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Bon anniversaire Claude ! Je ne vous connais que de nom mais apprécie beaucoup votre travail !

Lassie Marie-Laure Jack Diéval

I removed "Christopher" on the french Wikipedia maybe one month ago with no problem...

'round midnight star eyes on green dolphin stree

Joe, you gotta fix that Jim Raney quick. Also, have a look to René Thomas...

I PUT IT ONE MORE TIME

I'm in! Thank you Bright Moments.

(I've not looked the answers of the others, I just give my impressions and propositions... #1 : A composition of Serge Gainsbourg composed c. 1958. Roger Guérin is the trumpet player. Gainsbourg was really a fantastic composer... A true lover of modern jazz. #2 : free-jazz? I don't know very well free-jazz. Great (US black?) sax player, interesting pianist, strong rhythm section. I suppose at least one of the musicians appears on your photos of the last Wax Poetics ? #3 : I love the double bass. The theme is familiar but I can't say more. The influence of the Bill Evans' works is evident. #4 : free-jazz again... big band... must be great to see live. #5 : I don't know why, the sax makes me think to Barney Wilen. The kind of jazz I'm fond of. #6 : the second sax is in the vein of Paul Desmond. Really nice band. #7 :the first notes I was thinking to Johnny Halliday "Les portes du pénitencier"! A nightmare! And then the trumpet player like the one on "Armstrong", the song of Claude Nougaro. Familiar but I can't say more. #8 : quiet tenor sax, in the vein of Lester Young but it is not him. #9 : Serge Gainsbourg again, "Quand mon 6-35 me fait les yeux doux". Arrangements of Claude Bolling ? I habe this album somewhere. #10 : I guess Jean-Claude Fohrenbach. #11 : the melody line at the beginning is exciting and the piano who follows immediately, amazing! Great players, nervous drummer. #12 : like Diana Krall at the very first. But she sings better than Krall. #13 : Yeah! Yé-yé! The guitarist could be Jimmy Gourley, but why there? the association tenor sax-guitar is quite good. Barney Wilen on sax ? #14 : it sounds as a mid-50s european band. Just an impression. Just swingin'. The sound of the (hammond?) is horrible... #15 : I'm sure I've already heard the leader somewhere, I can't find his name. I'm near sure that he played in France, but I'm not able to throw a name for the moment. #16 : Gainsbourg again, quelle classe!... Merci beaucoup Guy for this nice blindtest, I'm awaiting the answers with impatience!

Steven - How do you like this one? Great tempo. Separately, the three musicians are fantastics, and their reunion is quite a success. The eclectic choice of the compositions is interesting, I would recommend it. Links : Amazon.com, Dreyfus Records, CDUniverse

I second that. Me too, but as a student I can't help very much for the moment...

Bobby Broom Bobby Jaspar Bobby Lapointe

You can pick this up on http://www.universalmusic.fr/

Great! I'll be looking for that one. Now, I'm listenning one of the last albums with DeFran : André Ceccarelli Trio - "Avenue des Diables Blues" with Joey De Francesco (org), Biréli Lagrène (g) and André Ceccarelli (dm) EDIT : An exract HERE !

Is it of interest ? Philips (11 CDs - 75€)

I've never heard of them, but surfing on the Internet there are great things ! LISTEN (similar to the "Blue Stars" and "Double Six") A few links, doing a Gxxxxx search : Official website = http://www.realgroup.se/ http://www.singers.com/jazz/realgroup.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Group

Otto Von Bismarck Salvador Poe Eddie Barclay

Sorry Chuck, I missed you post !

And the name of the guitarist is still missing ...

I saved the video just before they removed it. I play the game : I'll try to put it again on GoogleVideo

I'm sure he plays bass with his left hand. I've seen him in clubs in Paris and we discussed about that. He said that it was his way in music, his own conception of organ not to use pedals. Here is an extract of the terrific left hand of Emmanuel Bex

No, Lou was non a 'non-pedal organist' but he recorded albums with bass players : 'Amen' (1960), 'Enfin !' (1963)... The bassist Michel Gaudry, who plays on an album of Lou Bennett, told me that Lou wanted a bass player to complete his sound. He used pedals since the beginning. I have a 45 of him recorded in United States probably in 1957 where he uses pedals. On other albums in the 60s like "Dansez et rêvez avec le trio Lou Bennett" he plays bass himself. Later, perhaps the "Bennett machine" helps ?

There was a copyright...

The french organist Emmanuel Bex never uses pedals. He plays bass with the left hand. Lou Bennett did albums with a bass player - I have to re-listen to know if Lou played bass with the pedals in the same time...