Part 1 of the LGF Sound Archives: French recordings from before 1914
The Label Gallery Française Sound Archive Part. 2: The 20’s
Part 2 of the LGF Sound Archives: French recordings from after WWI and the 20's.
The Label Gallery Française Sound Archive Part. 3: the 30’s
Part 3 of the LGF Sound Archives : French recordings made in the 30's.
The Label Gallery Française Sound Archives Part.4 : WWII and beyond
Part 4 of the LGF Audio Archives: the Second World War and beyond.
“Notre blues à nous, c’est le musette” (Boris Vian)
"Our own Blues is Musette" (Boris Vian). ~ Updated 10/16/2023 ~ Interview with Christian Van Den Broeck, Dominique Cravic and Robert Crumb to celebrate the release of their book about the history of musette, and 20 sides from my personnal collection.
~ June 2021 update ~
New songs added and historic details revealed.
Early jazz recordings in Paris: Mitchell’s Jazz Kings
The Mitchell's Jazz Kings is, without any doubt, the most successful American band in Paris in the immediate post-WWI era.
Early jazz recordings in Paris: Bands you know nothing about.
A detective work was required to draw a (still incomplete) portrait of these bands for which history has been lost.
Early jazz recordings in Paris: F. Howard Jackson & his orchestra (the complete session).
Totally forgotten today, the Howard Jackson's orchestra was one, if not the first american band to record "jass" in France. [updated 11/2021]
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