Live in Paris - The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984

The Radio France Recordings were recorded in stereo by Radio France at La Esplanade de La Défense on July 17, 1983, and Le Petit Opportun on February 7, 1984.

Both concerts feature the dazzling playing of the virtuosic pianist Michel Graillier, who regularly performed with Baker's combos from 1977 until Baker's death in 1988.

The deluxe booklet included with the recordings contains essays by producer and "jazz detective" Zev Feldman, journalist-author Ashley Kahn (author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece), French journalist photographer Franck Bergerot, and Pascal Rozat of Ina France.

It also includes interviews with Riccardo Del Fra and Dominique Lemerle, the bassists on the '83 and '84 concert dates, respectively, and pianist Richie Beirach, who was also a former Baker sideman.