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Maurice Vander is the self-titled album recorded in 1955 by Maurice Camille Gustave Vanderschueren, better known as his stage sir name Vander. This bop session was recorded in Paris, France on the Disques Vega label and the cover art/photography was designed by Roberlus Tervueren. The band, unfortunately, is uncredited on this session.
Eight standards were set for this recording session that included Pennies From Heaven, I’ll Remember April, The Nearness Of You, Strike Up The Band, How About You, There’ll Never Be Another You, Everything Happens To Me and Get Happy.
To my dismay and probably to that of others, I can find no audio version of this album and this album is out of print but there are a few used copies on the market that one may be able to claim and make a part of their collection.
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Three Wishes
The answers to Elmo Hope’s three wish request by the Baroness were:
- “To be working.”
- “To be in better condition than I am now.”
- “To help my fellow man.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Constellation is a contemporary jazz album by violinist Michal Urbaniak that was released on the Polskie Nagrania Muza label in May 1973.
The music was composed by Michał Urbaniak and was joined by drummer Czesław Bartkowski, Hammond B3 and Farfisa organist Wojciech Karolak, Fender pianist and bassist Adam Makowicz, and on vocals and percussion was Urszula Dudziak,
The tracks on the album consisted of only five songs – Bengal, Spokój, Lato, Seresta and Theme with two on side A and three on the B side for a total time of 41:56.
The design and photography were by M. Karewicz, recorded by W. Piętowski, and the engineer was H. Jastrzębska-Marciszewska for the live recording at the Warsaw Philharmonic.
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Three Wishes
The three things that Horace Silver wished for were:
- “Immortality.”
- “To be rich.”
- “A baby.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Hard Driving Jazz by the Cecil Taylor Quintet was recorded in New York City on October 13, 1958 at United Artists Records. This hard bop and modal session was licensed by United to Dillard et Cie, Imp. and released in 1959 on La Voix De Son Maître in Paris, France.
The cover photography was taken by Tom Burnside and the design of the cover was made by Griner/Lewis, the recording engineer was Fernando Vargas, Tom Wilson was the session producer and the liner notes were written by François Postif.
Four tunes made up this session composed by Chuck Israels, Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke, Kenny Dorham, John Klenner and Sam Lewis. Double Clutching, Like Someone In Love,Shifting Down and Just Friends for a short 33:14.
The players were Chuck Israels on bass, Louis Hayes on drums, Cecil Taylor on piano, Kenny Dorham on trumpet and on tenor saxophone was Blue Train (John Coltrane).
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