Nightconcert (Remastered) Erroll Garner

• 1 Where or When 04:18
• 2 Easy to Love 04:21
• 3 On Green Dolphin Street 04:47
• 4 Theme from "a New Kind of Love" (all Yours) 05:37
• 5 Night and Day 04:52
• 6 Cheek to Cheek 05:29
• 7 My Funny Valentine 08:19
• 8 Gypsy in My Soul 05:23
• 9 That Amsterdam Swing 06:07
• 10 Over the Rainbow 05:00
• 11 What is This Thing Called Love 04:46
• 12 Laura 05:20
• 13 When Your Lover Has Gone 04:37
• 14 No More Shadows 05:33
• 15 S Wonderful 04:16
• 16 Thanks for the Memory 00:53
• Total Runtime 01:19:38

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Erroll Garner zählt zu den herausragendsten Jazz-Pianisten. Er bewies, dass es möglich war, ein erfahrener Spieler zu sein, ohne zu wissen, wie man Musik liest, dass ein kreativer Jazzmusiker sehr populär sein kann, ohne seine Musik zu verwässern und dass es möglich ist, ein begeisterter Musiker zu bleiben, ohne seinen Stil zu ändern, wenn er erst einmal geformt ist. Ein brillanter Virtuose, der anders klang als jeder andere, besonders in mittleren Tempo-Stücken, bei denen Erroll Garner oft den Takt mit seiner linken Hand wie eine Rhythmus-Gitarre spielte, während seine recht Hand Akkorde leicht hinter dem Takt spielte, was zu einen unvergesslichen Effekt führte.

Nightconcert ist eine neu restaurierte Live-Performance aus den Garner-Archiven, aufgenommen auf dem Höhepunkt seiner ausverkauften Europa-Tour 1964 und enthält acht nie zuvor gehörte Songs, darunter ein neu entdecktes Erroll Garner-Original.

Erroll Garner, Klavier
Eddie Calhoun, Bass
Kelly Martin, Schlagzeug

Erroll Garner
is one of the most distinctive pianists of the jazz genre. Other than Thelonious Monk, no one is more identifiable or harder to imitate. A self-taught virtuoso, Garner devised a solo style that eliminated rhythm accompaniment. His hands worked totally independent of each other. With block chords he set the rhythmic tempo in his left hand, and with his right, he embellished on the tune, taking liberties with melody and time, often lagging behind the beat. Some jazz purists dismissed him because he maintained his style throughout his career and enjoyed popularity unknown to most jazz artists. But Garner’s interpretive abilities and technical superiority cannot be denied.

He made frequent TV appearances, toured five continents, fronted major symphony orchestras, and composed film scores. His compositions were for jazz piano, but in 1962, when Johnny Burke added lyrics to “Misty,” Garner’s 1954 tune soared in popularity and entered the jazz standard repertoire.

Garner began his professional career at seven, playing with the Candy Kids, and at 16 he joined the Leroy Brown band. In 1944-45 he played in a trio with bassist Slam Stewart and guitarist Tiny Grimes before setting off on his solo career.

During the ‘60s Garner established his own record label. These LP’s have been reissued on CD by Telarc and reveal Garner’s sense of humor. The title cut of That’s My Kick is a new composition based on the changes of “I Get a Kick Out of You”; the lounge set song, “More,” is remade into a burner; and Garner makes “Tea for Two” fresh, playing with the time against bongo accompaniment, and alternating between piano and harpsichord. Still, Concert By The Sea (1955) is the epitome of his artistry.

His older brother Linton, who died in 2003, was also an accomplished pianist, based in Vancouver, B.C. (Sandra Burlingame)

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