Jazz

These legendary players & friends assembled with the best players of the day including Milt Hinton on bass, Nat Pierce on piano, Jo Jones on drums & Bob Brookmeyer for an unforgettable jazz album.1. If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight) 2. Tin Tin...

These Lang-Worth transcriptions date from pretty much exactly the stretch when Ray's dance band was all over the charts: 1949-53. They play Ray's compositions Rollin' Home and Randall's Island plus Sleepy Lagoon; All of Me; Slider; My Reverie; Deep...

These kings of stride have got rhythm! The immortal Fats Waller and his Rhythm get together with Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden in a radio broadcast recorded live at Martin Block's Make Believe Ballroom in October 1938, while father of the stride...

These guys have emerged as America's ultimate groove band. Their latest album, recorded between tours at their Hawaiian jungle retreat (The Shack), displays a great deal of talent and enough hooks to fill a tackle shop. Influences include gospel, blues,...

These are two of the greatest sidemen in American jazz: two guitarists representing two generations. In the summer of '74 they were together in New York for a swing and blues session set up by Hugues and Louis Panassi?. The elder of the two musicians, Al...

These are Sonny Stitt's last ever live recordings (from Bubba's Jazz Restaurant, November 11, 1981). Bubba's stage had been the place of so many historical jazz recordings. This concert was first issued in 1983, and now sees it's first official reissue...

These are Paramount Hot Dance Obscurities rare sides (the first volume) recorded by the New York Recording Laboratories for issue on it's Broadway and Paramount labels. This CD includes the best of the sides recorded by Bill Haid's Cubs and related bands...

These are amongst the earliest of pianist Ralph Sutton's solo recordings. The first fifteen selections come from a session in San Francisco in 1949 originally issued on Down Home Records. Even less known are the final eight tracks recorded in London in...

These 51 tracks capture the great bandleaders at their most exciting and spontaneous, enjoying the musical freedom of the smaller group. Swing with Benny Goodman's trio (Tiger Rag), quartet (Avalon) and sextet (Flying Home) plus Artie Shaw's Gramercy 5...

These 22 rare tracks capture a creative highpoint in Pee Wee Russell's unique career. Features Lionel Hampton, Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Jack Teagarden and others. Digitally restored, this material makes it's first time ever appearance on CD. Deluxe...

These 2 albums were both released in the UK in the 1950s, although one only in the format as 3 EPs, and both have been unavailable here for almost half a century. One of the many highlights here is Lorez' original recording of her big club favorite...

These 1946-47 recordings find Basie's longtime trumpet man surrounded by stars: Buddy Rich, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Trummy Young and more! Check out their inspired takes on How High the Moon; Slow Drag; Oh, Lady Be Good; I Can't...