Tuesday, June 3, 2008

michel sardaby - gail (1974)





Caribbean-born French pianist Michel Sardaby released this in 1974 - there's three or four dreamy rhodes tracks and a few piano trio numbers. I particularly like Richard Davis' bass playing on this. "Welcome New Warmth" has been on a few compilations before.

Sardaby was born in Fort de France, Martinique in the French West Indies in 1935. Surrounded constantly by music in his dad's brasserie, he bacame a child prodigy on the piano. he went on to study art at the Boulle School in Paris before deciding to concentrate on a career as a jazz pianist. Throughout the 60s, he played piano with blues musicians like Sonny Boy Williamson and T-Bone Walker, at the same time beginning to release more jazz-focused solo albums.

I have no idea who "Gail" was/is, but i'm sure she can't have been too happy when he released an album called "Karen" in 2003 ...

TRACKLIST

 01. Gail
02. Spindrift
03. Ten Kisses Short As One
04. Welcome New Warmth
05. Help Me Belong Here
06. Song For My Children
07. One Long As Twenty
08. Sambando Nas Ondas

MUSICIANS

Michel Sardaby (rhodes, acoustic piano)
Richard Davis (bass)
Billy Hart (drums)
Leopoldo F.Fleming (percussion)



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23 comments:

  1. Simon666June 3, 2008 at 5:17 PM

    btw this is a vinyl rip that I found on a file-sharing program many years ago - it's 128k, but surprisingly good quality for that, pretty good on the frequency range.

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  2. JamesJune 3, 2008 at 6:15 PM

    awesome! looking forward to hearing this one. cheers.

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  3. MaroJune 3, 2008 at 6:23 PM

    As promise...
    Thanks a lot Simon666 !

    Maro

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  4. RezaJune 3, 2008 at 7:38 PM

    must have read my mind have just been searching for sardaby
    thanks

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  5. fritz the catJune 3, 2008 at 9:36 PM

    Thanks for this.

    I had high expectations after hearing "Welcome New Warmth" (which you can find at better quality in the rips of the compilation Bilongo). In fact it is a run of the mill straight piano jazz album. Good job I didn't pay for this ;-)

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  6. The AxemanJune 4, 2008 at 3:38 AM

    Right on, man. I'm not familiar with him.
    Looking forward to it.

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  7. BallforceOneJune 4, 2008 at 1:22 PM

    Another dope album. Thank you for this

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  8. Simon666June 4, 2008 at 7:00 PM

    .. and thanks for the comments guys

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  9. AmBrOsEJune 5, 2008 at 2:09 AM

    Welcome new warmth is a gr8 track, i have the orig album i cud rip if anyone needs a higher res copy of it.
    thanx for the upload simon

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  10. Simon666June 5, 2008 at 2:50 AM

    Thanks Ambrose, it'd be great if you could upload a better rip and post it here :)

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  11. EconomiewurmJune 5, 2008 at 5:09 AM

    This album is a true gem. Thanks for sharing it with us. Besides "Welcome new warmth" I also very much liked "Gail" and "Help me belong here".

    As much as I appreciated this album, in this genre "MARCO DI MARCO TRIO AT THE LIVING ROOM" is even better. See: http://orgyinrhythm.blogspot.com/2008/06/marco-di-marco-trio-at-living-room.html

    Greetings,
    Jur

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  12. Simon666June 5, 2008 at 10:16 AM

    Hi Jur -
    yes, I grabbed the Marco Di Marco one one too - great album .

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  13. cboogieJune 5, 2008 at 12:52 PM

    Thank you for this album and the others as well...I really enjoy your site!!!

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  14. AmBrOsEJune 6, 2008 at 2:45 AM

    OK simon i will rip a new copy soon as n link it here.

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  15. AMMJune 6, 2008 at 6:10 AM

    fantastic stuff here simon!
    reza has the other gem!
    wonderful!

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  16. thebeathuntersJune 11, 2008 at 9:09 AM

    been wondering if i'd ever hear that had-to-find record, considered by many keyboard players as a masterpiece
    thanks for sharing

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  17. Hanimex 3000June 17, 2008 at 7:20 PM

    excellent...
    this one has been recommended by Kon & Amir I guess
    N.

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  18. mr.goneJune 23, 2008 at 8:30 PM

    Thanks. I've only got one Sardaby track on a Soul Jazz Records compilation, so it's great to discover more of his material.

    Mr.Gone

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  19. AnonymousMay 6, 2010 at 5:15 AM

    Just fantastic. Thanks for sharing it.

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  20. Música para GatosSeptember 18, 2010 at 3:10 AM

    Wonderfull record my friend,

    I have another Sardaby record also difficult to find. His name is Intense Moment, very good.

    If you want to have a copy of it just let me know.

    Thanks for your work,
    Jazzy
    www.jazzfunkbossaok.blogspot.com

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  21. GildasApril 5, 2012 at 8:09 AM

    Dear all,

    You can buy almost all Sardaby's for less than 20 euros each

    Please BUY his LPz. It's beautiful music; sometimes less fusion, sometimes not my taste. But this artist is alive and need our recognition

    GIVE HIM YOUR MONEY - Don't STEAL The MAn! This is not fair.

    Plus there is this compilation by his daughter called "The Art of Michel Sardaby" recently distributed, in France only I think (see link of article in french - Use translated page if interested : http://blogdechoc.over-blog.com/article-l-art-de-michel-sardaby-97875958.html )

    Mr Sardaby has health problem so this album is for him / to him, auto-produced by his daughter Patricia

    Intense moment is here http://musique.fnac.com/a718813/Michel-Sardaby-Intense-moment-CD-album

    Merci pour l'Art
    Qui a besoin de lard
    Votre surplus de gras
    Peut nourir un Degas
    Ou plutôt un Glasper (Robert)
    Une Meshell, un Prince,
    Une Erykah, un Herbie,
    Un Eric (Legnini), Un autre Erik,
    Un Bilal (Oliver),
    Un Ambrose, Un José (James),
    Une Georgia A M,
    Un Christian (Scott),
    Un Roy (Hargrove, Ayers, ...)
    They are Alive
    Alive!

    Like Grant Green used to say,
    Like The Roots used to sing,
    Like Barry White used to croone,
    Like Ursula Rucker used to shout,

    Don't shoot them.

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  22. FrancoSeptember 15, 2013 at 5:38 AM

    Can't believe I'm just getting this but cant find it on my hard drive.....Thanks Si'...Presume this was someone cloning your Blog?

    http://louisianameetsbrazil.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/michel-sardaby-gail-1974.html

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  23. Simon666September 15, 2013 at 6:07 PM

    Thanks Franco. That blog is bizarre - why bother? :)

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