MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED No, third pressing
MISCELLANEOUS Mono, with Inserts, Deluxe Facsimile Reissue
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE --
Kenny Clarke - drums
Sacha Distel - guitar
Percy Heath - bass
Connie Kay - drums
John Lewis - piano
Pierre Michelot - bass
Barney Wilen - tenor sax
i cover the waterfront - 6:51
dear old stockholm - 6:07
afternoon in paris - 9:23
all the things you are - 5:16
bags groove - 6:12
willow weep for me - 9:31
It was in Paris that John Lewis co-led this 1956 date with Sacha Distel, a French guitarist who never became well known in the U.S. but commanded a lot of respect in French jazz circles
The same can be said about the other French players employed on "Afternoon In Paris" -- neither tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen nor bassist Pierre Michelot were huge names in the U.S., although both were well known in European jazz circles
With Lewis on piano, Distel on guitar, Wilen on tenor, Michelot or Percy Heath on bass, and Kenny Clarke or Connie Kay on drums, the part-American, part-French group of improvisers provides an above-average bop album that ranges from "Willow Weep For Me", "All The Things You Are", and "I Cover The Waterfront" to Milt Jackson's "Bags' Groove" and Lewis' title song
The big-toned Wilen was only 19 when "Afternoon In Paris" was recorded, but as his lyrical yet hard-swinging solos demonstrate, he matured quickly as a sax man
A mythic LP and one of the best recorded in France!!!
RECORDING December 1956 in Paris, France
ENGINEERING Mark Fellows
LABEL Versailles
RE MASTERING Ray Staff
RE RELEASED 2021, 2023
AVERAGE RATING 4.66 Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Optimal Media GmbH Germany using the Metal Mothers from Pallas
MADE IN France / Germany
STYLE Jazz / Bop
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
