Shirley, Don Best Of LP Vinyl

This compilation accurately documents the manner in which Don Shirley created his own genre: jazz tinged but not really jazz, soulful, but not really soul, often reaching out into areas that were distinctively classical. Check Irving Berlin's Blue Skies, which Shirley endows with a breath of Bach; In A Moorish Marketplace with it's hint of Ravel, or the simple beauty of One For My Baby (And One For The Road), on which Shirley opts for the most economical of approaches yet provides a performance of sheer beauty, one that never wavers far from the blues. 180gm 2LP vinyl

1. Water Boy 2. Drown In My Own Tears 3. The Lonesome Road 4. Body And Soul 5. Blue Skies 6. Easy Living 7. In A Moorish Marketplace 8. Amen 9. Someone To Watch Over Me 10. Willow Weep For Me 11. Stand By Me 12. Happy Talk 13. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho 14. Lullaby Of Birdland 15. Where's My Bess 16. This Nearly Was Mine 17. These Foolish Things 18. Let's Fall In Love 19. I Got Rhythm 20. Freedom 21. My Funny Valentine 22. Adieu Madraz 23. Tribute To Billie Holiday 24. One For My Baby (And One For The Road)