French Concert

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French Concert
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Live album by
Shelly Manne Quartet featuring Lee Konitz
Released1979 [1]
RecordedNovember 11, 1977 [2] [3]
Newport Jazz Festival, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
Genre Jazz
Label Galaxy
GXY 5124
Producer Ed Michel
Shelly Manne chronology
Essence
(1977)		French Concert
(1979)		 Double Piano Jazz Quartet
(1980)
Lee Konitz chronology
Lee Konitz Nonet
(1977)		French Concert
(1977)		 Duplicity
(1977)

French Concert is a live album by the Shelly Manne Quartet featuring Lee Konitz, recorded in Paris by Radio France as part of George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival tour in 1977, and released on the Galaxy label in 1979. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, commented: "This combination of jazzmen works quite well, resulting in music that is both swinging and explorative". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 9:33
  2. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 6:30
  3. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 6:48
  4. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 8:48
  5. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 5:38
  6. "Take the Coltrane" (Duke Ellington) – 4:00

Personnel

Performances on Specific Tracks based on the Jazz Disco website [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Galaxy Album Discography, accessed November 24, 2016
  2. 1 2 Lee Konitz discography accessed November 24, 2016
  3. 1 2 3 Galaxy Records Catalog: 5100 series accessed November 24, 2016
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. French Concert – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 24, 2016.
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