Artist: Herb Ellis
Title: The Early Years
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Enlightenment
Genre: Jazz, Guitar Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 05:08:53
Total Size: 1.50 GB
An excellent bop-based guitarist with a slight country twang to his sound, Herb Ellis became famous playing with the Oscar Peterson Trio during 1953-1958. Prior to that, he had attended North Texas State University and played with the Casa Loma Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey (1945-1947), and the sadly under-recorded trio Soft Winds. While with Peterson, Ellis was on some Jazz at the Philharmonic tours and had a few opportunities to lead his own dates for Verve, including his personal favorite, Nothing But the Blues (1957). After leaving Peterson, Ellis toured a bit with Ella Fitzgerald; became a studio musician on the West Coast; made sessions with the Dukes of Dixieland, Stuff Smith, and Charlie Byrd; and in the 1970s became much more active in the jazz world. He can be heard on the first three releases issued by the Concord label, interacting with Joe Pass on the initial two, and he toured with the Great Guitars (along with Byrd and Barney Kessel) through much of the 1970s into the '80s. After a long series of Concord albums, Ellis cut a couple of excellent sessions in the 1990s for Justice, as well as 1999's Burnin' on Acoustic Music. After battling Alzheimer's disease, Herb Ellis died at the age of 88 at his home in Los Angeles on March 28, 2010.
CD1
1. Herb Ellis - Sweetheart Blues
2. Herb Ellis - Somebody Loves Me
3. Herb Ellis - It Could Happen To You
4. Herb Ellis - Pogo
5. Herb Ellis - Detour Ahead
6. Herb Ellis - Ellis In Wonderland
7. Herb Ellis - Have You Met Miss Jones
8. Herb Ellis - A Simple Tune
9. Herb Ellis - Pap's Blues
10. Herb Ellis - Big Red's Boogie Woogie
11. Herb Ellis - Tin Roof Blues
12. Herb Ellis - Soft Winds
13. Herb Ellis - Royal Garden Blues
14. Herb Ellis - Patti Cake
15. Herb Ellis - Blues For Janet
16. Herb Ellis - Blues For Junior
CD2
1. Herb Ellis - Goose Grease
2. Herb Ellis - When Your Lover Has Gone
3. Herb Ellis - Remember
4. Herb Ellis - Patricia
5. Herb Ellis - A Country Boy
6. Herb Ellis - You Know
7. Herb Ellis - My Old Flame
8. Herb Ellis - People Will Say We're In Love
9. Herb Ellis - One Note Samba
10. Herb Ellis - Toni
11. Herb Ellis - Like Someone In Love
12. Herb Ellis - Jim's Blues
13. Herb Ellis - John Brown's Body
14. Herb Ellis - Detour Ahead
15. Herb Ellis - You Better Be Ready
16. Herb Ellis - Gravy Waltz
CD3
1. Herb Ellis - You Stepped Out Of A Dream
2. Herb Ellis - Bossa Nova #2
3. Herb Ellis - But Beautiful
4. Herb Ellis - Bossa Nova Samba
5. Herb Ellis - Leave It To Me
6. Herb Ellis - I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!
7. Herb Ellis - Sweet Dreams
8. Herb Ellis - Low Society Blues
9. Herb Ellis - Gravy Waltz
10. Herb Ellis - Detour Ahead
11. Herb Ellis - Skip It
12. Herb Ellis - Alone Together
13. Herb Ellis - Blues For Janet
14. Herb Ellis - How Come You Do Me Like You Do
15. Herb Ellis - Get Acquainted Blues
16. Herb Ellis - Hillcrest
CD4
1. Herb Ellis - No Moon At All
2. Herb Ellis - Bye Bye Blackbird
3. Herb Ellis - Life Is A Ball
4. Herb Ellis - It's Easy To Remember
5. Herb Ellis - You're Impossible
6. Herb Ellis - Oh What A Beautiful Morning
7. Herb Ellis - I Know You Oh So Well
8. Herb Ellis - Intersection
9. Herb Ellis - Like Someone In Love
10. Herb Ellis - Don't Sing
11. Herb Ellis - Se Todos Fossem Iquais A Voce
12. Herb Ellis - Chung King
13. Herb Ellis - Carolina In The Morning
14. Herb Ellis - Three Quarter Blues
15. Herb Ellis - Take Care Of Yourself
16. Herb Ellis - St. Louis Blues
17. Herb Ellis - Jazz 'n' Samba
18. Herb Ellis - Oh, Lady Be Good
19. Herb Ellis - Things Ain't What They Used To Be
20. Herb Ellis - A Hundred Years From Today
21. Herb Ellis - Bluesette
