Fête foraine

Louis Sclavis · 2000 · Dans la nuit (ECM)

Context

Fourth track of Dans la nuit, a soundtrack composed by Louis Sclavis at the invitation of Bertrand Tavernier for Charles Vanel's silent film (1929). Recorded in October 2000 at La Buissonne studios, it was released on ECM in 2002.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to French jazz, ECM and European jazz, Jazz in film and on screen. 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.

By the same artist

• Le miroir (2000)
• La fuite (2000)
• Le travail (2002)
• Les 2 visages (2002)
• Napoli's Walls (2003)

Sources

• EN: Dans la Nuit (album)

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