BEST OF (180G/2LP) | VINYL RECORD (LP) 8 The listener is drawn into

The listener is drawn into the robust rhythms of his solo piano style

where his teacher became an early mentor

but with the volume knob cranked up tenfold

lyrical melodies anchor lung-bursting gallops

BEST OF (180G/2LP) | VINYL RECORD (LP) 8 The listener is drawn intoThis compilation accurately documents the manner in which Don Shirley created his own genre: jazz tinged but not really jazz, soulful, but not really soul, often reaching out into areas that were distinctively classical. Check Irving Berlin's Blue Skies, which Shirley endows with a breath of Bach; In A Moorish Marketplace with it's hint of Ravel, or the simple beauty of One For My Baby (And One For The Road), on which Shirley opts for the most