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Bobby Jaspar Early Years From \'Be-Bop\' To \'Cool\' 1947-1951 Featuring Bob Shots For Sale

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Personnel:

Bobby Jaspar (cl, ts), Jean Bourguignon, Herman Sandy,Armand Bilak (tp), Jacques Pelzer (as), Jean-Marie Vandresse, Jean Leclère,Francy Boland, Henri Renaud (p), Sadi (vib, vcl), Pierre Robert, René Thomas(g), Charles Libon, Vic Geets, Georges Leclercq, Pierre Michelot (b), AndréPutsage, Geo Steene, Pierre Lemarchand (d)

Reference: FSRCD977

This CD includes the early steps of Bobby Jaspar as a jazzmusician, when he started on clarinet and then tenor saxophone, as he formedthe young award-winning Belgian band they called “Bob Shots” —the first inEurope to play “be-bop” back in 1947 under the guidance of Jaspar\'s influence,Don Byas. One year later he met Lucky Thompson onstage in an enrichingexperience, and he became his new inspiration. These two encounters helpedBobby grow musically in a way that would make him a success everywhere, a blendof styles that was a compromise between the turbulence of Thompson, LesterYoung, Eddie \'Lockjaw\' Davis, etc., and the rhapsodic style of Byas andHawkins.

Already as a professional in Paris in 1950, he adopted thenew “cool” sound, influenced at the beginning by Warne Marsh and then later byhis new aesthetic referent Stan Getz. “A pure sonority, like that of Getz, ispreferable to an abortive imitation of the black sound,” Jaspar said.Jazz-Hot’s Lucien Malson said of Jaspar that he was “one of the few tenors inEurope who could compare to any of the white American tenor saxophonists andcome out on top.”

Although the sound quality of these recordings is generallyacceptable, it has issues at times and we haven’t been able to clean theoriginal source as well as we would have liked. That said, they are still anexceptional document that not only puts in value the unforgettable BobbyJaspar, but also reminds us of the origins of the best jazz generation toemerge from Belgium.

Tracklist

01. Oop Bop Sh’ Bam (Dizzy Gillespie) 2:29

02. Moonlight in Vermont (Blackburn-Suessdorf) 2:52

03. Anthropology (Charlie Parker) 5:05

04. Thelonious (Thelonious Monk) 1:32

05. Our Delight (Tadd Dameron) 2:46

06. Embraceable You (G. & I. Gershwin) 1:53

07. Wee-Dot (Johnson-Parker) 2:35

08. I Can’t Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) 2:37

09. When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Romberg-Hammerstein II)2:34

10. Relaxin’ at Camarillo (Charlie Parker) 2:55

11. Jack the Hipster (Jack Sels) 2:34

12. That’s My Desire (Kresa-Loveday) 2:43

13. Boppin’ at the Doge (Francis Coppieters) 2:32

14. Embraceable You (G. & I. Gershwin) 1:56

15. Boppin’ for Haig (Bobby Jaspar) 2:39

16. Pastel Blue (Shavers-Shaw, arr. P.Robert) 2:50

17. Tenderly (Gross-Lawrence) 2:48

18. If I Had You (King-Shapiro) 2:16

19. Bobby’s Beep (Bobby Jaspar) 2:50

20. How About (Bobby Jaspar) 3:01

21. Don’t Be That Way (Goodman-Sampson-Parish) 3:17 *

22. I’ve Found a New Baby (Williams-Johnson) 2:10 *

23. Ain’t Misbehavin (Waller-Brooks) 3:06 *

24. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (Ellington-Mercer)3:00 *

25. Body and Soul (Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton) 3:38 *

Total time: 70:12min.

(*) Bonus Tracks

Sources:

Tracks #1 & 2: 78 rpm Olympia 5302

Track #3: Private tape

Tracks #4-10: Private paper tape

Tracks #11 & 12: 78 rpm Pacific 2323

Tracks #13 & 14: 78 rpm Pacific 2325

Tracks #15 & 16: 78 rpm Pacific 2326

Track #17: 78 rpm Saturne 3005

Track #18: 78 rpm Saturne 3006

Tracks #19 & 20: 78 rpm Vogue 5097

Tracks #21 & 22: 78 rpm Continental Acetate

Tracks #23 & 24: 78 rpm Liège Experimental Acetate

Track #25: Private paper tape

Personnel:

Tracks #1-2: THE BOBSHOTS

Jean Bourguignon, trumpet; Bobby Jaspar, clarinet &tenor sax; Jacques Pelzer, alto sax; Jean-Marie Vandresse, piano; PierreRobert, guitar; Charles Libon, bass; André Putsage, drums.

Recorded in Brussels,February 10, 1947

Track #3: JEANLECLÈRE / BOB SHOTS ORCHESTRA

Herman Sandy, trumpet; Bobby Jaspar, tenor sax; JacquesPelzer, alto sax; Jean Leclère, piano; Sadi, vibes; Pierre Robert, guitar; VicGeets, bass; Geo Steene, drums.

Recorded at theFestival de Jazz de Nice, February 1948

Tracks #4-10: THE BOBSHOTS

Jean Bourguignon, trumpet; Bobby Jaspar, tenor sax; JacquesPelzer, alto sax; Jean-Marie Vandresse, piano; Pierre Robert, guitar, vocals(#4); Georges Leclercq, bass; André Putsage, drums.

Recorded in Liège,July 1948

Tracks #11-16: THEBOB SHOTS

Jean Bourguignon, trumpet; Bobby Jaspar, tenor sax; JacquesPelzer, alto sax; Pierre Robert, guitar; Francy Boland, piano; Sadi, vibes,vocals (#12 & 14); Georges Leclercq, bass; John Ward, drums.

Recorded in Paris,May 16-17, 1949

Tracks #17-20: BOBBYJASPAR QUARTET

Bobby Jaspar, tenor sax; Henri Renaud, piano; PierreMichelot, bass; Pierre Lemarchand, drums.

Recorded in Paris,May 5 and November 1951

Tracks #21-22:ORCHESTRE DU COSMOPOLITE

Bobby Jaspar, clarinet; Vicky Thunus, piano (#21); OscarArvedson, guitar (#21); Paul Dubois, bass, piano (22); JeanPierre Ackermans,drums.

Recorded in Brussels,Hôtel Cosmopolite, January 1945 (Acetate Continental)

Tracks #23-24: THEBOB SHOTS

Armand Bilak, trumpet; Bobby Jaspar, clarinet & tenorsax; Jacques Pelzer, alto sax; Sadi, piano & vocals (#23); Pierre Robert,guitar; Charles Libon, bass; André Putsage, drums.

Recorded in the LiègeExpérimental Studio, Liège 1946

Track #25: BOBBYJASPAR QUARTET

Bobby Jaspar, tenor sax; René Thomas, guitar; Sadi, vibes;Georges Leclercq, bass.

Recorded in Liège1948

Special thanks to Jean-Pol Schroeder and the Maison du Jazzde Liège for their help in making this project possible.

Remastered by Marc Doutrepont

Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol

Mono · 24-BitDigitally Remastered

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Bobby Jaspar Early Years From \'Be-Bop\' To \'Cool\' 1947-1951 Featuring Bob Shots For Sale

Bobby Jaspar Early Years From \'Be-Bop\' To \'Cool\' 1947-1951 Featuring Bob Shots: $19.98

Bobby Jaspar Early Years From \'Be-Bop\' To \'Cool\' 1947-1951 Featuring Bob Shots:
$19.98