasimone]

Hello,

Obviously I Invite you to buy this record

But You'll find here: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQLzua6efGA*

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Different takes of a live concert. The musicians are not exactly the 
same, which proves the vitality of french classical jazz in these years.

Enjoy!


Alain de La Simone


Le 09/03/2020 à 15:39, Marek Boym a écrit :
> Hello,
> How many of you would go for a record with this repertoire: Yardbird 
> Suite, 'Round About Midnight, Anthropology, Blue Monk, Tin Tin Deo, 
> Jordu, Pent up House (an exception - not a well-known tune), Bernie's 
> Tune and Move?  Probably not too many - and you'd have been wrong!
> This is exactly what the French Anachronic Jazz Band recorded back in 
> the late 1970's.  It recorded an LP with these titles in 1976, and 
> played this and similar repertoire at the 1977 Nice Jazz Parade 
> (videos from the latter are available on Youtube).  To prove jazz is 
> not what but how, the band plays two-beat versions of all those modern 
> tunes (Pent up is its pianist's original).  Of course, Pee Wee Russell 
> did it earlier, but somehow, his "Ask Me Now" and Spirit of '67, 
> although they gained him renewed critical recognition, seemed to have 
> passed under the radar of the more traditionally minded public.  OK, 
> Marshall Brown's group was not exactly OKOM, but Pee Wee was his usual 
> quirky self.
> I, by the way, would have checked the lineup before rejecting a 
> recording featuring a be-bop repertoire, and if played byt the right 
> people - buy it.
> Cheers
>
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