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An American in France: A Travelogue, Part II

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For this week's show, we again visit Europe with a variety of American artists performing and recording in France, living in France and collaborating with French artists. We'll also check out a few recent French Jazz releases all along the way. Etes-vous prêt?

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  • Thelonious Monk "Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 01:50
  • Sidney Bechet "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" from Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers (Esquire) 02:00
  • Bud Powell "Parisian Thoroughfare" from In Paris (Discovery Records) 04:55
  • Bud Powell "There'll Never Be Another You!" from Blue Note Café Paris, 1961 (ESP Disk) 0:06:50
  • Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble, Ensemble Laborintus "Towards Excellence" from Moments of Fatherhood (RogueArt) 0:14:16
  • Cossi-Anatz "Bourrée du Céor" from Jazz Afro-Occitan (Digger's Digest) 0:20:05
  • Anthony Braxton "Donna Lee" from Donna Lee (America Records) 0:29:16
  • Sam Rivers "Ecstasy" from Paragon (Fluid) 0:38:37
  • Nina Simone "No Me Quitte Pas" from Right On! (Roker Records) 0:44:15
  • Archie Shepp "Sophisticated Lady" from Parisian Concert (Impro) 0:50:30
  • Charles Mingus "Prayer for Passive Resistance" from Mingus at Antibes (Atlantic) 0:56:19
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet "Three to Get Ready" from The Last Time We Saw Paris (Columbia) 1:04:25
  • Randy Weston "Little Niles" from African Night Solo Piano (Inner City) 1:10:35
  • Keith Jarrett "III" from Bordeaux Concert (ECM) 1:14:47
  • Ray Bryant "Blues In G, Willow Weep For Me" from Someware in France (Label M) 1:19:21
  • Pierrick Pedron, Gonzalo Rubalcaba "Si Tu Vois Ma Mere" from Pédron Rubalcaba (Gazebo) 1:26:59
  • Sophie Alour "My Favorite Things" from Shaker (Naïve) 1:32:57
  • Duke Ellington "Limbo Jazz" from Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Sessions (Atlantic) 1:37:22
  • OZMA "Dust City (Beijing)" from Hyperlapse (Cristal Records) 1:43:43
  • Tiger Trio—Myra Melford, Joëlle Léandre, Nicole Mitchell "Hurricane" from Unleashed (RogueArt) 1:49:56
  • Coleman Hawkins "April in Paris" from Body And Soul (BMG Music) 1:56:46

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