Stuff Smith - The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions (1999)

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Stuff Smith - The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions (1999)

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DISC 1
01. Hillcrest (3:42)
02. The Blues I Know (5:31)
03. Skip It (4:05)
04. Uh Ruh (3:32)
05. My Thoughts (3:44)
06. Live And You"ll Learn (4:52)
07. Night Falls Again (5:35)
08. Minuet In Swing (3:02)
09. Midway (4:01)
10. I Lost My Heart By The River (5:48)
11. Won"t You Take A Lesson In Love? (4:13)
12. What I Say (4:37)
13. It"s Wonderful (4:03)
14. Coming Through The Rye (2:43)
15. Ja-Da (4:01)

SS, vln
with
1-4:
Dudley Brooks, p Jess Simpkins, b
LA, Oct. 25, 1956

5-12:
Jimmy Jones, p Red Callendar, b
LA, Nov. 19, 1956

13-15:
Carl Perkins, p Curtis Counce, b Frank Butler, d LA, Jan. 21, 1957

DISC 2
01. Indiana (3:25)
02. Blow Blow Blow (5:28)
03. Calypso (5:31)
04. I Wrote My Song (3:19)
05. Oh, But It Is (4:18)
06. Stop-Look (3:24)
07. Would You Object? (2:31)
08. Crazy Rhythm (2:25)
09. Rio Pakistan (11:31)
10. It"s Only A Paper Moon (8:30)
11. Purple Sounds (10:11)
12. Russian Lullaby (7:59)
13. Oh, Lady Be Good (4:10)

SS, vln
with
1-8:
Carl Perkins, p Red Callendar, b Oscar Bradley, d
LA, Feb. 5, 1957

9-13:
Dizzy Gillespie, tpt Wynton Kelly, p Paul West, b J.C. Heard, d The Gordon Family (13)
NYC, Apr. 17, 1957

DISC 3
01. Desert Sands (8:15)
02. Soft Winds (6:12)
03. Time And Again (aka, Don"t You Think?) (7:04)
04. It Don"t Mean A Thing (4:28)
05. In A Mellotone (9:53)
06. I Know That You Know (9:38)
07. Heat Wave (7:29)
08. Things Ain"t What They Used To Be (6:20)
09. Body And Soul (10:27)

SS, vln
with:
Oscar Peterson, p Barney Kessel, g Ray Brown, b Alvin Stoller, d

1-5:
LA, Mar. 7, 1957

6-9:
LA, Mar. 12, 1957

DISC 4
01. "S Wonderful (3:46)
02. A Foggy Day (3:19)
03. I Loves You Porgy (3:21)
04. Somebody Loves Me (3:42)
05. Strike Up The Band (2:55)
06. Oh, Lady Be Good (2:21)
07. Fascinating Rhythm (2:49)
08. The Man I Love (3:45)
09. They Can"t Take That Away From Me (5:10)
10. Love Is Here To Stay (3:47)
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It (4:05)
12. Whatcha Gonna Do, When You Dance Past 42? (Whatcha Gonna Do, Baby, With My Lovin"? (2:14)
13. Blue Violin (3:05)
14. Undecided (2:40)
15. Nice And Warm (3:16)
16. Take The A Train (4:13)
17. Up Jumps Sally (tk 10) (2:29)
18. Up Jumps Sally (tk 11) (2:52)
19. Miracles (2:52)
20. Play (aka, Timme"s Blues) (3:50)

SS, vln, vcl
with
1-11:
Shirley Horn, p, vcl possibly John Eaton (5, 7), p Lewis Packer, b Harry Saunders, d
Wash. DC, Aug. 7, 1959

12-16:
Paul Smith, p Red Mitchell, b Sid Bulkin, d
LA, Oct. 22, 1959

17-20:
Ray Nance, vln Kenny Burrell, g Jimmy Jones, p Milt Hinton (and, on 19-20, possibly George Duvivier), b Osie Johnson, d
NYC, Mar. 23, 1964