Gerald Joseph Mulligan, also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger.

Jean Reinhardt, known to all by his Romani nickname Django, was a Belgian-born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was the first major jazz talent to emerge from Europe and remains the most significant.

We all have a Walt Disney cartoon tune or melody in mind, reminding us of magic afternoons spent with our parents when we were kids or with our own children now that we are grown-ups.
It is a bit of this special feeling and pleasure that artists such as Gregory Porter, Melody Gardot, Stacey Kent, Jamie Cullum and other leading music stars share with us on the new project produced by Jay Newland and arranged and directed by Rob Mounsey, as they perform big band jazz covers of songs that are part of every kids heritage.
Whether they come from Scandinavia, Andalusia, North Americas big cities or the Balkan plains, 21st century kids have the Disney magic in common, an imaginary world where both soft and wild tunes are closely linked to cult scenes from Uncle Walts animation classics.
Walt Disney loved jazz and paid great attention to the writing of the music accompanying his heroes adventures. Teams wrote and played the songs that at some point acted as catalysts of the emotions and personalities of unique characters such as Jiminy Cricket, Baloo, Tinker Bell or Toy Storys cowboy Woody. Several of these tunes have either been nominated for or won Academy Awards, a true acknowledgment of the quality of such beloved and enchanting future standards, which many jazz and pop stars - Louis Armstrong, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, Bette Middler, Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, Robbie Williams …- have covered at some point in their career.
Jazz Loves Disney was recorded between Paris, London and Los Angeles by a dream cast. It is incredibly coherent, as if all participants had agreed to pay a rightful tribute to the most beautiful and symbolic tunes of Walt Disneys magic world, as if nothing was too good for the stars when they revisited the classics and the sweet childhood memories connected to them.
This is the ultimate proof of the impact Disney has had on generations of jazz musicians, including the ones taking part in Jazz Loves Disney.

Flip Phillips (March 26, 1915 — August 17, 2001)[1] was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player. He is best remembered for his work with Jazz at the Philharmonic from 1946 to 1957.
Born Joseph Edward Filipelli in Brooklyn, New York,[1] and over a long career, he played on many albums, retired to Florida for fifteen years, came back to music, and recorded a CD for Verve Records when he was in his 80s. Phillips performed in a variety of genres, not just jazz. These include bebop, mainstream jazz, swing, jump blues and East Coast blues.
In the mid 1940s, Phillips was one of the anchors of the Woody Herman band, prior to going out on his own and prior to joining Jazz at the Philharmonic. He also played with the Woodchoppers, a small spin-off group that Herman led. His deep, strong and articulate playing with a very full sound contrasted him to his successors such as Stan Getz in the subsequent Herman bands.[citation needed]
His orchestra, which recorded for Verve in 1949, included Buddy Morrow, Tommy Turk, Kai Winding, Sonny Criss, Ray Brown and Shelly Manne.[3] Phillips was a frequent player at the Odessa Jazz Party in Odessa, Texas.
In 1958 he played some solos for Billie Holiday.
Phillips died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in August 2001, at the age of 86.

这次要介绍的艺人比较特别，一来因为虽然他们因为法文歌曲而一举成名，在法国也有相当的知名度，并且也持续的在演唱法文歌曲，但深受法国人喜爱的他们却不是法国团体。第二，他们也是 巴黎 在介绍这么多艺人当中，有贴身采访并且聊天过的艺人！！他们就是 Pink Martini 红粉马汀尼！ 　　这张《Sympathique》《轻松欢愉》翻唱各种曲风的老歌，从香颂、拉丁、爵士、轻古典、波丽露、老电影主题曲、到日本民谣都有，全都在他们巧手打造下，保留原本风味，却展现出既优雅且华丽但又清新的质感。其中由团长兼钢琴手 Thomas M.Lauderdale 与女主唱 China Forbes 共同谱写的〈Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler〉〈我不想工作〉，不但被选为雪铁龙汽车毕加索车系广告主题曲，这专辑中唯一的法文歌曲也打动了法国人的心，征服了他们的耳朵，除了攻占排行榜第十七名，也在二○○二年被众多法国巨星翻唱！！ 　　『我不想要工作，我不要吃中饭，我只想要遗忘，所以我要抽烟。很久以前我就知道爱情的味道，像是百万朵玫瑰，闻起来却不是那么甜美。现在只要有朵花在我身边，我就感觉不对劲！』China 恍似回到一九五○年代的磁性歌声，与轻巧的钢琴揭开序幕，小编制的沙龙乐团，温馨但清脆回响的空心吉他，淡淡的 Cha Cha 风情，这里是巴黎这古城、这花都，某个慵懒的暖洋洋清晨，你有那么点低迷，因为捉摸不定的爱情，所以耍任性耍忧郁的靠在窗台，无意识的以目光扫射街头来往行人；坐在 Café de Flore 花神咖啡馆 或 Les Deux Magots 双叟咖馆 露天咖啡座上，点了根烟，但袅袅的烟雾却如心头烦闷萦绕不去。幸好这歌声，幸好这乐音，像 Café au Lait 上的柔润奶沫，香甜的解了一丝蓝色情绪。 　　Pink Martini这张Sympathique专辑的封面以法国艾菲尔铁塔为背景，加上前景中几个怎么看都像欧洲小鬼的溜冰者，使得整张专辑外观洋溢着浓厚的欧洲风味，然而，这个1994年成立于波特兰的音乐团体，却是道地道地的美国乐团。旁的不说，光团名就足已令人产生无限遐想，更何况整个乐团所呈现出的多元与国际化，不仅揉合了爵士、拉丁及古典乐曲的精神，更以一种奇幻的诠释方式来告诉乐迷，原来我们平日熟悉的乐曲，其实也可以具有许多不同的丰富面貌。 　　例如专辑中第九首改编自希腊民歌的【Never on Sunday】，低频的鼓音震波加上如怨如慕，如泣如诉的女声口白，请特别注意曲中两分十五秒时，那极富戏剧效果的叹息声；至于专辑中的【Sympathique】，则被法国雪铁龙车厂拿去做Picasso车型的广告配乐。【Que Sera Sera】是大伙儿耳熟能详的曲子，Pink Martini则将这首曲子表现得有些奇特。对我个人来说，那有点像是儿时旋转木马的变奏曲，而突兀的和弦采用，也许会让一些受过基本音乐训练的聆听者有些不惯，而使整首曲子带有些微迷离的幻觉。【La Soledad】在曲子开始的前一分多钟具有肖邦风格的浓厚古典气息，随后曲风一转，气宇轩昂的男声，立刻代入高贵的拉丁气质。之后，则化为拉丁与古典的深度对谈。倘使你对拉丁乐曲情有独锺，那么第六首与第七首曲子，无疑就是典型的代表。 　　最后，我想特别推荐专辑中的【Brazil】。这首拉威尔改编曲里，不仅有优美的小号、典雅的钢琴，更有浪漫的吉他以及定位精准的康加鼓，衬托着细腻的女声，可说是整张专辑里的经典极致

艾拉·珍·費茲潔拉，雅號艾拉夫人，美國歌手，被公認為20世紀最重要的爵士樂歌手之一，與比莉·哈樂黛和莎拉·沃恩齊名。 憑藉着橫跨三個八度音階的歌喉，她以純潔的音色、近乎完美無缺的分節和音準著稱。

Recorded live in West Africa, April 1985.
Bells, Gong, Cowbell, Vocals, Horn [Tibetan], Whistle [Whistles], Waterphone, Edited By – Hartmut Geerken
Design – Lora Denis
Drums, Congas, Bells, Vocals – Famoudou Don Moye
Liner Notes – Sigrid Hauff
Liner Notes [Translation] – Isabel Seeberg
Photography By – Agis Kelpekis, Sigrid Hauff
Producer – Hartmut Geerken, Leo Feigin
Producer [Original LP] – Kostas Yiannoulopoulos
Recorded By – Sigrid Hauff
Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals – John Tchicai