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Lullaby Of Birdland

George Shearing

Recorded	Feb 17, 1949 & Dec 18, 1951
Label	Verve Records
Released	1949
Personnel	18 credited players
Discogs	master 657892

The record

Cut on accordion as his own title tune was turning into a standard, this session rotates guitarists and Latin percussionists under Shearing's close-voiced touch. The source recording behind a melody that outlived every arrangement built on it.

Session personnel

George Shearing — accordion
Al McKibbon — bass
John Levy — bass
Candido — bongos
Armando Peraza — bongos, congas
Bill Clark — drums
Denzil Best — drums
Marquis Foster — drums
Chuck Wayne — guitar
Dick Evans — guitar
Dick Garcia — guitar
Toots Thielemans — guitar
Marjorie Hyams — piano
Cal Tjader — vibraphone
Don Elliott — vibraphone
George Devens — vibraphone
Joe Roland — vibraphone
Billy Eckstine — vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.

1966	Pickwick/33 Records · PC-3039 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono earliest on file
1966	Pickwick · SPC 3039 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation
1979	MGM Records · MM 2096 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
1983	Verve Records · 23MJ 3243 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono
1986	Verve Records
1986	Verve Records · 827-977-4 — Cassette, Compilation, Double Play Cassette
1986	Verve Records · 827-977-1 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold · gatefold
1990	PianoSoft · OAC-1057 — Floppy Disk, 3.5"
1998	Verve Records · POCJ-2584 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
2003	Back Up · 73103 — CD, Compilation
2004	View Video · 2332 — DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Deluxe Edition, Stereo
2006	Naxos Jazz Legends · 8.120823 — CD, Compilation
2011	Retrospective Records · RTS 4178 — CD, Compilation
—	Pickwick/33 Records · PC 3039 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono