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Capitol Collectors Series
(1956)
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Louis Prima
What Louis Prima accomplished musically in the company of Sam Butera and the Witnesses and vocalist Keely Smith is in hard evidence on this excellent 26-track compilation. All the classics are aboard with excellent liner notes from Scott Shea and crisp transfers of the original masters ("Angelina-Zooma Zooma," "That Old Black Magic," "I've Got You ...
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Where Are You?
(1957)
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Frank Sinatra
Following the hard-driving A Swingin' Affair, Frank Sinatra released another all-ballads record, Where Are You? The album was the first he recorded at Capitol without Nelson Riddle, as well as the first he recorded in stereo. Where Riddle's down beat albums are stately and sullen, Jenkins favors lush, melancholy arrangements played by large, ...
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Seven Steps to Heaven
(1963)
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Miles Davis
In 1963, Miles Davis was at a transitional point in his career, without a regular group and wondering what his future musical direction would be. At the time he recorded the music heard on this CD, he was in the process of forming a new band, as can be seen from the personnel: tenor saxophonist George Coleman, Victor Feldman (who turned down the ...
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Songs I Love to Sing
(1960)
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Brook Benton
Songs I Love to Sing by Brook Benton is a gorgeous array of 12 standards as interpreted by Benton and his collaborator, Clyde Otis. He does not sound like the Benton of his last hit, "Rainy Night in Georgia"; rather, the singer goes to the place where Nat King Cole reigned supreme. He sounds unbelievably like Cole on some of these tunes, the ...
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Standing Ovation!
(1964)
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Jerry Vale
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Standard Time, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues
(1998)
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Wynton Marsalis
The Midnight Blues is the fifth installment in his ongoing Standard Time series, where he offers his own interpretations of classic American pop, jazz and blues songs. Supported by pianist Eric Reed, bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Lewis Nash, as well as a 31-piece string orchestra, he runs through a number of standards -- "The Party's Over," ...
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I Remember Miles
(1998)
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Shirley Horn
No thanks to the paucity of musical genius in the latter half of the 1990s, tribute albums to the departed just kept pouring forth, although in Shirley Horn's case, she was repaying an old personal debt to her subject. After all, it was Miles Davis who originally got Horn out of D.C. in 1960 as his opening act at the Village Vanguard and ...
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Legendary Sidney Bechet
(1991)
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Sidney Bechet
This collection of Bechet tracks cut between 1932 and 1941 would be worth owning if for nothing else than the inclusion of his one-man-band recording of "Sheik of Araby," the first known instance of overdubbing with Sidney playing clarinet, tenor sax, piano, bass and drums. But everything on here is fine, spirited New Orleans music, played with ...
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Voice of an Angel
(1996)
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Della Reese
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The Rhythm and the Blues
(1995)
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Sam Cooke
From the title, you might infer that this 20-track compilation -- taken from early-'60s sessions, and principally composed of LP-only cuts -- aims to showcase Cooke's most soulful side. That's true to some degree, but this isn't his funkiest stuff; for that, look to Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963, or even his most up-tempo singles. Most of ...
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Satchmo at Symphony Hall
(1947)
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong's concert at Symphony Hall with his All-Stars in 1947 was a major success, featuring the trumpeter with vocalist/trombonist Jack Teagarden, clarinetist Barney Bigard, pianist Dick Cary, bassist Arvell Shaw, and drummer Big Sid Catlett in particularly inspired form. This single CD reissues 15 of the 18 selections from the earlier ...
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Big Band Cole
(1950)
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Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole's collaborations with the Count Basie Orchestra and the Stan Kenton Orchestra (all of which are included on this CD) found him mostly sticking to singing but enjoying the jazz-oriented backgrounds. He first met up with Kenton in 1950, recording the memorable "Orange Colored Sky" and starring on piano during the instrumental "Jambo." ...
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Late at Night with Dean Martin
(1999)
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Dean Martin
Capitol released Late at Night With Dean Martin along with another generous 15-track compilation, Hurtin' Country Songs. Where its companion benefited from a specific theme, Late at Night doesn't have a clear-cut concept, it just finds Martin at his suave, swinging best. What makes the compilation work is that it draws from both his Capitol and ...
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The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 [Columbia/Legacy]
(1991)
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Bessie Smith
In the 1970s, Bessie Smith's recordings were reissued on five double LPs. Her CD reissue series also has five volumes (the first four are double-CD sets) with the main difference being that the final volume includes all of her rare alternate takes (which were bypassed on LP). The first set (which, as with all of the CD volumes, is housed in an ...
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Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1963-1964
(2004)
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Miles Davis
Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis 1963-1964 is an anomaly among the retrospective sets that have been issued from the late artist's catalog. It does not focus on particular collaborations (Miles with Coltrane, Gil Evans, the second quintet), complete sessions of historic albums (Bitches Brew, In a Silent Way, and Jack ...
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When There Are Grey Skies
(1962)
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Red Garland
This set was pianist Red Garland's 25th session as a leader since 1956, but it would be eight years before his next record. Garland's influential style had been fully formed since the mid-'50s and his chord voicings were immediately recognizable. With the assistance of bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Charlie Persip, Garland explores and ...
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The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set]
(2000)
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Sam Cooke
This set is near essential to fans of Sam Cooke, despite the fact that it contains none of his gospel recordings for Specialty Records or any of the work from the final year of his career (owned by ABKCO Records). Scattered every few minutes across this four-disc collection are reminders of just how far ahead of all existing musical forms Cooke ...
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Jack Teagarden's Big Eight/Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers
(1938)
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Jack Teagarden & Pee Wee Russell
Two unrelated small-group sessions from the swing era that were originally recorded for the H.R.S. (Hot Record Society) label are reissued in full on this enjoyable CD. Trombonist Jack Teagarden takes a vacation from his big band to play with an all-star octet that also includes cornetist Rex Stewart, clarinetist Barney Bigard, and tenor ...
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Maybe I'll Cry
(1983)
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Mama Estella Yancey
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Jazz Ultimate/Coast Concert
(1955)
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Bobby Hackett
Coast Concert/Jazz Ultimate collects two of Bobby Hackett's mid-'50s albums on one CD. Coast Concert from 1955 features Hackett live with old friend Jack Teagarden on a selection of lively Dixieland standards such as "Basin Street Blues," "Fidgety Feet," and "Royal Garden Blues." Jazz Ultimate from 1957 reteams Hackett and Teagarden for a ...
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Dig These Blues/After Hours
(2004)
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Hank Crawford
This is one smokin' two-fer. Two of Hank Crawford's finest albums are packaged here on a single disc. Both issued in the mid-'60s, they showcase Crawford in fine company and wonderful contrast. Dig These Blues is a more down-home affair, in the pocket for the most part with midtempo blues tunes as well as a touch of Memphis-style Ellingtonia in ...
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Turk's DeLight
(2006)
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Turk Murphy
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Very Best of Dinah Washington
(2006)
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Dinah Washington
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The 1930's Recordings
(2000)
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The Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers recorded most of their popular material -- and all of their most innovative sides -- during the 1930s, making this five-disc JSP collection a treasure trove for fans of tight harmony vocal music. It may not be the right choice, however, for anyone but the most vigilant of listeners, since the group often recorded multiple ...
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Jumpin' With Jonah
(1958)
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Jonah Jones
One of the few Jonah Jones Capitol records reissued on CD thus far (which is ironic because many of his albums from the late '50s were strong sellers), this disc has all of the music from his third Capitol release (Jumpin' With Jonah) plus four other songs originally released on other albums but actually from the same sessions. The trumpeter (who ...
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