Various Artists

This 2-CD set includes all available recordings of Zieff's finest compositions and arrangements, featuring in some cases unusual instrumentations. This intriguing portrait of Bob Zieff’s music is highly complemented by a fascinating essay written by the composer himself.

PERSONNEL:

CD 1:

[1-8] DICK WETMORE QUARTET
DICK WETMORE, violin
RAY SANTISI, piano
BILL NORDSTROM, bass
JIMMY ZITANO, drums.
Recorded in New York City, September 1953.

[9] CHET BAKER QUARTET
CHET BAKER, trumpet
DICK TWARDZIK, piano
JIMMY BOND, bass
PETER LITTMAN, drums.
Recorded at Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, October 11, 1955.

[10-11] CHET BAKER SEXTET
CHET BAKER, trumpet
PHIL URSO, tenor sax
BOBBY TIMMONS, piano
JIMMY BOND, bass
PETER LITTMAN, drums.
Recorded at Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, July 24, 1956.

[12-14] ANTHONY ORTEGA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Dick Wetmore, violin; Art Farmer, trumpet; Jim Buffington, French horn;
Anthony Ortega, alto sax, flute; Dick Haffer, bass clarinet; Bob Tricarico, bassoon;
Ahmed Abdul-Malik, bass.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, New York City, November 1956.

[15-17] CHET BAKER GROUP [Playboy All Stars]
CHET BAKER, trumpet
JIMMY BUFFINGTON, french horn
BOB TRICARICO, bassoon
GENE ALLEN, bass clarinet
SEYMOUR BARAB, cello
ROSS SAVAKAS, bass.

CD 2:

[1] CHET BAKER GROUP

[2-3] ANTHONY ORTEGA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Recorded at Coastal Studios, New York City, December 9, 1957-

[4-12]

JACK NIMITZ’S ORCHESTRA
Jack Nimitz (bs), and Bill Harris (tb), with collective personnel including:
Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Raney, Chuck Wayne (g); Oscar Pettiford, Russ Savakas (b);
Don Lamond, Ted Sommer (d); Gene Orloff, Harry Lukofsky, Dick Wetmore (vln);
Seymour Barab, George Koutzen, George Ricci, Lucien Schmidt, Harvey Shapiro (cello).
Recorded at Belltone Studios, New York City, March 1957.

[13-19] CHET BAKER QUARTET

CD 1:

01. Piece Caprice
02. Just Duo
03. Pomp
04. Sad Walk
05. Brash
06. Re-Search
07. Shiftful
08. Rondette
09. Mid-Forte
10. Slightly Above Moderate
11. Medium Rock
12. Four to Four
13. Cinderella’s Curfew
14. Patting
15. Twenties Late
16. A Minor Benign
17. Ponder

CD 2:

01. X
02. I Can't Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) (*)
03. I Don't Stand A Ghost of a Chance With You (*)
04. Long Ago and Far Away (*)
05. A Handful of Stars (*)
06. You and Me and the Night and the Music (*)
07. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (*)
08. The Love Nest (*)
09. Autumn Nocturne (*)
10. Somebody Loves Me (*)
11. Lean on Me (*)
12. Shine (*)
13. Rondette [+]
14. Sad Walk [+]
15. Re-Search [+]
16. Just Duo [+]
17. Piece Caprice [+]
18. Pomp [+]
19. Brash [+]

(*) Bonus tracks featuring Bob Zieff only as arranger
[+] Other versions of Bob Zieff composition