Pianist Extraordinaire, Vol. 1 (2003)

About this title: A seven-CD box set from Collectables, Pianist Extraordinaire, Vol. 1 contains six of pianist Don Shirley's albums and a greatest-hits collection. The albums covered here are packaged as double CDs and include Orpheus of the Underworld/Improvisations, Tonal Expressions/Piano Perspectives, and Solos/Don Shirley With Two Basses. The collection, titled Golden Classics, has a few tracks that appear on other albums included in the box, but generally avoids these redundancies. All of the discs in Pianist Extraordinaire, Vol. 1 are available individually. Wade Kergan, All Music Guide

Tracks:

1. I Cover the Waterfront [Green/Heyman]
2. No Two People [Loesser]
3. Secret Love [Webster/Fain]
4. The Man I Love [Gershwin]
5. Love Is Here to Stay [Gershwin]
6. Dancing on the Ceiling [Hart/Rodgers]
7. They Can't Take That Away from Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
8. Answer Me My Love [Winkler/Rauch/Sigma]
9. Medley From "New Faces" [Carroll/Siegel/Grah]
10. My Funny Valentine [Hart/Rodgers]
11. Someone to Watch Over Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]
12. Love for Sale [Porter]
13. Blue Moon [Rodgers/Hart]
14. How High the Moon [Hamilton/Lewis]
15. I Can't Get Started [Duke/Gershwin]
16. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [Fields/McHugh]
17. I Let a Song Go out of My Heart [Ellington/Redmond]
18. Makin' Whoopee [Donaldson/Kahn]
19. Lullaby of Birdland [Shearing/Weiss]
20. It Could Happen to You [Burke/VanHeusen]
21. Laura [Mercer/Raksin]
22. I'll Be Around [Wilder]
23. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered [Hart/Rodgers]
24. Something to Remember You By [Schwartz/Dietz]
25. Ill Wind [Arlen/Koehler]
26. Little Girl Blue [Hart/Rodgers]
27. I'm in the Mood for Love [McHugh/Fields]
28. And This Is My Beloved [Forrest/Wright]
29. April in Paris [Harburg/Duke]
30. It Never Entered My Mind [Rodgers/Hart]
31. Don't Worry 'Bout Me [Bloom/Koehler]
32. Porgy and Bess Suite [Gershwin/Heyward]
33. Polka Dots and Moonbeams [Burke/VanHeusen]
34. Walkin' My Baby Back Home [Ahlert/Turk]
35. These Foolish Things [Link/Strachey/Masch]
36. Honeysuckle Rose [Razaf/Waller]
37. September Song [Anderson/Weill]
38. Body & Soul [Green/Heyman/Sour]
39. I'll Be Seeing You [Fain/Kahal]
40. Water Boy [Robinson]
41. Freedom [Shirley]
42. Drown in My Own Tears
43. Margie [Conrad/Davis/Robins]
44. Stand by Me
45. Willow Weep for Me [Ronell]
46. I Got Rhythm [Gershwin/Gershwin]
47. Georgia on My Mind [Carmichael/Gorrell]
48. The Lonesome Road
49. At Last [Gordon/Warren]
50. Amen [Traditional]
51. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe [Arlen/Harburg]
52. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) [Arlen/Mercer]
53. Just for a Thrill
54. Dancing on the Ceiling [Hart/Rodgers]
55. The Hammer Song
56. Ol' Man River [Hammerstein/Kern]
57. My Funny Valentine [Hart/Rodgers]
58. Orpheus in the Underworld: Band 1 -- Genesis [Shirley]
59. Orpheus in the Underworld: Band 2 -- Misfortune [Shirley]
60. Orpheus in the Underworld: Band 3 -- Litany [Shirley]
61. But Not for Me [Gershwin/Gershwin]

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