ALL CD

AT THE OPERA HOUSE

Reference: DIS-120362 ***** DOWNBEAT(1958)
"Here is a meeting to remember. It is one of those all too rare occasions when everything seems just right. Both hornmen are in optimum blowing fettle and play to and for each other. The rhythm section is ideal. By no means miss this one." - John A. Tynan

This CD compiles for the first time ever the complete Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson at the Opera House LP and all of the tracks recorded at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium with the same personnel a week later.

Stan Getz
tenor saxophone
J.J. Johnson
trombone
Oscar Peterson
piano
Her Ellis
guitar
Ray Brown
bass
Connie Kay
drums

Live at the Opera House, Chicago, September 29, 1957.

01 BILLIE'S BOUNCE 9:47
02 MY FUNNY VALENTINE 8:10
03 CRAZY RHYTHM 7:52
04 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND 3:29
05 BLUES IN THE CLOSET 9:04

Live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, October 7, 1957.

06 BILLIE'S BOUNCE 7:57
07 MY FUNNY VALENTINE 8:28
08 CRAZY RHYTHM 7:47
09 YESTERDAYS 3:42
10 IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND 3:52
11 BLUES IN THE CLOSET 6:18

Total Time: 76:31

See 12-page booklet for complete information

Label

ESSENTIAL JAZZ ALBUMS

Artist:

STAN GETZ

Format:

Label code:

EJA 037

Number of discs:

Recording:

1957

Title:

AT THE OPERA HOUSE

Colaborations:

J.J. JOHNSON, OSCAR PETERSON, HERB ELLIS, RAY BROWN, CONNIE KAY

Price

7.58 €