La Route Du Bonheur

Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Django Rheinhardt

“Road To Happiness”

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Excerpts from the 1953 Franco-Italian film “La Route Du Bonheur” (The Road To Happiness”) directed by Maurice Labro and Giorgio Simonelli three of the biggest names in jazz perform on stage and screen.

Personnel:

Sidney Bechet, soprano sax
Claude Luter, clarinet
Guy Longnon, trumpet
Bernard Zacharias, trombone
Raymond Fol, piano
Claude Philippe, banjo
Roland Bianchini, bass
Francois Galepides, drums

Django Reinhardt, guitar
Hubert Rostaing, clarinet
Fats Sadi, vibes
Maurice Vander, piano
Pierre Michelot, bass
Pierre Lemarchand, drums

Louis Armstrong, trumpet
Trummy Young, trombone
Bob McCracken, clarinet
Marty Napoleon, piano
Arvell Shaw, bass
Cozy Cole, drums
Velma Middleton, dance

 

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