The Best Of [GATEFOLD, 2LP VINYL SET]

Artist: DON SHIRLEY
Format: 2LP
Bar-code: 5060403742872
Cat No: NOT2LP287

£17.99

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 its 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.

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LP1 – SIDE ONE:

1. Water Boy
2. Drown In My Own Tears
3. The Lonesome Road
4. Body And Soul
5. Blue Skies
6. Easy Living

LP1 – SIDE TWO:

1. In A Moorish Marketplace
2. Amen
3. Someone To Watch Over Me
4. Willow Weep For Me
5. Stand By Me
6. Happy Talk

LP2 – SIDE ONE:

1. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
2. Lullaby Of Birdland
3. Where’s My Bess
4. This Nearly Was Mine
5. These Foolish Things
6. Let’s Fall In Love

LP2 – SIDE TWO:

1. I Got Rhythm
2. Freedom
3. My Funny Valentine
4. Adieu Madraz
5. Tribute To Billie Holiday
6. One For My Baby (And One For The Road)

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