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This five-CD box set collects all five of the Dave Brubeck Quartet's {#Time} series recordings: Time Out, Time Further Out, Countdown: Time in Outer Space, Time Changes, and Time In, [more]

Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964 is an anomaly among the retrospective sets that have been issued from the [more]

Part of Bluebird's very admirable reissue of all of Fats Waller's 1934-42 Victor recordings, this three-CD set has the [more]

Three-disc anthology that covers various editions of The Messengers from the beginning to the end. It contains such classics as

Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings is an 86-track, four-disc box set that covers Aretha Franklin's Atlantic career, spanning from 1967's {"I Never Loved [more]

It reads splendidly on paper: Shout Factory's Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans is a [more]

To say that Benny Carter had a remarkable career would be an understatement. Although never the best known or flashiest performer in [more]

Harry James led the most popular big band of 1942-46, he was the most famous trumpeter to emerge from the Swing Era, and by the [more]

One of the top jazz singers of the 1940s and '50s, Anita O'Day had an unusual career. Born in 1919 as Anita Colton (she later switched [more]

Fletcher Henderson led what was arguably the first swinging jazz big band, working regularly during 1923-34 and 1936-39. He was an [more]

Pee Wee Russell was always a true individualist. Although he was technically skilled as a clarinetist, he developed a unique style that [more]

One of the most important pioneers of both New Orleans jazz and the trombone, Kid Ory had the top rated band in New Orleans back in 1915. [more]

Billy Eckstine was a unique figure in jazz history. His warm baritone voice led to him becoming a big seller and a regular on the pop [more]

Milt Jackson was the dominant influence on the vibraphone for 50 years. Born in 1923, Jackson started out on guitar, piano, and also [more]

One of the most significant and prolific of blues pianists, Memphis Slim developed his own style early on. He was born as Peter Chatman [more]

One of the great jazz guitarists of the 1950s, Jimmy Raney had a cool tone, a quiet sound, a lyrical improvising style [more]

Sonny Terry, a wiz of the blues harmonica, and guitarist Brownie McGhee made for a formidable team in the blues [more]

Although sometimes forgotten today, Mildred Bailey ranked with Billie Holiday as being among the most significant female [more]

Although sometimes overlooked in the jazz history books, Shorty Rogers was one of the most important figures in West Coast jazz of the 1950s. A fine [more]

As a pianist, composer and bandleader, Horace Silver has been a major influence on jazz since the 1950s. His playing defined the funky style of jazz piano, being a [more]