Bobby Timmons

• 4 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2-CD SET

• INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKELT

This release presents a splendid series of sessions by th Bobby Timmons Trio, recorded in the early 1960s. A pianist strongly associated with the soul jazz style that he helped initiate and of which he was one of the major exponents, Timmons became known for his work with Art Blakey’s celebrated Jazz Messengers and later with Cannonball Adderley Quintet, before forming his own trio. Included here are the complete contents of the four following albums, Sweet and Soulful Sounds, Born to Be Blue, A Little Barefoot Soul, and Chung-King.

PERSONNEL:

• BOBBY TIMMONS, piano on all tracks, plus:
• CD 1 [1-8]:
• SAM JONES, bass; ROY McCURDY, drums.
• New York, June 18 & 19, 1962.
• CD 1 [9-11]:
• RON CARTER, bass; CONNIE KAY, drums.
• New York, August 12, 1963.
• CD 1 [12-14] & CD 2 [1]:
• SAM JONES, bass; CONNIE KAY, drums.
• New York, September 10, 1963.
• CD 2 [2-8]:
• SAM JONES, bass; RAY LUCAS, drums.
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, June 18, 1964.
• CD 2 [9-14]:
• KETER BETTS, bass
• ALBERT “TOOTIE” HEATH, drums.
• Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, August 12, 1964.

TRACKS:

• CD 1 TOTAL TIME: 77:25 Min.
• SWEET AND SOULFUL SOUNDS
• 01 THE SWEETEST SOUNDS
• 02 TURN LEFT
• 03 GOD BLESS THE CHILD
• 04 YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO
• 05 ANOTHER LIVE ONE
• 06 ALONE TOGETHER
• 07 SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST
• 08 WHY WAS I BORN?
• BORN TO BE BLUE
• 09 SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD
• 10 KNOW NOT ONE
• 11 NAMELY YOU
• 12 BORN TO BE BLUE
• 13 MALICE TOWARDS NONE
• 14 OFTEN ANNIE

• CD 2 TOTAL TIME: 77:47 Min.
• 01 THE SIT-IN
• A LITTLE BAREFOOT SOUL
• 02 A LITTLE BAREFOOT SOUL
• 03 WALKIN’-WADIN’-SITTIN’-RIDIN’
• 04 LITTLE ONE
• 05 CUT ME LOOSE, CHARLIE
• 06 AIN’T THINKIN’ ABOUT IT
• 07 NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I’VE SEEN
• 08 PEOPLE
• CHUNG-KING
• 09 CHUN-KING
• 10 WALKING DEATH
• 11 O GRANDE AMOR
• 12 GETTIN’ IT TOGETHA’
• 13 I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT
• 14 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME