Lullaby of Birdland: Blues Alley Jazz/On a Clear Day by George Shearing

LULLABY OF BIRDLAND contains 2 LPs on 2 discs: BLUES ALLEY JAZZ (1980)/ON A CLEAR DAY (1980). Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather and Gordon Raddue. BLUES ALLEY JAZZ: Personnel: George Shearing (piano); Brian Torff (bass). Engineers: Phil Edwards, Ron Davis. Recorded live at Blues Alley, Washington, D.C. in October 1979. Originally released on Concord (4110). ON A CLEAR DAY: Personnel: George Shearing (piano); Brian Torff (bass). Engineer: Phil Edwards. Recorded live at the Concord Pavillion, Concord, California in August 1980. Originally released on Concord (4132). LULLABY OF BIRDLAND presents two classic live albums, BLUES ALLEY JAZZ and ON A CLEAR DAY, in a double-disc set. Both records pair pianist George Shearing with bassist Brian Torff for two evenings of highly accessible bop playing. The melody-heavy chordings that Shearing popularized with his quintet are still in the mix here, but with significantly more freedom for the pianist to move fluidly around the keyboard, peeling off complex solos...