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Al Bowlly
The Essential Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
Anita O'day
Four Classic Albums Plus (Anita O'day And Billy May Swing Rodgers And Hart / Anita O'day & The Three Sounds / Anita O'day Sings The Winners / Time For [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] It's that magic combination again for our first selection, recorded in L.A. in June 1960, Anita O'Day joining forces again with top arranger Billy May to sing songs from one of the great American songbooks, "Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers &... |
Anita O'Day
Four Classic Albums Plus (Pick Yourself Up / Cool Heat / Incomparable / Waiter, Make Mine Blues) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] Avid's second volume from the "incomparable" Miss Anita O'Day. Quotes from the original liner notes from all four of our selections more than do justice in describing this unique vocalist! From "Pick Yourself Up" ….."there was a time…..that I used to... |
Ann Richards
Ann Richards: Four Classic Albums (I'm Shooting High / The Many Moods Of Ann Richards / Two Much! / Ann, Man!) [ Avid / CD - released 12/May/2017 ] Born Margaret Ann Borden in San Diego in 1935 and later changing her name to Ann Richards in her teens, Ann began singing at ten and by her late teens had started her search for work as a jazz singer. She followed the dance bands and soon found... |
Art Farmer
Four Classic Albums (Portrait Of Art Farmer / Modern Art / Art Farmer Quintet Feat. Gigi Gryce / The Jazztet And John Lewis) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] A pretty handy quartet kicks off our first selection in this Art Farmer foursome "Portrait of Art Farmer". Art himself on trumpet of course, Hank Jones at the piano, Arts twin brother Addison on bass and the one and only Roy Haynes on drums, having... |
Benny Carter
Four Classic Albums (The Tatum, Carter, Bellson Trio / Makin' Whoopee / BBB & Co / Further Definitions) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2019 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a second re-mastered 2CD set release from Benny Carter, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. For our Second Set from the instantly recognisable horn of Benny... |
Benny Golson
Benny Golson: Four Classic Albums (The Modern Touch / Benny Golson's New York Scene / The Other Side Of Benny Golson / And The Philadelphians) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Benny Golson, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details |
Betty Roche / Marilyn Moore
Four Classic Albums (Take The A Train / Singin' & Swingin' / Lightly And Politely / Moody) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/May/2017 ] Mary Elizabeth Roche was somewhat of an unsung heroine in the jazz and blues singing world of the 1940's. Hers is partly a story of being in the right place at the wrong time! Changing her name to Betty Roche her career began in 1939, recording with... |
Big Bill Broonzy
Classic Box Set (The Bill Broonzy Story) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] For our next release in the AVID Roots series we pay tribute to one of the greatest blues men of the 20th Century, Big Bill Broonzy. Big Bill Broonzy was born into poverty in 1893 in Scott, Mississippi and by 1900 his family had moved to Pine Bluff.. |
Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee
Great Bluesmen In Britain [ Avid / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] |
Big Joe Turner
Two Classic Albums Plus Other 1945-47 Singles (The Boss Of The Blues / Joe Turner & Pete Johnson) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] "One of the most durable of the great blues shouters is Joe Turner". "Joe Turner is one of the few artists who have managed with consummate success to bridge the ever widening gap between jazz and what was once called race and is now known as rhythm... |
Big Joe Williams
Four Classic Albums (Piney Wood Blues / Tough Times / Blues On Highway 49 / Mississippi's Big Joe Williams And His Nine String Guitar) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2021 ] AVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Big Joe Williams complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. |
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Billy Fury
Three Classic Albums Plus (The Sound Of Fury / Billy Fury / Halfway To Paradise) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] Born in Liverpool as plain old Ron Wycherley, our latest UK Rock 'n' Roll hero was another one of the many young hopeful musical recipients of a new "cool" name bestowed upon him by legendary musical impresario Larry Parnes. Other recipients being,... |
Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor: Four Classic Albums (Cross Section / The Billy Taylor Trio With Candido / The Billy Taylor Touch / With Four Flutes) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 9/Feb/2017 ] Born into a musical family, young Billy Taylor began learning musical instruments as a child including piano, guitar, drums and saxophone. However it was the piano he excelled at and after obtaining his music degree in 1942 he went on to gain... |
Bob Cooper
Four Classic Albums (Sextet / Shifting Winds / Flute 'N Oboe / Coop! The Music Of Bob Cooper) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] Bob Cooper was perhaps one of the more unfairly under-rated and uncelebrated musicians from what was known as the West Coast School of Cool Jazz which came to prominence on the west coast of the U.S.A. in the 1950's. He was a gifted arranger,... |
Bobby Jaspar
Three Classic Albums Plus (Bobby Jaspar All Stars / Tenor & Flute / Interplay For 2 Trumpets & 2 Tenors) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Don't be fooled into thinking tenor saxophonist and flautist Bobby Jaspar was in the second league of jazz because he was born in Liege, Belgium! Don't forget this is the country that gave us Jacques Brel, Poirot and Tin Tin! And if you still don't... |
Bobby Rydell
Four Classic Albums Plus (We Got Love / Bobby Sings - Bobby Swings / Salutes The Great Ones / All The Hits) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] AVID Pop continues with its Four Classic Albums Plus series with a re-mastered 2CD release starring Bobby Rydell, complete with original artwork and liner notes. 'We Got Love'; 'Bobby Sings / Bobby Swings'; 'Salutes The Great Ones' and 'All The... |
Bud Shank
Four Classic Albums Plus (The Bud Shank Quartet Featuring Claude Williamson / The Swing [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] Bud Shank was born in Dayton, Ohio, United States. He began with clarinet in Vandalia, Ohio, but had switched to saxophone before attending the University of North Carolina. |
Buddy Holly
Four Classic Albums (That'll Be The Day / Buddy Holly / The Chirping rickets / The Buddy Holly Story Vol 2) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] AVID Rock N Roll launches with its Four Classic Rock N Roll album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Buddy Holly, complete with original artwork and liner notes. "That'll Be The Day"; "Buddy Holly"; "The Chirping Crickets" and"The Buddy Holly |
