Boxset / Compilation · 2017
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Thin Ice (Lucky Thompson) 4:49
2. A Minor Delight (Lucky Thompson) 2:47
3. Takin' Care O'Business (Lucky Thompson) 4:18
4. Ballad Medley -Sophisticated Lady (Ellington-Mills-Parish)-These Foolish Things (Strachey-Link-Marvell) 6:22
5. One Cool Night (Lucky Thompson) 3:43
6. The Man I Love (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:35
7. There's No You (Adair-Hopper) 4:40
8. Gone with the Wind (Magidson-Wrubel) 2:55
9. Tight Squeeze (Lucky Thompson) 2:36
10. You Go to My Head (Coots-Gillespie) 4:52
11. Undecided (Shavers-Robin) 4:18
12. Don't Blame Me (McHugh-Fields) 4:46
13. Our Love Is Here to Stay (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:46
14. But Not for Me (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:42
15. Indian Summer (Herbert-Dubin) 4:03
16. Tenderly (Gross-Lawrence) 3:35
17. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (McHugh-Fields) 3:36
18. East of the Sun (Brooks Bowman) 3:06
19. I Cover the Waterfront (Green-Heyman) 3:22
Disc 2
1. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers-Hart) 4:13
2. Lullaby in Rhythm (Goodman-Hirsch-Sampson) 3:21
3. You Are My Dream (Jean-Pierre Sasson) 5:06
4. Lucky Strikes (Jean-Pierre Sasson) 2:46
5. My Love Supreme (Jean-Pierre Sasson) 2:19
6. Passin' Time (Lucky Thompson) 3:57
7. Nothin' But the Soul (Lucky Thompson) 4:46
8. Why Weep? (Lucky Thompson) 4:22
9. To a Mornin' Sunrise (Lucky Thompson) 5:16
10. Lullaby of the Leaves (Petkere-Young) 3:56
11. Fascinating Blues (Jean-Pierre Sasson) 3:58
12. Let's Try Again (Michel de Villers) 6:26
13. Stewin' Up a Wig (Gérard Pochonet) 3:54
14. Rainbow Inn (Lucky Thompson) 3:32
15. The World Awakes (Lucky Thompson) 3:27
16. Take Care... Beware [Capricorn] (Lucky Thompson) 3:45
17. My Heart Speaks (Lucky Thompson) 4:27
18. Seeing is Believing (Lucky Thompson) 3:54
19. Yard Bird's Pet (Lucky Thompson) 3:42
Disc 3
1. You Move, You Lose (Lucky Thompson) 2:43
2. Velvet Rain (Lucky Thompson) 2:44
3. One Last Goodbye (Lucky Thompson) 5:51
4. Fine and Lucky (Lucky Thompson) 4:18
5. Ow! (Dizzy Gillespie) 4:32
6. What is this Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) 4:38
7. Time on My Hands (Youmans-Adamson-Gordon) 4:01
8. Everything Happens to Me (Dennis-Adair) 4:41
9. Fine and Dandy (Swift-James) 4:05
10. I Should Care (Weston-Cahn-Stordahl-Roberts) 4:13
11. I Want a Little Girl (Mencher-Moll) 3:36
12. Paris Blues (Sammy Price) 7:15
13. Up Above My Head (Traditional) 2:50
14. Minor Blues (Thompson-Price) 4:17
15. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Casey-Pinkard) 5:04
16. How Long Blues (Leroy Carr) 4:18
17. Lucky T (Thompson-Price) 4:44
18. Embassy Boogie (Sammy Price) 3:12
Disc 4
1. Now's the Time (Charlie Parker) 2:52
2. The Squirrel (Tadd Dameron) 2:17
3. Stompin' at the Savoy (Goodman-Sampson-Webb) 2:36
4. Four (Miles Davis) 2:44
5. Have You Met Miss Jones? (Rodgers-Hart) 3:35
6. Solitude (Ellington-Mills-DeLange) 3:28
7. Soul Food (Lucky Thompson) 3:15
8. Pennies from Heaven (Burke-Johnston) 4:01
9. How About You? (Lane-Freed) 5:40
10. Midnight Sun (Hampton-Burke-Mercer) 3:27
11. Tea for Two (Youmans-Caesar) 3:35
12. Brother Bob (Lucky Thompson) 5:12
13. We'll Be Together Again (Fischer-Laine) 4:44
14. O.W. (Lucky Thompson) 5:01
15. Don't Blame Me (McHugh-Fields) 5:07
16. Blues for Frank (Emmett Berry) 6:18 *
17. Takin' Care O'Business (Lucky Thompson) 2:16 *
18. The World Awakes (Lucky Thompson) 3:43 *
Line-up/Musicians
Personnel on CD 4
Tracks #1-4: Kenny Clarke Quartet featuring Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson, tenor; Martial Solal, piano; P.Michelot, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.
Recorded at Pathé Marconi Boulogne Studios, Paris, France, September 26, 1957
Tracks #5-10: Lucky Thompson with the Gerard Pochonet Orchestra
Lucky Thompson, tenor and soprano sax (#5,9,10); Michel Hausser, vibes; Martial Solal, piano; Gilbert Gassin, bass; Gérard Pochonet, drums. On #7 only Lucky Thompson, tenor sax, and Prinz Ghana M’Bow, conga.
Recorded in Paris, France, January 14, 1959
Tracks #11-14: Lucky Thompson with the Gerard Pochonet Orchestra
Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Michel Hausser, vibes; Martial Solal, piano; Gilbert Gassin, bass; Gérard Pochonet, drums. On #12 only Lucky Thompson, soprano sax, and Prinz Ghana M’Bow, conga.
Recorded in Paris, France, January 15, 1959
Track #15: Lucky Thompson-Jack Dieval Quartet
Lucky Thompson, tenor sax; Jacques 'Jack' Dieval, piano; Jacques B. Hess, bass; Jacques David, drums.
Recorded in Paris, France, March 25, 1959
Track #16: Emmett Berry Quartet
Emmett Berry, trumpet; Henri Renaud, piano; Benoit Quersin, bass; Gérard Pochonet, drums.
Recorded in Paris, France, February 22, 1956
Tracks #17-18: Lucky Thompson Quartet
Lucky Thompson, tenor and soprano (#18) sax; Fats Sadi, vibes; Benoit Quersin, bass
Prinz Ghana M’Bow, bongos.
Recorded in Cologne, Germany, February 7, 1959
About this release
Fresh Sound FSRCD933 (Spain)
Thanks to snobb for the addition