A Monday Date (1961)

About this title: Earl Hines, one of jazz's greatest pianists, was a modern stylist who broke up the usual stride piano pattern of the 1920s with unexpected accents and an uncanny ability to play successfully with time; he had the trickiest left hand in the business. After his orchestra disbanded in 1947 and he spent a few unfulfilling years as a sideman with the Louis Armstrong All Stars, Hines entered a decade of critical neglect and indifference in which his talents were pretty well forgotten; he found himself playing Dixieland in San Francisco for several years. This particular CD is a decent Dixieland set ... read more

Tracks:

1. A Monday Date [Hines]
2. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home [Cannon]
3. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? [Alter/DeLange]
4. Lonesome Road [Austin/Shilkret]
5. Squeeze Me [Waller/Williams]
6. Limehouse Blues [Braham/Furber]
7. West End Blues [King Oliver/William]
8. Yes Sir, That's My Baby [Donaldson/Kahn]
9. Caution Blues [Hines]
10. Mandy, Make up Your Mind [Clarke/Johnston/Mey]
11. A Closer Walk With Thee [Traditional]
12. Clarinet Marmalade [Ragas/Shields]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.