The Verve Collection 1957-1962

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Urbane Jazz of Roy Eldridge and Benny Carter / Trumpet Battle
• 1
  I Still Love Him So
  5:23
• 2
  The Moon Is Low
  6:04
• 3
  I Missed My Hat
  5:17
• 4
  Ballad Medley: I Remember You/Chelsea Bridge/I've Got The World On A Sting
  6:17
• 5
  Polite Blues
  7:52
• 6
  Close Your Eyes
  2:37
• 7
  Where's Art
  4:04
• 8
  I Don't Know
  3:58
• 9
  Striding
  4:34
• 10
  Wailing
  3:10
• 11
  I've Found A New Baby
  9:13
• 12
  I Can't Get Started
  9:45
• 13
  Sometimes I'm Happy
  5:21
• 14
  Ballad Medley: I'm Thru With Love/Can't We Be Friends/Don't You Think?/I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do/If I Had You
  9:19
• CD 2: Tour De Force / The Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Pete Brown, Jo Jones All Stars at Newport
• 1
  Steeplechase
  17:26
• 2
  Tour De Force
  11:09
• 3
  Ballad Medley: I'm Thru With Love/The Nearness Of You/Moonlight In Vermont/Summertime
  8:41
• 4
  Introduction
  1:16
• 5
  I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
  12:55
• 6
  Day By Day
  4:29
• 7
  Embraceable You
  2:14
• 8
  Moonglow
  2:45
• 9
  Sweet Georgia Brown
  13:19
• CD 3: Laughin' To Keep From Cryin' / Swingin' On The Town
• 1
  Salute To Benny
  8:32
• 2
  They Can't Take Away From Me
  6:02
• 3
  Romping
  11:42
• 4
  Gypsy In My Soul
  4:14
• 5
  Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
  6:11
• 6
  Bossa Nova
  2:47
• 7
  The Way You Look Tonight
  2:26
• 8
  Sweet Sue, Just You
  2:28
• 9
  I've Got A Crush On You
  2:25
• 10
  When I Grow Too Old To Dream
  3:03
• 11
  Creme De Menthe
  2:42
• 12
  Honeysuckle Rose
  4:18
• 13
  All The Things You Are
  3:30
• 14
  Easy Living
  3:48
• 15
  But Not For Me
  3:18
• 16
  Songs Of The Islands
  3:07
• 17
  Misty
  2:47
• CD 4: At The Opera House / Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodge! Alive At The Village Gate
• 1
  Bean Stalkin'
  7:57
• 2
  I Can't Get Started
  2:35
• 3
  Time On My Hands
  2:12
• 4
  The Walker
  7:22
• 5
  Tea For Two
  6:00
• 6
  Blue Moon
  2:23
• 7
  Cocktails For Two
  2:19
• 8
  Kerry
  7:55
• 9
  Satin Doll
  11:18
• 10
  Perdido
  11:38
• 11
  The Rabbit In Jazz
  16:53

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Release credits

• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [1-3, 5, 7, 10]
• Benny Carter
  alto saxophone [1-3, 5]
• Bruce MacDonald
  piano [1-3, 5]
• Bruce McDonald
  piano [1]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [1, 3-5, 7-11]
• Connie Kay
  drums (drum set) [1-8]
• Dizzy Gillespie
  trumpet [3]
• Eddie Locke
  drums (drum set) [9-11]
• Hank Jones
  piano [1-5]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [1-5]
• Herb Ellis
  guitar [2.3, 3.1-5]
• John Lewis
  piano [2.3, 4.1-8]
• John Simmons
  double bass [1-3, 5]
• Johnny Hodges
  alto saxophone [9-11]
• Lester Young
  clarinet [1-5], tenor saxophone [1-5]
• Major Holley
  double bass [9-11]
• Mickey Sheen
  drums (drum set) [1-5]
• Norman Granz
  producer [1-8]
• Percy Heath
  double bass [1-8]
• Ray Brown
  double bass [3]
• Roy Eldridge
  flugelhorn [7, 10], trumpet [3.1-5, 4.1-2, 4.4-6, 4.8-11, 2.3, 1.1-3, 1.5]
• Stan Levey
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Tommy Flanagan
  piano [9-11]
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Issues

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  The Verve Collection 1957-1962

  4x CD
  2017