JRR 22 April

220417 JRR

 

DISC 1

Artist               George Shearing

Title                Conception

Composer       Shearing

Album             From Battersea to Broadway

Label               Proper

Number          Properbox 40 CD 4 Track 3

Duration         2.57

Performers    George Shearing, p; Marjorie Hyams, vib; Chuck Wayne, g; John Levy, b; Denzil Best, d. 27 July 1949.

 

DISC 2

Artist               Louis Armstorng

Title                Dardanella

Composer       Bernard / Black / Fisher

Album             Louis Armstrong Box

Label               Storyville

Number          108 8609 CD 4 Trck 5

Duration         2.38

Performers: Ed Hall, cl; Billy Kyle, p; Dale Jones, b; Barrett Deems, d. 23 June 1956. Plus long notes at the end from Louis Armstrong, t; and Trummy Young, tb.

 

 

DISC 3

Artist               Harry Sweets Edison

Title                The Very Thought of You

Composer       Noble / Chadwick / Gosling

Album             The Swinger

Label               Verve

Number          314 559 868-2 CD 1 Track 2

Duration         6.05

Performers    Harry Edison, t; Jimmy Forrest, ts; Jimmy Jones, p; Freddie Green, g; Joe Benjamin, b; Charlie Persip, d. Sep 1958

 

DISC 4

Artist               Oxford Classic Jazz

Title                You’re the Cream in my Coffee’

Composer       Brown / Da Sylva / Henderson

Album             Put t’Kettle On Lad

Label               OCJB

Number          CD008 Track 13

Duration         3.23

Performers    Mike Wills, cl; Nick Gill, p; Ian Joachim, tu; Andy Crisp, d. 2016

 

DISC 5

Artist               Nat Gonella

Title                Blue Turning Grey Over You

Composer       Waller / Razaf

Album             British Traditional Jazz a Potted History

Label               Lake

Number          LACD 3000 CD 1 Track 3

Duration         3.15

Performers    Nat Gonella, t, v; Pat Smuts, ts; Harold Hood, p; Jimmy Messini, g; Tiny Winters, b; Bob Dryden, d. 10 Jan 1936.

 

 

DISC 6

Artist               Dick Hyman

Title                Wild Cat Blues

Composer       Fats Waller, Clarence Williams

Album             Gulf Coast Blues

Label               Stomp Off

Number          SOS 1141 Side A Track 4

Duration         4.18

Performers    Dick Hyman, p. 1986

 

DISC 7

Artist               George Shearing / Mel Tormé

Title                Pick Yourself Up

Composer       Fields, Kern

Album             Complete Concord Recordings

Label               Concord

Number          CCD7 2144-2 CD 7 Track 12

Duration         4.21

Performers    Mel Tormé, v; George Shearing, p; John Leitham, b; Donny Osborne, d. 1990.

 

DISC 8

Artist               Gerry Mulligan / Astor Piazzolla

Title                Anos de Soledad

Composer       Piazzolla

Album             Summit

Label               Ariola

Number          88.874-1 Track 3

Duration         4.07

Performers: Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon; Gerry Mulligan – baritone; Angel “Pochi” Gatti – teclados; Tullio De Piscopo – drums; Giuseppe Prestipino – electric bass; Albert Baldan – marimba; Gianni Zilioli – marimba; Fillipo Dacco – guitar; Bruno De Filippi – guitar; Umberto Miguel Ángel Benedetti – violin; Renato Riccio – viola; Ennio Miori –cello; Orquesta de Cuerdas, 1975

 

DISC 9

Artist               Paul Gonsalves

Title                Bluz For Liz

Composer       Burrell

Album             Cleopatra Feelin’ Jazzy

Label               Impulse

Number          AS 41 Side 1 Track 3

Duration         5.40

Performers    Paul Gonsalves, ts; Dick Hyman, org; Hank Jones, p; Kenny Burrell, g; George Duvivier, b; Roy Haynes, d. 1963

 

 

DISC 10

Artist               Al Jarreau

Title                Spain

Composer       Corea, Jarreau, Maren

Album             This Time

Label               Warner

Number          Track 6

Duration         6.31

Personnel: Al Jarreau, v; Larry Williams, kb; Abraham Laboriel, b; Steve Gadd, d. 1980

 

 

DISC 11

Artist               Freddy Randall

Title                Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down

Composer       Quicksell / Ludwin

Album             Great British Jazz: As Good as It Gets

Label               Smith and Co

Number          1143 CD 1 Track 4

Duration         2.47

Performers: Freddy Randall, t; rest tbc.

 

 

DISC 12

Artist               Erskine Hawkins

Title                Tuxedo Junction

Composer       Dash / Hawkins / Johnson

Album             L’Histoire des Big Bands

Label               Chante Du Monde

Number          574 1481.90 CD 4 Track 11

Duration         3.16

Performers: Erskine Hawkins, Dud Bascombe, Sam Lowe, Marcellus Green, t; Edward Sims, Robert Range, tb; William Johnson, Jimmy Mitchelle, Julian Dash, Haywood Henry, reeds; Avery Parrish, p; William McLemore, g; Leomie Stanfield, b; James Morrison, d. 18 July 1939.

 

 

DISC 13

Artist               George Shearing

Title                Send in the Clowns

Composer       Sondheim

Album             My Ship

Label               Verve

Number          821664-2 Track 12

Duration         4.32

Performers    G Shearing, p, v.