Eddie Heywood was jazz pianist who was primarily active through the 1940s and '50s

Eddie Heywood was jazz pianist who was primarily active through the 1940s and '50s and who was not only highly regarded by his peers in the jazz world but also recorded mainstream middle-of the-road instrumental pop and had three significant hits during the 1950s, including a No. 2 with 'California Sunset' with Hugo Winterhalter in 1956. This great-value 46-track 2-CD set comprises recordings from across two decades, released on the Vocalion, Okeh, Signature, Commodore, Decca, RCA-Victor, London, Columbia, MGM and Mercury labels during this era. They include performances as a member of bands led by Coleman Hawkins and Barney Bigard, as well as with vocal group The Quintones, and then both as a solo artist and with his own line-ups in trio, small group, big band and orchestral settings, and including recordings accompanying Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Among the artists featured in the various bands are Buck Clayton, Benny Carter, Lester Young, Oscar Pettiford, Shelly Manne, Johnny Hodges, Doc Cheatham, Don Byas, Sidney Catlett and many more. The collection naturally includes his No. 2 hit 'California Sunset' as well as his other chart entries 'Land Of Dreams', also with Hugo Winterhalter, and 'Soft Summer Breeze'. It's a thoroughly absorbing and entertaining collection which provides a varied and fascinating showcase for his remarkable talent in being able to thrive across a spectrum of jazz and pop contexts.

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Track Listing

• Midnight Jamboree
• Let's Do It
• Crazy Rhythm
• Step Steps Up
• Indiana
• I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
• Begin The Beguine
• I Cover The Waterfront
• Just You, Just Me
• I'll Get By
• I'll Be Seeing You
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street
• How High The Moon
• Them There Eyes
• Flamingo
• Night And Day
• Blue Lou
• Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
• Coquette
• I Didn't Know About You
• Who's Sorry Now'

• Heywood's Blues
• Laura
• Guilty
• Heywood's Boogie
• Plymouth Rock
• Chillicothe, Ohio
• Trees
• The Piccolino
• The Carioca
• All The Things You Are
• The Birth Of The Blues
• Cheek To Cheek
• Stompin' At The Savoy
• Stormy Weather
• The Moon Was Yellow
• The Continental
• Land Of Dreams
• Secret Love
• Young At Heart
• Soft Summer Breeze
• Canadian Sunset
• Summertime
• Just One Of Those Things
• Whispering Wind
• With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 142 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/11/20

UPC: 824046334925