French Concert
{{Infobox album
| name = French Concert
| type = Live album
| artist = Shelly Manne Quartet featuring Lee Konitz
| cover = French Concert.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1979[http://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/galaxy/galaxy.html Galaxy Album Discography], accessed November 24, 2016
| recorded = November 11, 1977[https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472115871-discography.pdf Lee Konitz discography] accessed November 24, 2016[http://www.jazzdisco.org/fantasy-records/galaxy-records-catalog-5100-series/#gxy-5124 Galaxy Records Catalog: 5100 series] accessed November 24, 2016
Newport Jazz Festival, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length =
| label = Galaxy
GXY 5124
| producer = Ed Michel
| chronology = Shelly Manne
| prev_title = Essence
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Double Piano Jazz Quartet
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Lee Konitz
| type = Live album
| prev_title = Lee Konitz Nonet
| prev_year = 1977
| title = French Concert
| year = 1977
| next_title = Duplicity
| next_year = 1977
}}
}}
French Concert is a live album by the Shelly Manne Quartet featuring Lee Konitz, recorded in Paris by Radio France as part of George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival tour in 1977, and released on the Galaxy label in 1979.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
}}
Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, commented: "This combination of jazzmen works quite well, resulting in music that is both swinging and explorative".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000907647 |title=French Concert – Review |accessdate=November 24, 2016}}
Track listing
- "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 9:33
- "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) – 6:30
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 6:48
- "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 8:48
- "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 5:38
- "Take the Coltrane" (Duke Ellington) – 4:00
Personnel
Performances on Specific Tracks based on the Jazz Disco website
- Shelly Manne – drums (All Tracks)
- Lee Konitz – alto saxophone (3-6)
- Mike Wofford – piano (All Tracks)
- Chuck Domanico – bass (All Tracks)
References
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Category:Shelly Manne live albums