Featuring: Billy Bauer (g), Tony Aless, Andrew Ackers (p), Arnold Fishkin, Milt Hinton (b), Don Lamond, Osie Johnson (d)

Billy Bauer was the most celebrated guitarist in early modern jazz, winning more awards than any other on the instrument and establishing an enviable reputation as a member of the Woody Herman rhythm section. As a longtime sideman for Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz, he made some brilliant recordings showcasing his magisterial authority with contrapuntal lines. Despite his long career as a sideman, he did only two recording dates as a leader, both quartet sessions, compiled in this CD. In them he managed at all times to extract the greatest tenderness from his instrument. Playing with soul, swinging subtly, straight ahead or lightly as the need arose, he accomplished the rare and difficult feat of combining good jazz with accessibility.
Recorded New York City, 1955 & 1956

1 Easy Walkin’ Blues
2 Out Of Nowhere
3 These Foolish Things
4 (Back Home In) Indiana
5 Somebody Loves Me
6 September In The Rain
7 A Ghost Of A Chance
8 ‘S Wonderful
9 It’s A Blue World
10 Maybe I Love You Too Much
11 Lincoln Tunnel
12 Night Cruise
13 Too Marvellous For Words
14 Lady Estelles’s Dream
15 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
16 When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
17 The Way You Look Tonight
18 Lullaby Of The Leaves
19 Moon Mist