Cafe Jazz: Precious Ivory

Various Artists

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Cafe Jazz: Precious Ivory Review

by Sean Westergaard

Many of the greatest jazz pianists of the '30s and '40s are collected here performing a myriad of standards. Cafe Jazz: Precious Ivory would be a fine introduction to these players, or simply a great collection of classy piano jazz.

Track Listing - Disc 1

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
September in the Rain
Al Dubin / Harry Warren
George Shearing 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
2
East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)
Brooks Bowman
George Shearing 03:07 SpotifyAmazon
3
Little White Lies
Walter Donaldson
George Shearing 02:56 SpotifyAmazon
4
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
George Shearing 03:18 SpotifyAmazon
5
Stardust
Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish
Erroll Garner Trio 02:48 SpotifyAmazon
6
Laura
Johnny Mercer / David Raksin
Erroll Garner Trio 02:45 SpotifyAmazon
7
I've Got You Under My Skin
Cole Porter
Erroll Garner Trio 02:35 SpotifyAmazon
8
Somebody Loves Me
Buddy DeSylva / George Gershwin / Ballard MacDonald
Erroll Garner Trio 02:45 SpotifyAmazon
9
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern
Nat King Cole 02:56 SpotifyAmazon
10
Body and Soul
Frank Eyton / Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
Nat King Cole 03:47 SpotifyAmazon
11
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Cole Porter
Nat King Cole 03:41 SpotifyAmazon
12
I Got Rhythm
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Nat King Cole 02:21 SpotifyAmazon
13
Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Mitchell Parish
Art Tatum 03:17 SpotifyAmazon
14
Lullaby of the Leaves
Bernice Petkere / Joe Young
Art Tatum 03:07 SpotifyAmazon
15
Moonglow
Eddie DeLange / Will Hudson / Irving Mills
Art Tatum 03:01 SpotifyAmazon
16
Begin the Beguine
Cole Porter
Art Tatum 02:45 SpotifyAmazon
17
At Sundown
Walter Donaldson
Oscar Peterson Trio 03:08 SpotifyAmazon
18
My Heart Stood Still
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Oscar Peterson Trio 03:25 SpotifyAmazon
19
Poor Butterfly
John Golden / Raymond Hubbell
Oscar Peterson Trio 02:47 SpotifyAmazon
20
Sweet Lorraine
Clifford R. Burwell / Mitchell Parish
Oscar Peterson Trio 03:09 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
(Back Home Again In) Indiana
James F. Hanley / Ballard MacDonald
Oscar Peterson Trio 03:13 SpotifyAmazon
2
Fine and Dandy
Paul James / Kay Swift
Oscar Peterson Trio 02:40 SpotifyAmazon
3
Sleepy Time Gal
Joseph Reed Alden / Raymond B. Egan / Ange Lorenzo / Richard A. Whiting
Oscar Peterson Quartet 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
4
Stairway to the Stars
Matty Malneck / Mitchell Parish / Frank Signorelli
Oscar Peterson Trio 03:04 SpotifyAmazon
5
Out of Nowhere
Johnny Green / Edward Heyman
Art Tatum 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
6
Don't Blame Me
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
Nat King Cole 02:24 SpotifyAmazon
7
Caravan
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Juan Tizol
Nat King Cole 02:15 SpotifyAmazon
8
One O'Clock Jump
Count Basie
Nat King Cole 02:54 SpotifyAmazon
9
With Plenty of Money and You
Al Dubin / Harry Warren
Nat King Cole 02:13 SpotifyAmazon
10
Solitude
Eddie DeLange / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington 03:30 SpotifyAmazon
11
Lover
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Erroll Garner 05:42 SpotifyAmazon
12
I Get a Kick Out of You
Cole Porter
Erroll Garner 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
13
For You
Joe Burke / Al Dubin
Erroll Garner 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
14
Lover, Come Back to Me
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg
Erroll Garner 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
15
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young
Lennie Tristano 02:55 SpotifyAmazon
16
I'll Remember April
Gene DePaul / Patricia Johnston / Don Raye
George Shearing 02:49 SpotifyAmazon
17
Someone to Watch Over Me
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
George Shearing 02:48 SpotifyAmazon
18
Time on My Hands
Harold Adamson / Mack Gordon / Vincent Youmans
George Shearing 02:55 SpotifyAmazon
19
The Nearness of You
Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington
George Shearing 02:56 SpotifyAmazon
20
Where or When
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Teddy Wilson 03:26 SpotifyAmazon
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