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Jazz at the College of the Pacific

Jazz at the College of the Pacific (1953) more music like this

by Dave Brubeck Quartet

This CD brings back a near-classic (one of many from this period) by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Drummer Joe Dodge had just joined the group and he joins with bassist Ron Crotty in laying down a solid and subtle foundation. However the real action takes place up front with pianist Dave Brubeck and altoist Paul Desmond. Their individual solos are ...

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Les Brown and His Band of Renown

Les Brown and His Band of Renown (1957) more music like this

by Les Brown

Although Les Brown gets top billing on this set of 1957 radio airchecks, his big band actually functions as a backup orchestra for singers Julie London, Jo Ann Greer, June Christy and (on "Oh Baby") bandmember Stumpy Brown; only "My Baby Just Cares for Me" is an instrumental. Each of the vocalists are in fine form with Greer holding her own with ...

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The Dave Brubeck Trio

The Dave Brubeck Trio (1949) more music like this

by Dave Brubeck Trio

During 1949-1951 pianist Dave Brubeck led a San Francisco-based trio with bassist Ron Crotty and Cal Tjader doubling on drums and vibes. This CD has all 24 of this group's recordings, interpretations of standards that are full of surprising moments. Even at this early stage, Brubeck had his own style and sounds nothing at all like Bud Powell, the ...

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The Uncollected June Christy with the Kentones (1946)

The Uncollected June Christy with the Kentones (1946) (1946) more music like this

by June Christy

The well-recorded radio transcriptions on this album predate all of singer June Christy's regular solo recordings; she had only been with Stan Kenton's Orchestra for about a year at the time. The identification of the backup personnel has been lost to history (despite the anonymous title of "the Kentones"), but Christy is the star of the 14 ...

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Things Are Swingin'

Things Are Swingin' (1959) more music like this

by Peggy Lee

Midway through a small lull in her live performance career, Peggy Lee recorded the stereo LP Things Are Swingin' in Hollywood during May 1958, at the same sessions that produced the biggest hit of her career, "Fever." (Though not on the original LP, it was added to the 2004 reissue as a bonus track.) Still, Things Are Swingin' isn't a high point ...

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Lullaby in Rhythm

Lullaby in Rhythm (2002) more music like this

by Stephanie Nakasian

Stephanie Nakasian has long been a well-respected singer, but one who has not been given half the recognition that she deserves. However, this CD is quite definitive, a tribute to June Christy. Nakasian had been a major hit at a West Coast jazz convention/festival a few years earlier, singing songs associated with Christy and sometimes sounding ...

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Featuring Paul Desmond In Concert

Featuring Paul Desmond In Concert (1953) more music like this

by The Dave Brubeck Quartet/Paul Desmond

This odd CD has four of the five selections from Jazz At Oberlin and five of the six from Jazz At College Of The Pacific, both of which are available in more complete form on two CD's. The music (which features pianist Dave Brubeck and altoist Paul Desmond in top form while being supported by bassist Ron Crotty and either Lloyd Davis or Joe Dodge ...

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Big City Rhythms

Big City Rhythms (1999) more music like this

by Michael Feinstein with the Maynard Ferguson Big Ba

The pairing of premier era-gone-by pianist/crooner Michael Feinstein and the legendary Maynard Ferguson Big Band is such a rousing success that it's surprising the two didn't think of it before. While the set mainly consists of whatever beautiful, offbeat standards Feinstein hasn't yet had the opportunity to record (including the sassy Bobby Troup ...

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Two O'Clock Jump

Two O'Clock Jump (1944) more music like this

by Harry James

This LP from the collectors' label Bandstand Records has two live performances from Harry James and his Orchestra during 1944. At the time James was at the height of his popularity and his ensemble included a full string section. Kitty Kallen and Buddy Di Vito take a few vocals but it is the instrumentals (particularly "Just You, Just Me," "I ...

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Best of Harry James [First Choice]

Best of Harry James [First Choice] (1998) more music like this

by Harry James

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Complete Lighthouse Sessions (2003) more music like this

by Art Pepper/Shorty Rogers

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The Art of Dave Brubeck: The Fantasy Years (1953) more music like this

by Dave Brubeck

Although taken from the Fantasy catalog, this two-LP set (which reissues Jazz at Oberlin and Jazz at College of Pacific) actually came out on Atlantic; the music has since been reissued on CD. Pianist Dave Brubeck and altoist Paul Desmond rarely sounded more adventurous together. On "These Foolish Things," Brubeck's percussive solo almost sounds ...

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Swing Street (1986) more music like this

by Howard Alden and Dan Barrett

This is a remarkable record by the Howard Alden-Dan Barrett Quintet. Although the group has an instrumentation of guitarist Alden, trombonist Barrett, Chuck Wilson on alto and clarinet, bassist Frank Tate, and drummer Jackie Williams, its arrangements (some by Buck Clayton) often make the band sound a bit like the John Kirby Sextet, a classic unit ...

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Heart and Soul (2002) more music like this

by Dave Brubeck

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Friendly Session, Vol. 3 (2000) more music like this

by June Christy

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Swingtown (2002) more music like this

by Harry James

This Collectables reissue assembles 24 tracks by the Harry James Orchestra recorded for the Columbia and Brunswick labels between 1938-1952. Swingtown has an edge over the usual best-of collections by going deeper into the trumpeter/bandleader's catalog and coming up with quality material, including Benny Goodman's "Lullaby in Rhythm," "All the ...

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Four Hundred Saturdays (2005) more music like this

by Frank Hewitt

Frank Hewitt was a talented hard bop pianist who unjustly never got the chance to record as a leader until nearly the end of his life. A regular fixture playing late night and early morning gigs at Smalls in New York City for years prior to his death in 2002, his third date as a leader comes from a 1999 set at the club. An inventive, often playful ...

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House Hop/The Lou Stein 3, 4 and 5 (2002) more music like this

by Lou Stein

Pianist Lou Stein's numerous jazz credentials included full-time stints with Charlie Ventura and Glenn Miller & the Army Air Force Band, not to mention sporadic featured spots with Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, and Joe Venuti. This Collectables two-fer provides a reminder of Stein's dazzling, yet entertaining jazz chops that were ...

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Opus de Funk (2001) more music like this

by Jimmy Deuchar Quintet and Sextet

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Charlie Ventura: 1947-1949 (2001) more music like this

by Charlie Ventura

The main reasons to investigate the recordings of Charlie Ventura are of course his wonderful handling of the tenor saxophone and the excellent ensembles he led. Ventura's recordings were predominately instrumental in 1945 and 1946. As the decade drew to a close, singers dominated the recording industry and many bandleaders chose to feature more ...

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Cool Christy (2002) more music like this

by June Christy

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Sweet Swing (1998) more music like this

by Various Artists

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The Standard Sessions: 1935-1943 Transcriptions [Music & Arts #2] (1996) more music like this

by Art Tatum

The incomparable pianist Art Tatum is showcased in this brilliantly remastered two-CD set that collects 64 songs originally recorded for broadcast use by Standard Transcriptions between 1935 and 1943, adding three songs omitted from an earlier CD reissue by Music & Arts ("Body and Soul," "Can't We Be Friends," and "Stay as Sweet as You Are," ...

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The Standard Sessions: 1935-1943 Transcriptions (1935) more music like this

by Art Tatum

This is the earlier, 1991 incarnation of Music & Arts' CD package of Art Tatum's Standard Transcriptions. In 1996 Music & Arts "replaced" it with CD-919, which is the same thing except that four new selections had been added that were technically not possible to include in 1991 due to the 70-minute limitation on the length of a CD. Also, in the ...

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Popo (1951) more music like this

by Shorty Rogers & Art Pepper

The recording quality is not the greatest on this 1980 LP but the very early session by the Lighthouse All-Stars is both historic and quite listenable. Trumpeter Shorty Rogers teams up with altoist Art Pepper, pianist Frank Patchen, bassist Howard Rumsey, and drummer Shelly Manne for his own "Popo" (a blues that was Shorty's theme song) plus nine ...

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