A Jazz Imagens Records apresenta um novo olhar, um ângulo inédito, sobre a história do jazz e das suas grandes figuras.
Esta nova coleção, recentemente lançada, reune alguns dos melhores discos de jazz de todos os tempos, como Kind of Blue de Miles David, Go de Dexter Gordon ou Giants Steps de John Coltrane, apresentados com fotografias inéditas, ou pouco conhecidas, destes e de muitos outros músicos, da autoria de Jean-Pierre Leloir (1931-2010), um dos grandes fotógrafos de música na Europa.
Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Quincy Jones, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins , Nina Simone e Lester Young, são alguns dos músicos retratados pela lente de Jean-Pierre Leloir em Paris, dos anos 50 a 70, quando todos os grandes vultos do jazz passavam pela capital francesa para gravarem e atuarem.
E são estes retratos que iluminam as capas desta coleção de 100 títulos, em duas séries, uma em LP (vinil) e outra em CD (atenção que os 50 títulos de uma não nem sempre coincidem com os 50 da outra) e que incluem algumas das melhoras e históricas gravações.
LP’s
37001 – ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS – Moanin’ 37002 – MILES DAVIS – Kind Of Blue
37003 – CHET BAKER – Alone Together 37004 – BILLIE HOLIDAY – Lady In Satin37005 – JONH COLTRANE – Giants Steps 37008 – ELLA & LOUIS – Ella Fritzgerald – Louis Amstrong37009 – THELONIOUS MONK- Monk’s Music37011- BILL EVANS – Portrait In Jazz37013 – CHARLES MINGUS – Mingus Ah Um37015 – DUKE ELLINGTON – Festival Session37019 – SONNY ROLLINS – Saxophone Colossus 37020 – STAN GETZ / CHARLIE BYRD – Jazz Samba37023 – DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – Time Out 37024 – DEXTER GORDON – Go!37026 – ETTA JAMES – At Last!37031 -BEN WEBSTER – Meets Oscar Peterson37033 – CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – Somethin’ Else 37037 – COUNT BASIE – The Atomic Mr. Basie37038 – DJANGO REINHARDT – Nuages37039 – HELEN MERRILL – With Clifford Brown37045 – OSCAR PETERSON – Plays the Cole Porter Songbook 37046 – RAY CHARLES – Genius + Soul = Jazz37047 – SARA VAUGHAN & CLIFFORD BROWN37050 – WES MONTGOMERY – The Incredible Jazz Guitar offe ainda em LP:37006 – SARAH VAUGHAN & QUINCY – You’re Mine You37007 – LOUIS ARMSTRONG MEETS OSCAR PETERSON37010 – NINA SIMONE – Little Girl Blue37012- BILLIE HOLIDAY – Lady Sings The Blues37014 – CHET BAKER – Chet Is Back!37016- MILES DAVIS – Plays Ballards37017 – MILES DAVIS – ‘Round About Midnight37018 – THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO – Affinity37021 – BILL EVANS TRIO – Waltz For Debby37022 – CHET BAKER – Sings37025 – ELLA FITZGERALD – Like Someone In Love37027 – LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE ELLINGTON – The Great Summit37028 – MILES DAVIS – Sketches of Spain37029 – MILES DAVIS – Ascenseur Pour L’Échafaud37030 – MILES DAVIS QUINTET – Workin’37032 – BILLIE HOLIDAY – Songs for Distingué Lovers37034 – CHET BAKER & ART PEPPER – Playboys37035 – CHET BAKER & DICK TWARDZIK – Chet & Dick37036 – CHET BAKER QUARTET – In Paris37040 – JOHN COLTRANE – Blue Train37041 – JOHN COLTRANE Quartet – For Lovers37042 – JOHN COLTRANE – Plays The Blues37043 – MILES DAVIS – Birth of the Cool37044 – MICHEL LEGRAND & MILES DAVIS – Legrand Jazz37048 – STAN GETZ – & The Oscar Peterson Trio37049 – THELONIOUS MONK – Brilliant Corners CD’s38020 – MAHALIA JACKSON – The World`s Greatest Gospel Singer38026 – NINA SIMONE – Forbidden Fruit38029 – SIDNET BECHET & MARTIAL SOLAL – Together – CDe ainda em CD:38001 – BILL EVANS – Portrait in Jazz38002 – BILLIE HOLIDAY – Lady Sings The Blues38003 – CHET BAKER – Alone Together38004 – DUKE ELLINGTON – Festival Session38005 – ELLA FITZGERALD – Porgy & Bess38006 – JOHN COLTRANE & THELONIOUS MONK – Complete Studio Mater Takes38007 – LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DUKE ELLINGTON – The Great Summit38008 – MILES DAVES – Sketches of Spain38009 – NINA SIMONE – Sings Ellington!38010 – The OSCAR PETERSON Trio – Affinity38011 – BILLIE HOLIDAY – Stay with me38012 – CHET BAKER – Chet & Dick38013 – CHET BAKER Quartet – In Paris38014 – CHET BAKER – Chet is Back!38015 – DJANGO REINHARDT – Nuages38016 – COUNT BASIE – The Atomic Mr. Basie38017 – ETTA JAMES – At last!38018 – JOHN COLTRANE – Plays The Blues38019 – JOHN COLTRANE – For Lovers38021 – MILES DAVIS – ‘ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT38022 – MILES DAVIS – Workin’38023 – MILES DAVIS – Ballads38024 – MICHEL LEGRAND & MILES DAVIS – Legrand Jazz38025 – NINA SIMONE – Classic Hits38027 – OSCAR PETERSON – The Jazz Soul of38028 – SARAH VAUGHAN & QUINCY JONES – You’re Mine You38030 – BEN WEBSTER – Meets OSCAR PETERSONNota: Os restantes CD’s vão sendo lançados ao longo do anoMais informações no site oficial da Jazz Images.