Urbie Green

4 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2-CD SET

This release contains all of the ‘50s recordings of the fabulous Urbie Green Big Band. It includes the complete original LPs All About Urbie Green, Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Jimmy McHugh in Hi-Fi and The Message.

PERSONNEL:

• URBIE GREEN, trombone soloist and conductor on all tracks.
• Featuring:
• JOHN CARISI, NICK TRAVIS, DOC SEVERINSEN, BERNIE GLOW, JOE WILDER (tp)
• EDDIE BERT, BILLY BYERS, LOU McGARITY (tb)
• AL COHN, HAL McKUSICK, ROLF KUHN, GENE QUILL, PEPPER ADAMS, SOL SCHLINGER (saxes)
• DAVE McKENNA, HANK JONES (p), BARRY GALBRAITH (g), MILT HINTON (b),
• OSIE JOHNSON, GEORGE WETTLING (d), among others.

• CD 1 [1-11]: ALL ABOUT URBIE GREEN (ABC Paramount 137).
• New York, July-August 1956. Arrangements by Johnny Carisi & Al Cohn
• CD 1 [12-23]: LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE (RCA LPM-1667).
• New York, Dec. 20-23, 1957. Arrangements by Al Cohn & Irwin Kostal
• CD 2 [1-10]: JIMMY McHUGH IN HI-FI (RCA LPM-1741).
• New York, May 5-12, 1958. Arrangements by Al Cohn & Irwin Kostal
• CD 2 [11-19]: THE MESSAGE (RCA NL-46033).
• New York, Feb. 2-3, 1959. Arrangements by Urbie Green

TRACKS:

• CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 75:35 min
• 01 SLEEP
• 02 SOFT WINDS
• 03 WITH THE WIND AND THE RAIN IN YOUR HAIR
• 04 I AIN’T GOT NOBODY
• 05 STELLA BY STARLIGHT
• 06 LITTLE JOHN
• 07 HOME, CRADLE OF HAPPINESS
• 08 CHEROKEE
• 09 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT
• 10 SPRINGSVILLE
• 11 PLAIN BILL FROM BLUESVILLE
• 12 PLEASE
• 13 THE MOON IS LOW
• 14 BABY, WON’T YOU PLEASE COME HOME?
• 15 IT MUST BE TRUE
• 16 SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME
• 17 DINNER FOR ONE, PLEASE JAMES
• 18 WHEN YOU’RE SMILING
• 19 YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING
• 20 LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE
• 21 LOVE WALKED IN
• 22 I WON’T DANCE
• 23 THAT OLD GANG OF MINE

• CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 74:12 min
• 01 LOUELLA
• 02 CUBAN LOVE SONG
• 03 MEDLEY OF McHUGH’S HITS 1
• 04 ROCK-A-BYE BLUEBIRD
• 05 I FEEL A SONG COMING ON
• 06 I FOUND MYSELF A GUY
• 07 DIGA DIGA DOO
• 08 I MUST HAVE THAT MAN
• 09 MEDLEY OF McHUGH’S HITS 2
• 10 GOODBYE BLUES
• 11 THE MESSAGE
• 12 I’M CONFESSIN’
• 13 BUT NOT FOR ME
• 14 GOODNIGHT MY LOVE
• 15 ONE O’CLOCK JUMP
• 16 I’M THROUGH WITH LOVE
• 17 WHIRLAWAY
• 18 I’M IN A DANCING MOOD
• 19 EARLY AUTUMN