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Lady Quartet Rhoda Scott (organ), Airelle Besson (trumpet), Lisa Cat-Berro (saxophone alto), Géraldine Laurent (saxophone alto) Sophie Alour (Saxophone tenor) Julie Saury (drums) Special guest Bernard Purdie (drums) Since 2004, the organist Rhoda Scott has been at the helm (sparked by an idea from Jazz à Vienne) of the torrid and well-named Lady Quartet, in the company of her Amazons Lisa Cat-Berro, Julie Saury and Sophie Alour. As euphoric and punchy as her young companions in the heat of the action, Rhoda Scott is one of the few still to use the pedals on her Hammond organ. Hence her nickname, 'the barefoot organist' (or 'the absolute toe' in the words of Luigi Trussardi!). After helping to raise the temperature in French jazz venues for the past 50 years, Lady Scott will be celebrating her eightieth birthday this year. She'll be blowing out the boogie candles and setting the gospel cake and soulful chorus on fire. The organist is the daughter of a travelling pastor from New Jersey and grew up in religious communities. She graduated with a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and set off for France to complete her studies with Nadia Boulanger. Back in New York, she began by playing with Count Basie. But then she decided to try her luck in Paris, where she arrived right in the month of May 1968. Featuring original compositions and covers ranging from Trenet to Wayne Shorter, 'We Free Queens' (2017), with the title proudly adapted from 'We Free Kings' by Roland Kirk, was recorded live. For Vienne a Lady All-Stars is billed, with Airelle Besson (trumpet), Géraldine Laurent (tenor saxophone) and Anne Pacéo (drums), plus the drummer Bernard Purdie. Recorded on July 3, 2018 at the Festival Jazz à Vienne TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Manon Lescaut, dramma lirico in four acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858- 1924) Libretto by Luigi Illica and Domenico Oliva after 'L'histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut' by Antoine-François Prévost First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 7 February 1894 Orchestra and choirs et from the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège, Speranza Scappucci (conductor) Pierre Iodice (chorus master) Jean-Gabriel Raelet (Konzertmeister) Stefano Mazzonis Di Pralafera (Stage Director) Jean-Guy Lecat (set), Fernand Ruiz (costumes), Franco Marri (lighting) Anna Pirozzi (Manon) Marcello Giordani (Des Grieux) Ionut Pascu (Lescaut) Marcel Vanaud (Geronte) Marco Ciaponi (Edmondo) Alexise Yerna (Il Musico) Patrick Delcour (L'Oste & Il Sergente) Pietro Picone (Il Maestro di ballo) Recorded on September 28, 2017 at the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège TV Director, Nicolas Foulon

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Joshua Weilerstein (Conductor) Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto no 5 in E flat major op. 73 'Emperor' Symphony no 2 in D major op. 36 Recorded 1 February 2020 at the Eglise de Saanen (Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad)

Manon's Story (L'histoire de Manon) Choreography and staging, Kenneth MacMillan Music, Jules Massenet arranging and orchestrating by Martin Yates Set and costume, Nicholas Georgiadis Lighting, John B. Read Opéra national de Paris orchestra Conductor, Martin Yates With The Étoiles and the Corps de Ballet Manon, Aurélie Dupont Des Grieux, Roberto Bolle Lescaut, Manon's brother, Stéphane Bullion Lescaut's mistress, Alice Renavand Monsieur de G. M., Benjamin Pech Madame, Viviane Descoutures The jailer, Karl Paquette Recorded on May 12th and 18th 2015 at the Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier TV Director, Cédric Klapisch, co-TV Director, Miguel Octave

The Ninth Symhony Maurice Béjart, choreography After Schiller's 'Ode to joy' Ludwig van Beethoven, music Maurice Béjart, staging Friedrich Nietzsche, Prologue Gil Roman, artistic director Israel Philharmonic orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor Ritsuyukai choir Kufiami Kuriyama, chorus master Gil Roman, narratorr Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass JB Meier and Thierry Hochstätter, percussion Joëlle Roustan abd Roger Bernard, original costumes and sets Henri Davila, costumes adaptation Dominique Roman, Lighting realisation Piotr Nardelli, Ballet Master revival With The Béjart Ballet Lausanne The Tokyo Ballet and Solooists Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielheilm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Juien Favreau, Lisa Cano, Fabrice Gallarrague, Pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald Recorded on November 9 th 2014 at the NHK Hall Tokyo TV Director, Mari Hnamasu

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Michael Spyres (tenor) (Benvenuto Cellini) Sophia Burgos (soprano) (Teresa) Maurizio Muraro (bass) (Giacomo Balducci) Lionel Lhote (baritone) (Fieramosca) Tareq Nazmi (bass) (Pape Clément) Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano) (Ascanio) Vincent Delhoume (tenor) (Francesco) Ashley Riches (baritone) (Bernardino) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) Benvenuto Cellini 'Opéra-comique' in two acts and four tableaux Libretto by Léon de Wailly and Auguste Barbier First performance in Paris, 1838. Recorded on 7 & 8 September 2019 at the Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles TV Director, Sébastien Glas

Richard Coeur-de-lion 'Comédie mise en musique' in three acts by André Grétry (1741 - 1813) Libretto by Michel-Jean Sedaine First performance in Paris, Comédie-Italienne, 21 October 1784 Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet (Conductor) Le Ballet de l'Opéra Royal Marshall Pynkoski (Stage Director) Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg (Choreography), Antoine Fontaine (Sets), Camille Assaf (Costumes), Hervé Gary (Lighting) Rémy Mathieu (Blondel) Reinoud Van Mechelen (Richard) Melody Louledjian (Laurette) Marie Perbost (Antonio / La Comtesse) Geoffroy Buffière (Sir Williams) Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin (Urbain / Florestan / Mathurin) François Pardailhé (Guillot / Charles) Cécile Achille (Madame Mathurin) Charles Barbier (Sénéchal) Agathe Boudet (Colette) Virginie Lefèvre (Béatrix) Recorded at the Opéra Royal, Château de Versailles, 12 October 2019 TV Director, Julien Condemine

Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi (conductor) Emilie Rose Bry (soprano) Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Vespro della Beata Vergine (excerpts) L'Incoronazione di Poppea (excerpts) Si Dolce e'l tormento Giulio Caccini (1551 - 1618) Con le luci d'un bel ciglio Tarquinio Merula (1595 - 1665) Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna Hamza El Din Escalay Traditional song Amazing Grace Recorded 20 June 2018, Saint-Germain-des-Prés Church, Paris Directed by Don Kent

An Evening with Avishai Cohen INSO-Lviv Orchestra Christian Schumann, Conductor Avishai Cohen , Double bass and vocals Omri Mor, Piano Noam David, Percussion Avishai Cohen is an Israeli jazz bassist, double bass player, composer and arranger who gained fame when he became a member of Chick Corea's band Origin. He has also performed with such stars as Daniel Perez, Bobby McFerrin, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Jeff Ballard, Roy Hargrove, Herbie Hancock, Paquito D'Rivera and many others. Avishai has recorded 15 albums. Chick Corea considers him 'a genius musician', and Bass Player magazine named him one of the 100 most influential bassists of the 20th century. Moreover, Avishai is also an amazing singer. With support from the Embassy of Israel to Ukraine, Avishai will perform together with the INSO-Lviv Academic Symphony Orchestra. The artistic director of the orchestra, which was founded in 1998, is a People's Artist of Ukraine, legendary composer Myroslav Skoryk. The orchestra has won several awards, including a Radio Swiss Classic Love Award, a Golden Disc from Franz Xaver Mozart Klavierkonzerte and others. The performance with Avishai will be a new jazz experience for INSO-Lviv, following the orchestra's collaboration with composer and pianist Vadim Neselovskyi. Recorded on 2017, June 24th at the Leopolis Jazz Fest, Ukraine TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

Gregory Privat An piano epi an ka G. Privat piano Manu Codja guitar Faustine Gressot vocal Rafael Paseiro bass Sonny Troupe drums TV Director, Guillaume Dero Recoded on October 20th 2011 at Jazz en Tête festival, Clermont Ferrand, France

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet) Sam Harris (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass guitar), Justin Brown (drums) This young trumpet player (aged 36), an American of Nigerian heritage, has an impeccable background (from Berkeley High School to the first prize in the Thelonious Monk competition in 2007), but is much more than an impressive academic CV. He aims to create a personal world 'dedicated to beauty'. Akinmusire was born and raised in Oakland, California and first attracted the attention of the saxophonist Steve Coleman, who asked him to join Five Elements. Ambrose Akinmusire was then 19. He released his first album, 'Prelude (To Cora)', and moved to New York, where he played with Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, Esperanza Spalding and Jason Moran. In 2010, he worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Everyone could see that this creative and surprising trumpet player would be a name to watch in contemporary jazz. This view was shared by the Blue Note label, who signed him up. The albums 'When the Heart Emerges Glistening' and 'The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint' were released in 2011 and 2014. The artist draws his landscapes, visions, ideas and states of mind - pure grace! Akinmusire explores the two sides of his temperament: introspection and lyrical ebullience. In summer 2017, he released 'A Rift in Decorum - Live at the Village Vanguard', a double CD recorded at the legendary club in New York, featuring 16 new compositions in two wide-ranging sets, in defiance of gravity. Recorded on July 9, at the Festival Jazz à Vienne TV Director, Fabien Raymon

Keziah Jones Keziah Jones, vocal, guitar Joel Grant, bass Joshua McKenzie, percussion Keziah Jones was born into a wealthy family in 1968 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was sent to school in England at the age of 8 and he taught himself to play the piano and guitar in London. He gradually created a stunning rhythmic blend of smooth funk, Hendrix-style psychedelia, pure Ikeja reggae and Yoruba harmonies. He called it BluFunk. Keziah Jones hung out English pubs in central London before heading to Paris where he was spotted in the underground in 1991. The album Blufunk Is a Fact and the track Rhythm is Love were international hits. After venturing through the desert of the mid-90s, he struck gold in 2003 with his fourth album Black Orpheus then the unstoppable Nigerian Wood (2008). Keziah completed an ambitious double album in 2013 flitting between Los Angeles, Spain and his kingdoms in London and Lagos. The dandy fighter is well and truly back to win over his audience. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

We Love Ella The Amazing Keystone Big Band Bastien Ballaz, Aloïs Benoit, Loïc Bacheveillier, Sylvain Thomas (trombones) Jon Boutellier, Pierre Desassis, Kenny Jeanney, Eric Prost, Ghyslain Regard (saxophones) David Enhco, Thierry Sénéau, Vincent Labarre, Félicien Bouchot (trumpets) Fred Nardin (piano), François Thibaut (Guitar) Patrick Maradan (Double Bass) Romain Sarron (Drums) Guests Célia Kaméni (vocal) China Moses (vocal) Sarah McKenzie (vocal, piano) The Amazing Keystone Big Band loves Ella and pays more than a simple vibrant homage to she who loved big bands so much (she sang with those of Chick Weeb, Duke Ellington and Count Basie)and identified with the same vein as the one of the same name that the PBS Radio had ???? with Jon Faddis, James Moody, Lizz Wright, Patti Austin. The guest singer, Célia Kaméni, does not attempt either to compete with or to imitate, that would be impossible anyway, the first lady of song gets to grips with her world in order to sing it better. And it works perfectly, and it has to be said that the orchestra is absolutely irreproachable with its waves of intensity, its stresses, an expressive clarity which gives it a very lare range of expression. It's all there, the phrasing, the accents, the rhythm, the groove, the drive this swing, this je ne sais quoi between individual liberty and collective happiness, put simply...Jazz! Recorded on March 23, 2019 at the Salle Pleyel TV Director,Laurent Hasse

Arthur Possing Quartet Pierre Cocq-Amann, saxophones Arthur Possing, piano, compositions Sebastian 'Schlapbe' Flach, double bass Pit Huberty, drums Arthur Possing is a young Luxembourgish pianist, born in 1996 into a family in which music has always played a significant role. He started classical percussion at the age of 6 and classical piano at the age of 10, later in the class of well-known pianist Jean Muller. In 2009, he began studying jazz piano with Marc Mangen and vibraphone in 2011 with Guy Cabay. In 2016, he began further studies in jazz piano at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Eric Legnini. The Arthur Possing Quartet was originally formed in 2013. Its members met in high school and soon started playing together regularly. Since 2017, the musicians are originally from Germany, France and Luxembourg and have studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood near Paris and the Musikhochschule Mannheim. Their repertoire consists both of own compositions and tunes of appreciated jazzmen. In 2017, the quartet released their first album 'Four Years', which was released in March'18 on the Belgian label Hypnote Records. It was well acclaimed by the audience and press and won 'Hits' at Couleurs Jazz in France. Recode on May 16, 2019 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Amaury faye Trio Amaury Faye, piano Louis Navarro, double bass Théo Lanau, percussion In keeping with the big piano trios and Big Moe Trio (in 2010), perfected from his Toulouse kingdom, the new project from Amaury Faye tells his story. He takes inspiration from artists on the contemporary New York scene and the latest trends in European jazz. Amaury Faye went to study at Berklee College in Boston with pianist Joanne Brackeen (Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon) and Tia Fuller (Joe Lovano) in 2014. The pianist is a member of the Toulouse-based Initiative H alongside his trio. Their repertoire includes original tracks and cool covers. There's a blend of improvisation and writing, virtuosity and finesse, lyricism and undulating beats (e.g. on the Fender Rhodes). Faye is one to watch on the international piano scene and famous for his talents as both a soloist and composer. Amaury Faye, Louis Navarro and Théo Lanau put the heritage of the past into fuelling the future. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

MusicaÆterna, Teodor Currentzis (Conductor) Zarina Abaeva (soprano), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (mezzo-soprano), Dmytro Popov (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass) Giussepe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Messa da Requiem Recorded 12 April 2019, San Marco, Milano TV Director, François-René Martin

Orchestre National de France, Emmanuel Krivine (Conductor) Martha Argerich (piano) Boris Blacher (1903 - 1975) Variations on a Theme by Paganini Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Piano Concerto in G Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) Sheherazade Recorded on October 5, 2017 at the Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio, Paris TV Director, Olivier Simonnet

Lady Quartet Rhoda Scott (organ), Airelle Besson (trumpet), Lisa Cat-Berro (saxophone alto), Géraldine Laurent (saxophone alto) Sophie Alour (Saxophone tenor) Julie Saury (drums) Special guest Bernard Purdie (drums) Since 2004, the organist Rhoda Scott has been at the helm (sparked by an idea from Jazz à Vienne) of the torrid and well-named Lady Quartet, in the company of her Amazons Lisa Cat-Berro, Julie Saury and Sophie Alour. As euphoric and punchy as her young companions in the heat of the action, Rhoda Scott is one of the few still to use the pedals on her Hammond organ. Hence her nickname, 'the barefoot organist' (or 'the absolute toe' in the words of Luigi Trussardi!). After helping to raise the temperature in French jazz venues for the past 50 years, Lady Scott will be celebrating her eightieth birthday this year. She'll be blowing out the boogie candles and setting the gospel cake and soulful chorus on fire. The organist is the daughter of a travelling pastor from New Jersey and grew up in religious communities. She graduated with a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and set off for France to complete her studies with Nadia Boulanger. Back in New York, she began by playing with Count Basie. But then she decided to try her luck in Paris, where she arrived right in the month of May 1968. Featuring original compositions and covers ranging from Trenet to Wayne Shorter, 'We Free Queens' (2017), with the title proudly adapted from 'We Free Kings' by Roland Kirk, was recorded live. For Vienne a Lady All-Stars is billed, with Airelle Besson (trumpet), Géraldine Laurent (tenor saxophone) and Anne Pacéo (drums), plus the drummer Bernard Purdie. Recorded on July 3, 2018 at the Festival Jazz à Vienne TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Monty Alexander, piano Born in Jamaca on D-Day- a sign of destiny ? - Monty Alexander rapidly left his native country for the United States. In New York, he regularly accompanied Frank Sinatra and performed in the jazz clubs of Manhattan (including the famous Minton's which was the birthplace of bebop) where Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davies did not miss a chance of hearing him play. After more than fifty years of a career crowned with collaborations with Tony Bennett, Nathalie Cole, Clint Eastwood, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Ernest Ranglin and Barbara Hendricks the pianist travelled around the globe thrilling audiences with his vibrant personality, which communicated an original musical message, in which the heady beat of reggae is mixed with the contagious rocking of swing. Recorded on November 23, 2018 at the Seine Musicale TV director, Julien Faustino

Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles Jazz à Vienne 2016 With Cory Henry (keyboards, vocals) Andrew Bailey (guitar), Erin Jakemore (percussions), Cleon Edwards (drums), Sharay Reed (bass), Nick Simrod (keyboards) Recorded on July, 13th 2016 at the Théâtre Antique TV direction by Eric Michaud

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Libretto by Emmanuel Schikaneder First performance in Vienna, Theater auf der Wieden, 30 September 1791 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ryan Wigglesworth (Conductor) The Glyndebourne Chorus Barbe & Doucet (Stage Direction, Sets) Patrick Martel (Puppet Designer), Guy Simard (Lighting Designer) David Portillo (Tamino) Esther Dierkes (First Lady) Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Second Lady) Katharina Magiera (Third Lady) Björn Bürger (Papageno) Caroline Wettergreen (Queen of the Night) Jörg Schneider (Monostatos) Sofia Fomina (Pamina) Michael Kraus (Speaker) Brindley Sherratt (Sarastro) Thomas Atkins (Second Priest and First Man in Armour) Martin Snell (First Priest and Second Man in Armour) Alison Rose (Papagena) Puppeteers Richard Booth, Mikey Brett, Ashleigh Cheadle, Jack Parker, Ben Thompson, Scarlet Wilderink Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival, 1 August 2019 Directed by François Roussillon

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (Conductor) Richard Goode (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 1 in C major, op 21 Concerto for piano No 4 in G major, op. 58 Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 Recorded on January 27th and 29th 2017 at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest Directd by Christian Leblé

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Lionel Bringuier (Conductor) Martin Grubinger (Percussions) Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) The Rite of Spring Avner Dorman (b. 1975) Frozen in Time Recorded on September 14, 2016 at the Tonhalle, Zürich Directed by Sébastien Glas

Gregory Privat An piano epi an ka G. Privat piano Manu Codja guitar Faustine Gressot vocal Rafael Paseiro bass Sonny Troupe drums TV Director, Guillaume Dero Recoded on October 20th 2011 at Jazz en Tête festival, Clermont Ferrand, France

Keziah Jones Keziah Jones, vocal, guitar Joel Grant, bass Joshua McKenzie, percussion Keziah Jones was born into a wealthy family in 1968 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was sent to school in England at the age of 8 and he taught himself to play the piano and guitar in London. He gradually created a stunning rhythmic blend of smooth funk, Hendrix-style psychedelia, pure Ikeja reggae and Yoruba harmonies. He called it BluFunk. Keziah Jones hung out English pubs in central London before heading to Paris where he was spotted in the underground in 1991. The album Blufunk Is a Fact and the track Rhythm is Love were international hits. After venturing through the desert of the mid-90s, he struck gold in 2003 with his fourth album Black Orpheus then the unstoppable Nigerian Wood (2008). Keziah completed an ambitious double album in 2013 flitting between Los Angeles, Spain and his kingdoms in London and Lagos. The dandy fighter is well and truly back to win over his audience. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

Amaury faye Trio Amaury Faye, piano Louis Navarro, double bass Théo Lanau, percussion In keeping with the big piano trios and Big Moe Trio (in 2010), perfected from his Toulouse kingdom, the new project from Amaury Faye tells his story. He takes inspiration from artists on the contemporary New York scene and the latest trends in European jazz. Amaury Faye went to study at Berklee College in Boston with pianist Joanne Brackeen (Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon) and Tia Fuller (Joe Lovano) in 2014. The pianist is a member of the Toulouse-based Initiative H alongside his trio. Their repertoire includes original tracks and cool covers. There's a blend of improvisation and writing, virtuosity and finesse, lyricism and undulating beats (e.g. on the Fender Rhodes). Faye is one to watch on the international piano scene and famous for his talents as both a soloist and composer. Amaury Faye, Louis Navarro and Théo Lanau put the heritage of the past into fuelling the future. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

We Love Ella The Amazing Keystone Big Band Bastien Ballaz, Aloïs Benoit, Loïc Bacheveillier, Sylvain Thomas (trombones) Jon Boutellier, Pierre Desassis, Kenny Jeanney, Eric Prost, Ghyslain Regard (saxophones) David Enhco, Thierry Sénéau, Vincent Labarre, Félicien Bouchot (trumpets) Fred Nardin (piano), François Thibaut (Guitar) Patrick Maradan (Double Bass) Romain Sarron (Drums) Guests Célia Kaméni (vocal) China Moses (vocal) Sarah McKenzie (vocal, piano) The Amazing Keystone Big Band loves Ella and pays more than a simple vibrant homage to she who loved big bands so much (she sang with those of Chick Weeb, Duke Ellington and Count Basie)and identified with the same vein as the one of the same name that the PBS Radio had ???? with Jon Faddis, James Moody, Lizz Wright, Patti Austin. The guest singer, Célia Kaméni, does not attempt either to compete with or to imitate, that would be impossible anyway, the first lady of song gets to grips with her world in order to sing it better. And it works perfectly, and it has to be said that the orchestra is absolutely irreproachable with its waves of intensity, its stresses, an expressive clarity which gives it a very lare range of expression. It's all there, the phrasing, the accents, the rhythm, the groove, the drive this swing, this je ne sais quoi between individual liberty and collective happiness, put simply...Jazz! Recorded on March 23, 2019 at the Salle Pleyel TV Director,Laurent Hasse

China Moses China Moses, vocals Luigi Grasso, saxophone, keyboard Joe Armon Jones, piano Neil Charles, bass Marijus Aleksa, drums China Moses is an outstanding American vocalist and the daughter of the famous jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater (the headliner at the fourth Alfa Jazz Fest) and Gilbert Moses. She was born in Los Angeles and later moved to Paris. She released her first single, 'Time' (1996), at the age of 16. Her first albums brought her success and fame in France on the soul and pop scene. In addition to her career as a singer and backing vocalist, she also works as a host at Radio Nova and MTV in France. In 2008, she launched her own production company, MadeInChina Productions. In 2009, she released an album called This One's for Dinah (Blue Note France), a tribute to Dinah Washington. Her next album, Crazy Blues, was named by British newspaper The Times as one of the top 100 albums of 2013. At the end of March 2017, she released her long-awaited new album, Nightintales. China co-hosted and sang at the first UNESCO International Jazz Day in Paris, and she also often performs concerts for US UNESCO. Recorded on 2017, June 25th at the Leopolis Jazz Fest, Ukraine TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Christian Scott, trumpet, Reverse Flugel, Sirenette Lawrence Fields, piano and keyboard Max Moran (b) Mike Mitchell, percussion Elena Pinderhughes, flute Weedie Braimah, drums 27 year old Christian Scott embodies the new generation of New Orleans trumpeters, a seminal dynasty that started with the legendary King Oliver and Louis Armstrong and continued with Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard and Nicholas Payton. The trumpeter trained at Berklee College of Music in Boston and his warm tone and unusual round notes are instantly recognisable. After working with McCoy Tyner, Prince, Marcus Miller, Eddie Palmieri, Mos Def, Thom Yorke and Solange Knowles, the musician from Crescent City is now the pin-up boy for jazz fusion. His grandfather is the iconic Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. who managed four tribes of Black Indians (Christian actually started out in one in 1989). The Louisiana trumpeter's sound straddles hip hop, soul and jazz and he appeared a decade ago with the album Rewind That (2006). He was hit by the full force of Hurricane Katrina and devoted his next record (Anthem, 2007) to portraying the human and cultural disaster. After Live at Newport, he recorded Yesterday You Said Tomorrow in 2010 inspired by the 60s groovy jazz played by artists on the Blue Note record label. Christian Scott is one of a long line of Louisiana artists who have been reinventing jazz music for over a century. Recorded on 2017, June 30th at the Vienne Jazz Festival TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Yaron Herman trio Yaron Herman, Piano, KIeyboard Bastien Burger, Bass, Vocal, Keyboard Ziv Ravitz, drums, electronics Everyday, his duo with Ziv Ravitz in 2015 and first album for Blue Note, the first disc with songs, felt like a comeback for Yaron Herman. The French-Israeli's latest album, 'Y', is a real melting pot of all his influences. His inspirations are explored with pure elegance be they jazz, post-rock or electro by Sufjan Stevens, Steve Reich or Keith Jarrett. Better still, instead of covering mainstream songs like he used to (from Britney Spears to Radiohead), he's made his own songs with or without vocals, words or choruses. Perhaps we have the Arles Photography Festival (2015) to thank for that along with his encounter with Matthieu Chedid (singer on Saisons Contradictoires), friendship with the bassist from The Dø Bastien Burger (co-producer on the album) and his discovery of the young French electro-pop producer Dream Koala (guest on Solaire). Yaron Herman is definitely back. Recorded on 2017, July 4th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Boxe Boxe Choreography by Mourad Merzouki Musical conception, Quatuor Debussy and AS'N Music performed by Quatuor Debussy (Christophe Collette, Dorian Lamotte, Vincent Deprecq et Seok Woo Yoon) Käfig Company Lights, Yoann Tivoli, Scenography Benjamin Lebreton Costume, Emilie Carpentier With Rémi Autechaud, Guillaume Chan Ton, Aurélien Desobry, Magali Duclos, Frédéric Lataste, Mourad Merzouki, David Rodrigues, Steven Valade, Teddy Verardo Performance and humour, playfulness and defiance, all in a single choreography! True to its origins, Mourad Merzouki's style retains the lyricism, punch and spirit of its urban roots. It is also an 'open window on the world', revealing the scope of the choreographer's artistic project. With clenched fists and open arms! Recorded on 2010 at the Biennale de la danse de Lyon TV Director, Charles Picq

Yo Gee Ti Choreography by Mourad Merzouki Pièce for 10 dancers - Creation 2012 Company Kafig Music : AS'N Musicians : Dorian Lamotte, Yi-Ping Yang With Kader Belmoktar, Chen Hung-Ling, Bruce Chiefare, Sabri Colin, Erwan Godard, Hsieh Yi-Chun, Kan Han-Hsin, Kao Hsin-Yu, Nicolas Sannier, Chien-Wei Recorded at the Dance biennial of Lyon TV director, Luc Riolon

Tosca Melodramma in three acts by Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after Victorien Sardou's play 'La Tosca' First performance in Rome, Teatro Costanzi,14 January 1900 Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann (Conductor) Salzburger Bachchor, Salzburger Festspiele und Theater Kinderchor Alois Glaßner, Wolfgang Götz (Chorus master) Michael Sturminger (Stage Direction) Renate Martin, Andreas Donhauser (Sets, Costumes) Anja Harteros (Floria Tosca) Aleksandrs Antonenko (Mario Cavaradossi) Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia) Andrea Mastroni (Cesare Angelotti) Matteo Peirone (Il Sagrestano) Mikeldi Atxalandabaso (Spoletta) Rupert Grössinger (Sciarrone) Levente Páll (Un carceriere) Directed by Tiziano Mancini Recorded at the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 2018

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (Conductor) Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978) Symphony no 2 in E minor 'The Bell' Recorded at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, Yerevan, 11 December 2017

Norma Tragedia lirica in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) Libretto by Felice Romani after the play 'Norma, ou L'infanticide' (Norma, or The Infanticide) by Alexandre Soumet First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 26 December 1831 Orchestra and choirs et from the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège, Massimo Zanetti (conductor) Pierre Iodice (chorus master) Julien Eberhardt (Konzertmeister) Davide Garattini Raimondi (Stage Director) Paolo Vitale (set), Giada Massi (costumes), Paolo Vitale (lighting) Patrizia Ciofi (Norma) Gregory Kunde (Pollione) Josè Maria Lo Monaco (Adalgisa) Andrea Concetti (Oroveso) Zeno Popescu (Flavio) Réjane Soldano (Clotilde) Recorded on October 28, 2017 at the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège TV Director, Nicolas Foulon

Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Tugan Sokhiev (conductor) Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Valery Borisov (Chorus Master) Hector Berlioz (1806 - 1869) Grande messe des morts, Op. 5, H 75 Recorded on April, the 5th 2016 at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow Jean-Pierre Loisil, TV director

Quatuor Modigliani Philippe Bernhard (Violin), Loïc Rio (Violin), Laurent Marfaing (Viola), François Kieffer (Cello) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) String Quartet No.15 in D minor, K.421 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41 No. 3 Recorded in January 2016 at the Philharmonie 2, Cité de la Musique, Salle de Concerts, Paris Directed by par Franck Chaudemanche

We Love Ella The Amazing Keystone Big Band Bastien Ballaz, Aloïs Benoit, Loïc Bacheveillier, Sylvain Thomas (trombones) Jon Boutellier, Pierre Desassis, Kenny Jeanney, Eric Prost, Ghyslain Regard (saxophones) David Enhco, Thierry Sénéau, Vincent Labarre, Félicien Bouchot (trumpets) Fred Nardin (piano), François Thibaut (Guitar) Patrick Maradan (Double Bass) Romain Sarron (Drums) Guests Célia Kaméni (vocal) China Moses (vocal) Sarah McKenzie (vocal, piano) The Amazing Keystone Big Band loves Ella and pays more than a simple vibrant homage to she who loved big bands so much (she sang with those of Chick Weeb, Duke Ellington and Count Basie)and identified with the same vein as the one of the same name that the PBS Radio had ???? with Jon Faddis, James Moody, Lizz Wright, Patti Austin. The guest singer, Célia Kaméni, does not attempt either to compete with or to imitate, that would be impossible anyway, the first lady of song gets to grips with her world in order to sing it better. And it works perfectly, and it has to be said that the orchestra is absolutely irreproachable with its waves of intensity, its stresses, an expressive clarity which gives it a very lare range of expression. It's all there, the phrasing, the accents, the rhythm, the groove, the drive this swing, this je ne sais quoi between individual liberty and collective happiness, put simply...Jazz! Recorded on March 23, 2019 at the Salle Pleyel TV Director,Laurent Hasse

Arthur Possing Quartet Pierre Cocq-Amann, saxophones Arthur Possing, piano, compositions Sebastian 'Schlapbe' Flach, double bass Pit Huberty, drums Arthur Possing is a young Luxembourgish pianist, born in 1996 into a family in which music has always played a significant role. He started classical percussion at the age of 6 and classical piano at the age of 10, later in the class of well-known pianist Jean Muller. In 2009, he began studying jazz piano with Marc Mangen and vibraphone in 2011 with Guy Cabay. In 2016, he began further studies in jazz piano at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Eric Legnini. The Arthur Possing Quartet was originally formed in 2013. Its members met in high school and soon started playing together regularly. Since 2017, the musicians are originally from Germany, France and Luxembourg and have studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood near Paris and the Musikhochschule Mannheim. Their repertoire consists both of own compositions and tunes of appreciated jazzmen. In 2017, the quartet released their first album 'Four Years', which was released in March'18 on the Belgian label Hypnote Records. It was well acclaimed by the audience and press and won 'Hits' at Couleurs Jazz in France. Recode on May 16, 2019 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Guillaume Perret Guillaume Perret, saxophone, machines The saxophonist from Annecy (born in 1980) racked up the pressure on the contemporary jazz scene (from 2009) with his group The Electric Epic. Three years later and John Zorn himself described it as 'a whirlwind of emotion' and released the extravert, panoramic and electric fusion on his Tzadik record label. It was an explosion of sound with funky beats and quirky harmonies blending metal, electro, Africa, psychedelia and the hot wind of free style. After two incredible albums with Electric Epic, Guillaume Perret is going it alone with his new album Free (2016). Perret's sense of solitude is comparable to Deleuze's opening to Mille Plateaux: 'Since there were many of all of us, there were already too many people.' You can spot the almost symphonic ramped-up saxophone and the deafening rhythmic loops that make Guillaume Perret multiple, all-encompassing and so spectacular. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

Monty Alexander, piano Born in Jamaca on D-Day- a sign of destiny ? - Monty Alexander rapidly left his native country for the United States. In New York, he regularly accompanied Frank Sinatra and performed in the jazz clubs of Manhattan (including the famous Minton's which was the birthplace of bebop) where Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davies did not miss a chance of hearing him play. After more than fifty years of a career crowned with collaborations with Tony Bennett, Nathalie Cole, Clint Eastwood, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Ernest Ranglin and Barbara Hendricks the pianist travelled around the globe thrilling audiences with his vibrant personality, which communicated an original musical message, in which the heady beat of reggae is mixed with the contagious rocking of swing. Recorded on November 23, 2018 at the Seine Musicale TV director, Julien Faustino

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet) Sam Harris (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass guitar), Justin Brown (drums) This young trumpet player (aged 36), an American of Nigerian heritage, has an impeccable background (from Berkeley High School to the first prize in the Thelonious Monk competition in 2007), but is much more than an impressive academic CV. He aims to create a personal world 'dedicated to beauty'. Akinmusire was born and raised in Oakland, California and first attracted the attention of the saxophonist Steve Coleman, who asked him to join Five Elements. Ambrose Akinmusire was then 19. He released his first album, 'Prelude (To Cora)', and moved to New York, where he played with Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, Esperanza Spalding and Jason Moran. In 2010, he worked with Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Everyone could see that this creative and surprising trumpet player would be a name to watch in contemporary jazz. This view was shared by the Blue Note label, who signed him up. The albums 'When the Heart Emerges Glistening' and 'The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint' were released in 2011 and 2014. The artist draws his landscapes, visions, ideas and states of mind - pure grace! Akinmusire explores the two sides of his temperament: introspection and lyrical ebullience. In summer 2017, he released 'A Rift in Decorum - Live at the Village Vanguard', a double CD recorded at the legendary club in New York, featuring 16 new compositions in two wide-ranging sets, in defiance of gravity. Recorded on July 9, at the Festival Jazz à Vienne TV Director, Fabien Raymon

An Evening with Avishai Cohen INSO-Lviv Orchestra Christian Schumann, Conductor Avishai Cohen , Double bass and vocals Omri Mor, Piano Noam David, Percussion Avishai Cohen is an Israeli jazz bassist, double bass player, composer and arranger who gained fame when he became a member of Chick Corea's band Origin. He has also performed with such stars as Daniel Perez, Bobby McFerrin, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Jeff Ballard, Roy Hargrove, Herbie Hancock, Paquito D'Rivera and many others. Avishai has recorded 15 albums. Chick Corea considers him 'a genius musician', and Bass Player magazine named him one of the 100 most influential bassists of the 20th century. Moreover, Avishai is also an amazing singer. With support from the Embassy of Israel to Ukraine, Avishai will perform together with the INSO-Lviv Academic Symphony Orchestra. The artistic director of the orchestra, which was founded in 1998, is a People's Artist of Ukraine, legendary composer Myroslav Skoryk. The orchestra has won several awards, including a Radio Swiss Classic Love Award, a Golden Disc from Franz Xaver Mozart Klavierkonzerte and others. The performance with Avishai will be a new jazz experience for INSO-Lviv, following the orchestra's collaboration with composer and pianist Vadim Neselovskyi. Recorded on 2017, June 24th at the Leopolis Jazz Fest, Ukraine TV Director, Amos Rozenberg

La Clemenza di Tito Opera seria in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Libretto by Pietro Metastasio First performance in Prague, National Theatre, 6 September 1791 The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Robin Ticciati (Conductor) The Glyndebourne Chorus Claus Guth (Stage Direction) Christian Schmidt (Sets), Olaf Winter (Lighting), Ronny Dietrich (Dramaturgy) Richard Croft (Tito) Alice Coote (Vitellia) Anna Stéphany (Sesto) Joélle Harvey (Servilia) Michèle Losier (Annio) Clive Bayley (Publio) Recorded on July 31 & August 3, 2017 at the Glyndebourne Festival Directed by François Roussillon

The Ninth Symhony Maurice Béjart, choreography After Schiller's 'Ode to joy' Ludwig van Beethoven, music Maurice Béjart, staging Friedrich Nietzsche, Prologue Gil Roman, artistic director Israel Philharmonic orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor Ritsuyukai choir Kufiami Kuriyama, chorus master Gil Roman, narratorr Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass JB Meier and Thierry Hochstätter, percussion Joëlle Roustan abd Roger Bernard, original costumes and sets Henri Davila, costumes adaptation Dominique Roman, Lighting realisation Piotr Nardelli, Ballet Master revival With The Béjart Ballet Lausanne The Tokyo Ballet and Solooists Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielheilm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Juien Favreau, Lisa Cano, Fabrice Gallarrague, Pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald Recorded on November 9 th 2014 at the NHK Hall Tokyo TV Director, Mari Hnamasu

Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim (piano and four hands piano) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Sonata for two pianos in D major KV 448 Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) Variations on an Original Theme, for piano, 4 hands in A-flat Major, D. 813 (Op.35) Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Le Sacre du Printemps (Version for piano, 4 hands) Recorded at the Philharmonie, Berlin, on April 2014

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (Conductor) Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)/Rudolf Krzyzanowski (1859-1911) Symphonic Prelude in C minor Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 5 in Bb major, WAB 105 (1875-76, rev. 1877-78) Recorded at Saint Florian Abbey, Linz, 26 September 2019 TV Director, François-rené Martin

Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst (Conductor) Yefim Bronfman (piano) Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Tragic overture op. 81 Concerto for piano no.2 op. 83 Recorded on February 2015 at the Severance Hall, Cleveland Directed by William Cosel

Orchestre de Paris, Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris, Karina Canellakis (Conductor) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Daphnis et Chloé, suite no 2 Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) Concerto for orchestra, Sz 116 Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 4 September 2019 TV Director, Jean-Pierre Loisil

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Cloches à travers les feuilles La Puerta del Vino Pour les arpèges composés Record on June 25, 2018, Puerta del Vino, Alhambra de Granada, Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada TV Director, Stéphane Vérité

Pieces from New York Angelin Preljocaj, choreographer Ballet Preljocaj Spectral Evidence (2013) For 8 dancers Music, John Cage Costume, Olivier Theyskens Lighting, Mark Stanley Recreated by, Dany Levêque With Victor Caliz Martinez, Baptiste Coissieu, Verity Jacobsen, Jean-Charles Jousni; Emilie Lalande, Céline Marié, Nuriya Nagimova, Simon Ripert La Stravaganza (1997) For 12 dancers Music by : Antonio Vivaldi (Concerto n°8, RV249, extracts from Dixit Dominus, Laudate Pueri Dominum) Evelyn Ficarra (Source of Uncertainty) Serge Morand (Naïves) Robert Normandeau (Eclats de voix) Åke Parmerud (Dark Objects) Scenography, Maya Schweizer Costume, Hervé Pierre Lighting, Mark Stanley Recreated by, Noémie Perlov With Verity Jacobsen, Nuriya Nagimova, Emilie Lalande, Anna Tatarova, Margaux Coucharrière, Céline Marié, Victor Caliz Martinez, Simon Ripert, Baptiste Coissieu, Jean-Charles Jousni, Aaron Smeding, Redi Shtylla Live from Festival Montpellier Danse, Opéra Berlioz - Le Corum TV Director, Denis Caïozzi

Love Chapter 2 Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar, choreographers For 6 dancers 2017 creation L-E-V company Ori Lichtik , music Alon Cohen, lighting With Gon Biran, Darren Davaney, Rebecca Hytting,Leo Lerus, Mariko Kakizaki, Keren Lurie Pardes Recorded on 6th and 7th July 2017 at the Opéra Comédie de Montpellier, Festival de Montpellier Danse TV Director, Louise Narboni et Vincent Massip

Twenty-Seven Perspectives Maud Le Pladec (Conception and choreography) Éric Soyer (Lighting creation) Pete Harden (Musical creation and musical arrangements) Franz Schubert (Composer) Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 (Unfinished Symphony) (Unvollendete) Alexandra Bertaut (Création costumes) Julien Gallée-Ferré (Assistant) With Régis Badel, Amanda Barrio Charmelo, Olga Dukhovnaya, Jacquelyn Elder, Simon Feltz, Maria Ferreira Silva, Aki Iwamoto, Daan Jaartsveld, Louis Nam Le Van Ho, Noé Pellencin Recorded on July 3 & 4, 2018 at the Agora Theater, Festival Montpellier Danse TV Director, Louise Narboni

Amaury faye Trio Amaury Faye, piano Louis Navarro, double bass Théo Lanau, percussion In keeping with the big piano trios and Big Moe Trio (in 2010), perfected from his Toulouse kingdom, the new project from Amaury Faye tells his story. He takes inspiration from artists on the contemporary New York scene and the latest trends in European jazz. Amaury Faye went to study at Berklee College in Boston with pianist Joanne Brackeen (Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon) and Tia Fuller (Joe Lovano) in 2014. The pianist is a member of the Toulouse-based Initiative H alongside his trio. Their repertoire includes original tracks and cool covers. There's a blend of improvisation and writing, virtuosity and finesse, lyricism and undulating beats (e.g. on the Fender Rhodes). Faye is one to watch on the international piano scene and famous for his talents as both a soloist and composer. Amaury Faye, Louis Navarro and Théo Lanau put the heritage of the past into fuelling the future. Recorded on 2017, July 13th at the Jazz Festival in Vienne TV Director, Nicolas Micha

Harold Lopez Nussa Trio Harold Lopez Nussa (piano) Ruy Adrian Lopez Nussa (drums) Gaston Joya (bass) Harold Lopez Nussa is a Cuban pianist who comes from a family of musicians. When you hear him it seems as if he is the custodian of all the musical traditions of the Caribbean, open to all the influences from Africa and the Americas without even mentioning the great European classical composers. It is an indication of just how much music lives within him and how he never ceases to want to share it with us. On stage, Harold Lopez overflows with expression just like everything which characterizes 'feeling' in Cuban music which is savoured with a shot of rum in the ears. Harold Lopez the direct descendent of the great Cuban pianists, Cucho Valdez, Carlos Maza, Roberto Fonseca, pianists who irresistibly make you get up off your seat and dance. Recorded on July 9, 2018 at the Jazz à Porquerolles Festival TV Director, Frank Cassenti

Golden Striker Trio Ronald L. Carter (bass guitar ) Russel L. Malone (guitar) Donald Vega (piano) A hugely talented double bassist, gifted with a remarkable sense of melody and widely recognised for the finesse and elegance of his playing style, the American Ron Carter is a living legend. A musician of genius, he started out playing with Gil Evans, Lena Horne, Bill Evans, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Eric Dolphy and Bobby Timmons. He then went on to win fame alongside Cannonball Adderley and Thelonious Monk and, of course, from 1963 to 1968, in the famous quintet formed by Miles Davis. Closer to us in time, Ron Carter became a respected musical leader in his own right in the Golden Striker Trio with Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller ('Golden Striker' album, 2003) and opted, like Ray Brown towards the end of his life, for the legendary trio of piano/guitar/bass, first used by Nat King Cole and Art Tatum. This classical tradition is fully assumed by Miles' former bassist. In concert, the emotion often reaches a climax with one of his favourite songs, the standard 'My Funny Valentine'. A native of Michigan (born in 1937), Ron Carter won a Grammy Award in 1998 for the instrumental 'Call Sheet Blues' from the soundtrack of the film 'Round Midnight'. In 2010, he was made a Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters in France. Last year, his virtuoso association with the accordionist Richard Galliano enjoyed great success in France. A musical sense forged with tungsten, like the strings on his bass, and with all his elegance and freshness intact, the legend is back. Recorded on July 5, at the Festival Jazz à Vienne TV Director, Fabien Raymond

Monty Alexander, piano Born in Jamaca on D-Day- a sign of destiny ? - Monty Alexander rapidly left his native country for the United States. In New York, he regularly accompanied Frank Sinatra and performed in the jazz clubs of Manhattan (including the famous Minton's which was the birthplace of bebop) where Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Miles Davies did not miss a chance of hearing him play. After more than fifty years of a career crowned with collaborations with Tony Bennett, Nathalie Cole, Clint Eastwood, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Ernest Ranglin and Barbara Hendricks the pianist travelled around the globe thrilling audiences with his vibrant personality, which communicated an original musical message, in which the heady beat of reggae is mixed with the contagious rocking of swing. Recorded on November 23, 2018 at the Seine Musicale TV director, Julien Faustino

We Love Ella The Amazing Keystone Big Band Bastien Ballaz, Aloïs Benoit, Loïc Bacheveillier, Sylvain Thomas (trombones) Jon Boutellier, Pierre Desassis, Kenny Jeanney, Eric Prost, Ghyslain Regard (saxophones) David Enhco, Thierry Sénéau, Vincent Labarre, Félicien Bouchot (trumpets) Fred Nardin (piano), François Thibaut (Guitar) Patrick Maradan (Double Bass) Romain Sarron (Drums) Guests Célia Kaméni (vocal) China Moses (vocal) Sarah McKenzie (vocal, piano) The Amazing Keystone Big Band loves Ella and pays more than a simple vibrant homage to she who loved big bands so much (she sang with those of Chick Weeb, Duke Ellington and Count Basie)and identified with the same vein as the one of the same name that the PBS Radio had ???? with Jon Faddis, James Moody, Lizz Wright, Patti Austin. The guest singer, Célia Kaméni, does not attempt either to compete with or to imitate, that would be impossible anyway, the first lady of song gets to grips with her world in order to sing it better. And it works perfectly, and it has to be said that the orchestra is absolutely irreproachable with its waves of intensity, its stresses, an expressive clarity which gives it a very lare range of expression. It's all there, the phrasing, the accents, the rhythm, the groove, the drive this swing, this je ne sais quoi between individual liberty and collective happiness, put simply...Jazz! Recorded on March 23, 2019 at the Salle Pleyel TV Director,Laurent Hasse

Arthur Possing Quartet Pierre Cocq-Amann, saxophones Arthur Possing, piano, compositions Sebastian 'Schlapbe' Flach, double bass Pit Huberty, drums Arthur Possing is a young Luxembourgish pianist, born in 1996 into a family in which music has always played a significant role. He started classical percussion at the age of 6 and classical piano at the age of 10, later in the class of well-known pianist Jean Muller. In 2009, he began studying jazz piano with Marc Mangen and vibraphone in 2011 with Guy Cabay. In 2016, he began further studies in jazz piano at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Eric Legnini. The Arthur Possing Quartet was originally formed in 2013. Its members met in high school and soon started playing together regularly. Since 2017, the musicians are originally from Germany, France and Luxembourg and have studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the Centre des Musiques Didier Lockwood near Paris and the Musikhochschule Mannheim. Their repertoire consists both of own compositions and tunes of appreciated jazzmen. In 2017, the quartet released their first album 'Four Years', which was released in March'18 on the Belgian label Hypnote Records. It was well acclaimed by the audience and press and won 'Hits' at Couleurs Jazz in France. Recode on May 16, 2019 at the Grand Auditoire, Dudelange, Luxembourg. TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut