On the jazz side of my street
Guy Cabay
Tracks :
1. Billy Strayhorn sur les Champs Elysées (Guy Cabay)
2. Il est si biésse po on manitou (Guy Cabay / string arr. Michel Herr)
3. There will never be another St. Sonny (Guy Cabay)
4. An evergreen story with a little taste of French accent (Guy Cabay / string arr. Michel Herr)
5. Fât todi qu'èle djâze (Guy Cabay)
6. Thelonious in Woodstock (Guy Cabay)
Suite in 6 movements for a Magic Jazz Quartet (Guy Cabay)
7. The queen's dilemma
8. The king's fancy
9. Bach's groove
10. Laurindo's atmosphere
11. Conversations with the past
12. Gigue for Django
13. Belle marquise, d'amour mourir (Guy Cabay / string arr. Michel Herr)
Strings arranged and conducted by Michel Herr on tracks # 2, 4, 13.
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Musicians :
Guy Cabay - vibraphone, marimba, vocals / piano (# 2)
Jacques Pirotton - guitar
Benoît Vanderstraeten - electric bass
Bruno Castellucci - drums
+ guests :
Michel Herr - piano (# 4, 13), arranger & conductor (# 2, 4, 13)
Phil Abraham - trombone (# 5)
Alexandre Cavaliere - violin (# 6)
Héliotrope String Orchestra (# 2, 4, 13)
Recorded November 2004-February 2005 at Igloo studio, Brussels. Released in May 2005.
CD (Igloo IGL 181).
Available via the Igloo website.
Michel Herr participated in 2 tracks as a pianist, and 3 tracks as an arranger and conductor of the string section (see photo).