3 A.M. + Cocktail For Three

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Album Info

Release Date: 2001

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

This CD edition contains the two complete long unavailable trio albums recorded by the legendary French pianist Georges Arvanitas for the Pretoria label. He is accompanied on both LPs by well-known American guest artists.

Highly influenced by the music of Bud Powell, these were among Arvanitas' earliest albums as a leader. Both albums were very well received in its time. '3 a.m.' won the Prix Django Reinhardt and the Prix Jazz Hot, while 'Cocktail for Three' won the Prix Jazz Hot and the Prix de l'Imternacional Jazz Club.

Tracks #1-7, from the album
"3 a.m." (Pretoria 30J3000)
Recorded in Paris, on September 10, 1958

Tracks #8-14, from the album
"Cocktail for Three"
(Pretoria 30J3003)
Recorded in Paris, on March 4, 1959