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Frank Sinatra sure had a way with a melody. His relaxed approach to entertaining audiences provided a perfect counterpoint for the frenetic bebop honking of the day. Always putting the song first, his ultra-cool swinging vibe is easy to listen to, and his blue-eyed charisma made the ladies swoon. With popularity unmatched until the Beatles came along, Sinatra is one of the most influential singers of all time. A new imported 10-CD set is now on sale.

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This two-CD set has all of the music (including many alternate takes) that Lester Young recorded during three studio sessions for Savoy in 1944 plus a live session from 1949. The music on this rewarding two-CD set shows why Lester Young was known as the President of the Tenor Sax.

Happy Birthday Pops!

The Great Louis Armstrong Birthday Debate

Louis Armstrong, one of America's greatest national treasures, always claimed to have been born on July 4th, 1900, and that's the day he chose to celebrate it. But most jazz historians and critics state that his actual birthday was August 4th, 1901. Read more »

The Encyclopedia of Jazz

A total of 500 CDs encompassing an entire "who's who" of 20th century jazz history: the essence of four decades of jazz, exclusively and compactly compiled especially for you — wonderfully packaged in attractively-designed, hard cardboard boxed sets. For pleasant, foot-tapping easy listening — and for collectors, jazz fans and those who wish to become such. With approximately 10,000 tracks on 500 CDs, The Encyclopedia of Jazz presents a veritable lexicon of 20th century jazz history — the greatest soloists and bands with their most important recordings.

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Darcy James Argue's Secret Society Presents Infernal Machines

Get an autographed copy of the most highly acclaimed Big Band Jazz CD of the last decade.

"For a wholly original take on big band's past, present and future, look to Darcy James Argue." — Seth Colter Walls, Newsweek

*****"[A] seven-track marvel of imagination." — David R. Adler, Time Out New York

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So & So: Mukai Meets Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto with S. Mukai
 
Borderline
Ray McKinley
 
Best of Bob Berg
Bob Berg