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Fables Jazz: Jean de la Fontaine

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Fables Jazz: Jean de la Fontaine

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2000 Fables Jazz: Jean de la Fontaine. CD. 15 fables embedded in jazz arrangements. Chemin Faisant. Sergent Major Company. Unknown source.

Here is another highly creative development of La Fontaine's fables. I listened to and enjoyed the first three: "La Montagne Qui Accouche"; OR; and "The Coach and the Fly." The last of these was, for me, the most clearly articulated. Because the marriage of jazz and fable is somewhat breathtaking as an endeavor, I think the producer had to make some choices. In that third fable, "The Coach and the Fly," I believe the choice was for articulate rendering of the words of the fable. I believe that that effort succeeded. In a fable like "La Montagne Qui Accouche," I believe his choice was more for the mood set by the jazz. I believe that that effort also succeeded. At the end of OR, there is a clever repetition of "Morts." That word sums up wonderfully the end of the arrogant oak.

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Carlson Fable Collection

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“Fables Jazz: Jean de la Fontaine,” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed May 2, 2025, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/541.

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