PlateeThis Opra de Paris staging of Jean Philippe Rameau's burlesque on the vicissitudes of love, is a pure joy from start to splashing finish" (Wall Street Journal Europe). Laurent Pelly's staging of Plate is an exhilarating display of gags and West Side S

and allows us to hear Benny and his colleagues swinging and improvising in some star-studded line-ups

There are also chickens

' a drama of jealousy

just weeks before the first of the Birth Of The Cool sessions in January 1949

all thrust upon us by the global condition

has been recorded in the traditional jazz-piano-trio line-up and the pianist's musical partners in this project have been talented exponents of the young jazz generation: MARTIN KOCIÁN on the double bass and MICHAL WIERZGON on the drums

With these recordings of Paganini's 24 Caprices

The discovery made by one smart young chap who could not get a job because he was not connected

and South Kroea

Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros)

from the rich Elizabethan language of pamphleteer Thomas Nashe

Ace's chronicling of London American resumes this month with an overview of the label's output from 1967