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Art Pepper (alto sax), with Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Russ Freeman, Gerald Wiggins (piano), Leroy Vinnegar, Ben Tucker (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), etc
The Return of Art Pepper - The complete Art Pepper Aladdin recordings - Volume One [ Blue Note / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] "Pepper sounds surprisingly good for having been away from recording nearly two years. At this point, he retained the cool and dry tone which would later give way to the torrential playing of his final comeback. The music is vintage West Coast cool,... |
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Dizzy Gillespie, with Chick Corea & Elvin Jones
Dizzy Gillespie - Live at the Village Vanguard [ Blue Note Collection / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Recorded Live At Village Vanguard On October 1, 1967. |
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Quincy Jones, with Phil Woods, Lucky Thompson, Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, Herbie Mann & Charles Mingus
This Is How I Feel About Jazz [ Impulse! BMG / CD - released 14/Sep/2012 ] #1-6 were originally issued as "This Is How I Feel About Jazz" (ABC Paramount 149) and #7-12 were originally issued as part of "Go West, Man" (ABC Paramount 186). |
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Diz Disley
Diz Disley & His String Quintet [ Lake / CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] 1950s recordings of Gipsy Jazz from one of the Jazz and Folk world's great characters and most accomplished guitarists. Today there is a proliferation of groups performing the Gipsy Jazz purveyed by the legendary Django Reinhardt, but in the 1950s... |
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Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins, with Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Ray Nance, Lawrence Brown & others
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins [ MCA Imulse! / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "one of the great Ellington albums, one of the great Hawkins albums and one of the great albums of the 1960s." The New York Times |
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Lee Morgan
Sonic Boom [ Blue Note Connoisseur Series / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 14 and 28, 1967 (#1-6) and September 12 and October 10, 1969 (#7-13). |
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Buddy Rich (drums)
Buddy Rich [ Verve Compact Jazz / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Featuring Joe Mondragon, Stanley Turrentine, Max Roach, Phil Woods, John Bunch, Dave McKenna & Johnny Morris |
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Lester Young (tenor saxophone)
Lester Young & The Piano Giants [ Verve Compact Jazz / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Featuring teddy Wilson, John Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole, Hank Jones & Buddy Rich. |
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Bud Shank & Bob Cooper
Blowin' Country [ Pacific Jazz / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] Recorded in Los Angeles on January 21, 1958 and/or February 18/19, 1958 (#1-11) and November 29, 1956 (#12-15) |
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Shelly Manne & His Men
At The Black Hawk - Volume 1 [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 3/May/2010 ] Recorded September 1959 at the Blackhawk, San Francisco |
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Shelly Manne & His Men
At The Black Hawk - Volume 5 [ Original jazz Classics / CD - released 3/May/2010 ] Recorded September 1959 at the Blackhawk, San Francisco Remastered By [Digital Remastering, 1991] - Phil De Lancie |
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Benny Carter (saxophone), with Oscar Peterson, Gerry Wiggins (piano), Barney Kessel, Jack Marshall (guitar), Buddy Rich (drums), etc
Benny Carter - New Jazz Sounds: The Urbane Sessions [ Verve / CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] The remarkable Benny Carter, who had first recorded 25 years earlier, was not even halfway through with his career when he started making sessions for Verve. This double CD wraps up the complete reissuance of all of his Verve albums. The distinctive... |
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Art Pepper, with Pete Candoli, Jack Sheldon. Mel Lewis. Bud Shank. Russ Freeman, Marty Paich & others
Art Pepper Plus Eleven [ Contemporary / CD - released 22/Feb/2010 ] A 1960 jazz album by saxophonist Art Pepper and a small big band performing arrangements by Marty Paich, who also directed the ensemble. (Wiki) |
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Bob Wilber (clarinet) and the Tuxedo Big.Band
Benny Goodman Arrangements Volume Two - More Never Recorded [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band from Toulouse, France under the direction of Paul Cheron |
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Bucky Pizzarelli
5 For Freddie [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] "...it's a smooth ride through "Dreamsville" and beyond, with the rhythm section purring and Vaché's horn casting a glinting light." JazzTimes |
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Dick Cary's Tuesday Night friends
Got Swing? [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] A rousing 19 number compilation of Cary originals and arrangements that is a true celebration of his unique musical personality, humour and, of course, genius, as performed by an all-star big band of his Tuesday Night Friends. |
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Dick Hyman & Tom Pletcher
If Bix Played Gershwin [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] "If Bix Played Gershwin is governed by the simple idea of arranging 18 Gershwin tunes in the classic jazz style utilized by cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. Pianist Hyman and cornetist Pletcher are joined by a fairly large ensemble" AllMusic |
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Donnie O'brien (drums)
Donnie O'brien Meets Manhatten Swing: In a Basie Mood. [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] Donnie O'Brien, a talented drummer who has worked regularly in the New York area since the early 1970s, makes his recording debut on this meeting with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Bunch and Jay Leonhart, together with saxophone great, Carmen... |
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Flip Phillips
Flip Phillips Celebrates His 80th Birthday at the March of Jazz 1995 [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] "Veteran tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips' 80th birthday was celebrated at a three-day jazz party held in March 1995 by the Arbors label. There were 33 musicians at the event." AllMusic |
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Ruby Braff (cornet) with Bill Charlap (piano), Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), John Beal (bass), Tony DeNicola (drums) Daryl Sherman (vocal)
I Hear Music [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] Recorded July 28th, 2000, Nola Studios, New York, NY |