Claude Bolling

· LIMITED EDITION 6-PANEL DIGIPACK

· FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD.

· 16 TRACKS HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN ISSUED ON CD!!

· INCLUDES 10 BONUS TRACKS

Presented here is the complete original LP Sensas ! (Philips P-76.160 R), which showcases Bolling as the leader of his big band. The LP [tracks 1-10] appears here on CD for the first time ever, as is also the case with tracks 11-16, taken from rare 7” issues, which complete the 1957-58 dates from which Sensas ! was culled. An additional 1957 date on which Bolling plays extended versions of his own compositions completes this CD of brilliant and rarely heard music!

PERSONNEL:

• CLAUDE BOLLING, piano/conductor & His Big Band

• COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
• Fred Gerard, Fernand Verstraete, Roger Guerin, Robert Fassin (tp), Claude Gousset, Benny Vasseur, Bill Tamper, Raymond Katarzynski (tb), René “Mickey” Nicolas, Georges Grenu (as), Pierre Gossez, Guy Lafitte (ts), Armand Migiani (bar), Alf “Totole” Masselier, Pierre Michelot (b), Arthur Motta (d) among others.

Paris, France, November 1957-October 1958.

TRACKS:

• 01 Bad Boy
• 02 Diana
• 03 Le jour où la pluie viendra
• 04 My Prayer
• 05 The Lady Is a Tramp
• 06 Sarah
• 07 Bewitched
• 08 Raunchy
• 09 Cry Me a River
• 10 Sensas [Too Much]
• 11 The Great Pretender(*)
• 12 Lovin’ You (*)
• 13 Que l’amour me pardonne (*)
• 14 Piccolisima serenata (*)
• 15 Portofino (*)
• 16 Si tú vas a Rio (*)
• 17 Genevieve (*)
• 18 Rue de la Paix (*)
• 19 Piccadilly Romeo (*)
• 20 Rocky (*)

• (*) Bonus tracks: From the same sessions, but not included on the original LP.

• TOTAL TIME: 72:01 Min.