Boxset / Compilation · 2015
Tracklist
Improvisations
1-1 –Ran Blake, Jaki Byard On Green Dolphin Street 6:06
1-2 –Ran Blake, Jaki Byard Prelude 4:09
1-3 –Ran Blake, Jaki Byard Chromatics 8:28
1-4 –Ran Blake, Jaki Byard Wende 3:42
1-5 –Ran Blake, Jaki Byard Tea For Two 6:57
1-6 –Ran Blake, Jaki Byard Victoria 4:41
1-7 –Ran Blake, Jaki Byard Sonata For Two Pianos 10:35
Duke Dreams (The Legacy Of Strayhorn - Ellington)
2-1 –Ran Blake Duke Dreams 2:58
2-2 –Ran Blake Something To Live For 5:42
2-3 –Ran Blake Me And You - Tk. 1 2:20
2-4 –Ran Blake Drop Me Off In Harlem 2:04
2-5 –Ran Blake The Duke 3:45
2-6 –Ran Blake Blue Rose 2:49
2-7 –Ran Blake It Don't Mean A Thing 2:52
2-8 –Ran Blake Black And Tan Fantasy 5:15
2-9 –Ran Blake Animal Crackers 1:26
2-10 –Ran Blake Me And You - Tk. 2 1:58
2-11 –Ran Blake Sophisticated Lady 2:27
2-12 –Ran Blake Take The A Train 5:38
Suffield Gothic
3-1 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person Curtis 3:42
3-2 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person Pete Kelly's Blues 2:46
3-3 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person There's Been A Change In My Life 4:00
3-4 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person Vanguard 4:43
3-5 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person Old Man River 5:13
3-6 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person Tribute To Mahalia - Walk Over God's Heaven It Don't Cost Very Much / Silent Night 6:22
3-7 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person Indian Winter 5:54
3-8 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person Stars And Stripes Forever 3:43
3-9 –Ran Blake Featuring Houston Person Midnight Local To Tate County 5:53
Short Life Of Barbara Monk
4-1 –Ran Blake Quartet I've Got You Under My Skin 3:37
4-2 –Ran Blake Quartet Una Matica De Ruda (Take 1) 0:54
4-3 –Ran Blake Quartet Artistry In Rhythm 5:54
4-4 –Ran Blake Quartet Una Matica De Ruda (Take 2) 0:58
4-5 –Ran Blake Quartet In Between 4:06
4-6 –Ran Blake Quartet Short Life Of Barbara Monk 7:24
4-7 –Ran Blake Quartet Impresario Of Death 3:45
4-8 –Ran Blake Quartet 23 Degrees North - 82 Degrees West 2:44
4-9 –Ran Blake Quartet Dark 4:49
4-10 –Ran Blake Quartet Vradlazi 2:51
4-11 –Ran Blake Quartet Pourquoi Laurent? 4:31
Epistrophy
5-1 –Ran Blake Epistrophy
5-2 –Ran Blake Thelonious
5-3 –Ran Blake April In Paris
5-4 –Ran Blake Off Minor
5-5 –Ran Blake Criss Cross
5-6 –Ran Blake Reflections
5-7 –Ran Blake Epistrophy
5-8 –Ran Blake 'Round Around Midnight
5-9 –Ran Blake Hornin' In
5-10 –Ran Blake Just A Gigolo
5-11 –Ran Blake Nice Work If You Can Get It
5-12 –Ran Blake Ruby My Dear
5-13 –Ran Blake Monk's Mood
5-14 –Ran Blake Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
5-15 –Ran Blake Eronel
5-16 –Ran Blake Misterioso
5-17 –Ran Blake Epistrophy
Unmarked Van (A Tribute To Sarah Vaughan)
6-1 –Ran Blake Sarah
6-2 –Ran Blake My Reverie
6-3 –Ran Blake Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
6-4 –Ran Blake Tenderly (Take 1)
6-5 –Ran Blake Make Yourself Comfortable
6-6 –Ran Blake Tenderly (Take 2)
6-7 –Ran Blake Solitary Sunday
6-8 –Ran Blake My Man's Gone Now
6-9 –Ran Blake Old Devil Moon
6-10 –Ran Blake A Portrait Of Roy Haynes
6-11 –Ran Blake Whatever Lola Wants
6-12 –Ran Blake Wallflower Waltz
6-13 –Ran Blake Tenderly (Take 3)
6-14 –Ran Blake April (Take 1)
6-15 –Ran Blake April (Take 2)
6-16 –Ran Blake Call Me
6-17 –Ran Blake Moonlight On The Ganges
6-18 –Ran Blake The Girl From Ipanema
6-19 –Ran Blake Stompin' At The Savoy
6-20 –Ran Blake A Little Tear
6-21 –Ran Blake Setembro
6-22 –Ran Blake The Unmarked Van
6-23 –Ran Blake Tenderly (Take 4)
Indian Winter
7-1 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Spiral Staircase
7-2 –Ran Blake, David Fabris You've Changed
7-3 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Duality
7-4 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Streetcar Named Desire
7-5 –Ran Blake, David Fabris You And I
7-6 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Merci Bon Dieu
7-7 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Homage To Alfred Hitchcock
7-8 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Georgia
7-9 –Ran Blake, David Fabris When Marlon Meets Bird
7-10 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Incident At Atocha (Blue Potato)
7-11 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Madrid
7-12 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Certi Angoli Segreti
7-13 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Indian Winter
7-14 –Ran Blake, David Fabris I Say A Little Prayer For You
7-15 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Speak Low
7-16 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Sadness
7-17 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Baby Me Mine
7-18 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Marqueson's Chicken
7-19 –Ran Blake, David Fabris You've Changed
7-20 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Mood Indigo
7-21 –Ran Blake, David Fabris All Or Nothing At All
7-22 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Hellelujah, I Love Her So
7-23 –Ran Blake, David Fabris Brazil
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Ed Felson (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
Drums – Jon Hazilla (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
Drums, Congas, Percussion – Tiziano Tononi (tracks: 6-7, 6-10, 6-18, 6-19)
Electric Guitar – David "Knife" Fabris (tracks: 7-1 to 7-23)
Piano – Jaki Byard (tracks: 1-1 to 1-7), Ran Blake
Tenor Saxophone – Houston Person (tracks: 3-1, 3-4, 3-7, 3-9), Ricky Ford (tracks: 4-1 to 4-11)
About this release
Black Saint And Soul Note GEN-146901
1. Ran Blake - Jaki Byard - Improvisations recorded May 25-26, 1981 at Barrigozzi Studios, Milano, original release on Soul Note LP (SN 1022) ℗ 1981
2. Ran Blake - Duke Dreams "The Legacy Of Strayhorn-Ellington" recorded May 27 and June 2, 1981 at Barrigozzi Studios, Milano, original release on Soul Note LP (SN 1027) ℗ 1981
3. Ran Blake - Suffield Gothic recorded September 28-29, 1983 at Vanguard Studios, New York, mastered at Polygram, Tribiano (Milano), original release on Soul Note LP (SN 1077) ℗ 1984
4. Ran Blake Quartet - Short Life Of Barbara Monk recorded August 26, 1986 at Blue Jay Recording Studios, Carlisle, Massachuchetts, USA, , digital editing and digital mastering at Northeastern Digital Recording inc., Haverhill, Schrewsbury, Massachusetts, mastered at Phonocomp, Tribiano - Milano, original release on Soul Note LP (SN 1127) ℗ 1987
5. Ran Blake - Epistrophy, recorded on April 19-20, 1991 at Barrigozzi Studio, Milano, mastered at Phonocomp, Tribiano - Milano, original release on Soul Note CD (SN 121177-2) ℗ 1992
6. Ran Blake - Unmarked Van (A Tribute To Sarah Vaughan) recorded December 14, 15 and 17, 1994 at Murec Studio, Milano, mastered at Phonocomp, Tribiano - Milano, original release on Soul Note CD (SN 121227-2) ℗ 1997
7. Ran Blake, David Fabris - Indian Winter recorded on November 29-30, 1999 at Murec Studio, Milano, mastered at DeLuxe, Tribiano - Milano, original release on Soul Note CD (SN 121327-2) ℗ 2005
Thanks to snobb for the addition