Jazz Piano (A Smithsonian Collection), Volume III

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1989

Labels: CBS Special Products, The Smithsonian Collection Of Recordings

(Total playing time 72:11)

All selections were recorded in New York City except as noted.
Track 1: Rec. 1/11/46, Los Angeles; first issue Atomic 225. Included through the courtesy of Don Schlitten and Xanadu Records.
Track 2: Rec. 6/21/51; first issue Decca DL 5391. Included through the courtesy of MC Records, Inc.
Track 3: Rec. 10/23/77; first issue Chiaroscura CR 202. Included through the courtesy of Chiaroscuro Records.
Track 4: Rec. 3/13/54; first issue Esoteric LP7. Included through the courtesy of Everest Records.
Track 5: Excerpted from Night and Day by Fred Astaire and His Rhythmakers. Rec. 12/52; first issued Clef EPC 1005. Included through the courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects, a division of PolyGram Records.
Track 6: Rec. 4/7/74; first issue Halcyon HAL 110. Included through the courtesy of Halcyon Records.
Track 7: Rec. 5/11/54; first issue Prestige LP180. Included through the courtesy of Fantasy Records.
Track 8: Rec. 4/3/56; first issue Riverside RLP 12-209. Included through the courtesy of Fantasy Records.
Track 9: Rec. 4/12/57; first issue Riverside RLP 12-235. Included through the courtesy of Fantasy Records.
Track 10: Rec. 5/4/56; first issue Atlantic 1235. Included through the courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
Track 11: Rec. 2/1/59; first issue Blue Note BLP 4008. Included through the courtesy of Capitol Records.
Track 12: Rec. 5/23-24/66, Paris; first issue French Columbia CTX 40323.
Track 13: Rec. 8/1/55; first issue Blue Note BLP 1519. Included through the courtesy of Capitol Records.
Track 14: Rec. 6/29/77 or 1/21/78, Berkeley, CA; first issue Galaxy GXY 5108. Included through the courtesy of Fantasy Records.
Track 15: Rec. 10/17/77; first issue Chiaroscuro CR 188. Included through the courtesy of Chiaroscuro Records.
Track 16: Rec. 1/28/78; first issue Galaxy GXY 5113. Included through the courtesy of Fantasy Records.
Track 17: Rec. 8/15/57, Stockholm; first issue Metronome MEP 312. Included through the courtesy of Fantasy Records.

This CD is also offered as part of a 4-CD boxed set with an accompanying softcover book written by Martin Williams, Dick Katz, and Francis Davis.

Licensed from Don Schlitten and Xanadu Records (track 1); MCA Records, Inc. (track 2); Chiaroscuro Records (tracks 3, 15); Everest Records (track 4); PolyGram Special Projects (track 5); Halcyon Records (track 6); Fantasy Records (tracks 7, 8, 9, 14, 16, 17); Atlantic Recording Corp. (track 10); Capitol Records (tracks 11, 13).

Compilation by the Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, a division of Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 20560.
Produced in association with CBS Special Products.
© 1989 Smithsonian Institution.
℗ 1989 CBS Records, Inc.
Manufactured by CBS Records, Inc.
51 W. 52nd St.
New York City
Printed in U.S.A.

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