ENLIGHTENMENT

This set, containing over six hours of music across 10 complete, original albums - all presented here in re-mastered glory - is a fitting testament to the defining era of Chico Hamilton's career. As...

This set contains the entirety of Chico Hamilton's recorded output during his formative yet undoubtedly crucial early years, 1955 - 1958. With over six hours of music and featuring 10 fully...

This four CD set compiles the finest albums Slide Hampton released as leader, all from his golden years, 1959-1963. Featuring too some of the finest American Jazz musicians around during this period,...

This collection concentrates on Harris's lengthy period working with The Three Sounds (a.k.a. The 3 Sounds) the American jazz piano trio that formed in 1956 and disbanded in 1973. They got together...

Containing over four hours of music and a decade's worth of material covering Coleman Hawkins' first run of albums as bandleader. With all recordings remastered and included in their entirety, this...

This collection brings together nine of Roy Haynes' finest works from the early part of his career. Collated over four discs, remastered to the highest possible quality from the original recordings,...

This four CD collection features all of Jimmy Heath's seminal Riverside albums, alongside two further records on which he played, ostensibly as sideman, but took top billing because of his...

Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 - October 29, 1987), the celebrated American jazz clarinettist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until...

Born April 7th 1938, American jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new...

American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson, born New Year's Day 1923, was usually considered a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool...

Formed in 1956 by Joe Sample (piano), Stix Hooper (drums), Wilton Felder (saxophone), and Wayne Henderson (trombone) - buddies from an early age out of Houston, Texas - The Jazz Crusaders had all...

The origin of the Jazz Messengers goes back to 1954 or 1955, when the first recordings credited to the band appeared. The Jazz Messengers formed as a collective, nominally led by Horace Silver or Art...