VA - Saint-Germain-Des-Pres Cafe: The Must-Have Cool Tempo Selection From Paris (2011)

Saint Germain des Pres is way more than a Paris district. Saint Germainis a whole universe on its own : imagine small jazz clubs with a smoky atmosphere where artists and intellectuals of all kinds used to meet up,witnessed by such eternal characters as Boris Vian or Albert Camus. After the war, Bee bop also started in Saint Germain des Pres. A few years later, flattererd by American Jazz great acceptation in Paris, American press confirmed Saint Germain des Pres fame while Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis trumpets kept resounding in these mythic club cellars.

After more than one million records sold worldwide, the Nu Jazz reference compilations collection Saint Germain des Pres Cafe carries on, with a brand new concept, searching wider Nu Jazz genres, would theybe acoustic, instrumental, vocal or electro. This demanding and eclecticselection will take you for a new journey through the latest downtempo trends. Includes CD2 : Vintage Mix !

The second disc which devotes a full cd with vintage songs, with the refined mix of djs & Bart and Baker. Bio: Bart and Baker & Baker (www.bartandbaker.com) proclaim themselves "the oldest active dj's" (almost a century between them). 5 years, their moods swing evenings dedicated to have conquered a trans-generational audience and people like Dita Von Teese, Marc Jacobs and Max Raabe. There are a lot of DJs who play music back in France and abroad, but Bart & Baker have probably felt at their inception in 2005, there was a public open to a sophisticated blend of different musical genres, the "crooning ", the French variety, the sounds of bands and their bigs variants electro-swing.