The Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces : 2nd Edition＜限定盤＞

構成数 : 6枚
合計収録時間 : 07:23:01
80 selections, 13 of them previously unreleased, featuring the piano master with Louis Bellson, Benny Carter, Red Callender, Buddy DeFranco, Bill Douglass, Harry Edison, Roy Eldridge, Lionel Hampton, Jo Jones, Barney Kessel, Buddy Rich, John Simmons, Alvin Stoller and Ben Webster. Recorded between 1954 and 1956, the bulk of these sessions were released by Pablo during the 70s as an 8 record set; a 9th album was later issued separately. This material is now augmented by more than an hour of "new" music - a previously unreleased tune, a 78 RPM version of another, and 10 alternate masters. The package also contains a 14 page booklet, with the definitive essay by Benny Green that was part of the original LP set. Tatum spent most of his career as a solo pianist; in fact, it was often said that he was such an unpredictable virtuoso that it would be difficult for other musicians to play with him. Producer Norman Granz sought to prove that the theory was false, so between 1954 and 1956 he extensively recorded Tatum with a variety of other classic jazzmen, resulting originally in nine LPs of material that is now available separately as eight CDs and on this very full six-CD box set. In contrast to the massive solo Tatum sessions that Granz also recorded during this period, the group sides have plenty of variety and exciting moments, which is not too surprising when one considers that Tatum was teamed in a trio with altoist Benny Carter and drummer Louie Bellson; with trumpeter Roy Eldridge, clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster in separate quartets; in an explosive trio with vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and drummer Buddy Rich; with a sextet including Hampton, Rich, and trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison; and on a standard trio session. ~ Scott Yanow
録音 : モノラル (Studio)