king ubu Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Another one of these threads... I love that series, picked up about half of them. Can only post the list of them when at home (tomorrow), but why not start a discussion of some favorites? Here are some of my favorites: A very fine album by one of the best tenor saxophone players from europe. Milt Jackson's on piano, Kenny Clarke on drums. Highly recommended! And another one by a highly regarded european tenor man. With Sacha Distel on guitar. This one was quite a surprise for me, never heard Eddy Louiss before. A fine disc! Another good'un (with Burton, Swallow, Haynes) This one was a discovery, too! One hell of a fine disc! Other favorites of mine include the three Jazz & Cinéma volumes, the Chet Baker "Broken Wing" album (thanks, brownie ), the Lucky Thompsons and the Hodeir/Jazz Group de Paris stuff, the Djangos and the two Donald Byrd volumes. ubu Quote
bertrand Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Who's on the Michelot CD? This sounds tempting. What tunes do they do? Thanks in advance, Bertrand. Quote
EKE BBB Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 I love this collection too, with those wonderful photographs! I have about 15 of them and have planned to buy another bunch as soon as possible! Jaspar, René Thomas, Blakey, Byas, Hines, Henri Renaud.... are some of my favorites! Quote
EKE BBB Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Pierre Michelot "Round about a bass" Songs: Cherokee Gavotte Akkilino Elephant green Sous les ponts de Paris Chet Bye bye blackbird Sweet feeling Klook´s shadow Collective personel (I don´t have the CD here to give you details on sessions): ts: George Grenu bs: Pierre Gossez, Armand Migiani as: Michel Portal tp: Fred Gérard tb: Charles Verstraete, Raymond Katarzynski, Benny Vasseur fl: Raymond Guiot b: Pierre Michelot d: Christian Garros p: Maurice Vander Quote
king ubu Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Posted September 29, 2003 Thanks for giving the Michelot details. Grenu is also on soprano (or is it Migiani?) - and his playing is breath-taking! There are some tracks with a quintet line up, and the others feature the whole band. Very very good arrangements and compositions (by Michelot himself), too! If you like small big bands, no hot blowing, but neither too cool stuff, you'd love this disc, bertrand! ubu Quote
Claude Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 (edited) One particular title from the series is Chet Baker "Broken wing", one of his better albums from the late 70's. It had to be withdrawn for legal reasons, which is a bit strange considering the many Chet bootlegs that are on the market and the fact that Chet Baker rarely got royalties for the albums he made in his last years and only got paid for the recording. If "Broken wing" is not reissued in a different form it may become a collector's item. Most online stores already list is as being unavailable. Amazon.co.uk Review The Jazz in Paris--Broken Wing CD presents a 1978 quartet recording by the trumpeter Chet Baker and adds two lengthy alternative takes to the LP from which it's derived. The Paris rhythm section--Phil Markowitz on piano, Jean-Francois Jenny-Clarke on bass and Jeff Brillinger on drums--provide ideal support with some particularly impressive bass solos. Chet's wistful singing is heard on "Oh, You Crazy Moon" but otherwise his poignant trumpet, lyrical and beautifully controlled, is predominant. The spirit of Miles Davis hovers at Chet's shoulder, but he has his own tone and phrasing, less dramatic but subtly insinuating. "Blue Gilles", a Baker original, is a very slow, mournful lament dedicated to Gilles Gautherin, the producer of this session. Wayne Shorter's "Black Eyes", which comes in two versions, has a medium-tempo bossa nova beat, but otherwise it's the slower tempos, at which Baker excelled, that determine the reflective ambience of this late December Franco-American encounter. --Graham Colombé Amazon.co.uk link Edited September 29, 2003 by Claude Quote
king ubu Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Posted September 29, 2003 One particular title from the series is Chet Baker "Broken wing", one of his better albums from the late 70's. It had to be withdrawn for legal reasons, which is a bit strange considering the many Chet bootlegs that are on the market and the fact that Chet Baker rarely got royalties for the albums he made in his last years and only got paid for the recording. If "Broken wing" is not reissued in a different form it may become a collector's item. Most online stores already list is as being unavailable. Yes, this is a very fine album indeed! Brownie pointed me to it, I got it from amazon.de some months ago - maybe they still have it? ubu Quote
Claude Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Only if they have it in stock. The Amazon.co.uk link I posted above lists it as being available, but with a processing time of 12-14 days. This means they need to order it from the manufacturer, but will most likely not succeed with this one. That's often the case with OOP discs listed on Amazon. Quote
brownie Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Thanks for giving the Michelot details. Grenu is also on soprano (or is it Migiani?) - and his playing is breath-taking! There are some tracks with a quintet line up, and the others feature the whole band. If I remember well, Georges Grenu is the soprano saxophone player. He was very efficient with the instrument. Doubt that Migiani played soprano. Nice record indeed. About Chet Baker's 'Broken Wings', the Jazz in Paris reissue which had to be withdrawn is indeed becoming a very rare item indeed. Haven't seen a copy in months now. Quote
king ubu Posted September 29, 2003 Author Report Posted September 29, 2003 So it is Grenu, alright! Had some doubts just before I wanted to post and added the bracklets. Sometimes one should trust to ones memory... ubu Quote
Man with the Golden Arm Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 I have several of these as well. The Wilen and Jaspar from ubu's above are tops for me. Fine stuff and extremely cheap when they first came around at $7.99. I enjoy the 'cinema' series as well and am wondering if anyone has thoughts on the last volume #4? Quote
EKE BBB Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 (edited) I have about 15 of them and have planned to buy another bunch as soon as possible! So soon! I´ve just found some CDs for 5,5 € at a local store and haven´t been able to resist it: -Lester Young: Le dernier message de LY -Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith: Stuff and Steff -Chet Baker: Broken wing Edited September 29, 2003 by EKE BBB Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 I've only got the Donald Byrd session and the music is terrific. The recording, however, is not the greatest. Can anybody comment on the general recording quality of the others in the series? Thanks. Quote
jazzbo Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 In general the music is very well recorded for the time and circumstances, and the remastering is pretty darned fine. I have an awful lot of these. . . almost all the first 75 and some of the subsequent ones. I'm BROKE! I am quite happy to have discovered a lot of great music from French and other European musicians. AND the Americans in Europe aspect as well. I've had some of these titles before, but the sound is better here. Great series! Highlights for me recently are the Hodier, Clarke and Pfeiffer sessions. Quote
Claude Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 (edited) I agree on the sound of the Donald Byrd albums, but it seems to be an exception. For example, the sound (stereo) of Art Blakey's "Paris Jam session" with Bud Powell is amazing for a 1959 live recording. Edited September 29, 2003 by Claude Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Thanks Claude. I have seen that Blakey around somewhere. I'll pick it up when I run into it. Quote
Late Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 Man with Arm, Volume 4 of the Jazz et Cinema series is a nice one. While I think Volume 3 is my favorite, 4 offers up some interesting tracks. Here's a quick break-down: • 2 tracks by Jean Wetzel, a noirish and "jazzy" sounding harmonica player. • 4 tracks by an Alain Goraguer (on piano) group, sounding very MJQ-ish. • 5 tracks by Michel de Villers (saxophones), sounding noirish again. • 4 tracks by Gonzalo Fernandez, sounding a lot like Tito Puente's Dance Mania. • 1 track by Martial Solal from The Trial • 2 alternates by Jean Wetzel For those who liked this brief series, I'd strongly recommend Martial Solal's collection of tracks for cinema, titled after the film A Bout de Souffle (Breathless), and including all the music score for this particular movie. Here is a crappy scan of the cover: Great playing all around on this disc. Quote
Late Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 And this series in general ... ... I would not hesitate a second to pick up: • Lucky Thompson: Modern Jazz Group — brilliant Lucky here. • Don Byas: En ce temps-là • Don Byas: Laura (I like Byas's European work from this period a lot more than his American sides) Also fine are: • Le Jazz Groupe de Paris: Joue André Hodeir • Kenny Clarke: Plays André Hodeir These albums go well together, as the tracks not only are all penned by Hodeir, but are performed by a number of the same players. Quote
Hank Posted September 29, 2003 Report Posted September 29, 2003 (edited) I have a few dozen from this series. There are so many to recommend, but for now I'll second the endorsement for Kenny Clarke: Plays André Hodeir. I'd also like to mention the discs released by guitarists Henri Crolla and Elek Bascik. I believe there are two titles from each of them. Also, if you like accordion, get the Guy Viseur. Edited September 29, 2003 by Hank Quote
BruceH Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 I only have a handful from this series: the Blakey, Sonny Criss, and Lucky Thompson among them. Seems like an excellent series though. As usual, reading this board makes me want to go out and spend more on CD's than I should. Quote
brownie Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 (edited) The Jazz in Paris series is one of the best reissue achievements. The photos on the album covers heve been beautifully selected. The sound has been improved on most of the CDs I have heard. I had quite a number of the LP original issues of the series but I purchased several of the Jazz in Paris CDs because of the improved sound. The ones I initally purchased were the Lucky Thompson, the Sonny Criss, the post-WWII Django Reinhardt, the Don Byas albums which appeared early in the series. One CD I also got as soon as it came out was nr. 20 Harold Nicholas/June Richmond/Andy Bey which had two tracks from the very rare Andy Bey Fontana EP where Bey had Kenny Dorham, Barney Wilen, Paul Rovere and Kenny Clarke in the background group. Also the Bernard Peiffer albums were on my Must Have list and were added to the collection. Nobody should miss out on Peiffer, a great forgotten pianist. When one of the stores here had most of the CDs at just a little bit over 4 euros each. I got more from the series. Would like to add one recommendation: - vol. 54 'Clarinettes a Saint-Germain des Pres which feature Hubert Rostaing and Maurice Meunier. Meunier is another forgotten French musician that needs reappraisal. Rostaing and Meunier played clarinet with Django Reinhardt. Meunier also appears in the lineup for the Lionel Hampton and his French New Sounds CDs (vol. 44 and 45). Edited September 30, 2003 by brownie Quote
king ubu Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 And this series in general ... ... I would not hesitate a second to pick up: • Lucky Thompson: Modern Jazz Group — brilliant Lucky here. • Don Byas: En ce temps-là • Don Byas: Laura (I like Byas's European work from this period a lot more than his American sides) Also fine are: • Le Jazz Groupe de Paris: Joue André Hodeir • Kenny Clarke: Plays André Hodeir These albums go well together, as the tracks not only are all penned by Hodeir, but are performed by a number of the same players. Yes, these are all very good albums! I listed the Thompson already. The two Byas discs are great, indeed! And all the Hodeir-related stuff is at least very interesting! Don't forget the Hodeir led "Jazz et jazz" album. There is some great music on that one, too! And there was a Hodeir disc in the "Original Vogue Masters" series. Maybe still around on amazon France. ubu Quote
Hank Posted September 30, 2003 Report Posted September 30, 2003 Would like to add one recommendation: - vol. 54 'Clarinettes a Saint-Germain des Pres which feature Hubert Rostaing and Maurice Meunier. Meunier is another forgotten French musician that needs reappraisal. Rostaing and Meunier played clarinet with Django Reinhardt. Meunier also appears in the lineup for the Lionel Hampton and his French New Sounds CDs (vol. 44 and 45). Yes, this one's great! Quote
king ubu Posted September 30, 2003 Author Report Posted September 30, 2003 (edited) Here we go: 01 Louis Armstrong the best live concert vol. 1 02 Louis Armstrong the best live concert vol. 2 03 Miles Davis ascenseur pour l’echafaud 04 Donald Byrd byrd in paris (live) 05 Donald Byrd parisian thoroughfare (live) 06 Holland/Clayton/Singleton club Session 07 Bill Coleman from boogie to funk 08 Chet Baker broken wing 09 Dizzy Gillespie the giant 10 Slide Hampton exodus 11 Django Reinhard django et compagnie 12 Django Reinhard swing from paris 13 Django Reinhard swing 39 14 Mary Lou Williams I made love you paris 15 Elek Bacsik guitar conceptions 16 René Thomas the real cat 17 Toots Thielemans blues pour flirter 18 Buddy Banks jazz de chambre Bobby Jaspar quartet barclay 19 Henri Salvador pardon my english – plays the blues 20 Various Chanteurs/Chanteuses 21 Don Byas laura 22 Sidney Bechet/Claude Luter self-titled 23 Sonny Criss mr. Blues pour flirter 24 Guy Lafitte blue and sentimental 25 Henri Renaud New sound at “the boeuf sur le toit” (live) Zoot Sims quintet barclay 26 Barney Wilen jazz sur seine 27 Bobby Jaspar modern jazz au club st.-germain 28 Lucky Thompson modern jazz group 29 Pierre Michelot round about a bass 30 Oscar Peterson featuring Stéphane Grappelli Volume 1 31 Oscar Peterson featuring Stéphane Grappelli Volume 2 32 Michel Legrand paris jazz piano 33 Claude Bolling plays the original piano greats 34 Rhoda Scott / Kenny Clarke self titled 35 Eddie Louiss bohemia after dark 36 Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon aux trios mailletz 37 Sammy Price/Lucky Thompson paris blues live 38 Earl Hines paris one night stand 39 Kenny Clarke plays andré hodéir 40 Art Blakey paris jam session live 41 Eddie Louiss/Yvan Julien porgy & bess 42 Stéphane Grappelli improvisations 43 Jean-Luc Ponty jazz long playing 44 Lionel Hampton and his french new sound vol. 1 live 45 Lionel Hampton and his french new sound vol. 2 live 46 Lionel Hampton ring dem vibes 47 Various classic jazz à saint-germain-des-prés 48 Various modern jazz à saint-germain-des-prés 49 Various jazz & cinéma vol. 1 (Barney Wilen, Alain Goraguer) 50 Various jazz & cinéma vol. 2 (Art Blakey, Jazz at the Philharmonic, George Arvanitas) 51 Louis Armstrong and friends 52 Dizzy Gillespie cognac blues 53 Chet Baker quartet plays standards 54 Various clarinettes à saint-germain-des-prés 55 Various saxophones à saint-germain-des-prés 56 Stéphane Grappelli plays cole porter 57 René Thomas meeting mister Thomas 58 Django Reinhardt swing 48 59 Django Reinhardt django’s blues 60 Henri Crolla notre ami django 61 Art Simmons/Ronnell Bright piano aux champs-elysées 62 Lou Bennett pentecostal feeling 63 Rhoda Scott live at the olympia 64 Willie « The Lion » Smith music on my mind 65 Bernard Pfeiffer la vie en rose 66 Raymond Fol les 4 saisons 67 René Urtréger joue bud powell 68 Lionel Hampton mai 1956 69 Art Blakey 1958 paris olympia (live) 70 Le Jazz Groupe de Paris joue André Hodeir 71 Various jazz & cinéma vol. 3 (Goraguer/Jazz Groupe de Paris/Humair Soultette) 72 Don Byas ree-boppers Don Byas/Tyree Glenn orchestra Howard McGhee sextet James Moody quintet 73 Lucky Thompson with Dave Pochonet all stars 74 Alain Goraguer go-go-goraguer 75 Earl Hines in paris 76 Various danse à saint-germain-des-prés 77 Lester Young Le dernier message 78 Don Byas en ce temps-là 79 Stan Getz quartet in paris (live) 80 Henri Criolla begin the beguine 81 Elek Bacsik nuages 82 Stéphane Grappelli/Stuff Smith stuff and steff 83 Sarah Vaughan & violins 84 Dizzy Gillespie & his operatic strings orchestra 85 Bobby Jaspar jeux de quartes 86 Gerard Badini the swing machine 87 Stéphane Grappelli django 88 Gus Viseur de clinchy à broadway 89 Henri Crolla quand refleuriront les lilas blancs? 90 Django Reinhard nuit de saint-germain-des-prés 91 Django Reinhard nuages 92 Jack Diéval jazz au champs-elysées 93 Bernard Pfeiffer plays standards 94 Blossom Dearie the pianist Les Blue Stars 95 Sammy Price/Price & Doc Cheatham play gershwin 96 Max Roach parisian sketches 97 André Hodeir jazz et jazz 98 Various jazz & cinéma vol. 4 99 Various harlem piano in montmartre 100 Various jazz sous l’occupation 101 Joe Newman/Cootie Williams jazz at midnight 102 Django Reinhardt place de brouckère 103 Buck Clayton and Friends (with Hal Singer) 104 Kid Ory at the Théatre des Champs-Elysées 105 Sonny Stitt Sits In with the Oscar Peterson Trio 106 Guy Lafitte Blues... 107 Stan Getz/Michel Legrand 'Communications '72 108 Sammy Price Good Paree 109 George Wein Midnight Concert at the Olympia 110 Raymond Fol Echoes of Harlem 111 Maurice Vander Piano Jazz 112 Jazz et Cinéma Volume 5, (Henri Crolla, Hubert Rostang, André Hodeir) "Hors-série" (2CD sets): 01 Sacha Distel Jazz Guitarist 02 Bill Coleman The Complete Philips Recordings 03 Jean-Claude Fohrenbach Fohrenbach French Sound [edited to add #102 / edited to add hors série #2 and #3 / edited to add 103-112] Edited March 8, 2007 by king ubu Quote
EKE BBB Posted October 28, 2003 Report Posted October 28, 2003 Ja,ja,ja.... another Jazz in Paris binge: 11 CD, 6€ each, at a local store! -Louis Armstrong and friends -Kenny Clarke´s sextet plays André Hodeir -Henri Crolla: Quand refleuriront les lilas blancs? -René Urtreger joue Bud Powell -Clarinettes à Saint-Germain des Prés -René Thomas: Meeting mister Thomas -Joe Newman/Cootie Williams: Jazz at midnight -Peanuts Holland/Buck Clayton/Charlie Singleton: Club session -Sonny Criss: Mr. Blues pour flirter -Harlem piano in Montmartre (Garland Wilson/Herman Chittison) -Donald Byrd Quintet: Parisian thoroughfare Quote
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