Jazz Guitar: Ultimate Collection - 16 Original Albums (10CD)

CD1

Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz

Guitar of Wes Montgomery

1. Airegin (Sonny Rollins)

2. D-Natural Blues (Wes Montgomery)

3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke, VanHeusen)

4. Four on Six (Montgomery)

5. West Coast Blues (Montgomery)

6. In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck)

7. Mr. Walker (Montgomery)

8. Gone With the Wind (Magidson, Wrubel) – 6:24

1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, NYC,

January 26, 1960 / 3, 7, and 8 recorded at Reeves Sound Studios,

NYC, January 28, 1960

Wes Montgomery (g), Tommy Flanagan (p), Percy Heath (b),

Albert Heath (dr)

Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights Volume 1

9. Phinupi (Burrell)

10. Yes Baby (Burrell)

11. Scotch Blues (Jordan)

12. The Man I Love (Gershwin, Gershwin)

Kenny Burrell (g), Louis Smith (tp), Junior Cook, Tina Brooks (ts),

Duke Jordan (p), Sam Jones (b), Art Blakey (dr)

Recorded at Manhattan Towers, May 14, 1958

CD2

Jim Hall – Jazz Guitar

1. Stompin‘ at the Savoy

(Goodman/ Razaf/ Sampson/ Webb)

2. Things Ain‘t What They Used to Be

(Ellington/ Ellington/ Persons)

3. This Is Always (Gordon/ Webb)

4. Thanks for the Memory (Rainger/ Robin)

5. Tangerine (Mercer/ Schertzinger)

6. Stella by Starlight (Washington/ Young)

7. 9:20 Special (Ellington/ Engvick/ Warren)

8. Deep in a Dream (DeLange/ Van Heusen)

9. Look for the Silver Lining (DeSylva/ Kern)

10. Seven Come Eleven (Christian/ Goodman)

Jim Hall (g), Carl Perkins (p), Red Mitchell (b)

Recorded Los Angeles, January 10 & 24, 1957

CD3

Herb Ellis meets Jimmy Giuffre

1. Goose Grease (Ellis, Giuffre)

2. When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan)

3. Remember (Giuffre)

4. Patricia (Ellis)

5. A Country Boy (Ellis)

6. You Know (Giuffre)

7. My Old Flame (Johnston, Coslow)

8. People Will Say We‘re In Love

(Rodgers & Hammerstein)

Herb Ellis (g), Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bs, arr), Art Pepper, Bud Shank

(as), Richie Kamuca (ts), Lou Levy (p), Jim Hall (g), Joe Mondragon

(b), Stan Levey (dr)

Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, on March 26, 1959

Guitar Moods by Mundell Lowe

1. Speak Low (Nash, Weill)

2. We’ll Be Together Again (Fischer, Laine)

3. Memories of You (Blake, Razaf)

4. Ill Wind (Arlen, Koehler)

5. You Don’t Know What Love Is (DePaul, Raye)

6. I Dream Too Much (Fields, Kern)

7. June in January (Rainger, Robin)

8. I’ll Take the Romance (Hammerstein, Oakland)

9. It’s So Peaceful in the Country (Wilder)

10. Our Waltz (Rose)

11. I’m Old Fashioned (Kern, Mecer)

12. Goodbye (Jenkins)

Mundell Lowe (g), Al Klink (b cl), Phil Bodner (ob, Engl hrn),

Trigger Alpert (b), Ed Shaughnessy (dr)

Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder’s Studio, Hackensack,

New Jersey, on February 20, March 2 & 9, 1956

CD4

A Recital by Tal Farlow

1. Walkin‘ (Carpenter)

2. You Come Along (From Out of Nowhere)

(Green/ Heyman)

3. Bye Bye Blues (Bennett/ Gray/ Hamm/ Lown)

4. Lorinesque (Farlow)

5. Moonlight Becomes You

(Burke/ Van Heusen)

6. Will You Still Be Mine? (Adair/ Dennis)

7. On the Alamo (Jones / Kahn)

Tal Farlow (g), Bob Enevoldsen (tb), Bill Perkins (ts), Bob Gordon

(sb), Monty Budwig (b), Lawrence Marable (dr)

Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California,

May 3 & 4 1955

Joe Puma – East Coast Jazz 3

8. Loris

9. A Little Rainy

10. Helen (Duke/ Harburg)

11. Hallelujah (Youmans/ Grey/ Robin)

12. How About You (Freed/ Lane)

13. Pumatic

14. Liza (Gershwin/ Gershwin/ Kahn)

15. Moon Song (That Wasn’t For Me) (Johnston/ Coslow)

Joe Puma, Barry Galbraith (g), Don Elliott (vib), Vinnie Burke (b),

Teddy Sommer (dr) · Recorded in NYC, November 30, 1954

CD5

Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer

1. Isn‘t It Romantic (Rodgers-Hart)

2. How Long Has This Been Going On (Gershwin)

3. No Male for Me (Brookmeyer)

4. The Flag Is Up (Raney)

5. Get Off That Roof (Brookmeyer)

6. Jim‘s Tune (Raney)

7. No One but Me (Raney)

8. Too Late Now (Lane/Lerner)

Jimmy Raney (g), Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb), Hank Jones,

Dick Katz (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Osie Johnson (dr)

Recorded in New York City, July 23, August 1, 1956.

Howard Roberts – Good Pickin’s

1. Will You Still Be Mine (Dennis/ Adair)

2. When The Sun Comes Out (Arlen/ Koehler)

3. All The Things You Are (Kern/ Hammerstein)

4. Lover Man (Davis/ Ramirez/ Sherman)

5. Relaxin‘ At Camarillo (Parker)

6. Godchild (Wallington)

7. Easy Living (Rainger/ Robin)

8. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

(Arlen/ Koehler)

9. The More I See You (Warren/ Gordon)

10. Terpsichore (Roberts)

Howard Roberts (g), Bill Holman (ts, arr), Pete Jolly (p), Red Mitchell

(b), Stan Levey (dr), Marty Paich (arr)

Recorded in Los Angeles in March 1959

CD6

Freddie Green – Mr. Rhythm

1. Up in the Blues (Green)

2. Down for the Double (Green)

3. Back and Forth (Green)

4. Free and Easy (Green)

5. Learnin‘ the Blues (Green)

6. Feed Bag (Green)

7. Something‘s Got to Give (Mercer)

8. Easy Does It (Oliver, Young)

9. Little Red (Green)

10. Swinging Back (Green)

11. A Date With Ray (Green)

12. When You Wish Upon a Star (Washington, Harline)

Freddie Green (g), Al Cohn (ts/ cl), Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker

(tb), Nat Pierce (p), Milt Hinton (b), Jo Jones (dr), Osie Johnson (dr)

Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, December 18, 1955

Oscar Moore Quartet

13. Dinner for One

14. Walkin‘ Home

15. Up Tempo

16. Buddy Can You Spare A Dime?

17. There‘ll Never Be Another You

18. April In Paris

19. Samson & Delilah Theme

20. Moonlight in Vermont

21. Kiss Me Again

Oscar Moore (g), Carl Perkins (p), Joe Comfort (b), Mike Pacheco

(bongos)

Recorded in Hollywood, CA, 1954

CD7

Souvenirs de Django Reinhardt Vol. 1-3

1. Minor Swing

2. Swing 41

3. Artillerie Lourde

4. Peche a la mouche

5. Swing Guitars

6. Belleville

7. Douce Ambiance

8. Swing de Paris

9. Babik

10. Swingtime In The Springtime

11. Manoir de mes reves

12. Blues en mineur

13. Swing 39

14. Melodie au crepuscule

15. Feerie

16. Dinette

17. Stockholm

18. Nuages

19. Del Salle

20. Vendredi 13

21. Sweet Chorus

22. Crepuscule

23. Songe D‘automne

24. Folie a Amphion

All songs composed by Django Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt (g) et le Quintette de Hot Club de France

Maurice Meunier, Hubert Rostaing, Gérard Léveque (cl), Eugène

Vèes (g), Eddie Bernard (p), Emmanuel Soudieux (b), André Jourdan (dr)

Recorded in Paris Augzst 25 & 29, September 7 & 15, November 8

&13, 1947

CD8

Billy Bauer – Plectrist

1. It‘s A Blue World (Forest/ Wright)

2. Maybe I Love You Too Much (Berlin)

3. Lincoln Tunnel (Bauer)

4. Night Cruise (Bauer)

5. Too Marvelous For Words (Mercer/ Whiting)

6. Lady Estelle‘s Dream (Bauer)

7. You‘d Be So Nice To Come Home To (Porter)

8. When It‘s Sleepy Time Down South (Muse/ Rene/ Rene)

9. The Way You Look Tonight (Fields/ Kern)

10. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Petkere/ Young)

11. Moon Mist (Bauer)

Billy Bauer (g), Andrew Ackers (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (dr)

Recorded at Fine Sound, New York City on January 23 & March

12, 1956

CD9

Charlie Byrd Trio – Charlie’s Choice

(aka The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd)

1. Taking a Chance on Love (Duke, Fetter, Latouche)

2. Moonlight in Vermont (Blackburn, Suessdorf)

3. Speak Low (Nash, Weill)

4. Nuages (Reinhardt)

5. Ev‘rything I‘ve Got (Hart, Rodgers)

6. Makin‘ Whoopee (Donaldson, Kahn)

7. Django (Lewis)

8. Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin, Gershwin)

9. The House of the Rising Sun (Traditional)

10. Ring Them Harmonics (Betts)

11. Taboo (Lecuona, Russell)

12. To Ginny (Byrd)

Charlie Byrd (g), Keter Betts (b), Buddy Deppenschmidt (dr)

Recorded at Edgewood Studios, Washington, 1960

René Thomas et son Quintette

1. Burt‘s Pad

2. Chicago

3. Autobuzz

4. Indiana

5. Get Out of Town

6. Tis Autumn

7. Thomasia

René Thomas (g), Buzz Gardner (tp), Henri Renaud (p), Jean-Marie

Ingrand (b), Jean-Louis Viale (dr)

Recorded in Paris, France, May 5, 1954

CD10

Amor! – The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfa

1. Brasilia

2. I‘ll Remember April (De Paul/ Raye/ Johnson)

3. Lonely Lament

4. Carnival

5. George Back In Town

6. Blue Madrid

7. Island Of Trinidade

8. Old Times (Velhos Tempos)

9. Marajo

10. Indian Dance

11. Nelly

12. Preludio

13. Yesterdays (Kern/ Harbach)

14. Bagpipes

15. Arabesque

Louiz Bonfá (g), Don Elliott (mellophone, vib and triangle), Tommy

Lopez (cong, bgo), Ralph Freundlich (fl)