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The Earl Bostic Story
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106 tracks
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13 November 2006
A 106 track survey of alto sax player Bostic, a technical master of his instrument who cut his teeth with many jazz bands during the 1930s. He was to become a hugely influential player who had many hits during his '50s heyday with a jump blues and R&B stlye. All the hits are included and his full story is told in the 44 page booklet that also includes full session detail and rare photos. Greatly admired by fellow musicians for his mastery of the saxophone, Earl Bostic's mavellous alto sax was also one of the great and distinctive sounds of both R&B and pop music an… read more
A 106 track survey of alto sax player Bostic, a technical master of his instrument who cut his teeth with many jazz bands during the 1930s. He was to… read more
A 106 track survey of alto sax player Bostic, a technical master of his instrument who cut his teeth with many jazz bands during the 1930s. He was to become a hugely influential player w… read more

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1 The Man I Love Don Byas
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2 Hurricane Blues
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3 The Major and the Minor
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4 All On
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5 Liza
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6 That's The Groovy Thing - Part A
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7 Tippin' In
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8 Baby, You Don't Know It All
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9 Jumpin' Jack
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10 That's The Groovy Thing - Part B
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11 The Barefoot Boy
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12 That's the Heat You Gotta Beat
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13 Let's Ball Tonight, Part 1
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14 Let's Ball Tonight, Part 2
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15 Play track Away
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16 Where or When
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17 Cuttin' Out
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18 Play track My Special Dream
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19 I'm the Guy Who Loves You
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20 Here Goes
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21 Bostic's Jump
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22 Earl's Rumboogie
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23 Hot Sauce Boss
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24 845 Stomp
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25 Disc Jockey's Nightmare
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26 Slightly Groovy
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27 Bar Fly Baby
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28 Play track Artistry By Bostic
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29 Scotch Jam
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30 Play track Apollo Theatre Jump
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31 Play track Serenade to Beauty
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32 Play track Tiger Rag
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33 The Man I Love Don Byas
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34 Temptation
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35 Bostic's Boogie Blues
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36 Joy Dust
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37 Wild Man
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38 Watch Where You Walk Boy
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39 Blib Boogie
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40 From Midnight Till Dawn
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41 Swing Low Sweet Boogie
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42 Earl's Imagination
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43 Earl Blows a Fuse
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44 Nay Nay Go Away
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45 Who Snuck the Wine in the Gravy
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46 Earl's Blues
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47 Sugar Hill Blues
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48 Choppin' It Down
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49 Filibuster
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50 No Name Blues
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51 Serenade
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52 Seven Steps
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53 Portrait of a Faded Love
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54 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
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55 Way Down
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56 Don't You Do It
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57 Merry Widow Waltz
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58 Wrap It Up
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59 Rockin' and Reelin'
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60 September Song
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61 I Can't Give You Anything but Love
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62 Play track Flamingo
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63 Play track Sleep
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64 How Could It Have Been You and I
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65 Always
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66 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
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67 The Moon Is Low
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68 Play track Lover Come Back to Me
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69 Chains Of Love
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70 I Got Loaded
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71 Velvet Sunset
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72 Play track Moonglow
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73 Linger Awhile
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74 Ain't Misbehaving
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75 Play track You Go to My Head
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76 The Hour of Parting
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77 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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78 For You
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79 Sheik of Araby
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80 Cherokee
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81 Play track Steam Whistle Jump
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82 The Song Is Ended
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83 Melancholy Serenade
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84 The Very Thought of You
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85 Memories
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86 What, No Pearls?
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87 Smoke Rings
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88 Deep Purple
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89 Jungle Dreams
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90 Play track Cracked Ice
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91 Danube Waves
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92 Poeme
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93 My Heart at the Sweet Voice
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94 O Sole Mio
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95 Play track Off Shore
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96 Blue Skies
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97 Mambostic
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98 Time On My Hands
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99 Mambolino
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100 These Foolish Things
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101 Song of the island
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102 Liebestraum
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103 Night and Day
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104 Sweet Lorraine
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105 Beyond the Blue Horizon
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106 East of the Sun
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Earl Bostic

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Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist. Bostic was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He turned professional at age 18 when he joined Terrence Holder's band. He made his first recording with Lionel Hampton in 1942 where he played along with Red Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, Sid Catlett, Teddy Wilson and Hampton. Before that he performed with Fate Marable on New Orleans riverboats. Bostic graduated from Xavier University in New Orleans. He worked with territory bands as well as Arnett Cobb, Hot Lips Page, Rex Stewart, Don Bya… read more
Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist. Bostic was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He turned professional at age 18 when he join… read more
Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist. Bostic was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He turned professional at age 18 when he joined Terrence Holder's band. He made his fi… read more

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