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First Step

by Jean-Michel Kajdan

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1.
First Step 04:32
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2.
New World 07:31
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3.
Etroit Suisse 03:16
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4.
Melissa 05:02
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5.
Going The Same Way 04:24
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6.
Ramon's Holiday 04:06
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7.
Hot Hands 04:33
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8.
Guitar Boogie (bonus track) 03:25
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credits

released April 15, 1979

1/ First Step
JMK : guitar
Didier Lockwood : violin
Francis Lockwood : keyboards
Josquin Turennes des Près : bass
Jean-My Truong : drums

2/ New World
JMK : fretless bass
Didier Lockwood : violin
Francis Lockwood : keyboards
Malo Valois : guitar
François Laizeau : drums

3/ Etroit Suisse
JMK : guitar, bass
Alain Ranval : synth guitar
Jean-Philippe Goude : keyboards
Patrick Le Moal : drums

4/ Melissa
JMK : guitar
Didier Lockwood : violin
Francis Lockwood : keyboards
Gérard Prévost : fretless bass
Jacky Bouladoux : drums
Quatuor X : strings

5/ Going The Same Way
JMK : guitar, bass
Francis Lockwood : keyboards
Serge Roux : lyricon
Guy Khalifa : flute
Tony Canal : trumpet
Kirt Rust : drums

6/ Ramon's Holiday
JMK : guitar, bass
Francis Lockwood : keyboards
Manu Katché : drums

7/ Hot Hands
JMK : guitar, bass
Francis Lockwood : keyboards
Tony Canal : trumpet
Jacques Helmus : tenor saxophone
Lionel Jouot : trombone
Freddy Sicart : drums
Alice Prévost, Alain Ranval & JMK : backing vocals, handclaps

8/ Guitar Boogie
JMK : all instruments, recording, mixing and programming

All songs by JMK except : New World by F Lockwood, Etroit Suisse by Alain Ranval and Guitar Boogie by Arthur Smith.


Produced by JMK & Ramsès Studio

Recorded and mixing by Jean-Louis Rizet & Alain Biliquet @ Ramsès Studio Paris FR in april 1978 and february 1979.

Assistant : Laurent Peyron

Original artwork : Octa

Digital editing : Pierre-Yves Roupin @ Ramsès Studio Paris FR
Mastering : Dyam Studio Paris FR

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Jean-Michel Kajdan Paris, France

Guitarist Jean-Michel Kajdan is one of the exponents of an electric guitar style that has breathed new life into the “Strat” as a jazz instrument.
Fed on the British Blues and spiced with the grooves of J Beck, J Hendrix and J Scofield, this self taught musician developed for himself a distinctive modern blues style while playing in Parisian bands and all over the world with Didier Lockwood. ... more

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