Erroll Garner

• LIMITED EDITION

• 2-CD RELEASE

• INCLUDES 7 BONUS TRACKS

• 20-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents the complete 1956 studio sessions by the Erroll Garner Trio. Originally issued on the Columbia albums The Most Happy Piano, The One and Only Erroll Garner, He’s Here! He’s Gone! He’s Garner! and Garner Encores in Hi-Fi, they are featured here in their original recording order.

All of the other tunes from these albums (which contained some trio tracks from previous sessions) have been added here as bonus tracks. Considered among the greatest jazz pianists ever, Erroll Garner was revered not only by the public and his fellow musicians, but also by artists of other disciplines, like Clint Eastwood, who featured the pianist’s most famous composition in his 1971 film Play Misty for Me.

PERSONNEL:

• Erroll Garner - (piano)
• Al Hall - (bass)
• Specs Powell - (drums)

New York, June 7 & September 11, 1956.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS (CD TWO, 9-15):
• Erroll Garner (p), with collective personnel:
• Wyatt Ruther, John Simmons (b), Fats Heard, Shadow Wilson (d).
• Los Angeles and New York, 1951-53.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE: (70:47min)
• 01 ROSE ROOM
• 02 BUT NOT FOR ME
• 03 MY SILENT LOVE
• 04 FULL MOON AND EMPTY ARMS
• 05 SOME OF THESE DAYS
• 06 TIME ON MY HANDS
• 07 GIRL OF MY DREAMS
• 08 ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND
• 09 IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO
• 10 AFTER I SAY I’M SORRY
• 11 I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD)
• 12 OL’ MAN RIVER
• 13 THEM THERE EYES
• 14 THE MAN I LOVE

• CD TWO: (67:22 min.)
• 01 MOONGLOW
• 02 ALL GOD’S CHILLUN GOT RHYTHM
• 03 CRÈME DE MENTHE
• 04 HUMORESQUE
• 05 MY LONELY HEART
• 06 MAMBO 207
• 07 THE WAY BACK BLUES
• 08 PASSIN’ THROUGH
• 09 ONCE IN A WHILE (*)
• 10 DANCING TAMBOURINE (*)
• 11 SOPHISTICATED LADY (*)
• 12 ROBBIN’S NEST (*)
• 13 HOW HIGH THE MOON (*)
• 14 FANCY 4:29 (*)
• 15 GROOVY-DAY 3:41 (*)