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Manhattan Moods
(1996)
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Mary Stallings
A product of the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene, Mary Stallings recorded in New York for the first time when she entered a Manhattan studio for her third Concord release, Manhattan Moods. Contrary to what some provincial, myopic jazz critics implied, Stallings didn't have to record in the Big Apple to prove her legitimacy -- she would have been ...
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Kenton With Voices/Artistry in Voices and Brass
(2003)
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Stan Kenton
This CD contains a pair of vintage Stan Kenton (piano/arranger) releases, both available here for the first time in the digital domain. Kenton took his big band background and, in the truest sense of the term 'jazz', experimented with modern and practically arithmetical harmonic arrangements for a variety of settings. The first of the two albums ...
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Best of Mel Tormé [EMI-Capitol Special Markets]
(1999)
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Mel Tormé
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Politely!/Swingin' Pretty
(2000)
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Keely Smith
Politely!/Swingin' Pretty gathers two of Keely Smith's highest-charting vocal pop albums on one CD. Billy May's arrangements on Politely! and Nelson Riddle's work on Swingin' Pretty complement Smith's sweetly impassioned readings of "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "East of the Sun and West of the Moon," "Stormy Weather," "Someone to Watch Over ...
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The Great Sound of Les Elgart/It's De-Lovely
(2000)
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Les Elgart
The combination of these Les Elgart albums, The Great Sound of Les Elgart and It's De-Lovely, provide pleasant interpretations of pop standards. The familiar melodies of "These Foolish Things," "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," and "It's De-Lovely" hold up exceptionally well. These LPs were originally released on Columbia Records in 1959 and ...
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Everything I Love
(2002)
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Roland Hanna
On Everything I Love, one of pianist Sir Roland Hanna's final recordings, he is in a relaxed mood, digging into a variety of strong melodies. Hanna, who is heard throughout playing solo, strides lightly, alters the mood and tempos enough to keep one's interest, and shows that he was a masterful interpreter. He even makes "Send in the Clowns" sound ...
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Live at MCG
(2005)
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The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Voted the number two big band playing in the mid-'00s by a Jazz Times Reader's Poll, the popular, Grammy nominated, L.A.-based ensemble the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra celebrated 20 years of maintaining and expanding the big band jazz tradition in 2005. As the adage goes, the live setting is where the spirit of jazz really happens, and this ...
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Live at the Village Vanguard
(2001)
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Mary Stallings
Mary Stallings sings 12 excellent and soulful interpretations of songs by such great composers as Cole Porter, Burton Lane, Louis Prima, and Duke Ellington on her second release for the Maxjazz label, Live at the Village Vanguard. Her voice is strong, rich, and full of the introspection that only comes with musical growth. Accompanied by Ron Blake ...
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The Birth of Surf
(2007)
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Various Artists
Although it's called The Birth of Surf, this 26-track compilation could actually be titled The Best of Surf . It includes all three of the major instrumental surf hits of the early '60s (there really were only three!) -- the Surfaris' "Wipe Out," the Chantays' "Pipeline," and the Pyramids' "Penetration" -- as well as a big wave of tracks that ...
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Freternity
(2007)
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Martin Taylor
Although still most famous for his 11-year association with Stéphane Grappelli, guitarist Martin Taylor has had a strong solo career for the past two decades. When playing unaccompanied, he can create on the level of a Joe Pass, and he is also a superior group player, too. On Freternity, Taylor is featured in a variety of settings, from solo to a ...
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Passion Flower
(2002)
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Jackie Ryan
The 2002 vocal jazz scene shifts back to what it must have been like during Duke Ellington's highly successful residency at the Cotton Club with the debut of Jackie Ryan's Passion Flower. The sultry vocalist debuted with 14 tracks that exude style, class, and sensuality and a true knowledge of the jazz vocals idiom. Ryan has a marvelous voice, and ...
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The Original Mulligan Quartet
(1955)
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Gerry Mulligan
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Live
(1997)
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Asylum Street Spankers
Live captures the wackiness and musical acumen of the Asylum Street Spankers equally well. Their humor -- which can make the music sound near-parodic -- may frustrate some purists, but their talent for folk-blues, string band music and jump blues may win them over yet. There's a bit more energy and flair on Live than their studio albums, which ...
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Friends Forever: In Memory of Kenny Drew
(1997)
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Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Niels Pedersen made many rewarding recordings over several decades as a sideman with the late pianist Kenny Drew, so his making of a CD in tribute to him shouldn't come as a surprise. Joined by pianist Renee Rosnes and drummer Jonas Johansen, Friends Forever: In Memory of Kenny Drew primarily include selections which Drew loved to play. The Danish ...
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Trumpet Kings at Montreux
(1975)
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Roy Eldridge with Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry
W/ Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry. Good workout between these jazz immortals. Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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Sextet
(1950)
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Benny Goodman
In 1950, Benny Goodman formed a new sextet, and although he used a big band for some recordings, the small group was his main outlet for the next couple of years. This CD features this somewhat forgotten unit, a hot swing combo featuring vibraphonist Terry Gibbs and usually pianist Teddy Wilson. Rather than repeat his older hits, the clarinetist ...
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The Greatest Garner [Bonus Tracks]
(2004)
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Erroll Garner Trio
Erroll Garner's playing is always so joyful and delightful that it is impossible not to smile while listening to him. This CD reissue, which adds four fairly rare tracks (which are placed at the end of the set) to the original LP program, may not necessarily be the "Greatest Garner," but it ranks high. Recorded during 1949-1950 with one of two ...
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Best of the Sugar Hill Years
(2007)
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Jerry Douglas
For bluegrass and progressive music fans, dobro player Jerry Douglas is something of a force of musical nature, familiar from both his solo recordings and his work with others including Alison Krauss. Best of the Sugar Hill Years covers an 11-year span of time, from Slide Rule in 1992 to Lookout for Hope in 2002. The tracking of the album is also ...
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The Ventures Play the Greatest Instrumental Hits
(2002)
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The Ventures
Recorded between 1996 and 2000 (although the liner notes refer to the version of "Hawaii Five-O" having been started in the mid-'80s), this set is largely devoted to covers of instrumental hits of the late '50s and early '60s, although remakes of the Ventures' own two biggest hits ("Walk, Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O") are present. Otherwise, the ...
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Yonder
(1996)
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Peter Rowan & Jerry Douglas
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One on One
(2001)
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Russ Freeman & Shelly Manne
A Japanese recording team took down this amazingly satisfying duo session, originally released on the Atlas label and reissued with a brace of alternate takes almost two decades later. It's a long-delayed sequel to a duo recording that the pair made in 1954 on a 10" Contemporary LP, and it carries some historical poignance. Freeman, who wrote the ...
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Swing This
(2003)
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The Hot Club of San Francisco
The music of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli has long been a favorite of swing fans. Their approach is adapted by the Hot Club of San Francisco in arrangements of modern jazz compositions, pop tunes, classical music, and their own originals. Guitarist Paul Mehling (who plays all of the guitar solos, while also doubling on viola) ...
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Hello, Dolly!
(1964)
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Ella Fitzgerald
Though she recorded often during the early '60s, Ella Fitzgerald had mostly been seen in jazz settings, whether small group (Bill Doggett) or big band (Count Basie). Hello, Dolly!, recorded early in 1964, offered her a chance to record with an orchestra in the background and a list of popular crossover songs on the sheets. The first three were all ...
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The Complete RCA Recordings, Vol. 1
(2000)
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Tito Puente
Latin jazz bandleader Tito Puente's early years on RCA are featured on The Complete RCA Recordings with 108 tracks recorded between 1949 and 1960, sequenced in chronological order over six discs. Several unavailable and alternate takes are included along with an informative, albeit short, 12-page booklet. With over 100 Puente recordings available, ...
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You Make Me Feel So Young
(1964)
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Ray Conniff
You Make Me Feel So Young is an unusually brassy and bombastic outing for Ray Conniff. The material is a hodgepodge of pop and jazz standards and a few film themes. Conniff graces the disc with one of his rare clavietta solos on "My Old Flame," while "An Affair to Remember" provides an uncharacteristic showcase for Ernie Hughes' piano. The mood ...
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