Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café
compilation album series
Saint-Germain-des-Prés Café is a series of nu-jazz compilations distributed by Wagram Music. Its name evokes the cafés of the area in Paris associated with the existentialism movement. As of 2016 the series includes eighteen volumes, and has sold more than 950,000 copies worldwide.
Volume 1
Durán y García – "'Round Midnight" – 5:10
Vert – "Original Oddstep (Revised by Grand Unified)" – 5:30
Jazzanova – "Coffee Talk (Yukihiro Fukutomi Remix)" – 8:05
South Froggies featuring Allan – "Jazzion" – 4:40
Barrio Jazz Gang – "Chok-a-Blok Avenue (Nu-Jazz Wilde-Stereo Summer Mix)" – 5:23
Taxi – "Yes It's True" – 4:22
Rubin Steiner – "Lo-Fi Nu Jazz #13" – 4:01
De-Phazz – "Godsdog" – 3:14
Megashira – "At Last" – 5:16
Ian Simmonds – "Theme to the Last Puma" – 4:59
Jet Set Productions feat. Jo Laundy – "Style" – 5:38
Bugge Wesseltoft – "G.U.B.N.U.F." – 7:13
Funk 4 Sale – "Ocean Games" – 3:41
St. Germain – "Deep in It" – 7:13
Grand Tourism feat. Terry Callier – "Courants d'air" – 3:32
Credits
Tracklisting & Realisation – Olivier Delachanal & Fabien Barrau
Mastered by Fabrice Delaveau
Artwork – Hotspot
Volume 2
Pink Satellite – "Saint-Germain-des-Prés" – 4:49
Klément Julienne – "Possoz Boogie" – 4:31
Zero db – "The Snare" – 5:17
The Duncan – "Too Deep" – 4:33
Herbie Hancock feat. Chaka Khan – "The Essence" – 4:47
Beady Belle – "Game" – 4:26
David Grumel feat. Billie Holiday – "D'Jazz Tribute" – 3:19
Koop feat. Yukimi Nagano – "Summer Sun (Original Version)" – 3:44
Mo' Horizons – "Hit the Road Jack (Pé na Éstrada)" – 5:39
Humble Souls – "Beads, Things & Flowers (Instrumental Version]" – 4:04
Kenny Dope – "Mr.
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