French Concert

French Concert
French Concert
Live album by Shelly Manne Quartet featuring Lee Konitz
Released	1979
Recorded	November 11, 1977; Newport Jazz Festival, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
Genre	Jazz
Label	Galaxy ; GXY 5124
Producer	Ed Michel
Shelly Manne chronology
Lee Konitz chronology

Released1979^[1]

RecordedNovember 11, 1977^[2]^[3]
Newport Jazz Festival, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

GenreJazz

LabelGalaxy
GXY 5124

French Concert is a live album by the Shelly Manne Quartet featuring Lee Konitz, recorded in Paris by Radio France as part of George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival tour in 1977, and released on the Galaxy label in 1979.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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v t e Shelly Manne
Studio albums	The Three & The Two (1954) The West Coast Sound (1955) Swinging Sounds (1956) More Swinging Sounds (1956) Shelly Manne & His Friends (1956) My Fair Lady (1956) Li'l Abner (1957) Concerto for Clarinet & Combo (1957) The Gambit (1958) Bells Are Ringing (1958) Shelly Manne & His Men Play Peter Gunn (1959) Son of Gunn!! (1959) The Proper Time (1960) Shelly Manne & His Men Play Checkmate (1961) Sounds Unheard Of! (1962) 2-3-4 (1962) Empathy (1962) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (1962) My Fair Lady with the Un-original Cast (1964) Manne–That's Gershwin! (1965) Sounds! (1966) Jazz Gunn (1967) Perk Up (1967) Daktari (1967) Outside (1969) Mannekind (1972) Essence (1977)
Live albums	At the Black Hawk 1 (1959) At the Black Hawk 2 (1959) At the Black Hawk 3 (1959) At the Black Hawk 4 (1959) At the Black Hawk 5 (1959) Ruth Price with Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (1961) Live! Shelly Manne & His Men at the Manne-Hole (1961) Boss Sounds! (1966) Alive in London (1970) French Concert (1977)
Soundtracks	Young Billy Young (1969)
Discography

v t e Lee Konitz
Studio albums	Subconscious-Lee (1949) Lee Konitz Plays (1954) Konitz (1954) Lee Konitz in Harvard Square (1954) Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (1955) Inside Hi-Fi (1956) Very Cool (1957) Tranquility (1957) An Image: Lee Konitz with Strings (1958) Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959) You and Lee (1959) Motion (1961) The Lee Konitz Duets (1967) Alto Summit (1968) European Episode (1968) Impressive Rome (1968) Stereokonitz (1968) Peacemeal (1969) Spirits (1971) Altissimo (1973) I Concentrate on You: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1974) Lone-Lee (1974) Satori (1974) Oleo (1975) Chicago 'n All That Jazz (1975) Windows (1975) Figure & Spirit (1976) Pyramid (1977) The Lee Konitz Quintet (1977) Lee Konitz Nonet (1977) Duplicity (1977) Tenorlee (1978) Yes, Yes, Nonet (1979) Four Keys (1979) Seasons Change (1979) Dovetail (1983) Art of the Duo (1983) Ideal Scene (1986) The New York Album (1987) Zounds (1990) Lunasea (1992) Jazz Nocturne (1992) We Thought About Duke (1994) It's You (1996) Dearly Beloved (1996) Out of Nowhere (1997) RichLee! (1997) Sound of Surprise (1999) Dig-It (1999) Pride (1999) Organic-Lee (2006)
Live albums	Lee Konitz at Storyville (1954) The Real Lee Konitz (1957) In Concert (1974) Jazz à Juan (1974) Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2 (1975) Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 (1975) Warne Marsh Lee Konitz: Jazz Exchange Vol. 3 (1975) Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again (1976) French Concert (1977) IAI Festival (1979) Live at Laren (1979) Live at the Berlin Jazz Days 1980 (1980) Heroes (1980) Anti-Heroes (1980) Toot Sweet (1982) Star Eyes, Hamburg 1983 (1983) Glad, Koonix! (1983) Lullaby of Birdland (1991) Live at the Half Note (1994) Thingin' (1995) Alone Together (1996) Another Shade of Blue (1997) Woodstock Jazz Festival 1 (1997) Live at Birdland (2011) First Meeting: Live in London, Volume 1 (2014)
Compilation albums	Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953) Conception (1956)
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