Early Years - George Shearing - Music - JSP - 0788065905422 - October 14, 2008
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George Shearing

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Early Years Remastered edition

Born blind in Battersea, London in 1919, George Shearing became one of the most popular and successful jazz pianists in America from the 1950s onwards. But before he moved to the USA in 1947 he'd had a decade of recording and performing successfully in the UK, for much of the period in the midst of wartime London. By the age of 16 George was earning a living wage as a pub pianist, and aged 17 was recruited into a touring band. He was instantly identified as a talent to watch. The earliest recordings here, made when George was 20, show him as an accomplished pianist whose instinct for jazz was already well-developed. As well as plotting George's progress through the war and into the early years of peace, we encounter his many recorded collaborations with Stephane Grappelli (who himself seems to flourish out of Django's shade) and a rich panoply of long-forgotten British jazz musicians who can now be seen as much more than mere imitators of American originals. Included are postwar sessions led by reedman Harry Hayes. So forward-looking is the material, it is hard to believe that they were recorded in the time and place that they were. For those who know only George Shearing's American recordings, this 5CD collection will be a revelation - showing a master musician in evolution.

FROM OBSCURITY TO FAME

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 5
Specielt cover Box set
Composer Diverse
Released October 14, 2008
EAN/UPC 0788065905422
Label JSP JSP954.2
Genre Jazz
Dimensions 128 × 145 × 55 mm   ·   112 g
number of tracks 125

Track list

  1. 1.   CD  

    1. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (3:00)
    2. Stomp In F (2:53)
    3. Blue Boogie (2:24)
    4. Squeezin' The Blues (2:40)
    5. Moonray (2:54)
    6. We Speak Of You Often (3:21)
    7. What Do You Know About Love? (3:5)
    8. Talk To Me (3:11)
    9. Amoresque (2:45)
    10. I Got Rhythm (2:42)
    11. I Never Knew (2:39)
    12. After You've Gone (3:14)
    13. Stephane's Tune (3:01)
    14. I've Found A New Baby (2:53)
    15. Black Eyes (2:56)
    16. Boog It (3:05)
    17. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (3:10)
    18. I Never Knew (2:36)
    19. Sweet Sue, Just You (2:38)
    20. Tiger Rag (2:32)
    21. Stephane's Blues (3:21)
    22. Noel Brings The Swing (2:59)
    23. Southern Fried (3:24)
    24. Missouri Scrambler (2:56)
    25. Wednesday Night Hop (2:53)
    26. Overnight Hop (2:37)

  2. 2.   CD  

    1. Papa's In Bed With His Britches On (3:01)
    2. Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat (3:08)
    3. Dinah (3:14)
    4. Body And Soul (3:24)
    5. Jive Bomber (3:22)
    6. Delayed Action (3:06)
    7. Jump For Joy (2:43)
    8. Scrub Me, Mama, With A Boogie Beat (2:42)
    9. Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar (2:46)
    10. Dim Blues (3:31)
    11. Parry Opus (3:16)
    12. It Don't Count (2:57)
    13. I'm Young And Healthy (3:03)
    14. Potato Pete (2:41)
    15. Come, Happy Day (2:34)
    16. She Had Dark And Dreamy Eyes (3:12)
    17. Oh! How He Misses His Missus (2:58)
    18. How Could You? (2:50)
    19. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (2:45)
    20. These Foolish Things (3:10)
    21. More Than You Know (3:14)
    22. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (3:30)
    23. You Stepped Out Of A Dream (3:22)
    24. Wrap Yourself In Cotton Wool (3:02)
    25. Tahiti Rendezvous (3:28)

  3. 3.   CD  

    1. Boogie Ride (3:37)
    2. Spookie Woogie (3:03)
    3. The Two Little Squirrels (2:36)
    4. Watch the Birdie (2:59)
    5. The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid (3:08)
    6. I Said No (3:07)
    7. Moonray (2:47)
    8. Rosetta (3:11)
    9. I'll Never Let A Day Pass By (2:46)
    10. Coquette (2:57)
    11. Red Duster Rag (3:11)
    12. Out Of Nowhere (3:18)
    13. Can't We Be Friends? (2:50)
    14. Ghost Of A Chance (3:16)
    15. Time On My Hands (2:57)
    16. Stardust (3:31)
    17. J'Attendrai (3:28)
    18. Weep No More, My Lady (3:08)
    19. When I Look At You (3:23)
    20. Three O'Clock In The Morning (3:09)
    21. That Old Black Magic (3:06)
    22. Strictly Non Vocal (2:48)
    23. Star Eyes (3:27)
    24. Heavenly Music (3:06)

  4. 4.   CD  

    1. Baby, Please Stop! And Think About Me (3:06)
    2. I Never Mention Your Name (3:29)
    3. My Heart Tells Me (3:15)
    4. Guilty (3:03)
    5. I Found A New Boogie (3:18)
    6. Sweet Lorraine (2:55)
    7. Just Boogie Woogie (2:48)
    8. Cymbal Simon (2:52)
    9. Riff Up Them Stairs (3:17)
    10. Five Flat Flurry (2:46)
    11. Trunk Call (3:19)
    12. Confessin' (3:19)
    13. Someday, Sweetheart (2:52)
    14. It's Easy To Remember (3:08)
    15. I'm So Afraid Of You (2:39)
    16. Blue Moon (3:02)
    17. Interlude For Jazz Practice (2:58)
    18. The Toy Trumpet (3:14)
    19. Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie (3:27)
    20. Mean To Me (3:00)
    21. The Song Is You (3:19)
    22. Out Of Space (3:16)
    23. Early One Morning (3:12)
    24. Temptation (3:02)
    25. Rock-A-Bye Basie (2:50)

  5. 5.   CD  

    1. Henderson Stomp (2:20)
    2. Don't You Know That I Care? (3:28)
    3. No-One Else Will Do (3:07)
    4. Jam Sandwich (2:49)
    5. Together (2:48)
    6. What A Difference A Day Made - 3:30 (3:30)
    7. Lady Be Good (3:13)
    8. Rose Marie (2:35)
    9. I Didn't Know About You (3:22)
    10. I'm Making Believe (2:37)
    11. Henderson Stomp (2:20)
    12. Annie Laurie (3:19)
    13. Sugar (2:59)
    14. Out Of Nowhere (3:22)
    15. Piccadilly Stomp (2:52)
    16. Cocktails For Two (3:00)
    17. Struttin' At The Astor (3:27)
    18. Familiar Moe (2:56)
    19. High as a Kite (3:12)
    20. A Flat To C (2:51)
    21. Blue Charm (3:14)
    22. Spookie Woogie (2:58)
    23. Spookie Woogie (3:15)
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