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Phil Collins: A hot night in Paris

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Artist: Phil Collins
Title: A hot night in Paris
Released: 1999
Label: WEA Records
Time: 71:00
Producer(s): Don Murray, Daryl Stuermer
Appears with: Genesis, Brand-X, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford
Category: Jazz
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  1999
Price in €: 11,99
Web address: www.philcollins.co.uk

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[1] Sussudio (Collins) - 6:51
[2] That's All (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) - 5:31
[3] Invisible Touch (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) - 6:13
[4] Hold on My Heart (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) - 6:34
[5] Chips and Salsa (Albright) - 5:24
[6] I Don't Care Anymore (Collins) - 6:08
[7] Milestones (Davis) - 6:26
[8] Against All Odds (Collins) - 4:57
[9] Pick up the Pieces (Ball/Duncan/Gorrie/Mackintosh/McIntyre/Stewart) - 12:09
[10] Los Endos Suite (Banks/Collins/Hackett/Kim/Rutherford) - 10:03

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Phil Collins - Drums
Brad Cole - Keyboards
Daryl Stuermer - Guitar
Doug Richeson - Bass
Luis Conte - Percussion
Harry Kim - Musical Director, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Daniel Fornero - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Tito Carrillo - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Alan Hood - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ron Modell - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Arturo Velasco - Trombone
Scott Bliege - Trombone
Mark Bettcher - Trombone
Antonio Garcia - Bass Trombone
Matt James - Alto Saxophone, Woodwinds
Larry Panella - Tenor Saxophone, Woodwinds
Chris Collins - Tenor Saxophone, Woodwinds
Ian Nevind - Tenor Saxophone, Woodwinds
Kevin Sheehan - Baritone Saxophone, Woodwinds

Gerald Albright - Arranger
Mike Barone - Arranger
Greg Burns - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
John Clayton, Jr. - Arranger
Phil Collins - Main Performer, Supervisor
Peter Doell - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Mauricio Guerrero - Engineer
Harry Kim - Arranger, Musical Director
Arif Mardin - Arranger
Sammy Nestico - Arranger
David Stout - Arranger
Daryl Stuermer - Producer
Dann Thompson - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant

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Phil Collins Big Band - A Hot Night In Paris
with Phil Collins on drums
featuring Gerald Albright on alto saxophone

The CD features songs taken from the Big Band Tour in 1998. It was recorded in 'Le Grand Rex', Paris, France on July 21st 1998. The only song that was not recorded in Paris is 'Pick Up The Pieces' which was recorded in Montreux, Switzerland on July 14th 1998.

The hits of Phil Collins and Genesis given the Big Band treatment with varying degrees of success. Some tracks work extremely well, Against All Odds (One of Phil's better songs) sounds suberb as a laid back late night sax outing and the funky Average White Band cover, Pick Up the Pieces never sounded better.
Superbly recorded live in Paris



In the latter half of the '90s, Phil Collins' career hit a bit of a sales slump, and instead of shamelessly chasing after another number one single, he decided to change pace and try something different. Returning to the drums, he assembled the Phil Collins Big Band, reviving the sound of such idols as Buddy Rich and Sonny Payne, but largely sticking with his original material. After a brief European tour in 1996 (which happened to feature Quincy Jones as conductor and Tony Bennett as vocalist), he created a new version of the band featuring several accomplished jazz and studio musicians in support -- notably alto saxophonist Gerald Albright, but also guitarist Daryl Stuermer, tenor saxophonist James Carter, pianists George Duke and Brad Cole, among many others, in varying roles. That band toured America and Europe in 1998, and it's the one featured on the 10-song, 70-minute live album A Hot Night in Paris. Initially, it may be disarming for long-time fans (and detractors) to hear "Sussudio, " "That's All" and "Against All Odds" blaring forth in brash, brassy arrangements, and it is true that the melodies can occasionally sound thin in this context, but once that first reaction passes, A Hot Night in Paris is actually entertaining. Collins doesn't try anything new with the big band form -- he just updates it with his own songs, including the Genesis chestnut "The Los Endos Suite, " along with covers of Miles Davis' "Milestones" and the Average White Band's "Pick Up the Pieces." As such, it's the sort of record that will inevitably irk purists, since it's targeted right at mainstream jazz audiences, ones that aren't really familiar with big band music but have a vague idea of what it sounds like, but anyone whose standards aren't quite as exacting will likely be pleasantly surprised with A Hot Night in Paris. When the band just plays -- which is quite often, since the themes are stated quickly enough so they're recognized, then they disappear -- this is swinging, accomplished music that's unpretentious and fun. It's never more than simply entertaining, but that's all it needs to be -- it's more enjoyable than any record Collins has put out in over a decade, and it suggests that this is a dignified and charming way for him to mature.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide

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