From prewar sides cut when George was a mere 20 years old through his postwar collaborations with Stephane Grappelli and Harry Hayes, this 5-CD set collects George's seldom-anthologized British recordings. You can really pinpoint the influence George's 1945 trip to New York had on his playing, too; after sitting in with Charlie Shavers and Sid Catlett, he returned to England as an apostle of bop. Includes How Come You Do Me Like You Do?; Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat; Boogie Ride; I Never Mention Your Name; Stardust; Watch the Birdie; Lady Be Good; Spookie Woogie; Henderson Stomp; Rock-a-Bye Basie, and many more. Remastered and annotated with discography!

Tracklist:

How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
Stomp in F
Blue Boogie
Squeezin' the Blues
Small Town
We Speak of You Often
What Do You Know About Love?
Talk to Me
Amoresque
I Got Rhythm
I Never Knew
After You've Gone
Stephane's Tune
I've Found a New Baby
Black Eyes
Boog It
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
I Never Knew
Sweet Sue, Just You
Tiger Rag
Stephane's Blues
Noel Brings the Swing
Southern Fried
Missouri Scrambler
Wednesday Night Hop
Overnight Hop
Papa's in Bed with His Britches On
Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
Dinah
Body and Soul
Jive Bomber
Delayed Action
Jump for Joy
Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat
Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar
Dim Blues
Parry Opus
It Don't Count
I'm Young and Healthy
Potato Pete
Come, Happy Day
She Had Dark and Dreamy Eyes
Oh! How He Misses His Missus
How Could You?
Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, A
These Foolish Things
More Than You Know
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
You Stepped out of a Dream
Wrap Yourself in Cotton Wool
Tahiti Rendezvous
Boogie Ride
Spookie Woogie
Two Little Squirrels, The
Watch the Birdie
Waiter and the Porter and the Upstairs Maid, The
I Said No
Moonray
Rosetta
I'll Never Let a Day Pass By
Coquette
Red Duster Rag
Out of Nowhere
Can't We Be Friends?
Ghost of a Chance
Time on My Hands
Stardust
J'Attendrai
Weep No More, My Lady
When I Look at You
Three O'Clock in the Morning
That Old Black Magic
Strictly Non Vocal
Star Eyes
Heavenly Music
Baby, Please Stop! And Think About Me
I Never Mention Your Name
My Heart Tells Me
Guilty
I Found a New Boogie
Sweet Lorraine
Just Boogie Woogie
Cymbal Simon
Riff Up Them Stairs
Five Flat Flurry
Trunk Call
Confessin'
Someday, Sweetheart
It's Easy to Remember
I'm So Afraid of You
Blue Moon
Interlude for Jazz Practice
Toy Trumpet, The
Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie
Mean to Me
Song Is You, The
Out of Space
Early One Morning
Temptation
Rock-A-Bye Basie
Henderson Stomp
Don't You Know That I Care?
No-One Else Will Do
Jam Sandwich
Together
What a Difference a Day Made
Lady Be Good
Rose Marie
I Didn't Know About You
I'm Making Believe
Henderson Stomp
Annie Laurie
Sugar
Out of Nowhere
Piccadilly Stomp
Cocktails for Two
Struttin' at the Astor
Familiar Moe
High as a Kite
Flat to C, A
Blue Charm
Boogie Ride
Spookie Woogie
Spookie Woogie
Moonray

UPC: 788065905422
Label: Jsp Records
Release Date: 10.14.08
Format: CD

George Shearing - Early Years (5 CD)