GARNER, Erroll - SALOU, Michel (photo.).

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Original carbon print of Garner in performance in Paris. Characteristically charismatic image of the great pianist, captured in performance, we believe, at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, on 12 June 1962; Erroll, smiling and looking heavenwards, is perhaps acknowledging applause with his right hand, while the left is still comping. Also pictured is bassist Eddie Calhoun, the drummer on the night would have been Kelly Martin. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings sums up Garner's irresistible appeal, "Erroll Garner was one of a kind. He was as outré as the great beboppers, yet bop was alien to him, even though he recorded with Charlie Parker. He swung mightily, yet he stood outside the swing tradition; he played orchestrally, and his style was swooningly romantic, yet he could be as merciless on a tune as fats Waller. He never read music, and often pianists would be hired to teach him songs, but he could play a piece in any key, and delighted in deceiving his rhythm sections from night to night. His tumbling, percussive, humorous style was entirely his own". The photographer, Michel Salou, worked as a music executive, producing albums by, among others, Sun Ra (Live in Paris at the "Gibus", 1973), the Mal Waldron Trio (Ursula, 1978), and French pianists George Arvanitas and Rene Urtreger. He also appears in the annals of the Art Ensemble of Chicago as their "first booking agent... who helped them secure concert dates across France and elsewhere in Europe" (Steinbeck, p. 130). His excel

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