Very rare and graphically interesting French record catalogue from 1933, advertising 11 records by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and others, with a French text by important producer and critic Hugues Panassié. Published by the Compagnie Française de Gramophone / La Voix de Son Maitre [“His Master’s Voice”]. The striking red-and-black front cover illustration is in the Art Deco style of Paul Colin; three further illustrations in red supplement the text, including one of Louis Armstrong in London, 1932. 7pp. 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13.5 x 18.5 cm).

Issued by the largest record company in Europe, the catalogue lists recordings by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Eddie Condon’s Hot Shots, the Mound City Blue Blowers and McKinney’s Cotton Pickers. Hugues Panassié’s two-page preface – which foreshadows and predates his classic book, “Le Jazz Hot” (published in Paris in 1934 and in New York and London in 1936), explains the meaning of “hot”, naming as its musical stars Armstrong and Ellington, Henry Allen, Colman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Joe Sullivan and Red McKenzie.