It's always a good idea to remember that jazz, together with cinema, has been the major form of artistic expression for the past hundred years. The intention of SAGAJAZZ is to relate its history, and explore it in a new, original way. Seen from a different angle, its historic figures - Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, etc. - can now be rediscovered through a series of records devoted to various aspects of their work. This journey through Jazz-land is also accompanied by albums that are thematic, dealing with subjects as serious as styles, instruments, repertoire, humor, love, dancing, trains, cats...