''Paris Jazz Piano'' is a studio album by jazz pianist

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, released in 1960 on

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Track listing

#"Sous les ponts de Paris" (Jean Rodor,

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) - 2:55 #" Paris in the Spring" (Revel, Gordon) - 3:32 #" April in Paris" (Harburg, Duke) - 5:14 #"

Sous le ciel de Paris ''Under the Sky of Paris'' (French: ''Sous le ciel de Paris'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the ar ...

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Jean Dréjac Jean Dréjac, stage name of Jean André Jacques Brun (3 June 1921, in Grenoble – 11 August 2003, in Paris) was a French singer and composer. He is noted for writing the songs " Ah! Le petit vin blanc", "Sous le ciel de Paris" and "La Chansonnet ...

) - 1:52 #"Paris Canaille" ( Ferré) - 2:04 #"Paris, je t'aime... d'amour" (

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I Love Paris "I Love Paris" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1953. The song was introduced by Lilo in the musical '' Can-Can''. A line in the song's lyrics inspired the title of the 1964 movie ''Paris When It Sizzles''. Notable recor ...

" ( Porter) - 2:52 #" The Last Time I Saw Paris" (Kern, Hammerstein II) - 2:25 #" Moulin Rouge" (Auric, Engvick) - 2:41 #"

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" (Piaf, Louiguy) - 3:08 :''Recorded on October 20 (5, 7, 10), October 21 (1, 9), October 23 (8) and November 9 (2, 3, 6), 1959''.

Personnel

- piano *

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- bass * Gus Wallez - drums, bongos

References

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