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For tonight’s Bond on Vinyl post, we’re still listening to music from Casino Royale (1967)!
Born into a family of French musicians in 1923, Georges Francis Raymond Jouvin initially studied music at the nearby Rennes Conservatory before moving on to the Paris Conservatory. Jouvin became quite adept as a trumpeter and earned the nickname “the man with the Golden Trumpet.”
Jouvin’s first recorded album, released in 1956, consisted of covers of popular music of the time; however, his later records featured his own classical and jazz compositions. Primarily for the French record label Pathé, Jouvin recorded nearly 90 albums and thousands of individual tracks, and sold over 25 million records. With hundreds of hits to his credit, his recording career lasted into the 1980s.
As trumpet playing and composing slowed, Jouvin transitioned into more administrative roles in the music industry. In addition to becoming president of the union of orchestra conductors, Jouvin was appointed vice president of the French copyright management society, the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers (SACEM).
Thankfully, during his career playing jazz covers, Columbia Records released the compilation album ‘The Best Of Georges Jouvin.’ This was his only album exclusively released in Germany. It features a dozen songs, mainly from stage and screen. The album includes a trumpet-forward rendition of Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s theme song to Casino Royale. While it is not as easy to find cover versions of songs from this film as the official EON Production James Bond soundtracks, they are usually a fun listen.
139. Georges Jouvin – The Best Of Georges Jouvin
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