Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert

Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert was a concert held by musician Jean-Michel Jarre on the district of La Défense in Paris on Bastille Day, July 14, 1990.[1] About 2.5 million people standing in front of the pyramidal stage all the way down to the Arc de Triomphe witnessed this event, setting a new Guinness Book of Records entry for Jarre. The concert was funded by the Mairie de Paris, the Ministry of Culture and a small cluster of high-profile Parisian business concerns. Later, a concert video as well as a photobook of the event were released.

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The show featured new tracks from the Waiting for Cousteau album. The concert is the only time that the track Calypso 2 has been performed live to date. Vast grotesque marionettes created by Trinidadian Peter Minshall were used in the concert, along with a live steel drum band.

A 50 minute TV edit was produced for broadcast worldwide after the event and a 75 minute edit later released on VHS cassette in 1992.[2]. The tracks Equinoxe 5 and Rendez-Vous 4 were not included on the VHS release for unknown reasons, while encore of Calypso 1 was played over a video montage for the end credits. Only camcorder footage exists of these tracks, available on YouTube. A DVD release of the VHS edit was mooted by Jarre for a number of years but was eventually dropped.

An unofficial, broadcast quality, double CD of the entire concert exists and has been traded amongst fans since the event.

Track listing
  • Waiting For Cousteau (played on loop before the concert)
  • Paris La Défense
  • Oxygène 4
  • Équinoxe 4
  • Équinoxe 5(*)
  • Souvenir de Chine (Souvenir of China)
  • Les Chants Magnétiques II (Magnetic Fields II)
  • Ethnicolor
  • Ethnitransition
  • Zoolookologie
  • Revolution, Revolutions
  • Second Rendez-Vous
  • Calypso 2
  • Calypso 3 – Fin De Siècle
  • Calypso
  • Fourth Rendez-Vous(*)
  • Calypso (encore)

Songs marked (*) are omitted from the official video release.

Musicians
  • Jean-Michel Jarre: Synthesizers
  • Michel Geiss : Synthesizers
  • Francis Rimbert : Synthesizers
  • Dominique Perrier : Synthesizers
  • Frederick Rousseau : Synthesizers
  • Sylvain Durand: Synthesizers
  • Guy Delacroix: Bass, Synthesizers
  • Christophe Deschamps : Drums & Percussions
  • Dino Lumbroso : Drums & Percussions
  • Christine Durand: Soprano
  • Larbi Ouechni: Arab Vocals
  • Amoco Renegades (directed by Jit Samaroo): Steel Drums
  • "Les Chœurs Des Hauts De Seine" (conducted by Bruno Rossignol): Choir
  • Al Mawsili: Classical Arab Orchestra

Instruments used

References
  1. Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press. p. 139. ISBN 9780810849396. OCLC 705622337.
  2. Mike Mansfield (Director), Jean-Michel Jarre (Performer) (1992). Jean Michel Jarre: Paris La Defense - A City In Concert (VHS video)|format= requires |url= (help). Genesis Home Video. OCLC 873205684.

Further reading
  • Jean Michel Jarre: Paris-La Défense, une ville en concert [Jean Michel Jarre: Paris-La Défense, a city in concert]. Paris: Editions du Moniteur. 1991. ISBN 9782281151176. OCLC 756990230.
  • "Live Takes". Music Technology. April 1991. p. 14. ISSN 0957-6606. OCLC 24835173.
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