Tenor Sax Ballads (Priceless Jazz Collection) (1999)

About this title: GRP has cobbled together a set of performances from labels it now has under its umbrella, such as Impulse and Cadet, as well as from albums released under its own name. There's no intent here to put together a survey of the development of the tenor saxophone. Rather, this album is an unabashed effort to attract those who celebrate good tenor sax playing in general, and ballad sax in particular -- and it works. If there were a hall of fame for tenor sax players, all the performers present on this disc would have been inaugural inductees. Coleman Hawkins, the first true tenor sax improviser, is ... read more

Tracks:

1. Stardust [Carmichael/Parish]
2. Solitude [Ellington/DeLange]
3. You Don't Know What Love Is [Raye/DePaul]
4. Body and Soul [Eyton/Green/Heyman/]
5. I'm Getting Sentimental over You [Washington/Bassman]
6. Single Petal of a Rose [Ellington]
7. Deep Purple [DeRose/Parish]
8. Mood Indigo [Ellington/Bigard/Mi]
9. It's Easy to Remember [Rodgers/Hart]
10. You're My Thrill [Washington/Lane]
11. Over the Rainbow [Arlen/Harburg]
12. Don't Blame Me [McHugh/Fields]

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