Milan Records will release Hot Club de France

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On March 29, 2005, Milan Records will release Hot Club de France – a selection of some of the Paris jazz club’s finest musical performances. Including jazz, blues, ragtime, gospel and more – this record compiles some of the finest moment from musicians that helped define the genre.

Jazz, along with rock & roll, is considered to be one of the most truly American genres of music. In the 1930’s, while still in its infancy, jazz was not looked upon as a serious art form. At best, jazz was thought of as light entertainment for the black community. In Europe however, and especially in Paris, the literary and artistic community immediately embraced “this crazy hot new music” from America. Records and information were traded, an underground community of jazz-lovers began to grow, and Hot Club de France was born.

Begun as a sort of appreciation society for jazz fans, Hot Club issued newsletters, sponsored radio broadcasts of American jazz performers, filmed live performances, issued records through an underground network, and organized the first jazz concerts in France. Due to the enthusiasm in Europe for their music, as well as the racial climate in the U.S., performers such as Louis Armstrong, Memphis Slim, Willie (The Lion) Smith, and others soon found a home with the Hot Club Society in Paris. The first HCF concert was held in a small Parisian record store, but by they late 1940’s, HCF was booking jazz tours and festivals around the world.

Milan Records has waded through the HCF recordings to discover gems spanning 30 years. Digitally restored and remastered, these recordings can now be heard with the brilliance and emotion in a way unlike ever before. This record presents a glimpse into American Jazz music in Paris, capturing some of the most remarkable moments that defined jazz music for decades there, and in fact, defined jazz music for the world.

Track list:
1. Jean Peron Garvanoff and Fran?ois Melchioro – Scottish Boogie
2. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Nobody Knows the Troubles I’ve Seen
3. Willie Smith – Echoes of Spring
4. Louis Armstrong with Jewell Brown – Georgia on My Mind
5. New Orleans Dippers – I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
6. Louis Armstrong – Blueberry Hill
7. Bill Coleman and the New Orleans Dippers – Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
8. Memphis Slim – All On One Boogie
9. Willie Smith – Tea for Two
10. New Orleans Dippers – Sweet Lorraine
11. Louis Armstrong with Jewell Brown – Saint Louis Blues
12. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Go Ahead

Two years after its 25th anniversary in 2003, Milan Entertainment, Inc has a proven dedication to releasing quality, award-winning soundtracks for film and television, as well as cutting edge electronic, world and Latin music. Its catalog includes such notable soundtracks as Ghost, Mullholand Drive, Monsoon Wedding, Spirited Away, Talk To Her, City of God, Bend it Like Beckham, I Heart Huckabees among others. Milan Entertainment, an independently owned label with offices located in Burbank, California and Paris, France, is distributed by WEA Inc., Warner Music Group’s manufacturing and distribution operation.

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