This might be the first jazz record that ever caught my ear, but it was not under enjoyable circumstances.
In 1986 my dad and step-mom drove my sister and I to Expo '86 in Vancouver.
They only had a few tapes. This one, Seals and Crofts greatest hits and a few others.
They also chain-smoked throughout the drive, wouldn't let us open the windows, and had the audacity to wonder why we were so crabby back there.
The trip was about 12 hours each way.
I suppose I should credit them for instilling in me a lifelong aversion to tobacco,(who says you can't acheive anything through torture?), but like Alex, the protagonist in 'A Clockwork Orange', they could have also turned me away from music at the same time.
In spite of the fact that listening to this record brings forth the image of my sister and I breathing through our shirts, trying to filter out the billowing stench issuing from the front of the car, I still really enjoy it, even if it is one of the whitest jazz records in my collection.
I still like that Seals and Crofts record too.
Claude Bolling was a prominent composer/arranger/performer from Cannes.
His biggest success in North America came from releasing 'Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano' in 1975, a chart-topper that blended jazz and classical music.
More recordings in this style followed and this one, recorded in 1980 is my favorite of them all.
Claude Bolling - piano
Alexandre Lagoya - guitar
Jean-Pierre Rampal - Flute
Guy Pedersen - bass
Daniel Humair - drums
http://rapidshare.com/files/361659373/claude_bolling_-_picnic_suite.rar
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