Lennie Niehaus - Complete Fifties Recordings [4CD]

ESSENTIAL JAZZ CLASSICS

£26.35

Cat. no: EJC55776
Format: CD4
Barcode: 8436559469296
Release Date: 04 Nov 2022
Genre: Jazz

This wonderful 80-track edition compiles all existing recordings by Lennie Niehaus as a leader from his early years, originally issued on six Contemporary and one EmArcy LPs

The recordings here are presented for the very frst time ever on a single set and in chronological order. After 1957, Niehaus didn't record another jazz album under his own name until 1989. Born in 1929 and now 86 years old, Lennie Niehaus complemented his talents as an alto saxophonist with those of an arranger and composer, becoming a well- known fgure on the West Coast jazz scene. After playing with the Stan Kenton big band, and various other jazz bands on the West Coast, Niehaus devoted himself to arranging and composing for motion pictures, including several produced by Clint Eastwood.

As a bonus, we have included three small group tracks that constitute Niehaus' only collaborations with Howard Rumsey, as well as a complete album by conductor and arranger Duane Tatro, again in a small group format that features Niehaus on alto on most tracks.

Tracks: I'll Take Romance / Prime Rib / Inside Out / Bottoms Up / You Stepped Out Of A Dream / Whose Blues? / I Remember You / Day By Day / Figure 8 / How About You? / Patty-Cake / The Way You Look Tonight / Seaside / The Night We Called It A Day / Have You Met Miss Jones / Night Life / Rick's Tricks / Bunko / Nice Work If You Can Get It / You And The Night And The Music / Funny Frank / That's Rich / If You Are There / Blue Room / Love Is Here To Stay / Yes, Yes, Honey / Circling The Blues / They Say It's Wonderful / Cooling It / Rose Room / Debbie / Easy Living / All The Things You Are / Rondo / Star Eyes / If I Should Lose You / Full House / Crosswalk / Troubled Waters / More Than The Blues / Just One Of Those Things / My Heart Stood Still / Lens / Thou Swell / I Wished On The Moon / Knee Deep / Fond Memories / Take It From Me / Belle Of The Ball / As Long As I Live / Ill Wind / Three Of A Kind / Elbow Room / Poinciana / Happy Times / I Should Care / I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me / Blues For Susie / Four / The Sermon / With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair / P & L / I See Your Face Before Me / Four Eleven West / Soon / Little Girl Blues / Don't You Know I Care / He Ain't Got Rhythm / Kiss Me And Kill Me With Love / Turbulence / Folly / Multiplicity / Backlash / Outpost / Maybe Next Year / Conversation Piece / Low Clearance / Dollar Day / Easy Terms / Minor Accident