Spirit Of Chicago Orchestra / Formation Jazz De La -Tribute To James Reese Europe -Fremeaux & CD Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

01. Spirit of Chicago Orchestra "Castle House Rag"

02. Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan Laferri?re "Castle House Rag 2"

03. Spirit of Chicago Orchestra "Ballin' The Jack"

04. Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan Laferri?re "Ballin' The Jack 2"

05. Spirit of Chicago Orchestra "Memphis Blues"

06. Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan Laferri?re "Memphis Blues 2"

07. Spirit of Chicago Orchestra "Ja Da"

08. Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan Laferri?re "Ja Da 2"

09. Spirit of Chicago Orchestra "Castle Walk"

10. Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan Laferri?re "Castle Walk 2"

11. Spirit of Chicago Orchestra "Down Home Rag"

12. Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan Laferri?re "Down Home Rag 2"

13. Spirit of Chicago Orchestra "Broadway Hit Medley"

14. Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan Laferri?re "Broadway Hit Medley 2"

15. Spirit of Chicago Orchestra "La Marseillaise"

16. Formation de la Musique de l'Air, Stan Laferri?re "La Marseillaise 2"

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Description:

Labeled by the French and the American commissions for the centenary of the Great War, this release celebrates the 100th anniversary of the arrival in France of jazz, brought over by black American troops (the famous Harlem Hell Fighters) mobilized in that First World War. Produced by the Hot Club Jazz Iroise and arranged by Stan Laferriere, this album is a tribute to James Reese Europe, an influential Harlem composer post- 1910 - he joined the National Guard and fought alongside French soldiers - and a historic figure in jazz and the struggle for civil rights. Two orchestras relay each other in presenting this fabulous material: the Spirit of Chicago Orchestra, which plays in the purest rag-time tradition of jazz in it's embryonic stage, and the Jazz Formation of the Air Force Band, which brings these melodies right up to date and shows just how much these melodies that go back to the origins of jazz have inestimable value.

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FA8552

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