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Lurlean Hunter
Four Classic Albums (Night Life / Blue & Sentimental / Lonesome Gal / Stepping Out) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] For the first title "Night Life" here are the quoted opinions of some of the arrangers on the album from the original liner notes: "Lurlean and the arrangers and the guys in the band were all gassed with each other" - Manny Albam. "I'd known Lurlean... |
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Marty Paich
Four Classic Albums (Revel Without A Pause / Marty Paich Trio / The Broadway Bit / I Get A Boot Out Of You) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] The writing and playing here may one day form the groundwork for wider jazz appreciation, and a clearer definition of the term "commercial" music". The musicians in question on the first outing "Revel Without A Pause", were Marty Paich on piano, Stu... |
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Marty Paich
Four Classic Albums (Tenors West / Take Me Along / The Picasso Of Big Band Jazz / Lush, Latin And Cool) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] |
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Mel Torme
Mel Torme: Four Classic Albums (Mel Torme With The Marty Paich Dek-Tette / Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley / Torme / I Dig The Duke, I Dig The Count) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Mel Torme, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. |
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Milt Jackson
The Birth Of The Modern Jazz.. [ Avid / CD - released 9/Feb/2017 ] This album traces the origins of one of the greatest and most long lived jazz bands in history...The Modern Jazz Quartet, and specifically it's legendary vibes player, the one and only Milt "Bags" Jackson. Originally the initials stood for "The... |
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Milt Jackson
Four Classic Albums (Ballads & Blues / Soul Brothers / Bags & Flutes / The Ballad Artistry Of Milt Jackson) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] It's Milt Jackson! Need we say more? One of our favourite artists makes a long awaited return to the New Release schedules! We're following a more bluesy and "ballady" based theme through our four fine selections including a remarkable album with the... |
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Morgana King
Four Classic Albums (For You, For Me, For Evermore / Sings The Blues / The Greatest Songs Ever Swung / Let Me Love You) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] Morgana King's professional singing career began at age sixteen as Morgana King.[12] When she sang in a Greenwich Village nightclub in 1953, a record label executive took interest after being impressed with the unique phrasing and multi-octave range.... |
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Muggsy Spanier
The Essential Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
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Oscar Pettiford
Six Classic Albums (The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet / The Oscar Petiford Sextet / Oscar Pettiford Modern Quintet / Basically Duke / In Hi-Fi / In Hi-Fi [ Avid / 2 CD - released 9/Feb/2017 ] Born into a large and exotic family, his mother was a Choctaw Indian, his father was half Cherokee and half African American, Oscar Pettiford was singing and dancing in the family band from his very early childhood. At 12 he took up the piano, moving... |
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Pat Boone
Five Classic Albums Plus (Pat Boone / Pat / Pat Boone Sings / Great!, Great!, Great! / Moody River) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] AVID Pop continues with its Five Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Pat Boone, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details 'Pat Boone'; 'Pat'; 'Pat Boone Sings'; 'Great! Great! Great!' and 'Moody River'' |
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Pee Wee Russell
Four Classic Albums Plus (Jazz At Storyville Vol 1 / Jazz At Storyville Vol 2 / Portrait Of Pee Wee / Pee Wee Russell Plays) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
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Peggy Lee
Four Classic Albums (Dream Street/The Man I Love/Jump For Joy/Blues Cross Country) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2 CD release from Peggy Lee, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details "Dream Street"; "The Man I Love"; "Jump For Joy" and "Blues Cross Country'" At... |
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Pete Rugolo
Four Classic Albums (Adventures In Rhythm / Rugolomania / Music For Hi-Fi Bugs / Rugolo Plays Kenton) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] |
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Phil Woods
Three Classic Albums Plus (Four Altos / Phil Talks With Quill / Phil & Quill With Prestige) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] |
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Phil Woods
Three Classic Albums Plus (The Young Bloods / Bird Feathers / Birds Night: A Memorial Concert Dedicated To The Music Of Charlie Parker) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] |
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The Rat Pack
The Essential Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
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Ray Charles
Four Classic Albums (Yes Indeed / What'd I Say / Ray Charles / The Great) [ Avid / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] For those of us in music retail, Ray Charles has always presented a problem as we love to place artists into handy categories in order to file their albums in the racks in our stores or on our websites! Well, what's the answer? It could be gospel,... |
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Ray McKinley & His Orchestra
You Came A Long Way From St Louis [ Avid / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] A collection of the post war output of sideman turned bandleader Ray McKinley, perhaps most famous for his association with the Glenn Miller Band, firstly as drummer and singer, then after Miller's tragic death, as the leader of the most famous Swing... |
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Red Callender
Four Classic Albums (Speaks Low / Swingin' Suite / The Lowest / King Cole Trio) [ AVID / 2 CD - released 6/May/2016 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Red Callender, complete with original artwork and liner notes. "Speaks Low"; "Swingin' Suite" "The Lowest"; and "King Cole Trio" Born in Virginia in 1918,... |
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Ruby Braff
Three Classic Albums Plus (Hi-Fi Salute To Bunny / Easy Now / You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2010 ] |