Claude Bolling

LIMITED EDITION 6-PANEL DIGIPACK

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

Presented here in its entirety is one of those tribute albums: Claude Bolling Plays Duke Ellington (Fontana 826.598-QY), recorded in a trio format in 1959. British drummer Arnie Wise would become a regular member of the Bill Evans Trio from 1965 to 1967. A 1956 complete trio session, originally released divided into two different EPs – Claude Bolling joue Georges Brassens et Sidney Bechet (Vogue EPL7127) and Claude Bolling joue Gilbert Bécaud et Boris Vian (Vogue EPL7128) – has been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

• CLAUDE BOLLING, piano
• JACQUES HESS, bass
• ARNIE WISE, drums

Paris, France, November 19, 1959.

(*) BONUS TRACKS (14-21):

• CLAUDE BOLLING, piano
• GUY PEDERSEN, bass
• JAPY GAUTHIER, drums.
• Paris, France, February 26, 1956.

TRACKS:

• 01 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
• 02 Satin Doll
• 03 Black Beauty
• 04 The Telecasters
• 05 Sophisticated Lady
• 06 Dancers in Love
• 07 Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
• 08 Day Dream
• 09 Just Squeeze Me
• 10 Lady of the Lavender Mist
• 11 I’m Beginning to See the Light
• 12 Prelude to a Kiss
• 13 It Don’t Mean a Thing
• 14 Le parapluie / Les amoreux des bancs publics / La mauvaise reputation (*)
• 15 J’ai rendez vous avec vous / La chasse aux papillons (*)
• 16 As-tu le cafard? / Jacqueline (*)
• 17 Promenade aux Champs Elysées (*)
• 18 Mes mains / Pauvre pêcheur (*)
• 19 Quand tu danses / Viens (*)
• 20 J’suis snob / Sophie (*)
• 21 J’aime pas / Cinématographe (*)

TOTAL TIME: 76:54 Min.