Jimmy Smith

Concert performance by 30 jazz greats from the Blue Note label, at Town Hall, New York City, February 22nd, 1985.

Jazz Icons: Jimmy Smith boasts an incredible 90-minute concert from 1969 filmed in Paris. Working in his classic trio format (with longtime guitarist Eddie McFadden and drummer Charlie Crosby), Jimmy shows why he is still the uncontested king of the jazz organ. Highlights include blues jams “Got My Mojo Working” and “Sonnymoon For Two,” the classic ballads “Alfie” and “Satin Doll,” as well as a blinding 23-minute version of his showcase number “The Sermon.” Tracklist France 1969 1. Sonnymoon For Two 2. Days Of Wine And Roses 3. The Sermon 4. Alfie 5. Satin Doll 6. Organ Grinder's Swing 7. Got My Mojo Working 8. See See Rider 9. A Funky Blues Called I Don't Know 10. My Romance 11. Satin Doll

Jazz and its milieu. Klaus Wildenhahn films the Jimmy Smith Trio in New York. With the addition of a white guitarist, Kenny Burrell, the band is in the studio recording the Rolling Stones current hit “Satisfaction”, as a tribute to the successful British Beat musicians, who were themselves inspired by blues and jazz.

An account of the first European tour of American jazz organist Jimmy Smith and his trio in 1965, replete with backstage footage and music.

When a middle-aged father searches for his dropout daughter, Angel, his quest takes him into the underworld of prostitutes, pimps, drug addicts and thieves. Angel has become a dancer in a topless bar, and her dealer boyfriend is turning her on to heroin.

Champs-Élysées est une émission de variétés de la télévision française présentée par Michel Drucker puis par Laurent Ruquier et diffusée en direct à partir du 16 janvier 1982 à juin 1985 et de janvier 1986 jusqu'au 29 juin 1990 tous les samedis soir sur Antenne 2 et de façon irrégulière sur France 2 du 13 novembre 2010 au 11 mai 2013. L'émission doit son nom au fait qu'elle est réalisée en direct du Pavillon Gabriel, situé avenue Gabriel, le long de l'avenue des Champs-Élysées à Paris. L'indicatif musical du générique de l'émission a été composée par Jean-Pierre Bourtayre et Jean-Claude Petit. La chorégraphie du générique a été composée par Redha.