Genre: Jazz
Original Release: 1/1/2006
1. You'Re My Thrill
5:26
2. Button Up Your Overcoat
3:20
3. Rosetta
2:54
4. California Here I Come
3:11
5. Beale Street Blues
3:35
6. The Best Things In Life Are Free
2:41
7. Liza
3:42
8. Thigamagig
2:32
9. Everything I'Ve Got
3:08
10. Easy Swing
4:43
11. Firebug
1:49
12. Ezz-May
4:32
13. You'Re Lucky To Me
3:44
14. Three Little Words
3:12
15. Ain'T She Sweet
4:17
16. Bouquet
4:57
17. Take Me In Your Arms
4:09
The Best Things in Life is the first in a series of compilations chronicling Mel Powell's sessions for Vanguard in the late '50s. Originally, this material was released on four separate albums -- Out on a Limb, Thigamig, The Mel Powell Bandstand, Featuring Joan Wile and The Mel Powell Septet -- and this collection doesn't presume to assemble his entire works in chronological order. Instead, it offers highlights, concentrating on Powell Read More
