Teddy Wilson - Moments Like This

Artist:

Wilson, Teddy

See Also:

Webster, Ben Hampton, Lionel Fitzgerald, Ella Young, Lester Eldridge, Roy McPartland, Marian Carter, Benny Marian McPartland/Teddy Wilson - Piano Jazz With Teddy Wilson * Ben Webster/Teddy Wilson - Ben & Teddy Lester Young/Teddy Wilson - Pres And Teddy

Description:

Personnel includes: Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Lester Young.
Recorded in 1939.
Teddy Wilson had a wonderful gift for musical paraphrase and melodic symmetry. His light-fingered, mellifluous approach to the piano was unparalleled among his peers. Art Tatum was a virtuoso genius, and Earl Hines was a great practitioner of stride piano stylings, but Wilson`s subtle and dynamic playing made his brand of swing especially popular among `30s jazz audiences.
MOMENTS LIKE THIS features classic performances from Chu Berry, Benny Carter, Roy Eldridge, and Ben Webster among others, and many fine vocal selections from Nan Wynn and the great Billie Holiday, including gorgeous renditions of "You Go to My Head," "On the Bumpy Road to Love," "Let`s Dream in the Moonlight" and other romantic classics. The band swings with elegance, and Wilson supports each vocalist with the kind of charm and musical insight that few before or after have equaled.

Album Information

Release Date:

05/26/1995

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Piano

Label:

Hep (UK)

Catalog Number:

1043

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Billie Holiday; Lester Young

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