Sacha Distel - Jazz Guitarist (1954-1968)

Long overdue - and totally great ! This beautiful 2CD set brings together all the early jazz recordings of Sacha Distel — an artist who went onto become a pop vocalist in 60s France, but who was a great jazz guitarist in his early days ! Distel was a key part of the transition in French jazz of the 50s — as he took the guitar, and played in a style that was much more modern than that of older Parisian players — especially Django Reinhardt. His playing had a clean and clear approach that was really great, and which shines anew again in this excellent package. The set features work from the following sessions : an orchestral date with backing by Billy Byers ; a quintet session with Bobby Jaspar ; another quintet date with Hubert Fol on piano ; the soundtrack to the Roger Vadim film Les Sept Péchés capitaux ; and a stunning album recorded in 1968 with Slide Hampton. This last session is especially great, as it was a "back to jazz" date for Distel, and featured some great orchestrations that mixed together light orchestrations from Hampton, breezy guitar, and even a bit of bossa...

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Sacha Distel

Jazz Guitarist

Tracks

Cd. 1

1 Olympia Orgy (Byers)  2:43

2 On serait des Chats (Byers)   3:03

3 'Round About Midnight (Monk)  3:29

4 No 1 For Sacha (Byers)  2:59

5 Thanks Bill (Byers)   2:54

6 Avec ces Yeux-La (Legrand)  4:12

7 Piece of Pizza (Byers)   3:19

8 Blues For Tiny (Byers)  3:28

9 Scoth Bop (Byers)  2:47

10 Everything Happens to Me (Adair, Dennis)  4:18

11 Competition (Byers)  3:29

12 Sacha, Bill et Bobby (Byers)  4:57

13 No Sad Song For Sacha (Byers)   3:46

14 Stop and Go (Byers)  2:55

15 Half Nelson (Davis)  4:46

16 I'll Remember April (Raye, DePaul)  5:24

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Cd. 2

1 Marina [aka La Belle Vie] (Distel)   4:13

2 Blue Waltz de L'Orgueil (Distel)  4:48

3 Felicidade (Moraes, Jobim)  3:53

4 The Good Life (Distel)  3:34

5 Girl From Ipanema (Moraes, Jobim)  3:54

6 Francine (Distel)  3:38

7 Bird (Hampton)  3:16

8 Living Room (Hampton)   3:25

9 Who Can Tell Me Why ? (Hampton)  3:14

10 Saki (Hampton)/ Nuages (Reinhardt)  9:56

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Personnel

[Cd. 1, # 1-8] Sacha Distel - Jazz d'aujourd'hui (LP 25cm Versailles 2010)

Sacha Distel - g

Jean Liesse - tp

Billy Byers - tb & arr. [# 3 out]

Georges Grenu - ts

William Boucaya - bs & cl b

Gene Di Novi - p [# 2 & 6]

Pierre Michelot - b

George Duvivier - b [# 3 & 6]

Christian Garros - dr

Charles Saudrais - dr [# 3 & 6]

Recorded in Paris ;  May 28 [# 3 & 6], & June 1 & 2, 1956

[Cd. 2, # 9-12] Bobby Jaspar et Sacha Distel (EP Versailles 90 302)

Sacha Distel - g

Bobby Jaspar - ts

Billy Byers - tb & arr. [# 12]

René Urtreger - p

Benoit Quersin or Paul Rovère - b

Al Levitt - dr

Recorded in Paris ; September 11 [# 9-11], & 12 [# 12], 1957

[Cd. 2, # 13-14] Bobby Jaspar et Sacha Distel (extracts from France-U.S.A. - LP Versailles 8020)

Same as above, except

Billy Byers is out

Bobby jaspar - ts & fl [# 14]

Recorded in Paris ; September 11, 1957
[Cd. 2, # 15-16] (extracts from Jazz Boom n° 1 - LP Philips 77 101)

Sacha Distel - g

Hubert Fol - as
René Urtreger - p

Pierre Michelot - b

Baptiste "Mac Kac" Reilles - dr

Recorded at the Appollo-Théâtre, Paris ; May, 1954

[Cd. 2, # 1 & 2] Sacha Distel - Les 7 Péchés capitaux/L'Orgueil (Ep Philips 432 760)

Sacha Distel - g

Bernard - Hulin - tp

Raymond Le Sénéchal - org

Pierre Michelot - b

Kenny Clarke - dr

Recorded at the Studio Blanqui, Paris ; December 6, 1961

[Cd. 2, # 3-10] Sacha Distel - Back to Jazz with Slide Hampton (LP EMI 2C 062 10 025)

[# 3-6]

Sacha Distel - g

Slide Hampton - tb & arr.

Gérard Gustin - p

Paul Piguillem - g

Paul Rovère - b

Marcel Blanche - dr

Accompanied by a large orchestra

Recorded in Paris ; November 12, 1968

[# 7-10]

Sacha Distel - g

Slide Hampton - tb & arr.

Tony Fisher, Eddie Blair, Bobby Haughey, Duncan Campbell - tp

Nat Peck, Ted Barker, Bobby Lamb, Gibb Wallace - tb

Roy Willow, Ronnie Chamberlain - as

Keith Bird, Tommy Whittle - ts

Don Honeywell - bs

Laurie Holloway - p

Frank Clark - b

Ronnie Stevenson - dr

Recorded in London ; November 19, 1968

[Cd. 2, # 10 (Nuages)] Sacha Distel et son trio - Altitude 10 500 (extract from Philips 45t/m – médium B 372662 F)

Sacha Distel - g

Other musicians unknown

Recorded in the... clouds, on the Air France Caravelle "Alsace" ; April 17, 1959 ?

See also, in french

http://www.about-django.com/contemporain/sacha_distel/sacha_distel.php

About "Nuages", see (in french)

http://www.djangostation.com/Altitude-10-500,155.html