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The Modern Jazz Quartet in 1958 and the Art Ensemble of Chicago in 1970 caught by the cameras of Jean-Christophe Averty.

The site includes videos of Lucky Thompson which remained unavailable for decades... Lucky Thompson 1 Lucky Thompson 2 Lucky Thompson 3 and last but not least... Lucky Thompson 4 Hopefully more will be available! Stay tuned!

Will let you know after I ship an INA DVD to a friend in the States. He had too much trouble getting it from INA direct. The INA operator I talked to could not answer the question!

The original cover and the second one...

also... Don Byas with Teddy Buckner... Roy Eldridge's 'The Man I Love' with Lou Levy, Arvell Shaw and J.C. Heard Vic Dickenson's 'Don't Blame Me' with the same rhythm section.

Now added to the INA site... Donald Byrd and Bobby Jaspar with Walter Davis, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor. Zoot Sims with the Byrd-Jaspar rhythm section.

Another gem from INA... Brew Moore, Jimmy Gourley, Kenny Clarke and Lou Bennett at the Blue Note club

INA say it is all legal. They claim they cleared the legal problems with the various rights holders and musicians unions. But I have not seen any footage or audio of Charles Mingus yet. However there are a couple of Erroll Garner videos available. This to mention a couple of musicians whose estates are notoriously difficult to deal with! The only Thelonious Monk video available is this famous 1969 interview. With the great story about Monk and Bud traveling together.

Track lists for discs 1 and 2 of the box on the FNAC website.

Miles Davis receives the French Legion of Honor in 1991 Miles Davis gets Legion d'Honneur

The very official INA (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel) is opening its jazz vaults this week. This includes about on hundred hours of video and audio archives. Some of the rarely seen video can already be seen now: - the Duke Ellington Orchestra at Salle Pleyel in November 1958 Duke Ellington et son Orchestre - the Quincy Jones Orchestra in March 1960 Quincy Jones Big Band - a Daniel Humair show in 1961 with Jackie McLean Daniel Humair special show - Roland Kirk in 1970 Roland Kirk - Sun Ra in 1972 Sun Ra - Jazz Giants (Dizzy, Getz, McLean, Eckstine, Max Roach, etc...) honored Jazz Giants honored and there is a lot more... The videos can be downloaded or transferred to DVD at reasonable costs. Better read french if you want to upload any of these

and more... Dizzy Gillespie accompanied by Martial Solal, Arvell Shaw and J.C. Heard Harlem Nocturne

More from the 1958 Cannes festival... Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge interviewed

Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge with Claude Bolling, Arvell Shaw and J.C. Heard perform at the 1958 Cannes festival Stompin' at the Savoy

The very talented daughter of a jazz giant... A favorite disc of the father and daughter!

This poorman's Billie is Diana Ross

Stan Getz with Martial Solal, Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke play 'Ghost of a Chance' at the Cannes festival in July 1958: Stan Getz in 1958

Is a tracklist available somewhere ? Not yet. Not even at Le Chant du Monde website...

This does not seem to be part of the Trésors du Jazz series but the 25CD box was produced by André Francis and Jean Schwartz. It has just been released. Looks like a beautiful box at a very reasonable price. L'Histoire du Piano Jazz Hi Volkher! You should enjoy this

The INA also posted several videos from this 1958 jazz festival in Cannes. Jazz festival de Cannes

Roy DeCarava who took superb photos of many jazz greats died Tuesday. Obit in today's New York Times The obit includes several of his images!

Profuse thanks to all wellwishers! Celebration was a family affair and a fine start for the next decades

Knew you'ld enjoy this!

Will pick up the book from the JazzEdit place in Ivry next week when they are remanned. I have a direct bus connection to their place! Looking forward to enjoy this!

The INA (Institut National de 'Audiovisuel) is releasing a double CD set recorded at the 1958 jazz festival in Cannes. Lots of very interesting music will be officially available on this Jazz sur la Croisette set!