• COLLECTOR'S DIGIPACK SERIES
• 3-PANEL DIGIPACK
• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD
• PLUS 3 BONUS TRACKS
Presented here are two complete LPs by the glorious George Shearing Quintet recorded at the height of its power: Soft and Silky (MGM Records E-4042) and Smooth and Swinging (MGM Records E-4043). The group features such stars as Toots Thielemans, Cal Tjader, and Al McKibbon. Three tracks have been added as a bonus, among them Shearing’s first version of his most famous composition, “Lullaby of Birdland”, and his all-time hit “Guilty”.
PERSONNEL:
- THE GEORGE SHEARING QUINTET
- George Shearing - piano
- Featuring:
- Don Elliot, Cal Tjader - vibes
- Chuck Wayne, Dick Garcia - guitar
- Toots Thielemans- guitar & harmonica
- Al McKibbon - bass
- Denzil Best - drums
- among others.
Recorded in New York & Los Angeles, 1949-54.
- (*) BONUS TRACKS:
- 25-26: From the same sessions. Not on the original LP.
- 27: George Shearing, unaccompanied piano.
- Hollywood, California, December 1956.
TRACKS:
- SOFT AND SILKY
- 01 OVER THE RAINBOW
- 02 SPRING IS HERE
- 03 FOR YOU
- 04 TENDERLY [unaccompanied piano]
- 05 I’LL BE AROUND
- 06 DON’T BLAME ME
- 07 THE CONTINENTAL
- 08 I’LL REMEMBER APRIL
- 09 LITTLE WHITE LIES
- 10 I REMEMBER YOU
- 11 MY SILENT LOVE
- 12 EAST OF THE SUN
- SMOOTH AND SWINGING
- 13 HALLELUJAH
- 14 JUMPIN’ WITH SYMPHONY SID
- 15 SWEDISH PASTRY
- 16 STROLLING
- 17 LOOSE LEAF
- 18 THE LADY IS A TRAMP
- 19 PICK YOURSELF UP
- 20 GENEVA’S MOVE [aka MOVE]
- 21 LONELY MOMENTS
- 22 POINT AND COUNTERPOINT
- 23 MINOR TROUBLE
- 24 NIGHT FLIGHT
- 25 UNDECIDED (*)
- 26 LULLABY OF BIRDLAND (*)
- 27 GUILTY (*)