Marcel et Son Orchestre le Dégoût

Django Reinhardt was the first hugely influential jazz figure to emerge from Europe – and he remains the most influential European to this day, with possible competition from Joe Zawinul, George Shearing, John McLaughlin, his old cohort Stephane Grappelli and a bare handful of others. A free-spirited gypsy, Reinhardt wasn't the most reliable person in the world, frequently wandering off into the countryside on a whim. Yet Reinhardt came up with a unique way of propelling the humble acoustic guitar into the front line of a jazz combo in the days before amplification became widespread. He would spin joyous, arcing, marvelously inflected solos above the thrumming base of two rhythm guitars and a bass, with Grappelli's elegantly gliding violin serving as the perfect foil. His harmonic concepts were startling for their time – making a direct impression upon Charlie Christian and Les Paul, among others – and he was an energizing rhythm guitarist behind Grappelli…

Gabriel Fauré: Master of overwhelming lyricism Fauré fascinates with his vigor, his inexhaustible energy, his radiance, the crystalline arabesques of his piano music. This aristocrat of phrasing, this lover of poetry blazed a trail free of all dogma, on which French pianist Philippe Cassard now embark with fervor.

Ce pourrait être le titre d'un roman de Tolstoï. Jean-Louis Murat a choisi de baptiser son album Le Moujik et sa femme du nom de la formation qui a enregistré ce disque. Après l'expérience étonnante (et électronique) de Muragostang, Jean-Louis Murat reprend goût aux choses plus naturelles. Un retour à la musique organique, et aux chansons pop à guitares.

Quand il ne compose pas des chansons et des pièces musicales pour le cinéma, le discret Alex Beaupain travaille pour son compte. Le collaborateur attitré du réalisateur Christophe Honoré, auteur au total de sept bandes originales dont celle des Chansons d'Amour, qui lui a valu un César en 2008, remet avec Après Moi le Déluge sa quatrième copie personnelle.