Considering how well he improvised at the piano, Nat King Cole's rise to fame was gruelingly gradual. Volume Two in the Classics Nat King Cole chronology contains all of the recordings [more]
Here's a parcel of rarities that chronicle the rise of Nathaniel Adams Cole, from his very first appearances on record as a pianist in his brother's swing sextet through a series of [more]
Volume Four in the Classics Nat King Cole chronology opens with his very first recordings for Capitol, a small West Coast record company established in April 1942 by Johnny Mercer. [more]
This single CD contains the seven documented selections from the very first performance of Norman Granz' travelling jam session, Jazz at the [more]
This eight-CD box set, containing 225 tracks and running almost nine-and-a-half hours, traces Dean Martin's singing career from July 1946, when he cut his first [more]
With a wealth of saxophone masters spread across 21 cuts, Indigo's Art of the Saxophone Ballad is an hour-long treatise on the power of reeds to put over a ballad. [more]
The French Best of Jazz label released this Nat King Cole compilation as a primer to the best jazz recordings Cole was featured on, irrespective of chart position or [more]
This double-disc set features classic jazz performances by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Dinah [more]
The Proper label continues its stellar jazz box-set series with this mammoth four-disc survey of drummers from early jazz to [more]