The Art of The Piano: Trio, Quartet, Quintet and Beyond (10 CDs)

Twenty of the jazz world's greatest piano players with 20 of their most influential albums. The spectrum ranges from Bill Evans or Duke Ellington via Ramsey Lewis or Ahmad Jamal to Red Garland or Tommy Flanagan, through to Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, or the debut album's of Herbie Hancock and Cecil Taylor, or the first recordings of Thelonious Monk.

CD 1:
BILL EVANS TRIO - WALTZ FOR DEBBY
1. My Foolish Heart Washington, Young
2. Waltz For Debby Bill Evans
3. Detour Ahead Ellis, Frigo, Carter
4. My Romance Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
5. Some Other Time Green, Comden, Bernstein
6. Milestones Miles Davis
Recorded live at The Village Vanguard, New York, June 25, 1961

OSCAR PETERSON - AFFINITY
7. Waltz For Debbie Bill Evans
8. Tangerine Mercer, Schertzinger
9. Gravy Waltz Brown
10. This Could Be The Start Of Something Allen
11. Baubles, Bangles And Beads Forrest, Wright
12. Six And Four Nelson
13. I'm A Fool To Want You Sinatra, Wolf, Herron
14. Yours Is My Heart Alone Lehar
Recorded in Chicago, Sept. 25 -27, 1962

CD 2:
DUKE ELLINGTON - THE DUKE PLAYS ELLINGTON
1. In A Sentimental Mood Ellington, Mills, Curtz
2. Things Ain't What They Used To Be M. Ellington, Persons
3. Reflections In D Ellington
4. Who Knows? Ellington
5. Melancholia Ellington
6. All Too Soon Sigman, Ellington
7. Prelude To A Kiss Ellington, Gordon, Miles
8. B Sharp Blues Ellington
9. Passion Flower Billy Strayhorn
10. Janet Ellington
11. Retrospection Ellington
12. Dancers In Love Strayhorn, Ellington
Recorded in Hollywood, April 13and 14, 1953

ERROLL GARNER - CONTRASTS
13. You Are My Sunshine Charles Mitchell, Jimmie Davis
14. I've Got The World On A String Harold Arlen, Theodore ""Ted"" Koehler
15. 7-11 Jump Erroll Louis Garner
16. Part-Time Blues Erroll Garner
17. Rosalie Cole Porter
18. In A Mellow Tone Duke Ellington
19. Don't Worry 'Bout Me Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
20. (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings Henri Herpin
21. There's A Small Hotel Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
22. Misty Erroll Garner
23. I've Got To Be A Rugcutter Duke Ellington
Recorded at Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, IL, July 27, 1954

CD 3:
BUD POWELL - BLUES IN THE CLOSET
1. When I Fall in Love Victor Young, Edward Heyman
2. My Heart Stood Still Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
3. Blues in the Closet (aka Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas) Harry Babasin, Oscar Pettiford
4. Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home Pettiford
5. I Know That You Know Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell
6. Elegy (aka Elogie) Bud Powell
7. Woody 'n You Dizzy Gillespie
8. I Should Care Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston
9. Now's the Time Charlie Parker
10. I Didn't Know What Time It Was Rodgers, Hart
Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York, September 23, 1956

KENNY DREW TRIO
11. Caravan Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
12. Come Rain or Come Shine Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
13. Ruby, My Dear Thelonious Monk
14. Weird-O Hank Mobley
15. Taking A Chance On Love Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter
16. When You Wish Upon a Star Leigh Harline, Ned Washington
17. Blues for Nica Kenny Drew
18. It's Only a Paper Moon Harold Arlen, E. Y. ""Yip"" Harburg, Billy Rose
Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, September 20 and 26, 1956
CD 4:
RAMSEY LEWIS - AND HIS GENTLEMEN OF JAZZ
1. Delilah Victor Young
2. I Get a Kick Out of You Cole Porter
3. Please Send Me Someone to Love Percy Mayfield
4. Brother John Traditional
5. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair Traditional
6. It Ain't Necessarily So George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
7. Seven Valleys Fred Katz
8. On the Street Where You Live Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Recorded at Sheldon Recording Studios, Inc., 2120 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, in 1956

HE PIANO STYLE OF NAT KING COLE
9. Love Walked In George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
10. My Heart Stood Still Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
11. Imagination Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
12. I Never Knew Ned Washington, Victor Young
13. Stella by Starlight Ned Washington, Victor Young
14. (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry? Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman
15. I Didn't Know What Time It Was Hart, Rodgers
16. Taking a Chance on Love Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche
17. April in Paris Duke, Yip Harburg
18. I Want to Be Happy Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
19. I See Your Face Before Me Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
20. Just One of Those Things Cole Porter
21. I Get a Kick out of You Porter
22. If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) Henry Creamer, James P. Johnson
23. I Hear Music Burton Lane, Frank Loesser
24. Tea for Two Caesar, Youmans

CD 5:
RED GARLAND - ALL KINDS OF WEATHER
1. Rain Eugene Ford, Brian Alexander Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom
2. Summertime George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
3. Stormy Weather Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
4. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year Frank Loesser
5. Winter Wonderland Felix Bernard, Dick Smith
6. 'Tis Autumn Henry Nemo
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, November 27, 1958

AHMAD JAMAL - HAPPY MOODS
7. Little Old Lady Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams
8. For All We Know J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis
9. Pavanne Morton Gould
10. Excerpt from the Blues Ahmad Jamal
11. You'd Be So Easy to Love Cole Porter
12. Time on My Hands Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon, Vincent Youmans
13. Rain Check Billy Strayhorn
14. I'll Never Stop Loving You Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
15. Speak Low Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill
16. Rhumba No. 2 Jamal
Recorded at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, January 20 and 21, 1960

CD 6:
TOMMY FLANAGAN - OVERSEAS
1. Relaxin' at Camarillo Charlie Parker
2. Chelsea Bridge Billy Strayhorn
3. Eclypso Tommy Flanagan
4. Beat's Up Tommy Flanagan
5. Skal Brothers Tommy Flanagan
6. Little Rock Tommy Flanagan
7. Verdandi Tommy Flanagan
8. Dalarna Tommy Flanagan
9. Willow Weep for Me Morton Gould
Recorded at Metronome Studio, Stockholm, Sweden, August 15, 1957

HERBIE HANCOCK - TAKIN' OFF
10. Watermelon Man
11. Three Bags Full
12. Empty Pockets
13. The Maze
14. Driftin'
15. Alone and I
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 28, 1962

CD 7:
ART TATUM/ LIONEL HAMPTON/ BUDDY RICH
1. Perdido Juan Tizol
2. Hallelujah Vincent Youmans
3. I'll Never Be The Same Frank Signorelli , Matty Malneck
4. How High The Moon Morgan Lewis
5. What Is This Thing Called Love Cole Porter
6. More Than You Know Vincent Youmans
7. Makin' Whoopee Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, August 1, 1955

HORACE SILVER QUINTET - HORACE-SCOPE
8. Strollin
9. Where You At?
10. Without You Don Newey
11. Horace-Scope
12. Yeah!
13. Me and My Baby
14. Nica's Dream
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 8 and 9, 1960

CD 8:
LENNIE TRISTANO
1. Line Up Tristano
2. Requiem Tristano
3. Turkish Mambo Tristano
4. East Thirty-Second Tristano
5. These Foolish Things Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
6. You Go to My Head Haven Gillespie - Fred Coots
7. If I Had You Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro
8. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
9. All the Things You Are Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein
Recorded at Lennie TRistano's appartmenet in New York in 1954 and 1955.
Track 5-9 recorded Live at the Sing Song Room, Confucius Restaurant, New York, June 11, 1955

THE JUTTA HIPP QUINTET - NEW FACES, NEW SOUNDS
10. Cleopatra Joki Freund
11. Don't Worry 'bout Me Bloom, Koehler
12. Ghost Of A Chance Young
13. Mon Petit Jutta Hipp
14. What's New Haggart, Burke
15. Blue Skies Irving Berlin
16. Laura Johnny Mercer, Raskin
17. Variations Jutta Hipp
Recorded in Frankfurt, Germany, April 24, 1954

CD 9:
DAVE BRUBECK TRIO
1. You Stepped Out Of A Dream Kahn, Brown
2. Lullaby In Rhythm Goodman, Profit, Sampson, Hirsh
3. Singin' In The Rain Freed, Brown
4. I'll Remember April Raye, DePaul, Johnson
5. Body And Soul Heyman, Eyton, Green, Sour
6. Let's Fall In Love Harold Arlen, Koehler
7. Laura Johnny Mercer, Raskin
8. Indiana MacDonald, Hanley
9. Blue Moon Rodgers, Hart
10. Tea for Two Youmans, Caesar
11. Undecided Robin, Shavers
12. That Old Black Magic Harold Arlen
Recorded in 1950

ELMO HOPE - MEDITATIONS
13. It's a Lovely Day Today Irving Berlin
14. All the Things You Are Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
15. Quit It
16. Lucky Strike
17. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young
18. Huh
19. Falling in Love with Love Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
20. My Heart Stood Still Hart, Rodgers
21. Elmo's Fire
22. I'm in the Mood for Love Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
23. Blue Mo
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, July 28, 1955

CD 10:
THELONIOUS MONK - GENIUS OF MODERN MUSIC VOL 1
1. Round About Midnight
2. Off Minor
3. Ruby my Dear
4. I Mean You
5. Thelonious
6. Epistrophy
7. Well, You Needn't
8. Misterioso
Recorded in New York, October 15, 24 and November 21, 1947

CECIL TAYLOR - JAZZ ADVANCE
9. Bemsha Swing Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk
10. Charge 'Em Blues Cecil Taylor
11. Azure Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
12. Song Cecil Taylor
13. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Cole Porter
14. Rick Kick Shaw Cecil Taylor
Recorded in Boston on September 14, 1956