PAUL PIOT & SON ORCHESTRE

PAUL PIOT & SON ORCHESTRE

FRANCE, 1962, LP 305 V 035, série populaire, Ducretet-Thomson (MONO)

Hello everyone, it’s been a long time!  It took me longer than expected to be ready to rip and post again, but here I am with a first “new” post. 

If you’re into French Jazz or Jazzy “Varietes” orchestras from the 60s - think of Jacques Denjean, Jean-Claude Pelletier, Daniel Janin, Eddie Barclay, Eddie Vartan, Ivan Jullien, Claude Cagnasso … - this is for you. 

A fairly rare LP that I found recently in a box with cheap easy listening records of limited interest, and that, to the best of my knowledge, has never been posted on the web before and never made it to CD format.

The track list is a well-balanced mix of standards and originals with a French touch, composed and arranged by “Bill Ivory” (an alias for Paul Piot),

Paul Piot is better known as an arranger for many French singers and this album is – as far as I could find – his only “Jazz” album.  French Jazz aficionados will recognize several names in the personnel, well-known and respected jazz instrumentalists / soloists such as Guerin, Paquinet, Verstraete, the Hrasco brothers, Alf Masselier ….):

Trumpets:

·       Fred Gerard

·       Maurice Thomas

·       Roger Guerin

·       Vincent Casino (replaces Guerin in Self Service & Up to date)

·       Rene Leger

Trombones:

·       Andre Paquinet

·       Charles Verstraete

Saxophones:

·       Alto: Joe Hrasco & Rene Nicolas

·       Tenor: Pierre Gossez & Marcel Hrasco

·       Baryton: William Boucaya

Guitare:

·       Pol Peguillem

·       Rene Duchossoir (replaces Peguillem in I can’t get started & Too Close For comfort).

Piano

·       Very discreet and not listed: Paul Piot (I assume)

Double bass:

·       Alf Masselier

Drums:

·       Arthur Motta

·       Armand Molinetti (replaces Motta in Lovely & N’importe Quand).

Tracklist

A1            Just One Of Those Things                      1:50

A2            Self-Service *                                            2:25

A3            Bewitched                                                  2:50

A4            N'importe Quand *                                   2:10

A5            Too Close For Comfort                             2:20

A6            Suspense *                                                  2:45

A7            Out Of Now Here                                       2:10

A8            Lovely *                                                       2:50

B1            Up To Date *                                                2:50

B2            There'S A Small Hotel                                2:20

B3            Twentieth Century *                                   2:35

B4            I Can't Get Started                                     2:25

B5            September In The Rain                              2:00

B6            The Kart *                                                   1:45

B7            The Lady Is A Tramp                                 2:20

B8            Jennifer *                                                     2:15

(*) composed and arranged by Paul Piot (as Bill Ivory).

I hope you’ll enjoy it.  I have a few more French, Belgian and Dutch / pan-European big band albums that I plan to post shortly. As usual, comments are much appreciated.

N.B.  Track 13 was corrupted in initial folder. I re-post the individual track 13 for those who have already downloaded the whole folder and I replace the folder by a new one with all the tracks.