■GUY LAFITTE, tenor sax, with

Track #1: Bernard Hulin (tp), Benny Vasseur (tb), Raymond Fol (p, arr), Guy de

Fatto (b), Pierre Lemarchand (d)

RECORDED live at Théâtre de l’Apollo, Paris, May 26, 1954

Tracks #2-9: Guy Longnon (tp), Benny Vasseur (tb), William Boucaya (as), Michel

de Villers (bar), André Persiany (p, arr), Buddy Banks (b), Jacques David (d)

RECORDED at Pathé-Marconi Studios, Paris, October 8, 1954

Tracks #10-15: Roger Guérin or Fernand Verstraete #14-15 (tp); Benny Vasseur

(tb); René “Mickey” Nicholas (cl); Michel de Villers (as, bar); Claude Bolling (p,

arr); Paul Rovère (b); Roger Paraboschi or Christian Garros #14-15 (d)

RECORDED in Paris, April 26, and May 23 (#14-15), 1956

Tracks #16-18: Large orchestra featuring Bernard Hulin (tp), Claude Gousset (tb),

Martial Solal (p, arr), Christian Garros (d)

RECORDED in Paris, September 28, 1959