Piano Moods

by Erroll Garner

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1950
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 26:46
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Demonstrating an entirely self-taught, highly idiosyncratic approach to the keyboard, this solo release bridges older stride techniques with modern harmonic sensibilities. The pianist's signature delayed right-hand melodies create a distinctively relaxed, deeply swinging groove that resonated massively with mainstream audiences.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental

Tracklist

  1. When Johnny Comes Marching Home (3:23)
  2. My Heart Stood Still (4:16)
  3. Long Ago and Far Away (2:37)
  4. Poor Butterfly (3:07)
  5. Spring Is Here (2:25)
  6. When You're Smiling (3:44)
  7. It Could Happen to You (3:45)
  8. I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) (3:26)

Credits

  • Erroll Garner - primary artist, piano, arranged by, written-by
  • John Simmons - bass [uncredited]
  • Shadow Wilson - drums [uncredited]
  • Rodgers & Hart - written-by
  • Jerome Kern - written-by
  • Raymond Hubbell - written-by
  • Joe Goodwin - written-by
  • Larry Shay - written-by

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