JAZZ GUITAR: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION, VOL. 1 (10 CDs)

“I never practice my guitar — from time to time I just open the case and throw in a piece of raw meat.” - Wes Montgomery
18 original albums on 10 CDs – feat. classics and rarities by Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Kenny Burrell, Herb Ellis, Tal Farlow, Django Reinhardt and many more. Many titles currently only available on CD in this set!

The guitar holds a special place in Jazz: a solid rhythm maker at first and one of Jazz’ oldest Blues-relatives, it soon advanced to its solo-position in the spotlight. The history of the instrument itself is intrinsically tied to Jazz – and most of its early innovators and stars are represented in this exclusive 10 CD package.

From “Swing Manouche”-maestro Django Reinhardt, heard here on three remastered 10” albums, via Count Basie’s long-time rhythm-guitarist Freddie Green (heard here on his only solo-album) and on to modern giants like Wes Montgomery, Tal Farlow or Jim Hall, this set presents the very best of Jazz guitar. The swinging styles of Green or Oscar Moore, the subtle arrangements of a Mundell Lowe or Herb Ellis, the electrifying energy of Wes Montgomery, or the Brazilian elegance of Luiz Bonfa will make a “Jazz guitar”-fan out of you. Strings attached

Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz
Guitar of Wes Montgomery
 1. Airegin (Sonny Rollins)
 2. D-Natural Blues (Wes Montgomery)
 3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke, VanHeusen)
 4. Four on Six (Montgomery)
 5. West Coast Blues (Montgomery)
 6. In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck)
 7. Mr. Walker (Montgomery)
 8. Gone With the Wind (Magidson, Wrubel) – 6:24
1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, NYC,
January 26, 1960 / 3, 7, and 8 recorded at Reeves Sound Studios,
NYC, January 28, 1960
Wes Montgomery (g), Tommy Flanagan (p), Percy Heath (b),
Albert Heath (dr)
Kenny Burrell – Blue Lights Volume 1
 9. Phinupi (Burrell)
 10. Yes Baby (Burrell)
 11. Scotch Blues (Jordan)
 12. The Man I Love (Gershwin, Gershwin)
Kenny Burrell (g), Louis Smith (tp), Junior Cook, Tina Brooks (ts),
Duke Jordan (p), Sam Jones (b), Art Blakey (dr)
Recorded at Manhattan Towers, May 14, 1958
 CD2
Jim Hall – Jazz Guitar
 1. Stompin‘ at the Savoy
 (Goodman/ Razaf/ Sampson/ Webb)
 2. Things Ain‘t What They Used to Be
 (Ellington/ Ellington/ Persons)
 3. This Is Always (Gordon/ Webb)
 4. Thanks for the Memory (Rainger/ Robin)
 5. Tangerine (Mercer/ Schertzinger)
 6. Stella by Starlight (Washington/ Young)
 7. 9:20 Special (Ellington/ Engvick/ Warren)
 8. Deep in a Dream (DeLange/ Van Heusen)
 9. Look for the Silver Lining (DeSylva/ Kern)
 10. Seven Come Eleven (Christian/ Goodman)
Jim Hall (g), Carl Perkins (p), Red Mitchell (b)
Recorded Los Angeles, January 10 & 24, 1957
 CD3
Herb Ellis meets Jimmy Giuffre
 1. Goose Grease (Ellis, Giuffre)
 2. When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan)
 3. Remember (Giuffre)
 4. Patricia (Ellis)
 5. A Country Boy (Ellis)
 6. You Know (Giuffre)
 7. My Old Flame (Johnston, Coslow)
 8. People Will Say We‘re In Love
 (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Herb Ellis (g), Jimmy Giuffre (ts, bs, arr), Art Pepper, Bud Shank
(as), Richie Kamuca (ts), Lou Levy (p), Jim Hall (g), Joe Mondragon
(b), Stan Levey (dr)
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, on March 26, 1959
Guitar Moods by Mundell Lowe
 1. Speak Low (Nash, Weill)
 2. We’ll Be Together Again (Fischer, Laine)
 3. Memories of You (Blake, Razaf)
 4. Ill Wind (Arlen, Koehler)
 5. You Don’t Know What Love Is (DePaul, Raye)
 6. I Dream Too Much (Fields, Kern)
 7. June in January (Rainger, Robin)
 8. I’ll Take the Romance (Hammerstein, Oakland)
 9. It’s So Peaceful in the Country (Wilder)
 10. Our Waltz (Rose)
 11. I’m Old Fashioned (Kern, Mecer)
 12. Goodbye (Jenkins)
Mundell Lowe (g), Al Klink (b cl), Phil Bodner (ob, Engl hrn),
Trigger Alpert (b), Ed Shaughnessy (dr)
Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder’s Studio, Hackensack,
New Jersey, on February 20, March 2 & 9, 1956

CD4
A Recital by Tal Farlow
 1. Walkin‘ (Carpenter)
 2. You Come Along (From Out of Nowhere)
 (Green/ Heyman)
 3. Bye Bye Blues (Bennett/ Gray/ Hamm/ Lown)
 4. Lorinesque (Farlow)
 5. Moonlight Becomes You
 (Burke/ Van Heusen)

6. Will You Still Be Mine? (Adair/ Dennis)
 7. On the Alamo (Jones / Kahn)
Tal Farlow (g), Bob Enevoldsen (tb), Bill Perkins (ts), Bob Gordon
(sb), Monty Budwig (b), Lawrence Marable (dr)
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California,
May 3 & 4 1955
Joe Puma – East Coast Jazz 3
 8. Loris
 9. A Little Rainy
 10. Helen (Duke/ Harburg)
 11. Hallelujah (Youmans/ Grey/ Robin)
 12. How About You (Freed/ Lane)
 13. Pumatic
 14. Liza (Gershwin/ Gershwin/ Kahn)
15. Moon Song (That Wasn’t For Me) (Johnston/ Coslow)
Joe Puma, Barry Galbraith (g), Don Elliott (vib), Vinnie Burke (b),
Teddy Sommer (dr) · Recorded in NYC, November 30, 1954
 CD5
Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer
 1. Isn‘t It Romantic (Rodgers-Hart)
 2. How Long Has This Been Going On (Gershwin)
 3. No Male for Me (Brookmeyer)
 4. The Flag Is Up (Raney)
 5. Get Off That Roof (Brookmeyer)
 6. Jim‘s Tune (Raney)
 7. No One but Me (Raney)
 8. Too Late Now (Lane/Lerner)
Jimmy Raney (g), Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb), Hank Jones,
Dick Katz (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Osie Johnson (dr)
Recorded in New York City, July 23, August 1, 1956.
Howard Roberts – Good Pickin’s
 1. Will You Still Be Mine (Dennis/ Adair)
 2. When The Sun Comes Out (Arlen/ Koehler)
 3. All The Things You Are (Kern/ Hammerstein)
 4. Lover Man (Davis/ Ramirez/ Sherman)
 5. Relaxin‘ At Camarillo (Parker)
 6. Godchild (Wallington)
 7. Easy Living (Rainger/ Robin)
 8. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
 (Arlen/ Koehler)
 9. The More I See You (Warren/ Gordon)
 10. Terpsichore (Roberts)
Howard Roberts (g), Bill Holman (ts, arr), Pete Jolly (p), Red Mitchell
(b), Stan Levey (dr), Marty Paich (arr)
Recorded in Los Angeles in March 1959
 CD6
Freddie Green – Mr. Rhythm
 1. Up in the Blues (Green)
 2. Down for the Double (Green)
 3. Back and Forth (Green)
 4. Free and Easy (Green)
 5. Learnin‘ the Blues (Green)
 6. Feed Bag (Green)
 7. Something‘s Got to Give (Mercer)
 8. Easy Does It (Oliver, Young)
 9. Little Red (Green)
 10. Swinging Back (Green)
 11. A Date With Ray (Green)
 12. When You Wish Upon a Star (Washington, Harline)
Freddie Green (g), Al Cohn (ts/ cl), Joe Newman (tp), Henry Coker
(tb), Nat Pierce (p), Milt Hinton (b), Jo Jones (dr), Osie Johnson (dr)
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, December 18, 1955
Oscar Moore Quartet
 13. Dinner for One
 14. Walkin‘ Home
 15. Up Tempo
 16. Buddy Can You Spare A Dime?
 17. There‘ll Never Be Another You
 18. April In Paris
 19. Samson & Delilah Theme
 20. Moonlight in Vermont
 21. Kiss Me Again
Oscar Moore (g), Carl Perkins (p), Joe Comfort (b), Mike Pacheco
(bongos)
Recorded in Hollywood, CA, 1954

Souvenirs de Django Reinhardt Vol. 1-3
 1. Minor Swing
 2. Swing 41
 3. Artillerie Lourde
 4. Peche a la mouche
 5. Swing Guitars
 6. Belleville
 7. Douce Ambiance
 8. Swing de Paris
 9. Babik
 10. Swingtime In The Springtime

11. Manoir de mes reves
 12. Blues en mineur
 13. Swing 39
 14. Melodie au crepuscule
 15. Feerie
 16. Dinette
 17. Stockholm
 18. Nuages
 19. Del Salle
 20. Vendredi 13
 21. Sweet Chorus
 22. Crepuscule
 23. Songe D‘automne
 24. Folie a Amphion
All songs composed by Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt (g) et le Quintette de Hot Club de France
Maurice Meunier, Hubert Rostaing, Gérard Léveque (cl), Eugène
Vèes (g), Eddie Bernard (p), Emmanuel Soudieux (b), André Jourdan (dr)
Recorded in Paris Augzst 25 & 29, September 7 & 15, November 8
&13, 1947
 CD8
Billy Bauer – Plectrist
 1. It‘s A Blue World (Forest/ Wright)
 2. Maybe I Love You Too Much (Berlin)
 3. Lincoln Tunnel (Bauer)
 4. Night Cruise (Bauer)
 5. Too Marvelous For Words (Mercer/ Whiting)
 6. Lady Estelle‘s Dream (Bauer)
 7. You‘d Be So Nice To Come Home To (Porter)
 8. When It‘s Sleepy Time Down South (Muse/ Rene/ Rene)
 9. The Way You Look Tonight (Fields/ Kern)
 10. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Petkere/ Young)
 11. Moon Mist (Bauer)
Billy Bauer (g), Andrew Ackers (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (dr)
Recorded at Fine Sound, New York City on January 23 & March
12, 1956
 CD9
Charlie Byrd Trio – Charlie’s Choice
(aka The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd)
 1. Taking a Chance on Love (Duke, Fetter, Latouche)
 2. Moonlight in Vermont (Blackburn, Suessdorf)
 3. Speak Low (Nash, Weill)
 4. Nuages (Reinhardt)
 5. Ev‘rything I‘ve Got (Hart, Rodgers)
 6. Makin‘ Whoopee (Donaldson, Kahn)
 7. Django (Lewis)
 8. Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin, Gershwin)
 9. The House of the Rising Sun (Traditional)
 10. Ring Them Harmonics (Betts)
 11. Taboo (Lecuona, Russell)
 12. To Ginny (Byrd)
Charlie Byrd (g), Keter Betts (b), Buddy Deppenschmidt (dr)
Recorded at Edgewood Studios, Washington, 1960
René Thomas et son Quintette
 1. Burt‘s Pad
 2. Chicago
 3. Autobuzz
 4. Indiana
 5. Get Out of Town
 6. Tis Autumn
 7. Thomasia
René Thomas (g), Buzz Gardner (tp), Henri Renaud (p), Jean-Marie
Ingrand (b), Jean-Louis Viale (dr)
Recorded in Paris, France, May 5, 1954

Amor! – The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfa
 1. Brasilia
 2. I‘ll Remember April (De Paul/ Raye/ Johnson)
 3. Lonely Lament
 4. Carnival
 5. George Back In Town
 6. Blue Madrid
 7. Island Of Trinidade
 8. Old Times (Velhos Tempos)
 9. Marajo
 10. Indian Dance
 11. Nelly
 12. Preludio
 13. Yesterdays (Kern/ Harbach)
 14. Bagpipes
 15. Arabesque
Louiz Bonfá (g), Don Elliott (mellophone, vib and triangle), Tommy
Lopez (cong, bgo), Ralph Freundlich (fl)
Luiz Bonfá’s guitar solos were recorded
without the use, on any of the selections,
of overdubbing, multiple recording or any
kind of electronic device.
Recorded at Atlantic Studios in