[1] Conception (George Shearing) - 3:16
[2] Tenderly (Jack Lawrence / Walter Gross) - 3:46
[3] Work song (Nat Aderley) - 3:29
[4] Over the raibow (E.Y.Harburg / Harold Arlen) - 2:26
[5] Loin du Bresil (Jaques Chaumelle / Valto Laitinen) - 3:35
[6] La sasion des pluies (Serge Gainsbourg / Elek Bacsik) - 3:56
[7] Three to get ready (Dave Brubeck) - 1:59
[8] The midnight sun will never set (Henri Salvador / Quincy Jones) - 3:22
[9] Gemini (Jimmy Heath) - 4:07
[10] So what (Miles Davis) - 3:52
[11] Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:55
[12] Room 608 (Horace Silver) - 2:22
A wonderful record from this enigmatic European guitarist -- arguably
his greatest ever, and darn hard to find until this CD was reissued!
The record features Bacsik in a group that includes Guy Pederson on
bass and Daniel Humair on drums, plus some excellent occasional organ
work by Maurice Vander. The tracks have a great soul jazz feel to them
-- with a focus on Bacsik's extremely unique tone, and his jagged way
of working the strings with a rich palette of harmonic colors. Titles
include "Conception", "Loin Du Bresil", "La Saison Des Pluies",
"Gemini", "Room 608", and "Goodbye". Wonderful sound -- and a real lost
gem of European jazz!
