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Au XVIIIe siècle, un horloger islandais est chargé de reconstruire une horloge astronomique ancienne retrouvée en pièces dans les sous-sols du palais royal à Copenhague. Peu à peu, une sorte d'amitié se noue entre cet homme et le roi Christian VII, considéré comme fou et écarté du pouvoir. En parlant avec l'artisan, le souverain se rend compte de la réalité de l'Islande, alors colonie danoise. …

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Horace Silver is not only important because of his contributions as a pianist/composer; he's also been a first-rate talent scout (much like Miles Davis, Chick Corea, and Art Blakey). From Donald Byrd to Joe Henderson to Tom Harrell, so many of Silver's sidemen have come to be recognized as serious jazz heavyweights. The hard bopper led his share of five-star groups - especially in the '50s and '60s - but if any one Silver combo went down in history as his most important, it was the 1959-1964 quintet with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxman Junior Cook, bassist Gene Taylor, and drummer Roy Brooks. And that cohesive group is the one that Silver leads on Paris Blues, which contains previously unreleased performances from an October 6, 1962, appearance at the Olympia Theater in Paris…