8436559469944

The Most Happy Piano - The 1956 Studio Sessions

Erroll Garner

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: EJC55781

Release Date:  24 March 2023

Label:  Essential Jazz Classics

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  8436559469944

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    This release presents the complete 1956 studio sessions by the Erroll Garner Trio. Originally issued on the Columbia albums The Most Happy Piano, The One and Only Erroll Garner, He's Here! He's Gone! He's Garner!and Garner Encores in Hi-Fi, all of which are presented in chronological order.

    2CD set featuring 29-tracks, including 7 bonus tracks from previous sessions.

    Generous playing time of 138 minutes.

    Package includes a 20-page booklet with updated information plus original liner notes and artwork.

    Considered among the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Erroll Garner was revered not only by the public and his fellow musicians, but also by artists of other disciplines, including actor/film producer Clint Eastwood, who featured the pianist's most famous composition in his 1971 film, Play Misty for Me.

    ERROLL GARNER piano, AL HALL bass, SPECS POWELL drums.

    New York, June 7 & September 11, 1956.

    *BONUS TRACKS (CD2, 9-15): Erroll Garner (p), with collective personnel: Wyatt Ruther, John Simmons (b), Fats Heard, Shadow Wilson (d).

    Los Angeles and New York, 1951-53.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Groovy-Day
      • 2. Fancy
      • 3. How High The Moon *
      • 4. Robbin's Nest *
      • 5. Sophisticated Lady *
      • 6. Dancing Tambourine *
      • 7. Once In A While *
      • 8. Passin Through
      • 9. The Way Back Blues
      • 10. Mambo 207
      • 11. My Lonely Heart
      • 12. Humoresque
      • 13. Creme De Menthe
      • 14. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
      • 15. Moonglow

      Disc 2

      • 1. The Man I Love
      • 2. Them There Eyes
      • 3. Ol' Man River
      • 4. I Got It Bad (And That Ain?t Good)
      • 5. After I Say I'm Sorry
      • 6. If It's The Last Thing I Do
      • 7. Alexander's Ragtime Band
      • 8. Girl Of My Dreams
      • 9. Time On My Hands
      • 10. Some Of These Days
      • 11. Full Moon And Empty Arms
      • 12. My Silent Love
      • 13. But Not For Me
      • 14. Rose Room