*2022 stock. In process of stocking* One of the few albums ever cut as a leader by pianist Ronnell Bright – a player best known for his accompaniment behind famous vocalists, like Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson! This rare date was cut in Paris – at a time when Bright was visiting the city with Vaughan – and it's a stripped-down trio date with a nicely relaxed feel – one that has Bright really opening up on the keys, in ways you don't always hear on his material with singers. Other players in the trio include Richard Davis on bass and Art Morgan on drums.
2021 repress, at Optimal in Germany using the metal mothers from Pallas. Limited edition [of] 1000 copies. Facsimile reissue using the original photo by Jean-Pierre Leloir for the back cover (front photo is lost) and orange Polydor labels, with double insert using an original photo from the session. Bottom foldover on back of jacket identifies the release (note the 2021 date): "℗&© 1958 - Reissued in 2021 by Fred Thomas for Sam Records under licence from Universal Music Classics & Jazz France, a label of Universal Music." Recorded at Studio des Dames in Paris on June 5, 1958. "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" appears as track A2 on the jacket, and "Johny Pate's Blues" [sic] as A3, but the actual sequence is reversed. (The labels show the correct sequence.)
