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- Artist: Serge Chaloff
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- Release Date: 1994
- Total Time: 67:01
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
The previously unreleased material included on this 1994 CD features the great baritonist Serge Chaloff performing on radio broadcasts from Boston. Most intriguing are four concise duets from 1946 (before Chaloff became famous) with pianist Rollins Griffith. Otherwise, Chaloff is heard in 1950 with quartets and quintets which often include pianist Nat Pierce, and sometimes trombonists Sonny Truitt or Milt Gold. The recording quality is decent for the period, and Chaloff (who at one point is briefly interviewed by a disc jockey) is in excellent form on the boppish material. Highlights include "The Goof and I," "Four Brothers," "Body and Soul," two versions of "Pennies From Heaven," and "Keen and Peachy." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Intro-Gabardine and Serge (Tiny's Blues) | Tiny Kahn | Serge Chaloff | (1:12) |
| The Goof and I | Al Cohn | Serge Chaloff | (6:20) |
| Everything Happens to Me | Matt Dennis, Tom Adair | Serge Chaloff | (3:19) |
| Pennies From Heaven | Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston | Serge Chaloff | (5:36) |
| Chaloff Interview | Serge Chaloff | Serge Chaloff | (3:16) |
| Four Brothers | Jimmy Giuffre | Serge Chaloff | (4:27) |
| Gabardine and Serge [Closing] | Tiny Kahn | Serge Chaloff | (3:15) |
| Pennies From Heaven | Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston | Serge Chaloff | (4:30) |
| Gabardine And Serge | Tiny Kahn | Serge Chaloff | (2:25) |
| Billie's Bounce | Charlie Parker | Serge Chaloff | (2:40) |
| Body and Soul | Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton | Serge Chaloff | (2:50) |
| Blue Serge | Serge Chaloff | Serge Chaloff | (2:27) |
| Red Cross | Charlie Parker | Serge Chaloff | (2:50) |
| Gabardine and Serge | Tiny Kahn | Serge Chaloff | (8:13) |
| Pennies From Heaven | Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston | Serge Chaloff | (9:17) |
| These Foolish Things | Harry Link, Jack Strachey, |
Serge Chaloff | (7:05) |
| Keen and Peachy | Ralph Burns, Shorty Rogers | Serge Chaloff | (4:14) |
