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Concert by the Sea is a live album by pianist Erroll Garner that was released by Columbia in 1955. It sold over a million dollars’ worth of retail copies by 1958, qualifying for gold record status by the definition of that time but has never been acknowledged as such by the RIAA.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album a maximum five stars, observing that it is “arguably the finest record pianist Erroll Garner ever made”.

Track listing

2015 disc one
1. “Announcer Jimmy Lyons” 0:41
2. “Night and Day” Cole Porter 5:04
3. “Spring Is Here” Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 5:14
4. “I’ll Remember April” Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye 4:23
5. “The Nearness of You” Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington 4:46
6. “Where or When” Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart 3:22
7. “Sweet and Lovely” Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules LeMare 4:12
8. “Lullaby of Birdland” George Shearing, George David Weiss 4:17
9. “Mambo Carmel” Erroll Garner 3:52
10. “Teach Me Tonight” Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul 3:48
11. “Will You Still Be Mine” Tom Adair, Matt Dennis 3:56
12. “I Cover the Waterfront” Johnny Green, Edward Heyman 3:30
13. “Bernie’s Tune” Bernie Miller, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller 4:38
14. “How Could You do a Thing Like That to Me” Tyree Glenn, Allan Roberts 4:16
15. “It’s All Right With Me” Cole Porter 3:51

2015 disc two
1. “Announcer Jimmy Lyons” 2:49
2. “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 4:19
3. “Autumn Leaves” Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer 6:41
4. “S’Wonderful” George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin 2:38
5. “Laura” David Raksin, Johnny Mercer 6:04
6. “Red Top” Lionel Hampton, Ben Kynard 3:29
7. “April in Paris” Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg 4:55
8. “Caravan” Juan Tizol 7:43
9. “Erroll’s Theme” Erroll Garner 2:32

Personnel
Erroll Garner – piano
Eddie Calhoun – bass
Denzil Best – drums

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Released: October 13, 1955
Recorded: September 19, 1955
Venue: Sunset School, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Label: Columbia
Producer: George Avakian