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One of the most important tenor-saxophonists to emerge during the 1940s, Illinois Jacquet was among the first to combine together [more]

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

One of the most original pianists and composers in jazz history, Thelonious Monk was considered so advanced and eccentric in his early days that even the most forward-looking [more]

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The Most Important Jazz Recordings of Four Decades (1920s-1950s)!
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CD 1—Heartbreak Blues (TT: 65:13 1929-34): Hello, Lola; One Hour; Dismal Dan; Poor Richard; Down Georgia Way; Georgia On My Mind; I Can’t [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]

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]

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]

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]

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

Throughout his long career, Count Basie epitomized swing. His light piano style was originally influenced by the stride of [more]

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

Only a handful of musicians can be said to have introduced their instrument to jazz. In Lionel Hampton's case, he was not the very first jazz vibraphonist but he was [more]

One of the most significant tenor-saxophonists to emerge during the 1940s, Gene Ammons was a flexible player with a huge tone. He [more]

One of jazz's great cult figures, Chet Baker had charisma and vulnerability to spare. His medium-register trumpet solos in the 1950s epitomized cool jazz, his [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]

One of the most important jazz musicians of all time, altoist Charlie Parker was an innovator who changed the way that jazz is played. Considered a founder of [more]

George Gershwin's accomplishments as a composer are so vast that it is remarkable to think that he wrote all of his music in just a little over a 20-year period. Dozens of his [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]

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time and one of the founders of two different styles of jazz. Born in 1917, Dizzy [more]