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The Classic Albums

The Classic Albums

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  • Release Date: 01/03/2024
  • Barcode: 0823564037769
  • Edition: Box Set
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Label: Enlightenment Series
  • Subgenre: Jazz
The Classic Albums

The Classic Albums

Box Set

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DESCRIPTION

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.

TRACK LISTING


  • 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
  • ADDITIONAL DETAILS

  • Number of Discs: 4
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