Track Listing CD 1: 01 St. Thomas 7:43
02 There Will Never Be Another You 5:48
03 Stay As Sweet As You Are 4:45
04 I’ve Told Every Little Star #1 4:42
05 How High The Moon 10:48
06 Oleo 6:06
07 Paul’s Pal #1 9:26
08 I Remember You 6:54
09 I’ve Told Every Little Star #2 6:36
10 It Could Happen To You 3:26
11 Oleo #2 3:16
12 Will You Still Be Mine? 4:12
Total Time: 73:37
Track Listing CD 2: 01 I’ve Told Every Little Star #3 4:25
02 I Want To Be Happy #1 4:07
03 A Weaver Of Dreams 4:12
04 It Don’t Mean A Thing #1 4:32*
05 Cocktails For Two 4:54*
06 I’ve Told Every Little Star #4 6:06*
07 I Want To Be Happy #2 5:08*
08 Sonny Rollins Interview 1:18
09 It Don’t Mean A Thing #2 4:47
10 Paul’s Pal #2 6:53
11 Love Letters 5:37
Total Time: 51:49
Track Listing CD 3: 01 Woody ‘N You 15:53
02 But Not For Me 17:37
03 Lady Bird 18:38
Total Time: 52:08 *Previousy Unissued!
This release compiles all of Sonny Rollins’ known recordings from his trio tour of Europe in
March 1959 - presented here for the first time ever on a single set.
Included here are many hard to find performances and even a previously unissued set taped
in Frankfurt. The bassist is Henry Grimes, with drummer Pete La Roca, who was replaced
on two sessions by two great American drummers who were living in Europe at the time: Joe
Harris and Kenny Clarke.
The long unavailable Aix-en-Provence concert with Clarke contains Rollins’ last existing
notes before his self-imposed exile from music - not recording again until his 1962
comeback album ‘The Bridge’.
This set contains Rollins’ only existing versions of “A Weaver of Dreams”, “Lady Bird”,
“Cocktails for Two”, and “Stay as Sweet as You Are”.
3CD Set - Total Time: 177:34 mins. - 26 tracks - includes 16-page booklet.
Note: This music comes from live private recordings and broadcasts, and although the
sound quality is good throughout, some imperfections exist.
3CD Set - Total Time: 177:34 mins. - 26 tracks - includes 16-page booklet
Track Listing CD 1: 01 Dancing On The Ceiling 2:26
02 Legend 3:17
03 Temptation 3:57
04 Episode 2:05
05 Dancing In The Dark 2:05
06 Goodbye 3:41
07 Town And Country 4:16
08 When The Blues Comes On 4:15
09 Blue Modes 4:30
10 You Are Too Beautiful 3:43
11 So Far 2:56
12 Idle Evening 4:16
13 Garden Delights 5:28
14 Strange Tale 4:30
15 Two Songs 3:13
16 Stallion 3:04
17 Baubles, Bangles And Beads 2:43
18 Autumn Leaves 5:14
19 The Golden Chariot 2:45
20 Let’s Try 3:18
21 Bohemia 3:26
22 Catch Her 2:38
Track Listing CD 2: 01 Hoo Tai 6:27
02 Mood In Scarlet 5:11
03 Linda Delia 4:18
04 I’ve Got You Under My Skin 3:23
05 We Can Talk It Over 3:21
06 Standing On The Corner 3:46
07 Joey, Joey, Joey 3:57
08 Warm All Over 4:58
09 Happy To Make Your Acquaintance 4:29
10 My Heart Is So Full Of You 3:29
11 The Most Happy Fella 3:45
12 Don’t Cry 3:10
13 Like A Woman 3:01
14 Somebody Somewhere 3:13
15 The Oblong 5.45
16 1-2-3-4-0 In Syncopation 3:54
17 Blue Flame 4:04
18 Mood In Motion 5:36
Track Listing CD 3: 01 Knittin’ 6:26
02 This ‘N That 5:29
03 Glad That I Found You 2:39
04 Princess 4:35
05 Sextette 2:57*
06 The Golden Touch 2:33*
07 Cable Car 2:21*
08 Trictrotism 2:42*
09 Edge Of Love 2:24*
10 Oscar Rides Again 2:32*
11 Linda Delia 5:21*
12 Perpetuation 5:09*
13 I Have Known 4:28*
14 Leete 4:53*
15 Garden Delights 4:45*
16 Julie Ann 3:35*
17 Sparkling Burgundy 4:18*
18 B And D 5:00*
19 Jordu 4:45*
Personnel (in addition to those mentioned above): Paul Chambers (b), Paul West (b), Art Taylor (d). Martin Rivera (b), Ron Jefferson (d), Chino Pozo (conga & bongos), Sahib Shihab (bar), Duke Jordan (p), Kenny Clarke (d) & Art Blakey (d).
The complete recordings by The Jazz Modes, an experimental small jazz formation fronted by Charlie Rouse on tenor sax and Julius Watkins on French horn, plus Gildo Mahones on piano.
With slight personnel variations, this group recorded a total of five albums, most of which are now very hard to find. All of these are included here in their entirety and in chronological order.
Included, as a bonus, are three further complete albums, all of which were originally issued as 10” LPs - including Oscar Pettiford’s ‘Oscar Rides Again’ : being the only other existing album, outside of the Jazz Modes body of work, to feature both Rouse and Watkins in the front line. Plus the two volumes by the Julius Watkins Sextet, which present Watkins in the company of other celebrated tenor saxophonists: Frank Foster and Hank Mobley.
Albums included : ‘Jazzville '56, Vol.1’; ‘Les Jazz Modes (1956): and ‘Mood in Scarlet’ (1956) - all originally on Dawn; ‘The Most Happy Fella’ (1957) and ‘The Jazz Modes’ (1959) - both originally on Atlantic; ‘Oscar Rides Again’ (1954) - originally on Bethlehem; ‘New Faces, New Sounds’ (1954), and ‘Julius Watkins Sextet Volume Two’ (1955) - both originally on Blue Note.
3CD set - Total Time : 230:52 mins. - 59 tracks - includes 32-page booklet with complete information
BUCK CLAYTON Complete Legendary Jam Sessions - Master Takes
4569904 SOLAR 3 x CD
JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC Complete Live Stockholm 21/11/1960
Track Listing CD 1: 01 Moten Swing 12:45
02 Sentimental Journey 13:52
03 Lean Baby 6:36
04 The Hucklebuck 19:59
05 Robbin's Nest 15:17
Total Time: 68:28
Track Listing CD 2: 01 Christopher Columbus 29:02
02 How Hi The Fi 13:50
03 Blue Moon 14:11
04 Jumpin' At The Woodside 10:42
05 Don't Be That Way 9:29
Total Time: 77:14
Track Listing CD 3: 01 Undecided 9:35
02 Blue And Sentimental 6:39
03 Rock-A-Bye Basie 8:04
04 Out Of Nowhere 7:07
05 Blue Lou 10:12
06 Broadway 9:32
07 All The Cats Join In 7:25
08 After Hours 9:47
09 Don't You Miss Your Baby 6:34
Total Time: 74:54
Personnel (not mentioned below): Joe Newman, Joe Thomas, Billy Butterfield, Benny Powell, Henderson Chambers, Bennie Green, Dicky Harris, J.C. Higginbotham, Tyree Glenn, Lem Davis, Julian Dash, Charlie Fowlkes, Sir Charles Thompson, Jimmy Jones, Billy Kyle, Ken Kersey, and others.
Between 1953 and 1956, producers John Hammond and George Avakian recorded an amazing series of swing sessions with trumpeter Buck Clayton, as leader - and featuring a stellar list of jazz stars, including : Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Al Cohn, Buddy Tate, Trummy Young, Ruby Braff, Urbie Green, Freddie Green, Milt Hinton and Jo Jones.
Originally released on various LPs, all of the original master takes from these sessions are contained on this wonderful set, which contains some of the most exciting swing music ever recorded.
Born in Kansas City, Wilbur Dorsey “Buck” Clayton (1911-1991) is one of the best- remembered swing trumpeters of all time. He began his career in Kansas; left the USA from 1934 to 1937 to live and play in Shanghai - probably the first jazz artist to gain renown in China, where he fronted a band with Teddy Weatherford. Clayton returned to America and replaced Hot Lips Page in the Count Basie orchestra, where he would stay for many years, whilst also recording with small groups under his own name.
3CD Set - Total Time: 77:14 - 19 tracks - Includes 16-page booklet.
Track Listing CD 1: 01 Bernie’s Tune 11:45
02 Swedish Jam 13:44
03 All The Things You Are 13:07
04 Sweet Georgia Brown 11:18
05 Blue ‘N Boogie 4:35
06 I Waited For You 4:13
07 Yesterdays 4:45
08 Trotting 10:41
Track Listing CD 2: 01 Take The “A” Train 9:09
02 Indiana 17:45
03 These Foolish Things [Feat. Coleman Hawkins] 2:44
04 Yesterdays [Feat. Don Byas] 3:02
05 The Nearness Of You [Feat. Benny Carter] 2:59
06 You Go To My Head [Feat. Roy Eldridge] 3:24
07 A Jazz Portrait Of Brigitte Bardot 15:34
Track Listing CD 3: 01 Kush 18:31
02 The Mooche 11:15
03 Wheatleigh Hall 11:02
04 Announcement By Norman Granz 1:02*
05 Undecided 3:47*
06 Embraceable You 3:43*
07 School Days 3:47*
08 Lester Leaps In 8:17*
09 Moonlight In Vermont 4:32*
10 Bugle Call Rag 4:42*
Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Don Byas, Cannonball Adderley, Benny Carter, Leo Wright, J. J. Johnson, Lalo Schifrin, Art Davis, Chuck Lampkin, Jo Jones, Victor Feldman, Sam Jones, Louis Hayes, and others - Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, November 21, 1960 On Bonus tracks : Roy Eldridge, Stuff Smith (vln), Oscar Peterson (p), Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Jo Jones - Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, April 28, 1957.
A complete 1960 performance by the JATP All Stars, featuring Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, and Don Byas on tenor sax, Cannonball Adderley, Benny Carter and Leo Wright on alto sax, and J. J. Johnson on trombone, among others.
Recorded during the same single performance, and originally issued on Verve on 4 separate LPs titled ‘Jazz at the Philharmonic in Europe’, this set appears here on CD for the first time ever. Added as a bonus, is a wonderful complete JATP sextet set recorded at the same venue three years earlier and featuring Eldridge with violinist Stuff Smith and pianist Oscar Peterson.
3CD Set - 195:21 mins. - Includes 24-page booklet.
FLETCHER HENDERSON A Study In Frustration
EJC55511 Essential Jazz Classics 3 x CD
JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET Complete November 19, 1962 Stockholm Concerts
Track Listing CD 1: 01 The Dicty Blues 2:40
02 Teapot Dome Blues 2:58
03 Go ‘Long Mule 3:07
04 Shanghai Suffle 3:21
05 Copenhagen 2:53
06 Everybody Loves My Baby 2:53
07 How Come You Do Me Like You Do 3:13
08 Alabamy Bound 3:08
09 Sugarfoot Stomp 2:49
10 What-Cha-Call ‘Em Blues 2:51
11 T.N.T. 2:55
12 The Stampede 3:17
13 Jackass Blues 3:14
14 Henderson Stomp 2:53
15 The Chant 2:58
16 Snag It 3:12
17 Rocky Mountain Blues 2:46
18 Tozo 2:56
19 St. Louis Shuffle 3:02
20 Whiteman Stomp 2:47
21 I’m Coming Virginia 3:07
22 Variety Stomp 3:04
23 St. Louis Blues 3:06
24 Goose Pimples 3:01
Total Time: 72:10
Track Listing CD 2: 01 Hop Off 2:58
02 King Porter Stomp 2:56
03 D Natural Blues 3:28
04 Oh Baby 2:49
05 Feeling Good 3:29
06 I’m Feeling Devilish 2:48
07 Old Black Joe Blues 2:27
08 Easy Money 3:06
09 Come On Baby 2:57
10 Freezy And Melt 3:06
12 Raisin’ The Roof 2:43
13 Blazin’ 3:00
14 Wang Wang Blues 3:06
15 Chinatown, My Chinatown 3:05
15 Somebody Loves Me 3:06
16 Keep A Song In Your Soul 3:20
17 Sweet And Hot 3:29
18 My Gal Sal 3:30
19 Sugarfoot Stomp 3:21
20 Clarinet Marmalade 3:15
21 Hot And Anxious 3:23
22 Comin’ And Goin’ 3:12
23 Singin’ The Blues 3:08
24 Sugar 2:58
Total Time: 74:39
Track Listing CD 3: 01 Blue Moments 2:37
02 New King Porter Stomp 3:10
03 Underneath The Harlem Moon 3:17
04 Honeysuckle Rose 3:15
05 Yeah Man 2:58
06 Queer Notions 2:51
07 Can You Take It! 2:52
08 King Porter Stomp 2:59
09 Christopher Columbus 3:05
10 Stealin’ Apples 2:59
11 Blue Lou 3:10
12 Rhythm Of The Tambourine 2:41
13 Back In Your Own Backyard 2:35
14 Chris And His Gang 3:03
15 Sing You Sinners 2:45
16 Moten Stomp 2:44
17 Wild Party 3:01*
18 Rug Cutter’s Swing 2:59*
19 Hotter Than ‘Ell 2:50*
20 Liza (All The Clouds ‘Ll Roll Away) 2:36*
21 I’m A Fool For Loving You 2:37*
22 Moonrise On The Lowdowns 2:42*
23 I’ll Always Be In Love With You 3:02*
24 Jangled Nerves 2:35*
25 Grand Terrace Rhythm 2:41*
26 Riffin’ 2:20*
*Bonus Tracks
Total Time: 74:22
Personnel: Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Henry “Red” Allen,Tommy Ladnier (tp), Rex Stewart (ct), J.C. Higginbotham, Charlie Green (tb), Benny Carter, Russell Procope (as), Buster Bailey (cl, as), Don Redman (cl, as, oboe, arr), Coleman Hawkins (cl, ts), Ben Webster, Chu Berry (ts), Fletcher Henderson, Horace Henderson, Fats Waller (p), Charlie Dixon (bj), Ralph Escudero (tu), Israel Crosby (b), Kaiser Marshall, Sidney Catlett (d), among others.
Definitive 3CD set of Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra, the first great big band, and which from 1923 to 1939 was one of the very best swing ensembles, rivalling even Ellington.
This long-unavailable collection was the first to compile the best works of Fletcher Henderson who, by the early 1960s, had fallen into obscurity. Even though his recording career spanned over 25 years and his many bands included some of the most outstanding jazzmen ever, his name would only be brought up during later years in reference to his hit-arrangements for the Benny Goodman Orchestra - but his early influence on every band of the swing era is undoubted.
This set puts together all of the masterpieces from the original collection, as well as ten bonus tracks featuring Ben Webster, Chu Berry and Roy Eldridge with the Henderson band.
Track Listing CD 1: 01. Naima 9:26
02. Traneing In 18:39
03. Impressions 7:21
04. My Favorite Things 21:12
05. The Inchworm 5:39
06. Bye, Bye Blackbird 14:24
Track Listing CD 2: 01. Mr. P.C. 15:25
02. Bye, Bye Blackbird #2 17:20
03. The Inchworm #2 7:00
04. Naima #2 6:36
05. I Want To Talk About You 6:22
06. Impressions #2 7:45
Track Listing CD 3: 01. Mr. P.C. #2 16:53
02. My Favorite Things #2 23:57
03. Every Time We Say Goodbye 4:34
04. Traneing In #2 16:47
Personnel: John Coltrane, tenor & soprano sax; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums - Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, November 19, 1962.
Two long unavailable Coltrane concerts - complete and in a single set for the first time ever. Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 19, 1962, with ‘Trane’s classic quartet : McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones.
John Coltrane embarked on an ambitious European tour with his classic quartet in mid-November 1962 (including Paris, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Graz, and Milan). Fortunately, a number of these performances were recorded. This release presents the two complete concerts, with different audiences, given at the Konserthuset, in Stockholm.
The sound quality is good in both sets and, although some titles are repeated, Trane and his band are heard here at the pinnacle of their genius.
3CD Set - Total Time: 199:19 mins. - 16 tracks - Includes 16-page booklet.
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