Jazz Collection: Story of Jazz Piano

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delta
• ASIN: B00004SUEZ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,167,902 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)

2. Jazzmine Concerto

3. Shreveport Stomps

4. Dead Man Blues

5. Shiny Stockings

6. Sometimes I'm Happy

7. Once in a While

8. Ain't Misbehavin'

9. Honeysuckle Rose

10. I've Got the World on a String

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Stella by Starlight

2. Kelly's Blues

3. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya

4. Home Come'n

5. Caravan

6. They Can't Take That Away from Me

7. Take the "A" Train

8. Band Call

9. Basie's Thought

10. Blues in B-Flat

Editorial Reviews

Personnel: Fats Waller (vocals, piano); Sebu Sirinian (violin); Racheal Evans (viola); Deborah Assael (cello); Gene Sedric (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Lucky Thompson, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd, Bill Coleman (trumpet); Nat Adderley (cornet); Horace Silver, Kenny Barron, Teddy Wilson, Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton, Earl Hines (piano); Dennis Mackrel, Harry Dial, Jimmy Cobb , Kenny Clarke, Alex Riel, Oliver Jackson, Harold Jones , Billy Higgins (drums).Recording information: France (1924-1976); New York, NY (1924-1976); Washington D.C (1924-1976).Arranger: Manny Albam.The Delta label weighs in on the jazz-reissue front with this attractive two-disc set of jazz piano cuts. But it's really not Jazz Collection: The Story of Jazz Piano as much as it's a fine sampler of some of the giants of early jazz and swing. The majority here is taken up by Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, and Ellington. And while their respective cuts are fine, the whole history would have to also include the work of Bud Powell and Monk, not to mention at least a cut or two by the titan himself, Art Tatum. But for brevity's sake -- although not necessarily on chronology's behalf -- the compilers have also seen fit to give a nod to the hard bop world via a handful of sides by Horace Silver, Tommy Flanagan, Cedar Walton, and Hank Jones. So, instead of looking for a history lesson on wax here, this collection is best enjoyed as a fine, albeit somewhat pell-mell mix featuring some of the music's master pianists. ~ Stephen Cook