From guitarist Rene Thomas's hard-to-find 1960 album 'Guitar Groove'(OJC) with tenorist J.R.Monterose:
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Interesting discovery and someone I had never heard of before this thread. There is a very "French" sound to his playing and not too removed from the kind of Bop that I have heard Sacha Distel play with the likes of Lionel Hampton. I think that jazz guitar from this era is almost like another instrument in the purity of tone and reflects the then current vogue for "cool" jazz. The band make a nice sound and i don't think anyone can have any grumbles about this kind of jazz. Nice groove from the bass and drums. -
J R Monterose has excited mb discussion in earlier times .... here he is
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the belgian connection again but not Rene Thomas
sorry for the xover to JR but here is Rene in fine form in his own trioAccording to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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