Description
Release Date: 2020
Label: Enlightenment
Track List
Disc 1
- 1 Sweetheart Blues
- 2 Somebody Loves Me
- 3 It Could Happen to You
- 4 Pogo
- 5 Detour Ahead
- 6 Ellis in Wonderland
- 7 Have You Met Miss Jones
- 8 A Simple Tune
- 9 Pap’s Blues
- 10 Big Red’s Boogie Woogie
- 11 Tin Roof Blues
- 12 Soft Winds
- 13 Royal Garden Blues
- 14 Patti Cake
- 15 Blues for Janet
- 16 Blues for Junior
Disc 2
- 1 Goose Grease
- 2 When Your Lover Has Gone
- 3 Remember
- 4 Patricia
- 5 A Country Boy
- 6 You Know
- 7 My Old Flame
- 8 People Will Say We’re in Love
- 9 One Note Samba
- 10 Toni
- 11 Like Someone in Love
- 12 Jim’s Blues
- 13 John Brown’s Body
- 14 Detour Ahead
- 15 You Better Be Ready
- 16 Gravy Waltz
Disc 3
- 1 You Stepped Out of a Dream
- 2 Bossa Nova #2
- 3 But Beautiful
- 4 Bossa Nova Samba
- 5 Leave It to Me
- 6 I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!
- 7 Sweet Dreams
- 8 Low Society Blues
- 9 Gravy Waltz
- 10 Detour Ahead
- 11 Skip It
- 12 Alone Together
- 13 Blues for Janet
- 14 How Come You Do Me Like You Do
- 15 Get Acquainted Blues
- 16 Hillcrest
Disc 4
- 1 No Moon at All
- 2 Bye Bye Blackbird
- 3 Life Is a Ball
- 4 It’s Easy to Remember
- 5 You’re Impossible
- 6 Oh What a Beautiful Morning
- 7 I Know You Oh So Well
- 8 Intersection
- 9 Like Someone in Love
- 10 Don’t Sing
- 11 Se Todos Fossem Iquais a Voce
- 12 Chung King
- 13 Carolina in the Morning
- 14 Three Quarter Blues
- 15 Take Care of Yourself
- 16 St. Louis Blues
- 17 Jazz ‘N’ Samba
- 18 Oh, Lady Be Good
- 19 Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
- 20 A Hundred Years from Today
- 21 Bluesette
Notes
This four CD collection represents the first phase of Ellis’s solo career when he acted as leader or co-leader through an era which is generally considered the great man’s glory years. Featuring eight stunning and extraordinary albums released originally between the mid-1950s and mid 1960s, this provides a perfect starting point for newcomers and everyone else.
