André Persiany - André Persiany and His Orchestra

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:16
Size: 166,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:22) 1. Halbe Funf
(2:32) 2. King Porter Stomp
(3:34) 3. Blue Organ
(2:08) 4. Lover Come Back To Me
(2:26) 5. T. Bone Steack
(3:09) 6. Christmas Song
(2:32) 7. Finnts The Prince
(3:27) 8. Mamoune
(3:51) 9. Beer Barrel Bounce
(2:56) 10. Little Story
(1:50) 11. Serenade In Twelve Bars
(2:02) 12. Swingin’ The New A.p. Blues
(3:33) 13. Jean-paul’s Wedding Day
(2:26) 14. Just For Fun
(2:22) 15. Panorama
(4:46) 16. Two Cats And A Piece Of Lung
(0:39) 17. One O’clock Jump
(2:56) 18. Shorty George
(3:45) 19. Blue And Sentimental
(4:46) 20. Miss Thing
(2:53) 21. Swinging The Blues
(4:51) 22. Jive At Five
(5:17) 23. Topsy

There was a special sort of magic in the larger groups on the French scene of the postwar years a quality of playing and arrangement that wasn't the same as American big bands, and which instead brought in some really creative interplay between the instrumental elements in the lineup! It might be said that these groups were born after bop, and also carried some modern jazz ideas forward too and that's definitely the case here, with work from pianist Andre Persiany whose groups on the record are all pretty darn hip!

As indicated by the title, there's some wonderful work from Guy Lafitte on tenor a player who can move between familiar and modern modes with effortless ease and other players inlcude Bill Jackson and Lucian Juanico on trumpets, Michel De Villers on baritone, Maurice Meunier and Jean Claude Fohenbach on tenors, and Teddy Hameline and Michel Attenoux on altos players who move beautifully together under Persiany's leadership.

A number of cuts are originals by the leader, and there's a number of Basie tunes, remade in a great way as the 23 track CD pulls together material from three different 10" album releases, the last of which is Andre Persiany Joue Count Basie. Titles include "Halbe Funf", "Blue Organ", "T Bone Steak", "Beer Barrel Bounce", "Little Story", "Panorama", "Shorty George", "Two Cats & A Piece Of Lung", and "Just For Fun". © 1996-2023, Dusty Groove, Inc.https://www.dustygroove.com/item/114968/Andre-Persiany:Andre-Persiany-His-Orchestra-Featuring-Guy-Lafitte

Personnel: André Persiany (p, org), Guy Longnon, Bill Jackson, Lucien Juanico, Pierre Thibault (tp), Benny Vasseur, Gaby Villain, André Paquinet, Charles Verstraete, Bill Tamper, Claude Gousset (tb), William Boucaya, Teddy Hameline, André Dabonneville, René Godard, Michel Attenoux (as), Guy Lafitte, Maurice Meunier, Armand Conrad, Georges Bessieres, Jean-Claude Fohrenbach (ts), Michel de Villers, Robert Bagneres (bs), Pierre Cullaz (g), Buddy Banks, Benoit Quersin, Paul Rovère (b), Jacques David, Teddy Martin, Christian Garros (d), Fats Sadi (perc)

André Persiany and His Orchestra

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Andre Persiani - The Real Me

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:18
Size: 142.6 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:49] 1. If Dreams Come True
[4:06] 2. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
[8:49] 3. Gwendolyn
[4:23] 4. Straight Life
[4:26] 5. King Porter Stomp
[6:06] 6. Don't Worry About Me
[4:32] 7. The Real Me
[6:04] 8. What I Am Here For
[4:29] 9. Straight Life (Take 1)
[3:35] 10. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
[4:04] 11. King Porter Stomp (Take 1)
[7:48] 12. Gwendolyn (Take 1)

André Persiani, also known as Persiany, was a French jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader who, "with his block-chord technique as the stylistic successor of Milt Buckner.

Persiany, from 1946 onwards, directed his own formations, a. with Joseph Reinhardt and Michel de Villers, played with the Be Bop Minstrels (1947/48) with Robert Mavounzy and Emmanuel Soudieux, as well as duo with the pianist Eddie Bernard. He was best known for his collaboration with American musicians such as Sidney Bechet, Don Byas and Bobby Jaspar (1953), Buck Clayton (1949), Lionel Hampton, Bill Coleman, Kenny Clarke (1948), Big Bill Broonzy, Albert Nicholas and Mezz Mezzrow, also under the pseudonym Jules Dupont in 1954 in the orchestras of Bernard Zacharias and Charlie Singleton, the latter also as a Celesta player. In January 1953 he accompanied Django Reinhardt with four numbers; he also wrote arrangements for Henri Salvador. In 1956, he moved to the United States for the first time, performing in the Metropole with Zutty Singleton, Charlie Shavers and Roy Eldridge, and Birdland. In 1956 he had the opportunity to record a big-band album for Columbia (Impressions in New York); he led the Big Band formation International Jazz Group, a. Seldon Powell, Taft Jordan, Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn and Eddie Barefield. In 1958 he accompanied Hildegard Knef (alias "Hildegarde Neff") with some of his songs by Boris Vian and Harry Warren / Al Dubin (Das Mädchen von Hamburg).

In the 1960s he worked in the quartet of trumpeter Jonah Jones; In 1970 he returned to France. There he continued his collaboration with Americans such as Charlie Shavers, Milt Buckner, Cat Anderson, Arnett Cobb / Eddie Chamblee and Budd Johnson as well as the French Christian Garros, Guy Lafitte, Gérard Pochonet and Bernard Vitet Le Furstemberg. He worked as an arranger, a. for Al Gray (Trombone by five, 1977). Among his recordings are Swinging Here and There (1958 for Pathé), The Real Me (1970, Black & Blue) and Every Night at Furstemburg (1977).

The Real Me

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