| Afternoon in Paris | ||||
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | December 4 & 7, 1956 Paris, France | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:08 | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1267 | |||
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Afternoon in Paris is an album by American pianist and composer John Lewis and French guitarist Sacha Distel recorded for the Atlantic label. [1]
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Allmusic reviewer, Alex Henderson stated: "the part-American, part-French group of improvisers provides an above-average bop album". [2]
Alexandre "Sacha" Distel was a French singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No 10 in the UK Charts, "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1997. He had also scored a hit as a songwriter when Tony Bennett recorded Sacha's song for The Good Life in 1963. It peaked at #18 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and Top 10 on the Easy Listening chart.
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