Also, Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite (Complete); Copland: El Salón México; Bernstein: 3 Dances from Fancy [more]

A Salute to the Big Band Masters. Powerhouse salute to big-band masters. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

The Civil War has become one of, if not the most talked about and studied parts of American History. That [more]

Verdi: Grand March from Aida; Herbert: March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland; Sousa: Semper Fidelis; [more]

This exceptional collection of marches, reels, strathspeys, hornpipes, and airs perfectly encapsulates the rich tradition of Scottish piping. The Grampian Police [more]

During 1950-51, Stan Kenton did the unthinkable by putting together a 40-piece orchestra that included a full string section. The music was quite uncommercial, complex, and [more]

Ruby Braff's 1957 tribute to trumpet great Bunny Berigan is only appropriate, as he has long since gone on to establish himself as one of the modern masters of swing. His band [more]

Most of the musicians on this enjoyable CD did not actually play much with Eddie Condon (bassist Bob Haggart excepted), but the music is very much in the Condon Chicago [more]

Sun Ra and his Intergalaxtic Arkestra's Second Star to the Right: Salute to Walt Disney goes way beyond novelty. Novelties are hardly this [more]

An almost scholarly assemblage, this. Bandleader Ian Whitcomb has assembled a playlist of the music that would have been heard on the RMS Titanic [more]

It came as quite a surprise when Ivo Perelman put down his tenor sax and played the cello exclusively on Strings, an album of "duets" with acoustic guitarist Joe Morris. The word [more]

Sun Ra (organ/electric vibraphone/space instruments/synthesizer/vocals) and his Intergalactic Space Research Arkestra are captured live in October of 1973 on this essential [more]

Many an Oscar Peterson collection no doubt will be issued after his passing from here to eternity, and people who are indeed newly dazzled by his virtuosity might purchase [more]

Multi-instrumentalist Scott Robinson did not perform with Thad Jones, but was a member of the Mel Lewis Orchestra that carried on after Jones [more]