Shirley, Don: Best Of (180gm Vinyl)

Title: Best Of (180gm Vinyl)
Artist: Shirley, Don
Label: Not Now Uk
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5060403742872
Genre: Jazz

This compilation accurately documents the manner in which Don Shirley created his own genre: jazz tinged but not really jazz, soulful, but not really soul, often reaching out into areas that were distinctively classical. Check Irving Berlin's Blue Skies, which Shirley endows with a breath of Bach; In A Moorish Marketplace with it's hint of Ravel, or the simple beauty of One For My Baby (And One For The Road), on which Shirley opts for the most economical of approaches yet provides a performance of sheer beauty, one that never wavers far from the blues. 180gm 2LP vinyl

Tracks:
1.1 Water Boy
1.2 Drown In My Own Tears
1.3 The Lonesome Road
1.4 Body And Soul
1.5 Blue Skies
1.6 Easy Living
1.7 In A Moorish Marketplace
1.8 Amen
1.9 Someone To Watch Over Me
1.10 Willow Weep For Me
1.11 Stand By Me
1.12 Happy Talk
1.13 Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
1.14 Lullaby Of Birdland
1.15 Where's My Bess
1.16 This Nearly Was Mine
1.17 These Foolish Things
1.18 Let's Fall In Love
2.1 I Got Rhythm
2.2 Freedom
2.3 My Funny Valentine
2.4 Adieu Madraz
2.5 Tribute To Billie Holiday
2.6 One For My Baby (And One For The Road)