Don Shirley ‎– Piano (1959, Vinyl LP) “One More For The Road” for Sale

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Don Shirley ‎– Piano (1959, Vinyl LP) “One More For The Road” For Sale

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Don Shirley ‎– Piano (1959, Vinyl LP) “One More For The Road”:
$16.00

The product is a vinyl LP record titled "Piano" by artist Don Shirley, released in 1959 under the Audio Fidelity Gold Label. This high-fidelity record features a mix of jazz pop, traditional jazz, big band swing, hard bop, piano blues, and singer-songwriter styles. The LP comes in a 12" format with a speed of 33 RPM, in very good plus condition. Produced by Sidney Frey, this instrumental album also includes tracks composed by Don Shirley and others, showcasing a variety of instruments like the piano, trombone, cello, clarinet, tuba, violin, percussion, saxophone, viola, drums, and trumpet.

Chamber Jazz Fusion: Shirley strips away the traditional jazz rhythm section (eschewing drums entirely) to cultivate a highly dignified, "cozy," and lush parlor-room intimacy.

Virtuosic Interpretation: Popular standards are reimagined with rich, contrapuntal textures reminiscent of classical études, effortlessly swinging between bright expressiveness and deeply melancholic, wistful undercurrents.

Show Tune Reimagining: A significant portion of the album tackles compositions from musical theater, notably Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, stripping them of their original stage context and rebuilding them as sophisticated instrumental portraits.

Core Tracklist Highlights

The album's 12 tracks are evenly split between jazz blues standards and iconic theater numbers:

Side A: Focuses heavily on romantic and blues-tinged standards, including a silky performance of Duke Ellington's "Satin Doll," a melancholic rendering of "One More For My Baby," and the rhythmically intricate "Blues for Basses".

Side B: Lean heavily into show tunes and folk arrangements, highlighted by three consecutive tracks from South Pacific ("Happy Talk," "This Nearly Was Mine," and "Dites-Moi") alongside traditional melodies like "Black Is the Color".

**Please note this is a previously enjoyed album. Cover, sleeve and record(s) will show signs of being worn. Please see pics**

***Record(s) may have scratches and/or skip. Please see pics***

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Don Shirley ‎– Piano (1959, Vinyl LP) “One More For The Road” For Sale

Don Shirley ‎– Piano (1959, Vinyl LP) “One More For The Road”: $16.00

Don Shirley ‎– Piano (1959, Vinyl LP) “One More For The Road”:
$16.00