Live at the Golden Circle 1963 – Day 1
Lou Bennett & Rupert Clemendore
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“I Ruperts soli skönjer man alltid den aktuella melodin, en företeelse som Lou Bennet högeligen uppskattade -Dick Idestam-Almqvist”
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In the summer of 1963 Swedish engineer/photographer Nils Edström did two of his great recordings of the jazz scene in Stockholm, Sweden.
On the stage was Hammond B3 giant Lou Bennet, originally from Chicago but by that time living in Paris. He was accompanied by André Condouant from Guadalope that came with him from Paris on guitar and by the great Rupert Clemendore on drums.
The repertoire is almost entirely standards and contemporary material from that time and Lou Bennet et al handles the music beautifully.
In this album you hear a complete evening, three sets in front of quite a small audience, please enjoy it
The second night’s album will be released later this year.
Tracks
Day 1 Set 1
- Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen-Mercer) (6:40)
- Lady Bird (Dameron) (7:14)
- The Way You Look Tonight (Kern) (8:08)
- Take The A-Train (Strayhorn) (9:35)
- Blues (Bennett) (6:33)
- The Theme (Davis) (1:03)
Day 1 Set 2
- The Best Things in Life are Free (Henderson) (10:05)
- I Should Care (Stordahl-Weston (9:23)
- Our Delight (Dameron) (6:24)
- Latino (Bennett) (6:04)
- What is This Thing Called Love (Porter) (7:22)
- The Theme (Davis) (0.42)
Day 1 Set 3
- Four on Six (Montgomery) (7:01)
- Well You Needn’t (Monk (8:34)
- Tenderly (Gross) (8:31)
- Ella (Jimenez) (11:24)
- S’Wonderful (Gershwin) (8:59)
- April in Paris (Duke) (5:28)
- The Theme (Davis) (5:10)
There are a couple of technical issues but we decided to keep them not to change the timing of the music:
I Should Care has short technichal errors at 6:43 and 7:15
S’Wonderful has a very short error at 4:34
Musicians
Lou Bennet Hammond B3 (1926-1997)
André Condouant, guitar (1935-2014)
Rupert Clemendore, drums (1925-2005)
Info
Recorded by Nils Edström during two nights 10-23 Juli 1963 at the Golden Circle, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mastered by Claes Persson, CRP Recording
Photos by Christer Landergren (courtesy, Karl Landergren) and Nils Edström
Graphic design by Jon Edergren, SPEKTRA Design
Produced by Bengt Berger
Release date January 16, 2026
All rights reserved for the artists
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Rupert Clemendore had created quite a stir when he visited Sweden around 1960 and settled here. He was an absolutely stunning percussionist on his Tumbas as well as on the regular traps. His tuning, timing and imagination made him one of the greatest in my (Bengt Berger, who learned from him early on). In my opinion he is one of the very few drummers that are really exciting to hear soloing and he trades fours or eights in almost every song on the album.
