George Shearing: George Shearing (piano); Louis Stewart (guitar); Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass instrument). Recording information: MPS-Studio, Villingen, Germany (06/??/1977-11/06/1980); Music Center Sound Studio, Wembley, England (06/??/1977-11/06/1980).
For those fortunate enough to hear and own the immaculately produced Germany/Black Forest based MPS recordings, distributed as imported pristine virgin vinyl LPs that were pressed in the '70s, you already know the quality of this four-CD set of George Shearing's trio. With the peerless Dane Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and Ireland's genius guitarist Louis Stewart, they can hardly do anything wrong musically. The first three CDs have Shearing playing standards, occasionally contemporizing his repertoire on Chick Corea's "Windows" and "500 Miles High," doing NHOP's "Cowboy Santa" and "My Little Anna," and offering two of his own originals, "The Fourth Deuce" and "G & G." The final CD has the threesome accompanied by strings, arranged and conducted by the brilliant Robert Farnon, and while a bit syrupy, lend pleasant late-night contrast at the end of a long day to the proceedings. This is a welcome addition to Shearing's collections discography, and a reminder of how good, in a short time period, MPS and producer Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer were. ~ Michael G. Nastos
Album: The MPS Trio Sessions (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:48
Size: 136.9 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2014
Art: Front
[2:49] 1. Tricotism
[4:20] 2. Windows
[5:18] 3. No Moon At All
[2:45] 4. Some Other Spring
[4:08] 5. Wait Till You See Her
[3:33] 6. Tune Up
[5:18] 7. The Party's Over
[3:39] 8. The Lamp Is Low
[5:28] 9. Lazy Afternoon
[4:49] 10. Cowboy Samba
[2:48] 11. Cheryl
[4:46] 12. Miles High
[5:28] 13. I Wished On The Moon
[4:31] 14. Old Folks
The MPS Trio Sessions (Disc 1)
Album: The MPS Trio Sessions (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:56
Size: 128.1 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2014
[5:12] 1. Jordu
[7:32] 2. P.S. I Love You
[3:53] 3. Everything Happens to Me
[5:39] 4. Here's That Rainy Day
[3:02] 5. Invitation
[6:10] 6. In Your Own Sweet Way
[6:13] 7. Alice in Wonderland
[7:02] 8. All This and Heaven Too
[5:14] 9. No Greater Love
[5:55] 10. Con Alma
The MPS Trio Sessions (Disc 2)
Album: The MPS Trio Sessions (Disc 3)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:52
Size: 125.6 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2014
[5:31] 1. The Fourth Deuce
[4:35] 2. The Wine of May
[6:16] 3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[5:11] 4. Consternation
[7:05] 5. sweet and lovely
[3:46] 6. My Little Anna
[3:58] 7. Sweet Lorraine
[2:56] 8. Louis Ann
[5:49] 9. G & G
[3:17] 10. Poinciana
[6:24] 11. This Can't Be Love
The MPS Trio Sessions (Disc 3)
Album: The MPS Trio Sessiions (Disc 4)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:17
Size: 101.4 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2014
Art: Front
[4:59] 1. Fjarlins Vingor
[4:51] 2. Last Night When We Were Young
[3:47] 3. Amaryllis
[5:08] 4. Strange Enchantment
[4:11] 5. Look at That Face
[5:14] 6. Portrait of Jennie
[5:29] 7. Song Bird
[5:41] 8. This Is All I Ask
[4:55] 9. A Nightingale Sang in Berklee Square
The MPS Trio Sessiions (Disc 4)
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