1954-1955

BOSTIC, EARL
CLASSICS R&B

Item Information Artists Name: BOSTIC, EARL Title: 1954-1955 Format: CD Label: CLASSICS R&B City Hall Catalog Number:  5179 UPC Product Code: 826596044026 List Price: 15.98 Musical Category:  BLUES Release Date:  6/19/2007 Additional Musical Category Notes:   The fifth volume of Earl Bostic's chronological recordings covers May 1954 to January 1955. Apart from the two releases by vocalist Sonny Carter which were issued under Carter's name, the program mainly consists of Bostic's popular instrumental rearrangements of old Tin Pan Alley and Swing Era standards, peppered with a few original tunes like "Mambostic," "Mambolino" and "Ubangi Stomp". The all-star line up includes Blue Mitchell, Benny Golson, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Shirley and Tiny Webb. Tracks include "Song Of The Islands," "Remember," "Blue Skies," "Sweet Lorraine," "Time On My Hands," "Embraceable You," "When Your Lover Has Gone," "Night And Day," "Cocktails For Two," "Blue Moon," "These Foolish Things" and "Liebestraum".