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This excellent collection of songs from "the War Years" includes the Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, the Dorsey Brothers, and Harry James, among ... More

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While the title alone would seem to invite criticism, it's a justified tag, as this 20-track collection rounds up some pretty serious contenders. ... More

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The material is superb, consisting of some of Willie Dixon's best-known songs of the 1960s, and the production is smoothly professional, but none of ... More

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It's almost impossible not to consider Accelerando by pianist Vijay Iyer's working trio with bassist Stephen Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore a ... More

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Since hitting it big in the '90s during the swing revival, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy have stuck to their retro-guns while finding ways to explore new ... More

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Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer cut five albums in 2010 in various ensemble and solo settings. He was also was nominated for a Grammy for 2009's ... More

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Disney's Greatest, Vol. 2 collects more classic songs from Disney's songbook, including "Mickey Mouse March" from the original Mickey Mouse Club TV ... More

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Charles Mingus' debut for Columbia, Mingus Ah Um is a stunning summation of the bassist's talents and probably the best reference point for beginners ... More

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Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were (and are) two of the main stems of jazz. Any way you look at it, just about everything that's ever happened ... More

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Great Records of the Decade: '40s Hits Pop, Vol. 1 is a budget-line collection that features 13 hits from the '40s, including Bing Crosby's "Swingin' ... More

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This CD is part of RCA Victor's extensive but erratic introduction to jazz series. Glenn Miller had so many hits that it would be impossible to fit ... More

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This double-CD set should not be confused with the similarly named mid-'90s, 47-song compilation from BMG, which was good in its time but is ... More

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Originally tagged as a Bill Evans disciple by some writers early in his career, Fred Hersch has long since distinguished himself as a pianist with a ... More

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As Oliver Nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger, he is lesser known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. Blues ... More

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Although some historians have characterized the early '50s as Duke Ellington's "off period" (due to the defection of alto star Johnny Hodges), in ... More

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The long-awaited collaboration between two icons, Count Basie and Frank Sinatra, did something unique for the reputations of both. For Basie, the ... More

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The so-called Rat Pack wasn't a group in the normal sense, but consisted of a loose confederation of actors, comedians, and singers lumped together ... More

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Gil Evans released two records on World Pacific in 1958 and 1959. They were among his earliest dates as a leader. Gil Evans & Ten was issued by ... More

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Sony Special Product's Number One Hits of the 1940s revisits ten songs from that decade. Among the highlights are original versions of "Rumors Are ... More

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Greatest Songs of the 1940s spotlights 33 hits released in that decade including Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child," Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga ... More

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One of Duke Ellington's most delightful adaptations of another composer's material is his reworking of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" into jazz; ... More

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This album is perhaps most significant for the process it set in motion -- the collaboration between Gil Evans and Miles Davis that would produce ... More

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