Vol Pour Sidney Various Artists

Oh! We could tell you that there are 28 pieces in a game of dominoes, and that it takes a lot of dominoes to make records, or that 28 is the number of nickel and nickel nuptials and that we wanted to make a "nickel" record, or that it is a key number for reproduction or that it was the address of the famous Dunois Theater where

a lot of things took root, but it will be more honest to say that it just fell like that.

In 1992, nato released Vol pour Sidney (aller), a collective album dedicated to Sidney Bechet's compositions. The realization of this album was motivated by a great passion shared by the producer of the album and some musicians accustomed to the company, such as Lol Coxhill, Tony Coe, Michel Doneda, Ste... -year collaboration with Vogue records and the great Bechet's portrait in the entrance of the Villetaneuse offices were also inspiring elements. Drummers Elvin Jones (John Coltrane quartet), Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones),

Han Bennink (ICP Orchestra) and Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa), bluesman Taj Mahal, cool jazzman Lee Konitz, singers Urszula Dudziak (creator of " Papaya ") and Pepsi (Pepsi & Shirlie), pianist Pat Thomas (Spring Heel Jack), vanguard saxophonist Evan Parker and other musicians participated in this soul jazz pop folk rock cocktail ... The enthusiasm was great and the press (Le Monde, Libération, Jazz Magazine, etc.) ranked it album of the year several times.