Herb & Lorraine Geller: The Gellers, Complete Recordings 1954-1955: Two of a Kind (Fresh Sound).

Fresh Sound FSR-CD 412 (2006). 

CD1

Herb Geller Quartet

Herb Geller (saxophone alto), Lorraine Geller (piano), John Simmons (contrebasse), Roy Harte (batterie). Hollywood, 4 juillet 1954. 

1. It's Swell of You (Gordon-Ravel) 2:53

2. Everything I've Got Belongs to You (Rodgers-Hart) 2:41

3. Mad About the Boy (Noel Coward) 3:06

4. I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze (Gordon-Ravel) 2:42

Herb Geller (saxophone alto), Lorraine Geller (piano), Curtis Counce (contrebasse), Lawrence Marable (batterie). Hollywood, 6 (#5-8) et 9 (#6-12) août 1954. 

5. You Stepped Out of a Dream (Conn-N.H. Brown) 3:20

6. Kahagon (Herb Geller) 2:45

7. Breaking Through the Sound Barrier (H. Geller) 3:22

8. Happy Go Lucky (MgHugh-Loesser) 2:53

9. A Room with a View (Noel Coward) 4:05

10. Sleight Ride (Leroy Anderson) 2:56

11. Silver Rain (Herb Geller) 2:53

12. Alone Together (Dietz-Schwartz) 6:50

Herb Geller (saxophone alto), Lorraine Geller (piano), Red Mitchell (contrebasse), Mel Lewis (batterie). Hollywood, 20 avril 1955. 

13. If I Were a Bell (Frank Loesser) 3:03

14. Bewitched (Rodgers-Hart) 4:54

15. The Answer Man (Herb Geller) 3:47

16. Cherokee (Ray Noble) 3:57

17. The Heather on the Hill (Herb Geller) 2:51

18. Suppertime (I. Berlin) 5:07

Les mêmes. Hollywood, 21 avril 1955. 

19. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (Rose-Link-Waller) 3:14

20. Patterns (Lorraine Geller) 2:48

CD2

(suite de la session)

1. Two of a Kind (Herb Geller) 5:19

2. Love (Blaine-Martin) 3:07

Les mêmes. Hollywood, 26 avril 1955. 

3. Arapahoe (Herb Geller) 3:59

4. Come Rain or Come Shine (Arlen-Mercer) 4:58

5. Blues in the Night (Arlen-Mercer) 5:15

Herb Geller (saxophone alto), Lorraine Geller (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (contrebasse), Eldridge "Bruz" Freeman (batterie). Hollywood, 24 août 1955. 

6. Days I Never Knew (Lorraine Geller) 3:23

7. Domestic Harmony (Lorraine Geller) 3:30

8. Love is Like a Turtle (Herb Geller) 2:59

9. Sweet Vinnegar (Herb Geller) 5:48

Herb Geller Sextet

Conte Candoli (trompette), Herb Geller (saxophone alto), Mel "Ziggy" Vines (saxophone ténor), Lorraine Geller (piano), Red Mitchell (contrebasse), Eldridge "Bruz" Freeman (batterie). Hollywood, 19 août 1955. 

10. Outpost Incident (Herb Geller) 4:22

11. Rockin' Chair (Hoagy Carmichael) 4:58

12. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (C. Porter) 3:06

13. Crazy She Calls Me (Russell-Sigman) 5:25

Les mêmes, Leroy Vinnegar (contrebasse) remplace Mitchell. Hollywood, 22 août 1955. 

14. Owl Eyes (Herb Geller) 4:23

15. Gin for Flugelhorns (Herb Geller) 3:41

16. Tardi at Zardi's (Herb Geller) 4:32

17. Vone Mae (Eldridge Freeman) 5:31

Photos: William Claxton. 

Produit pour le CD par Jordi Pujol. 

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