George Wallington - Virtuoso (1984)

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Title: Virtuoso
Year Of Release: 1984
Label: Denon[35C38-7248]
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 49:59
Total Size: 253 MB(+3%) | 118 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1 Moon Flower
2 Clearness Of View
3 Beautiful Eyes
4 Melody
5 Virtuoso
6 Temporal
7 Beautiful To Behold
8 Heart Of Hearts
9 Oh Foolish Leaf
10 Sociability
George Wallington - Virtuoso (1984)

After 24 years off the scene, pianist George Wallington surprised many who had forgotten by him by recording this solo CD, the first of three. Although all ten of the selections are Wallington originals, his boppish style was largely unchanged from the 1950s, and some of the tunes are based on the chord changes of more common standards. However, the melodies are fresh, Wallington's improvisations are full of joyful swing, and the overall results (available as a Japanese import through Denon) are quite appealing.~Scott Yanow