Claude Bolling, Rampal, Lagoya – Picnic Suite

Claude Bolling, Rampal, Lagoya – Picnic Suite
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Label/Cat#: CBS Masterworks MK 35864 | Country/Year: US 198_
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Label: CBS Masterworks
Catalog#: MK 35864
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 198_, 1980
Genre: Jazz

Tracklist:

1 Rococo 5:26
2 Madrigal 4:16
3 Gaylancholic 7:15
4 Fantasque 5:21
5 Canon 3:32
6 Tendre 5:58
7 Badine 4:38

Credits:

Bass – Guy Pedersen
Drums – Daniel Humair
Flute – Jean-Pierre Rampal
Guitar – Alexandre Lagoya
Piano, Producer, Composed By – Claude Bolling
Producer – Yves Chamberland

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode: 07464-35864-2
Matrix / Runout: DIDC-020101
Label Code: LC 0149

Claude Bolling (born 10 April 1930), is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.

He was born in Cannes, studied at the Nice Conservatory, then in Paris. A child prodigy, by age 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke. Bolling’s books on jazz technique show that he did not delve far beyond bebop into much avant garde jazz. He was a major part of the traditional jazz revival in the late 1960s, and he became friends with Oscar Peterson.

He has written music for over one hundred films, mostly French, starting with the score for a 1957 documentary about the Cannes Film Festival, and including the films Borsalino (1970), and California Suite (1978).

Bolling is also noted for a series of “crossover” collaborations with classical musicians. His Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio with Jean-Pierre Rampal, a mix of Baroque elegance with modern swing, has been a top seller for many years, and was followed up by other works in the same vein. It was particularly popular in the United States, at the top of the hit parade for two years after its release and on billboard top 40 for 530 weeks, roughly ten years.

Following his work with Rampal, Bolling went on to work with many other musicians, from different genres, including Alexandre Lagoya, Pinchas Zukerman, Maurice André, and Yo-Yo Ma. He has also worked with, and performed tributes to many others, including Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, Oscar Peterson. wikipedia

 

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George Wallington – Virtuoso

George Wallington – Virtuoso
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Label/Cat#: Denon 35C38-7248 | Country/Year: Japan 1984, 1st Pressing
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George Wallington – Virtuoso

Label: Denon
Catalog#: 35C38-7248
Format: CD, Album
Country: Japan
Released: Sep 1984
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop

Tracklist:

1 Moon Flower
2 Clearness Of View
3 Beautiful Eyes
4 Melody
5 Virtuoso
6 Temporal
7 Beautiful To Behold
8 Heart Of Hearts
9 Oh Foolish Leaf
10 Sociability

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Other (Japan Fix Price): ¥ 3.500

Biography

by Scott Yanow

George Wallington was one of the first and best bop pianists, ranking up there with Al Haig, just below Bud Powell. He was also the composer of two bop standards that caught on for a time: “Lemon Drop” and “Godchild.” Born in Sicily, Wallington and his family moved to the U.S. in 1925. He arrived in New York in the early ’40s and was a member of the first bop group to play on 52nd Street, Dizzy Gillespie’s combo of 1943-1944. After spending a year with Joe Marsala’s band, Wallington played with the who’s who of bop during 1946-1952, including Charlie Parker, Serge Chaloff, Allan Eager, Kai Winding, Terry Gibbs, Brew Moore, Al Cohn, Gerry Mulligan, Zoot Sims, and Red Rodney. He toured Europe with Lionel Hampton’s ill-fated big band of 1953, and during 1954-1960 he led groups in New York that included among its up-and-coming sidemen Donald Byrd and Jackie McLean (the latter succeeded by Phil Woods). Then, in 1960, Wallington gave up on the music business altogether and retired to work in his family’s air-conditioning company. 24 years later he re-emerged, recording three albums of original material before time ran out.

Review

by Scott Yanow

After 24 years off the scene, pianist George Wallington surprised many who had forgotten by him by recording this solo CD, the first of three. Although all ten of the selections are Wallington originals, his boppish style was largely unchanged from the 1950s, and some of the tunes are based on the chord changes of more common standards. However, the melodies are fresh, Wallington’s improvisations are full of joyful swing, and the overall results (available as a Japanese import through Denon) are quite appealing.

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