Quartette Trés Bien

The Quartette Trés Bien was an American jazz combo based in St. Louis led by pianist Jeter Thompson. The group started to play around 1960 and began recording in the mid '60s.

Members

Jeter Thompson played with Jimmy Forrest, Oliver Nelson and Emmett Carter in his early years. The bassist of the group is Richard Simmons, the drummer Albert St. James who accompanied also Charlie Parker, Tab Smith and Jimmy Forrest. Percussionist Percy James added a Latin flavor to the quartette who played more than ten years, before splitting. Jeter Thompson is still active leading for a few years the Trio Tres Bien with brothers Harold Thompson (bass) and Howard Thompson (drums).

Discography
  • Quartette Trés Bien (1962) Norman Records [1]
  • Kilimanjaro (1963) Norman Records [2] / (1964) Decca [3]
  • Boss Trés Bien (1964) Decca [4]
  • Spring Into Spring (1965) Decca [5]
  • Stepping Out! (1965) Decca [6]
  • Sky High (1966) Decca [7][8]
  • Bully! (1966) Atlantic [9]
  • In Motion (1966) Decca [10][11]
  • Where It's At! (1967) Decca [12][13]
  • Here It Is! (1967) Decca [14][15]
  • Four of a Kind (1968) Decca [16][17]
  • Our Thing (1968) Decca [18][19]
  • Coming Together (2004) as The Trio Tres Bien

References
  1. Billboard May 12, 1962 pg 44
  2. Billboard April 20, 1963 pg 37
  3. Billboard June 13, 1964 pg 37
  4. Billboard July 18, 1964 pg 27
  5. Billboard Feb 27, 1965 pg 33
  6. Billboard Aug 28, 1965 pg 36
  7. Billboard Jan 8, 1966 pg 4
  8. Billboard Jan 15, 1966 pg 37
  9. Billboard April 16, 1966 pg 51
  10. Billboard July 30, 1966 pg 4
  11. Billboard Aug 13, 1966 pg 51
  12. Billboard Jan 28, 1967 pg 42
  13. Billboard Jan 28, 1967 pg 52
  14. Billboard July 29, 1967 pg 33
  15. Billboard Aug 5, 1967 pg 40
  16. Billboard Feb 10, 1968 pg 32
  17. Billboard Feb 17, 1968 pg 47
  18. http://bsnpubs.com/decca/decca/decca4000.html
  19. Billboard Jan 25, 1969 pg 77
  • The Decca Labels - A discography (Michel Ruppli) ISBN 978-0-313-27370-4
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