Jazz Library - Earl Hines

To coincide with 2008's 105th anniversary of the swing bandleader's birth, pianist Martin Litton joins Alyn Shipton to select the highlights from a number of new reissues of Earl Hines's music. Considered one of the most accomplished pianists in jazz, Hines's work has, in recent years, tended to be eclipsed by that of other swing bandleaders, although there has now been a revival in interest in it. Including: DISC 1 Title Rosetta Artist Earl Hines Composer Hines / Woode Album The Quintessence Label Fremaux Number FA 237 CD 2 Track 5 Personnel: Charlie Allen, George Dixon, t; Walter Fuller, t, voc; Louis Taylor, William Franklin, tb; Darnell Howard, Omer Simeon, Cecil Irwin, Jimmy Mundy, reeds; Earl Hines, p; Lawrence Dixon, g; Quinn Wilson, b; Wallace Bishop, d. 12 Dec 1934 DISC 2 Title Glad Rag Doll Artist Earl Hines Composer Hines Album Deep Forest Label Chant Du Monde Number 2741465 CD 1 Track 11 Personnel: Earl Hines, p. DISC 3 Title Weather Bird Artist Earl Hines and Louis Armstrong Composer Armstrong Album The Quintessence Label Fremaux Number FA 237 CD 1 Track 4 Personnel: Louis Armstrong, t; Earl Hines, p. 5 Dec 1928. [Also on The Earl: Original Recordings 1928-41, Naxos) DISC 4 Title Caution Blues (Blues in Thirds) Artist Earl Hines Composer Hines Album The Quintessence Label Fremaux Number FA 237 CD 1 Track 7 Personnel: Earl Hines, p. 9 Dec 1928. [Also on The Earl: Original Recordings 1928-41, Naxos) DISC 5 Title Blues in Thirds Artist Sidney Bechet Trio Composer Hines Album The Quintessence Label Fremaux Number FA 237 CD 1 Track 16 Personnel: Sidney Bechet, cl, Earl Hines, p; Baby Dodds, d. 6 Sep 1940. DISC 6 Title The Father’s Getaway Artist Earl Hines Composer Hines Album The Quintessence Label Fremaux Number FA 237 CD 1 Track 12 Personnel: Earl Hines, p. 29 Jul 1929 DISC 7 Title Grand Terrace Shuffle Artist Earl Hines Composer Hines Album The Quintessence Label Fremaux Number FA 237 CD 2 Track 10 Personnel: Edward Simms, Milton Fletcher, George Dixon, t; Walter Fuller, t, voc; Edward Burke, John Streamline Ewing, Joe McLewis, tb; Leroy Harris, Robert Crowder, Omer Simeon, Budd Johnson, reeds; Earl Hines, p; Claude Roberts, g; Quinn Wilson, b; Alvin Burroughs, d. 12 July 1939 DISC 8 Title Let’s Get Started Artist Earl Hines Composer Hines, Cook Album The Quintessence Label Fremaux Number FA 237 CD 2 Track 18 Personnel: Willie Cook, Palmer Davis, Art Walker, Bill Douglas; t; Pappy Smithm Bennie Green, Cliff Smalls, tb; Scoops Carry, Lloyd Smith, Kermit Scott, Wardell Gray, John Williams, reeds; Bill Thompson, vib; Earl Hines, p; Rene Hall, g; Gene Thomas, b; Chick Booth, d. May/Jun 1946 DISC 9 Title My Monday Date Artist Loiuis Armstrong All Stars Composer Hines Album California Concerts Label MCA Number CD 1 Track 12 Personnel: Armstrong, t; Barney Bigard, cl; Jack Teagarden, tb; Hines, p; Arvell Shaw, b; Cozy Cole, d, Pasadena Civic Auditoriium, 1951. DISC 10 Title I Never Knew Artist Earl Hines Composer Pitt, Eagen, Marsh, Whiteman Album Tour De Force Label Black Lion Number 760 140 Track 4 Personnel, Earl Hines, p; 29 Nov 1972. DISC 11 Title In My Solitude (from Duke Ellington Medley) Artist Earl Hines Composer Ellington Album Live in Orange Label Black and Blue Number BB 967-2 Track 7 (final part) Personnel: Earl Hines, p. 12 July 1974.