“The Very Best of NYJO” (4CD Boxset)

PBX CD 458 - Released 2001

 

 

The Very Best of NYJO

 

Disc 1 – “By George, It's NYJO!”

 

  1. Foggy Day
  2. Embraceable You
  3. The Man I Love
  4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  5. But Not For Me
  6. I've Got a Crush On You
  7. S'Wonderfuel
  8. Soon
  9. Somebody Loves Me
  10. Fascinating Rhythm
  11. Someone To Watch Over Me
  12. LBG
  13. How Long Has This Been Going On?
  14. Nice Work If You Can Get It

 

Disc 2 – “Setting Standards”

 

  1. Indiana
  2. Easy Living
  3. One Early Morning
  4. Someday My Prince Will Come
  5. Moten Swing
  6. Whistle While You Work
  7. East Of The Sun
  8. Kiss the Bass Goodbye
  9. Chicago
  10. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  11. Londonderry Air
  12. Foggy Day
  13. Nobody Knows You
  14. I Remember You
  15. Marianne

 

Disc 3 – “Live Portraits & Tributes”

 

  1. Along Came Benny (to Benny Golson)
  2. Basie
  3. Bird
  4. Monk
  5. One For Oscar (to Oscar Peterson)
  6. Dizzy
  7. Duke Pt.1
  8. Duke Pt. 2
  9. Not Really (to Ronnie Scott)
  10. Tenor Each way (to Woody Herman)
  11. Quincy (to Quincy Jones)
  12. Buddy (to Buddy Rich)

Disc 4 – “Portraits & Tributes”

 

  1. Woody
  2. Basie
  3. Dizzy
  4. Duke Pt. 1
  5. Duke Pt. 2
  6. Bird
  7. Quincy
  8. Monk
  9. Kenton
  10. Buddy
  11. Midnight Oil (to Neal Hefti)
  12. Mr BG (to Benny Goodman)
  13. Royal Flush (to Paul Gonsalves)
  14. Castles in Spain (to Chick Corea)

This collection of music by NYJO spans many incarnations of the band and was variously recorded between 1975 and 2000. The collective personnel are consequently too numerous to list here. Much of the material is previously unreleased with the exception of Disc 4 which is predominately the same as the NYJO album “Portraits”.

This collection was rightly described as “the bargain of the year” in the press as it retails at £10-15 in the shops.