Harry James - Verve Jazz Masters 55 (1996)

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Title: Verve Jazz Masters 55
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: Verve Records [529 902-2]
Genre: Jazz, Swing
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 54:28
Total Size: 312 MB(+3%) | 129 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1.I Surrender Dear 3:02
2.Walkin' 4:19
3.Eyes 4:10
4.Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) 3:20
5.The Truth 3:04
6.End Of Town Blues 3:00
7.Hommage À Swee Pea 5:13
8.Cornet Chop Suey 2:41
9.If I Could Be With You 2:36
10.Frenesi 2:03
11.Blues Like 4:15
12.The Jazz Connoisseur 3:32
13.Sophisticated Lady 2:25
14.A Swinging Serenade 3:22
15.Rosebud 3:48
16.Mister Johnson 2:53
Harry James - Verve Jazz Masters 55 (1996)

Although he has surprisingly few CDs currently available, Harry James remains one of the world's most famous trumpeters, more than a decade after his death. This Verve CD is a sampler of his MGM recordings of 1959-64 and, although the claim in the liner notes that this was James' most creative period is nonsense, he does sound versatile and in consistently fine form on the wide-ranging set. Whether it be swing standards, challenging charts by Ernie Wilkins and Ralph Burns (including two that were previously unissued) or a tribute to Louis Armstrong on "Cornet Chop Suey," James is in fine form.~Scott Yanow