Quartette Tres Bien / Charles Williams

[Dan Gould]

I found an album reference stating that the under-recorded alto saxophonist Charles/Charlie/CI Williams worked with the Quartette Tres Bien for two years ... Can anyone shed light on whether he recorded with them? Discogs is no help.

 

Thanks in advance.

[JSngry]

Not on any of the albums  I've heard.

They were popular on one of the blogs from The Golden Age Of The Blogosphere, but by no means was it complete. Plus, there's singles from St. Louis.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/1433721-Quartette-Trés-Bien

It was a somewhat interesting group, in a really niche-y kind of way. Commercial, but not stupid. At least not always.

[Teasing the Korean]

On 5/27/2024 at 4:16 PM, JSngry said:

It was a somewhat interesting group, in a really niche-y kind of way. Commercial, but not stupid. At least not always.

They were basically working in Three Sounds/Ramsey Lewis territory, with the addition of Latin Percussion.  Yet another example of secondhand Decca LPs being hard to find.  I have two of their Decca albums, and one on Atlantic.

[JSngry]

It was an "arrangement" type group. Not a "blowing" group at all. But interesting enough, in their own way.

[mjazzg]

On 6/12/2024 at 4:39 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

They were basically working in Three Sounds/Ramsey Lewis territory, with the addition of Latin Percussion.  Yet another example of secondhand Decca LPs being hard to find.  I have two of their Decca albums, and one on Atlantic.

At least one Decca made it over here, I have it and enjoy it. 

I recall posting a question about them when it was bought and both you and Jsngry obliged with responses. 

Edited September 15 by mjazzg

[andybleaden]

The Steppin out lp I remember seeing quite a bit in UK Secondhand record shops - remember hearing it and was nearly tempted and also Boss Tres Bien and quite liked the title track - in fact - now I have just also found a version on youtube and that floats my Sunday morning stuck in because it is raining boat! 

 

[Mark13]

Saw one of their Decca's in an Amsterdam recordshop not too long ago and decided against it. I have a polystyrene Jubilee which sounds horrific and this one looked and felt alarmingly like that one. There were other records that were tempting so I didn't even bother to listen. Maybe I should have.

I think the Atlantic is their only title on CD and this is where I learned about the group. It's an enjoyable souljazz album, but nothing spectacular.

Edited September 16 by Mark13