VA - The Complete Master Jazz Piano Series [4CD Limited Edition] (1992)

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Title: The Complete Master Jazz Piano Series
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Mosaic Records [MD4-140]
Genre: Jazz, Piano Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue,log) / WAV (tracks)
Total Time: 4:41:49
Total Size: 645 mb / 1.07 gb / 2.77 gb
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During a five-year period the Master Jazz label recorded 11 swing-based pianists in solo settings. Although the label went under later in the decade, the recordings were treasured by collectors. Mosaic, on this four-CD set, brought back all of the music from the original five-volume Master Jazz Piano series, adding two unissued selections and a full album released separately of Ram Ramirez's playing. In addition to Ramirez (who is heard on 13 numbers), there are 13 performances by Earl Hines, four apiece from Claude Hopkins, Cliff Jackson, Keith Dunham, Sonny White, Teddy Wilson, Cliff Smalls and the obscure Gloria Hearn, eight by Jay McShann and two from Sir Charles Thompson. Most of these pianists (other than Hines and Wilson) rarely recorded during this period in their careers, making this box very important both musically and historically.

TRACKLIST:

Disc 1
1. Earl Hines – Feelin' Fine Blues
2. Earl Hines – I Got Rhythm
3. Earl Hines – Empty Studio Blues
4. Earl Hines – Easy To Love
5. Earl Hines – No Blues Today
6. Earl Hines – Panama
7. Earl Hines – Blue Skies
8. Earl Hines – Blue Moon
9. Earl Hines – Blue Fox
10. Earl Hines – You Took Advantage Of Me
11. Earl Hines – Japanese Sandman
12. Earl Hines – Mood Indigo
13. Earl Hines – Always

Disc 2
1. Claude Hopkins – Fifty-Seventh Street Blues
2. Claude Hopkins – Anything For You
3. Claude Hopkins – Fifty-Sixth Street Blues
4. Claude Hopkins – I Got Rhythm
5. Cliff Jackson – Memphis Blues
6. Cliff Jackson – Squeeze Me
7. Cliff Jackson – Arkansas Blues
8. Cliff Jackson – I Got Rhythm
9. Keith Dunham – Blue Stripe Blues
10. Keith Dunham – Rosetta
11. Keith Dunham – How Long Has This Been Going On?
12. Keith Dunham – Carolina Shout
13. Sonny White – Blues For Betty
14. Sonny White – I Want A Little Girl
15. Sonny White – I Got Rhythm
16. Sonny White – Memories Of You

Disc 3
1. Jay McShann – Friday Strut
2. Jay McShann – Lady Be Good
3. Jay McShann – Jay's Boogie Woogie
4. Jay McShann – Memories Of You
5. Jay McShann – You Can Depend On Me
6. Jay McShann – Under The Moonlight, Starlight Blue
7. Jay McShann – Slow Drag
8. Jay McShann – Tenderly
9. Teddy Wilson – One O'Clock Jump
10. Teddy Wilson – Satin Doll
11. Teddy Wilson – Honeysuckle Rose
12. Teddy Wilson – Teddy's Blues
13. Cliff Smalls – Blues In The Afternoon
14. Cliff Smalls – What Is This Thing Called Love
15. Cliff Smalls – God Bless The Child
16. Cliff Smalls – The Hour Of Parting

Disc 4
1. Sir Charles Thompson – Black Blues
2. Sir Charles Thompson – Tunis In
3. Gloria Hearn – Wait A Little While
4. Gloria Hearn – Just Squeeze Me
5. Gloria Hearn – Cute
6. Gloria Hearn – It Could Happen To You
7. Ram Remirez – Cold Hand Blues
8. Ram Ramirez – Mad About You
9. Ram Ramirez – Hennessey
10. Ram Ramirez – Lover
11. Ram Ramirez – You Ain't Gonna Bother Me No More
12. Ram Ramirez – Li'l Darlin'
13. Ram Ramirez – Lover Man
14. Ram Ramirez – I Just Refuse To Sing The Blues
15. Ram Ramirez – Janet
16. Ram Ramirez – Martell
17. Ram Ramirez – Fascinatin' Rhythm
18. Ram Ramirez – Prelude To A Kiss
19. Ram Ramirez – I Just Refuse To Sing The Blues