Jimmy Cleveland

ALL FOUR OF CLEVELAND’S LONG UNAVAILABLE
LPs AS A LEADER IN THEIR ENTIRETY!!

Although he was a ubiquitous session player, the brilliant trombonist Jimmy Cleveland only recorded four albums under his own name, all of which are included on this set in their entirety. The albums are Introducing "Jimmy Cleveland" (EmArcy MG36066), "Cleveland Style" (EmArcy MG36126), "A Map of Jimmy Cleveland" (Mercury MG20442), and "Rhythm Crazy" (Mercury MG20450/ EmArcy MGE26003). They were all recorded in a septet/octet format and feature a myriad of jazz stars, such as Art Farmer, Ernie Royal, Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson, Benny Golson, Cecil Payne, Don Butterfield, Hank Jones, Wynton Kelly, Junior Mance, Barry Galbraith, Paul Chambers, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach and Art Taylor, among others.

PERSONNEL:

JIMMY CLEVELAND, trombone & leader, on all tracks, plus:

CD1 1-11: Introducing Jimy Cleveland (EmArcy MG36066)

Featuring:
Ernie Royal (tp), Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson (ts), Cecil Payne (bar),
Wade Legge, John Williams, Hank Jones (p), Barry Galbraith (g),
Paul Chambers, Oscar Pettiford (b), Joe Harris, Max Roach, Osie Johnson (d).

New York, August & November, 1955.
Arrangements by Quincy Jones.

CD 1 12-15 & CD 2 1-3: Cleveland Style (EmArcy MG36126)
Art Farmer (tp), Don Butterfield or Jay McAllister (tu), Benny Golson (ts),
Wynton Kelly (p), Eddie Jones (b), Charlie Persip (d).

New York, December 12 & 13, 1957.
Arrangements by Ernie Wilkins and Benny Golson.

CD 2 4-10: A Map of Jimy Cleveland (Mercury MG20442)
Ray Copeland (tp), Ernie Royal (flhrn), Don Butterfield (tu),
Jerome Richardson (ts, fl)
Junior Mance (p), Bill Crow (b), Art Taylor (d).

New York, December 16-18, 1958.
Arrangements by Ernie Wilkins.

CD 2 11-17: Rhythm Crazy (Mercury MG20450/EmArcy MGE26003)

Art Farmer (tp), Benny Golson (ts), Jerome Richardson (fl, ts, bar),
Hank Jones (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (d).

New York, February 1959.
Arrangements By Gigi Gryce And Benny Golson.

INCLUDES 24.PAGE BOOKLET

CD1: Total Time: 76:36

01 I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
02 See Minor
03 Love Is Here To Stay [A.T]
04 Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
05 You Don’t Know What Love Is
06 Little Beaver
07 My One And Only Love
08 Love Is Here To Stay [M.Take]
09 Vixen
10 Count ‘Em
11 Bone Brother
12 Out Of This World
13 All This And Heaven Too
14 Goodbye Ebbets Field
15 Posterity

CD2: Total Time: 78:37

01 A Jazz Ballad
02 Long Ago And Far Away
03 Jimmy’s Tune
04 Marie
05 Stardust
06 The Best Things In Life Are Free
07 A Hundred Years From Today
08 Jimmy’s Old Funky Blues
09 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
10 Jay Bird
11 Our Delight
12 Crazy Rhythm
13 Reminiscing
14 We Never Kissed
15 Old Reliable
16 Tricotism
17 Tom-Kattin’