Boxset / Compilation · 2009
Tracklist
1. Thou Swell (A)
2. You're Driving Me Crazy (B)
3. You Can Depend On Me (A)
4. At Sundown (B)
5. Undecided (A)
6. In the Dark (C)
7. Jeepers Creepers (A)
8. Gone with the Wind (A)
9. I Want to Be Happy (B)
10. If I Could Be with You (B)
11. St. Louis Blues (A)
12. Worrying the Life Out of Me (C)
13. Old Fashioned Love (D)
14. Everybody Loves My Baby (E)
15. Blue Room (E)
16. Shine (E)
17. Running Wild (F)
18. Exactly Like You (F)
Line-up/Musicians
Ralph Sutton (piano);
Jesper Thilo (clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone);
Wild Bill Davison (trumpet);
Ole "Fessor" Lindgreen (trombone)
About this release
Storyville Records (Denmark)
This compilation draws from two earlier Storyville albums recorded over a span of three days in May 1977, while the pianist was touring Europe. The first 13 tracks represent the master takes from Trio and Quartet, featuring Sutton with a full rhythm section, playing duo settings or solo. Sutton had lost none of his fire at the age of 54, offering delightful interpretations of old favorites like "Thou Swell," "Undecided," and "St. Louis Blues," though he is at his most lyrical with his impressionist solo settings of "In the Dark" and his own miniature ballad "Worrying the Life Out of Me." The last five songs come from taking part in a quintet led by cornetist Wild Bill Davison and multi-reed player Jesper Thilo, all of which appeared on the Storyville CD Together Again.
Thanks to snobb for the addition