West Coast Jazz - 20 Original Albums (10 CDs)

10CD box set that brings together twenty original albums of West Coast jazz, recorded between 1953 and 1960 in one handy box set. Featuring a mixture of classic and rare LPs by stars such as Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Art Pepper, Shorty Rogers, Chico Hamilton, Jimmy Giuffre, Teddy Edwards and others.

Hot climate, cool sounds! Los Angeles was the epicenter of a seductively swinging form of Bebop in the early 1950s, which shook all of California and came to be known as “West Coast Jazz”. Iconic musicians like Chet Baker, Stan Getz or Gerry Mulligan helped to shape this decidedly mellower (and often more „arranged“) style, certainly compared to the Hard Bop coming from the East Coast around the same time. Some of the greatest (and some of the rarest) original albums by the giants of West Coast Jazz are presented in this lovingly assembled (and remastered) 10 CD collection. Starting with classics by “Chet Baker & Crew” or Stan Getz’ aptly titled album “West Coast Jazz”, these twenty albums cover a wide range of moods and styles – from the swinging string-arrangements on drummer Chico Hamilton’s “With Strings Attached” via supreme blowing sessions like Harold Land’s “West Coast Blues” or Teddy Edwards’s “Sunset Eyes” on to bigband-blasts by Marty Paich (his rare “I Get A Boot Out Of You”) or the intense “Collaboration” of trumpeter Shorty Rogers and pianist André Previn. The fact that “West Coast Jazz” was a much more “integrated” affair in these still rather “segregated” Fifties is proven by some of the greatest recordings by the pianists Carl Perkins and Gerald Wiggins, or bassist Red Callender. A unique collection, that works like an audio-trip into California’s musical heritage.

The list of albums in full are:

Chet Baker and His Crew
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz
Gerry Mulligan - California Concerts
The Bill Perkins Octet - On Stage
Harold Land - West Coast Blues
The Curtis Counce Group - Carl's Blues
Shorty Rogers & André Previn - Collaboration
Marty Paich - I Get A Boot Out Of You
Carl Perkins - Introducing...
The Chico Hamilton Quintet - With Strings Attached
Art Pepper - Surf Ride
The Brothers Candoli: Sextet - 2 for the Money
The Jimmy Giuffre 3
Bob Brookmeyer - The Modernity of Bob Brookmeyer
Red Callender - Swingin' Suite
The Gerald Wiggins Trio - Wiggin with Wig
Stu Williamson - Stu Williamson Plays
Dave Pell Octet - Love Story
Teddy Edwards - Sunset Eyes
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Barney Kessel & Hampton Hawes' Trio with Shelly Manne - Lighthouse at Laguna

[CD 1] Stan Getz / Chet Baker & Crew --West Coast Jazz
[CD 2] Gerry Mulligan California Concert
--Bill Perkins on Stage

[CD 3] West Coast Blues / Harold Land --Carl's Blues / Curtis Counce Group
[ CD 3] CD 4] Collaboration / Shorty Rogers & Andre Previn Orchestra --I Get A Boot Out Of You / Marty Paich
[CD 5] Introducing Carl Perkins --With Strings Attached / Chico Hamilton Quartet
[CD 6] Surf Ride / Art Pepper --2 For The Money / Pete & Conte Candoli
[CD 7] 3 / Jimmy Giuffre --The modernity of Bob Brookmeyer
[CD 8] Swingin'Suite / Red Callender --Wiggin With Wig / Gerald Wiggins Trio
[CD 9] Plays / Stu Williamson --Love Story / Dave Pell
[CD 10] Sunset Eyes / Teddy Edwards --At Laguna / Lighthouse Allstars

CD 1

Chet Baker & Crew:
Forum Theater, Los Angeles, July 31, 1956
Chet Baker: trumpet - Phil Urso: tenor saxophone - Bobby Timmons: piano
Jimmy Bond: bass - Peter Littman: drums
Bill Loughbrough: Pauke - timpani?

 1. To Mickey‘s Memory (H. Leonard)
 2. Slightly Above Moderate (B. Zieff)
 3. Halema (P. Urso) · 4. Revelation (G. Mulligan)
 5. Something for Liza (A. Cohn) · 6. Lucius Lu (P. Urso)
 7. Worryin‘ the Life Out of Me (M. Mole, B. Russell, F. Signorelli)
 8. Medium Rock (B. Zieff)

Stan Getz – West Coast Jazz
Radio Recorders, Los Angeles in August 1955 (#2 09.08.1955,
#1 and #3-6 15.08.1955)
Stan Getz: tenor saxophone - Conte Candoli: trumpet - Lou Levy: piano
Leroy Vinnegar: bass - Shelly Manne: drums 9. East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (B. Bowman)
 10. Four (M. Davis)
 11. Suddenly It‘s Spring
 (J. Van Heusen, b. E. C. Babcock/J. Burke)
 12. A Night in Tunisia (D. Gillespie/F. Paparelli)
 13. Summertime (G. & I. Gershwin, b. J. & I. Gershovitz/E. D.
 Heyward & D. Heyward)
 14. S-H-I-N-E (F. Dabney/L. Brown/C. Mack, b. R. C. McPherson)

CD 2

Gerry Mulligan - California Concert
#1-4: 12.11.1954, Stockton High School, Stockton, CA
Gerry Mulligan: baritone saxophone, piano - Jon Eardley: trumpet
Red Mitchell: bass - Chico Hamilton: drums
#6-8: 14.12.1954, Hoover High School, San Diego
Gerry Mulligan: baritone saxophone - Jon Eardley: trumpet
Bobby Brookmeyer: trombone - Zoot Sims: tenor saxophone
Red Mitchell: bass - Larry Bunker: drums
 1. Blues Going Up (G. Mulligan)
 2. Little Girl Blue (R. Rodgers/L. Hart)
 3. Piano Blues (G. Mulligan) · 4. Yardbird Suite (C. Parker)
 5. Western Reunion (G. Mulligan)
 6. Western Union (G. Mulligan)
 7. I Know, Don’t Know Why (G. Mulligan)
 8. The Red Door (J. Sims/G. Mulligan)

The Bill Perkins Octet - On Stage
Music Box Theatre, 2 & 16 Februar 1956
Bill Perkins: tenor saxophone - Bud Shank: alto saxophone
Jack Nimitz: baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Stu Williamson: trumpet, trombone - Carl Fontana: trombone
Red Mitchell: bass - Russ Freeman: piano - Mel Lewis: drums

   9. Song of the Islands (C. E. King)
 10. One Hundred Years from Today (N. Washington/V. Young)
 11. Zing Zang (B. Perkins)
 12. Let Me See (C. Basie/H. „Sweets“ Edison)
 13. For Dancers Only (S. Oliver/D. Raye/V. Schoen)
 14. Just a Child (J. Mandel) · 15. As They Reveled (B. Holman)
 16. When You‘re Smiling (M. Fisher/J. Goodwin/L. Shay)

CD 3

Harold Land – West Coast Blues San Francisco,
17. & 18. Mai 1960
Harold Land: tenore saxophone - Wes Montgomery: guitar
Joe Gordon: trumpet - Barry Harris: piano
Sam Jones: bass - Louis Hayes: drums
 1. Ursula (H. Land) · 2. Klactoveedsedstene (C. Parker)
 3. Don‘t Explain (A. Herzog Jr./ B. Holiday)
 4. West Coast Blues (W. Montgomery)
 5. Terrain (H. Land) · 6. Compulsion (H. Land)

Curtis Counce Group – Carl’s Blues
Contemporary Records Studio, LA, #1 & 4 22.04.1957,
#3 29.08.1957, #2, 5-7 06.01.1958
Curtis Counce: bass - Jack Sheldon: trumpet - Gerald Wilson: trumpet
Harold Land: tenor saxophone - Carl Perkins: piano - Frank Butler: drums
 7. Pink Lady (J. Sheldon)
 8. I Can‘t Get Started (V. Duke/I. Gershwin)
 9. Nica’s Dream (H. Silver) · 10. Love Walked in (G. & I. Gershwin)
 11. Larue (C.Brown) · 12. The Butler Did It (F. Butler)
 13. Carl’s Blues (C.Perkins)

 CD4

Shorty Rogers & André Previn Orchestra – Collaboration
LA, 30.03.1954 (#3,5,9,11), 14.06.1954 (#4, 6, 10, 12),
14.09.1954 (#1, 2, 7, 8)
Andre Previn: trumpet - Shorty Rogers: piano
Milt Bernhart: trombone - Bud Shank: alto & Fute
Bob Cooper: tenor & oboe - Jimmy Giuffre: baritone
Al Hendrickson or Jack Marshall: guitar - Joe Mondragon or Curtis
Counce: bass - Shelly Manne: drums
 1. It’s Delovely (C. Porter) · 2. Porterhouse (A. Previn)
 3. Heat Wave (I. Berlin) · 4. 40° Below (A. Previn)
 5. You Stepped Out of a Dream (N. H. Brown/G. Kahn)
 6. Claudia (A. Previn)
 7. You Do Something to Me (C. Porter)
 8. Call for Cole (S. Rodgers)
 9. Everything I‘ve Got (S. Rogers/L. Hart)
 10. Some Antics (S. Rogers)
 11. It Only Happens When I Dance With You (I. Berlin)
 12. General Custer (S. Rogers)

Marty Paich – I Get A Boot Out Of You:
Los Angeles, CA, 1959
Art Pepper: alto saxophone

Bill Hood: baritone saxophone
Bill Perkins/Art Pepper: tenore saxophone - Bobby Envoldsen: trombone
Jack Sheldon/Conte Candoli: trumpet
Victor Feldman: vibraphone - Russ Freeman: piano
 13. It Don‘t Mean a Thing (D. Ellington/I. Mills)
 14. No More (B. Russell/T. Camarata)
 15. Love for Sale (C. Porter)
 16. Moanin‘ (B. Timmons/J. Hendricks)
 17. Violets for Your Furs (M. Dennis/T. Adair)
 18. What Am I Here for Cottontail (D. Ellington)
 19. Warm Valley (B. Russell/D. Ellington)
 20. Things Ain‘t What They Used to Be (M. Ellington, T. Parsons)

 CD5
Introducing… Carl Perkins LA, 1955-56
Leroy Vinnegar: bass - Lawrence Marable: drums - Carl Perkins: piano
 1. Way Cross Town (C. Perkins)
 2. You Don‘t Know What Love Is (G. De Paul, D. Raye)
 3. The Lady Is a Tramp (L. Hart, R. Rodgers)
 4. Marble Head (C. Perkins) · 5. Woody ‚n You (D. Gillespie)
 6. West Side (aka Mia) (C. Perkins)
 7. Just Friends (J. Klenner, S. Lewis)
 8. It Could Happen to You (J. Burke, J. Van Heusen)
 9. Why Do I Care? (C. Perkins, D. Williams)
 10. Lilacs in the Rain (P. De Rose, M.l Parish)
 11. Carl‘s Blues (C. Perkins)

The Chico Hamilton Quintet - With Strings Attached
26-27.10.1958
Wyatt Ruther: bass - Nat Gershman: cello
Chico Hamilton: drums, percussion - Dennis Budimir: guitar
 12. Something to Live for (Strayhorn/Ellington)
 13. Andante (L. Henderson) · 14. Speak Low (Nash/Weill)
 15. Pottsville, U.S.A. (B. Potts)
 16. Don‘s Delight (Hamilton/McGhee)
 17. Strange (La Touche/Fisher) · 18. Modes (Fred Katz)
 19. Fair Weather (B. Golson) · 20. Close Your Eyes (B. Petkere)
 21. Ev‘rything I‘ve Got (Hart, Rodgers)

 CD6
Art Pepper - Surf Ride:
February 7, 1952 - December 24, 1953
Art Pepper: alto saxophone
#1-#3 (29.03.1953):
Russ Freeman: piano - Bob Whitelock: bass - Bobby White: drums
#4-#6 (07.02.1952):
Hampton Hawes: piano - Joe Mondragon: bass - Larry Bunker: drums
#7-#21 (24.12.1953):
Jack Montrose: tenore saxophone - Claude Williamson: piano
Monte Budwig: bass - Larry Bunker: drums
 1. Tickle Toe (L. Young) · 2. Chili Pepper (A. Pepper)
 3. Susie the Poodle (A. Pepper) · 4. Brown Gold (A. Pepper)
 5. Holiday Flight (A. Pepper) · 6. Surf Ride (A. Pepper)
 7. Straight Life (A. Pepper) · 8. Cinnamon (A. Pepper)
 9. Thyme Time (A. Pepper)
 10. The Way You Look Tonight (J.Kern/T.B. Harms)
 11. Nutmeg (A. Pepper) · 12. Art‘s Oregano (A. Pepper)
Pete & Conte Candoli

2 For The Money:
LA, 1959
Pete & Conte Candoli: trumpet - Jimmy Rowles: piano
Max Bennett: bass - Frank Capp: drums - Howard Roberts: guitar
 13. Splanky (N. Hefti) · 14. Soak Yo’ Sally (P. Candoli)
 15. A-Lue-Cha (C. Parker) · 16. Rifts for Rosie (P. Candoli)
 17. Caravan (Tizol/Ellington/Mills)
 18. Take the A Train (B. Strayhorn)
 19. Doodlin’ (H. Silver) · 20. Willow Weep for Me (A. Ronell)
 21. Blueing Boogie (D. Gillespie)
 22. Richard Diamond’s Blues (P. Rugolo)

 CD7
Jimmy Giuffre - Jimmy Giuffre 3: 1957 Atlantic Records
Jimmy Giuffre: tenore / baritone clarinet
Ralph Pena: bass - Jim Hall: guitar
 1. Gotta Dance · 2. Two Kinds of Blues
 3. The Song Is You“ (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)
 4. Crazy She Calls Me (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman)
 5. Voodoo · 6. My All (Giuffre, Russell)
 7. That‘s the Way It Is · 8. Crawdad Suite
 9. The Train and the River
 10. The Green Country (new England Mood) Bonus?
 11. Forty-Second Street Bonus?
All songs written by Jimmy Giuffre unless otherwise noted.

The modernity of Bob Brookmeyer – The 1954 Quartets

(LA, 26.12.1954)
Bob Brookmeyer: trombone - Jimmy Rowles: piano
Buddy Clark: bass - Mel Lewis: drums
 12. You Took Advantage of Me (Rodgers/Hart)
 13. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren/Gordon)
 14. What Is There to Say (Duke/Harburg)
 15. He Ain’t Got Rhythm (I. Berlin)
 16. Jasmin (B. Brookmeyer)
 17. The Bulldog Blues (B. Brookmeyer)
 18. Sticks and Stems (B. Brookmeyer)

 CD8
Red Callender and His Modern Octet – Swingin’
Suite LA, 30.11.1955
Harry “Parr” Jones: trumpet - John Ewing: trombone
William Green: alto saxophons
Buddy Collette: flute, tenore saxophone
Clyde Dunn: baritone saxophone - Eddie Beal: piano

Red Callender: bass - Bill Douglas: drums
Frank Bodde: bongos
 1. On Again (R. Callender) · 2. Greenery (R. Callender)
 3. Pastel (R. Callender) · 4. October Blue (R. Callender)
 5. Dancers (R. Callender) · 6. Bihari (R. Callender)
 7. Skyline (R. Callender) · 8. Sleigh Ride (R. Callender)
 9. All for You (R. Callender) · 10. Outlines (R. Callender)
 11. Walking On Air (R. Callender)
 12. You’re Part of Me (R. Callender)

Gerald Wiggins Trio - Wiggin With Wig
LA, 1956
Gerald Wiggins: piano - Joe Comfort: bass - Bill Douglas: drums
 13. Love for Sale (C. Porter)
 14. I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I Got (D. Ellington)
 15. De Silva Wig (G. Wiggins) · 16. Laura (Raksin/Mercer)
 17. Surrey With the Fringe On Top (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
 18. Dinah (Akst/Lewis/Young)
 19. All That’s Good (G. Wiggins)
 20. The Man That Got Away (Arlen/Gershwin)
 21. The Little Words (Kalmar/Ruby)

 CD9
Stu Williamson – Plays
Januar 1955, LA
Charlie Mariano: alto saxophone - Stu Williamson: trumpet
Claude Williamson: piano - Max Bennet: bass - Stan Levey: drums
 1. Slugger (C. Williamson)
 2. There’ll Never Be Another You (Nelson/Bergner)
 3. Autumn in New York (V. Duke)
 4. Sunday (Miller/Conn/Styne/Krueger)
 5. The Lady Is a Tramp (Rodgers/Hart)
 6. Yardbird Suite (C. Parker)
 7. Sapphire (S. Williamson)
 8. The Things We Did Last Summer (Styne/Cahn)
 9. Strike Up the Band (G. & I. Gershwin)
 10. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Russell/Ellington)
 11. Stu’s Dues Blues (S. Williamson)

Dave Pell Octet – Love Story
14.2.1956 & 20.02.1956
Dave Pell: tenore saxophone - Don Fagerquist: trumpet
Ray Sims: trombone - Maury Berman: baritone saxophone
Andre Previn: piano - Tony Rizzi: guitar - Mel Pollan: bass - Irv Kluger: drums
 12. Can’t We Be Friends (P. James/K. Swift)
 13. I’ve Got a Crush On You (G. & I. Gershwin)
 14. I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling (H. Link/T. Waller/B. Rose)
 15. Love Is the Sweetest Thing (R. Noble)
 16. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
 (H. Creamer/J. Johnson)
 17. Let’s Do It (C. Porter)
 18. You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes
 (M. Ager/C. Newman/M. Mencher)
 19. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered (R. Rodgers, L. Hart)
 20. Just One More Chance (A. Johnston/S. Coslow)
 21. Who Walks in When I Walk Out
 (A. Goodhart/A.Hoffman/R. Freed)
 22. Solitude (D. Ellington, I. Mills/E. deLange)
 23. I’ve Found a New Baby (J. Palmer/S. Williams)

 CD10
 Teddy Edwards – Sunset Eyes
LA, 16.08.1959 #1/mid 1960 #3, 8-10/16.08.1960 #2, 4-7
Teddy Edwards: tenore saxophone - Amos Trice: piano (3, 8-10)
Joe Castro: piano (2, 4-7) - Leroy Vinnegar: bass - Billy Higgins: drums
+ Teddy Edwards: tenore saxophone, + Ronnie Ball: piano, + Ben Tucker:
bass, + Al Levitt: drums
 1. Tempo De Blues (T. Edwards) · 2. Vintage ’57 (L. Vinnegar)
 3. I Hear a Rhapsody (Fragos/Baker/Gasparre)
 4. Up in Teddy’s New Flat (T. Edwards)
 5. Sunset Eyes (T. Edwards)
 6. Teddy’s Tune (T. Edwards) · 7. Takin’ Off (T. Edwards)
 8. The New Symphony Sid (K. Pleasure)
 9. My Kinda Blues (T. Edwards)
 10. Takin’ Off (first version) (T. Edwards)

Lighthouse All-Stars – At Laguna
20.06.1955 at Irvine Bowl, Laguna Beach, CA
The All-Stars:
Howard Rumsey: bass - Frank Rosolino: trombone
Bud Shank: alto saxophone, flute - Bob Cooper: tenore saxophone
Claude Williamson: piano - Stan Levey: drums (Barney Kessel: guitar)
The Hampton Hawes Trio:
Hampton Hawes: piano - Red Mitchell: bass - Shelly Manne: drums
 11. Witch Doctor No. 2 (B. Cooper)
 12. Round Midnight (Monk/Williams/Hanighen)
 13. Mood for Lighthouse (B.Cooper)
 14. Walkin‘ (R. Carpenter)
 15. Blind Man‘s Bluff (C. Williamson)
 16. Lady Jean (F. Rosolino)
 17. Champ (D. Gillespie)
 18. Casa de Luz (S. Rogers)