Jazz Casual: Piano Masters

Earl Hines | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1963
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B000059RTW
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #638,114 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else - Earl Hines

2. Interview - Earl Hines

3. Earl Hines Talks And Demonstrates (Includes Squeeze Me) - Earl Hines

4. Love Is Just Around The Corner - Earl Hines

5. Gin Mill Blues - Joe Sullivan

6. Interview (Includes San) - Joe Sullivan

7. Squeeze Me - Joe Sullivan

8. Interview (Con't) - Joe Sullivan

9. Little Rock Getaway - Joe Sullivan

10. Interview (Con't) - Joe Sullivan

11. Memories Of You - Joe Sullivan

12. Interview (Con't) - Joe Sullivan

13. Black And Blue - Joe Sullivan

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jazz Documentary, October 13, 2001

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B. D. Tutt (London, UK.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jazz Casual: Piano Masters (Audio CD)

This CD features the soundtracks from two episodes of the Ralph J. Gleason TV show "Jazz Casual" from 1963. In the first half, Earl Hines gives what is basically a lecture on the development of his piano style, identifying some of his major influences, and illustrating his talk with fascinating piano examples. Hines plays here with a largely superfluous bass & drums, and the sound quality is a little muffled. Earl Hines produced far better sessions than this after his 1964 "rediscovery", but the interviews make it an interesting documentary record.

The second half features the great Chicago pianist Joe Sullivan, and is again a combination of interview conversation and piano performances, this time solo (despite the CD notes claiming the presence of bass & drums). The interview is interesting, & Sullivan comes across as an engagingly modest individual. He talks about his early life, his musical hero Fats Waller, and about his liking for ballads. Despite his career being in the doldrums, he is in good form pianistically, even attempting (rather breathlessly) his old showpiece "Little Rock Getaway". Sound quality for this show is excellent. Sullivan recorded little in his final decade, but this CD (and the solo album on Storyville) show that he was still a powerful pianist. Strongly recommended for Sullivan fans.

Let's hope that Koch issues more recordings from this series - and what about some of the programmes themselves on DVD?