BYG Actuel
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BYG Actuel was a French record label specialising in free jazz. It was founded in the late 1960s by Jacques Bisceglia, Jean-Luc Young and Jean Georgakarakos, the name of the label coming from the initial letters of the three founders' surnames.
The label is notable for inviting a large number of American free jazz musicians to Paris to record in August 1969, a time when they were receiving little support or attention in the United States. The resulting albums are an important repository of free jazz recordings from the period. Some of the musicians who made the trip to record were Don Cherry, Sunny Murray, Archie Shepp and Dave Burrell.
The label also released a small number of non-jazz recordings by artists such as Musica Elettronica Viva and Gong.
[edit] List of albums released by BYG Actuel
- Don Cherry, Mu, First Part
- Art Ensemble Of Chicago, A Jackson in Your House
- Sunny Murray, Homage to Africa
- Archie Shepp, Yasmina, A Black Woman
- Daevid Allen, Magick Brother
- Claude Delcloo and Arthur Jones, Africanasia
- Michel Puig, Stigmates
- Burton Greene, Aquariana
- Jimmy Lyons, Other Afternoons
- Archie Shepp, Poem for Malcolm
- Alan Silva, Luna Surface
- Paul Bley, Ramblin'
- Acting Trio, Acting Trio
- Anthony Braxton, B-Xo/N-0-1-4-7a (Title also referred to as "Anthony Braxton")
- Andrew Cyrille, What About?
- Joachim Kuhn, Sounds of Feelings
- Archie Shepp, Blasé
- Jacques Coursil, Way Ahead
- Dave Burrell, Echo
- Grachan Moncur, New Africa
- Kenneth Terroade, Love Rejoice
- Clifford Thornton, Ketchaoua
- Ame Son, Catalyse
- Freedom, Freedom at Last
- Musica Elettronica Viva, The Sound Pool
- Pierre Marietan and Terry Riley, Germ: Keyboard Study 2
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, Message to Our Folks
- Art Ensemble of Chicago, Reese and the Smooth Ones
- Dave Burrell, La Vie de Bohème
- Don Cherry, Mu, Second Part
- Sunny Murray, (Never Give a Sucker) An Even Break
- Grachan Moncur, Aco Dei de Madrugada
- Dewey Redman, Tarik
- Musica Elettronica Viva, Leave the City
- Frank Wright, One For John
- Sonny Sharrock, Monkey-Pockie-Boo
- Archie Shepp, Full Moon Ensemble Live in Antibes, Vols 1&2
- Sun Ra, The Solar-Myth Approach, Vols 1&2
- Alan Silva & the Celestial Communications Orchestra - Seasons
- Daevid Allen, Banana Moon
- Joachim Kuhn, Paris is Wonderful
- Anthony Braxton, This Time
- Sunny Murray, Sunshine
- Jacques Coursil, Black Suite
- Arthur Jones, Scorpio
- Archie Shepp, Live at the Pan-African Festival
- Steve Lacy, Moon
- Gong, Camembert Electrique
