Recorded in April 1937, the saxophone quartet led by Coleman Hawkins was to be the first record released on the Swing label of Charles Delaunay (the son of the painters Sonia and Robert Delaunay). Taking advantage of the presence American jazzmen in town for the 1937 International Exhibition in Paris, Charles Delaunay was a catalyst for all kinds of encounters and mixtures between jazz on the Old and New continents, and he captured them on disc for posterity, making them references in the French recording-industry. The launching of one of the greatest success-stories in pre-war French recording- history is presented by Pierre Lafargue in a 3CD anthology with a detailed 36-page booklet. Benjamin GOLDENSTEIN & Daniel NEVERS
