Blues for Vidi
Context
Recorded on October 8, 1954 at the Pathé-Marconi studios in Paris for the 10-inch record Guy Lafitte, son saxo-ténor et son orchestre (Pathé ST 1057), with André Persiany on piano and arrangements. That same year, Lafitte received the Académie du jazz's Django-Reinhardt prize as best French soloist.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz. Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.