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[The most happy piano] : recording session tape

Title
[The most happy piano] : recording session tape / [performed by Erroll Garner and the Erroll Garner Trio]. [Unidentified instumental ensemble work], part 1-2.
Publication
[1956]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Clapp, Sunny, 1899-1962
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937
  • Garner, Erroll
  • Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989
  • Mossman, Ted, 1914-
  • Calhoun, Eddie
  • Best, Denzil
  • Avakian, George
  • Erroll Garner Trio, performer.
Found In
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian audio collection
Description
1 streaming audio file (54:47) : digital, mono.
Summary
The first part of the audio (0:00-33:33) is from studio recording sessions in 1956 for Erroll Garner and the Erroll Garner Trio (piano, double bass, drums) for their album "The most happy piano"; it was later issued in 1957 by Columbia Records (CL 939). However, the last work on that album, "Ol' man river", is not included in this recording. Also, some music tracks of this recording are excerpted and/or not in the same playing order as the finished album. The second part of the audio (33:49-54:40) is an unidentified 20th century classical music work, performed by an unidentified instrumental ensemble in two parts (violin, vibraphone, gong, double bass, piano and harp). All works were produced by George Avakian.
Alternative Title
  • E. Garner
  • Girl of my dreams.
  • But not for me.
  • Passing through.
  • Time on my hands.
  • Alexander's ragtime band.
  • Full moon and empty arms.
  • Way back blues.
  • Mambo 207.
  • George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian audio collection.
Subjects
Note
  • "L 337"--From original audiotape reel spine.
  • "XLP 38761; XLP 38762"--Matrix nos. on original tape box.
Access (note)
  • Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Credits (note)
  • George Avakian, producer.
Source (note)
  • Music Division, George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian papers, 1908-2013;
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian audio collection; *L(Special) 14-06.
Contents
  • [Excerpt of "The most happy piano" (0:00-33:33)]: Girl of my dreams / S. Clapp -- But not for me / I. & G. Gershwin -- Passing through / E. Garner -- Time on my hands / -- Alexander's ragtime band / Berlin [ends at 19:25] -- [Begins at 19:53] Full moon and empty arms [based on Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no. 2] / B. Kaye-T. Mossman -- The way back blues / E. Garner -- Mambo 207 / E. Garner.
  • [Unidentified instrumental ensemble (33:49-54:40)]: Part 1 -- Part 2.
Call Number
*LT-10-A 4597
OCLC
919461783
Title
[The most happy piano] : recording session tape / [performed by Erroll Garner and the Erroll Garner Trio]. [Unidentified instumental ensemble work], part 1-2.
Production
[1956]
Playing Time
003333 002114
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Credits
George Avakian, producer.
Performer
Erroll Garner Trio (Erroll Garner, piano ; Eddie Calhoun, double bass ; Denzil Best (?), drums) (1st-9th works) ; [Unidentified violinist, percussionist, double bassist, pianist and harpist) (10th-11th works)
Event
Recorded Columbia Records studios, New York, New York [1956]
Access
Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
Original Version
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, full-track, 7 1/2 ips, NAB, mono, ; 7 in.) in *LT-10-A 4597.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian audio collection; *L(Special) 14-06.
Local Note
Preservation file: (1 audio file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt10a4597_v01f01_em].
Source
Separated from; Music Division, George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian papers, 1908-2013; 2014; JPB 14-28.
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Added Author
Clapp, Sunny, 1899-1962, composer.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, composer.
Garner, Erroll, composer.
Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, composer.
Mossman, Ted, 1914- composer.
Garner, Erroll, performer.
Calhoun, Eddie, performer.
Best, Denzil, performer.
Avakian, George, producer.
Erroll Garner Trio, performer.
Added Title
Girl of my dreams.
But not for me.
Passing through.
Time on my hands.
Alexander's ragtime band.
Full moon and empty arms.
Way back blues.
Mambo 207.
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian audio collection.
Found In:
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian audio collection
Publisher No.
XLP 38761 Columbia
XLP 38762 Columbia
Research Call Number
*LT-10-A 4597
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