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Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music
(2000)
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In conjunction with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' ten-part 2000 PBS special, Columbia/Legacy and Verve teamed up to issue a special series of reissues covering much of the history of 20th century jazz. The central release of this program is the five-CD box set Ken Burns Jazz: The Story of America's Music, its 94 selections covering the history ...
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals
(2002)
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As part of its pact with Turner Entertainment, which controls the vaults of several of the great movie studios, Rhino Records has issued many compilations of soundtrack material from the movie musicals of the 1930s to the 1960s. Somewhere Over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals is an attempt to present the musical highlights of the ...
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Irving Berlin: A Hundred Years
(1988)
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Issued to commemorate Berlin's 100th birthday, this 21-track compilation of his songs is culled from recordings made primarily in the 30s, though there are also a few from the 40s and 50s. The artists include Connee Boswell, Bing Crosby, Eddie Cantor, Fred Astaire, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, Tony Bennett, and Johnny Mathis. William Ruhlmann, ...
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Ladies of Blues
(1998)
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Great American Songwriters, Vol. 4: Irving Berlin
(1994)
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Rhino's Great American Songwriters, Vol. 4 pays tribute to Irving Berlin, gathering interpretations of his songs by pop and vocal jazz stars like June Christy, Ethel Waters, and Johnny Mathis. Fred Astaire's "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and "Change Partners" define both Astaire and Berlin's elegant charm, while Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" ...
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Dirty Blues
(2000)
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The Johnny Mercer Songbook
(1989)
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This is a collection of RCA recording artists singing the songs of Johnny Mercer. Kenneth M. Cassidy, All Music Guide
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American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars, Vol. 2
(1989)
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Ethel Waters [Columbia]
(195?)
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Harlem Saturday Night
(2001)
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I Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin
(1924)
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This wide-ranging four-CD set has performances of George Gershwin's music divided into four categories: Popular Song, Stage and Screen, Concert Hall, and Jazz. The 71 recordings range from fairly straight Broadway singers to classical music, jazz and several piano solos from Gershwin himself. The beauty of this collection as it has been assembled ...
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Cocktail Hour
(2001)
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Soultry Divas
(1999)
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Great Songwriters [Soho]
(2003)
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The Women (Classic Female Jazz Artists: 1939-1952)
(1931)
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Many of the Bluebird reissues are a bit disappointing due to their sampler nature, programming a lot of unrelated highlights together instead of coming out with the original complete sessions. This set jumps all over the place with some rare items by Mary Lou Williams, Beryl Booker, Vivien Garry, the International Sweethearts Of Rhythm and Hazel ...
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Late Night Jazz [Columbia River]
(2000)
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Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950
(1999)
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To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the gargantuan 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title was imposing, as was the idea behind it -- to chronicle the life of the oldest record label in the music industry. To be clear, Sony Music has not existed for 100 years, but the heart of its catalog, ...
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Sing Me a Swing Song
(1990)
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As its title suggests, Living Era's Sing Me a Swing Song collects vocal swing hits from the '30s and '40s. Louis Armstrong's "Thanks A Million," Billie Holliday's "One, Two, Button Your Shoe," Bing Crosby's "Louisiana," and Ella Fitzgerald's version of the title track are among the many highlights on the album, which also includes performances by ...
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Cabin in the Sky [Milan]
(1923)
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Ethel Waters
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Tribute to Black Entertainers
(1919)
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This two-CD set is...programmed loosely (but not exactly) in alphabetical order; the first 41 selections mostly stick to early jazz of the pre-1950 era, with the emphasis on vocalists ranging from comedian Bert Williams and Louis Armstrong to Cab Calloway and Sarah Vaughan. The final nine numbers attempt to sum up the past 40 years in Black pop ...
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Musical Wonderland
(2001)
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Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits
(2002)
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You Must Remember This: Great Theatre Songs
(1996)
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The Incomparable Ethel Waters
(2003)
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A major and influential force on other singers and the first African-American jazz singer to cross over to white audiences, Ethel Waters had a very significant career. This single disc barely scratches the surface of her productive career with 17 selections, mostly from 1925-26, 1931-35 and 1940. Surprisingly, there are only two selections from ...
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Three Martini Jazz
(2000)
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