The singer and jazz drummer FranÃ§ois-Alexandre Galepides was better known as Moustache, a nickname he owed to the magnificent whiskers that helped make this debonair personality highly popular with the French public. In the Fifties he appeared in jazz clubs in Saint-Germain des PrÃ©s with Claude Luter and Sidney Bechet, and then became known to younger audiences for his own versions of popular rock pieces. Never did a jazz musician have such a contrasting career, ranging from traditional jazz to hilarious spoofs. This retrospective compiled by Jean-Baptiste Mersiol puts the spotlight on the man's jazz legacy as well as his humanity.

Tracklist:

When the saints Go Marchin' In
Get Happy
Blue Moon
Avalon
Cocktails for Two
Wabash Blues
Whispering
Always
Who
Small Hotel
I Want to Be Happy
I Only Have Eyes on You
After You've Gone
Toutes les heures qui sonnent
Hey Mister Banjo
Sugar Foot Stamp
Ballade de Davy
Basin Street Blues
Moi j'en ai marre
Snag It
Ory's Creole
Embrasse moi Jospehine
Buggle Call Rag
yeux noirs
Bateliers de la Volga
O sole mio
C'est Ã Capri
Santa Lucia
Catari
Frankie et Johnny
Maria Dolores
Mi Jaca
Relicario
Espana Cani
Jingle Bell
Silent Night
Mon beau sapin
White Christmas
Rock de Paris
J'tuerai levoyou qui a bu tout mon vin de messe
Beau jour
T'es partie en socquette
Polka du tonneau de biÃ¨re
Ach! Ach! Ach! Gundolf
Die Schmutz March
Auf Wiedersehen
Twelve Street's Rag
Muskrat Ramble
South
YesSir That's My Baby
Goodnight Irene
When You Grow
Change Partner
Long Ago and Far Away
Aloah
Chant de guerre HawaÃ¯en
Montagne blanche
C'est Ã§a le blues
J'ai du Beaujolais
Viens doncBergÃ¨re
Vieux frÃ¨re
Charlemagne
Fiacre
Hula-Hoop
HÃ©! Youla
Docteur Miracle
Crique crne creux

UPC: 3561302580425
Label: Fremeaux Heritage
Release Date: 11.19.21
Format: CD

Jazz & Rock N Roll In France / Various (3pk) - Jazz & Rock N Roll In France / Various (3pk) (CD)