PEARLS: DON EWELL, MARTY GROSZ, FRANK CHACE, BILL PRIESTLEY (1959) also DON EWELL SOLO (12.20.41)

Selections 1-9 recorded at Bill Priestley's house, Evanston, Illinois, by John Steiner, either March or June 21, 1959. Don Ewell, piano; Frank Chace, clarinet; Marty Grosz, guitar; Bill Priestley*, cornet. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME / AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'(with the verse) / SUNNY SIDE UP / SQUEEZE ME / JUST YOU, JUST ME / EVERYBODY LOVES MY BABY / I'M COMIN' VIRGINIA* / SINGIN' THE BLUES (Chace out)* / I FOUND A NEW BABY (Ewell, Grosz, Chace, Priestley)* // (I have no idea what the double-time knocking is in the later tracks: whether something vibrating or someone drumming on a surface near the microphone. I didn't do it.)

Don Ewell, solo piano, December 20, 1941, Louisville, Kentucky: ROSETTA / CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS? //
Original tape from the collection of Eugene Kramer: presented by Michael Steinman for JAZZ LIVES (http://www.jazzlives.wordpress.com)