Jazz On Film… (RSD 2020)

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Celebrating 100 years of 2 prolific composers and 3 of their iconic film soundtracks, collected here for the first time for Record Store Day 2020. It’s the 60th anniversary of the film ‘Voulez-vous danser avec moi ?’ a film that features stars such as Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot, who became one of France’s biggest stars. The films also features stars such as Henri Vidal, who sadly died of lung cancer soon after finishing the filming of ‘Voulez-vous danser avec moi ?’ Hodeir was born in Paris and trained as a classical violinist and composer and Henri Crolla was an Italian jazz guitarist and composer who moved to France when he was just 2 years old. They met up in the early ’50s and scored over 10 films together.