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This magnificent limited-edition set launched the Mosaic label in real style. Included are all of Thelonious Monk's Blue Note recordings, six sessions as a leader [more]

This two-CD set improves upon the original two-LP package by adding 14 more songs. The pop side of Billy Eckstine was emphasized during his [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]

The Dubliners: Spanish Lady; Thirty foot Trailer; Parcel of Rogues; Greenland Whale Fishery; Sam Hall; Dainty Davy; Lowlands of Holland; Noel [more]

Buddy Rich was arguably the greatest drummer ever. He could play faster, more complex, louder and with more virtuosity than any other drummer, [more]

One of the greatest legends in jazz history, Billie Holiday had an unlikely career. After surviving a childhood full of turmoil, she [more]

Tal Farlow was one of the major jazz guitarists of the 1950s and the subtitle to this four-CD set, The Fastest Guitar Player Of His Era, is not [more]

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

Wild Bill Davison was one of the most exciting of Dixieland trumpeters/cornetists. His playing was full of personality, often ranging from sarcastic to [more]

Because the guitar was originally acoustic and recording equipment from the early days had a difficult time picking it up, its role was largely taken by the banjo until the late [more]

The Rat Pack is best known as a group of major entertainers that included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop [more]

The trumpet, and its predecessor the cornet, have been significant instruments in jazz ever since its beginning. Used in the early days to state the melody and to lead [more]

Ever since Coleman Hawkins caused a minor sensation with his chorus on The Stampede with Fletcher Henderson's orchestra in 1926, the tenor-saxophone has been [more]

Although the saxophone was not a major part of early New Orleans jazz, it has symbolized jazz since the late 1920s. Coleman Hawkins was the first great [more]

The clarinet was one of the major jazz instruments up until the mid-1940s. In New Orleans jazz and classic jazz of the 1920s, it often was used to play countermelodies behind the [more]

Count Basie's Columbia years have long been debated, subject to apocryphal written data and legend because of the willy-nilly nature of his tenure with the label [more]

A reissue of the 48 Herbie Nichols recordings formerly out on the limited-edition five-LP Mosaic box set, this three-CD package from 1997 has the pianist/composer's [more]

Charles Mingus was one of the giants of jazz. One of jazz's finest bassists, Mingus was a highly emotional individual who as a bandleader drove his sidemen to [more]