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From Battersea to Broadway
George Shearing
From Battersea to Broadway
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
 
  •  Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (24) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #3
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #4

UK budget-price box-set focuses on the first 12 years of the jazz great's career. From solo piano & recordings with Stepahane Grappelli, Harry Parry & Frank Weir, to his American debut in a trio setting. This b...  more »

     
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All Artists: George Shearing
Title: From Battersea to Broadway
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Proper Box UK
Release Date: 3/18/2002
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Cool Jazz, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPCs: 805520020404, 766488592825

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UK budget-price box-set focuses on the first 12 years of the jazz great's career. From solo piano & recordings with Stepahane Grappelli, Harry Parry & Frank Weir, to his American debut in a trio setting. This box culminates with the early recordings of the George Shearing Quintet, that turned the Shearing sound into one of the most loved sounds of the 20th century. Includes 40 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2002.

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CD Reviews

Disappointed
AnotherMusicExpert | Duluth, MN USA | 06/13/2002
(3 out of 5 stars)

"I guess I'm probably just a fan of George's smooth later 50s & 60s sound, I think that material is just phenomenal. As for this box set: it includes a very informative booklet, but the sound quality is dull, not crisp at all and it just turned me off enough that I stuck my copy on eBay.It was like listening to an AM radio broadcast & as excited as I was to get this, I didn't add it to my collection for long simply because of the sound quality, certainly not the performance. If you can get past this fact, it is a very good compilation of his early material (as early as 1939)."