Billy Strayhorn

Day Dream: Complete 1945-61 Sessions as Leader (EJC 55667)

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Day Dream: Complete 1945-61 Sessions as Leader

Billy Strayhorn

Essential Jazz Classics

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EJC 145275

EJC 55667

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Day Dream: Complete 1945-61 Sessions as Leader

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The great Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967), jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, was best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington, which lasted nearly three decades. This release presents the first two albums Strayhorn issued under his own name (out of just three): "Cue for Saxophone" (Felsted 7008), and "The Peaceful Side" (United Artists Jazz UAJ 14010). In addition, this set contains all of Strayhorn’s other sides as a leader up to 1961, including amazing piano duets with Duke Ellington, three rare unaccompanied solo selections, and various small group performances. Strayhorn’s best compositions include “Take the ‘A’ Train”, “Chelsea Bridge”, “Passion Flower”, “Day Dream”, and “Lush Life”, all of which are present here (the latter track is featured both in a 1961 instrumental version, and in a vocal/piano duet by Kay Davis and Strayhorn recorded live at Carnegie Hall in 1948).

PERSONNEL:

BILLY STRAYHORN, piano, on all tracks, plus:

CD1, 1-10: The Peaceful Side:
MICHEK GAUDRY, bass
the Paris String Quartet
the Paris Blue Notes (vocals).

Paris, France, May 1961.

CD1, 11-17: Cue for Saxophone:

HAROLD "SHORTY" BAKER, trumpet
QUENTIN JACKSON, trombone
RUSSELL PROCOPE, clarinet
JOHNNY HODGES, alto sax
AL HALL, bass
OLIVER JACKSON, drums
New York, April 14, 1959.

CD1, 18:
RAY NANCEM trumpet
JIMMY HAMILTON, clarinet
AL SEARS, tenor sax
HARRY CARNEY, baritone sax
JUNIOR RAGLIN, bass
FLETCHER JACKSON, drums
New York, 1947.

CD2, 1-6:The Jazz Scene

[1-3]: BILLY STRAYHORN (unaccompanied piano). Hollywood, fall 1947.
[4-6]: HARRY CARNEY, baritone sax
FRED GUY, guitar
OSCAR PETTIFORD, bass
SONNY GREER, drums
DUKE ELLINGTON, arranger
Plus strings
Hollywood, late Summer or fall 1947.

CD2, 7-21: DUKE ELLINGTON - BILLY STRAYHORN, Piano Duets

BILLY STRAYHORN, piano
DUKE ELLINGTON, piano
WENDELL MARSHALL, JOE SHILMAN or LLOYD TROTMAN, bass
OSCAR PETTIFORD, cello
JO JONES, drums
New York & Massachusetts, 1945-50.

CD2, 22: KAY DAVIS, vocals, backed by BILLY STRAYHORN
DUKE ELLINGTON, (announcer).
Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, November 13, 1948.

INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1: Total Time: 79:21

01 Lush Life
02 Just A Sittin’ And A Rockin’
03 Passion Flower
04 Take The “A” Train
05 Strange Feeling
06 Day Dream
07 Chelsea Bridge
08 Multi-Colored Blue
09 Something To Live For
10 A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
11 Cue’s Blue Now
12 Gone With The Wind
13 Cherry
14 Watch Your Cue
15 You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
16 When I Dream Of You
17 Rose Room
18 Feather Roll Blues

CD 2: Total Time: 78:48

01 Halfway To Dawn [Version 1]
02 Tailspin
03 Halfway To Dawn [Version 2]
04 Sono
05 Frustration
06 Sono [Alternate Take]
07 Cotton Tail
08 C Jam Blues
09 Flamingo
10 Bang-Up Blues
11 Tonk #1
12 Johnny Come Lately
13 In A Blue Summer Garden
14 Great Times
15 Perdido
16 Take The “A” Train
17 Oscalypso
18 Blues For Blanton
19 Tonk #2
20 Drawing Room Blues
21 Tonk #3
22 Lush Life [Live At Carnegie Hall 1948]