
Artist: Herb Ellis
Album: The Early Years
Genre: Cool, Bop, Mainstream Jazz
Label: Enlightenment
Released: 2020
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- CD 1:
- Sweetheart Blues (4:47)
- Somebody Loves Me (4:55)
- It Could Happen to You (3:47)
- Pogo (4:45)
- Detour Ahead (4:03)
- Ellis in Wonderland (3:53)
- Have You Met Miss Jones (6:20)
- A Simple Tune (4:12)
Nothing But the Blues (1957) - Pap's Blues (7:09)
- Big Red's Boogie Woogie (5:42)
- Tin Roof Blues (3:03)
- Soft Winds (6:04)
- Royal Garden Blues (4:49)
- Patti Cake (6:04)
- Blues for Janet (7:16)
- Blues for Junior (4:57)
Ellis in Wonderland (1956)
- CD 2:
- Goose Grease (3:06)
- When Your Lover Has Gone (5:57)
- Remember (7:43)
- Patricia (4:06)
- A Country Boy (5:07)
- You Know (4:32)
- My Old Flame (3:33)
- People Will Say We're in Love (4:49)
Softly... But with That Feeling (1961) - One Note Samba (5:47)
- Toni (1:56)
- Like Someone in Love (5:42)
- Jim's Blues (5:53)
- John Brown's Body (3:35)
- Detour Ahead (4:11)
- You Better Be Ready (5:38)
- Gravy Waltz (5:14)
Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)
- CD 3:
- You Stepped Out of a Dream (4:23)
- Bossa Nova #2 (4:25)
- But Beautiful (2:58)
- Bossa Nova Samba (3:19)
- Leave It to Me (3:15)
- I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out! (4:32)
- Sweet Dreams (4:22)
- Low Society Blues (3:12)
- Gravy Waltz (2:17)
- Detour Ahead (3:25)
Together! (with Stuff Smith) (1963) - Skip It (8:11)
- Alone Together (4:21)
- Blues for Janet (4:19)
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do (3:10)
- Get Acquainted Blues (7:37)
- Hillcrest (7:15)
Three Guitars in Bossa Nova Time (1963)
- CD 4:
- No Moon at All (7:20)
- Bye Bye Blackbird (3:38)
- Life Is a Ball (5:32)
- It's Easy to Remember (4:10)
- You're Impossible (2:43)
- Oh What a Beautiful Morning (2:41)
- I Know You Oh So Well (3:00)
- Intersection (4:12)
- Like Someone in Love (7:07)
- Don't Sing (4:29)
Guitar/Guitar (with Charlie Byrd) (1965) - Se Todos Fossem Iquais a Voce (2:46)
- Chung King (3:04)
- Carolina in the Morning (3:16)
- Three Quarter Blues (2:47)
- Take Care of Yourself (3:16)
- St. Louis Blues (3:14)
- Jazz 'n' Samba (2:05)
- Oh, Lady Be Good (2:50)
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (4:42)
- A Hundred Years from Today (3:39)
- Bluesette (3:19)
4 to Go! (with Andre Previn, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne) (1963)
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This four CD collection represents the first phase of Ellis's solo career when he acted as leader or co-leader through an era which is generally considered the great man's glory years. Featuring eight stunning and extraordinary albums released originally between the mid-1950s and mid 1960s, this provides a perfect starting point for newcomers and everyone else.