Several good writers have done the heavy lifting, so on this occasion I’ll put my feet up. Of academic interest, the people Manet used to pose for the painting were close family relatives and two artists models. The subjects have been posed on location, to ensure consistent lighting and a convincing blend with the forest floor. It is indeed an unusual picture in its own right, but also a jolly vehicle as a record cover spoof, a good inside joke.īelow left shows Neil Ardley (left) and John Hiseman (right), with two “friends”. Nudity was acceptable in “classical art”, but not in “the real world”, which is where Manet artfully pitches it. The idealized female form had been a convention of classical art for centuries. It was not the nude female form that shocked, it was the well-dressed professional men in their presence. Where Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe was recorded is not named, presumably Pye Studios, not known to me.Įdouard Manet scandalised the Paris art-establishment with his controversial painting Lunch on the Grass (1863), juxtaposing a group of clothed and unclothed figures having a picnic in the woods. MGM was approached to record and issue this second NJO LP. NJO’s previous LP, “Western Reunion, London 1965”, was recorded for Decca at Decca Studios West Hampstead, engineer Arthur Bannister. Howard Barrow : mastering and lacquer cutting engineer at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, London. Jack Bruce, bass, shortly after break-up of Cream, dabbling briefly in jazz. Neil Ardley, Musical Director Jack Bruce, bass Jon Hiseman, drums Dave Gelly, tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet Jim Philip, tenor sax, flute, clarinet Dick Heckstall-Smith, tenor sax, soprano sax Barbara Thompson, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute Derek Wadsworth, John Mumford, Michael Gibbs, Tony Russell, trombone Derek Watkins, Harry Beckett, Henry Lowther, trumpet Ian Carr, trumpet, flugelhorn George Smith, tuba Frank Ricotti, vibraphone, marimba Howard Barrow, recording engineer Grahame Dudley, design Tony Reeves, producer recorded September 17 & 18, 1968. Naima (John Coltrane arr Alan Cohen) 4:41Ģ. Le Dejeuner Sur L’herbe (Neil Ardley) 7:42Ģ. 'Instantly I was freed from my addiction.Selection: Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe (Ardley) ġ. 'Achieved for me a thing that I thought was not possible - to give up a thirty-year smoking habit literally overnight.
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