SUNDAY AT THE RIVERSIDE: THE BEST OF JAZZ PIANO - (10 CDs)

The piano trio in Jazz – it does not get more essential than this. On these ten CDs
fteen excellent alliances of piano, bass, and drums present prime examples
of what has often been called Jazz’ “chamber music”. A perfect and poignant
introduction to the genre, this collection of nineteen original albums also serves
as a beautiful reminder of just how diverse this instrumental combination could
be made to sound in the late 50s and early 60s. Just listen to the way a standard
like Cole Porter’s “What Is This Thing Called Love” is interpreted by Bill Evans
with his trio of Scott La Faro on bass and Paul Motian on drums or by Barry
Harris, who also played with Miles Davis back in his hometown of Detroit, when
accompanied by Joe Benjamin and Elvin Jones. Or how dierently “Caravan”
sounds when played by Thelonious Monk on his tribute to Duke Ellington or by
the eminent Kenny Drew. Take away the bio- and discographic details and all
musicological mumbo jumbo and the music will speak for itself, always deeply
touching and emotionally sublime, perfectly suited for a Sunday at the riverside
– or any other weekday or location for that matter.

CD1
BILL EVANS - WALTZ FOR DEBBY
 1. My Foolish Heart (Washington, Young) 4.58
 2. Waltz for Debby (Evans) 7.00
 3. Detour Ahead (Ellis, Frigo, Carter) 7.37
 4. My Romance (Rodgers, Hart) 7.11
 5. Some Other Time (Green, Comden, Bernstein) 5.00
 6. Milestones (Davis) 6.33
Bill Evans (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Paul Motian (dr) Recorded Live at The Village Vanguard
New York, June 25, 1961

BILL EVANS - EXPLORATIONS
 7. Israel (Carisi) 6.11
 8. Haunted Heart (Schwartz, Dietz) 3.27
 9. Beautiful Love (Van Alstyne, Gillespie, Young, King) 5.06
 10. Elsa (Zindars) 5.11
 11. Nardis (Davis) 5.51
 12. How Deep Is the Ocean (Berlin) 3.34
 13. I Wish I Knew (Warren, Gordon) 4.41
 14. Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim, Tobias, Lemare) 5.55
Bill Evans (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Paul Motian (dr) Recorded at Bell Sound Studio in New
York, February 2 ,1961
 Total Time 78.17

 CD2
BILL EVANS - PORTRAIT IN JAZZ
 1. Come Rain or Come Shine (Mercer, Arlen) 3.23
 2. Autumn Leaves (Mercer, Kosmo, Prevert) 6.01
 3. Witchcraft (Leigh, Coleman) 4.35
 4. When I Fall in Love (Heyman, Young) 4.56
 5. Peri‘s Scope (Evans) 3.16
 6. What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) 4.37
 7. Spring Is Here (Rodgers, Hart) 5.08
 8. Some Day My Prince Will Come (Morey, Churchill) 4.56
 9. Blue in Green (Davis, Evans) 5.24
Bill Evans (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Paul Motian (dr) Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in
New York Dec. 28, 1959

BOBBY TIMMONS - THIS HERE IS BOBBY TIMMONS
 10. This Here (Timmons) 3.27
 11. Moanin‘ (Timmons) 5.04
 12. Lush Life (Strayhorn) 2.22
 13. The Party‘s Over (Comden, Green, Styne) 4.09
 14. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington, Mills) 3.20
 15. Dat Dere (Timmons) 5.24
 16. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers, Hart) 5.04
 17. Come Rain or Come Shine (Mercer, Arlen) 4.30
 18. Joy Ride (Timmons) 3.59
Bobby Timmons (p) Sam Jones (b) Jimmy Cobb (dr) Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios
New York City, January 13-14, 1960
 Total Time 79.36

 CD3
BILL EVANS - SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
 1. Gloria‘s Step (LaFaro) 6.12
 2. My Man‘s Gone Now (Gershwin, Gershwin) 6.25
 3. Solar (Davis) 9.00
 4. Alice in Wonderland (Hilliard, Fain) 8.35
 5. All of You (Porter) 8.22
 6. Jade Visions (LaFaro) 3.57
Bill Evans (p) Scott LaFaro (b) Paul Motian (dr) Recorded (live) at The Village Vanguard
New York City, June 25, 1961

RANDY WESTON - GET HAPPY
 7. Get Happy (Arlen, Koehler) 3.44
 8. Fire Down There (Weston) 2.56
 9. Where Are You (Adamson, McHugh) 4.12
 10. Under Blunder (Weston) 3.10
 11. Dark Eyes (Trad.) 3.38
 12. Summertime (Gershwin, Gershwin) 4.01
 13. Bass Knows (Weston) 5.20
 14. C-Jam Blues (Ellington) 2.54
 15. A Ballad (Gill) 4.24
 16. Twelfth Street Rag (Razaf, Bowman) 3.04
Randy Weston (p) Sam Gill (b) Wilbert Hogan (dr) Recorded at Rudy van Gelder Studio
in Hackensack New Jersey, August 29 and 31, 1955
 Total Time 79.55

 CD4
THELONIOUS MONK - THE UNIQUE
 1. Liza (All the Clouds‘ll Roll Away) (Gershwin, Gershwin) 3.14
 2. Memories of You (Razaf, Blake) 4.17
 3. Honeysuckle Rose (Razaf, Waller) 5.34
 4. Darn That Dream (Burke, Van Heusen) 6.31
 5. Tea for Two (Caesar, Youmans) 5.55
 6. You Are Too Beautiful (Rodgers, Hart) 4.56
 7. Just You, Just Me (Klages, Greer) 7.58
Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Art Blakey (dr) Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in
Hackensack N.J., March 17 and April 3, 1956

DON FRIEDMAN TRIO - CIRCLE WALTZ
 8. Circle Waltz (Friedman) 6.02
 9. Sea‘s Breeze (Friedman) 6.08
 10. I Hear a Rhapsody (Fragos, Baker) 7.36
 11. In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) 5.24
 12. Loves Parting (Friedman) 5.48
 13. So in Love (Porter) 3.28
 14. Modes Pivoting (Friedman) 6.43
Don Friedman (p) Chuck Israels (b) Pete LaRoca (dr) Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios
New York City, May 14, 1962
 Total Time 79.35

CD5
THELONIOUS MONK - PLAYS THE MUSIC OF DUKE ELLINGTON
 1. It Don‘t Mean a Thing If It Ain‘t Got That Swing (Ellington, Mills) 4.42
 2. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington, Mills) 4.32
 3. I Got It Bad and That Ain‘t Good (Ellington, Webster) 5.57
 4. Black and Tan Fantasy (Miley, Ellington) 3.29
 5. Mood Indigo (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) 3.17
 6. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart (Ellington, Nemo, Mills, Redmond) 5.44
 7. Solitude (Ellington, DeLange, Mills) 3.46
 8. Caravan (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) 6.00
Thelonious Monk (p) Oscar Pettiford (b) Kenny Clarke (dr) Recorded in Hackensack New
Jersey, July 21, 1955

KENNY DREW - KENNY DREW TRIO
 9. Caravan (Ellington, Mills, Tizol) 4.50
 10. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen, Mercer) 6.02
 11. Ruby, My Dear (Monk) 5.39
 12. Weird-O (Drew) 4.00
 13. Taking a Chance on Love (Latouche, Duke) 4.36
 14. When You Wish Upon a Star (Harline, Washington) 5.13
 15. Blues for Nica (Drew) 5.24
 16. It‘s Only a Paper Moon (Rose, Harburg, Arlen) 6.23
Kenny Drew (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (dr) Recorded in New York
September 20 and 26, 1956
 Total Time 79.36

 CD6
BARRY HARRIS - AT THE JAZZ WORKSHOP
 1. Is You Is or Is You Ain‘t My Baby (Austin, Jordan, Jordan) 5.41
 2. Curtain Call (Harris) 3.49
 3. Star Eyes (DePaul) 4.45
 4. Moose the Mooche (Parker) 6.15
 5. Lolita (Harris) 4.04
 6. Morning Coffee (Harris) 4.55
 7. Don‘t Blame Me (McHugh) 5.12
 8. Woody‘n You (Gillespie) 4.54
Barry Harris (p) Sam Jones (b) Louis Hayes (dr) Recorded „live“ at The Jazz Workshop San
Francisco, May 15 and 16, 1960

THE CHRIS ANDERSON TRIO - INVERTED IMAGE
 9. Inverted Image (Anderson) 6.02
 10. Lullaby of the Leaves (Petkere, Young) 4.56
 11. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers, Hart) 4.28
 12. See You Saturday (Anderson, Lee) 4.35
 13. Dancing in the Dark (Schwartz, Dietz) 4.32
 14. Only One (Lee) 4.03
 15. I Hear a Rhapsody (Baker, Fragos, Gasparre) 5.05
 16. You‘d Be so Nice to Come Home To (Porter) 5.51
Chris Anderson (p) Bill Lee (b) Walter Perkins (dr) Philly Joe Jones (dr)
(tracks 12, 15 + 16 only) Recorded at Bell Sound Studios and Plaza Sound Studios in
New York June 28 and Nov. 8, 1961
 Total Time 79.09

 CD7
BARRY HARRIS - PREMINADO
 1. My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers, Hart) 6.35
 2. Preminado (Harris) 5.30
 3. I Should Care (Stordahl, Weston, Cahn) 3.38
 4. There‘s No One but You (Johnson, Evans) 4.08
 5. One Down (Harris) 4.41
 6. It‘s the Talk of the Town (Neiburg, Livingston, Symes) 5.05
 7. Play, Carol, Play (Harris) 4.16
 8. What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) 4.06
Barry Harris (p) Joe Benjamin (b) Elvin Jones (dr) Recorded in New York December 21,
1960 and January 19, 1961

ROOSEVELT WARDELL - THE REVELATION
 9. Max the Maximum (Wardell) 4.38
 10. Elijah Is Here (Wardell) 6.59
 11. Autumn in New York (Duke) 5.08
 12. The Revelation (Salim) 4.51
 13. Cherokee (Noble) 4.16
 14. Like Someone in Love (Van Heusen, Burke) 6.11
 15. Lazarus (Wardell) 4.37
 16. Willow Weep for Me (Ronell) 4.49
Roosevelt Wardell (p) Sam Jones (b) Louis Hayes (dr) Recorded in Los Angeles October
5, 1960
 Total Time 79.32

 CD8
DICK MORGAN TRIO - SEE WHAT I MEAN
 1. Rocks in My Bed (Ellington) 4.42
 2. Love for Sale (Porter) 7.34
 3. I‘ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face (Lerner, Loewe) 4.08
 4. When Lights Are Low (Mills, Carter) 4.09
 5. See What I Mean? (Morgan) 6.29
 6. Li‘l Darlin‘ (Hefti) 4.51
 7. Home, Cradle of Happiness (Clarkson, Van Steeden) 3.44
 8. Meditation (Morgan) 5.06
Dick Morgan (p) Keeter Betts (b) Bertell Knox (dr) Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios New
York, October 31, 1960

JOYCE COLLINS TRIO - GIRL HERE PLAYS MEAN PIANO
 9. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart (Ellington, Nemo, Mills) 4.32
 10. Just in Time (Comden, Green, Styne) 3.59
 11. Walkin‘ (Carpenter) 4.48
 12. I Get Along without You Very Well (Carmichael) 3.01
 13. The End of a Love Aair (Redding) 4.13
 14. Day in, Day Out (Turk, Ahlert) 3.42
 15. Something‘s Gotta Give (Mercer) 5.07
 16. Ah, Moore (Cohn) 4.01
 17. Blue Jay (Collins) 5.15
Joyce Collins (p) Ray Brown (b) Frank Butler (dr) Recorded in Los Angeles June 1 and 2,
1960
 Total Time 79.24

CD9
RED GARLAND - THE NEARNESS OF YOU
 1. Why Was I Born (Hammerstein II, Kern) 4.55
 2. The Nearness of You (Carmichael, Washington) 5.39
 3. Where or When (Rodgers, Hart) 6.12
 4. Long Ago and Far Away (Gershwin, Kern) 3.55
 5. I Got It Bad (And That Ain‘t Good) (Ellington, Webster) 5.22
 6. Don‘t Worry About Me (Bloom, Koehler) 4.43
 7. Lush Life (Strayhorn) 4.20
 8. All Alone (Berlin) 5.03
Red Garland (p) Larry Ridley (b) Frank Gant (dr) Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios New
York City, November 30, 1961

JUNIOR MANCE - THE SOULFUL PIANO OF JUNIOR MANCE
 9. The Uptown (Mance) 4.05
 10. Ralph‘s New Blues (Jackson) 4.26
 11. Main Stem (Ellington) 4.25
 12. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup(Sosenko) 3.39
 13. Playhouse (Mance) 4.17
 14. Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim, Tobias, Lemare) 3.40
 15. Oo-Bla-Dee (Williams) 4.40
 16. I Didn‘t Care (Bryant) 4.30
 17. Swingmatism (Scott, McShann) 5.19
Junior Mance (p) Ben Tucker (b) Bobby Thomas (dr) Recorded in New York October 25,
1960
 Total Time 79.13

 CD10
EVANS BRADSHAW - LOOK OUT FOR EVANS BRADSHAW!
 1. Georgia on My Mind (Carmichael, Gorrell) 4.07
 2. Hallelujah! (Grey, Robin, Youmans) 5.40
 3. The Prophet (Bradshaw) 7.28
 4. Love for Sale (Porter) 4.30
 5. Coolin‘ the Blues (Hawes) 6.57
 6. Blueinet (Sims) 7.38
 7. Angel Eyes (Brent, Dennis) 5.00
 8. Old Devil Moon (Harburg, Lane) 2.56
Evans Bradshaw (p) George Joyner (b) Philly Joe Jones (dr) Recorded in New York on
June 9, 1958
 Total Time 44.17