Description
Release Date: 2020
Label: Enlightenment
Johnny Henry Smith II, born June 25th 1922, became one of America’s most revered cool jazz guitarist. This 4CD set features eight of Johnny Smith’s most potent, dynamic and rewarding albums on which he served as band-leader, recorded for the Roost label between 1955 and 1960. Containing all of this most underrated Jazz master’s finest compositions and performances, the collection will work equally well for those new to Smith’s music and those who merely require a delightful reminder of his most extraordinary work and most unusual talent.
Track List
Disc 1
- Django
- Wait ‘Till You See Her
- 0500 Blues
- More Bass
- Un Poco Loco
- Easy Living
- Old Girl
- Little Girl Blue
- Tired Blood
- Spring Is Here
- It Never Entered My Mind
- Samba
- Black Is The Color (Of My True Love’s Hair)
- Pawn Ticket
- ‘S Wonderful
- You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
- Blue Lights
- Montage
- Bags’ Groove
- ‘Round Midnight
Disc 2
- Hello, Young Lovers
- Love For Sale
- The Maid With The Flaxen Hair
- Love Letters
- Tickle Toe
- Goodbye
- Body And Soul
- Lover
- The Boy Next Door
- Potter’s Luck
- Autumn Nocturne
- Band Aid
- Angel Eyes
- Deep Night
- These Foolish Things
- East of the Sun
- There’s A Small Hotel
- Laura
- Tea For Two
- You Go To My Head
- I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
- Zing Went The Strings of My Heart
Disc 3
- Where Or When
- Tabú
- Moonlight in Vermont
- Jaguar
- I Don’t Stand A Ghost of a Chance With You
- Vilia
- Sometimes I’m Happy (Sometimes I’m Blue)
- Stars Fell on Alabama
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Tenderly
- Cavu
- I’ll Be Around
- Yesterdays
- Cherokee
- What’s New
- I’ll Remember April
- Lullaby of Birdland
- You Are Beautiful
- I Enjoy Being A Girl
- Sunday
- A Hundred Million Miracles
- Grant Avenue
- Love Look Away
- Like A God
- Finale
Disc 4
- My Funny Valentine
- My One And Only Love
- Darn That Dream/Polka Dots And Moonbeams
- Satin Doll
- Blues Back Stage
- Everything Happens To Me
- Pavanne
- Willow Weep For Me
- Fools Rush In
- I’ll Remember Clifford
- The Lady Is A Tramp
- There Will Never Be Another You
- Autumn Leaves
- Mood Indigo
- Sentimental Journey
- Three Little Words
- My Romance
- Sometimes I’m Happy
- I’ll Take Romance
