Tracklist
MOVING OUT
BRAINSTORM
LLOYD S BROTHER S TUNE
CRYSTAL BALL
SPRACKLIN
UP IN ALSACE
DINK
BLUE HUBERT
THE OFFICE
PAPIERMENTO
SNAKES
Recording Data
Recorded at Paris, France, 1957
Credits
Bass LLOYD THOMPSON
Drums AL LEVITT
Piano NICO BUNINK
Alto Saxophone HUBERT FOL
Tenor Saxophone BARNEY WILEN
BARNEY WILEN S MOTHER WAS FRENCH, HIS FATHER A SUCCESSFUL AMERICAN
DENTIST - TURNED - INVENTOR - - HE GREW UP MOSTLY ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA ...
THE FAMILY LEFT DURING WORLD WAR II BUT RETURNED UPON ITS CONCLUSION.
ACCORDING TO WILEN HIMSELF, HE WAS CONVINCED TO BECOME A MUSICIAN BY
HIS MOTHER S FRIEND, THE POET BLAISE CENDRARS. . . AS A TEENAGER HE STARTED A
YOUTH JAZZ CLUB IN NICE, WHERE HE PLAYED OFTEN. HE MOVED TO PARIS IN THE
MID- 50s AND WORKED WITH SUCH AMERICAN MUSICIANS AS BUD POWELL, BENNY
GOLSON, MILES DAVIS, AND J. J. JOHNSON AT THE CLUB ST. GERMAIN. HIS EMERGING
REPUTATION RECEIVED A BOOST IN 1957 WHEN HE PLAYED WITH DAVIS ON THE
SOUNDTRACK TO THE LOUIS MALLE FILM LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD ASCENSEUR POUR
L ECHAFAUD . TWO YEARS LATER, HE PERFORMED WITH ART BLAKEY AND THELONIOUS
MONK ON THE SOUNDTRACK TO ROGER VADIM S LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES 1960 .
UP FOR SALE A KILLER COPY OF THIS INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1957 MONO PRESSING,
ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER FRENCH JAZZ ALBUMS ... NOT A REISSUE, THIS IS THE
REAL THING WITH BEAUTIFUL SHINY AND HARDLY PLAYED FLAT EDGE VINYL RECORD -
JUST A COUPLE OF ULTRA TINY MARKS PREVENT TO GRADE SIDE TWO NEAR MINT BUT IT DOESN T AFFECT AT ALL THE STUNNING LISTENING PLEASURE THE COVER IS ALSO
IN STRONG SHAPE WITH A MILD CREASE ONLY VISIBLE ON THE BACK SIDE, NO WRITING.
MATRIX NUMBERS STAMPED IN THE TRAIL-OFF DEAD WAX : XPARTX 35635 / M6 182697
XPARTX 35636 / M6 182698 PLUS ETCHED : J-1239 PT1 / J-1239 PT2.
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