Erroll Garner

Late jazz pianist Erroll Garner's Ready Take One, presenting fourteen previously unreleased selections by Garner released between 1967 and 1971, is the first album of all-new Garner material to be released in almost 25 years.  The performances on Ready Take One have been culled from seven sessions held in 1967, 1969 and 1971 in locales including New York City and Chicago. The pianist was joined by musicians as follows: drums (Jimmie Smith, Joe Cocuzzo), bass (Earnest McCarty, Jr., Ike Isaacs, George Duvivier, Larry Gales) and percussion (Jose Mangual).  Among the tracks are six previously unreleased Garner compositions ("High Wire," "Wild Music," "Back to You," "Chase Me," "Latin Digs" and "Down Wylie Avenue") and a host of standards ranging from Duke Ellington's "Caravan" and "Satin Doll" to Cole Porter's "Night and Day" and Garner's own immortal "Misty."  Garner also tackles Bobby Hebb's pop hit "Sunny," "Stella by Starlight" and more.