Erroll Garner - Milestones Of A Jazz Legend

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£17.98

Cat. no: 600589
Format: CD
Barcode: 4053796005892
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
Genre: Jazz

Erroll Louis Garner (1921-1977) was one of the greatest and most
popular pianists in jazz history

At three years of age, being the youngest of six very musical siblings, he was able to play everything by ear, that the family's piano teacher presented to him. Reading sheet music, on the other hand, was of no interest to Garner, who had a phenomenal musical memory. When asked about this, he once said: "You can't hear me reading."

Garner belongs to a line of pianists in jazz history who, with their virtuosity andmusicality, were able to conquer a worldwide audience, that reached far beyond the specialist circles, among them were also Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson.

Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a city with a rich piano tradition with talents like Billy Strayhorn and Ahmad Jamal, he soon became a local child star and began performing on the radio. In 1944 he moved to New York and made his first recordings with Slam Stewart, Don Byas and Charlie Parker. At this time he also made his first solo recordings, which were released under the title 'Overture to Dawn'. With his album 'Concert By The Sea', which was recorded in 1955, he finally reached an audience of millions. He made recordings in quick succession with his trios and as a soloist, and a rich selection of his most successful works is collected here. The orchestral album 'Other Voices' being a rare exception.

After his death at the age of 55, interest in Garner's music faded. Only his most famous composition 'Misty' became a jazz standard. From the 1970s onwards, pianists such as Herbie Hancock, Cecil Taylor and Keith Jarrett dominated the scene. The Jamaican Monty Alexander was the only one carrying on the swinging legacy of Peterson and Garner. In the last years of her life, the extraordinary pianist Geri Allen (1957-2017) campaigned for Garner's musical legacy, and several of Garner's records have since been re- released. With her student Christian Sands (born in 1989), a musician is currently in the center of worldwide attention, who fills this important tradition of the mainstream jazz piano virtuoso with new life and new impulses.

Tracks: Teach Me Tonight / Mambo Carmel / Autumn Leaves / It's All Right With Me / Red Top / April in Paris / They Can't Take That Away from Me / How Could You do a Thing Like That to Me / Where or When / Erroll's Theme / Misty / Exactly Like You / You Are My Sunshine / What Is This Thing Called Love / Frantonality / Again / Where Or When / Love In Bloom / Through A Long And Sleepless Night / That Old Feeling / Indiana / Love Walked In / Body And Soul / Penthouse Serenade / Stompin' At The Savoy / Stardust / More Than You Know / Over The Rainbow / You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To / No More Time / I Surrender, Dear / If I Had You / Don't Take Your Love From Me / Soliloquy / Mambo Garner / Night And Day / Mambo Blues / That Old Black Magic / Cherokee / Russian Lullaby / Begin The Beguine / Mambo Nights / Sweet Sue / Undecided / Red Sails In The Sunset / I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me / Stompin' At The Savoy / I Only Have Eyes For You / September Song / Yesterdays / All The Things You Are / I'll Never Smile Again / Then You've Never Been Blue / It's The Talk Of The Town / Solitaire / A Cottage For Sale / That Old Feeling / Over The Rainbow / The Way You Look Tonight / Turquoise / Pavanne / Impressions / Confessin' / I May Be Wrong / Skylark / Summertime / Flamingo / Reverie / Blue And Sentimental / I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Girl Of My Dreams / But Not For Me / Passing Through / Time On My Hands / Alexander's Ragtime Band / Full Moon And Empty Arms / Mambo 207 / The Way Back Blues / Ol' Man River / Moonglow / Sophisticated Lady / Robbins Nest / Creme De Menthe / Humoresque / How High The Moon / Fancy / Groovy- Day / The Man I Love / Afternoon Of An Elf / Don't Be That Way / St. James Infimary / A Smooth One / Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby / All My Loves Are You / Fandango / You Are My Sunshine / I've Got the World on a String / 7-11 Jump / Part Time Blues / Rosalie / In a Mellow Tone / Don't Worry 'Bout Me / (All of a Sudden) My Heart
Sings / There's a Small Hotel / Misty / I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter / Misty / The Very Thought Of You / It Might As Well Be Spring / Dreamy / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Moment's Delight / On The Street Where You Live / Other Voices / This Is Always / Solitaire / The Song From Moulin Rouge / I Love Paris / French Doll / Don't Look For Me / Louise / Farewell To Paris / Left Bank Swing / CÃ ´te D'Azur / Autumn Mood / Erroll's Concerto / Floating On A Cloud / I Surrender, Dear / La Vie En Rose / Paris Midnight / The French Touch / Paris Bounce / Paris Blues / My Man / La Petite Mambo / The Last Time I Saw Paris / When Paris Cries / Moroccan Quarter / I Hear A Rhapsody / You Were Born To Be Kissed / Overture To Dawn / Just One Of Those Things / I'm Getting Sentimental Over You / Blue Lou / Come Rain Or Come Shine / The Lady Is A Tramp / When You're Smiling / Sweet Lorraine / Dreamstreet / Mambo Gotham / Oklahoma! Medley: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'/ People Will Say We're In Love&/ Surrey Withh The Fringe On Top