Art Blakey'S Jazz Messengers - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1960) Art Blakey'S Jazz Messengers

Released: 03/05/24

WithLes Liaisons dangereuses 1960, Roger Vadim stirred up a scandal. Based on the famous epistolary novel by Laclos, the director presented audiences in the early 1960s with a film in which libertinism, scheming and the upper middle classes intertwine in 1960s Paris. Gérard Philipe and Jeanne Moreau excel, and the film is often considered one of Vadim's best. It also owes much to its music, which reflects Vadim's taste for jazz. For the soundtrack toLes Liaisons dangereuses, the director called onArt Blakey and his Jazz Messengerswhose exceptional musical qualities make for a record full of daring musical ideas and a marvellous choice of brilliant themes. The majority of the tracks feature Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers of mid-1959 with trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenorman Barney Wilen, pianist Boby Timmons and bassist Jymie Merritt joining the explosive drummer/leader. This beautiful re-issue of the original recording is pressed on 180g vinyl at GZ, and packaged in a deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket withtheoriginal liner notes andaphoto ofGérard Philippe and Jeanne Moreaufrom the film, andadditional notes by recording producer Marcel Romano from 1988.

Tracklist:
Side 1
No Problem (1st version)
No Hay Problema
Prelude In Blue (à l'Esquinade) 
Valmontana (1st version)  

Side 2

Miguel's Party

Prelude iIn Blue (chez Miguel)  

No Problem (2nd version)

Weehawken Mad Pad  

Valmontana (2nd version)