On September 17, 1989, “Warner Bros” label released “Candleland”, the debut Ian McCulloch album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Church Studios”, “Orinocco Studios” and “Tower Bridge Studios” in London, “The Grande Armée” in Paris, and was produced by Ray Shulman.
In September 1965, “Blue Note” label released “One Flight Up”, the 21st Dexter Gordon album. It was recorded in June 1964, at “CBS Studios” in Paris, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
In June 1970, “Blue Note” label released “The Flip”, the 33rd Hank Mobley album. It was recorded in July 1969, at “Studio Barclay” in Paris, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
On October 30, 2020, “Concord” label released “Hey Clockface”, the 31st Elvis Costello studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “Suomenlinnan Studio” in Helsinki, “Les Studios Saint Germain” in Paris, “Leonia Sound” in New Jersey, and was produced by Elvis Costello, Michael Leonhart and Sebastian Krys.
Personnel:
Elvis Costello – voices, voices via electrical wire, guitar, bass, piano, snare drum
Bill Frisell – guitar, loops
Nels Cline – guitar
Steve Nieve – grand piano, upright piano, organ, mellotron, melodica
On September 22, 1978, “All Life” label released “Gitane”, an album by Charlie Haden and Christian Escoudé. It was recorded in September 1978, at “Studio Des Champs Elysees” in Paris, and was produced by Alain Boucanus and Eymeric Adam.
Personnel:
Charlie Haden – double bass
Christian Escoudé – guitar
Track listing:
All tracks by Django Reinhardt except where noted.
On April 9, 2021, “Columbia” label released “Amazônia”, the twenty-first Jean-Michel Jarre studio album. It was recorded in 2021, at “JMJ Studio” in Paris, and was produced by Jean-Michel Jarre. The album is a 52-minute musical score for the exhibition “Amazônia”, a project by photographer and filmmaker Sebastião Salgado. The project focuses on the Brazilian Amazon, featuring more than 200 photographs and other media by Salgado.
On March 26, 2021, “Island” label released “Collections from the Whiteout”, the fourth Ben Howard studio album. It was recorded 2020 – 2021, at “Long Pond” in New York City, “La Frette” in Paris, and was produced by Aaron Dessner and Ben Howard.
Personnel:
Ben Howard – vocals, guitar, percussion
Aaron Dessner – guitar, piano
Mickey Smith – acoustic guitar, dulcimer
Nat Wason – electric guitar
Richard Thomas – keyboard, synthesizer
Kate Stables – vocals
Thomas Bartlett – synthesizer
Rob Moose – violin, viola
India Bourne – cello
Ryan Olson – sound effects
James Krivchenia – drums, percussion
Yussef Dayes – drums
Jason Treuting – drums, percussion
Kyle Keegan – drums Jonathan Low – engineer, mixing
Greg Calbi – mastering
Roddy Bow – artwork
Track listing:
Follies Fixture – Ben Howard
What a Day – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Crowhurst’s Meme – Ben Howard, Yussef Dayes
Finders Keepers – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Far Out – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Rookery – Ben Howard
You Have Your Way – Ben Howard
Sage That She Was Burning – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Sorry Kid – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Unfurling – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Metaphysical Cantations – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
Make Arrangements – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner
The Strange Last Flight of Richard Russell – Ben Howard, Aaron Dessner, Yessef Dayes
On February 9, 2018, “Domino Recording Company” label released “Always Ascending”, the fifth Franz Ferdinand studio album. It was recorded in 2017 at “Motorbass” in Paris, “RAK” in London, and was produced by Philippe Zdar.
Personnel:
Alex Kapranos – lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, design
In January 1976, “Milestone” label released “Black Narcissus”, the 20th Joe Henderson album. It was recorded in October 1974, at “Studios Europa Sonor” in Paris, April 1975, at “Fantasy Studios” in Berkeley, California, and was produced by Orrin Keepnews and Joe Henderson.
Personnel:
Joe Henderson – tenor sax
Joachim Kühn – piano
Patrick Gleeson – synthesizer, arranger
David Friesen – bass
Jean-François Jenny-Clark – bass
Daniel Humair – drums, cover painting
Jack DeJohnette – drums
Bill Summers – congas, percussion
Bruce Walford – engineer
Claude Martenot – engineer
Neil Schwartz – engineer
Seth Dworkin – engineer
Skip Shimmin – engineer
David Turner – mastering
Lance Anderson – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Joe Henderson, except where noted.
Black Narcissus
Hindsight and Forethought
Power to the People
Amoeba
Good Morning Heartache – Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher
In December 1964, “Barclay” label released “Verlaine et Rimbaud”, the thirteenth Léo Ferré album. It was recorded in May 1964, at “Barclay Studio” in Paris. This was one of the first double albums in the history oi the modern music.
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