First bass : rare recordings & concert dates, 1953 / Oscar Pettiford. — Tampa, FL : IAJR...

Album description
1 audio disc : digital ; 12 cm.
IAJRC: CD 1010.
Oscar Pettiford, cello and bass ; accompanied by various musicians.
Recorded between 1953 and 1960.
Program notes ([5] pages), inserted.
Contents: Words (Too marvelous for words) / Mercer-Whiting -- Monti cello / Pettiford-Babasin -- In a cello mood / Pettiford-Babasin -- Blues in the closet / Pettiford -- Over the rainbow / Harburg-Arlen -- Take the A train / Strayhorn -- Willow weep for me / Ronell -- Yardbird suite / Parker -- Bohemia after dark / Pettiford -- The Laverne walk / Pettiford -- Stardust / Parish-Carmichael -- All the things you are / Hammerstein-Kern -- Interview ; The nearness of you / Washington-Carmichael -- Why not, that’s what / Pettiford.
Genre
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