BERNARD PEIFFER - La Vie en Rose (2001) Jazz In Paris 65 / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Bernard Peiffer was a popular pianist on the French jazz scene throughout a good part of the 1950s. This compilation collects a series of sessions (including both solo and trio dates) recorded in 1952 and 1953. Peiffer's approach to the piano is obviously influenced by Erroll Garner to a certain extent, especially on standards like "Jeepers Creepers" and "Lady Be Good." But he's also a compelling bop pianist, offering an impressive performance of Charlie Parker's "Steeplechase." His inventive approach to "Caravan" (heard in two separate takes) incorporates a dramatic shift in the bassline, adding a bit of stride piano in spots. Peiffer shows off his classical background in his dramatic showpiece "Toccata" (which was influenced in part by Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor), though this is very much a jazz piece. None of these titles have previously been issued outside of France, so this Jazz in Paris series reissue is a treasure awaiting discovery by jazz fans everywhere. by Ken Dryden
Tracklist :
1     La Vie en Rose 2:31
Mack David / Marcel Louiguy / Édith Piaf
2     Ballad in Paris 3:20
Bernard Peiffer
3     Jeepers Creepers 3:37
Johnny Mercer / Harry Warren
4     Hit That Jive Jack 2:56
Skeets Tolbert
5     Oh Lady, Be Good 2:31
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
6     Jalousie 2:58
Vera Bloom / Jacob Gade
7     Don't Blame Me 2:45
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
8     Sometimes I'm Happy 2:59
Irving Caesar / Vincent Youmans
9     Jingles Bells 2:35
J. S. Pierpont    
10     Tired Blues 2:38
Bernard Peiffer
11     Almost Like Being in Love 3:24
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
12     Steeplechase 2:51
Charlie Parker
13     Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) 2:54
Ira Gershwin / Gus Kahn
14     Yesterdays 3:10
Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern
15     Midday on the Champs Elysées 2:51
Eugénie Rocherolle    
16     Slow Burn 2:57
Bernard Peiffer
17     Caravan 3:12
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Juan Tizol
18     Caravan 3:04
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Juan Tizol
19     Jalousie 3:09
Vera Bloom / Jacob Gade
20     Toccata 4:19
Bernard Peiffer
21     Prélude 4:25
Bernard Peiffer
Credits :
Double Bass – Joe Benjamin (faixas: 5, 7, 8, 12), Pierre Michelot (faixas: 1 to 4, 9 to 11, 13 to 16)
Drums – Bill Clark (faixas: 5, 7, 8, 12), Jean-Louis Viale (faixas: 1 to 4, 9 to 11, 13 to 16)
Piano – Bernard Peiffer
Nota :
Reissue of the Blue Star discs: 10" LP's 6808 (1-8) & 6829 (9-16), 78rpm 260 (17) & 45rpm 8003 (20, 21)
Tracks 18-19 are previously unreleased
Recorded in Paris on March 3, 1952 (19, 20), March 12, 1952 (6, 17, 18), March 31, 1952 (1-4, 10), April 4, 1952 (5, 7, 8, 12), December 20, 1952 (16) and March 23, 1953 (9, 11, 13-15)