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Telarc announces the release of its Erroll Garner 6 CD Set, a collection of immense beauty and intense historical significance, this box set will delight jazz fans and convert those who have never heard the irrepressible and animated Erroll Garner. This is Garner’s most treasured music—a total of twelve albums available for the first time as a 6 CD set at a special price.

That’s My Kick and Gemini first launched Telarc’s Erroll Garner series in August 1994, after the label had acquired Garner’s own Octave Records catalog (which featured recordings by the renowned pianist-composer circa 1959-1973). Remastered and available for the first time on CD and as midlines, these twelve albums had been out of print for nearly two decades. With one exception, these were the only recordings by Garner actually recorded in stereo up to that time.

The second release in the series, Gershwin and Kern, is Garner’s only “composers” album. Everyone knows “I Got Rhythm” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” yet it’s as if we rediscover them when listening to Garner. Magician finds him sparking two new cohorts—bassist Grady Tate and percussionist Bob Cranshaw—to the heights of their creative powers on an extraordinary set of pop songs and Garner’s own compositions.

In Dreamstreet, Garner had unprecedented freedom in the recording studio. He reveled in this atmosphere, as evidenced by this third disc which features “Just One of Those Things,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” and the “Oklahoma Medley.” One World Concert, a cascading and pouncing set of standards (including Garner’s impressionistic and moody “Misty”), was recorded in performance at the Seattle World’s Fair in 1963.

Now Playing: A Night at the Movies is an imaginative assortment of songs from the motion pictures of the ‘40s and ‘50s that Garner (and the world’s audiences) grew up watching. Up in Erroll’s Room, featuring The Brass Bed, shows Garner at his “dancy” best. The added energy of a brass section, expertly arranged by Don Sebesky, is a special bonus.

Closeup in Swing is a collection of eight standards and two Garner compositions chosen from more than sixty improvisations performed during several evening sessions in July and August of 1961. On A New Kind of Love (Music from the Motion Picture), Garner made his debut as a composer of movie themes and brought his piano artistry into a new dimension within the setting of a thirty-five piece orchestra.

Campus Concert comes from eight tunes recorded live at Purdue University Music Hall in spring of 1964 and captures the special rapport between performer and audience that Garner brought to all his performances. Feeling is Believing, which includes five Garner compositions and several surprising pop selections (“For Once in My Life,” “Yesterday,” and “Spinning Wheel”), was his first album release of the ‘70s and again demonstrates that Erroll Garner was unique, fresh, and ever-creative.

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. That's My Kick
2. Shadow of Your Smile, The
3. Like It Is
4. It Ain't Necessarily So
5. Autumn Leaves
6. Blue Moon
7. More
8. Gaslight
9. Nervous Waltz
10. Passing Through
11. Afinidad
12. How High the Moon
13. It Could Happen to You
14. Gemini
15. When a Gypsy (Makes His Violin Cry)
16. Tea for Two
17. Something
18. Eldorado
19. These Foolish Things

DISC 2:
1. (They Long to Be) Close to You
2. It Gets Better Every Time
3. Someone to Watch over Me
4. Night Wind
5. One Good Turn
6. Watch What Happens
7. Yesterdays
8. I Only Have Eyes for You
9. Mucho Gusto
10. Strike up the Band
11. Love Walked In
12. I Got Rhythm
13. Someone to Watch over Me
14. Foggy Day, A
15. Nice Work If You Can Get It
16. Lovely to Look At
17. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
18. Only Make Believe
19. Ol' Man River
20. Dearly Beloved
21. Why Do I Love You?
22. Fine Romance, A

DISC 3:
1. Just One of Those Things
2. I'm Getting Sentimental over You
3. Blue Lou
4. Come Rain or Come Shine
5. Lady Is a Tramp, The
6. Sweet Lorraine
7. Dream Street
8. Mambo Gotham
9. Oklahoma! Medley
10. Way You Look Tonight, The
11. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
12. Sweet and Lovely
13. Mack the Knife
14. Lover, Come Back to Me
15. Misty
16. Dancing Tambourine
17. Thanks for the Memory

DISC 4:
1. You Made Me Love You
2. As Time Goes By
3. Sonny Boy
4. Charmaine
5. I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store)
6. I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)
7. Three O'Clock in the Morning
8. Stella by Starlight
9. Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time)
10. Schoner Gigolo (Just a Gigolo)
11. How Deep Is the Ocean?
12. It's Only a Paper Moon
13. Newsreel Tag (Paramount on Parade)
14. Watermelon Man
15. It's the Talk of the Town
16. Groovin' High
17. Girl from Ipanema, The
18. Coffee Song, The
19. Cheek to Cheek
20. Up in Erroll's Room
21. Lot of Livin' to Do
22. I Got Rhythm

DISC 5:
1. You Do Something to Me
2. My Silent Love
3. All of Me
4. No More Shadows
5. St. Louis Blues
6. Some of These Days
7. I'm in the Mood for Love
8. Papa Grande, El
9. Best Things in Life Are Free, The
10. Back in Your Own Backyard
11. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
12. Louise
13. Fashion Interlude
14. Steve's Song
15. Paris Mist
16. Mimi
17. Theme from a New Kind of Love (All Yours)
18. In the Park in Paree
19. Paris Mist
20. Tease, The

DISC 6:
1. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
2. Stardust
3. Mambo Erroll
4. Lulu's Back in Town
5. Almost Like Being in Love
6. My Funny Valentine
7. These Foolish Things
8. In the Still of the Night
9. For Once in My Life
10. Yesterday
11. Strangers in the Night
12. Feeling Is Believing
13. Paisley Eyes
14. Spinning Wheel
15. Loving Touch, The
16. Look of Love, The
17. You Turned Me Around
18. Mood Island

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Octave Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Telarc International Corporation

Credits

Art Direction – Anilda Carrasquillo
Baritone Saxophone – Pepper Adams (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Bass – Eddie Calhoun (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22, 3-10 to 5-10, 6-01 to 6-08), Ernest McCarty Jr. (tracks: 2-12 to 2-19), George Duvivier (tracks: 6-09 to 6-16, 6-18), Ike Isaacs (2) (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13, 3-12), Gerald Jemmott* (tracks: 6-17), Milt Hinton (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11), Keith "Red" Mitchell* (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20)
Bass [Fender & Acoustic] – Bob Cranshaw (tracks: 3-01 to 3-09)
Co-producer [The Brass Bed] – Esmond Edwards (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Compilation Producer – Martha Glaser
Conductor – Leith Stevens (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Richard O. Spencer (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Congas – Johnny Pacheco (tracks: 2-01, 2-11), Jose Mangual (tracks: 2-01 to 3-09, 3-12, 6-09 to 6-18)
Design – Anilda Carrasquillo (tracks: 6-01 to 6-18), Susan Azzarello (tracks: 5-01 to 5-20), Susan Cybulski (tracks: 1-01 to 4-17)
Drums – Charles Persip* (tracks: 6-09, 6-10, 6-13, 6-14, 6-16), George Jenkins (tracks: 2-01, 2-11), Herbert Lovelle* (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11), Jimmie Smith (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13, 3-12, 6-17), Joe Cocuzzo (tracks: 6-11, 6-12, 6-15, 6-18), Kelly Martin (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22, 3-10 to 5-10, 6-01 to 6-08)
Drums, Percussion – Alvin Stoller (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Irving Cottler* (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Larry Bunker (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20)
Edited By – Dave Green* (tracks: 6-01 to 6-08)
Edited By, Mastered By – Bill Amatruto (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11), Don Young (2) (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11), George Engfer (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11)
Engineer – Bob Simpson (tracks: 2-12 to 3-22), John Cue (tracks: 6-09 to 6-18), Val Valentin (tracks: 6-01 to 6-08)
Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11)
Engineer [Mono] – Bob Simpson (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11)
Engineer [Post Production] – Michael Bishop (tracks: 2-01 to 3-22)
Ensemble – The Brass Bed (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Executive-Producer – Robert Woods (2)
Guitar – Art Ryerson (tracks: 2-01, 2-11), Barney Kessel (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Wally Richardson (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11)
Harpsichord – Erroll Garner (tracks: 2-12 to 2-19)
Liner Notes – Donald Elfman (tracks: 1-01 to 4-17), Martha Glaser (tracks: 1-01 to 5-20)
Mastered By – Dom Romeo* (tracks: 2-12 to 2-19), Don Young (2) (tracks: 6-01 to 6-08), Gary Leykam* (tracks: 2-12 to 2-19), George Engfer (tracks: 6-01 to 6-08), George Marino (tracks: 6-09 to 6-18), Sol Kessler (tracks: 2-12 to 2-19)
Mixed By – Bob Simpson (tracks: 3-01 to 3-09), George Engfer (tracks: 6-09 to 6-18)
Mixed By [Original Stereo Remix] – Phil Ramone (tracks: 2-01 to 2-11)
Orchestrated By – Don Sebesky (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Organ – Norman Gold (tracks: 3-01 to 3-09)
Percussion – Grady Tate (tracks: 3-01 to 3-09), Jimmie Smith (tracks: 2-12 to 2-19), José Mangual* (tracks: 1-01 to 1-13)
Photography By – Chuck Stewart (tracks: 3-01 to 3-22, 6-01 to 6-18), David Redfern (tracks: 1-01 to 1-22, 5-01 to 5-20), Ray Avery (tracks: 4-01 to 4-17)
Piano – Erroll Garner
Producer – Leith Stevens (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Martha Glaser (tracks: 1-01 to 5-10, 6-01 to 6-18)
Production Manager [Production Director] – Gary Reider
Recording Supervisor [Recording Director] – Calvin Lampley* (tracks: 5-01 to 5-10)
Remastered By – Allan Tucker, Ned Prout (tracks: 2-01 to 2-19)
Tambourine – Jackie Williams (2) (tracks: 3-01 to 3-09)
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Piccolo Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Trombone – Bob Enevoldes* (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Dick Nash (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Dick Noel (2) (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), George Roberts (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), James Cleveland* (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22), Wayne J. Andre* (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Trumpet – Bernie Glow (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22), Carroll "Cappy" Lewis* (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Marvin Stamm (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Tuba – Don Butterfield (tracks: 1-14 to 1-22)
Woodwind – William "Buddy" Collette* (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Charles Gentry* (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Gene Cipriano (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Harry Klee (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Ronnie Lang* (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20), Ted Nash (2) (tracks: 5-11 to 5-20)

Notes
Box set Ⓟ 1999 Octave Records, Inc; © 1999 Telarc International Corporation

All discs previously individually released as compilations:

Now Playing: A Night at the Movies rec. 25/7/1964 NYC; Ⓟ 1965 Octave Records, Inc.
Up In Erroll's Room rec. 19/3/1968 NYC; Ⓟ 1968 Octave Records, Inc.
Disc Ⓟ 1996 Octave Records, Inc; © 1996 Telarc International Corporation

That's My Kick Ⓟ 1967 Octave Records, Inc; rec. info not provided
Gemini Ⓟ 1972 Octave Records, Inc; rec. info not provided
Disc Ⓟ 1994 Octave Records, Inc; © 1994 Telarc International Corporation

Magician Ⓟ 1974 Octave Records, Inc; rec. info not provided
Gershwin and Kern Ⓟ 1976 Octave Records, Inc; rec. info not provided
Disc Ⓟ 1995 Octave Records, Inc; © 1995 Telarc International Corporation

Dreamstreet Ⓟ 1961 Octave Records, Inc; rec. info not provided
One World Concert Ⓟ 1963 Octave Records, Inc. rec. 20-25/8/1963 Seattle World's Fair
Disc Ⓟ 1995 Octave Records, Inc; © 1995 Telarc International Corporation

Closeup In Swing rec. 7-8/1961 NYC Ⓟ 1961 Octave Records, Inc.
A New Kind Of Love rec. 2/1963 LA Ⓟ 1963 Octave Records, Inc.
Disc Ⓟ 1997 Octave Records, Inc; © 1997 Telarc International Corporation

Campus Concert Ⓟ 1966 Octave Records, Inc; rec. info not provided
Feeling Is Believing Ⓟ 1970 Octave Records, Inc; rec. info not provided
Disc Ⓟ Octave Records Inc 1998; © 1998 Telarc International Corporation