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AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Russ Freeman, complete with original artwork and liner notes. Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman; Russ Freeman & Chet Baker Quartet; Russ Freeman Trio featuring Joe Mondragon and Shelly Manne and Andre Previn & Russ Freeman Double Play. Classically trained from the age of eight, pianist Russ Freeman turned to jazz in the 1940s and began to build his reputation as a pianist and writer, working with such jazz greats as Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers. Freeman was not a high profile jazz pianist in the mould of Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson or Randy Weston but more of a collaborator and worked with many of the jazz greats such as Wardell Gray, Howard McGhee, Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Jimmy Guiffre and Shelly Manne.
CD1 1-8: Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman 1. Long Ago And Far Away 2. Happy Little Sunbeam 3. Moon Love 4. Beas Flat 5. No Ties 6. Band Aid 7. The Thrill Is Gone 8. All The Things You Are 9-16: Quartet 9. Love Nest 10. Fan Tan 11. Summer Sketch 12. An Afternoon At Home 13. Say When 14. Lush Life 15. Amblin 16. Hugo Hurwhey
CD2 1-8: Trio 1. Yesterdays Gardenias 2. Bocks Tops 3. Dont Worry About Me 4. Backfield In Motion 5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream 6. Laugh Cry 7. At Last 8. The Eye Opener 9-17: Double Play 9. Take Me Out To The Ball Game 10. Whos On First? 11. Called On Account Of Rain 12. In The Cellar Blues 13. Batter Up 14. Double Play 15. Safe At Home 16. Fungo 17. Strike Out The Band
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