CATFISH RECORDS

01. How High the Moon (Lewis-Hamilton) 6:18
02. A Fine Romance (Fields-Kern) 2:52
03. Poor Butterfly (Hubbell-Golden) 3:15
04. Nobody Else But Me (Kern-Hammerstein) 3:17
05. When I Think About Lovin' You (Grey-Dix) 2:55
06. Isn't This a Lovely Day (Berlin) 3:04
07. My Old Flame (Johnston-Coslow) 3:46
08. Makin' Whoopee (Kahn-Donaldson) 2:03
09. Can't Get Out of This Mood (Loesser-McHugh) 2:45
10. September Song (Weill-Anderson) 3:46
11. Old Buttermilk Sky (Brooks-Carmichael) 2:43
12. The More I See You (Gordon-Warren) 3:03
13. Blue Moon (Rodgers-Hart) 3:21
14. I Never Has Seen Snow (Arlen-Capot) 3:50
15. Stairway to the Stars (Malneck-Parish-Signorelli) 3:00
16. Who Cares What People Say (Scholl-Kern) 2:33
17. The Charm of You (Cahn-Styne) 2:30
18. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (P.D.) 3:35
19. My Kind of Love (Sherman-Holdeman-Trace) 2:25
20. Mairzy Doats (Drake-Hoffman-Livingston) 2:45

Sources:
Tracks #1 & 3, from Swing SW. 239
Tracks #2 & 4, from Swing SW. 246
Tracks #5 & 6, from Swing SW. 276
Track #7, from Swing SW. 290
Track #8, unreleased Swing recording
Track #9, from Swing SW. 282
Track # 10, from Swing SW. 290
Tracks #11-16, from "Jazz for Dance, Vol. 1" (Ducretet Thomson 250V001)
Tracks #17-20, from Decca EFS 450.511
Tracks #21-24, from Decca EFS 450.605

Personnel on tracks #1-4:
MICHEL DE VILLERS et son Quintette
Michel de Villers, alto sax; André Persiany, piano; Jean Bonal, guitar; Georges Hadjo, bass; André Baptiste “Mac-Kac” Reilles, drums, vocals on #4
On #4: Georges Martinon, drums, replaces “Mac-Kac”
Recorded in Paris, October 16, 1946

Personnel on tracks #5-7:
MICHEL DE VILLERS et son Quintette
Michel de Villers, alto sax; Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, tenor sax; André Persiany, piano; Georges Hadjo, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.
Recorded in Paris, March 12, 1948

Personnel on tracks #8-9:
MICHEL DE VILLERS et son Orchestra
Claude Dunson, trumpet; Michel de Villers, alto sax; Jean-Claude Fohrenbach, tenor sax; Jacques Denjean, piano; Harry Montaggioni, guitar; Alf “Totole” Masselier, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.
Recorded in Paris, May 5, 1948

Personnel on track #10:
MICHEL DE VILLERS et son Quintette
Michel de Villers, alto sax; Jacques Denjean, piano; Harry Montaggioni, guitar; Alf “Totole” Masselier, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums.
Recorded in Paris, May 5, 1948

Personnel on tracks #11-16:
MICHEL DE VILLERS Swingtet
Michel de Villers, alto & baritone sax; André Persiany, piano; Jacques “Popoff” Medvedko, bass; Bernard Planchenault, drums.
Recorded in Paris, Spring of 1954

Personnel on tracks #17-20:
MICHEL DE VILLERS et son Orchestra
Charles Verstraete, trombone; Hubert Fol, alto sax; Maurice Meunier, tenor sax; Michel de Villers, baritone sax; Geo Daly [as L. Jackson], vibes; André Persiany, piano, arrangements; Alix Bret, bass; Bernard Planchenault, drums.
Recorded in Paris, 1954

Personnel on tracks #21-24:
MICHEL DE VILLERS et son Orchestra
André “Teddy” Hameline, alto sax; André Debonneville, tenor sax; Michel de Villers, baritone sax; André Persiany, piano, arrangements; Paul Rovere, bass; Roger Paraboschi, drums.
Recorded in Paris, April 13, 1956

Photos from the FSR archives
Recordings compiled for CD release by Jordi Pujol

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