Any stride piano fan should pick up this highly recommended double-CD set without delay.

Dill Jones was a phenomenal jazz pianist who recorded only sparingly under his own name, though he made quite a few discs with others. The Welshman was a formidable stride player who also swung like mad. This expanded reissue of the earlier Chiaroscuro LP not only restores a long-deleted album to print, but adds 19 previously unreleased tracks. The core of the original release consisted of his flashy interpretation of 'Little Rock Getaway,' brilliant renditions of all four of Bix Beiderbecke's compositions for piano, plus 'Davenport Blues,' as well as his shimmering original ballad 'Celtic Twilight.' The two-CD reissue adds a buoyant take of 'Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble,' two terrific duets with the legendary Willie 'The Lion' Smith, a playful rendition of Fats Waller's 'My Fate Is in Your Hands,' and a romp through Smith's 'Morning Air,' a virtual treasure trove for Dill Jones' fans, who have had few opportunities to find his work on CD. Any stride piano fan not already familiar with Dill Jones should pick up this highly recommended double-CD set without delay.

Track Listing

• Celtic Twilight
• There Are No Flowers In Tiger Bay
• Jay Walk
• Welsh Pearl
• Blues Alone
• New Quay News
• Someone Remembered
• Meet Me At Condons
• Annabelle
• Flashes
• In A Mist
• Candlelights
• In The Dark
• Davenport Blues
• I'd Climb The Highest Mountain
• From Monday On
• Wherever Theres Love
• Little Rock Getaway

• Anything Goes
• Singin In The Rain
• Shim
• My Fate Is In Your Hands
• Sweet Sue
• I Found A New Baby
• In A Mist
• African Ripples
• I Want To Be Happy
• Morning Air
• Candlelights
• God Rest That Merry Monk
• Deck The Halls With The Jingle Bell Boogie

Additional Details

Label: Chiaroscuro Records

Genre: Jazz

Run Time: 138 mins

Release Date: 04/06/04

UPC: 091454011223