A Hot Night in Paris

A Hot Night in Paris is the only album by the Phil Collins Big Band, released in 1999 by Atlantic Records. Fronted by Genesis lead singer/drummer Phil Collins, the album did not contain any singing. Instead, the album consisted of big band renditions of primarily Collins and Genesis songs, with Collins remaining at the drums.

A Hot Night in Paris
Live album by
The Phil Collins Big Band
Released18 May 1999
Recorded21 July 1998
Length70:56
LabelAtlantic
ProducerDon Murray, Daryl Stuermer
Phil Collins chronology
...Hits
(1998)		 A Hot Night in Paris
(1999)		 Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
(1999)

The album did not chart on the Billboard 200, although it did reach No. 3 on the jazz album chart.

Track listing
  1. "Sussudio" – 6:52 (Phil Collins)
  2. "That's All" – 5:34 (Tony Banks/Collins/Mike Rutherford)
  3. "Invisible Touch" – 5:42 (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
  4. "Hold on My Heart" – 6:36 (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
  5. "Chips & Salsa" – 5:23 (Gerald Albright)
  6. "I Don't Care Anymore" – 6:05 (Collins)
  7. "Milestones" – 6:34 (Miles Davis)
  8. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – 5:04 (Collins)
  9. "Pick Up the Pieces" – 12:41 (Roger Ball/Hamish Stuart/Average White Band)
  10. "The Los Endos Suite" – 10:25 (Banks/Collins/Steve Hackett/Rutherford)

On the 2019 remaster, "Hold on My Heart" and "Chips & Salsa" swapped order.

Personnel

Musicians

  • Saxophones
    • Matt James (alto), Gerald Albright (alto), Chris Collins (tenor), Larry Panella (tenor), Ian Nevins (tenor), Kevin Sheehan (baritone)
  • Trombones:
    • Arturo Velasco, Scott Bliege, Mark Bettcher, Antonio García
  • Trumpets:
    • Dan Fornero, Harry Kim, Tito Carillo, Al Hood, Ron Modell
  • Rhythm section:

Technical
  • Don Murray – producer, mixing, mastering
  • Daryl Stuermer – producer
  • Phil Collins – oversaw production
  • Pete Doell – assistant engineer
  • Dann Thompson – assistant engineer
  • Greg Burns – assistant engineer
  • Mauricio Guerrero – live recording engineer
  • Christophe Suchet – live recording engineer
  • Dinemec Mobile Studio – recording
  • Robert Vosgien – mastering
  • Wherefore Art? – cover design
  • Sian Rance – illustration

Acknowledgements

"It was 1966 when I first heard the Buddy Rich Swinging New Big Band. All the other things I was listening to at the time had to move over and make room for this wonderful noise I had discovered. I went searching for more and discovered Count Basie with Sonny Payne, Harold Jones and Jo Jones... then Duke Ellington and so many more. I decided that, one day, I'd have to have a go myself and form my own big band.

Thirty years later I did it. In 1996 I toured Europe with Quincy Jones conducting and Tony Bennett as our guest vocalist and my band. I was in Heaven.

Having dived in, I couldn't wait to do it again. In 1998 I took the band out again and toured the United States and Europe. We recorded some shows and the result is here to listen to. For me it's a labour of love. I'm back where I belong, behind the drums, playing music I'm proud of with some wonderful musicians. I hope it moves you as it does me. If it does, come and see us sometime."

Luv

Phil Collins

Chart performance
Year Chart Position
1999 Top Jazz Albums 3

Reception

References
  1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "A Hot Night in Paris". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  2. Quantick, David. "Review: The Phil Collins Big Band – A Hot Night in Paris". Q. EMAP Metro Ltd (July 1999): 106, 108.
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