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  Gitanes Jazz - Orgue
issued: 1989 VERVE (POLYGRAM JAZZ) 841 458-2 (F) from the "Autour De Minuit" collection

#1 recorded: 1968 in Atlanta/USA. JIMMY SMITH (org); George Benson (g); Donald
     Bailey (dr)
#2 recorded: March 27, 1973 in Paris. RHODA SCOTT (org); Michael Silva (dr)
#3 recorded: July 26, 1952 in New York. COUNT BASIE (org); Oscar Peterson (p);
     Ray Brown (b); Gus Johnson (dr); Freddie Green (g)
#4 from Pentacostal Feeling, recorded: January 21, 1966 in Paris. LOU BENNETT
     (org); Rene Thomas (g); Kenny Clarke (dr).
#5 recorded: October 29, 1968 in Köln/Germany. MILT BUCKNER (org); Jimmy Woode
     (b); Kenny Clarke (dr)
#6 recorded: May 26, 1965 in New York. LARRY YOUNG (org); Grant Green (g);
      Ben Dixon (dr)
#7 recorded: December 13, 1952 in New York. COUNT BASIE (org); Joe Newman (tp);
     Paul Quinichette (ts); Freddie Green (g); Gene Ramey (b); Buddy Rich (dr)
#8 recorded: January 6, 1965 in New York. WILD BILL DAVIS (org); Grant Green (g);
     Johnny Hodges (as); Lawrence Brown (tb); Bob Cranshaw (b); Grady Tate (dr)
#9 recorded: November 29, 1987 in Englewood Cliffs/USA. LONNIE SMITH (org);
     Houston Person (ts); Eric Gale (g); Ron Carter (b); Grady Tate (dr)


1. Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues
2. Lover Man
3. Extended Blues
4. Easy Living
5. Li'l Darling
6. Willow Weep For Me
7. She's Funny That Way
8. Solitude
9. Blues For Everybody
(Smith)
(Davis/Ramirez/Sherman)
(Basie/Peterson)
(Rainger/Robin)
(Hefti)
(Ronell)
(Moret/Whiting)
(Ellington/De Lange/Mills)
(Carter)
     


  Hello Mr. Bennett - The Jazz Guitar Trio Vol. 1 / Ximo Tébar
with Lou Bennett & Idris Muhammad
recorded: live at Café Populart in Madrid
issued: 1992 WEA

XIMO TÉBAR (g, prod.); LOU BENNETT (org); IDRIS MUHAMMAD (dr)


 1. Some Blues
 2. Alone Together
 3. Old Folks
 4. Pentatitus
 5. Lament
 6. Just Friends
 7. Hello Mr. Bennett
(X. Tébar/L. Bennett/I. Muhammad)
(A. Schwartz/H. Dieta)
(D. Hill/W. Robison)
(L. Bennett)
(J. J. Johnson)
(S. Lewis/J. Klenner)
(X. Tébar)
     


  Son Mediterraneo / Ximo Tébar
issued: 1995 WEA

XIMO TÉBAR (jazz-, class.- & acc.- g, prod.); RAMÓN CARDO (ts); JORGE PARDO (fl, ss); RICARDO BELDA (p, teclados); LOU BENNETT (hammond B3); SOLE GIMENEZ, JOAN AMERIC (voc); RICARDO ESTEVE (flamenco-g, palmas); JUAN "PETI" CASTRO (cante, palmas); LUCHO AGUILAR (b, el-b); LUIS LLARIO (b); FELIPE CUCCIARDI (dr); PACO BERNAL (perc, palmas); ADOLFO CRESPO, VICENT CORTINA (perc); RUBEM DANTAS (tinaja, cga, dir. perc); NACHO MAÑÓ (teclados, efectos)


  1. Son Mediterráneo
  2. Mi Pequenño Girasol
  3. Bolero De Rabet
  4. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor
  5. Si Te Vas, Buleria
  6. Oda A Odalisca
  7. Diana
  8. Tarantza
  9. Si Te Vas
  (instrumental)
10. Nosferatu
11. La Moixeranga


All music composed by Ximo Tébar, except #4 (J. Rodrigo) and #11 (traditional).
     




From an early age Polya enjoyed singing the Oriental, Slavonic and Gypsy songs. In Paris, after taking her High School Diploma, she embarked on a career as an actress at the Centre d'Art Dramatique in the Rue Blanche and at the Conservatorie, she was featured in "soubrette" roles of Moliere with actors of the French Theater. When she met the American Bob Jordan (an excellent jazz guitarist), it was love at first sight. She married Bob Jordan and his jazz, and became passionately interested in Gospel and the singing of Mahalia Jackson.


Bob Jordan was immediately charmed by her voice and impressed by the way she identified so deeply with the Gospel tem- perament. They adopted her as one of the family, and she sang for Lou Bennett, Benny Waters, Kenny Clark, Jimmy Loverman and others. With Benny Waters she toured Europe and jazz festivals in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Germany, New York, London. Polya Jordan now appears regularly at various jazz clubs in Paris, including 'Le Petit Journal Saint-Michel', 'Le Bilboquet' and the 'Latitudes Jazz Club'.
French Lady Sings Gospel And Jazz / Polya Jordan
avec la parcitipation de Benny Waters et Lou Bennett
recorded: January 1996 at Studio Piccolo
issued: 1996 CD AUVIDIS CHORUS ; August 24, 1996 CD PIAS

POLYA JORDAN (voc); JACQUES FATTIER (as); MARC DESCHAMPS (p); LOU BENNETT (org #12); BENNY WATERS (#6,7); JEAN-CLAUDE BENETTEAU (b); OLIVER ROBIN (dr)


  1. The Lord Is A Busy Man
  2. Deep River
  3. Trouble In My Way
  4. Round The Rainbow
  5. Ill Wind
  6. Cry Me A River
  7. Fitin' Fat And Fine
  8. Old Man River
(Mississippi)
  9. The Bible Tells Me So
10. You're Not Living In Vain
11. If I Could Get You Love
12. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
(R. Allen/J. Joyce)
(trad. Spiritual)
(Kenwood/R. Martin)
(Caeser)
(H. Harlen/T. Koehler)
(Hamilton)
(B. Waters)
(J. Kern/O. Hammerstein)
(D. Evans)
(A. Silver/Hoffman/...)
(J. L. Jacquemin/...)
(trad. Spiritual)
     


Other artists released in this series include: Louis Armstrong & his All Stars, Tyree Glenn, Marty Napoleon, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Cal Tjader, Stan Getz, Donald Byrd, Bobby Jasper, Kenny Clarke, Lonnie Smith, Gato Barbieri, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, John Handy, Coleman Hawkins and Don Byas. Europa Jazz / Lou Bennett, George Benson, Charlie Byrd
recorded: 1961-62
issued: LP I GIGANTI DI JAZZ No. 72 (also part of the encyclopedia below)

#A1-3 recorded 1962: LOU BENNETT (org); RENÉ NAN (dr)
#B1 recorded 1962: GEORGE BENSON QUINTET: GEORGE BENSON (g); RONNIE CUBER (bar-s); LONNIE SMITH; GENE TAYLOR(b); BILLY KAYE (dr)
#B2-4 recorded 1961 (#3,4), 1962 (#2): CHARLIE BYRD TRIO: CHARLIE BYRD (g); JOE BYRD (b); BILL REICHENBACH (dr)


Side A
  1. Stella By Starlight
  2. Something By John
  3. Brother Daniel

Side B
  1. Godchild
  2. Nuages
  3. Manha De Carnaval
  4. Samba De Orfeu

(Young/Washington)
(Bennett)
(Bennett)


(Wallington)
(Reinhardt)
(Bonfà)
(Bonfà)
     





I Giganti Del Jazz - Grande Encyclopedia Del Jazz
issued: BARNABY RECORDS, 100 LP´s + 4 books

This is an absolutely fantastic Italian collection of jazz records (100 in total). The collection is on Barnaby records and features the worlds greatest artists PLUS there is a 4 book encylopedia (written in Italian) of everybody in the wonderful world of jazz (the list of artists would be too long to note here). There are many, many hours of listening pleasure here plus you can read along while listening... it would be almost worth learning Italian to get the full benefit of this tremendous collection.
     


  Jazz A Catalunya / Various Artists
issued: CD EDIGSA 80.2989 (Spain)

#5-8 taken from Improvisacions - Lou Bennett EP EDIGSA CM 151 (Spain)
(see Lou's
discography 1)

#1-4 TETE MONTOLIU (p), BOOKER ERVIN (ts), ERICH PETER (b), BILLIE BROOKS (dr); JAUME PICAS (adapt.); FRANCESC BURRULL, JOSEP M. MARTI (musical supervisors); produced by ALBERT MALLOFRÉ;
#5-8 LOU BENNETT (org); produced by ALBERT MALLOFRÉ;
#9-17 CATALÒNIA JAZZ QUARTET: JOSEP M. MARTI (p, arr., dir.), FRANCESCO BURRULL (vib), ENRIC PONSA (b), JOAN A. CALVET (dr), with RICARD RODA (sax)


  1. Yesterdays
  2. Schoochee Coochee
  3. Just Friends
  4. El Blues D´En Booker
  5. El Cant Dels Ocells
  6. El Noi De La Mare
  7. Muntanyes Regalades
  8. Cançó Del Lladre
  9. La Filla Del Marxant
10. La Pastoreta Caterina
11. El Desembre Congelat
12. El Testament D´Amèlia
13. La Presó Del Rei De França
14. La Presó De Lleida
15. La Fugida A Egipte
16. La Filadora
17. L´Heure Riera
(Kern/Harbach)
(Booker Ervin)
(Klenner/Lewis)
(Booker Ervin)
(Traditional)
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It's not clear, if Lou Bennett actually played on this album (Jazz sources vary in their statements).
BLUE NOTE 96563
Blue Funk / Various Artists
recorded: 1961-1970
original release: 1999 BLUE NOTE 96563 (Part of The Blue Series) ;
re-issue: CD BLUE NOTE CDP 796563-2

BLUE MITCHELL (tp); FRED JACKSON, JOE HENDERSON, SAM RIVERS, CLAUDE BARTEE JR., HAROLD VICK, JAY ARNOLD (ts); GEORGE BRAITH (ss, ts, stritch); LOU DONALDSON (as); JIMMY LEWIS (bs); LONNIE LISTON SMITH, BILLY GARDNER, EARL VAN DYKE, JIMMY MC GRIFF, BIG JOHN PATTON, JIMMY SMITH, BABY FACE WILLETTE, LARRY YOUNG, FREDDIE ROACH (org); GRANT GREEN, MELVIN SPARKS, EUGENE WRIGHT, CHARLIE FREEMAN, WILLIE JONES, MORRIS DOW (g); ELVIN JONES, WILBERT G.T. HOGAN, IDRIS MUHAMMAD, CLARENCE JOHNSTON, HUGH WALKER, JACKIE MILLS, DONALD BAILEY, SAMMY CREASON, BEN DIXON (dr); CANDIDO CAMERO (cga)

  1. All About My Girl / Jimmy McGriff
  2. The Silver Metre / "Big" John Patton
  3. I'm Movin' On / Jimmy Smith
  4. Brown Sugar / Freddie Roach
  5. Hootin' And Tootin' / Fred Jackson
  6. Face To Face / "Baby Face" Willette
  7. Plaza De Toros / Larry Young
  8. Boop Bop Bing Bash / George Braith
  9. Fat Judy / "Big" John Patton
10. Everything I Do Gonna' Be Funky (From Now On) / Lou Donaldson
11. Butter (For Yo' Popcorn) / "Brother" Jack McDuff
12. Ain't It Funky Now / Grant Green
     

  Good Morning America / Various Artists
issued: 1980 K-TEL BLP 8001 (F)

Side A
  1. Turn Turn Turn / The Byrds
  2. Sugar Shack / Jimmy Gilmer
  3. Summer In The City / Lovin´ Spoonful
  4. Memphis / Lonnie Mack
  5. Shame And Scandal In The Family / Shawn Elliott
  6. The Lion Sleeps Tonight / The Tokens
  7. Speedy Gonzales / Pat Boone
  8. Oh Carol / Neil Sedaka
  9. Ode To Billy Joe / B. Gentry

Side B
  1. America / Trini Lopez
  2. Colors / Joan Baez
  3. Kicks / P. Revere & The Raiders
  4. Da Doo Ron Ron / The Crystals
  5. My True Love / Jack Scott
  6. Amen / Lou Bennett
  7. Tobacco Road
/ Nashville Teens
  8. San Francisco / Scott McKenzie
  9. I Got You Babe / Sonny & Cher

(Bernstein/Sondheim)
(Donovan)
(Mann/Weill)
(Spector/Greenwich/Barry)
(Scott)
(Donald-Byrd)
(Loodermilk)
(John Philips)
(Sonny Bono)
     

Review: Jazz A Saint Germain is a fashionable tribute to the French Jazz Club scene of the 40's & 50's, it is a present day tribute recalling the great cabaret and torch songs of legendary underground Parisian night-clubs such as the Tabou Cellar and Club Saint-Germain. The 14 track album runs the gamut from torch songs to acid jazz. This compilation of Continental/ Jazz fusion includes two of the most famous French female pop stars, Jane Birkin and Françoise Hardy, in duets with Jimmy Rowles and Iggy Pop, respectively. Elsewhere, great tracks are turned in by Angelique Kidjo (she performs Gershwin's timeless classic 'Summertime'), the Jazz Passengers with Debbie Harry, and Catherine Ringer & the Renegade Brass Band. China's rendition of 'Lover Man' and Patricia Kaas' singing 'Black Coffee' are both warm and sensual. Dee Dee Bridgewater stylishly sings 'Watermelon Man' that is pure, smooth funk. Language is no barrier as Les Nubians perform Monk's 'Round Midnight' (Autour De Minuit). Just like Red, Hot & Blue these renditions of the jazz classique are fresh, warm and above all honest with strong cafe leanings. Jazz À Saint Germain / Various Artists
A collection of classic Jazz tunes - A tribute to the free spirit of Paris in the 50´s
issues: 1998 EMD/HIGHER OCTAVE, ASIN: B000009RNT ; 1998 VIRGIN (France) ;
CD VIRGIN 666512 or 552442 (NL)

ANGELIQUE KIDJO; CATHERINE RINGER & THE RENEGADE BRASS BAND; CHINA; DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER; FRANÇOISE HARDY & IGGY POP; THE JAZZ PASSENGERS /w DEBORAH HARRY; JACKY TERRASSON; PATRICIA KAAS; PRINCESS ERIKA; LES NUBIANS; JANE BIRKIN & JIMMY ROWLES; BRIGITTE FONTAINE; ELLI MEDEIROS; BORIS VIAN; LOU BENNETT


  1. Summertime / Angelique Kidjo
  2. Joyeux Bouchers /
  3. Lover Man / China
  4. Watermelon Man / Dee Dee Bridgewater
  5. I'll Be Seeing You
  6. Il N'Y A Plus d'Apres
  7. Javanaise
/ Jane Birkin, Jimmy Rowles ?
  8. Black Coffee / Patricia Kaas
  9. God Bless The Child
10. Autour De Minuit
('Round Midnight) / Les Nubians
11. These Foolish Things
12. Caravana
(Caravan)
13. Sophisticated Lady
14. J'Suis Snob
(Gershwin/G/H/H)
(Vian/Walter)
(Davis/R/S)
(Hancock)
(Fain/Kahal)
(Beart)
(Gainsbourg)
(Burke/Webster)
(Herzog/Holiday)
(Hanighen/Monk/W)
(Link/M/S)
(Ellington/F/M/T)
(Ellington/M/P)
(Vian/Walter)
     

    Anthologies Generales: 50 Years Of Belgian Jazz 1938-1987
TAURO RECORDS COMPACT
     
#1  Brenders & L'Orchestra Jazz De L'INR: STAN BRENDERS (leade, arr); EUGENE
      VAN DERBORGHT, RAYMOND CHANTRAIN, PAUL D'HONDT (tp); JEAN
      DAMM, SUS VAN CAMP (tb); CHARLES REMUE, LOUIS BILLEN (as, cl); JACKY
      DEMANY ; (ts, cl); ARTHUR SAGUET (bar-s, ts, cl); JOHN OUWERX (p);
      CHARLES DOLNE,JIM VAN DER JEUGHT (g); ARTHUR PEETERS (b); JOS
      AERTS (dr).
#2  Candrix & Grosses Tanzorchester: FUD CANDRIX (ts); GUS DELOOF,
      MAURICE GIEGAS, LUCIEN DEVROYE (tp); LOUIS  MELON, NICK FRÉRAR
      (tb); JO MAGIS, BOBBY NARET (as, cl); LOU LOGIST (ts, cl); COCO
      COLIGNON (p); ANDRÉ MERSCH (g); GENE KEMPF (b); JEFF DE BOECK (dr).
#3  Thielemans Quartet: TOOTS THIELEMANS (hca); BILLY DESMEDT (org); JEAN
      WARLAND (b); RUDY FRANKEL (dr).
#4  Rockin & His Big Band: WILLY ROCKIN (cond.); LOUIS DEHAES, EDMOND
      HARNIE, JOHNNY RENARD, CHARLIE KNEGTEL (tp); ALBERT MERTENS,
      NICK FRÉRAR, FRANS VAN DIJCK, ALBERT BRINKHUIZEN (tb); JEF
      VERHAEGEN, PROS CREADO (as, cl); FRANS L'EGLISE, BENNY
      COURROYER (ts, cl); GUY DOSSCHE (bar-s, as, ts); GUY DOSSCHE (cl);
      JACK SELS (ts, arr.); FREDDY SUNDER (g); JEAN WARLAND, FREDDY
      ROTTIER (dr); JEAN FANIS (perc).
#5  Sels Quartet: JACK SELS (ts); LOU BENNETT (org); PHILIP CATHERINE (g);
      OLIVER JACKSON (dr).
#6  Jaspar Quintet: BOBBY JASPAR (ts); RENÉ THOMAS (g); AMADEO TOMMASINI
      (p); MAURIZIO MAJORANA (b); FRANCESCO LO BIANCO (dr).
#7  Sadi Quartet: FATS SADI (vib); FRANCY BOLAND (p); JIMMY WOODE (b);
      KENNY CLARKE (dr).
#8  Boland & Orchestra: FRANCY BOLAND (p); BENNY BAILEY, MILO PAVLOVIC,
      DUSKO GOJKOVIC, KENNY WHEELER, JANOT MORALES (tp);
          BOB BURGESS,  FRANK ROSOLINO, NAT PECK, ERIC VAN LIER (tb); TOM
        BAKER, CHRISTOPHER BRANDT-LINDBAUM, KONRAD ALFING, HEINRICH
        ALFING, PETER LUDES (fr-h); TONY COE, STAN ROBINSON, RONNIE
        SCOTT, SAL NISTICO, SAHIB SHIHAB, KURT ADERHOLD, HEINZ
        KRETSCHMAR (reeds); FATS SADI (vib, perc); RON MATHEWSON (b);
        KENNY CLARKE (dr).
  #9  Verschueren Quartet: ETIENNE VERSCHUEREN (as); CHARLES LOOS (p);
        ROGER VAN HAVERBEKE (b); FREDDY ROTTIER (dr)
#10  The Belgian All Stars Big Band: NICK FISSETTE (tp); EDMOND HARNIE, JANOT
        MORALES, MARC MERCINI, ROGER SQUINQUEL (tb); FRANS VAN DIJCK,
        VIC BAEYENS, EDDY DEVOS, GUY DOSSCHE, JACKY EDDYN, JOSÉ
        PAESSENS, JOHN RUOCCO (sax); ETIENNE VERSCHUEREN, TONY
        BAUWENS (p); FATS SADI, FREDDY SUNDER, BOB PORTER (g, b); JEAN
        WARLAND, BRUNO CASTELLUCCI (dr); guest: BENNY BAILEY.
#11  Michel Herr Quartet: MICHEL HERR (p); WOLFGANG ENGSTFELD (ts); ISLA
        ECKINGER (b); LEROY LOWE (dr).
#12  Bert Joris - Joe Lovano Quintet: BERT JORIS (fl-h); JOE LOVANO (ss); MICHEL
        HERR, HEIN VAN DE GEYN (b); DRÉ PALLEMAERTS (dr).
#13  Philip Catherine Group: PHILIP CATHERINE, DIEDERK WISSELS (p); MICHEL
        HERR (synth); HEIN VAN DE GEYN (b); ALDO ROMANO (dr).
#14  The Act Big Band: FÉLIX SIMTAINE (dr); ERIC VERHAEGHE (tp); SERGE
        PLUM, RICHARD ROUSSELET, BERT JORIS (tp, fl-h); PAUL BOURDIAUDHY,
        MARC GODFROID (tb); JEAN-PAUL DANHIER (tb, tu); PAUL VAN DEN
        DRIESSCHE (as); ERWIN VAN SLEMBROUCK (ts, ss); KURT VAN HERCK (ts);
        JOHAN VAN DEN DRIESSCHE (bar-s, fl); MICHEL HERR (p); PHILIPPE AERTS
        (b).
      1. Big Chief, Swing It
  2. Introducing Mr. Basie
  3. At The Darktown Strutters Ball
  4. Swing Me High
  5. On Stage
  6. But Not For Me
  7. The Same
  8. Daffodils
  9. Juul's Ears
10. Stunt Man
11. Song From Your Father
12. A Picture Of Her
13. Transparence
14. Rough Business













  Jazz In Paris, Vol. 1: Champs-Élysées 1917-1949 / Various Artists
recorded: 1917 - June 1, 1975
issued: April 12, 2005, 3 CD Set VERVE 9812553


Review by Thom Jurek
This three-CD box set is the first of four volumes - each representing a quarter of the city and a chronological period - that are designated companions to the 100 albums in the Jazz in Paris collection. This box covers the widest range chronologically, and does a fine job of juxtaposing American jazz masters playing the city - in some cases relocating there - and showcasing the burgeoning French and European jazz scenes as well. What is beautiful about the assemblage here is that nothing is organized strictly by chronology. Instead, the notion of a journey up and down the famed street is pursued. Locations on the Champs-Élysées are chosen, such as the legendary cabaret Boeuf sur le Toit, (invented by Jean Cocteau). Some of the music here was actually recorded live at the club as well as at the various night spots and theaters surrounding it. In fact, the box's first cut is actually by Cocteau with the Dan Parrish Orchestra from 1929. Also assembled here are a beautiful read of 'Mood Indigo' by pianist Garland Wilson from 1933 and a beautiful 'Farewell Blues', recorded by Benny Carter in 1938 with Django Reinhardt and Fletcher Allen. Reinhardt is recorded at the Boeuf sur le Toit in 1947 with the house band, and later with the Hot Club of France. Other French jazz on Vol. 1 comes from the French Jazz Quintet, the Swing Royal Orchestre Musette, and Christian Bellest. American expatriates Sidney Bechet, Josephine Baker, Bill Coleman, and Don Byas are here as well. The package is lavishly illustrated with a 60-page booklet featuring tons of rare photographs of the street and culture as well as musicians and clubs. There are concert programs, reproductions of record covers, and excellent liner notes, personal reminiscences, footnotes, etc. - all of them in both French and English lexicons. The price is very attractive, making each of these four volumes almost irresistible to historical jazz fans.

Disc 1:
  1. La Toison d'Or/Holidays / Jean Cocteau ...
  2. Mood Indigo / Garland Wilson
  3. I'm Leavin' For Albany / Josephine Baker ...
  4. J'ai Deux Amours / Sam Wooding & his Orchestra
  5. Farewell Blues / Benny Carter & his Orchestra
  6. Josette / Orchestre Musette "Swing Royal"
  7. L'Oeil Noir / Joseph Reinhardt & son Ensemble
  8. Loin / Quintette Français
  9. Palm Beach / André Ekyan & son Ensemble
10. 67 Rue Couperin / Christian Bellest & Orchestre
11. Michou / Michel Warlop & son Ensemble
12. Minor Blues / Django Reinhardt & son Orchestre
13. Danse Norvégienne / Django Reinhardt ...
14. Swamp Mist / Rex Stewart & his Orchestra
15. I'm Confessin' / Rex Stewart Quintet
16. Laura / Don Byas Ree-Boppers
17. Somebody Loves Me / New Stars Of The Hot Club
      De France
18. Mad Monk / Tyree Glenn & his Orchestra
19. Nicole / Howard McGhee Sextet
20. Convulsions / James Moody Quintet
21. Margie / Sidney Bechet & his Feetwarmers
22. St. James Infirmary / Bill Coleman & his Swing Stars
Disc 2:
23. Jumpin' At Pleyel / Bill Coleman & his Orchestra
24. Stompin' At The Savoy / Bernard Peiffer
25. Venez Donc Chez Moi / Henri Renaud & son Orchestre
26. Chasin' Sarah / Ronnell Bright Trio
27. Swing 42 / Stéphane Grappelli
28. Véga Blues / André Ekyan
29. Tire, Tire l'Aiguille / Mary Lou Williams Trio
30. Sweet And Lovely / Dizzy Gillespie & his Operatic...
31. Sad Walk / Chet Baker Quartet
32. What Is Thing Called Love? / Art Simmons Quartet
33. A Night In Tunisia / Buddy Banks
34. Cherokee / Raymond Fol
35. Blue Rondo À La Turk / Elek Bacsik Trio
36. Down The Depths Of The 90th Floor / Blossom Dearie
      Trio
37. The Man I Love / Diéval, Jack Trio
38. Trombones À Tout Faire / Michel Legrand & son
      Orchestre ...
Disc 3:
39. Florence Sur Les Champs-Élysées / Miles Davis
40. Bags' Groove / Eddy Louiss
41. Dance Of The Infidels / Art Blakey
42. Moment's Notice / Slide Hampton Octet
43. Meeting / René Thomas (/w Lou Bennett)
44. Three Little Words / Lester Young
45. Blues On The Champs-Élysées / Joe Newman
46. Blue Lester / Maurice Vander Trio
47. When The World Was Young / Stan Getz Quartet
48. That's All / Sarah Vaughan, Quincy Jones Orchestra











  Jazz In Paris IV: Rive Gauche, Rive Droite 1956-1959
recorded: 1955 - 1975 in Paris/France
issued: April 12, 2005, 3 CD VERVE 9812561 (USA) UPC: 602498125618 Universal Distribution


Review by Thom Jurek
This 3-CD box set is the last of four volumes - each representing a quarter of the city and a chronological period - that are designated companions to the 100 albums in the Jazz in Paris collection. Vol. 4 winds the collection up in the late '50s with a wonderful assortment of American and European jazzmen who played with and against each other in the various nightspots and in recording studios around the city. There are some real rarities here, including a Jean-Luc Ponty performance form 1964, Donald Byrd's first trip to the city in 1958, a soundtrack performance from Dizzy Gillespie, and some stunning Stephane Grappelli duets, one pairing the violinist with Oscar Peterson and another with Stuff Smith. Also here are Louis Armstrong, a mainstay of Paris at this point in his career, and an early concert appearance by the Quincy Jones Orchestra from 1960. Toots Theilemans is in this set, as is Cat Anderson jamming with Claude Bolling, and Miles Davis and his band are represented by a track from their soundtrack to Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'Échafaud. Other not so normal appearances are by Sonny Criss and Rhoda Scott as well as Max Roach and Art Blakey. Of the Europeans, Georges Arvanitas, Alain Gorageur, Eddy Louiss & Yvan Julien, and Jean Bonal are included to offer an exciting portrait of the scene as it was expanding, but also supporting the whole of jazz history - New York wasn't even doing this at the time. The package is lavishly illustrated with a 60-page booklet featuring tons of rare photographs of the street and culture as well as musicians and clubs. There are concert programs, reproductions of record covers, and excellent liner notes, personal reminiscences, footnotes, etc. - all of them in both French and English lexicons. The price is very attractive, making each of these four volumes almost irresistible to historical jazz fans.

Disc 1: Rive Gauche
  1. Minou Drouet Stomp / Michel Attenoux
  2. Menilmontant / Barney Wilen
  3. Stewin' Up A Wig / Lucky Thompson
  4. Impulsion Pour Toi / Jean Bonal
  5. Sous Les Ponts De Paris / Pierre Michelot
  6. Une Nuit Au Violon / Jean-Luc Ponty
  7. Phenil Isopropilamine / Bobby Jaspar
  8. Lorre / Errol Parker
  9. Django / Stephane Grappelli
10. The Nearness Of You / Jack Dieval
11. Overdose / Daniel Humair
12. Sent For You Yesterday / Alix Combelle
13. Fumee Aux Yeux / Michel De Villers
14. Willow Weep For Me / Toots Thielemans
15. We'll Be Together Again / Sonny Criss
16. Brigitte Strip Blues / Georges Arvanitas
17. Surprise Partie Au Bord De L'Eau / Alain Goraguer
18. La
Mort / Martial Solal
Disc 2: Madeleine - Republique
  1. Les Oignons / Sidney Bechet
  2. Flying At The Olympia / Lionel Hampton
  3. Hello Dolly / Louis Armstrong
  4. On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Harold Nicholas
  5. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea /
      June Richmond
  6. Parisian Thoroughfare / Quincy Jones & His Orchestra
  7. Bluesette / Rhoda Scott
  8. Lil' Darlin / Cootie Williams
  9. Les Tricheurs / Jazz At The Philharmonic...
10. Mic's Jump / Jazz At The Philharmonic...
11. The Blues Walk / Donald Byrd
12. Liberte / Max Roach
13. Blues March / Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Disc 3: Les Grandes Rencontres
  1. Generique / Miles Davis
  2. Concerto No. 2, L'Ete / Raymond Fol
  3. Bess You Is My Woman Now / Eddy Louiss
  4. Milt Jackson's Tahiti / Kenny Clarke
  5. Crazy Rhythm / Lionel Hampton
  6. Stomp, Look And Listen / Swing Machine
  7. Makin' Whoopee / Oscar Peterson, Stephane Grappelli
  8. Blues In The Dungeon / Stuff Smith, S. Grappelli
  9. Lucky T. / Sammy Price, Lucky Thompson
10. Twins, The / Cat Anderson, Claude Bolling
11. Paul / Cat Anderson, Claude Bolling
12. Pentacostal Feeling / Lou Bennett, Donald Byrd


 



MOVIES
 

      ACTOR - FILMOGRAPHY     COMPOSER - FILMOGRAPHY  
  1. Le Glaive Et La Balance  (1963)
     (The Sword And The Balance)
     aka Two Are Guilty,
     aka Uno Dei Tre (Italy)
     directed by André Cayatte
     French, b/w

2. Ditirambo  (1969)
     directed by Gonzalo Suárez,
     Spanish, b/w

3. Nadie Como Tu  (1996)
     Lou played the leading role,
     he interprets the story of a great
     American Jazz musician who comes
     to Spain to perform.
1. Echoes And Rhythms Of My Church  (1964)
     (Echos Et Rhythmes De Mon Eglise, Ecos Y Ritmos De Mi Iglesia)

2. La Vil Seducción  (1968)
     (La Vile Seduction, The Abominable Seduction)
     comedy directed by José Maria Forqué (or Vargas?)
     Spanish, color

3. Ditirambo    (1969)
     directed by Gonzalo Suárez
     Spanish, b/w

4. Las Cosas Bien Hechas  (1974)
     short documentary directed by Pedro Vidal II
     Spanish, color

5. El Momento De La Verdad
     (The Moment Of Truth)
     directed by Francesco Rosi

6. Nadie Como Tu   (1996)
     (Nobody Eats You)
 
       

 
SOUNDTRACKS
 
Note: Anthony Perkins sings on the Louiguy soundtrack of the André Cayatte movie. Le Glaive Et La Balance - Musique de Louiguy
issued: 1963 7" EP ORIGINAL PATHÉ 45EG620 (France)

LOU BENNETT (org); KENNY CLARKE (dr)


  1. Le Glaive Et La Balance / L. Bennett & Kenny Clarke Jazz Combo
  2. I Sing The Blues / The Lou Bennett & Kenny Clarke Jazz Combo
  3. A Juan Les Pins / Cris Carol
  4. I'm Dreaming Of You / Anthony Perkins
  5. Au Cabaret De l'Isba / Louiguy Orchestra
  6. Tango De l'Archevêque / Louiguy Orchestra
     

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BEL AIR 411052


BELAIN/MARFER M30-504
Echoes And Rhythms Of My Church / Lou Bennett
recorded: early 1964 in Paris
issues: 1964 LP BEL AIR 411052 (first issue) ; 1969 LP BEL AIR 30 PA 7024 (F) ;
1967 LP NO BELAIN/MARFER M30-504 (Spain) ; BARCLAY

LOU BENNETT (org); RENÉ THOMAS (g on #A1,2,4; #B1) ; ART SIMMONS (p); MEMPHIS SLIM, THE DEAN SISTERS, VIN MORRIS, CHARLES "BIG" JONES (voc); GILBERT ROVÈRE (b); KENNY CLARKE (dr); CORO Y CONJUNTO RITMICO; DEAN COOPER (arr.)


Side A
  1. That Preachin' Man
  2. Glory Glory Hallelujah
  3. Jericho
  4. Echoes

Side B
  1. Elijah
  2. Sauveur, Ayez Pitié De Nous
  3. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
  4. This Train
  5. Que Feras-Tu ?

(D. Byrd)
(Traditional / arr.: L. Bennett)
(Traditional / arr.: D. Cooper)
(L. Bennett)


(D. Byrd)
(C. Jones)
(Traditional)
(Traditional)
(C. Jones)
     

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Review: Recording made in 1968 for the comedy 'La Vil Seducción', directed by José María Forqué. Soul-Jazz soundtrack, superb Hammond stuff composed and performed by Lou Bennett, much tougher than his usual stuff. Includes the extraordinary 'Movement', more than 6 minutes of fast Hammond Jazz.

FONOMUSIC 1399


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La Vil Seducción
Original Soundtrack composed by Lou Bennett
recorded: August 23, 1968 at studio Moro, S. A./Spain
issues: 1968 SONOPLAY S-26.017 ; 1997 FONOMUSIC CD-1399

LOU BENNETT (org); ANDRÉ CONDOUANT (g); PEER WYBORIS (dr)


  1. Movimiento (Movement)
  2. Poema (Poem) Bossa-Nova
  3. Seduccion (Seduction Blues)
  4. Tema Para Alicia (Theme For Alicia)
  5. Adios, Dona Inés (Goodbye, Dona Inés)
  6. Nostalgia (Blue Nostalgie)
  7. Indecision - Final (Indecision - Ending)
     

 


VIDEOS
 
    Jazz Au Blue Note
filmed 1962 in Paris, France
55 min, Secam VHS

HERB GELLER (as); LOU BENNETT (org); JIMMY GOURLEY (g); SIMONE CHEVALIER (voc); KENNY CLARKE (dr)


  1. It All Comes To Me Now
  2. Red Cross
  3. Honeysuckle Rose
  4. Jay Jay
  5. Lover Man
  6. Satin Doll
  7. Let's Face The Music And Dance
  8. How About You
  9. Low Life
10. Set 'Em Up


+ a Jam at "Trois Malletts" with ALBERT MANGELSDORFF (tb) plus TRUMPETS THREE
     
    Americans In Europe, Vol. 1
filmed 1963 in Koblenz/Germany
released: November 11, 1998 VHS VIDJAZZ 35
     
There is a little review in Jazz Magazine No. 113.   Broadcast ORTF1964
Radio or TV: ORTF
Broadcast and host name: Andre Francis
aired: November 6, 1964 at Salle Gaveau, Paris/France

RENÉ THOMAS (g); LOU BENNETT (org); KENNY CLARKE (dr)


  1. J. J.
  2. Meeting
  3. Echoes
  4. Satin Doll
  5. Night In Tunisia
(Clarke)
(Thomas)
(Bennett)
(Ellington)
(Gillespie/Paparelli)
     
    Au Conservatoire / SAXO 1000
April 4, 1980

JACQUES PELZER (as on #1, ss on #2, fl on #4); ROBERT JEANNE (ts on #1, 5), JOHN RUOCCO (ts on #2, 3, 5); HENRI SOLBACH (sax, fl, cl); STEVE HOUBEN (fl on #2, 5); MICHEL HERR (p on #4); WIM ESSED (cb); FELIX SIMTAINE (dr on #5)
Prés. N. Dor + interview LOU BENNETT, JACQUES PELZER, JIMMY GOURLEY, AL LEVITT


  1. Meeting
  2. Juliette
  3. I Remember Sonny
  4. Theme For Freddie
  5. Theme For Leo
     
Vibraphone player, drummer and percussionist Lubat devoted himself to contemporary music and Free Jazz, before creating a Jazz festival.   Jazz Collection / Bernard Lubat
1996, 52 min. France

BERNARD LUBAT (p, acc, perc, dr, vib) + collect 1. Lubat (vib, p, perc) x (b) 2. Compagnie Lubat (Uzeste) 3. visite prof, perc sur piano 4. JACQUES DI DONATO, ISABELLE DUTHOIT (cl); 5. KENNY CLARKE (dr); LOU BENNETT (org); 6. Lubat (p)


  1. Malcolm Lowry
  9. Dans L'Arène
     




Thanks to Mr. Manuel Perera and Mr. Pete Fallico for the Fonomusic & RCA scans,
and Erik for the Belair scans !




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