Contains the complete recordings originally published on:
- The sensational saxophone of Herb Geller (EP Imperial IMP-121)
- Herb Geller Plays (EmArcy MG-36045)
- The Gellers (EmArcy MG-36024)
- The Herb Geller Sextet (EmArcy MG-36040)
The Gellers met in Los Angeles in 1950 and were married in New York, shortly after Herb had quit the Claude Thornhill orchestra. They stayed together for eight years, but these are the only recordings Herb did with Lorraine. They formed an exceptional tandem and their playing carried a distinct sound, a harmonic quality that was neither his or hers. This CD wants to recover that feeling because, although she passed away a mere three years after the present sides, one thing remains certain: Herb and Lorraine Geller were two of a kind.
Tracklist
Total time: 145:55 min.
CD 1
01. It's Swell Of You (Gordon-Ravel) 2:53
02. Everything Ive Got Belongs To You (Rodgers-Hart) 3:06
03. Mad About The Boy (Noel Coward) 2:42
04. I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze (Gordon-Ravel) 2:53
05. You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Conn-Brown) 3:21
06. Kahagon (Herb Geller) 2:45
07. Breaking Through The Sound Barrier (Herb Geller) 3:32
08. Happy Go Lucky (McHugh-Loesser) 2:53
09. A Room With A View (Noel Coward) 4:05
10. Sleight Ride (Leroy Anderson) 2:56
11. Silver Rain (Herb Geller) 2:53
12. Alone Together (Dietz-Schwartz) 6:50
13. If I Were A Bell (Frank Loesser) 3:03
14. Bewitched (Rodgers-Hart) 4:54
15. The Answer Man (Herb Geller) 3:47
16. Cherokee (Ray Noble) 3:57
17. The Heather On The Hill (Herb Geller) 2:51
18. Suppertime (Irving Berlin) 5:07
19. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling (Rose-Link-Waller) 3:14
20. Patterns (Lorraine Geller) 2:48
CD 2
01. Two Of A Kind (Herb Geller) 5:19
02. Love (Blaine-Martin) 3:07
03. Arapahoe (Herb Geller) 3:59
04. Come Rain Or Come Shine (Arlen-Mercer) 4:58
05. Blues In The Night (Arlen-Mercer) 5:15
06. Days I Never Knew (Lorraine Geller) 3:23
07. Domestic Harmony (Lorraine Geller) 3:30
08. Love Is Like A Turtle (Herb Geller) 2:59
09. Sweet Vinnegar (Herb Geller) 5:48
10. Outpost Incident (Herb Geller) 4:22
11. Rockin' Chair (Hoagy Carmichael) 4:58
12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter) 3:06
13. Crazy She Calls Me (Russell-Sigman) 5:25
14. Owl Eyes (Herb Geller) 4:23
15. Gin For Flugelhorns (Herb Geller) 3:41
16. Tardi At Zardi's (Herb Geller) 4:23
17. Vone Mae (Eldridge Freeman) 5:31
Album details
Personnel and dates:
CD1 #1-4: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), John Simmons (b), Roy Harte (d)
Recorded in Hollywood, July 4, 1954
CD1 #5-12: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), Curtis Counce (b), Lawrence Marable (d)
Recorded in Hollywood, August 6, 1954
CD1 #13-20 / CD2 #1-5: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), Red Mitchell (b), Mel Lewis (d)
Recorded in Hollywood, April 20, 21 & 26, 1955
CD2 #6-9: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Eldridge 'Bruz' Freeman (d)
Recorded in Hollywood, August 14, 1955
CD2 #10-13: Herb Geller (as), Lorraine Geller (p), Red Mitchell (b), Eldridge 'Bruz' Freeman (d), Conte Candoli (tp), Mel 'Ziggy' Vines (ts).
Recorded in Hollywood, August 19, 1955
CD2 #14-17: Same personnel but Leroy Vinnegar replaces Red Mitchell.
Recorded in Hollywood, August 22, 1955
Photography: William Claxton
Liner notes: Jordi Pujol
This compilation produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
Hi Fi / Mono · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.
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Dedicated to Herb Geller and to the memory of Lorraine. Special thanks to Dick Bank
