Featuring:

Featuring:

— Christian Escoudé & Charlie Haden
— Eddy Louis, Michel Petrucciani
— Stephane Grappelli, Michel Petrucciani, Roy Hanes, George Mraz

Total Time Playing: 40:16 min.

— Composite Pro
— High Definition
— Mode: CD-Audio

Tr. 1, 4 & 6
Christian Escoudé & Charlie Haden
— Gitane
Recorded September 22, 1978
Studio des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Produced by Alain Boucanus, Eymeric Adam
Sound Engineer: Jean-Pierre Pelissier
The achieved sound state is fixed exclusively in CD Audio, preserving continuous musical time
and the integrity of the recorded moment

Tr. 2, 3 & 5
Francis Dreyfus occupies a distinctive position in European jazz as a producer whose role
extended beyond organization into artistic stewardship.
Through Dreyfus Jazz, he shaped recording environments where musical decisions arose from
listening rather than intervention, and where sound, time, and form were treated as primary values.
Dreyfus approached production through precision and restraint.
Rather than directing performances, he defined conditions: acoustic clarity, temporal integrity,
and respect for the musician’s internal balance.
Recording was understood not as construction, but as fixation — the capture of a
musical state at the moment it reached coherence.
Within this framework, Yvette Chamberland emerges as a voice of measured intimacy.
Her singing avoids theatrical emphasis, relying instead on phrasing, breath, and tonal focus.
Each interpretation unfolds calmly, shaped by time and inner control rather than external gesture.
The originally captured sonic state is reproduced within the DSE / PSL archival series
and subsequently fixed exclusively in the CD Audio format, preserving the continuity
of musical time and the integrity of the moment.

No EQ, no compressions or digital dynamic manipulations added to this mastering process

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WARNING!
This record should be played through «Direct Line» (Straight Line)
option of your amplifier to achieve the best performance