Rare Form!

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Rare Form!
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Live album by
ReleasedJune 1966
RecordedJuly 5–6, 1963
Genre Jazz
Label Capitol ST 2447 [1]
Producer Dave Cavanaugh, Tom Morgan
George Shearing chronology
Hear & Now!
(1966)
Rare Form!
(1966)
That Fresh Feeling!
(1966)

Rare Form! is a live album by George Shearing and his quintet, recorded in San Francisco in July 1963. It was released in 1966. [2]

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Reception

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Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that Shearing and his quintet "...are heard on a variety of spirited live performances throughout this LP". [2]

Track listing

  1. "The Sweetest Sounds" (Richard Rodgers) - 2:48
  2. "Look No Further" (Rodgers) - 2:03
  3. "Hallucinations" (Bud Powell) - 3:53
  4. "Sunny" (George Shearing, Milt Raskin) - 3:01
  5. "They All Laughed" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:44
  6. "Station Break" (Shearing) - 2:51
  7. "Over the Rainbow" (E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen) - 2:26
  8. "Why Not?" (Doug Marsh) - 3:29
  9. "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) - 3:10
  10. "Bop, Look and Listen" (Shearing) - 8:36

Personnel

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