Artist: Buddy Collette
Title: The Classic Albums
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Enlightenment
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 04:58:25
Total Size: 1.45 GB


Tracklist:

1. Green Dream (4:29)
2. It's You (2:27)
3. A Walk On The Veldt (3:24)
4. How Long Has This Been Going On? (3:16)
5. The Blindfold Test (6:49)
6. Jungle Pogo Stick (2:44)
7. Tanganyika (4:58)
8. Wagnervous (4:43)
9. And So Is Love (2:44)
10. Cycle (2:55)
11. Makin' Whoopee (3:40)
12. Ruby (3:52)
13. St. Andrews Place Blues (3:47)
14. Cheryl Ann (4:39)
15. Sunset Drive (3:24)
16. Jazz City Blues (4:46)
17. Slappy's Tune (3:42)
18. Frenesi (2:45)
19. Santa Monica (3:47)
20. Jungle Pipe (4:06)
21. Zan (3:21)
22. Winston Walks (2:59)
23. If She Had Stayed (3:40)
24. They Can't Take That Away From Me (3:53)
25. Undecided (3:21)
26. Flute In 'D' (4:57)
27. The Continental (3:12)
28. Three And One (3:37)
29. Night In Tunisia (4:15)
30. Johnny Walks (6:27)
31. Perfidia (3:02)
32. Morning Jazz (3:45)
33. Tasty Dish (5:51)
34. I Still Love You (3:34)
35. Orlando (4:45)
36. Mrs. Potts (3:24)
37. Soft Touch (3:53)
38. You Better Go Now (3:40)
39. Old School (4:53)
40. Debbie (4:01)
41. A Nice Day (4:19)
42. There Will Never Be Another You (4:26)
43. Minor Deviation (4:42)
44. Over The Rainbow (5:16)
45. Change It (3:19)
46. Moten Swing (3:26)
47. I'll Remember April (3:09)
48. Blues For Howard (4:03)
49. Fall Winds (6:28)
50. Buddy Boo (4:31)
51. I Love Paris (2:22)
52. Pigalle (2:26)
53. La Vie En Rose (3:56)
54. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (2:52)
55. Mam'selle (1:25)
56. C'Est Si Bon (3:13)
57. Domino (2:22)
58. Song From 'Moulin Rouge' (2:39)
59. The Last Time I Saw Paris (4:43)
60. Under Paris Skies (2:34)
61. Flute Diet (4:43)
62. Short Story (3:23)
63. Machito (3:53)
64. Improvisation (with Conga) (2:29)
65. Pony Tale (4:30)
66. The Funky Shepherds (4:50)
67. Tasty Dish (4:21)
68. Improvisation (Unaccompanied) (2:12)
69. The Four Winds Blow (3:37)
70. Colonel Bogey & River Kwai March (2:57)
71. Laura (2:39)
72. Smile (3:08)
73. The Bad & The Beautiful (Love Is For The Very Young) (1:56)
74. The Shrike (3:31)
75. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (3:26)
76. The Trolley Song (3:54)
77. Intermezzo (2:44)
78. Ruby (3:23)
79. Invitation (4:12)
80. Swinging On A Star (3:29)

William Marcel Collette, born in Los Angeles on August 6, 1921, was raised in Watts, surrounded by people of all different ethnicities. He lived in a house built by his father in an area with cheap, plentiful land. For his elementary education, he attended Ninety-Sixth Street School because it allowed black students. Collette began playing piano at age ten, at his grandmother's request. His love for music came not only from his community, but from his parents - his father played piano and his mother sang. In middle school, he began playing the saxophone. That same year, he formed his first band. The following year, Collette started a band with Ralph and Raleigh Bledsoe. Together they played for less than a dollar each at parties put on by people in the area on Saturday nights. Between 1955 and 1960 Buddy Collette released a number of superb albums on which he acted as leader, put out by a range of different labels (unlike many of his contemporaries, Collette was never associated with one specific record company), such as Contempo, Bel Canto, Speciality, ABC, and EmArcy. He also worked alongside a number of back-up players on these records, but rarely worked with the same bands regularly. It is from this fertile period for Buddy Collette that the eight original albums that make up this collection are drawn. Featuring such fine works as, Tanganyika, Man of Many Parts, Calm, Cool & Collette, Everybody's Buddy and Nice Day with Buddy Collette, this 4CD set provides a great starting place for new adherents to this great man’s music and talents, as well as a delightful reminder for those already somewhat versed.