Erroll Garner's Concert By The Sea to celebrate 60 years at 58th Monterey Jazz Festival.

Jazz lovers knew Erroll Garner's Concert By The Sea was special when it was first recorded nearly 60 years ago.

It's subsequently become one of the best selling jazz albums ever.  

And there are some big plans in store to celebrate the record's 60th anniversary on Sept. 18, 2015.

Firstly, Sony Legacy and Octave Music Publishing Corporation are jointly releasing a new 3-CD box set The Complete Concert By The Sea (see track list below).

The collection will include 11 previously unreleased Concert By The Sea tracks, the original edited Columbia release from 1956 (digitally restored and remastered) and bonus material, including announcer Jimmy Lyons (and Monterey Jazz Fest stage namesake) and interviews with the Erroll Garner trio: Denzil DaCosta Best, Eddie Calhoun and Garner, recorded directly after the concert.

DISC ONE

1) Announcer: Jimmy Lyons (Previously unreleased)

2) Night And Day (Previously unreleased)

3) Spring Is Here (Previously unreleased)

4) I'll Remember April

5) The Nearness Of You (Previously unreleased)

6) Where Or When

7) Sweet And Lovely (Previously unreleased)

8) Lullaby Of Birdland (Previously unreleased)

9) Mambo Carmel

10) Teach Me Tonight

11) Will You Still Be Mine(Previously unreleased)

12) I Cover The Waterfront (Previously unreleased)

13) Bernie's Tune (Previously unreleased)

14) How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me?

15) It's All Right

DISC TWO

16) Announcer: Jimmy Lyons (Previously unreleased)

17) They Can't Take That Away From Me

18) Autumn Leaves

19) S'Wonderful (Previously unreleased)

20) Laura (Previously unreleased)

21) Red Top

22) April In Paris

23) Caravan (Previously unreleased)

24) Erroll's Theme / Announcer: Jimmy Lyons (Previously unreleased)

DISC THREE

1) I'll Remember April

2) Teach Me Tonight

3) Mambo Carmel

4) Autumn Leaves

5) It's All Right With Me

6) Red Top

7) April in Paris

8) They Can't Take That Away From Me?

9) How Could You Do A Thing Like That To Me

10) Where or When

11) Erroll's Theme

12) Post Concert Interview: Will Thornbury with Erroll Garner, Eddie Calhoun, Denzil DaCosta Best: September 19, 1955 (Previously unreleased)

You can pre-order a copy of The Complete Concert By The Sea at Amazon.

Not only is Garner's record considered his best live recording, it's considered to be a catalyst that laid the groundwork for the beginnings of the Monterey Jazz Festival, which debuted at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, two years after the record was first released. 

Originally produced in Carmel as part of local promoter Jimmy Lyons' "Sunset Series," Concert By The Sea will be honored with a killer tribute show on the first day of the 58th Monterey Jazz Festival, Sept. 18.

The historic performance will feature Geri Allen, Jason Moran, Christian Sands, Jimmie Cobb, Russell Malone and Darick Oles.

On Sept. 19, there will be a Concert By The Sea panel, featuring producers Geri Allen and Steve Rosenthal, and a Monterey Jazz Festival board member who attended the original Concert By The Sea. 

"Erroll Garner personifies the joy of fearless virtuosity and exploration," producer Geri Allen says. "He embodied the very spirit of swing and free improvisation from every vantage point. Singular yet all embracing, Garner blurred the line between great art and popular art."