- Audio CD (18 May 1987)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Polygram Records
- ASIN: B000004735
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 259,899 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Mack The Knife - Ella Fitzgerald |
| 2. April In Paris - Count Basie |
| 3. The Shadow Of Your Smile - Oscar Peterson |
| 4. Bernie's Tune - Gerry Mulligan |
| 5. The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto |
| 6. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Billie Holiday |
| 7. Misty - Errol Garner |
| 8. Djangology - Stephane Grappelli |
| 9. Goin' Out Of My Head - Wes Montegomery |
| 10. Vendome - The Swingle Singers |
| 11. What A Difference A Day Makes - Dinah Washington |
| 12. Walk On The Wild Side - Jimmy Smith |
| 13. Lullaby Of Birdland - Sarah Vaughan |
| 14. I've Got You Under My Skin - Bill Evans |
| 15. Captain Marvel - Chick Corea |
| 16. Friends And Love - Chuck Mangione |
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Sample the very best
12 Jan 2007
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This should NOT be a discontinued album. From Ella Fitzgerald faking her way through "Mack The Knife," right up to Chuck Mangione with a symphony orchestra, COMPACT JAZZ * THE SAMPLER is an absolute delight. These superlative VERVE records span the years 1955 to 1979.
ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS:
Jimmy Smith's swinging "Walk On The Wild Side," which opens with sleigh bells.
Erroll Garner grunting his way through his most famous composition, "Misty," from 1954.
Antonio Carlos Jobim plays piano on his renowned "The Girl From Ipanema." This Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto version got mega-airplay in America in 1963, and started the Bossa Nova craze here.
The equally well-known Count Basie 1955 recording of "April In Paris" still soars high. ("...One more once!")
Dinah Washington's classic take of "What A Difference A Day Makes," from 1959.
(The Divine) Sarah Vaughan bills and coos on "Lullabye Of Birdland," recorded December, '54.
All of these, save the Smith track, were huge hits. Additionally, this sampler offers an early work by Chick Corea, Lady Day (Billie Holliday) in hi-fi, and Oscar Peterson and Gerry Mulligan, both in top form. A highly recommended collection.
TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 63:14
ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS:
Jimmy Smith's swinging "Walk On The Wild Side," which opens with sleigh bells.
Erroll Garner grunting his way through his most famous composition, "Misty," from 1954.
Antonio Carlos Jobim plays piano on his renowned "The Girl From Ipanema." This Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto version got mega-airplay in America in 1963, and started the Bossa Nova craze here.
The equally well-known Count Basie 1955 recording of "April In Paris" still soars high. ("...One more once!")
Dinah Washington's classic take of "What A Difference A Day Makes," from 1959.
(The Divine) Sarah Vaughan bills and coos on "Lullabye Of Birdland," recorded December, '54.
All of these, save the Smith track, were huge hits. Additionally, this sampler offers an early work by Chick Corea, Lady Day (Billie Holliday) in hi-fi, and Oscar Peterson and Gerry Mulligan, both in top form. A highly recommended collection.
TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 63:14
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great varied mix of jazz
20 Dec 2005
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This old and now deleted album showcases tracks from many titles of the compact jazz label's range. I first heard this cd from my local library 15 years ago. I heard some of it played on a local radio recently and tried to track it down. Amazon is the only place I could find it, new and used.
This album's strength lies in it's wide range of jazz tracks, ranging from a live version of "Mack the knife" performed by Ella Fitzgerald in Berlin, to the acapella-esque swingle singers' "Vendome" and from the original version of (the much abused) "Girl from Ipanema" to the Bill Evan's interpretretation of "I've Got You Under My Skin" (which still sounds fresh and inspiring to my ears many years on). For me, however, the stand out tracks are far and away Chick Corea's exciting "Captain Marvel" and the marvellously up tempo Reinhardt homage "Djangology" by Stephan Grapelli.
The only criticism of this album is perhaps a reliance on many vocal led tracks; 6 out of 16 is probably too many, and 5 of the 6 (if you include "Girl From Ipanema") are solo female voices leading. However, many of these voices are owned by instantly recognised names, so it serves as no surprise as to why they were chosen on this sampler disk.
This disk was part of my introduction to music many years ago and I still enjoy listening to it now that I've tracked it down.
This album's strength lies in it's wide range of jazz tracks, ranging from a live version of "Mack the knife" performed by Ella Fitzgerald in Berlin, to the acapella-esque swingle singers' "Vendome" and from the original version of (the much abused) "Girl from Ipanema" to the Bill Evan's interpretretation of "I've Got You Under My Skin" (which still sounds fresh and inspiring to my ears many years on). For me, however, the stand out tracks are far and away Chick Corea's exciting "Captain Marvel" and the marvellously up tempo Reinhardt homage "Djangology" by Stephan Grapelli.
The only criticism of this album is perhaps a reliance on many vocal led tracks; 6 out of 16 is probably too many, and 5 of the 6 (if you include "Girl From Ipanema") are solo female voices leading. However, many of these voices are owned by instantly recognised names, so it serves as no surprise as to why they were chosen on this sampler disk.
This disk was part of my introduction to music many years ago and I still enjoy listening to it now that I've tracked it down.
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