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Composer

Bizet

3albums devoted to Bizet
16further appearances
1loose cut
1959–2024years covered
27jazz artists

Three jazz generations meet Bizet through Carmen. Barney Kessel made the opera the subject of a modern-jazz LP in 1959; John Ellis returned to its arias with a post-bop quartet, and the Tiger Dixie Band took the Habanera and Toreador Song towards the sound of New Orleans.

Albums devoted to Bizet

Every one of these albums is centred on Bizet’s music, with no other classical composer on the record.

Also appears on

Records where Bizet shares the programme with other composers.

Appears on these Loose Cuts

1 cut from 1 record – singles, and extracts from records that only sprinkled in a few classical tunes.

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