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That one
The original vinyl (on King Japan) also had one alternate of 'Gee baby Ain't I Good to You' (with Jymie Merritt instead of Chambers on bass).
Essential Sonny Clark!
I have the vinyl original of Jazz A Juan. Here is the tracks list:
side 1.
a- What Is This Thing Called Love 11:26
b- You're a Weaver Of Dreams 8:54
side 2.
c- Round About Midnight 10:20
d- Autumn Leaves 3:22
e- Ths Song Is You 7:55
The CD version has one additional track titled 'Antibes'.
It's not listed at Amazon.fr or ar FNAC.com.
Only mention - listed as currently unavailable - is from this other French site
Another Constant-Solal collaboration, also on Erato and also currently unavailable is this one:
Of Solal's reissued albums, I am a fan of the four volume series The Complete Vogue Recordings which is currently available.
Two recommended Konitz-Solal, first one on Steeplechase, second on Hatology
The Martial Solal score for Godard is a classic that has been kept being reissued!
Am not familiar with 'Stress'. It was created in 1977 at the Chateauvallon jazz festival. Solal and Constantplayed this at several occasions for the next ten years.
Marius Constant knows his jazz. He taught for a long time at the Paris Conservatory and invited Martial Solal to talk about jazz to his students.
A very interesting - strictly non-jazz - film score is the one Solal composed for the 1961 film 'Léon Morin, Prètre' by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film which is set in occupied France during WWII stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as a young priest in a small city. Don't think Solal's music to that excellent film has been issued!
It seems to go on and on...
all this after criticizing the recent ECM catalogue!
All I had in mind was to dissent with ECM's tendency to the pretentious!
Look at covers of recent ECM albums:
Pretentious might no be the exactly appropriate word but it's cold and arty (in its worst meaning)!
I posted the cover of a BN Jimmy Smith album with its living colors for a contrast.
The ECM discs these days tend to bring angst. much too often
Yes, I long for the joie de vivre that exploded from the cover and music of so many albums not too long ago.
There is enough angst in real life to avoid it in music! Or at least keep it as low as possible!
Now I'll go back to that 'Afternoon of a Georgia Faun' LP, one of several ECM albums I continue to enjoy!
This 'Eternity' material adds previously unissued tunes that were part of the Francis Paudras collection of unreleased Bud. Most of it was recorded at Paudras' home.
None of the sides were in the Mythic Sounds albums.