Buddy Collette - Jazz Loves Paris (1957)

Tracklist

01 - I Love Paris
02 - Pigalle
03 - La Vie en Rose
04 - Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
05 - Mam'selle
06 - C'est Si Bon
07 - Domino
08 - Song from 'Moulin Rouge' (Where Is Your Heart)
09 - The Last Time I Saw Paris
10 - Under Paris Skies
11 - Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (take 1 - alternate)
12 - Mam'selle (take 2 - alternate)
13 - The Last Time I Saw Paris (take 3 - alternate)
14 - La Vie en Rose (take 1 - alternate)

personnel :

Bass – Red Callender, Red Mitchell
Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Collette
Drums – Bill Douglass, Bill Richmond
Guitar – Howard Roberts
Trombone – Frank Rosolino
Tuba – Red Callender

Buddy Collette (switching between alto, tenor, flute and clarinet) performs ten songs associated with Paris on this 1958 session originally cut for Specialty. The CD reissue adds four alternate takes to what is still a brief program. Collette utilizes the tuba of Red Callender in some of the ensembles quite colorfully and there is solo space for trombonist Frank Rosolino, guitarist Howard Roberts and bassist Red Mitchell; Bill Douglass or Bill Richmond contribute tasteful support on drums. Such melodies as "I Love Paris," "La Vie En Rose," "C'est Si Bon" and the "Song from 'Moulin Rouge" are given concise but swinging treatment on this likable date.