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1966 live album by George Shearing

Rare Form!

Live album by George Shearing

Released

June 1966

Recorded

July 5–6, 1963

Capitol ST 2447

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

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".

Track listing

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

Personnel

References

Discogs - Rare Form
^ Rare Form! at AllMusic

v t e George Shearing
Studio albums	Midnight on Cloud 69 (1956) Black Satin (1956) In the Night (1956) Latin Lace (1958) Beauty and the Beat! (1959) The Shearing Touch (1960) Latin Affair (1960) White Satin (1960) George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (1961) Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1961) The Swingin's Mutual! (1961) Shearing Bossa Nova (1962) Touch Me Softly (1963) Old Gold and Ivory (1963) Out of the Woods (1964) New Look! (1967) The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing (1971) Music to Hear (1972) Continental Experience (1975) The Reunion (1976) Two for the Road (1980) On a Clear Day (1980) First Edition (1981) Top Drawer (1983) An Elegant Evening (1985) Grand Piano (1985) George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter (1986) More Grand Piano (1986) Breakin' Out (1987) The Spirit of 176 (1988) George Shearing in Dixieland (1989) Piano (1989) The Rare Delight of You (2002) Hopeless Romantics (2005)
Live albums	On the Sunny Side of the Strip (1960) Jazz Concert (1963) Rare Form! (1966) Blues Alley Jazz (1979) An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982) The Classic Concert Live (1982) An Evening at Charlie's (1983) Live at the Café Carlyle (1984) A Vintage Year (1987) A Perfect Match (1988) Dexterity (1988) Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990) The Rare Delight of You (2002) Hopeless Romantics (2005)
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless this is not known.
As leader or co-leader	New Vibe Man in Town (1961) Who Is Gary Burton? (1962) 3 in Jazz (split with Sonny Rollins and Clark Terry, 1963) Something's Coming! (1963) The Groovy Sound of Music (1964) Tennessee Firebird (1966) The Time Machine (1966) A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967) Lofty Fake Anagram (1967) Duster (1967) Gary Burton Quartet in Concert (1968) Good Vibes (1969–70) Paris Encounter (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1969) Throb (1969) Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (1970) Live in Tokyo (1971) Alone at Last (1971) Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 1972) Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (1973) The New Quartet (1973) Ring (with Eberhard Weber, 1974) Matchbook (with Ralph Towner, 1974) Hotel Hello (with Steve Swallow, 1974) Dreams So Real (1975) Passengers (1976) Times Square (1978) Duet (with Chick Corea, 1978) Easy as Pie (1980) In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1979) Picture This (1982) Lyric Suite for Sextet (with Chick Corea, 1982) Real Life Hits (1984) Slide Show (1985) Whiz Kids (1986) Times Like These (1988) Reunion (with Pat Metheny, 1989) Right Time, Right Place (with Paul Bley, 1990) Cool Nights (1991) Six Pack (1991–92) Native Sense - The New Duets (1997) Like Minds (with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland (bassist) and Roy Haynes, 1998) Generations (2003) Next Generation (2004) The New Crystal Silence (with Chick Corea, 2007) Quartet Live (2007) Common Ground (2011) Hot House (2012) Time Thread (with Makoto Ozone, 2013) Guided Tour (2013)
With Stan Getz	Getz Au Go Go (1964) Nobody Else but Me (1964) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1966) The Stan Getz Quartet in Paris (1967) The Canadian Concert of Stan Getz (1983)
With others	After the Riot at Newport (Chet Atkins and the Nashville All-Stars, 1960) Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (1964) Tim Hardin 1 (Tim Hardin, 1964–65) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964) Ingénue (k.d. lang, 1991) Journey (Arif Mardin, 1973) Jazz Concert (George Shearing, 1963) Rare Form! (George Shearing, 1963) Touch Me Softly (George Shearing, 1963) Swallow (Steve Swallow, 1991) Fluid Rustle (Eberhard Weber, 1979) Hommage à Eberhard Weber (2015) Simple Complex (Jon Weber, 2003)

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