01 – Tom’s Song
02 – What’s Up!
03 – Somethin’ Like That
04 – Pablo’s Blues 2012 (Tarantino Mix)
05 – Tarantino’s Tango
06 – Hey Mr. Glider
07 – Groove Me Up
08 – Poor Boy’s Blues
09 – Hotel Beat, Paris
10 – Golden Days Of West Coast Jazz
11 – The Great Fantastic

Dorona Alberti (voc)
Aron Raams (guitar)
Guus Bakker (bass)
Floris van der Vlugt (sax)
Frank Montis (hammond,keys,vocals) 
Marc Schenk (drums)
Guido Nijs (sax, flute) 

Gare du Nord kicked off early 2001 when producers Doc (Lancee, Ferdi) & Inca (Fransen, Barend) were asked by a French promotor to deliver the soundtrack for a fashion & lifestyle event in Brussels labeled Excellence. Instead of going just for moody sounds and loungy atmospheres the twosome decided to go beyond synths and beats and composed a songcycle to express their contemporary interpretation of traditional delta blues. Excellence became Excellounge, excellounge became lounge and that kept Western Europe busy for quite a while. The debut album (in search of) Excellounge featured the hit single Pablo’s Blues, dominated by the dobro rif of Lancee and the voice of legend Robert Johnson. The album was released world wide with special editions in Canada, Australia and Russia and was certified gold. Follow up Kind Of Cool was built around the title track, a grooving jazzy blues track in the Miles Davis mode. That track and another key track of the album, Sold My Soul, found it’s way to American tv series and movies. The album was certified gold upon re-release in 2009. After a Russian Tour in the slipstream of the second album the third Gare du Nord album, Club Gare du Nord, hit the streets by the end of 2005. Featuring trumpeter Erik Truffaz the album captured the now typical non-traditional sound scape structure that became the Gare du Nord sound. Although the album was released to high critical acclaim and generated a hit single (the Steely Dan-tribute Go Back, Jack) sales were only modest. Nevertheless, Club is a precious pearl in the catalogue not in the least because of its key track We Still Grow that would become a highlight of the live shows in later years. In the fall of 2006 Fransen & Lancee wrote a song for a US- biopic in the making based upon the life and times of soullegend Marvin Gaye. The song, Marvin & Miles, was sung by singer Dorona Alberti. The Marvin link triggered the two and a second song, You’re My Medicine, was written for the movie. Medicine featured the original Marvin Gaye vocal track from the classic track Sexual Healing, recorded in 1982 in Belgium. A third song, Somethin’ In My Mouth, again with Alberti, was written by means of a soundtrack to the bestselling book Stout by Heleen van Royen and Marlies Dekkers. Dekkers, then already a famous Dutch lingery designer was asked to design the iconic cover for the new Gare du Nord-album, to be titled Sex ‘n’ Jazz. The album also featured the song Ride On, sung by British singer Paul Carrack.

Sex ‘n Jazz was a smash; the Top Ten-album spent a stunning 100 weeks in the Dutch album charts and was certified multi platinum. New York based jazz label offered Gare du Nord a record deal for a new album and for two mix albums. The 2009 album Love For Lunch was certified platinum and both the mix albums, Jazz In The City (2007) and Let’s Have A Ball

(2010) mixing Blue Note tracks from the likes of Donald Byrd, Andrew Hill and Bobby Hutcherson were certified gold. A round up of the first ten years of Gare du Nord was presented on the compilation album Greatest Hits, released by the end of 2010. The year 2011 marks a new perspective. A more intimate, direct approach of producing and songs that cross borders in the direction of white soul, ska and even a little touch of country. The lyrics of the new songs reflect the great feelings and little mysteries of (Dorona Alberti’s) pregnancy as a metaphor for new life. Lilywhite Soul is a new episode in the ever changing moods of Gare du Nord. --- microlas, last.fm

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CD 1
01. Somethin' In My Mouth (Sex 'n' Jazz 1) (Blue Note Version) (3:49)
02. Marvin & Miles (Blue Note Version) (3:47)
03. Ride On (Feat. Paul Carrack) (Blue Note Version) (3:45)
04. Cool Summer Breeze (Blue Note Version) (0:28)
05. Beautiful Day (Blue Note Version) (3:40)
06. You're My Medicine (Feat. Marvin Gaye) (Blue Note Version) (4:15)
07. More Medicine (Blue Note Version) (2:09)
08. Chet's Chat (Blue Note Version) (4:16)
09. Quiet Storm (Blue Note Version) (0:48)
10. I Want Love (Blue Note Version) (4:23)
11. Lobster For Love (Sex 'n' Jazz 2) (Blue Note Version) (3:38)
12. Hey, Mr Glider (Feat. Erik Truffaz) (Blue Note Version) (4:18)
13. Hot Glue (Blue Note Version) (5:48)
14. Sex 'n' Jazz 1&2 (Ibiza Club Mix) (Blue Note Version) (7:55)

CD 2
01. Marvin & Miles (3:55)
02. Somethin' In My Mouth (Sex 'n' Jazz 1) (3:39)
03. Ride On (3:40)
04. You're My Medicine (3:10)
05. More Medicine (2:34)
06. Summer Breeze (0:43)
07. Beautiful Day (3:41)
08. Chet's Chat (4:15)
09. Lobster For Love (Sex 'n' Jazz 2) (3:38)
10. Hey, Mr Glider (4:22)
11. Quiet Storm (0:48)
12. I Want Love (4:22)
13. Hot Glue (5:56)

"Doc" Ferdy Lancee guitar, vocals
"Inca" Barend Fransen saxophone, vocals
Dorona Alberti vocals
Marvin Gaye vocals (track 4)
Paul Carrack vocals, Hammond (track 3)
Jan van Duikeren trumpet
Erik Truffaz trumpet (track 10)
Henk Koekoek saxophone
Oscar Stone drums, percussion
Frank di Angelis bass
Arthur Antoine loops, samples
Emiel van Rijthoven keys (tracks 3 & 12)

This 2017 expanded edition by Gare Du Nord brings together both the Blue Note remix album master and the original vintage album master from early 2007 for the very first time. State of the art remastered, this landmark edition of Sex 'n' Jazz sounds as crispy as ever. This must be the ultimate fan experience to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the trendsetting club soul masterwork and its prelude.

Originally released in March 2007, Sex 'n' Jazz, starring Marvin Gaye, Paul Carrack and Erik Truffaz, immediately captured the public's attention and became an overnight success for Dutch groove jazz band Gare du Nord. Tracks like "Marvin & Miles", "You're My Medicine" and "Beautiful Day" would become instant classics and kick started a new jazz pop wave in The Netherlands.

The appeal of the album was also recognized by jazz label Blue Note and in 2009 a remixed version of the album hit the shelves. With the key tracks, originally mixed in the chill mode, dramatically remixed in club soul style, the blue label parachuted Sex 'n' Jazz into platinum heaven.

This 2017 expanded edition brings together both the Blue Note remix album master and the original vintage album master from early 2007 for the very first time. State of the art remastered, this landmark edition of Sex 'n' Jazz sounds as crispy as ever. This must be the ultimate fan experience to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the trendsetting club soul masterwork and its prelude.

Ten years after its original release, the album is now available on vinyl for the first time. The first limited, individually numbered edition is pressed on white vinyl. Only 1.000 copies available.

Further decades may pass and public taste may change, but it will always be just the right time for Sex 'n' Jazz. --- musiconvinyl.com

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1. Somethin' In My Mouth
2. I Want Love
3. Marvin & Miles
4. You're My Medicine
5. Dish Of The Day
6. Berlin Beat
7. Beautiful Day
8. Language Of The Blues
9. Pablo's Blues
10. Summertime
11. Go Back Jack
12. Boogie All Night Long
13. We Still Grow

Dutch/Belgian group Gare du Nord was formed in 2001 by Ferdy Lancee and Barend Fransen. Signed to Play It Again Sam, the lounge-oriented style synthesists released several albums during their first few years, beginning with 2002's In Search of Excellolounge and concluding with Sex 'n' Jazz. They aligned with Blue Note, beginning with 2007's Jazz in the City, which was heavy on interpretations of the label's '60s and '70s output (from Duke Pearson's "The Phantom" to Ronnie Foster's "Mystic Brew"). The same year, Italian singer Dorona Alberti (KMFDM) was added to the lineup and featured prominently. In 2001, Gare du Nord established a performing version of the group, fronted by Alberti, while a studio-based entity remained driven by Lancee and Fransen. The Blue Note association resulted in additional releases such as 2011's Lilywhite Soul and 2012's live release Lifesexy. --- Andy Kellman, Rovi

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