Live album · 2020
Tracklist
Disc 1
1. Motion(Pelzer)
2. There'll Never Be Another You(Pelzer)
3. Lover Man(Pelzer)
4. Stella By Starlight(Pelzer)
5. Whose Blues(Pelzer)
6. Au Privave(Thomas Trio)
7. Blue Train(Thomas Trio)
8. Milestones(Thomas Trio)
9. Motion(Thomas Trio)
10. All Mornin' Long(Thomas Trio 1961)
11. It Could Happen To You(Jaspar-Thomas Quartet)
12. Never Morning(Jaspar-Thomas Quartet)
Disc 2
1. Milestones(Jaspar-Thomas Quartet)
2. It Could Happen To You(Jaspar-Thomas Quartet)
3. Oleo(International Jazz Quintet)
4. Ballata In Forma Di Blues(International Jazz Quintet)
5. It Could Happen To You(International Jazz Quintet)
6. I Remember Sonny(International Jazz Quintet)
7. Au Privave(Thomas Quartet)
8. Easy Living(Thomas Quartet)
9. Our Delight(Thomas Quartet)
10. Moonlight In Vermont(Thomas Quartet)
11. Well You Needn't(Thomas Quartet)
12. Blues(Rene Thomas-Jimmy Smith Trio)
13. Stardust(Thomas Quartet)
Line-up/Musicians
CD 1
Tracks #1-5: JACQUES PELZER MODERN JAZZ SEXTET Feat. RENÉ THOMAS
Jacques Pelzer, alto sax; René Thomas, guitar; Jean Fanis, piano; Paul Dubois, bass; Rudy Frankel, drums; Herman Sandy, trumpet (#2 & 5).
Recorded in Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 1955
Tracks #6-9: RENÉ THOMAS TRIO
René Thomas, guitar; Bob Roach, bass; George Braxton, drums.
Recorded at Café Lutece, Montreal, Canada, February, 1960
Track #10: RENÉ THOMAS TRIO
René Thomas, guitar; Benoît Quersin, bass; José Bourguignon, drums.
Recorded at Comblain-la-Tour Jazz Festival, July 30, 1961
Tracks #11-12: BOBBY JASPAR-RENÉ THOMAS QUARTET
Bobby Jaspar, flute; René Thomas, guitar; Jacques Hess, bass; Franco Manzecchi, drums.
Studio session for the show “Jazz aux Champs-Élysées”, Paris, November 6, 1961
CD 2
Tracks #1-2: BOBBY JASPAR-RENÉ THOMAS QUINTET
Bobby Jaspar, tenor sax & flute; René Thomas, guitar; Jack Diéval, piano; Jacques Hess, bass; Franco Manzecchi, drums.
Recorded live from the show “Jazz aux Champs-Élysées”, Paris, Fall 1961
Tracks #3-6: INTERNATIONAL JAZZ QUINTET
Bobby Jaspar, tenor sax & flute; René Thomas, guitar; Amedeo Tommasi, piano; Benoît Quersin, bass; Daniel Humair, drums.
Recorded live at Radio-TV, RTBF, Brussels, January 16, 1962
Tracks #7-11: RENÉ THOMAS QUARTET
René, guitar; Joël Vandroogenbroeck, piano; Benoît Quersin, bass; Daniel Humair, drums.
Recorded at Festival d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins, July 20, 1962
Track #12: RENÉ THOMAS-JIMMY SMITH TRIO
René Thomas, guitar; Jimmy Smith, organ; Donald Bailey, drums.
Recorded at Festival d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins, July 22, 1962
Track #13: RENÉ THOMAS QUARTET
René Thomas, acoustic guitar; Jack Diéval, piano; Jacques Hess, bass; Franco Manzecchi, drums.
Studio session for the show “Jazz aux Champs-Élysées”, Paris, late summer 1962
About this release
Fresh Sound Records FSRCD 993 (Spain)
Tracks #1-5 on CD1 from “Jacques Pelzer Modern Jazz Sextet” (Innovation ILP2)
Tracks #6-10 on CD1 and #3-6 on CD2 live recordings and broadcasts
Tracks #11 & 12 on CD1 and #1, 2 & 7-13 on CD2 © INA (Institut National d’Audiovisuel, Paris, France)
Thanks to snobb for the addition and js for the updates