Credits:

Various Artists

Description:

The concept of the TOWER RECO original "MIRAGE" label is "to bring jazz into everyday life," a series of compilations with themes that allow many people to enjoy listening to jazz music. DISC 1 and 2 feature piano, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar, vibraphone, and jazz violin, while DISC 3 is a romantic compilation of standard jazz tunes with the word "LOVE" in the title, performed and sung by many jazz artists, DISC 3 and 4 are vocal versions of the same songs. For example, the instrumental version of the famous standard "Love for Sale" is performed by Cannonball Adderley on alto saxophone, while the vocal version is sung by Anita O'Day. The album also includes numbers that are only available in the instrumental version or only in the vocal version, enriching the content of the songs.The musicians include American legends such as Miles Davis, Art Pepper, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, and Bill Evans, as well as French jazz legends such as Stephane Grappelli and Bernard Pheifet, while vocalists range from Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Julie London, Helen Merrill, and Nina Simone to connoisseurs Claire Austin, Helen Carr, and R&B's Marvin Gaye. The vocalists range from Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Julie London, Helen Merrill, and Nina Simone to the connoisseurs Claire Austin and Helen Carr, and the R&B singers Marvin Gaye. The recordings cover both prestigious labels (Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside, Verve, Capitol, Emmercy, etc.) and minor labels. Standard tunes with romantic melodies evoke beautiful memories of distant times.

Tracklisting:

1.My One And Only Love / Hank Jones
2.Love For Sale / Cannonball Adderley
3.What Is This Thing Called Love? / Art Pepper
4.I Love You / Phil Woods
5.Almost Like Being In Love / Red Garland
6.Dearly beloved / Cal Tjader
7.I Loves You Porgy / Slide Hampton
8.Love Walked In / Sonny Clark
9.Don't Take Your Love From Me / Coleman Hawkins With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
10.So In Love / Hampton Hawes Trio
11.This Can't Be Love / Stephane Grappelly And His Quartet
12.When I Fall In Love / Miles Davis Quintet
13.At Long Last Love / Billy Taylor
14.If I Love Again / Clifford Brown
15.Hello Young Lovers / J.J. Johnson
16.Our Love Is Here To Stay / Bernard Peiffer
17.You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me / Ella Fitzgerald *
18.We Laughed At Love / Peggy Lee *
19.The Middle Of Love / Blossom Dearie *
20.The Lady's In Love With You / Annie Ross *