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Kenny Davern and his Jazz Band
East Side, West Side [ Arbors / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] Born Kenneth Davern in Huntington, New York, he began his professional career as a teenager, quickly immersing himself in the vibrant New York jazz scene and playing alongside legends like Jack Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell. |
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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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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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Louis Armstrong, Scott Joplin, Arthur Pryor, The Original Dixie Band, James P. Johnson, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Fats Waller & more
The Spirit of Ragtime [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] Original mono recordings from 1910 to 1947 |
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Louis Armstrong, with Johnny Dodds (clarinet) Johnny St. Cyr (Banjo) Kid Ory (trombone) Lil Armstrong (piano)
The Hot Fives - Volume 1 [ CBS Jazz Masterworks / CD - released 6/Sep/1999 ] In 1925 Louis Armstrong's name meant little to the general public, even though his playing was revered by Countless jazz musicians. Only the initiated were aware that he had already eclipsed the work of pioneer cornetists like Freddy Keppard. |
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Machito & His Afro-Cubans
Cuarteto Caney [ Tumbao Cuban Classis / CD - released 16/Nov/2000 ] The Afro-Cubans were a Latin jazz band founded by Machito in 1940; often billed as Machito and his Afro-Cubans. Their musical director was Mario Bauzá, Machito's brother-in-law. |
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GEORGE ANTHEIL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antheil: Fighting The Waves Martyn Hill (tenor) Jagdish Mistry (violin) Hermann Kretzschmar (piano) / Ensemble Modern, HK Gruber [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 24/May/1996 ] "It's always faintly depressed me how some concert-goers feel compelled to listen to music stony-faced, while some works abound with musical jokes. Antheil's musical pickpocketing is a riot." Gramophone |
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Mel Powell (piano), with Benny Carter (saxophone), Howard Alden (guitar), Milt Hinton (bass), Louie Bellson (drums)
The Return Of Mel Powell (Live Aboard The S/S Norway) [ Chiaroscuro / CD - released 25/Jul/1994 ] The first jazz recording by pianist Mel Powell since 1955 (in the interim he gained a strong reputation as a modern classical composer), this CD also signalled the rebirth of Hank O'Neal's Chiaroscuro label in 1989. (AllMusic) |
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Milt Hinton (bass, vocals), with Derek Smith (piano) Bob Rosengarden (drums) Clark terry (trumpet), Ralph Sutton (piano) & others
Milt Hinton - Old Man Time [ Chicaroscuro Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1990 ] American jazz double bassist and photographer. Born June 23, 1910 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, died December 19, 2000 in Queens, New York. He was nicknamed "The Judge". (Wiki) |
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Modern Jazz Quartet
For Ellington [ East / West Records / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] The Modern Jazz Quartet's For Ellington album is generally well-received as a charming, cool tribute that captures Duke Ellington's spirit through the MJQ's signature blend of jazz, blues, and classical styles (A.I.) |
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JELLY ROLL MORTON / SCOTT JOPLIN / WILLIE 'LION' SMITH / JAMES SCOTT / EUBIE BLAKE / JOSEPH LAMB
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fingerbreaker - classics of Ragtime and Early Jazz Piano Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/1999 ] "He's a fastidious, terrifically charismatic stage performer." New York Times |
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Nagel Heyer Allstars
Uptown Lowdown - A Jazz Salute to the Big Apple [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded Live At Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse, NYC On June 16, 1999. |
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JOHN ADAMS / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / DARIUS MILHAUD / IGOR STRAVINSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New World Jazz New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Recorded January 1997 at the Broward Center for Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale. Florida |
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New York Allstars
Count Basie Remembered Vol.2 [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 15/Apr/2002 ] Recorded live on November 2, 1996 at the Amerika Haus, Hamburg |
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New York Allstars
We Love You, Louis! [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] "...possibly the best performance of Armstrong's music you are likely to hear outside of the great man himself." Coda |
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Oliver Jackson (drums)
Oliver Jackson - Last Great Concert [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded live at the Fabrik, Hamburg 1993 and mixed at the Blue Noise Studio, Hamburg |
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Ralph Sutton (solo piano)
More Ralph Sutton at Cafe des Copains [ Sackville / CD - released 6/May/1990 ] Recorded at Cafe des Copains, Toronto, between 1988 and 1989 |
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Randy Sandke, Harry Allen, Danny Moss, Antti Sarpila, Oliver Jackson, Len Skeat, etc
Buck Clayton Remembered [Inclsthree never before released] [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded on November 17 and 18, 1993 at Birdland Studio, Hamburg |
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Randy Sandke (trumpet, cornet)
Randy Sandke Meets Bix Beiderbecke [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 18/Oct/2002 ] Recorded live on May 1, 1993 at Musikhalle iHamburg. 24 bit digitallly remastered |
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Ray Brown Trio [Ray Brown, Benny Green & Gregory Hutchinson]
Ray Brown Trio - Live at Soullers [ Telarc Jazz / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Recorded in Scullers Jazz Club, in the Double Tree Guest Suites Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1996 |