Artist : BOBBY JASPAR Title : Modern Jazz Au Club Saint-Germain. Orig issued in 1956 on French Barclay label - Barclay 84023.

After hitting Paris in 1950, saxophonist Bobby Jaspar enthralled jazz fans and jazzmen alike with his smooth, elegant playing, with the lyricism of his tranquil phrases heavily influenced by Stan Getz in particular. So when Jaspar began regularly performing with a small ensemble at the Club St-Germain five years later, he adopted the same instrumentation as that of his idol’s illustrious quintet, with Sacha Distel on guitar and René Urtreger on piano in the roles of Jimmy Raney and Al Haig, respectively. 
Contrary to what its title might suggest, ‘Modern Jazz au Club St-Germain’ was actually recorded in the studio. It features compositions by Milt Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis along with a handful of standards, in which the angular aridity of bebop gives way to the generous and yet sensitive idiom of cool jazz. 
Jaspar’s premature death in 1963 robbed the jazz world of a promising talent; this record is among his best efforts as a leader. Bobby Jaspar is in top form here !!!

- Pierre de Chocqueuse -

Recorded December 27 and 29, 1955 at the Pathé Magellan studio, Paris.
Original LP issue: Barclay 84.023.

Cat Number: SR07/1

Format : LP 12inch / New Deluxe Facsimile Reissue 180gr
Release date : 07/22/2014Recording : Recorded in Paris in 1955 for Barclay label - The original is impossible to find !!!
Personnel : Bobby Jaspar (Tenor Sax)
Sacha Distel (Guitar)
René Urtreger (Piano)
Benoit Quersin (Bass)
Jean-Louis Viale (Drums) Track list :  SIDE A
 1. Bag's Groove
 2. Memory of Dick
 3. Milestone
 4. Minor Drop

 SIDE B
 1. I Remember April
 2. You Stepped Out a Dream
 3. I Can't Get Started
 4. Night in Tunisia

Limited Edition 180 gr reissue by Sam Records - Remastered from Original Master Tapes - Original Art Work.
Record: Pressed by Pallas in Germany.
Double Insert - Photo by Jean-Pierre Leloir (see photo).


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