Teddy Wilson

FOUR LPS ON A SPECIAL 3-CD SET, PLUS A COMPLETE BONUS SESSIONS WITH BENNY CARTER, TEDDY WILSON AND JO JONES PLAYING TEDDY WILSON AND JO JONES PLAYING IN TRIO FORMAT!

AN OUTSTANDING TRIO'S WORKS COMPILED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A SINGLE SET!

CONTAINS A 20-PAGE BOOKLET WITH PHOTOS AND DETAILED INFORMATION!
Contains the complete LPs: "For Quiet Lovers", "I Got Rhythm", "The Impeccable Mr. Wilson" and "These Tunes Remind Me Of You".

Personnel: TEDDY WILSON (piano) and JO JONES (drums) on all tracks, plus:

CD 1, #1-12: Milt Hinton (b). Recorded in New York, January 1, 1955.

CD 1, #13-23 & CD 2, #1-2: Gene Ramey (b). Recorded in New York, March 5, 1956.

CD 2, #3-8 & CD 3, #1-8: Al Lucas (b): Recorded in New York, September 13, 1956.

* Bonus Sessions (CD 3, #9-16): BENNY CARTER TRIO: Benny Carter (as), Teddy Wilson (p) & Jo Jones (d). Recorded in New York, September 20, 1954.

CD 1:
1. Blues For The Oldest Profession
2. It Had To Be You
3. You Took Advantage Of Me
4. Three Little Words
5. If I Had You
6. Who's Sorry Now?
7. The Birth Of The Blues
8. When Your Lover Has Gone
9. Moonlight On The Ganges
10. April In Paris
11. Hallelujah
12. Get Out Of Town
13. Stompin' At The Savoy
14. Say It Isn't So
15. All Of Me
16. Stars Fell On Alabama
17. I Got Rhythm
18. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
19. Sweet Georgia Brown
20. As Time Goes By
21. Smiles
22. When Your Lover Has Gone
23. Limehouse Blues

Total time: 74:47 mins.

CD 2:
1. Blues For Daryl
2. You're Driving Me Crazy
3. I Want To Be Happy
4. Ain't Misbehavin'
5. Honeysuckle Rose
6. Fine And Dandy
7. Sweet Lorraine
8. I Found A New Baby
9. It's The Talk Of The Town
10. Laura
11. Undecided
12. Time On My Hands
13. Who Cares?
14. Love Is Here To Stay
15. When You're Smiling
16. Imagination
17. The World Is Waiting For A Sunrise
18. I've Got The World On A String

Total time: 65:21 mins.

CD 3:
1. Whispering
2. Poor Butterfly
3. Rosetta
4. Basin Street Blues
5. How Deep Is The Ocean?
6. Just One Of Those Things
7. Have You Met Miss Jones?
8. It Don't Mean A Thing
9. Little Girl Blue*
10. June In January*
11. Jeepers Creepers*
12. Rosetta*
13. The Birth Of The Blues*
14. When Your Lover Has Gone*
15. The Moon Is Low*
16. The Love Of Mine*

Total time: 66:53 mins.

"After the production of the The Benny Goodman Story in 1955", remembers Teddy Wilson in his book, Teddy Wilson Talks, "the bulk of my work was playing in public with my trio. My first steady trio had Jo Jones on drums and Gene Ramey on bass. When Jo went off on his own to form his own trio, I got an excellent drummer from Sweden, whose name was Nils-Bertil Dahlander".

Although Jones' tenure with the great swing pianist was short, their association produced more than a few well-remembered concerts. In fact, they produced enough material together to complete no less than four LPs, all of which are included in this collection. All their trio collaborations were recorded in New York during three extended sessions on January 1, 1955; March 5, 1956 and September 13, 1956.

The September 20, 1954 studio session that the producers have included here as a bonus at the end of CD 3 is a strange experiment. Instead of the usual piano / bass / drum format, it includes Benny Carter's alto sax in place of the bass, creating an authentic three-star line-up, with each musician enjoying an equal share of solo space. And what can be said about the regular trio sessions? It's pure magic hearing Teddy and Jo make music together! The pianist is both elegant and contained, but always full of swing!