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Nessim Jacques Canetti (30 May 1909, Ruse, Bulgaria – 7 June 1997, Suresnes) was a French music executive and a talent agent. Born into a Sephardic Jewish family, his parents were Jacques Elias (Elieser) and Matilda (née Arditti) Canetti. He was the brother of the Nobel Prize-winning author Elias Canetti (1905-1994) and of Georges Canetti (1911-1971), a researcher and professor at the Pasteur Institute. Canetti studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales. Canetti joined the Polydor record company in 1931. There, he persuaded Marlene Dietrich to record her first album of French songs, and also worked on recordings of classical music by the Galimir Quartet. He had developed a strong interest in jazz, and organised "Jazz Hot" tours of jazz artists to university towns, during the course of which he brought Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington to France. In 1936, he became artistic director of the programme "Le Music-hall des jeunes" at Radio-Cité, which began his long-term artistic involvement with French chanson.During World War II, Canetti worked in Algiers for Radio-France Alger, and established a theatre with Françoise Rosay and Pierre Dac. After World War II, he became artistic director at Polydor, and in 1947, he opened the Théâtre des Trois Baudets in the Pigalle district in Paris. This venue hosted a great number of famous French performers, including Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel, Guy Béart, Serge Gainsbourg, Francis Lemarque, Félix Leclerc, and Juliette Greco, and served as an artistic testing ground for potential recording artists of interest to Canetti. He built up in parallel a catalogue of chanson recordings for the Philips label, in addition to work for Polydor, and also the Fontana label. In 1963, Canetti left Philips and founded his own production company, Les productions Jacques Canetti, and record label, Disques Canetti, which featured such artists as Jeanne Moreau, Jacques Higelin, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, and Boris Vian. The Théâtre des Trois Baudets closed in 1967. In 1978, Canetti published his memoir, On cherche jeune homme aimant la musique, whose title derived from a job advertisement from Polydor which read "Cherche jeune homme aimant la musique et parlant couramment allemand" ("Seeking young man who loves music and speaks fluent German"). Canetti married Lucienne Vernay in 1947. The couple had three children, Colette, Françoise and Bernard.
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His Classic Collaborations: 1956-1963 [2017]
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Mood Indigo | 5:56 |
Treasury Shows, Vol. 23 [2017]
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Mood Indigo | 2:59 |
Tricky's Lick: Octet Live at Rainbow Room 1967 [2016]
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Mood Indigo | 4:50 |
Mes 50 ans de Chansons [2015]
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Le Chapeau De Zozo |
The Treasury Shows, Vol. 20 [2015]
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Mood Indigo | 4:39 |
The Best of Jazz Piano [2014]
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Mood Indigo | 3:32 |
Jazz Journeys Presents High Speed Swing, Vol. 3: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
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Mood Indigo | 3:10 |
Jazz Journeys Presents Trad Jazz-Vol. 3: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
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Royal Garden Blues | 3:05 |
Jazz Music [Madison Bay Records] [2013]
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Royal Garden Blues | 3:08 |
Meets Louis Armstrong [2013]
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Mood Indigo | 4:00 |
The Hot 100: Duke Ellington [2013]
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Mood Indigo | 3:00 |
The Jazz Effect [2013]
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Mood Indigo | 4:50 |
The Private Collection [2012]
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Mood Indigo | 4:45 |
Jazz Lounge [2011]
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Mood Indigo | 2:59 |
Sessions 1956-1971 [2011]
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Mood Indigo | 4:45 |
The Complete Ellington Indigos [2008]
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Mood Indigo [Alt. Take 1] [Alternate Take] | |
Mood Indigo [Alt. Take 2] [Alternate Take] |
The Collection [MCI] [2006]
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Mood Indigo | 3:09 |
The Jazz Age, Vol. 4 [2002]
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Royal Garden Blues | 3:09 |
Jazz Me Blues [BMG] [2000]
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Royal Garden Blues | 3:00 |
Ken Burns Jazz [2000]
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Mood Indigo |
The Duke: The Columbia Years 1927-1962 [2000]
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Mood Indigo |
The Very Best of Duke Ellington [2000]
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Mood Indigo |
1924-1927 [1996]
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Royal Garden Blues | 2:52 |
Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick And Vocalion Recordings 1926-1931 [1994]
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Mood Indigo | 2:53 |
Giants of the Big Band Era: Duke Ellington [1992]
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Mood Indigo | 5:06 |
The Private Collection, Vol. 9: Studio Sessions, New York, 1968 [1989]
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Mood Indigo | 4:45 |
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Vol. 1: 1943 [Red Vinyl] [1986]
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Mood Indigo | 5:00 |
Greatest Hits [CBS Special Products] [1963]
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Mood Indigo |
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
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Mood Indigo |
Great Summit [Bonus Track] [OGV]
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Mood Indigo | 3:57 |
Live at the Whitney
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Mood Indigo | 2:06 |
Unknown Album
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Le Chapeau De Zozo | |
Royal Garden Blues | |
Mood Indigo | 4:52 |
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