Davis Jr,Sammy 1961-1962 Marty Paich Sessions CD

This 2-CD set presents Sammy Davis Jr.'s complete sessions with bands conducted and arranged by Marty Paich in 1961 and 1962 (and featuring such outstanding jazz musicians as Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper, Jack Sheldon, Jimmy Rowles, and Mel Lewis, among many others). Twelve bonus tracks have been added consisting of songs from the same period that complete the sessions, on which Davis is backed by different arrangers and conductors.

1. Let There Be Love 2.51 2. Bye Bye Blackbird 2.47 3. Blame It on My Youth 4.16 4. Can't We Be Friends 2.55 5. Thou Swell 3.01 6. Soon 2.49 7. Step Out of That Dream 2.30 8. Gonna Build a Mountain 2.23 9. What Kind of Fool Am I 3.24 10. That's for Me 3.11 11. A Lot of Livin' to Do 2.46 12. The Great Come-And-Get-It-Day 2.43 13. Make Someone Happy 2.55 14. Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree 3.00 15. Guys and Dolls 2.10 16. Something's Coming 2.47 17. There Is Nothin' Like a Dame 2.37 18. The Party's Over 4.13 19. Climb Ev'ry Mountain 3.21 20. If I Loved You 3.58 21. We Kiss in a Shadow 3.20 22. Lost in the Stars 4.26 23. Too Close for Comfort 3.03 24. My Romance 3.33 25. Begin the Beguine 4.30 26. Falling in Love with Love 2.27 27. Someone Nice Like You 2.25 28. Once in a Lifetime 2.11 29. As Long As She Needs Me 3.06 30. A Second Chance (From 'Two for the See-Saw') 2.57 31. Come on Strong 2.35 32. A Man with a Dream 2.57 33. Here's a Kiss for Christmas 2.55 34. Back in Your Own Back Yard 2.48 35. Lush Life 3.47 36. I'm Gonna Live Till I Die 3.09 37. I'm a Fool to Want You 3.28 38. (Love Is) the Tender Trap 2.36 39. Out of This World 3.17 40. There Was a Tavern in the Town 2.16 41. If You Are But a Dream 2.33 42. One More Time 2.07 43. You Can't Love Them All 3.08 44. Deed I Do 2.12 45. The Fool I Used to Be 2.51 46. Everybody Calls Me Joe 2.13 47. Bee-Bom 2.22 48. I Married An Angel 2.00 49. Falling in Love Again 3.26 50. Without a Song 3.19