Back to basics this week with a concert by the venerable Orchestre National de France under the direction of Manlio Benzi, recorded by the equally venerable Radio France at l’Theatre de Champs Elyseés on May 26, 2011. Pretty straight-forward with a performance of Schubert’s Symphony Number 3 – The Fantasia
Jimmy Smith – Live in Paris – Recorded in 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Jimmy Smith in concert for this late Sunday evening. The man who turned the world on to the Jazz possibilities of the Hammond B-3 and created an undisputed link between Soul and Jazz improvisation
Well, now that Festival season is up and rolling, adjusting schedules, setting timers, studying lineups and crossing fingers that the multi-tasking doesn’t overload the computer has become a full-time task. But seriously, it’s worth it. This year promises to be a wall-to-wall feast of great music by old favorites and
Although I am sure more tribute concerts are planned for the coming weeks, this one is actually from January this year – as a tribute to the living Francoise Hardy not a memorial. Probably the best kind – celebrate people you love who have been an inspiration while they’re alive
Becoming a Member is easier than you think and can be as short as you want: Become a Patron! Staying with historic concerts and radio studio recordings for now – this week it’s the legendary Henryk Szeryng with Carl Schuricht and Orchestre National de la RTF, recorded in Montreux Switzerland
Espresso would be grand: Temples – Live At Route du Rock Festival – August 16, 2014 – Radio France/FIP With the release of their fourth album Exotico, produced by none other than Sean Ono Lennon and the much talked about Lennon remix of Gamma Rays, Temples have established themselves as
Every little bit helps: Become a Patron! – Janos Ferencsik with Zoltan Kocsis and The New Philharmonic of The French Radio – July 21, 1977 – Radio France – Another historic concert this week, featuring the New Philharmonic of Radio France, guest conducted by Janos Ferencsik and featuring Zoltan Kocsis
A reminder . . .it does work: Become a Patron! From a concert broadcast by the ORTF in Paris on March 12, 1959, the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise under Constantin Silvestri and featuring the legendary Clara Haskil in a performance of Mozart: Piano Concerto Number 19 k. 459.
– Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Live At Rock en Seine – August 25, 2012 – Radio France – Le Mouv’- Having been a fan of Oasis since Definitely Maybe, and a little puzzled by the whole Noel/Liam fracas, as well as the amount of Press-baiting going on, I
It adds up, so subscribe: Become a Patron! – Radio Paris Shortwave – Radio Moscow Shortwave – News – March 20, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As tensions increased throughout Europe, this first day of Spring in 1939, life for the most part was making a heroic attempt
