Randy Weston

2 LPs ON 1 CD

This CD contains Randy Weston's complete original LP Little Niles (United Artists) presenting his own compositions arranged by Melba Liston. As a bonus, we have added the complete album Piano A-La-Mode (Jubilee), plus a 1960 quartet version of "Saucer Eyes" taken from a rare anthology.

PERSONNEL:

RANDY WESTON , piano on all tracks, plus:

(1-7): Little Niles (United Artists): 4 stars Down Beat (1959)
RAY COPELAND (tp),
MELBA LISTON (tb, arr)
JOHNNY GRIFFIN (ts)
JAMIL NASSER (b)
CHARLIE PERSIP (d).
New York, October, 1958.

BONUS ALBUM:
(8-15): Piano A-la-mode ( Jubilee): 4 1/2 stars  Down Beat (1958)
PECK MORRISON (b),
CONNIE KAY (d).
New York, Spring, 1957.

(16) ADDITIONAL BONUS TRACK
Cecil Payne (bar), Ron Carter (b), Roy Haynes (d). June, 1960.

See 16-page booklet for complete information

TRACKS:

01 Earth Birth
02 Little Susan
03 Nice Ice
04 Little Niles
05 Pam's Waltz
06 Babe's Blues
07 Let's Climb A Hill
08 Eath Birth
09 Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
10 Saucer Eyes
11 I Got Rhythm
12 Gingerbread
13 Cocktails For Two
14 Honeysuckle Rose
15 Fe-Double-U Blues
16 Saucer Eyes

Total Times: 72:45