Colombier

The track that showcases the classic Jaco chops of old is the 1986 recording of Mike Stern's "Mood Swings". Recorded just two months prior to Jaco checking himself into the Bellevue psychiatric ward, this is the most masterfull bass playing that I have ever heard Jaco record since Word Of Mouth. Jaco just absolutely tears this cut up. Obviously Jaco was on top of his game the day this recording was made. Jaco is all over the instument playing double-stops and litterally playing rhythm guitar licks over Mike Stern's opening statement.

Issued as part of Universal France's Essentials of Cinema series, Serge Gainsbourg's soundtracks to Michel Colombier's 1968 Ce Sacre Grand-Pere, and Pierre Koralnik's scandalous Cannabis, are among the most startling pieces of music in his oeuvre. Cannabis was based around a tawdry thriller and was set by Pierre Koralnik in the free, lone-generation of the late '60s, and starred none other than Gainsbourg and wife Jane Birkin…

There's an avalanche of dazzling playing on this generous, superbly selected compilation; it gives a brilliant, comprehensive testament to a legendary musician.

A Classy, Eclectic Album, "Singing Paris" is 20 Years of Pop the French Way. If the World Had Its Sights Turned Toward England Between 1955 and 1975, Yet in France the Musical Panorama was No Less, Satisfying, Shifted and Free. The Best Way to Illustrate this Frenzy is the Music that Came from Paris Apart for Big French Songs, There Isn't Much of a Welcome for Anything Else. Those who Are Skeptical Are Going to have to Change their Minds! Wild Compositions, Lyrics Attempting to Be Filled with Humour and Mockery, Adapting to Overseas Success with True Musical Jewels, the Common Denominator of These 24 Songs is their Modernity. They Come from Artists who Can't Be Ignored, Cinema Stars Pushing the Lighthearted Songs, Distinguished People who Had Previously Been Unknown. Far from Being Just Another Black and White Retro Compilation, "Singing Paris" Comes to You in Full Technicolor!