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Artie Shaw
Last Recordings 1: 1954
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Imagination - Artie Shaw, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
2. Besame Mucho - Artie Shaw, Skylar, Sunny
3. My Funny Valentine - Artie Shaw, Hart, Lorenz
4. Too Marvelous for Words - Artie Shaw, Mercer, John H.
5. I Can't Get Started - Artie Shaw, Duke, Vernon
6. The Sad Sack - Artie Shaw, Shaw, Artie
7. Dancing on the Ceiling - Artie Shaw, Hart, Lorenz
8. Someone to Watch Over Me - Artie Shaw, Gershwin, George
9. Mysterioso - Artie Shaw, Shaw, Artie
10. The Chaser - Artie Shaw, Shaw, Artie
Track Listings (10) - Disc #2
1. Pied Piper Theme - Artie Shaw, Shaw, Artie
2. Love of My Life - Artie Shaw, Shaw, Artie
3. Rough Ridin' - Artie Shaw, Fitzgerald, Ella
4. Yesterdays - Artie Shaw, Harbach, Otto
5. Lyric - Artie Shaw, Shaw, Artie
6. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered - Artie Shaw, Hart, Lorenz
7. Lugubrious - Artie Shaw, Shaw, Artie
8. S'posin' - Artie Shaw, Denniker, Paul
9. Tenderly - Artie Shaw, Gross, Walter [1]
10. When the Quail Come Back to San Quentin - Artie Shaw, Shaw, Artie

These marvelous performances are culled from Artie Shaw's final recordings as an instrumentalist. Two more volumes, both 2XCD sets, will be released over the next six months.

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All Artists: Artie Shaw
Title: Last Recordings 1: 1954
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Nimbus Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 3/10/2009
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Swing Jazz
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 0710357270925, 710357270925

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These marvelous performances are culled from Artie Shaw's final recordings as an instrumentalist. Two more volumes, both 2XCD sets, will be released over the next six months.

CD Reviews

Never goes out of style

Aaron Barnhart | Kansas City | 08/06/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Other jazz experts have spoken more eloquently about how Artie Shaw completed his recording canon with these astonishing sessions, now being reissued for the first time in 17 years by UK's Nimbus. (Vol. 2 is due to reissue in the fall.) I'll just say that the analysis that Shaw managed to incorporate the parts of bebop that worked for him is spot on. And the use of a small ensemble instead of the big band that made him famous is, in addition to being a very Fifties idea, genius because it highlighted Artie's absolute mastery of his instrument.

I must listen to this thing a couple times a month -- this after several weeks in heavy rotation when I first got it -- and it's just one of the most satisfying albums I have. "Pied Piper Theme" and "Tenderly" are amazing, but the whole 2-CD set is one beautifully arranged number after the next. And so tightly mic'ed -- listen for Artie's clarinet buttons clacking!"

Shaw at his best

Brian Pay | Melbourne, Vic Australia | 10/30/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Artie's very last recording was at his best, with a super backing group led by Hank Jones on piano. Best described as "Chamber Jazz". A must for any swing era nut!"