For the Nice Jazz Festival 1978 was a very good year. There were many exceptional performances with just as many great musicians. This album presents Guy Lafitte backed up by a talented different rhythm sections on the 11th, 13th, 14th and 16th of July. From the remarkable Gerry Wiggins or Hank Jones magnificent piano backing, Harry Edison (tp), Hank Crawford (as), sometimes with George Duvivier or Milt Hinton on bass and Jo Jones or JC Heard on drums. Boasting an impeccable sound all throughout this is a lovely album to listen again and again.

PERSONNEL:

ON TRACKS [1-3]

GUY LAFITTE, tenor sax
GERRY WIGGINS, piano
ROLAND LOBLIGEOIS, bass
JO JONES, drums

July 11, 1978

ON TRACKS [4],[5] & [7]

GUY LAFITTE, tenor sax
HARRY EDISON, trumpet
HANK CRAWFORD, alto sax
GERRY WIGGINS, piano
MILT HINTON, bass
JC HEARD, drums

July 16, 1978

ON TRACKS [5] & [9]

GUY LAFITTE, tenor sax
HARRY EDISON, trumpet
HANK JONES. piano
MILT HINTON, bass
JC HEARD, drums

July 14, 1978

ON TRACK [8]

GUY LAFITTE, tenor sax
ILLINOIS JACQUET, tenor sax
HARRY EDISON, trumpet
CLAUDE GOUSSET, trombone
HANK JONES, piano
PIERRE MICHELOT, bass
JO JONES, drums

July 13, 1978

TRACKS:

01. The Way You Look Tonight
02. It's A Talk of the Ttown
03. Tickle Toe
04. It Never Entered My Mind
05. Indiana
06. What Is All About
07. Out of Nowhere
08. In A Mellow Tone
09. Satin Doll