Disques Swing · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Recorded In Paris & Cologne 1957 & 1960
| Recorded | Sep 23, 1957 |
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| Label | Disques Swing |
| Released | 1957 |
| Personnel | 24 credited players |
The record
Exile in Paris put Clarke at the center of the city's postwar modernist scene, and here he's surrounded by a thick huddle of alto players -- Fol, Aldegon, Nicholas, Gossez -- and rotating French rhythm sections. Cut in 1957, it's Klook keeping continental bebop honest.
Session personnel
- Hubert Fol — alto saxophone
- Jean Aldegon — alto saxophone
- Mickey Nicholas — alto saxophone
- Pierre Gossez — alto saxophone
- Armand Migiani — baritone saxophone
- Jean Warland — bass
- Pierre Michelot — bass
- Kenny Clarke — drums
- Francy Boland — piano
- Martial Solal — piano
- Maurice Vander — piano
- Raymond Fol — piano
- Don Byas — tenor saxophone
- Georges Grenu — tenor saxophone
- Lucky Thompson — tenor saxophone
- Tony Scott — tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Benny Vasseur — trombone
- Billy Byers — trombone
- Nat Peck — trombone
- Ack Van Rooyen — trumpet
- Bernard Hulin — trumpet
- Jean Liesse — trumpet
- Roger Guérin — trumpet
- Fats Sadi — vibraphone
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1986 | Disques Swing |
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