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These sides from 1950-51 were the first Garner recorded for Columbia, and like the later Body And Soul reissue from the same label, this disc includes a sophisticated and highly enjoyable program of classic standards. In his inimitable keyboard style - a seamless mixture of swing's bounce, pianist Art Tatum's mammoth facility, and some of bebop's mercurial twists - Garner glides through fine ballad readings of "Spring Is Here" and "Long Ago and Far Away," as well as compact, medium to fast tempo swingers like "When You're Smiling" and "Lover." Garner's burgeoning knack for abstract song preludes are plentiful too,
| 1 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home | ♡ | 3:23 | Traditional / Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore |
| 2 | It Could Happen to You | ♡ | 3:44 | Jimmy Van Heusen / Johnny Burke |
| 3 | I Don’t Know Why | ♡ | 3:26 | Fred Ahlert / Roy Turk |
| 4 | My Heart Stood Still | ♡ | 4:15 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 5 | When You’re Smiling | ♡ | 3:45 | Larry Shay / Mark Fisher / Joe Goodwin |
| 6 | Long Ago (And Far Away) | ♡ | 2:37 | Ira Gershwin / Jerome Kern |
| 7 | Poor Butterfly | ♡ | 3:06 | John L. Golden / John Raymond Hubbell |
| 8 | Spring Is Here | ♡ | 2:24 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 9 | The Petite Waltz | ♡ | 2:35 | Duke Ellington / Phyllis Claire / Joe Heyne |
| 10 | The Petite Waltz Bounce | ♡ | 3:11 | Joe Heyne / Phyllis Claire / Duke Ellington |
| 11 | Lover | ♡ | 3:10 | Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart |
| 12 | How High the Moon | ♡ | 3:24 | Morgan Lewis / Nancy Hamilton |
| 13 | People Will Say We’re in Love | ♡ | 3:49 | Richard Rodgers / Robert Russell Bennett / Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 14 | Laura | ♡ | 2:44 | David Raksin / Johnny Mercer |
| 15 | I Cover the Waterfront | ♡ | 3:38 | Edward Heyman / Johnny Green |
| 16 | Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone) | ♡ | 2:55 | Will Jason / Val Burton |
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- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000188164
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