Paul Smith - Collection (12 Albums) 1952-1981

Paul Smith was a brilliant pianist with technique on the level of an Oscar Peterson, but a musician who never really dedicated himself to jazz. After playing early on with Johnny Richards in 1941 and spending a couple years in the military, he worked with Les Paul (1946-1947) and Tommy Dorsey (1947-1949) before moving to Los Angeles and becoming a studio musician. Smith recorded frequently both with his trios and as a soloist. In addition to recording with Dizzy Gillespie, Anita O'Day, Buddy DeFranco, Louie Bellson, Steve Allen, Louie Bellson, and Stan Kenton (among others), he toured with Ella Fitzgerald off and on during 1956-1978. Smith died in Torrance, California on June 29, 2013 at the age of 91.


Tracks:



1952 - By the Fireside

01. Cupid Took Me for a Ride (Smith) - 3:21
02. The Way You Look Tonight (Kern-Fields) - 3:15
03. By the Fireside (Noble) - 2:50
04. Wandering (Smith) - 2:28
05. Out of Nowhere (Green-Heyman) - 2:57
06. 'S Wonderful (Gershwin) - 2:43
07. Over the Rainbow (Arlen-Harburg) - 3:01
08. The Great Lie (Gibson-Calloway) - 2:27
09. The Jumper (Smith) - 2:51
10. Lauri Lou (Smith) - 2:58
11. Pick Yourself Up (Kern-Fields) - 2:35
12. I Only Have Eyes for You (Warren-Dubin) - 3:06



1953 - Fine, Sweet and Tasty

01. Fine, Sweet & Tasty (Cole) - 2:22
02. Crazy Rhythm (Meyer-Kahn) - 2:19
03. Cheese Cake (Smith) - 2:10
04. September Song (Weill) - 3:03
05. All for You (Scherman) - 3:34
06. C'est la vie (Rogers) - 2:08
07. Hey Sam (Smith) - 2:33
08. Got a Penny (Scherman) - 2:01
09. All for You {take 1/take 2 (long false start)/take 3} (Scherman) - 9:31
10. Fine, Sweet & Tasty (take 1) (Cole) - 2:44
11. Fine, Sweet & Tasty (take 4) (Cole) - 2:30
12. September Song (take 2) (Weill) - 3:10



1954 - Liquid Sounds

01. Thou Swell (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:20
02. My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:39
03. Low Bridge (Smith) - 2:38
04. The Blue Room (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:47
05. What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) - 2:23
06. This Can't Be Love (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:48
07. The Lady Is a Tramp (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:55
08. Hookup (Smith) - 1:58
09. Spring Is Here (Rodgers-Hart) - 3:59
10. Mountain Greenery (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:02
11. Blue Moon (Rodgers-Hart) - 3:08
12. Gary-Boo (Smith) - 2:27



1955 - Cascades

01. Why Shouldn't? (Porter) - 3:03
02. Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 2:42
03. You Are Too Beautiful (Hart-Rodgers) - 1:58
04. Betsy Moo (Smith) - 3:08
05. That Old Black Magic (Mercer-Arlen) - 4:14
06. No Trump (Smith) - 2:26
07. My Shining Hour (Mercer-Arlen) - 3:27
08. The Gnat (Smith) - 2:17
09. Let's Fall in Love (Koehler-Arlen) - 2:57
10. Here's to My Lady (Mercer-Bloom) - 3:24
11. Little Slam (Smith) - 3:22
12. A Foggy Day (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 2:42



1956 - Cool and Sparkling

01. I Remember You (Schertzinger-Mercer) - 3:22
02. Kempy the Painter (Smith) - 2:59
03. A Young Man's Fancy (Ager-Anderson-Yellen) - 3:51
04. Dandy Randy (Smith) - 2:30
05. Alone Together (Schwartz-Dietz) - 3:33
06. The Grump (Smith) - 2:41
07. You and the Night and the Music (Schwartz-Dietz) - 2:27
08. I'll Take Romance (Oakland-Hammerstein) - 3:35
09. Little Evil (Smith) - 2:09
10. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Kern-Hammerstein) - 4:20
11. Murphy's Light (Smith) - 1:56
12. Have You Met Miss Jones? (Rodgers-Hart) - 2:40



1957 - Softly, Baby

01. Softly (Greene-Beal) - 4:19
02. Taking a Chance on Love (Latouche-Fetter-Duke) - 4:02
03. Easy to Love (Porter) - 3:59
04. Long Live Phineas (Smith) - 2:36
05. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Hart-Rodgers) - 3:48
06. I'll Remember April (Raye-Johnston-DePaul) - 3:14
07. Invitation (Webster-Kaper) - 3:12
08. I Got Rhythm (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 2:21
09. The Man I Love (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 4:31
10. Blues a la P.T. (Smith) - 3:23



1958 - Delicate Jazz

01. Gisele (Baker) - 2:44
02. I've Got You Under My Skin (Porter) - 3:14
03. Love Walked In (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 3:02
04. Fine and Dandy (James-Swift) - 2:47
05. Fools Rush In (Mercer-Bloom) - 3:34
06. Chicken Wings (Smith) - 2:38
07. All of You (Porter) - 2:23
08. The Lady in Red (Dixon-Wrubel) - 2:21
09. But Not for Me (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 2:40
10. It's All Right with Me (Porter) - 2:46
11. Why Do I Love You? (Hammerstein-Kern) - 2:58
12. Cookie Time (Smith) - 2:44



1960 - The Sound of Music

01. My Favorite Things (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 2:36
02. Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 4:08
03. Maria (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 2:36
04. The Lonely Goatherd (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 3:45
05. How Can Love Survive (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 3:30
06. The Sound of Music (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 3:15
07. Edelweiss (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 2:51
08. So Long, Farewell (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 2:44
09. No Way to Stop It (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 2:58
10. An Ordinary Couple (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 3:46
11. Do-Re-Mi (Rodgers-Hammerstein) - 2:43



1965 - He Sells Jazz by the Sea Shore

01. Laura (Mercer-Raksin) - 2:59
02. Swanee River (Foster) - 3:24
03. What Kind of Fool Am I? (Bricusse-Newley) - 3:22
04. Mountain Greenery (Rodgers-Hart) - 3:06
05. Satin Doll (Mercer-Strayhorn-Ellington) - 3:31
06. I Left My Heart in San Francisco (Cory-Cross) - 3:07
07. I Want to Be Happy (Caesar-Youmans) - 2:19
08. Tangerine (Mercer-Schertzinger) - 3:24
09. Fly Me to the Moon (Howard) - 3:17
10. It's All Right with Me (Porter) - 3:18
11. That's All (Haymes-Brandt) - 2:44
12. How About You? (Freed-Lane) - 2:27



1966 - Brazilian Detour

01. One Note Samba (Jobim-Mendonca) - 2:48
02. Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing) - 2:40
03. Meditation (Jobim-Gimbel-Mendonca) - 2:32
04. The Lamp Is Low (Parish-DeRose-Shefter) - 1:43
05. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Jobim-Lees) - 2:24
06. Brazilian Detour (Smith-Sande) - 2:28
07. The Girl from Ipanema (Gimbel-Jobim-DeMoraes) - 2:27
08. Discover (Smith-Sande) - 2:32
09. How Insensitive (Jobim-Gimbel-DeMoraes) - 2:39
10. So Nice (Valle-Valle-Gimbel) - 2:12
11. More (Newell-Cirociolini-Ortolani) - 3:04
12. The Gnat (Smith) - 1:15



1979 - The Good Life

01. Boppo for J.J. (Smith) - 2:44
02. I Hadn't Anyone 'Til You (Noble) - 4:18
03. Madame Butterfly (Harling) - 6:17
04. Someday My Prince Will Come (Churchill-Morey) - 3:30
05. What I Did for Love (Hamlisch-Kleban) - 4:37
06. The Good Life (Distel-Reardon) - 4:02
07. Perdido (Drake-Lengsfelder-Tizol) - 4:43
08. Here's That Rainy Day (Morales/Napier-Bill) - 4:26
09. The Fourth Way (Kessel) - 4:34
10. Send in the Clowns (Sondheim) - 4:22



1981 - This One Cooks! [V1]

01. Laura (Mercer-Raksin) - 4:24
02. How High the Moon (Hamilton-Lewis) - 5:24
03. Meditation (Jobim-Gimbel-Mendonca) - 5:43
04. Soon (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 4:56
05. It's Only a Paper Moon (Arlen-Harburg-Rose) - 4:51
06. Cumana (Allen-Spina-Hillman) - 2:59
07. Lover Come Back to Me (Hammerstein-Romberg) - 6:18
08. Autumn Leaves (Kosma-Mercer-Prevert) - 5:34
09. Around the World in Eighty Days (Adamson-Young) - 1:52
10. Waltz of the Mime (Smith) - 1:59
11. All the Things You Are (Kern-Hammerstein) - 2:41