Album Vol.1

by Sidney Bechet & Claude Luter

Album Vol.1 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1951
  • Label: Vogue
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Documenting a highly successful expatriate period in France, the legendary New Orleans reedman joins forces with a premier European traditionalist band. His dominant, intensely wide vibrato cuts forcefully through the enthusiastic ensemble polyphony, introducing authentic Gulf Coast fire to the Parisian post-war jazz scene.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, acoustic, vintage, live

Tracklist

  1. Promenade On The Champs-Elysees
  2. Egyptian Fantasy
  3. Blues In The Cave
  4. Royal Garden Blues
  5. Wolverine Blues
  6. Waiting For The Day
  7. In The Groove
  8. Society Blues

Credits

  • Sidney Bechet - primary artist, sopranino saxophone, written-by
  • Claude Luter Et Son Orchestre - primary artist
  • Roland Bianchini - bass
  • Claude Luter - clarinet
  • Fran莽ois "Moustache" Galip茅des - drums
  • Christian Azzi - piano
  • Bernard Zacharias - trombone
  • Pierre Dervaux - trumpet

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