Artist:  The Claude Bolling Trio

Title:  Jazz a la Francaise

Date:  1984

Label:  CBS Records   FM 39224

Cover Illustration:  Raymond Moretti

Back Cover Photos:  Francois Perol

Notes:  Known more for his "suites" than jazz sessions Claude seems right at home in a trio setting. His French companions hold their own as he swings his way across the keyboard and leads them into the night. The music touches on the roots of jazz as seen through the eyes of one who has played all around the edges and has now made the decision to sit right down in the middle of the music and play. The cover art captures some of this feeling with its sense of motion and tension. Claude should step out more often.

Line Up: 

Claude Bolling - piano
Jean-Francois Rouge - bass
Steve La Spina - bass
Jean-Luc Dayan - drums

Track Listing

Side 1

À la Française
Garnerama
Bach to Swing

Side 2

Etude in Blue
Not This Time
Blue Kiss from Brazil
Fiancées en Folie