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Boillat Therace, Benny Bailey

My Greatest Love (CD)

LabelWe Release Jazz

FormatCD

GenreJazz

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CD version. We Release Jazz present a reissue from Geneva's Boillat Thérace Quintet, the My Greatest Love album, featuring bebop and hard-bop legend Benny Bailey and available for the first time since 1975. Galvanized by the creation of the Montreux Jazz Festival in the late '60s and lively local scenes, jazz music was healthy and booming in Switzerland in the 1970s. One band that beautifully captured this energy was Jean-François Boillat and RaymondThérace's Boillat Thérace Quintet whose self-titled debut (WRJ 006CD/LTD-LP) and impressive Montreux appearance set the tone for quality Helvetic jazz in 1974. Following this first excellent impression, the Boillat-Thérace ensemble connected with American trumpeter Benny Bailey and recorded the magnificent My Greatest Love in May and June of 1975. The modal, hard bop, and soul-jazz gem includes first-class takes on Freddie Hubbard's "Gibraltar", Kenny Dorham's "Blue Bossa", and Jimmy Heath's "Gemini", plus deliciously funky originals from the Geneva crew, including the upbeat "Le Colin" and the swaying fan-favorite "Prompt" and it's thrilling solos. Bailey is on trumpet and flugelhorn, Boillat on Fender Rhodes and piano, Thérace on saxophone and flute, Roger Vaucher on Fender bass, Eric Wespi on drums, and Rogelio Garcia on percussion and tenor saxophone -- heavy sessions and deep vibes. This is reissued in conjunction with Boillat Thérace Quintet's self-titled debut album from 1974 (WRJ 006CD/LTD-LP). Swiss jazz bliss!

Details
Cat. number: WRJ007CD
Year: 2020

Format

Released in a digipak with obi strip.

Release notes

Released in a digipak with obi strip.

Tracklist
1Prompt5:53
2Gibraltar6:17
3Blue Bossa6:45
4Le Colin7:02
5My Greatest Love5:06
6Gemini7:05
Credits
Raymond Therace
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute
Roger Vaucher
Bass
Eric Wespi
Drums
Paul Delisle
Engineer
Rogelio Garcia
Percussion, Tenor Saxophone
Jean-François Boillat
Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes]
Benny Bailey
Trumpet, Flugelhorn

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