The Early Years 1945-50

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This brilliant piano virtuoso made his first records for RCA in his native Canada, then got the attention of Norman Granz and started recording for Clef/Mercury in NY. That’s the breakthrough period covered by these 47 duo, trio and quartet recordings: originals plus wildly original spins on American Songbook classics including "I Got Rhythm," "My Blue Heaven," "C Jam Blues," "Flying Home," "East of the Sun," "My Heart Stood Still," "Where or When," "Deep Purple," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Poor Butterfly," "Blue Moon," "Indiana" and more! Acrobat.