Parisorkestern 1949

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The Parisorkestern was put together by the jazz journalist Nils Hellström, who wanted to fill an open slot on the bill of the International Jazz Festival in Paris with the best Swedish talent of the day. The band tried out its act a few times, cut a record date for Cupol, and then travelled to Paris, where it caused a sensation. Marian McPartland wrote in Down Beat that it was the only European band at the festival that was relaxed and at ease. The group broke up straight after that engagement, but the appearance helped put Swedish jazz on the international map and made Sweden a place where American jazz musicians would want to play. This CD gathers the surviving broadcasts and recordings from those years, issued as a mono CD with a 22-page illustrated booklet.

Tracks

1. 01Body And Soul
2. 02Sugar
3. 03Blue Prelude
4. 04Idaho
5. 05Presentation
6. 06Body And Soul
7. 07Just Squeeze Me
8. 08Sugar
9. 09Blues For Yesterday
10. 10Tea For Two
11. 11I Can't Get Started
12. 12Truckin'
13. 13Idaho
14. 14All The Things You Are
15. 15I Surrender, Dear
16. 16Tea For Two
17. 17Indiana
18. 18Idaho
19. 19Presentation
20. 20A Sailboat In The Moonlight
21. 21Indiana

The band / personnel