George Shearing - Early Years (CD)

From prewar sides cut when George was a mere 20 years old through his postwar collaborations with Stephane Grappelli and Harry Hayes, this 5-CD set collects George's seldom-anthologized British recordings. You can really pinpoint the influence George's 1945 trip to New York had on his playing, too; after sitting in with Charlie Shavers and Sid Catlett, he returned to England as an apostle of bop. Includes How Come You Do Me Like You Do?; Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat; Boogie Ride; I Never Mention Your Name; Stardust; Watch the Birdie; Lady Be Good; Spookie Woogie; Henderson Stomp; Rock-a-Bye Basie, and many more. Remastered and annotated with discography!

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? - George Shearing
2. Stomp in F - George Shearing
3. Blue Boogie - George Shearing
4. Squeezin' the Blues - George Shearing
5. Small Town - Reginald Williams ; His Futurists
6. We Speak of You Often - Reginald Williams ; His Futurists
7. What Do You Know About Love? - Reginald Williams ; His Futurists
8. Talk to Me - Reginald Williams ; His Futurists
9. Amoresque - Sid Phillips Trio
10. I Got Rhythm - Sid Phillips Trio
11. I Never Knew - Sid Phillips Trio
12. After You've Gone - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Musicians
13. Stephane's Tune - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Musicians
14. I've Found a New Baby
15. Black Eyes
16. Boog It
17. Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
18. I Never Knew - George Shearing
19. Sweet Sue, Just You - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Musicians
20. Tiger Rag - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Musicians
21. Stephane's Blues - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Musicians
22. Noel Brings the Swing - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Musicians
23. Southern Fried - George Shearing
24. Missouri Scrambler - George Shearing
25. Wednesday Night Hop - George Shearing
26. Overnight Hop - George Shearing

Disc: 2

1. Papa's in Bed with His Britches on
2. Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
3. Dinah
4. Body and Soul
5. Jive Bomber
6. Delayed Action - George Shearing
7. Jump for Joy - George Shearing
8. Scrub Me, Mama, with a Boogie Beat - George Shearing
9. Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar - George Shearing
10. Dim Blues
11. Parry Opus
12. It Don't Count
13. I'm Young and Healthy
14. Potato Pete
15. Come, Happy Day
16. She Had Dark and Dreamy Eyes
17. Oh! How He Misses His Missus
18. How Could You? - George Shearing
19. Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody - George Shearing
20. These Foolish Things - George Shearing
21. More Than You Know - George Shearing
22. Softly As in a Morning Sunrise - George Shearing
23. You Stepped Out of a Dream - George Shearing
24. Wrap Yourself in Cotton Wool
25. Tahiti Rendezvous

Disc: 3

1. Boogie Ride - George Shearing
2. Spookie Woogie - George Shearing
3. Two Little Squirrels
4. Watch the Birdie
5. Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid
6. I Said No
7. Moonray - George Shearing
8. Rosetta - George Shearing
9. I'll Never Let a Day Pass By - George Shearing
10. Coquette - George Shearing
11. Red Duster Rag
12. Out of Nowhere - George Shearing
13. Can't We Be Friends? - George Shearing
14. Ghost of a Chance - George Shearing
15. Time on My Hands - George Shearing
16. Stardust - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Quintet
17. J'attendrai - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Quintet
18. Weep No More, My Lady - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Quintet
19. When I Look at You - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Quintet
20. Three O'Clock in the Morning - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Quintet
21. That Old Black Magic - Stã©Phane Grappelli ; His Quintet
22. Strictly Non Vocal
23. Star Eyes
24. Heavenly Music

Disc: 4

1. Baby, Please Stop! and Think About Me
2. I Never Mention Your Name
3. My Heart Tells Me
4. Guilty - George Shearing
5. I Found a New Boogie - George Shearing
6. Sweet Lorraine - George Shearing
7. Just Boogie Woogie - George Shearing
8. Cymbal Simon - George Shearing Sextet
9. Riff Up Them Stairs - George Shearing Sextet
10. Five Flat Flurry - George Shearing Sextet
11. Trunk Call - George Shearing Sextet
12. Confessin'
13. Someday, Sweetheart
14. It's Easy to Remember - George Shearing Trio
15. I'm So Afraid of You - George Shearing Trio
16. Blue Moon - George Shearing Trio
17. Interlude for Jazz Practice - George Shearing Trio
18. Toy Trumpet - George Orchestra Evans
19. Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie - George Orchestra Evans
20. Mean to Me - George Orchestra Evans
21. Song Is You - George Orchestra Evans
22. Out of Space - George Orchestra Evans
23. Early One Morning - George Orchestra Evans
24. Temptation - George Orchestra Evans
25. Rock-A-Bye Basie - George Orchestra Evans

Disc: 5

1. Henderson Stomp
2. Don't You Know That I Care?
3. No-One Else Will Do
4. Jam Sandwich
5. Together - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
6. What a Difference a Day Made - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
7. Lady Be Good - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
8. Rose Marie - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
9. I Didn't Know About You - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
10. I'm Making Believe - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
11. Henderson Stomp - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
12. Annie Laurie - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
13. Sugar
14. Out of Nowhere
15. Piccadilly Stomp
16. Cocktails for Two - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
17. Struttin' at the Astor - Frank Weir ; His Astor Club Seven
18. Familiar Moe - Harry Hayes ; His Band
19. High As a Kite - Harry Hayes ; His Band
20. Flat to C - Harry Hayes ; His Band
21. Blue Charm - Harry Hayes ; His Band
22. Boogie Ride - George Shearing
23. Spookie Woogie - George Shearing
24. Spookie Woogie - George Shearing
25. Moonray - George Shearing