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Post #218799 by virani on Sat, Mar 4, 2006 2:59 AM

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virani posted on Sat, Mar 4, 2006 2:59 AM

Paris Jazz Corner has edited a new great compilation called "Paris, Plages d'Hawaii".

For the story, Hawaiian guitar was very, very popular in France in the 30s, lots of Hawaiian artists went there and created a phenomena. The parisian artists learned to play the Hawaiian style, and mixed french singing with hawaiian story.
This compilation is really great, with a nice cover by the french adopted Robert Crumb.

My only problem with it is that Cyril Lefebvbre, who collaborated on collecting the album, put a cover of a ukulele method on it that is from my collection, without telling me, and without thanking me...

Anyway, if you can get the album, it's really unusual, and great.