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alexander, monty trio - live at montreux (33rpm lp)
[MPS 68.170]

24,56EUR

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MEDIUM Vinyl Record
AUDIOPHIL Yes
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
CONDITION RECORD M mint
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
BARCODE Yes
LIMITED No
MISCELLANEOUS Live recording

MUSICIANS

Monty Alexander – piano
John Clayton – bass
Jeff Hamilton - drums

SIDE 1

nite mist blues - 10:12
feelings - 5:36
satin doll - 8:21

SIDE 2

work song - 13:38
drown in my own tears - 3:59
battle hymn of the republic - 4:59

REVIEW

In the heart of the Black Forest, a region not only famous for its smoked ham and cherry gateau, the great-though-small record company MPS was active over many years

Label-owner was the producer and confirmed jazz enthusiast Hans-Georg Brunner-Schwer whose excellent live recordings, made in his own villa, have long become legendary

That the private label could hold its own on an international level is more than proved by the present recording made by the Monty Alexander Trio at the Montreux Festival in 1976

A world of truly hand-made music is conjured up by the Trio in the electrifying live atmosphere, - music filled with melodic and harmonic intensity and rhythmic agility

Blues passages are abruptly crossed by breaks, the old favourite Feelings has surely never been performed with such feeling, and finally the three musicians invite us to really let ourselves go with their Battle Hymn Of The Republic from the American War of Secession

This recording is not only one of MPS's true gems but also one of the most important recordings which Monty Alexander made in the "old world"

It goes without saying that the recorded sound is as fresh and pure as the mountain air in the Black Forest

RECORDING June 1976 in Montreux Switzerland
MASTERING John Timperley
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED November 1996
RE PRINTED August 2008
RATING 4 Stars out of 5
PRESSING Audiophil by Pallas Germany
SOUND Audiophil
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock

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This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 22 June, 2002.

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