Bill Coleman Meets Guy Lafitte

by Montreux Jazz Festival

Overview

This CD reissues trumpeter Bill Coleman's complete set at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival, expanding the original LP from six to eight songs. Coleman matches well with the thick-toned tenor of Guy Lafitte and both seem to inspire each other. On swing standards, blues and basic originals, the two horns are assisted by pianist Marc Hemmeler, bassist Jack Sewing and drummer Daniel Humair. There are not many Bill Coleman CD's available domestically (he owed his near-anonymity to the fact that he spent so many decades living in Europe), making this one well worth picking up. Coleman excels in the small-group setting, performing such numbers as "Blue Lou," "Idaho" and "I Want A Little Girl" (singing the latter). Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	09/11/1993
Label:	Bridge
UPC:	0090404901621
Rank:	171873

Tracks

1. Sonata for viola & piano in F major, Op. 11/4
2. M¿¿rchenbilder No. 3 (Rasch), for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113/3
3. M¿¿rchenbilder No. 3 (Rasch), for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113/3
4. M¿¿rchenbilder No. 3 (Rasch), for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113/3
5. M¿¿rchenbilder No. 3 (Rasch), for viola (or violin) & piano, Op. 113/3
6. Beau soir ("Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivi¿¿res sont roses"), song for voice & piano, L. 6
7. Suite Populaire Espagnole, for violin & piano (arr. from "Popular Spanish Songs" by Kochanski)~El Pa¿¿o Moruno
8. Suite Populaire Espagnole, for violin & piano (arr. from "Popular Spanish Songs" by Kochanski)~Nana
9. Suite Populaire Espagnole, for violin & piano (arr. from "Popular Spanish Songs" by Kochanski)~Canci¿¿n
10. Suite Populaire Espagnole, for violin & piano (arr. from "Popular Spanish Songs" by Kochanski)~Polo
11. Suite Populaire Espagnole, for violin & piano (arr. from "Popular Spanish Songs" by Kochanski)~Asturiana
12. Suite Populaire Espagnole, for violin & piano (arr. from "Popular Spanish Songs" by Kochanski)~Jota
13. Romance, for viola & orchestra in F major, Op. 85

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Montreux Jazz Festival   Primary Artist
Umze/Ven. Lobsang Tenzin   Primary Artist
Shartse College of Ganden Monk   Primary Artist
Karen Dreyfus   Primary Artist,Viola
Bill Coleman   Primary Artist,Flugelhorn,Trumpet
Guy Lafitte   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Daniel Humair   Drums
Marc Hemmeler   Piano
Jack Sewing   Bass
Robert McDonald   Piano
Ven. Lobsang Tenzin   Chant

Technical Credits

David Lewiston   Producer,Engineer
Irving Mills   Composer
Carlos Olms   Engineer
Dizzy Gillespie   Composer
Edgar Sampson   Composer
Ralph Erwin   Composer
Jesse Stone   Composer
Alan Bates   Producer
Guy Lafitte   Composer,Performer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
David Starobin   Mastering
Billy Moll   Composer
Becky Starobin   Managing Director
Max Wilcox   Producer,Recording
Murray Mencher   Composer
Malcolm Walker   Design
Bill Coleman   Performer,Composer
Michael Diffenderffer   Assistant
Anne Caldwell   Composer
Paul Zinman   Mastering
Christian Steiner   Photography
Alun Morgan   Liner Notes