The Classic Roost Album Collection (CD)

Johnny Henry Smith II, born June 25th 1922, became one of America's most revered cool jazz guitarist. This 4CD set features eight of Johnny Smith's most potent, dynamic and rewarding albums on which he served as band-leader, recorded for the Roost label between 1955 and 1960. Containing all of this most underrated Jazz master's finest compositions and performances, the collection will work equally well for those new to Smith's music and those who merely require a delightful reminder of his most extraordinary work and most unusual talent.

Track List

1. Django
2. Wait 'Till You See Her
3. Blues
4. More Bass
5. Un Poco Loco
6. Easy Living
7. Old Girl
8. Little Girl Blue
9. Tired Blood
10. Spring Is Here
11. It Never Entered My Mind
12. Samba
13. Black Is the Color (Of My True Love's Hair)
14. Pawn Ticket
15. 's Wonderful
16. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to
17. Blue Lights
18. Montage
19. Bags' Groove
20. 'Round Midnight
21. Hello Young Lovers
22. Love for Sale
23. The Maid with the Flaxen Hair
24. Love Letters
25. Tickle Toe
26. Goodbye
27. Body and Soul
28. Lover
29. The Boy Next Door
30. Potter's Luck
31. Autumn Nocturne
32. Band Aid
33. Angel Eyes
34. Deep Night
35. These Foolish Things
36. East of the Sun
37. There's a Small Hotel
38. Laura
39. Tea for Two
40. You Go to My Head
41. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
42. Zing Went the Strings of My Heart
43. Where or When
44. Tabú
45. Moonlight in Vermont
46. Jaguar
47. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
48. Vilia
49. Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)
50. Stars Fell on Alabama
51. Nice Work If You Can Get It
52. Tenderly
53. Cavu
54. I'll Be Around
55. Yesterdays
56. Cherokee
57. What's New
58. I'll Remember April
59. Lullaby of Birdland
60. You Are Beautiful
61. I Enjoy Being a Girl
62. Sunday
63. A Hundred Million Miracles
64. Grant Avenue
65. Love Look Away
66. Like a God
67. Finale
68. My Funny Valentine
69. My One and Only Love
70. Darn That Dream/Polka Dots and Moonbeams
71. Satin Doll
72. Blues Back Stage
73. Everything Happens to Me
74. Pavanne
75. Willow Weep for Me
76. Fools Rush in
77. I'll Remember Clifford
78. The Lady Is a Tramp
79. There Will Never Be Another You
80. Autumn Leaves
81. Mood Indigo
82. Sentimental Journey
83. Three Little Words
84. My Romance
85. Sometimes I'm Happy
86. I'll Take Romance