Contrasts (Erroll Garner album)

Contrasts
Contrasts
Studio album by Erroll Garner
Released	December 1954
Recorded	July 27, 1954
Studio	Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, IL
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:43
Label	EmArcy
Erroll Garner chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

Contrasts is a 1955 studio album by Erroll Garner.^[3] Giving it a four-star rating, Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "Erroll Garner never recorded an uninspired solo, and this CD is as good a place as any to explore his joyful music.".^[1] The album was issued on compact disc in 1988 under the title The Original Misty with a different track ordering.

Track listing

Original LP

"You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell) – 3:26
"I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:58
"7-11 Jump" (Erroll Garner) – 7:16
"Part Time Blues" (Garner) – 4:31
"Rosalie" (Cole Porter) – 2:35
"In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 4:17
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Koehler) – 5:01
"(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings" (Jean Marie Blanvillain, Henri Herpin, Harold Rome) – 3:19
"There's a Small Hotel" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:08
"Misty" (Garner) – 2:45
"I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter" (Duke Ellington) – 2:19

Bonus tracks (CD reissue)

"Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 3:53
"Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:10

Personnel

Erroll Garner - piano
Wyatt Ruther - double bass
Fats Heard - drums
Candido Camero - percussion/congas on track 12

References

^ ^a ^b Scott Yanow, Allmusic review
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Contrasts at AllMusic

[AM-1] Scott Yanow, Allmusic review

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[3] Contrasts at AllMusic

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