Concert by the Sea

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Concert by the Sea
Live album by
Erroll Garner
ReleasedOctober 13, 1955 (1955-10-13)
RecordedSeptember 19, 1955
VenueSunset School, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
GenreJazz
Length41:19
LabelColumbia
ProducerGeorge Avakian
Erroll Garner chronology
Solo
(1955) 		Concert by the Sea
(1955) 		The Most Happy Piano
(1956)

Concert by the Sea is a live album by pianist

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Recording and music

The album was recorded on September 19, 1955, in the gothic-revivalist styled assembly hall of Sunset School (now

Sony Music Entertainment, the acoustics were poor and the piano somewhat out of tune. The balance of instruments on the recording was also poor; the bass and drums were receded.[5]

There was no plan to record the concert officially. The release came about because Garner's personal manager,

simulate stereo" version, with catalog number CS 9821, was issued in 1969.[6]

Album cover

The original U.S. album cover photograph, showing a model in mid-stride with outstretched arms, was shot by music and fashion photographer

A Great Day in Harlem. Music journalist Marc Myers wrote that "[f]rom an aesthetic standpoint, Art Kane's [Concert by the Sea] cover had grace, movement and drama. White or black, the model featured was in ecstasy, telegraphing that the music inside was happy and guaranteed to raise your spirits."[7]

A 1970 U.S. reissue of Concert by the Sea introduced a new photograph (not taken by Kane), which reused Kane's concept, but with a model wearing bell-bottom pants and a hippie-style tunic shirt blouse. The 2015 release of the entire concert again paid tribute to Kane's original photograph, showing a model with outstretched arms standing in front of a rocky shoreline. International releases of the album have used a variety of cover photographs.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
[11]

AllMusic awarded the album a maximum five stars, observing that it is "arguably the finest record pianist Erroll Garner ever made".[8] The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it 3½ stars out of 4 (and added it to the book's suggested Core Collection), asserting that: "Concert by the Sea is essentially neither more nor less than a characteristic set by the trio".[10] Critic Scott Yanow's opinion is: "this is the album that made such a strong impression that Garner was considered immortal from then on."[12]

2015 reissue

On September 18, 2015,

compact discs include the unedited full concert on discs one and two, with 11 tunes that did not appear on the original album, the original release remastered, and a 14-minute post-concert interview on disc three. The New York Times wrote: "the set will double the available music from the concert, shedding new light on Garner in what is often considered his finest hour."[13][14]

The release of The Complete Concert by the Sea is part of the Erroll Garner Jazz Project, a major new archival and musical celebration of Garner. Additionally, Martha Glaser's longtime agent and manager donated a large trove of Garner material from Glaser's estate to the University of Pittsburgh Library System (both Garner and Glaser were from Pittsburgh),[15] with the promise of more new Garner music to come.[16]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Remember April"Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye4:14
2."Teach Me Tonight"Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul3:37
3."Mambo Carmel"Erroll Garner3:43
4."Autumn Leaves"Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer6:27
5."It's All Right with Me"Cole Porter3:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Red Top"Lionel Hampton, Ben Kynard3:11
2."April in Paris"Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg4:47
3."They Can't Take That Away from Me"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin4:08
4."How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me"Tyree Glenn, Allan Roberts3:59
5."Where or When"Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart3:06
6."Erroll's Theme"Erroll Garner0:46
2015 reissue bonus track
No.TitleInterview by Will ThornberryLength
12."Interview"with Erroll Garner, Eddie Calhoun, Denzil Best14:10
2015 bonus disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Announcer Jimmy Lyons" 0:41
2."
Mike Stoller
4:38
14."How Could You do a Thing Like That to Me"Tyree Glenn, Allan Roberts4:16
15."It's All Right With Me"Cole Porter3:51
2015 bonus disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Announcer Jimmy Lyons" 2:49
2."They Can't Take That Away from Me"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin4:19
3."Autumn Leaves"Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer6:41
4."
Caravan"
Juan Tizol7:43
9."Erroll's Theme"Erroll Garner2:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ The Complete Concert by the Sea. Sony Legacy 88875120842 2015, liner notes.
  2. ^ Complete Concert 2015 liner notes.
  3. ^ a b c Friedwald, Will (September 17, 2009). "Concert by the Sea". The Wall Street Journal (Eastern ed.). p. D13.
  4. ^ Cunniffe, Thomas (September 17, 2015). "Erroll Garner: The Complete "Concert by the Sea"". Jazz History Online.
  5. ^ Bailey, C. Michael (August 9, 2005). "Erroll Garner: Concert by the Sea". All About Jazz.
  6. Sacramento Observer
    . February 5, 1970. p. 15.
  7. ^ Myers, Marc (September 7, 2015). "Cover: Concert by the Sea". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  8. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Concert by the Sea". AllMusic. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  9. ISBN 978-0195313734
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  10. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9 ed.). Penguin. p. 529.
  11. ISBN 0-394-72643-X
    .
  12. ^ Yanow, Scott (2003). Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years. Backbeat Books. p. 407.
  13. ^ Chinen, Nate (June 15, 2015). "Arts Beat: 'Concert by the Sea,' a Jazz Classic by Erroll Garner, Is to Be Reissued". The New York Times.
  14. ^ Whitehead, Kevin (September 21, 2015). "Revisiting The Intense Twists And Turns Of Garner's 'Concert By The Sea'". Fresh Air. NPR.
  15. ^ Niederberger, Mary (June 15, 2015). "Jazz musician Erroll Garner's materials donated to Pitt library". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  16. ^ "Official Website". ErrollGarner.com.
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