Complete Savoy Master Takes (1998)

About this title: Does it get any better than this? The nearly two hours of music on this double CD set covers Erroll Garner's complete released output for Savoy from January 1945 -- where he was part of the Slam Stewart Quartet -- through the summer of 1949. All of it has been transferred off original acetate sources and very carefully CEDAR-ized to bring out the musical detail in preference to the noise inherent in the masters, and the result is one up-close-and-personal get-together between one's ears and his piano, with bassist John Simmons and drummers Alvin Stoller or Jesse Price providing the underlying ... read more

Tracks:

1. Laura [Mercer/Raksin]
2. Stardust [Parish/Carmichael]
3. Somebody Loves Me [MacDonald/DeSylva]
4. (Back Home Again In) Indiana [MacDonald/Hanley]
5. I Surrender, Dear [Clifford/Barris]
6. I Only Have Eyes for You [Dubin/Warren]
7. Stompin' at the Savoy [Goodman/Razaf/Samps]
8. I Cover the Waterfront [Heyman/Green]
9. It's Easy to Remember [Hart/Rodgers]
10. Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) [Jason/Burton]
11. Love Walked In [Gershwin/Gershwin]
12. September Song [Anderson/Weill]
13. Body and Soul [Heyman/Eyton/Sour]
14. All the Things You Are [Hammerstein/Kern]
15. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You [Crosby/Washington]
16. Yesterdays [Harbach/Kern]
17. Goodbye [Jenkins]
18. I'm in the Mood for Love [Fields/McHugh]
19. I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me [Gaskill/McHugh]
20. More Than You Know [Rose/Eliscu/Youmans]
21. Undecided [Robin/Shavers]
22. Red Sails in the Sunset [Kennedy/Williams]
23. All of Me [Simons/Marks]
24. Over the Rainbow [Harburg/Arlen]
25. A Cottage for Sale [Conley/Robison]
26. This Can't Be Love [Hart/Rodgers]
27. The Man I Love [Gershwin/Gershwin]
28. Moonglow [DeLange/Hudson/Mill]
29. I Want a Little Girl [Mencher/Moll]
30. She's Funny That Way [Moret/Whiting]
31. Until the Real Thing Comes Along [Cahn/Chaplin/Freema]
32. (I'm) Confessin' (That I Love You) [Daugherty/Reynolds]
33. Stormy Weather [Arlen/Koehler]
34. On the Sunny Side of the Street [Fields/McHugh]
35. Rosalie [Porter]
36. Everything Happens to Me [Adair/Dennis]
37. Stairway to the Stars [Malneck/Parish/Sign]
38. Play, Fiddle, Play [Altman/Deutsch/Lawr]
39. Dark Eyes [Traditional]
40. Laff, Slam, Laff [Stewart]
41. Jumpin' at the Deuces [Garner/Stewart]

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