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Wire playlist: Jef Gilson’s PALM label, independent jazz production in 1970s France

As Paris based label Souffle Continu begins a PALM Records reissue campaign, Pierre Crépon compiles a playlist spanning the musician-owned label’s main series from the 1970s, plus a never heard before live recording of saxophonist Byard Lancaster

French label PALM was one of those imprints that seem to only follow an internal logic, impermeable to trends or economic imperatives. Launched in 1973 and active through the decade, PALM didn’t build the kind of catalog that sets the stage for easy canonisation. It was a jazz label, definitely, but not one that could be squarely equated with any specific school or style. Rather, it was an individual venture whose name has endured because of the standard it set for itself. In that respect, it was very much at the image of its owner, musician Jef Gilson.




Playlist:

Malagasy/Gilson
“A Tana”
From Malagasy
(PALM/Souffle Continu)

Sylvain Marc/Del Rabenja
“Del-Light”
From Madagascar Now
(PALM/Souffle Continu)

Malagasy/Gilson
“Buddha’s Vision”
From At Newport-Paris
(PALM/Souffle Continu)

Byard Lancaster
“John III”
From Us
(PALM)

Byard Lancaster/Clint Jackson III
“Mother Africa – Second Part”
From Mother Africa
(PALM)

Khan Jamal featuring Clint Jackson III
“Clint”
From Give The Vibes Some
(PALM)

Baikida E J Carroll
“Forest Scorpion” (excerpt)
From Orange Fish Tears
(PALM)

Byard Lancaster
“Loving Kindness”
From Funny Funky Rib Crib
(Vendémiaire-PALM/Kindred Spirits)

Jacques Thollot
“Watch Devil Go”
From Watch Devil Go
(PALM)

François Jeanneau
“À L’Ombre Des Forces Obscures – Triton II”
From Une Bien Curieuse Planète
(PALM)

Fred Ramamonjiarisoa
“Salana” (excerpt)
From Untitled
(PALM)

Frank Lowe
“Carmen”
From The Other Side
(PALM)

Jean-Charles Capon/Philippe Maté/Butch Morris/Serge Rahoerson
“Spanish Cake Walk”
From Untitled
(PALM)

Europamerica
“Chromobachism”
From Europamerica
(PALM)

André Jaume
“Duende”
From Le Collier De La Colombe
(PALM/CELP)

David S Ware featuring Jean-Charles Capon
“In Memory Of” (excerpt)
From From Silence To Music
(PALM)

Byard Lancaster/Siegfried Kessler/Didier Levallet/Franco Manzecchi
“Live Excerpt”
Chat qui pêche, 1973
(unreleased)

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