Garner,Erroll Classic Albums Collection CD

Esteemed American jazz pianist and composer Erroll Garner, known for his early swing playing, his ballads - his best-known composition, 'Misty', has become a jazz standard - and later his experimentations, particularly his re-interpretations of musical theatre scores, was, in the words of Allmusic. Com's Scott Yarrow; "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and, "a brilliant virtuoso. " Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the height of his career in 1960. Born in 1923 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to an African-American family, the infant was a twin with brother Ernest. Erroll began learning piano at the age of three, while his elder siblings were taught by one Miss Bowman, and from an early age Erroll would sit and play anything she had demonstrated, He attended George Westinghouse High School, as did fellow pianists Billy Strayhorn and Ahmad Jamal. Garner was self-taught and remained an "ear player" all his life - he never learned to read music. At the age of seven, he began appearing on radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh with a group called the Candy Kids, and by 11, he was playing on the Allegheny riverboats. At age 14 in 1937, he formed a duo with local saxophonist Leroy Brown. This collection brings together eight original albums from the more contemporary period in the career of Erroll Garner, recorded between 1955 and 1961 for the Columbia Records label. An era which, according to fans and critics alike, witnessed much of his most interesting work, this set functions as an ideal starting point for those new to Garner's music, and a welcome reminder of the man's genius for the already well versed.

1. I'll Never Smile Again 2. Then You've Never Been Blue 3. Talk of the Town 4. Solitaire 5. A Cottage for Sale 6. That Old Feeling 7. Over the Rainbow 8. The Way You Look Tonight 9. Turquoise 10. Pavanne 11. Impressions 12. Confessin' 13. I May Be Wrong 14. Skylark 15. Summertime 16. Flamingo 17. Reverie 18. Blue and Sentimental 19. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 20. I'll Remember April 21. Teach Me Tonight 22. Mambo Carmel 23. Autumn Leaves 24. It's All Right with Me 25. Red Top 26. April in Paris 27. They Can't Take That Away from Me 28. How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me 29. Where or When 30. Erroll's Theme 31. Girl of My Dreams 32. But Not for Me 33. Passing Through 34. Time on My Hands 35. Alexander's Ragtime Band 36. Full Moon and Empty Arms 37. Mambo 207 38. The Way Back Blues 39. Ol' Man River 40. Moonglow 41. Sophisticated Lady 42. Robbin's Nest 43. Creme de Menthe 44. Humoresque 45. How High the Moon 46. Fancy 47. Groovy-Day 48. The Man I Love 49. Misty 50. Exactly Like You 51. You Are My Sunshine 52. What Is This Thing Called Love 53. Frantonality 54. Again 55. Where or When 56. Love in Bloom 57. Through a Long and Sleepless Night 58. That Old Feeling 59. The Way You Look Tonight 60. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe 61. Sweet and Lovely 62. Mack the Knife 63. Lover Come Back 64. Misty 65. Dancing Tambourine 66. Thanks for the Memory 67. Just One of Those Things 68. I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You 69. Blue Lou 70. Come Rain or Come Shine 71. The Lady Is a Tramp 72. Sweet Lorraine 73. Dreamstreet 74. Mambo Gotham 75. Oklahoma Medl