Blues & Jazz

Franck Pourcel

Jazz Band

FRANCK POURCEL

classics franck pourcel orchestra et al

Françoise's favorites

JAZZ TEST 1

light music

From La vie brêve composed by Manuel de Falla
This tilte is part of the compilation for download only, including some of Françoise Pourcel's favorites recordings by her father

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Danse Espagnole ( La Vie Brêve)

Les feuilles mortes: Prévert/Cosma
One of the most famous french song around the world
We are in fall, enjoy!

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Les Feuilles Mortes

Vol 2 of the serie Originals Classics. Some classics favorites, remastered
Composer: Jules Massenet

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Werther  Clair De Lune

a selection of titles favorited by Francoise Pourcel, on this compilation available for legal download only

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

a medley of some famous songs created by Edith Piaf. This medley included among other tracks on Franck Pourcel's EDITH ET POURCEL

MEDLEY (la Goualante Du Pauvre Jean.Mon Manege A Moi..Milord)

from the compilation "Francoise's favorites"

Stormy Weather

Composed by Franck Pourcel.
Included in the compilation FRANCOISE'S FAVORITES

So Many Violins

The first compilation of the critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter's career, Keep Me In Your Heart... includes favorites not only from Madeleine Peyroux's Rounder catalog, but also tracks from her time on Atlantic and the Decca/Emarcy labels. The album also includes one previously unreleased song—compilation title track and Warren Zevon cover, “Keep Me in Your Heart”—which appeared in 2011’s independent film Union Square. Liner notes by former Atlantic Records A&R man, Yves Beauvais, complete the package.

Don't Wait Too Long | Madeleine Peyroux

C Jam Blues 1

composed by Raymond Gimenes and Francis Darizcuren for Franck Pourcel's 1969 album: Amour Danse et violons vol 34

Adam et Eve

composed by Franck Pourcel in 1973
remastered in 2015

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Vivaldi I love you

Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag

When I started my music publishing company, my friend the famous singer Salvatore Adamo, gifted me with one of the best gifts i've ever had: a song ........JE VOUS OFFRE.

(cracks and original promotional cover are collector's items!)
Recording by Franck Pourcel 1967

Je vous offre

From the film Friendly Persuasion 1956
Music by Dimtry Tiomkin
Palmes d'Or in Cannes in 1957

Friendly persuasion (La loi du seigneur)

Etta James — Don't Cry Baby

0152  GOTAS DE LLUVIA CAEN - FRANCK POURCEL

Week #7: The Charleston was written in 1923 for the broadway musical Runnin' Wild. It was written by James P. Johnson, with lyrics by Cecil Mack (though the lyrics are rarely performed). Johnson was a well-known and influential pianist and composer who pioneered the stride style piano.

The Charleston dance originated much earlier than the song, in the first years of the 1900's. But it hit its peak of popularity in the mid-20's; popular among flappers and in the speakeasies. The dance was considered quite provocative and immoral (along with the flappers' infamous hair style and loose fitting clothes).*

My recording - following the majority - omits the lyrics to the song, making it the first instrumental I've attempted in the project so far. I found it especially fun to put a capo high on my banjo and pretend it was a banjo-lele; which gives the song an old-fashioned sound. I hope you enjoy it. If not, I hope you'll still come back next week!

Charleston

Award-winning jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist Madeleine Peyroux releases her inspired new album from Decca, THE BLUE ROOM on March 5, 2013. Featuring Madeleine’s reinterpretations of songs from Ray Charles’ seminal album Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music as well as others from legendary artists such as Randy Newman and Leonard Cohen, THE BLUE ROOM brings the listener through a soulful musical journey with Peyroux’s lush voice and magnificent storytelling.

I Love You So Much It Hurts

For the full story see http://bit.ly/XUx2xT

Produced by Tom Hambridge  
Recorded at Sound Stage Studio, Nashville TN  
Engineered by Jim Cooley and Nick Autry  
Mixed &Mastered by Tom Hambridge and Michael Saint-Leon at The Switchyard, Nashville TN
Executive Producer: Bruce Iglauer  

Additional Recording by:  
Shane Baldwin at Elevated Basement, Savannah GA  
Stuart Sullivan at Wire Recording, Austin TX  
Brendan Muldowney at Carriage House, Stamford CT   

Photos by Christopher Durst, christopherdurst.com 
Packaging design by Kevin Niemiec 
Alligator logo by Michael Trossman  

Booking: The Rosebud Agency, www.rosebudus.com 
Management: jacklyn@jamescottonsuperharp.com
jamescottonsuperharp.com  

James Cotton plays and endorses Seydel Harmonicas (seydelusa.com) 
Tom Holland endorses Delaney Guitars (delaneyguitars.com) and GHS Strings (ghsstrings.com) 
Jerry Porter endorses Sabian Cymbals (sabian.com), Smith Drums (myspace.com/smithdrums) and Evans Drumheads (evansdrumheads.com)  

Gregg Allman appears courtesy of Rounder Records 
Joe Bonamassa appears courtesy of J&R Adventures 
Ruthie Foster appears courtesy of Blue Corn Music 
Warren Haynes appears courtesy of Stax Records 
Keb Mo appears courtesy of Yolabelle International/ILG 
Darrell Nulisch appears courtesy of Severn Records

Cotton Mouth Man

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James Cotton - Something For Me (w/Warren Haynes)

Le torrent by Franck Pourcel is one of the Gold records he was awarded in Japan.
Françoise Pourcel, his daughter, has remastered this new compilation, including some of her favorites titles (for download only)

Le Torrent

from the new release Françoise's favorites 
Composed by Léo Delibes

Les Filles De Cadix

LOVE IS THE DRUG - THE GREAT GATSBY VERSION

Born in Marseilles August 11, 1913
His father, a musician in the navy in Marseilles, starts teaching him music at 6 years old
He learns violin at the Conservatoire in Marseilles but alsos drums because he loves jazz. Then he spends a year in Paris at the Conservatoire.
1931: he works as a violonist at the Théâtre des Variétés in marseilles
June 10, 1939 he marries Odette.
At that period he becomes the musical director of some singers, among them Yves Montand, and Lucienne Boyer, with whom he is going to tour the world.
1946: he has a baby- girl named Françoise.
1952: he emigrates to US, and get the Green card and the musician  Union card, because he wants to produce a big band orchestra.
1953, a french producer Maurice Tézé, calls him back in France to record his first record Blue Tango and the follow up Limelight
He gets his first success with this record, and from now, all french singers want to hire Franck, called ‘The American » to be their musical director.
1954 he records his first LP under the label Pathé-Marconi- he will record 9 LPs in 3 years. and will create the serie Amour Danse et Violons which will include 54 LPs
1956, he records his version of  Only You, the success created by yhe Platters ; he will sell over 3 millions copies in the US
Between 1956 and 1972 he is the regular conductor for France at the Eurovision song contest.
1958 he starts recording classical music ; with his serie Pages Célèbres he will record popular classical pieces with 80 musicians, so leading his « Varieties » public to the discovery and appreciation of classical music.
His Pages Célèbres give him the chance to direct famous classical orchestras like :

The London Symphony orchestra
The Society of Concerts for the Conservatoirte
The BBC orchestra ar the Royal Festival Hall
The Lamoureux Orchestra at the Salle Pleyel

His records are distributed in over 50 countries
1962: he composes together with Paul Mauriat and Raymond Lefèvre the famous hit « Chariot » created by Petula Clark and followed up by Little Peggy March as « I will follow Him ».
In 1992 the song will become the main theme of the motion picture Sister Act 1 & 2.

He will record until 1995 with EMI

He achieves, among many other distinctions:

1956: The Grand prix du disque Français
1957: The Grand prix du disque in Brazil
1963: The Golden disc in Venezuela
1965: Amsterdam: The Edison Price (The equivalent of the film Oscars) for his orchestrations of Pop music
1965: Award of the “DISQUE POPULAIRE”
1967: Back to the USA for an important promotion journey. He conducts in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Hollywood…
1968: Golden disc in Colombia for his popularity in this country-Disco Mundo
1969: Grand Prix du disque of the Charles Cros Academy in Paris
1970: Gold record in Japan, for the album “FOR YOUR LOVELY BABY”
1976:Gold record in Japan for “ADORO”

Franck has broken all the selling records of the European orchestras

He dies on November 12, 2000 in Neuilly-France, from Parkinson desease.

Active years: 50s,60s,70s,80s,90s.
