Various - Modern Sounds From California: Historic Recordings 1954-1957 (2-Disc Set)

In January 1952, Capitol released the Rogers album with the title "Modern Sounds by Shorty Rogers and His Giants". The album demonstrates the harmonic progress being made in Modern Sounds and soon attracted much favorable attention to Rogers, Giuffre and Manne, all of whom were regular members of Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars Maynard Ferguson, Art Pepper and Milt Bernhart also shared the Sunday stints, when the club was the scene of marathon jam sessions. Thereafter, the Lighthouse became the showcase for West Coast Jazz. In the mid-Fifties modern jazz enjoyed tremendous popularity in California, and these two volumes contain a collection of interesting sessions -most of them never before on CD- made during this prolific and creative period.

Album: Modern Sounds From California: Historic Recordings 1954-1957 (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:55
Size: 166.9 MB
Styles: West Coast jazz
Year: 2012

[3:31] 1. Shorty Rogers - Scarf Dance
[2:43] 2. Shorty Rogers - Ballade
[3:09] 3. Shorty Rogers - Lover Man
[2:25] 4. Shorty Rogers - Safari
[4:22] 5. Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Arcadia
[3:27] 6. Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Hooray For Hollywood
[4:24] 7. Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Santa Anita
[3:23] 8. Harry 'Sweets' Edison - The Blindfold Test No 1
[3:56] 9. Conte Candoli - Here's Pete
[4:40] 10. Conte Candoli - Santa Monica
[3:52] 11. Conte Candoli - No Love, No Nothin'
[4:00] 12. Conte Candoli - The Blindfold Test No 2
[3:49] 13. Conte Candoli - Burbank Bounce
[2:49] 14. Conte Candoli - Van Nuys Indeed
[3:36] 15. Conte Candoli - Culver City
[4:23] 16. Conte Candoli - The Blindfold Test No 3
[3:29] 17. Conte Candoli - Tempo De Sylva
[3:58] 18. Conte Candoli - Tomjean
[3:42] 19. Conte Candoli - Stranger In The Rain
[3:10] 20. Conte Candoli - Kentucky Blue Grass

Modern Sounds From California: Historic Recordings 1954-1957 (Disc 1)

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Album: Modern Sounds From California: Historic Recordings 1954-1957 (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:18
Size: 172.4 MB
Styles: West Coast jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:44] 1. Stu Williamson - Skip To Me Loot
[6:31] 2. Stu Williamson - Speak Easy
[2:50] 3. Stu Williamson - I'm Forever Counting Geigers
[5:40] 4. Stu Williamson - Id
[5:58] 5. Don Gagerquist - The Goof
[4:46] 6. Don Gagerquist - Here;s Pete
[4:01] 7. Don Gagerquist - Beverly Hills
[3:17] 8. Don Gagerquist - The Sidewalks Of New York
[2:43] 9. Bud Shanrk - Blue Moon
[5:04] 10. Bud Shanrk - I May Be Wrong
[5:36] 11. Bud Shanrk - Smog A La Mode
[2:58] 12. Bob Cooper - California Zephyr
[3:53] 13. Bob Cooper - Lady Like
[3:01] 14. Bob Cooper - Midnight Sun
[3:43] 15. Bob Cooper - Two Part Contention
[4:28] 16. Conte Candoli - I'll Never Say 'never Again' Goodbye
[4:04] 17. Conte Candoli - Larrisa
[3:52] 18. Conte Candoli - Jazz For Gene

Modern Sounds From California: Historic Recordings 1954-1957 (Disc 2)

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