Classical Music

Classical Music

Presented on this 2-CD SET are the complete 1956 studio sessions by the Erroll Garner Trio. Included are the full contents of hte original 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. The music appears here in their original recording order. All of the other tunes from these albums (which contained some trio tracks from previous sessions) have been added here as bonus tracks. Includes 20-page booklet with updated information plus the original liner notes and artwork. 29 TRACKS. CD1: 70:47 / CD2: 67:22. INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

CONTAINS 9 COMPLETE ORIGINAL LPS (ONE OF THEM APPEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD) & MORE! A superlative 5-CD set containing all existing studio recordings by one of the best jazz piano trios ever, that of Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. Included on this release are 9 complete original albums, as well as many other isolated selections that were only previously issued on various compilations. The LP Moodsville #6 appears here on CD for the first time ever! All tracks have been organized chronologically by session order. Paul Chambers and Art Taylor were members of Garland's regular working trio during this period. Garland became famous in 1955 when he joined the Miles Davis Quintet that also featured John Coltrane, Philly Joe Jones and Paul Chambers. Davis was a big fan of boxing and was impressed that Garland had boxed earlier in his life. Together the group recorded their famous albums, Workin', Steamin', Cookin' and Relaxin' (all of which were recorded in the course of just two marathon sessions). Garland's style is prominent in these recordings, where his distinctive chord voicings, his sophisticated accompaniment and his musical references to Ahmad Jamal's style are evident (Miles was also a great admirer of Jamal).. Includes 24-page booklet with original liner notes and artwork.

Limited Edtion - Includes 16-page booklet. Little Girl Blue was Nina Simone's debut album and first studio recording ever. Recorded when she was 25 years old, it was a tremendous success and led to a fabulous career that would produce more than 80 studio sessions. It contains such perennial classics as "I Loves You Porgy" and "My Baby Just Cares for Me". THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 9 BONUS TRACKS - CD EDITION - 20 TRACKS - TT: 74:26 - LIMITED EDITION - INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

Limited Edition - Includes 16-page booklet. Presented here is the complete original album Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook, by the Oscar Peterson trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. Recorded in 1959, this was Peterson's second attempt to produce a Porter songbook. For this extended edition, further Porter compositions recorded by Peterson on various occasions have been added, including all of the songs from the first Cole Porter songbook he had made in 1952 with Ray Brown on bass and Barney Kessel on guitar. THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 14 BONUS TRACKS - 2LPs ON 1 CD - CD EDITION - 26 TRACKS - TT: 77:40 - LIMITED EDITION - INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

2-CD Set Limited Edition - Includes 16-page booklet. This release contains Jimmy Smith's complete classic Sermon sessions for the first time ever on a single set. These are his only preserved collaborations with Lee Morgan, the formidable trumpet player whose life came to a tragic end after being shot by his girlfriend at the tender age of 33. Tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks is also well featured here. The outstanding reedman would pass away at the age of 42 after a life of drug addiction and self abuse. 2 COMPLETE ALBUMS & MORE - 2-CD SET - CD1/TT: 73:17 CD2/TT: 72:14 - LIMITED EDITION - INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET

Limited Edition - Includes 16-page booklet. This release presents all of the master takes produced during the celebrated quintet sessions co-led by Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster and originally issued on Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster. The first six tracks included here constitute the complete original album, which received a five-star rating in Down Beat magazine. THE COMPLETE ALBUM + 5 BONUS TRACKS - CD EDITION - 11 TRACKS - TT: 77:10 - LIMITED EDITION - INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET