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]
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]
Throughout his long career, Count Basie epitomized swing. His light piano style was originally influenced by the stride of [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 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]
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]
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]
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]
"She sang of the world." —Abbey Lincoln
Nina Simone recorded seven albums for the Philips label between 1964 and 1966. It was the period in her career in which her reputation was cemented as a [more]
Packaged together in this five-disc box set as part of Verve's excellent Originals series, these titles represent a little over half of the studio sides that John Coltrane and [more]
This five-disc box collects as many complete concerts by Irish blues-rock guitarist Gary Moore, recorded in 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001 at the Montreux [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]
This attractive three-CD set gives listeners an overview of Ella Fitzgerald's Verve recordings, although the inclusion of seven previously unissued cuts (in addition to 44 [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]
Three-disc anthology that covers various editions of The Messengers from the beginning to the end. It contains such classics as
Part of Bluebird's very admirable reissue of all of Fats Waller's 1934-42 Victor recordings, this three-CD set has the [more]