Boxset / Compilation · 2001
Tracklist
1 La Vie En Rose 2:29
2 Ballad In Paris 3:19
3 Jeepers Creepers 3:35
4 Hit That Jive Jack 2:55
5 Oh Lady, Be Good 2:30
6 Jalousie 2:56
7 Don't Blame Me 2:43
8 Sometimes I'm Happy 2:57
9 Jingles Bells 2:33
10 Tired Blues 2:39
11 Almost Like Being In Love 3:22
12 Steeplechase 2:49
13 Liza 2:52
14 Yesterdays 3:08
15 Midday On The Champs Elysées 2:49
16 Slow Burn 2:55
17 Caravan 3:10
18 Caravan [Alternate] 3:03
19 Jalousie [Alternate] 3:07
20 Toccata 4:18
21 Prélude 4:25
Line-up/Musicians
Double Bass – Joe Benjamin (tracks: 5, 7, 8, 12), Pierre Michelot (tracks: 1 to 4, 9 to 11, 13 to 16)
Drums – Bill Clark (tracks: 5, 7, 8, 12), Jean-Louis Viale (tracks: 1 to 4, 9 to 11, 13 to 16)
Piano – Bernard Peiffer
About this release
Gitanes Jazz Productions – 013 980-2 (France)
Reissue of the Blue Star discs: 10" LP's 6808 (1-8) & 6829 (9-16), 78rpm 260 (17) & 45rpm 8003 (20, 21)
Tracks 18-19 are previously unreleased
Recorded in Paris on March 3, 1952 (19, 20), March 12, 1952 (6, 17, 18), March 31, 1952 (1-4, 10), April 4, 1952 (5, 7, 8, 12), December 20, 1952 (16) and March 23, 1953 (9, 11, 13-15)
Thanks to snobb for the addition