Don Shirley - The Best of Don Shirley

2019 release

This two CD set, accurately documents the manner in which Don Shirley created his own genre: Jazz tinged but not really jazz, soulful, but not really soul, often reaching out into areas that were distinctively classical.

Here there are moments when Shirley recalls such giants as Chopin, Ray Charles, Rachmaninoff and Ellington, creating a world where music is simply music and no barriers exist. Many of the songs featured here served as an inspiration to the Oscar winning film "Green Book".

Disc 1

1. Waterboy
2. Where’s My Bess
3. In A Moorish Marketplace
4. The Man I Love
5. This Nearly Was Mine
6. Blue Skies
7. Adieu Madraz
8. Tribute To Billie Holiday
9. By Myself / I Know Where I’m Going
10. Freedom
11. When Your Lover Has Gone
12. Amen
13. Happy Talk
14. Lullaby Of Birdland
15. The Lonesome Road

Disc 2

1. Stand By Me
2. How High The Moon
3. Georgia On My Mind
4. Dancing On The Ceiling
5. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
6. Blue Moon
7. Honeysuckle Rose
8. Willow Weep For Me
9. I Got Rhythm
10. My Funny Valentine
11. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
12. These Foolish Things
13. Let’s Fall In Love
14. Body And Soul
15. Atonal Ostinato Blues In B Flat
16. Easy Living
17. Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
18. Someone To Watch Over Me
19. Orpheus In The Underworld (Band 1)
20. Drown In My Own Tears