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Duke Ellington
Ellington At Newport [ CBS / Sony Jazz / CD - released 4/Nov/1996 ] Recorded in performance at the American Jazz Festival at Newport, Rhode Island on July 7, 1956 |
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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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Eartha Kitt
My Greatest Songs [ RCA / CD - released 21/Mar/1992 ] Eartha Kitt's greatest hits are defined by her sultry voice and unique delivery, with iconic songs like "Santa Baby," "C'est Si Bon," "I Want to Be Evil," "Just an Old Fashioned Girl," and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," Also includes songs in French,... |
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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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Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich
Krupa and Rich [ Verve Records / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Originally recorded May 16 and November 1, 1955 in New York City. Tracks 6 and 7 originally released from the LP: The Wailing Buddy Rich, and are included as bonus tracks for this reissue. |
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George Masso (trombone, arrangements)
George Masso: That Old Gang of Mine [ Arbors Records / CD - released 27/Jul/1997 ] George Masso fulfills a long-held dream by bringing together "that old gang" of his for a spirited session of swinging music. He is a master at blending the resonance of jazz tradition with a healthy dose of individuality and is a song player of the... |
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George Wettling's Stuyvesant Stompers, with Jimmy McPartland, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman & Joe Sullivan
George Wettling's Stuyvesant Stompers [ Storyville Dr. Jazz Vol 15 / CD - released 2/Apr/2001 ] Wettling was one of the young white Chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing King Oliver's band at the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago in the early 1920s. The drummer, Baby Dodds made a particular and lasting impression upon George. |
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Gerry Mulligan (baritone) Ben Webster (tenor), with Jimmy Rowles (piano), Leroy Vinnegar (bass) & Mel Lewis (drums)
Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster [ Verve / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] In a 2003 review, All That Jazz described this album as the most significant of Gerry Mulligan's work partnering other legendary figures of jazz. |
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The Gerry Mulligan Sextet
Mainstream - Special Edition [ Emarcy Records / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] "this was a classic West Coast style jazz band and each of its recordings are worth acquiring". AllMusic |
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Gerry Mulligan, with Paul Desmond, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Zoot Sims & Stan Getz
Gerry Mulligan meets the Saxophonists [ Verve The Silver Collection / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] Baritone sax giant Gerry Mulligan in selections from his classic meetings with other brilliant saxophonists |
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Grant Green (guitar) with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw & Al Harewood
Idle Moments [ Blue Note / CD - released 16/Oct/2000 ] Idle Moments, a languid, seductive gem may well be Grant Green's greatest moment on record. Right from the opening bars of the classic title cut, this ingratiating and accessible album, features some of Green's most stylish straight jazz playing.... |
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Grant Green (guitar) Yusef lateef (tenor Sax & flute) Jack McDuff (organ) Al Harewood (drums)
Grantstand [ Blue Note / CD - released 17/Apr/1987 ] Grant Green's third album, Grantstand was recorded on 1 August 1961 and released soon after. It found master guitarist Grant teaming up with Yusef Lateef (tenor saxophone and flute), Ben Ticker (bass), Brother Jack McDuff (organ) and Al Harewood... |
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Howard Rumsey & The Lighthouse
Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol.6 - Contemporary [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1989 ] Recorded in Hollywood, December 3, 1954 (#1,3,6), February 22, 1955 (#5,9), March 1, 1955 (#2,4,7,8) |
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Jack Sheldon
On My Own [ Concord jazz / CD - released 22/Mar/2004 ] Recorded August 29 & September 12, 1991. |
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Jelly Roll Morton
Doctor Jazz - His Greatest Recordings [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] A classic compilation focusing on the legendary early jazz composer and pianist Jelly Roll Morton. It serves as a highly regarded, accessible introduction to his foundational 1920s sessions. |
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Jimmie Shavers (trumpet), with John Kirby And His Orchestra, Herbie Haymer Quintet, and others
Young Shavers [ Topaz Jazz / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] From early small group jazz to later recordings with the great Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Shavers' trumpet could be both hot and cool. He had wonderful technique and control, as well as fire in his belly. Sometimes he could be bad. Here only the very,... |
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Jo Jones Septet
Jo Jones - The Main Man [ Original Jazz Classics / CD - released 19/Apr/1995 ] This all-star date was led by the drummer universally regarded as the dean, the daddy, the main man. Jo Jones is the source of modern drumming. He was the man who imparted his celebrated ball-bearing smoothness to the All-American rhythm section. |
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Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone) with Lawrence Brown (trombone) Al Williams (piano) Aaron Bell (bass) Sam Woodyard (drums)
Johnny Hodges at Sportpalast, Berlin [ Pablo / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] Recorded at the Sportpalast, Berlin; March 1961 |
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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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Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Jones, Billie Holiday, Al Jolson, Peggy Lee
Crazy For Gershwin [ MCA / CD - released 15/May/1993 ] Probably the greatest modern composer of the 20th Century, was probably also the greatest loss to modern music when he died of a brain tumour at the age of 38 in 1937. |