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Don Byas was one of the great tenor-saxophonists of the 1940s and '50s, nearly on the same level as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and [more]

The 1945-54 period was a rather unique time in pop music history. While the Big Band Era ended in 1946 and swing was considered passé, the pop charts became dominated by [more]

Although not part of the New Orleans brass band tradition since it would be a difficult instrument to haul around during a parade, the piano has been a major jazz instrument for over [more]

Doo-wop is a style of music that usually means R&Bish vocal groups that emphasizes smooth harmonies and are sometimes a capella. One could trace it back to barbershop [more]

The trombone has been a major jazz instrument since the beginning of jazz. Evolving from the percussive tailgate style of Kid Ory who harmonized with the trumpet, to the [more]

As if releasing eight single albums in 1999 weren't enough, Wynton Marsalis capped this deluge of material at the end of the year with a seven-CD mini-box of live [more]

Popular music is now an essential part of our daily lives. Yet we know comparatively little about it - where it came from, how it developed, how it has influenced or been [more]

There's little argument that the quintet Miles Davis led between 1965 and 1968 was one of the classic combos in the history of jazz. [more]

The Benny Goodman Centennial is in full swing with the complete Yale recordings offered for the first time ever. Goodman, born in 1909, left thousands of [more]

Although it's missing some of her classic performances, the double-disc set Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns is nonetheless an excellent introduction to Mahalia Jackson, [more]

When Mahalia Jackson sings, the angels rejoice and heaven moves slightly closer to earth. Such is the power of this phenomenal gospel singer. [more]

A double-disc box set containing everything Robert Johnson ever recorded, The Complete Recordings is essential listening, but it is also slightly problematic. The [more]

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CD 1—Maple Leaf Rag (TT: 60:54 1931-36): Got the Bench, Got the Park; In a Café [more]

Arguably the greatest jazz soloist of all time, Art Tatum could play the piano with blinding speed, had technique that amazed classical pianists, and in [more]

One of the great jazz clarinetists of all time, Artie Shaw was one of the most popular big band leaders of the Swing Era, almost despite himself. It seemed as if [more]

Simply put, this is another of Sony Legacy's three-pack deals. In these Collections, they place three well-known albums by a major artist in [more]

Of all the recording sessions completed by Miles Davis with his various bands, the sessions surrounding In a Silent Way Sessions in 1968 and 1969 are easily the most [more]

For those who have found B3 sensation Jimmy Smith's voluminous Blue Note catalog daunting and can't find a place to start, this handsome four-CD Retrospective, covering 30 years, may be [more]

This box is one of the most unusual jazz sets ever compiled, and not just because it includes 100 CDs! Included are all of the jazz recordings that made the charts [more]

This is a fine budget-priced box set that puts three single-disc collections from Frank Sinatra's Columbia Records period under one slipcover. Sinatra Sings His Greatest Hits is [more]