Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. My Funny Valentine
2. Taking a Chance on You
3. You Took Advantage of Me
4. 'Tis Autumn
5. Lady's in Love with You
6. Love of My Life
7. Autumn in New York
8. They Can't Take That Away from Me
9. I Want a Little Girl
10. What's the Use of Wonderin'
11. Serenade for a Wealthy Widow
12. Let's Fall in Love
13. Folks Who Live on the Hill
14. Mountain Genery
15. From This Moment On
16. Good Bait
17. Cabin in the Sky
18. Give Me the Simple Life
19. Goodbye
20. Lullaby of Broadway

Disc 2:

1. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
2. As Long as I Live
3. But Not for Me
4. I Love a Piano
5. If I Had You
6. Garrow's Way
7. Come Rain or Come Shine
8. I Saw Stars
9. By Myself
10. Lady Is a Tramp
11. Sweet Georgia Brown
12. I've Got the World on a String
13. Lullaby of Birdland
14. Just Plain Blue
15. Blue and Sentimental
16. Am I Blue?
17. Blue Room
18. Everything I've Got Belongs to You
19. It's All Right with Me
20. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
21. Almost Like Being in Love
22. Love Is a Simple Thing
23. Get Happy

Disc 3:

1. Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree
2. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
3. You're Mine You
4. Have You Met Miss Jones?
5. I'm Glad There Is You
6. Babara's Carol
7. You Stepped out of a Dream
8. Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?
9. I Had the Craziest Dream
10. Dream a Little Dream of Me
11. You Do Something to Me
12. Today
13. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
14. These Foolish Things
15. Royal Garden Blues
16. Just One of Those Things
17. Cherry Point
18. You're My Girl
19. All of You

Disc 4:

1. You Make Me Feel So Young
2. Lost in a Crowded Place
3. Goodnight My Love
4. It's a Wonderful World
5. Spring Is Here
6. At Long Last Love
7. Struttin' with Some Barbecue
8. Fancy Pants
9. Girl Friend
10. It Never Entered My Mind
11. One Life to Live
12. No Moon at All
13. Most Beautiful Girl in the World
14. California, Here I Come
15. Paris Without You
16. Down in the Depths of the Nineth Floor
17. Can't You Just See Yourself?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #105151 in Music
• Released on: 2007-04-03
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Album Description
This set is a sincere homage to an unfairly forgotten jazzwoman whose style brought a refreshing and individual voice in the tumultuous New York jazz scene of the 50s. Barbara Carroll is known among female piano players, as the first to venture into the progressive Bop style that was especially associated with Bud Powell. These 4 CDs hold Barbara Carroll's complete trio recordings under her leadership between 1951 and 1956. A successful recording period which spans sixteen studio sessions and 77 tunes originally released on 6 LPs, 2 EPs and 2 anthologies, cut for two of the best labels in the genre: Atlantic and RCA Victor. The set includes comprehensive biographic notes on 16-page book let, full of historic pictures, original vinyl art work and session details. Jazz Connections. 2007.

Customer Reviews

As sophisticated as it comes
Barbara Carroll spent years performing at an upper East side club called The Embers for people like the ones you see now on MAD MEN. You know, white people in suits who had their hair done properly, wore nice clean clothes and drank like fish. This in contrast to the dope smoking bebop/beatnik crowd from the village. Don't think for a minute that that means these recordings don't swing because they sure do. 77 songs. Only 6 have vocals. One is recorded at a wonky speed but other than that, this is a flawless set of wonderful versions of the American songbook, played easy by one of the great mistresses of JAZZ. You won't regret purchasing this. It is simply the best of it's class and it has a LOT of Class. And at this price it's about 35 cents per song for a big box of priceless music.

Classy lady
I really enjoy listening to Barbara Carroll play piano and sing. She's a class act all the way. A great jazz/cabaret musician. This set is comprised of two CD's which contain music she recorded from 1951-1956 and some wonderful classics are here: My Funny Valentine, Autumn in New York, Mountain Greenery, But Not For Me, etc. The Barbara Carroll Trio features Joe Shulman on bass and Herb Wasserman on drums for the most part, although there were other men on bass and drums at times. Carroll's singing is more an accompaniment of her playing rather than the other way around. She doesn't have a great voice but it's fine, her piano playing is the tops. If you want an excellent introduction to one of our great jazz pianists, this set would be a good place to start.