Mercury Records Collection: EmArcy MG-36120: Improvisations

MG-36120: Improvisations / Stephane Grappelly and his Quintet

Label Type :	blue EmArcy type C
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-36120A-1 MSI M A
	SIDE-B	MG-36120B-1 MSI M B

Comments

Inside The Groove

A nice modern violinjazz recording at Paris, from original French Blue Star recording.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Stephane Grappelly, one of the most important and legendary Jazz player of violin, is very famous as his era of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. The supreme collaboration with Django Reinhardt was definitely one of the best Jazz performances in the Europe.

This album, original recorded for French Blue Star label, captures Stephane Grappelly's another fine performance in his 1950s. Listen to his unique improvisations heard on all tracks - the Grappelly style. And this album also proves the quintet format is probably the one Stephane has long loved best.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	15812 (30382)	The Lady Is A Tramp (Rodgers - Hart)	3:02
A-2	15813 (30232)	Fascinating Rhythm (George & Ira Gershwin)	2:52
A-3	15815 (30380)	Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin)	3:09
A-4	15816 (31178)	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Maschwitz - Sherwin)	3:09
A-5	15817 (30379)	Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke)	3:00
A-6	15818 (30234)	'S Wonderful (George & Ira Gershwin)	2:29
SIDE-B
B-1	15819 (30383)	Someone To Watch Over Me (George & Ira Gershwin)	2:56
B-2	15820 (31780)	If I Had You (Shapiro - Campbell - Connelly)	3:19
B-3	15821 (31779)	Body And Soul (Green - Heyman - Sour - Eyton)	2:33
B-4	15822 (31781)	I Want To Be Happy (Youmans - Caesar)	2:11
B-5	15823 (30381)	(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way (Whiting - Moret)	2:27
B-6	15824 (30233)	Time After Time (Cahn - Styne)	2:42

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

A-2, A-6, B-6:
Stephane Grappelly (vln), Maurice Vander (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Baptiste “Mac Kac” Reilles (ds).
Recorded in Paris, France on February 6, 1956.

A-1, A-3, A-5, B-1, B-5:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in Paris, France on Febuary 14, 1956.

A-4, B-2, B-3, B-4:
same personnel as above.
Recorded in Paris, France on April 10, 1956.

Jackets

Front	Back

Labels

Side A	Side B