Eroll Garner

Erroll Garner - Soliloquy & At The Piano (1989) {CBS–Jazzotheque CBS4656312 rec 1953-1957}
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© 1953-57, 1989 CBS Inc. / Jazzotheque France | CBS 465631 2
Jazz / Bop / Swing / Piano

From the Columbia Records vaults comes a straight reissue of two LPs by Erroll Garner, Soliloquy being a solo piano date from 1957, and Erroll Garner with a trio circa 1953. Unbelievably, the solo piano sides are muddier in their digital reproduction, while the older trio date sounds crisp and clean. The solo piano session yields four standards and two Garner originals, in many instances saturated with stride, with the trio session being all standards, including the boppish "Caravan" and "Lullaby of Birdland." Either one of these recordings can easily stand alone as some of the better Garner from this time period, but together, with a total running time of about 75 minutes, it's a hard compilation to pass up.