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Let's Dance: The Best of Ballroom Foxtrots & Waltzes
(1997)
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Various Artists
Let's Dance: The Best of Ballroom Foxtrots & Waltzes was designed to cash in on the swing and lounge revival of the '90s by offering a selection of foxtrots and waltzes, along with a choreography and beats-per-minute-guide, designed for hip young swingers. Despite a few selections that are a little too slick or schmaltzy, the music on the ...
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Plays Duke Ellington
(1955)
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk (piano/arranger) began his illustrious relationship with Riverside Records on the pair of July 21 and 27, 1955, dates needed to complete the eight sides for Plays Duke Ellington (1955). Monk commands a trio that also presents the talents of Oscar Pettiford (bass) and Kenny Clarke (drums) on all the tracks sans "Solitude," which ...
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Sophisticated Lady [RCA]
(1940)
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Duke Ellington
This RCA CD reissue contains 19 Duke Ellington recordings from 1940-42 and 1945-46 and serves as a good introduction to Ellington's music of that era although veteran collectors will already have the material. Among the gems are the original version of "Take the 'A' Train," "I Got It Bad," "Perdido," "Caravan," a rendition of "It Don't Mean a ...
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Ain't Necessarily So
(2007)
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Andy Bey
It took decades for Andy Bey to become an overnight success, but in the mid-'90s he was finally recognized as a premier talent, and recorded a handful of finely crafted discs. A true jazz singer avoiding monochromatic crooning, his style is deeply blue-hued, silky smooth but never slick. This live club date at Birdland in New York City was ...
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Jazz 'Round Midnight: Erroll Garner
(1945)
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Erroll Garner
Another in a long line of fine Jazz 'Round Midnight collections from Verve, this Erroll Garner installment finds the pianist on a fine set of both trio sides and solo pieces. And if a jazz figure was ever tailor-made for this ballad-heavy series, then it's the dulcet-fingered Garner. This is especially true on such album highlights as "Don't Blame ...
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The Great American Songbook: Live at Michael's Pub
(1992)
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Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé, 67 at the time of this recording, proves to still be very much in his musical prime. His range remains impressive, his creative abilities have grown through the years and his breath control is remarkable; as proof Tormé holds some very long notes at the conclusion of some of the ballads. This live set finds Tormé backed by what he ...
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Everybody Knows
(1964)
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Johnny Hodges
This excellent single CD has the complete contents of two Impulse LPs: Everybody Knows Johnny Hodges and Inspired Abandon, which was actually a Lawrence Brown album featuring Hodges. The two similar and equally rewarding swing-oriented albums find Hodges joined by a variety of top Ellington stars, including trumpeters Cat Anderson and Ray Nance, ...
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Once More...With Feeling!
(1991)
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Doc Severinsen & the Tonight Show Band
Of the Tonight Show Band's three Amherst CDs, this is the most highly recommended one. The repertoire is fresher than the songs featured on the two earlier releases and, in addition to the usual swing-era standards, such tunes as Tommy Newsom's "Three Shades of Blue" and Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" are included. Guest appearances by ...
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Her Very Best
(2002)
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Gogi Grant
These 18 songs are all drawn from Grant's Era recordings in the mid-'50s. That period certainly found her at her commercial prime, encompassing the 1956 number one hit "The Wayward Wind" and the 1955 Top Tenner "Suddenly There's a Valley," which lead off this collection. Grant might have been better suited, though, to an era five or ten years ...
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Best of the Verve Song Books: Love Songs
(1956)
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Ella Fitzgerald
Are you one of those people who can't walk through the jazz section without mooning over the lavishly packaged and heart-droppingly expensive 16-disc Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books set? If so, you're not alone, and Verve knows it. So to keep you from bemoaning your fate, the company has been releasing single-disc compilations drawn from the ...
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Ballads, Blues & Bey
(1996)
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Andy Bey
Andy Bey was 56 when he recorded Ballads, Blues and Bey in 1995, and despite the fact that his voice had more rough edges than it did in the 1960s and '70s, he still had an impressive range and was among jazz's most expressive male singers. For this project, the Newark, NJ native didn't employ a band -- his only accompaniment is his own acoustic ...
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The Single Petal of a Rose: The Essence of Duke Ellington
(2000)
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Marian McPartland
The great American composer, Duke Ellington, is honored by the first lady of jazz piano, Marian McPartland, with The Single Petal of a Rose: The Essence of Duke Ellington. Recorded live at Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts, this great program of solo and duet compositions features McPartland opening her spontaneous program with a vivid ...
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R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
(2004)
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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson's R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) is her duets album, but unlike other recent releases by singers in this format, which feature two vocalists (and often oddly matched ones, at that), most of the pairings here are with instrumentalists like George Shearing, Toots Thielemans, Phil Woods, and Gary Burton, which means this remains ...
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Masterpieces: 1926-1949
(2001)
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Duke Ellington
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Hit Parade 1938
(2007)
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Various Artists
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Live at the Concord
(1975)
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Hanna-Fontana Band
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I Remember Bobby
(1990)
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Lou Colombo
Trumpeter Lou Colombo, who dedicated this CD to the lyrical cornetist Bobby Hackett, has a beautiful tone, some of Hackett's lyricism and a way of shaping solos that is similar to Jack Sheldon. Pianist Dave McKenna (who duets with Colombo on "The Gypsy"), guitarist Gray Sargent, bassist Phil Flanigan and drummer Keith Copeland are major assets on ...
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The Duke: The Essential Recordings (1927-1962)
(2000)
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Duke Ellington
Unlike some labels, who chose to celebrate Duke Ellington's centennial with lavish sets of his complete recordings for a label, Columbia/Legacy decided to keep things relatively simple. They assembled Duke Ellington - The Essential Collection: 1927-1962, a three-disc set that features highlights of his sessions for Columbia over the years. ...
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Cheek to Cheek
(1993)
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Pete Fountain
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Golden Legends
(2000)
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Mel Tormé
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Golden Era
(2001)
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Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
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Queen of the Blues [Box Set]
(2005)
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Dinah Washington
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Montreux '77
(1977)
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Ella Fitzgerald with the Tommy Flanagan Trio
Ella Fitzgerald, 42 years after her recording debut, showed on this late concert recording that she still had the magic. Backed by pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Keter Betts, and drummer Bobby Durham, she sounds pretty strong at times, mostly singing veteran ballads but also getting hot on "Billie's Bounce." It's not essential but worth checking ...
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Plays Duke Ellington
(1986)
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World Saxophone Quartet
On their first six recordings, the World Saxophone Quartet (comprised of altoists Oliver Lake and Julius Hemphill, tenor saxophonist David Murray, and baritonist Hamiet Bluiett) stuck exclusively to group originals. This 1986 release was a major departure, for the innovative group performed fresh and generally unpredictable versions of five songs ...
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I Love Being Here With You
(2002)
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Ernestine Anderson
One thing Concord Jazz cannot be accused of is failing to document Ernestine Anderson's live performances. When the veteran jazz singer was recording for Concord in the late '70s, '80s, and early '90s, the label put out several live albums that featured her extensively. Here's the thing: Not all of those albums were released under Anderson's own ...
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