VINTAGE JAZZ, SWING AND BLUES

JEFF HEALEY

THE BEST OF THE STONY PLAIN YEARS

Stony Plain Records has been

releasing outstanding roots
and blues music since 1976.
This series dips into the
vaults and helps celebrate
some of the labels most
acclaimed artists.
Stony Plain was honoured to
release Jeff Healeys four
vintage jazz/swing projects,
plus a DVD with his beloved
Jazz Wizards. This music was
his first love allowing him to
play guitar and trumpet in
addition to having a career
as one of the worlds most acclaimed and innovative electric
blues and rock musicians.

01 Three Little Words 4:24

02 The Wild Cat 2:35
03 Star Dust 4:52
04 Sheik of Araby 5:11
05 Guitar Duet Stomp 3:37
06 Sing You Sinners 5:05
07 I Would Do Anything For You 4:28
08 Pardon My Southern Accent 3:46
09 Some Of These Days 2:47
10 My Honeys Lovin Arms 5:02
11 Hong Kong Blues 3:13
12 Sweet Georgia Brown 8:32
(promo only release with Chris Barber)

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01 Three Little Words

Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby,
Warner Bros Inc & Larry Spier Music LLC
02 The Wild Cat
Eddie Lang & Joe Venutil,
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc

07 I Would Do Anything For You

Alexander Hill, Bob Williams
& Claude Hopkins, George Simon Inc

03 Star Dust
Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish,
Mills Music Inc

08 Pardon My Southern Accent

J. Mercer & M. Malneck,
Bourne Co & WB Music Corp

04 The Sheik of Araby

Ted Snyder, Harry Bache Smith & Francis
Wheeler, Songwriters Guild of America
obo Ted Snyder Music Pub Co, Harry B.
Smith Copyrights & EMI Mills Music Inc

09 Some Of These Days

Shelton L. Brooks, Will Rossiter Publishing

05 Guitar Duet Stomp

David Jones & L. Collins,
Peer International Corp
06 Sing You Sinners
Franke W. Harling & Sam Coslow,
Sony/ATV Harmony

10 My Honeys Lovin Arms

Joseph Meyer & Herman Ruby, Larry Spier
Music LLC & Redwood Music Ltd
11 Hong Kong Blues
Hoagy Carmichael, Songs Of Peer Ltd
12 Sweet Georgia Brown
Maceo Pinkard, Ben Bernie & Kenneth Casey,
Redwood Music Ltd & WB Music Corp

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Jeff Healey (1966-2008) was a musicologist and serious record collector who
eventually amassed 30,000 78s from the classic period of the twenties and
thirties. He started playing guitar at age three and invented his own lap style
of playing. By the age of 14, Jeff was already a highly respected jazz broadcaster on CBC Radio, and later JAZZ.FM91 in Toronto. He became one of Canadas most acclaimed guitarists, singers and bandleaders with The Jeff Healey
Band and sold millions of records worldwide. By the late 90s Jeff tired of the
constant travel and the life of being a rock star. He disbanded the JHB shortly after opening a club in Toronto called Healeys and with the help of Colin
Bray, formed Jeff Healeys Jazz Wizards to play the music he loved on Saturday
afternoons, in addition to regularly playing with his new blues rock band.
We started to work together in 2005 at a time when Jeff only wanted to record
classic jazz. We promptly recorded the live album Its Tight Like That with legendary British trombonist and band leader Chris Barber. We followed that up with
reissues of his two previous jazz albums, plus a live DVD. Jeff eventually did go
back to record two electric blues based albums for Stony Plain including Mess
Of Blues which won the Blues Foundations Rock Blues Album Of The Year in
2009. Jeffs final studio album Last Call was released posthumously in 2010.
It was a stripped-down solo, duo and trio recording that could be called The Real
Jeff Healey. It shows his love for all musical styles and features some of his best
guitar and trumpet playing with heartfelt singing. His duet with violinist Drew
Jurecka on The Wild Cat is a highlight.
Seeing Jeff on stage with his friends, the amazing players in the Jazz Wizards,
was a joyous experience filled with camaraderie and endless jokes. It was an
honour working with Jeff and getting to know his fellow musicians and family.
Holger Petersen, Stony Plain Records

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Jeff Healey
The Best of the
Stony Plain Years
SPCD 1380

(SPCD 1312).
Original mastering by
Andy Krehm, Silverbirch Productions.

This compilation compiled by

Cristie Healey, Roger Costa
and Holger Petersen.

Re-mastered by
Miles Wilkinson.

Original Recordings
engineered by Alec Fraser
from Liquid Sound with
Tom Jardine on SPCD 1314.
Edited and mixed by Nick
Holmes and Jeff Healey
(SPCD 1313), Alec Fraser
(SPCD 1335), Halla Music

Art and Design by

Michael Dangelmaier,
Karo Group, Calgary, AB.
Cover Photo by
Mitch Ostapchuk.

Special thanks to
Cristie Healey, Roger Costa,
Bud & Rose Healey, Colin
Bray and all the members of
Jeff Healeys Jazz Wizards,
Alec Fraser, Andy Krehm and
all the musicians,
engineers and studios
involved, Richard Flohil, Mark
Pucci, Michael
Dangelmaier, Mako Funasaka, Daniel Berman, Alvin
Jahns, Peter Chapman, Marci
Friesen, Amber Ramsay
and Miles Wilkinson.

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Tracks 1, 10
From Adventures In Jazzland
(2004, Re-released 2006)
SPCD 1313
Jeff Healey
solo guitar & vocals
Jesse Barksdale
rhythm guitar
Tom Pletcher cornet
Dan Levinson clarinet
Reide Kaiser piano
Colin Bray bass
Tracks 2, 5, 9, 11
From Last Call
(2010) SPCD 1335
Jeff Healey
vocals, guitars and trumpet
Drew Jurecka violin
Ross Wooldridge
piano, clarinet
Tracks 3, 7, 8
From Among Friends
(2002, Re-released 2006)
SPCD 1312
Jeff Healey trumpet, vocals,
electric guitar track 7
Colin Bray string bass
Roberto Rosenman
guitar solo track 3

Tomaz Jardim and

Inder Marwah
rhythm guitar track 3
Christopher Plock tenor sax
track 3, soprano sax track 7
Gary Scriven drums
tracks 7 & 8
Jesse Barksdale acoustic
guitar track 7, guitar track 8
Reide Kaiser piano
tracks 7 & 8
Danny Douglas trombone
track 8
Ross Wooldridge clarinet
track 8
Nick Pitt executive producer
Tracks 4, 6
From Its Tight Like That
(2006) SPCD 1314
Recorded live at the Montreal
Jazz Festival, July 2006 (track 4)
and at Hughs Room, Toronto,
August 2005 (track 6)
Jeff Healey
trumpet, vocals, guitar
Chris Barber trombone
Drew Jurecka violin
Jesse Barksdale guitar
Colin Bray bass
Gary Scriven drums,
washboard track 4
Reide Kaiser piano track 4

Ross Wooldridge
clarinet track 4
Christopher Plock
soprano and alto sax track 6,
clarinet track 6
Brian Graville
piano track 6
Anne Keillor
live sound track 6
Track 12
From 30 Years of
Stony Plain sampler
(2006) SPCD 1317
A promo only release
recorded live at Hughs Room,
Toronto, August 2005
Jeff Healey
trumpet, vocals, guitar
Chris Barber trombone
Drew Jurecka violin
Christoper Plock saxophone
Jesse Barksdale guitar
Colin Bray bass
Brian Graville piano
Gary Scriven drums
Also available on DVD
Beautiful Noise (2010) SPDVD 1348

jeffhealey.com

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