Erroll Garner

DIGIPACK EDITION

60th ANNIVERASRY OF THE ORIGINAL CONCERT BY THE SEA

11 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS

FULL CONCERT REALEASED FOR THE FIRST TIME

Concert by the Sea, the recording of Erroll Garner’s Sept. 19, 1955, performance in Carmel, Calif., immediately became and remains one of the best-selling albums in jazz. But one always suspected that Garner’s trio played more music that day than the 41 minutes committed to record. The initial CD reissue, a slapdash job that came out in 1987, was serviceable but muddy. Now, finally, 60 years after that historic concert, we get what is purported to be the concert in its entirety, along with improved fidelity via a new mastering.

The amount of music has doubled. Eleven of the 22 tunes were previously unreleased, and announcements and an interview with the trio are included in the three-CD The Complete Concert by the Sea. (The full concert program, as it occurred, unfolds over the first two discs; the third presents the previously released 11 songs in the order they appeared on the original Concert by the Sea.) - Steve Greenlee, JazzTimes

PERSONNEL:

ERROL GARNER, piano
EDDIE CALHOUN, bsas
DENZIL DeCOSTA, drums

Recorded live in Carmel California, September 19, 1955

CD 1 [1-15] & CD 2 [1-9] THE COMPLETE CONCERT BY THE SEA

CD 3 [1-11] ORIGINAL CONCERT

CD 3 [12] Interviews with Errol Garner, Denzil DeCosta and Eddie Calhoun

CD 1. THE COMPLETE CONCERT BY THE SEA

01. Announcer: Jimmy Lyons
02. Night and Day
03. Spring Is Here
04. I'll Remember April
05. The Nearness of You
06. Where or When
07. Sweet and Lovely
08. Lullaby of Birdland
09. Mambo Carmel
10. Teach Me Tonight
11. Will You Still Be Mine
12. I Cover the Waterfront
13. Bernie's Tune
14. How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me?
15. It's All Right with Me

CD 2: THE COMPLETE CONCERT BY THE SEA

01. Announcer: Jimmy Lyons
02. They Can't Take That Away from Me
03. Autumn Leaves
04. S'Wonderful
05. Laura
06. Red Top
07. April In Paris
08. Caravan
09. Erroll's Theme / Announcer: Jimmy Lyons

CD 3: CONCERT BY THE SEA (ORIGINAL EDITED CONCERT)

01. I'll Remember April
02. Teach Me Tonight
03. Mambo Carmel
04. Autumn Leaves
05. It's All Right with Me
06. Red Top
07. April In Paris
08. They Can't Take That Away from Me
09. How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me
10. Where or When
11. Erroll's Theme
12. Post Concert Interview: Will Thornbury with Erroll Garner, Eddie Calhoun, Denzil DaCosta Best