This wonderful 80-track edition compiles all existing recordings by Lennie Niehaus as a leader from his early years, originally issued on six Contemporary and one EmArcy LPs. This material is presented her for the first time ever on a single set and in chronological order. After 1957, Niehaus wouldn’t record a jazz album under his own name until 1989! Born in 1929 and 86 years old at this writing, in the early years of his career Lennie Niehaus complemented his talents as an alto saxophonist with those as an arranger and composer, becoming a well-known figure on the West Coast jazz scene. After playing with the Stan Kenton big band, and various other jazz bands on the West Coast, Niehaus devoted himself to arranging and composing for motion pictures, including several produced by Clint Eastwood. As a bonus, we have included three small group tracks that constitute Niehaus’ only collaborations with Howard Rumsey, as well as a complete album by conductor and arranger Duane Tatro, again in a small group format, that features Niehaus on alto on most of the tracks.
- 1 -
1. I'll Take Romance
2. Prime Rib
3. Inside Out
4. Bottoms Up
5. You Stepped Out of a Dream
6. Whose Blues?
7. I Remember You
8. Day By Day
9. Figure
10. How About You?
11. Patty-Cake
12. The Way You Look Tonight
13. Seaside
14. The Night We Called It a Day
15. Have You Met Miss Jones
16. Night Life
17. Rick's Tricks
18. Bunko
19. Nice Work If You Can Get It
20. You and the Night and the Music
21. Funny Frank
22. That's Rich
23. If You Are There
- 2 -
1. Blue Room
2. Love is Here To Stay
3. Yes, Yes, Honey
4. Circling the Blues
5. They Say It's Wonderful
6. Cooling It
7. Rose Room
8. Debbie
9. Easy Living
10. All the Things You Are
11. Rondo
12. Star Eyes
13. If I Should Lose You
14. Full House
15. Crosswalk
16. Troubled Waters
17. More Than the Blues
18. Just One of Those Things
19. My Heart Stood Still
20. Lens
- 3 -
1. Thou Swell
2. I Wished On the Moon
3. Knee Deep
4. Fond Memories
5. Take It From Me
6. Belle of the Ball
7. As Long As I Live
8. Ill Wind
9. Three of a Kind
10. Elbow Room
11. Poinciana
12. Happy Times
13. I Should Care
14. I Can't Believe That You're
15. Love With Me
16. Blues For Susie
17. Four
18. The Sermon
19. With the Wind and the Rain In Your Hair
- 4 -
1. P & L
2. I See Your Face Before Me
3. Four Eleven West
4. Soon
5. Little Girl Blues
6. Don't You Know I Care
7. He Ain't Got Rhythm
8. Kiss Me and Kill Me With Love
9. Turbulence
10. Folly
11. Multiplicity
12. Backlash
13. Outpost
14. Maybe Next Year
15. Conversation Piece
16. Low Clearance
17. Dollar Day
18. Easy Terms
19. Minor Accident
