MILES DAVIS Ascenseur pour L'echafaud FONTANA 10" LP

$

78

ARTIST:.....Miles Davis

TITLE:.....Ascenseur pour L'echafaud

LABEL:.....Fontana 660.213

YEAR:.....1957

CONDITION:
Record: SIDE ONE: VG (some surface scuffing and light surface marks)
Record: SIDE TWO: VG (some surface scuffing and light surface marks)

NOTE: Both sides play with moderate surface noise - not overbearing, and no skips
Cover: VG++ (no split seams, no ring wear, no cover tears, no smudges )

SESSION NOTES:........Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet) Barney Wilen (tenor sax) Rene Urtreger (piano) Pierre Michelot (bass) Kenny Clarke (drums) "L'Olympia", Paris, France, November 30, 1957

COMMENTS:.....French pressing. Recorded on December 4-5, 1957, the music for ASCENSEUR POUR L'ECHAFAUD has an elegant, romantic air to it. Harmonically it is fairly simple, quite unlike many of the tunes Davis was then recording for Prestige and Columbia back in the States. In the company of such French jazzmen as Pierre Michelot and tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen, ASCENSEUR POUR L'ECHAFUAD is something of a throwback to the feel of Miles' early '50s Blue Note recordings with drummer Kenny Clarke. Rarely has Miles' open tone been more poignant, and that bittersweet quality probably owes something to Miles' ongoing affair with the film's leading lady, Jeanne Moreau.

PLAYLIST:
Side 1:Générique – 2:45
L' Assassinat de Carala – 2:10
Sur L'Autoroute – 2:15
Julien Dans L'Ascenseur – 2:07
Florence Sur Les Champs-élysées – 2:50 ...
Side 2:Diner au Motel – 2:58
évasion De Julien – 0:53
Visite Du Vigile – 2:00
Au Bar du Petit Bac – 2:50
Chez Le Photographe Du Motel – 3:50 ...

RECORD GRADING:
(SS) STILL SEALED.....never opened, still in original shrink wrap.....
(M-) MINT.....like new, no noticeable flaws whatsover.....
(VG++) VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS.....slightly less than mint, showing the slightest bit of wear.....
(VG+) VERY GOOD PLUS .....still in great condition but showing a bit more wear.....
(VG) VERY GOOD.....still acceptable but showing quite a bit of wear.....
A + or - (plus or minus) denotes slightly better or slightly less than a grade.




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