In spring 1971 Hal Singer, who had recently moved to France, recorded, with some local musicians (Jacques Bolognési, Jean-Claude André, Siegfried Kessler, Patrice Caratini and Alain Charlery) and his friend Art Taylor one of the key albums in his discography: Blues And News. Going back to the roots of jazz, the saxophonist has a party with swing, rhythm and blues, soul and funk – a party sometimes gate-crashed by Kessler’s intrepid chords – but which all celebrate one and the same thing: the saxophonist’s unconditional ‘joie de vivre’.

PERSONNEL:

• Hal Singer - (tenor sax)
• Jacques Bolognési - (trombone)
• Jean-Claude André - (guitar)
• Siegfried Kessler - (piano, organ & flute)
• Patrice Caratini - (contrabass)
• Art Taylor - (drums)
• Alain "Paco" Charlery - (percussion)

Recorded in Paris, May 18, 1971

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. It's My Thing
• A2. Pour Stéphanie
• A3. Du Bois

• SIDE B
• B1. Blues For Hal
• B2. Lina
• B3. Malcolm X