VARIOUS The Columbia Jazz Collection

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Disc 1 Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays WC Handy
AMG Review by Scott Yanow
This recording was not only Louis Armstrong's finest record of the 1950s but one of the truly classic jazz sets. Armstrong and his All-Stars (trombonist Trummy Young, clarinetist Barney Bigard, pianist Billy Kyle, bassist Arvell Shaw, drummer Barrett Deems, and singer Velma Middleton) were clearly inspired by the fresh repertoire, 11 songs written by W.C. Handy. Their nearly nine-minute version of "St. Louis Blues" (with witty vocals, roaring Young trombone, and a couple of long majestic trumpet solos) is arguably the greatest version of the oft-recorded song. Other highlights include "Loveless Love," "Beale Street Blues," and a romping version of "Ole Miss Blues." The CD reissue also includes rehearsal versions of three songs, Louis Armstrong telling a joke, and a brief George Avakian interview with W.C. Handy. Essential music for all serious jazz collections.

1. St. Louis Blues
2. Yellow Dog Blues
3. Loveless Love
4. Aunt Hagar's Blues
5. Long Gone (From The Bowlin' Green)
6. The Memphis Blues (Or Mister Crump)
7. Beale Street Blues
8. Ole Miss Blues
9. Chantez Les Bas (Sing 'Em Low)
10. Hesitating Blues
11. Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet On Your Floor)
12. Interview with W.C. Handy
13. Loveless Love
14. Hesitating Blues
15. Alligator Story
16. Long Gone (From The Bowlin' Green)

Disc 2 Sarah Vaughan/Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi
AMG Review by Scott Yanow
Most of Sarah Vaughan's Columbia recordings were on the commercial side, but not the memorable selections on this wonderful CD reissue. She recorded eight selections in 1950 with an octet that included trumpeter Miles Davis, trombonist Benny Green, the remarkably cool clarinetist Tony Scott and tenorman Budd Johnson. This CD adds alternate takes to seven of the numbers, increasing the discography of both Sassy and Miles. This version of "Ain't Misbehavin'" is a true classic (with memorable eight-bar solos by each of the four horns); "Mean to Me" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" are gems, and the other performances are not far behind. In addition, Vaughan sings two versions of "The Nearness of You" in 1949; there is also a previously unknown recording of "It's All In the Mind," and three orchestra numbers from 1951 and 1953 wrap up the outstanding reissue. Sassy has rarely sounded better. Highly recommended.

1. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon)
2. Nice Work If You Can Get It
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine
4. Mean To Me
5. It Might As Well Be Spring
6. Can't Get Out Of This Mood
7. Goodnight My Love
8. Ain't Misbehavin'
9. Pinky
10. The Nearness Of You
11. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
12. Ooh, What'cha Doin' To Me
13. It's All In Your Mind
14. The Nearness Of You
15. Ain't Misbehavin'
16. Goodnight My Love
17. Can't Get Out Of This Mood
18. It Might As Well Be Spring
19. Mean To Me
20. Come Rain Or Come Shine
21. East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon) (alternate take)

Disc 3 Art Blakey/Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
AMG Review by Scott Yanow
The original version of The Jazz Messengers only lasted around a year, cutting four albums before the departure of pianist and chief composer Horace Silver. This LP (which also features trumpeter Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley's tenor and bassist Doug Watkins) is highlighted by the earliest recordings of two of Silver's songs, "Nica's Dream" and "Ecaroh," and plenty of typically hard swinging from the band.

1. Infra-Rae
2. Nica's Dream
3. It's You Or No One
4. Ecaroh
5. Carol's Interlude
6. The End Of A Love Affair
7. Hank's Symphony
8. Weird-O
9. Ill Wind
10. Late Show
11. Deciphering The Message
12. Carol's Interlude

Disc 4 Billie Holiday/Lady In Satin
AMG Review by Scott Yanow
This is the most controversial of all Billie Holiday records. Lady Day herself said that this session (which finds her accompanied by Ray Ellis' string orchestra) was her personal favorite, and many listeners have found her emotional versions of such songs as "I'm a Fool to Want You," "You Don't Know What Love Is," "Glad to Be Unhappy," and particularly "You've Changed" to be quite touching. But Holiday's voice was essentially gone by 1958, and although not yet 43, she could have passed for 73. Ellis' arrangements do not help, veering close to Muzak; most of this record is very difficult to listen to. Late in life, Holiday expressed the pain of life so effectively that her croaking voice had become almost unbearable to hear. There is certainly a wide range of opinion as to the value of this set. [This CD reissue adds two alternate takes of "I'm a Fool to Want You," part of which were used for the original released rendition, plus the stereo version of "The End of a Love Affair" (only previously released in mono) and examples of Lady Day rehearsing the latter song, including a long unaccompanied stretch.]

1. I'm A Fool To Want You [Edited master]
2. For Heaven's Sake
3. You Don't Know What Love Is
4. I Get Along Without You Very Well
5. For All We Know
6. Violets For Your Furs
7. You've Changed
8. It's Easy To Remember
9. But Beautiful
10. Glad To Be Unhappy
11. I'll Be Around
12. The End Of A Love Affair [Mono Version/instrumental track & overdub take 8]
13. I'm A Fool To Want You [Take 3]
14. I'm A Fool To Want You [Take 2 - Alternate Take]
15. The End Of A Love Affair - The Audio Story
16. The End Of A Love Affair [Stereo]

Disc 5 Miles Davis/Kind Of Blue
AMG Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Kind of Blue isn't merely an artistic highlight for Miles Davis, it's an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album, a universally acknowledged standard of excellence. Why does Kind of Blue posses such a mystique? Perhaps because this music never flaunts its genius. It lures listeners in with the slow, luxurious bassline and gentle piano chords of "So What." From that moment on, the record never really changes pace — each tune has a similar relaxed feel, as the music flows easily. Yet Kind of Blue is more than easy listening. It's the pinnacle of modal jazz — tonality and solos build from the overall key, not chord changes, giving the music a subtly shifting quality. All of this doesn't quite explain why seasoned jazz fans return to this record even after they've memorized every nuance. They return because this is an exceptional band — Miles, Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb — one of the greatest in history, playing at the peak of its power. As Evans said in the original liner notes for the record, the band did not play through any of these pieces prior to recording. Davis laid out the themes before the tape rolled, and then the band improvised. The end results were wondrous and still crackle with vitality. Kind of Blue works on many different levels. It can be played as background music, yet it amply rewards close listening. It is advanced music that is extraordinarily enjoyable. It may be a stretch to say that if you don't like Kind of Blue, you don't like jazz — but it's hard to imagine it as anything other than a cornerstone of any jazz collection.

1. So What
2. Freddie Freeloader
3. Blue In Green
4. All Blues
5. Flamenco Sketches
6. Flamenco Sketches

Disc 6 Dave Brubeck/Time Out
AMG Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Kind of Blue isn't merely an artistic highlight for Miles Davis, it's an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album, a universally acknowledged standard of excellence. Why does Kind of Blue posses such a mystique? Perhaps because this music never flaunts its genius. It lures listeners in with the slow, luxurious bassline and gentle piano chords of "So What." From that moment on, the record never really changes pace — each tune has a similar relaxed feel, as the music flows easily. Yet Kind of Blue is more than easy listening. It's the pinnacle of modal jazz — tonality and solos build from the overall key, not chord changes, giving the music a subtly shifting quality. All of this doesn't quite explain why seasoned jazz fans return to this record even after they've memorized every nuance. They return because this is an exceptional band — Miles, Coltrane, Bill Evans, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb — one of the greatest in history, playing at the peak of its power. As Evans said in the original liner notes for the record, the band did not play through any of these pieces prior to recording. Davis laid out the themes before the tape rolled, and then the band improvised. The end results were wondrous and still crackle with vitality. Kind of Blue works on many different levels. It can be played as background music, yet it amply rewards close listening. It is advanced music that is extraordinarily enjoyable. It may be a stretch to say that if you don't like Kind of Blue, you don't like jazz — but it's hard to imagine it as anything other than a cornerstone of any jazz collection.

1. Blue Rondo à la Turk
2. Strange Meadow Lark
3. Take Five
4. Three To Get Ready
5. Kathy's Waltz
6. Everybody's Jumpin'
7. Pick Up Sticks

Disc 7 Duke Ellington - Count Basie/First Time: The Count Meets The Duke!
AMG Review by Scott Yanow
At first glance this collaboration should not have worked. The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Orchestras had already been competitors for 25 years but the leaders' mutual admiration (Ellington was one of Basie's main idols) and some brilliant planning made this a very successful and surprisingly uncrowded encounter. On most selections Ellington and Basie both play piano (their interaction with each other is wonderful) and the arrangements allowed the stars from both bands to take turns soloing. "Segue in C" is the highpoint but versions of "Until I Met You," "Battle Royal" and "Jumpin' at the Woodside" are not far behind.

1. Battle Royal
2. To You
3. Take The "A" Train
4. Corner Pocket [aka Until I Met You]
5. Wild Man [aka Wild Man Moore]
6. Segue In C
7. B D B
8. Jumpin' At the Woodside
9. One More Once
10. Take The A Train [The Count DeParts/Rehearsal and Alternate Takes]
11. Jumpin' At The Woodside
12. B D B
13. Blues In Hoss' Flat [Blues in Frankie's Flat]
14. Wild Man [aka Wild Man Moore]
15. Battle Royal [Rehearsal & Alternate Takes]

Disc 8 Helen Merrill/Parole e musica

1. Notte E Giorno
2. Night And Day
3. Accade Tutto A Me
4. Everything Happens To Me
5. Autunno A New York
6. Autumn In New York
7. Perché Non Fai Di Tutto
8. Why Don't You Do Right
9. Tu Non Sai Cosa Sia L'Amore
10. You Don't Know What Love Is
11. Queste Piccole Sciocche Cose
12. These Foolish Things
13. Aprile A Parigi
14. April In Paris
15. Ti Ho Nella Pelle
16. I've Got You Under My Skin
17. Solitudine
18. Solitude
19. Salice Piangi Per me
20. Willow Weep For Me
21. Quando Il Tuo Amore
22. When Your Lover Has Gone

Disc 9 Charles Mingus/Tijuana Moods

1. Dizzy Moods
2. Ysabel's Table Dance
3. Tijuana Gift Shop
4. Los Mariachis
5. Flamingo
6. A Colloquial Dream

Disc 10 Chet Baker/Chet Is back
1. Well You Needn't
2. These Foolish Things
3. Barbados
4. Star Eyes
5. Over The Rainbow
6. Pent Up House
7. Ballata In Forma Di Blues
8. Blues In The Closet
9. Chetty's Lullaby
10. So Che Ti Perderò
11. Motivo Su Raggio Di Luna
12. Il Mio Domani

Disc 11 Thelonious Monk/Monks Dream

1Monk's Dream
2Body And Soul
3Bright Mississippi
4Blues Five Spot
5Blue Bolivar Blues
6Just A Gigolo
7Bye-Ya
8Sweet And Lovely
9Monk's Dream
10Body And Soul
11Bright Mississippi
12Blue Bolivar Blues

Disc 12 Sonny Rollins/Sonny Meets Hawk

1Yesterdays
2All The Things You Are
3Summertime
4Just Friends
5Lover Man
6At McKie's

Disc 13 Martial Solal/At Newport' 63

1Poinciana
2Clouds
3Suite Pour Une Frise
4Stella By Starlight
5What Is This Thing Called Love
6'Round Midnight
7Boplicity
8All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
9Fine and Dandy
10I Got Rhythm
11I Got Rhythm
12I Got Rhythm

Disc 14 Paul Desmond - Gerry Mulligan/Two Of A Mind

1All the Things You Are
2Star Dust
3Two of a Mind
4Blight of the Fumble Bee
5The Way You Look Tonight
6Out of Nowhere
7Easy Living
8All the Things You Are
9The Way You Look Tonight
10Untitled Blues Waltz
11Untitled Blues Waltz

Disc 15 Benny Goodman/Together Again

1Seven Come Eleven
2Say It Isn't So
3I've Found A New Baby
4Somebody Loves Me
5Who Cares?
6Runnin' Wild
7I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
8Dearest
9I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)
10Four Once More

Disc 16 George Benson/It's Uptown

1Clockwise
2Summertime
3Ain't That Peculiar
4Jaguar
5Willow Weep For Me
6A Foggy Day
7Hello Birdie
8Bullfight
9Stormy Weather
10Eternally
11Myna Bird Blues
12J.H. Bossa Nova
13Clockwise
14Eternally
15Sideman
16Minor Chant

Disc 17 Nina Simone/Sings The Blues

1Do I Move You?
2Day And Night
3In The Dark
4Real Real
5My Man's Gone Now
6Backlash Blues
7I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
8Buck
9Since I Fell For You
10The House Of The Rising Sun
11Blues For Mama
12Do I Move You
13Whatever I Am (You Made Me)

Disc 18 Art Tatum/Piano Starts Here
1Tea For Two
2St. Louis Blues
3Tiger Rag
4Sophisticated Lady
5How High The Moon
6Humoresque
7Someone To Watch Over Me
8Yesterdays
9I Know That You Know
10Willow Weep For Me
11Tatum Pole Boogie
12The Kerry Dance
13The Man I Love

Disc 19 Erroll Garner/Concert By The Sea

1I'll Remember April
2Teach Me Tonight
3Mambo Carmel
4Autumn Leaves
5It's All Right With Me
6Red Top
7April In Paris
8They Can't Take That Away From Me
9How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me
10Where Or When
11Errol's Theme

Disc 20 Herbie Hancock/Head Hunters

1Chameleon
2Watermelon Man
3Sly
4Vein Melter

Disc 21 Stan Getz/The Best Of Two Worlds

1Double Rainbow
2Aguas De Marco
3Ligia
4Falsa Baiana
5Retrato Em Branco E Preto
6Izaura
7Eu Vim Da Bahia
8Joao Marcello
9E Preciso Perdoar
10Just One Of Those Things
11Eu Vim Da Bahia
12E Preciso Perdoar
13Just One Of Those Things

Disc 22 Jaco Pastorius/Jaco Pastorius

1Donna Lee
2Come On, Come Over
3Continuum
4Kuru/Speak Like A Child
5Portrait Of Tracy
6Opus Pocus
7Okonkole Y Trompa
8(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha
9Forgotten Love
10(Used To Be A) Cha-Cha
116/4 Jam

Disc 23 Weather Report/Heavy Weather

1Birdland
2A Remark You Made
3Teen Town
4Harlequin
5Rumba Mama
6Palladium
7The Juggler
8Havona

Disc 24 Wynton Marsalis/Standard Time Vol. 1

1Caravan
2April In Paris
3Cherokee
4Goodbye
5New Orleans
6Soon All Will Know
7Foggy Day
8The Song Is You
9Memories Of You
10In The Afterglow
11Autumn Leaves
12Cherokee

Disc 25 Charlie Parker/Bird

1Lester Leaps In
2I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
3Laura
4All Of Me
5This Time The Dream's On Me
6Ko Ko
7Cool Blues
8April In Paris
9Now's The Time (II)
10Ornithology
11Parker's Mood