Boxset / Compilation · 2013
Tracklist
CD1:
01 - But Not For Me
02 - The Surrey With the Fringe On Top
03 - Moonlight In Vermont
04 - Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In)
05 - There is No Greater Love
06 - Poinciana
07 - Woody 'N You
08 - What's New
09 - Too Late Now
10 - All the Things You Are
11 - Cherokee
12 - It Might As Well Be Spring
13 - I'll Remember April
14 - My Funny Valentine
15 - Gone With the Wind
16 - Billy Boy
17 - It's You or No One
18 - They Can't Take That Away From Me
19 - Poor Butterfly
20 - Secret Love
21 - Taking a Chance On Love
22 - Soft Winds
CD2:
01 - Taboo
02 - Should I
03 - Stompin' At the Savoy
04 - The Girl Next Door
05 - I Wish I Knew
06 - Cheek To Cheek
07 - Autumn in New York
08 - Secret Love
09 - Squatty Roo
10 - That's All
11 - This Can't Be Love
12 - Autumn Leaves
13 - Ahmad's Blues
14 - Ole Devil Moon
15 - Seleritus
16 - It Could Happen To You
17 - Ivy
18 - Tater Pie
19 - Let's Fall In Love
20 - Aki & Ukthay (Brother & Sister)
CD3:
01 - You Don't Know What Love Is
02 - I Didn't Know What Time It Was
03 - So Beats My Heart For You
04 - A Gal In Calico
05 - Our Delight
06 - Little Old Lady
07 - For All We Know
08 - Pavanne
09 - Excerpt From The Blues
10 - Easy To Love
11 - Time On My Hands
12 - Raincheck
13 - I'll Never Stop Loving You
14 - Speak Low
15 - Rhumba No.2
16 - We Kiss In The Shadow
17 - Sweet And Lovely
18 - The Party's Over
19 - Love For Sale
20 - Snow Fall
CD4:
01 - Broadway
02 - Willow Weep For Me
03 - Autumn Leaves
04 - Isn't It Romantic
05 - The Breeze And I
06 - Time On My Hands
07 - Angel Eyes
08 - You Go To My Head
09 - Star Eyes
10 - All Of You
11 - You're Blase
12 - What Is This Thing Called Love
13 - Poinciana
14 - Autumn Leaves (1955 Studio Version)
CD5:
01 - Medley- I'll Take Romance,My Funny Valentine
02 - Like Someone In Love
03 - Falling In Love With Love
04 - The Best Thing For You
05 - April In Paris
06 - The Second Time Around
07 - We Live In Two Different Worlds
08 - Night Mist Blues
09 - Darn That Dream
10 - On Green Dolphin Street
11 - Poinciana (1955 Studio Version)
12 - Pavanne (1955 Studio Version)
13 - All Of You (1955 Studio Version)
14 - Darn That Dream (1955 Studio Version)
15 - Ahmad's Blues (1952 Studio Version)
16 - A Gal In Calico (1952 Studio Version)
17 - Aki & Ukthay (Brother & Sister) (1952 Studio Version)
18 - Billy Boy (1952 Studio Version)
Line-up/Musicians
AHMAD JAMAL piano
ISRAEL CROSBY bass
VERNEL FOURNIER drums
About this release
Jazz Dynamics 006
CD 1 (1-19) Live at the Pershing Lounge, Chicago, January 16-17, 1958.
CD 1 (20-22) Chicago, June 30, 1958.
CD 2 & CD 3 (1-5) Live at the Spotlight Club, Washington, September 5-6, 1958.
CD 3 (6-15) Chicago, January 20-21, 1960 (originally issued as Happy Moods).
CD 3 (16-20) & CD 4 (1-13) Live at Ahmad Jamal’s Alhambra, Chicago, ca. June 22, 1961.
CD 5 (1-10) Live at The Blackhawk, San Francisco, January 31 & February 1, 1962
This set has the complete contents of the following original albums:
- But Not for Me (Argo LP-628),
- At the Pershing Vol.2 (Argo LP-667),
- Happy Moods (Argo LP-662),
- Ahmad Jamal’s Alhambra (Argo LP-685),
- All of You (Argo LP-691),
- Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk (Argo LP-703),
- Ahmad Jamal Trio - Volume IV (Argo LP-636)
- Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal (Argo LP-2638),
- and Poinciana (Argo LP-719),
plus tracks from those sessions originally issued by Argo on compilation LPs
BONUS TRACKS:
CD 4 (14) & CD 5 (11-12)
Ahmad Jamal (p), Ray Crawford (g), Israel Crosby (b).
New York, October 25, 1955.
CD 5 (13-14) Same personnel as above. Chicago, May 23, 1955.
CD 5 (15-18) Same personnel as above except Eddie Calhoun (b) replaces Crosby.
Chicago, May 5, 1952.
Thanks to snobb for the addition