Earl Hines - The Blues (Remastered) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

American jazz pianist and bandleader Earl Hines was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano whose playing shaped the history of jazz.

The trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (a member of Hines's big band, along with Charlie Parker) wrote, "The piano is the basis of modern harmony. This little guy came out of Chicago, Earl Hines. He changed the style of the piano. You can find the roots of Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock, all the guys who came after that. If it hadn't been for Earl Hines blazing the path for the next generation to come, it's no telling where or how they would be playing now. There were individual variations but the style of … the modern piano came from Earl Hines."

The pianist Lennie Tristano said, "Earl Hines is the only one of us capable of creating real jazz and real swing when playing all alone." Horace Silver said, "He has a completely unique style. No one can get that sound, no other pianist". Erroll Garner said, "When you talk about greatness, you talk about Art Tatum and Earl Hines".

Earl Hines was 68 at the time of this recording and still in his prime for this session which was cut 46 years after his first recording as a leader.

Tracklist:
1. Cotton Club Parade: I've Got the World on a String 07:05
2. The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow 08:26
3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 04:37
4. St. Louis Woman: Come Rain or Come Shine 06:43
5. The Sky's the Limit: My Shining Hour 11:49
6. Cotton Club Parade: As Long as I Live 05:58

Personnel:
Earl Hines, piano

Recorded March 23-24, 1974 at Warp Studios, NYC

Digitally remastered