With the Help of My Friends

by Claude Bolling

Overview

This is an unusual record. In 1977, Dick Hyman played the standard "A Child Is Born" in the styles of a wide variety of players, but few realize that two years earlier Claude Bolling (in a quartet) paid tribute to a dozen top pianists by writing and performing an original apiece that found him doing close impressions of his predecessors. This is a mostly successful effort that finds Bolling sounding close to Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Scott Joplin, George Shearing, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Ramsey Lewis, Art Tatum, Jelly Roll Morton and Erroll Garner. Not every stylist is covered (among the missing are James P. Johnson, Teddy Wilson, Bud Powell, McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans), but Bolling does show off his versatility and impressive pianistic skills; the results are quite fun. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	08/24/2021
Label:	Good Time Records
UPC:	0730167320962
Rank:	124178

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Claude Bolling   Primary Artist,Piano
Erroll Garner   Primary Artist
Fats Waller   Primary Artist
Count Basie   Primary Artist
Duke Ellington   Primary Artist
Dave Brubeck   Primary Artist
Ramsey Lewis   Primary Artist
George Shearing   Primary Artist
Art Tatum   Primary Artist
Thelonious Monk   Primary Artist
Oscar Peterson   Primary Artist
Jelly Roll Morton   Primary Artist
Scott Joplin   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Duke Ellington   Performer
Count Basie   Performer
Fats Waller   Performer
Erroll Garner   Composer,Performer
Jelly Roll Morton   Performer
Ramsey Lewis   Performer
Oscar Peterson   Performer
Thelonious Monk   Performer
Art Tatum   Performer
George Shearing   Composer,Performer
Scott Joplin   Performer
Dave Brubeck   Performer