Shelton Hemphill

In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns' ten-part, 19-hour epic PBS documentary {#Jazz}, Columbia issued 22 single-disc compilations devoted to jazz's most significant [more]

Louis Armstrong recorded constantly throughout his storied career, from his sidemen dates with King Oliver's [more]

Just the fact that Ellington's extended masterpiece "Reminiscing in Tempo" is included here in its original and continuous form is reason enough to pick up this compilation. [more]

Two of the selections ("Jeepers Creepers" and "Tiger Rag") on this CD are taken from a radio broadcast that matched Louis Armstrong in 1938 with the great pianist [more]

This is a clever collection of 25 tracks that either feature the word Harlem in the title (19 of them) or reference it in the lyrics. The CD includes five tracks by Duke Ellington, [more]

Along with units led by Fletcher Henderson and Luis Russell, Chick Webb's big band of the early '30s cut some of the smartest and most galvanizing swing of the era. Webb, of course, is [more]