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A point of interest in this 1958 session is hearing Bill Evans playing soul jazz and hard bop, styles he's not usually associated with

The virtuoso of quiet guitar is heard on the albums Earthy, Kenny Burrell, On View At The Five Spot Cafe and A Night At The Vanguard

In a valuable reminder of Gershwin's importance in jazz, multiple versions of the same song provide an absorbing compare and contrast exercise

Schaefer is best known for his relationship with Marilyn Monroe and for his film scores, but here his novel approach to jazz is to the fore

Fifties college favourite leads such as Art Farmer, Zoot Sims and Serge Chaloff in arrangements by Al Cohn, Manny Albam and Lawrence himself