This remarkable collection of conversations with French pianist Michel Petrucianni came down on two extraordinary afternoons, separated by many months and thousands of miles. The first conversation was held in a recording studio on lower Broadway in New York in 1988 where he and I discussed his remarkable musical and personal path. The second conversation took place three years later in Paris, where he and Bob Malach gave four tour-de-force performances of his original composition « My Bebop Tune » and several other jazz standards. Story telling at its best.
1 My Bebop Tune (Take 1)
Written-By – Michel Petrucciani
2 My Bebop Tune (Take 2)
Written-By – Michel Petrucciani
3 My Bebop Tune (Take 3)
Written-By – Michel Petrucciani
4 Conversations With Michel Pt.1
Interviewee – Michel PetruccianiInterviewer – Ben Sidran
5 For All Time’s Sake
Written-By – Michel Petrucciani
6 Contradictions
Written-By – Michel Petrucciani
7 Theme For Ernie
Written-By – Fred Lacey
8 You Must Believe In Spring
Written-By – Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand
9 Conversations With Michel Pt.2
Interviewee – Michel PetruccianiInterviewer – Ben Sidran
Crédits
Piano – Michel Petrucciani (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10)
Producer – Ben Sidran
Tenor Saxophone – Bob Malach (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10)
