The Classic Albums

William Marcel Collette, born in Los Angeles on August 6, 1921, was raised in Watts, surrounded by people of all different ethnicities. He lived in a house built by his father in an area with cheap, plentiful land. For his elementary education, he attended Ninety-Sixth Street School because it allowed black students. Collette began playing piano at age ten, at his grandmother's request. His love for music came not only from his community, but from his parents - his father played piano and his mother sang. In middle school, he began playing the saxophone. That same year, he formed his first band. The following year, Collette started a band with Ralph and Raleigh Bledsoe. Together they played for less than a dollar each at parties put on by people in the area on Saturday nights. Between 1955 and 1960 Buddy Collette released a number of superb albums on which he acted as leader, put out by a range of different labels (unlike many of his contemporaries, Collette was never associated with one specific record company), such as Contempo, Bel Canto, Speciality, ABC, and EmArcy. He also worked alongside a number of back-up players on these records, but rarely worked with the same bands regularly.It is from this fertile period for Buddy Collette that the eight original albums that make up this collection are drawn. Featuring such fine works as, Tanganyika, Man of Many Parts, Calm, Cool & Collette, Everybody's Buddy and Nice Day with Buddy Collette, this 4CD set provides a great starting place for new adherents to this great mans music and talents, as well as a delightful reminder for those already somewhat versed.

Disc 1
1: Green Dream
2: It's You
3: A Walk On the Veldt
4: How Long Has This Been Goin On?
5: The Blindfold Test
6: Jungle Pogo Stick
7: Tanganyika
8: Wagnervous
9: And So Is Love
10: Cycle
11: Makin' Whoopee
12: Ruby
13: St Andrews Place Blues
14: Cheryl Ann
15: Sunset Drive
16: Jazz City Blues
17: Slappy's Tune
18: Frenesi
19: Santa Monica
20: Jungle Pipe
21: Zan

Disc 2
1: Winston Walks
2: If She Had Stayed
3: They Can't Take That Away from Me
4: Undecided
5: Flute in 'D'
6: The Continental
7: Three and One
8: Night in Tunisia
9: Johnny Walks
10: Perfidia
11: Morning Jazz
12: Tasty Dish
13: I Still Love You
14: Orlando
15: Mrs. Potts
16: Soft Touch
17: You Better Go Now
18: Old School
19: Debbie

Disc 3
1: A Nice Day
2: There Will Never Be Another You
3: Minor Deviation
4: Over the Rainbow
5: Change It
6: Moten Swing
7: I'll Remember April
8: Blues for Howard
9: Fall Winds
10: Buddy Boo
11: I Love Paris
12: Pigalle
13: La Vie En Rose
14: Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
15: Mam'selle
16: C'est Si Bon
17: Domino
18: Song from 'Moulin Rouge'
19: The Last Time I Saw Paris
20: Under Paris Skies

Disc 4
1: Flute Duet
2: Short Story
3: Machito
4: Improvisation (With Conga)
5: Pony Tale
6: The Funky Shepherds
7: Tasty Dish
8: Improvisation (Unaccompanied)
9: The Four Winds Blow
10: Colonel Bogey & River Kwai March
11: Laura
12: Smile
13: The Bad & the Beautiful (Love Is for the Very Young)
14: The Shrike
15: I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me
16: The Trolley Song
17: Intermezzo
18: Ruby
19: Invitation
20: Swinging On a Star

Number of Discs: 4

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