Body & Soul

Billie Holiday is captured live at Storyville in Boston in 1951 and 1953. The discreet recordings capture Lady Day in prime emotive voice. On most selections she is accompanied by the Carl Drinkard Trio, but six others find her joined by Buster Harding’s Trio; the great tenor Stan Getz sits in on three of these numbers. Previously out of press for over 25 years, this historic recording has now been remastered and pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl at Pallas Group in Germany.

 

Tracklist:

A1 I Cover The Waterfront
A2 Too Marvelous For Words
A3 I Love You Porgy
A4 Them There Eyes
A5 Willow Weep For Me
A6 I Only Have Eyes For You
A7 You Go To My Head
B1 He's Funny That Way
B2 Billie Blues
B3 Miss Brown To You
B4 Lover Come Back To Me
B5 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
B6 You're Driving Me Crazy

Pressed at Pallas in Germany on 180 gram vinyl. Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

 

1. Our Love Is Here to Stay
2. My Romance
3. Blues for Herluff
4. Londonderry Air
5. Mack the Knife
6. I Can't Get Started
7. The Theme
8. Friskin' the Frog
9. Stormy Weather
10. Teach Me Tonight

 

Pianist Bud Powell can be heard in prime form during this live set from The Essen Jazz Festival Concert, recorded in April of 1960. The set finds Powell backed by an all-star trio, featuring bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Kenny Clarke. The great tenor Coleman Hawkins joins the trio for three of the nine selections, including an incredible take of his own composition, Stuffy. The classic concert has been remastered and pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl at Pallas in Germany.

Tracklist
Shaw Nuff
Blues in the Closet
Willow Weep for Me
John's Abbey
Salt Peanuts
All the Things You Are
Yesterdays
Stuffy
Just You, Just Me

Description:
Recorded live in July of 1967 at the legendary Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, this selection finds tenor-saxophonist Dexter Gordon and his quartet (pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Niels Pederson and drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath) in top form. Two of the standards on this hard-swinging set (But Not for Me & Take the‘A’ Train) are over ten minutes long, allowing Gordon to stretch out creatively. The historic recording finally gets its vinyl debut with this 180gram audiophile-grade Pallas pressing.


Track Listing:
A1 But Not For Me
A2 Take The A Train
B1 For All We Know

Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars are captured in rare form during this live recording from 1956, which is finally making its vinyl debut with this 180gram pressing. The album features a great collection of tunes which had become staples of Armstrong's live shows, including his perennial opener, "Indiana"; the crowd favorite, "Tiger Rag"; the always joyful, "When The Saints Go Marching In"; and the great title-track, "Basin Street Blues". Satch's frontline band at the time boasted the very distinctive sounds of trombonist Trummy Young and clarinetist Ed Hall.

SIDE A
1 When It's Sleepy Time Down South (René/René/Muse)
2 Indiana (MacDonald/Hanley)
3 The Gypsy (Reid)
4 Basin Street Blues (Williams)


SIDE B
1 Tiger Rag (LaRocca)
2 Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Armstrong)
3 Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? (DeLange/Alter)
4 On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Fields/McHugh)
5 When The Saints Go Marching In (Traditional)