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Pure Ella
(1950)
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Ella Fitzgerald
In 1950, six years before her acclaimed Song Book series for Verve, Ella Fitzgerald recorded eight George and Ira Gershwin classics in intimate duets with the sensitive and lightly swinging pianist Ellis Larkins. Four years later she recorded a dozen more songs (this time by a variety of composers) with Larkins, and all 20 performances are ...
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Open Fire, Two Guitars
(1959)
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Johnny Mathis
The open fire of the title is a warm hearth, not an invitation to gunplay. On this 1959 album, Johnny Mathis creates an atmosphere of fireside intimacy by dispensing with his usual orchestral accompaniment so that the purity of his voice entices the listener's full attention. Al Caiola and Tony Mattola play the two guitars that supplement Mathis' ...
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The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order
(2000)
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Django Reinhardt
This budget five-disc box collects Reinhardt's first 124 recordings between 1934-1939. Curiously enough, despite the title, these sides aren't chronological, a fact that engineer Ted Kendall admits in the liner notes. Rather, while each disc's featured sessions are presented mostly chronologically, the discs themselves are rather awkwardly ...
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Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection [CD & DVD]
(2003)
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The Rat Pack
As a double-dose audiovisual document of the Rat Pack, this two-disc package -- one a CD, one a DVD -- more than lives up to its title. Disc one is an audio-only CD culled from performances given by Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Sammy Davis, Jr. at a Chicago nightclub between November 26 and December 2, 1962, over half of which is previously ...
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Misty
(1958)
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Sarah Vaughan & Quincy Jones
A compilation of two albums recorded in Europe under the direction of Quincy Jones, these sessions catch Sarah Vaughan at her magnificent best. There may be claims of overdoing it or garishness. But her set of pipes and her willingness to use them dramatically, and sometimes coyly, to bring out the best of everything she sings brushes aside such ...
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Verve Jazz Masters 38
(1994)
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Django Reinhardt
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The Reprise Collection
(1961)
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Frank Sinatra
Like The Capitol Years, the four-disc box set The Reprise Collection was released to celebrate Frank Sinatra's 75th anniversary. However, it works as a better sampler than the Capitol set, partially because Sinatra released so many albums on Reprise that it is necessary to have an introduction to such a large body of work. Also, his Reprise ...
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Souvenirs [Verve]
(1956)
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Django Reinhardt With Stephane Grappelli With the Quintet of the Hot Club of France
There are two distinct periods covered by this compilation of sessions Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France recorded for a number of French labels. The first was just before Grappelli left France to go to England, not wanting to be under the Nazi Germany-sponsored Vichy government during World War II. ...
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Never Never Land
(2000)
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Jane Monheit
Jane Monheit, at 22 years old, has made a stunning debut with the help of some of the finest players in the world: Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, Lewis Nash, David "Fathead" Newman, Hank Crawford, and Bucky Pizzarelli. From her first entrance on the supremely swinging "Please Be Kind," Monheit makes clear that she's the boss, even in such illustrious ...
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Mrs. Swing
(2003)
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Mildred Bailey
This four-CD set from England's Proper label is one of the great music bargains of the era; priced just right, it encompasses 101 sides recorded by swing-era songstress Mildred Bailey between 1929 and 1942. From the earliest sides, accompanied by members of Paul Whiteman's orchestra (led by guitarist Eddie Lang with Hoagy Carmichael sitting in on ...
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Tempus Fugue-It
(2001)
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Bud Powell
This is a fascinating, revelatory, deeply moving, and completely captivating collection of Bud Powell material that hasn't readily seen the light of day before, despite the fact that almost all of it has been commercially released at one time or another. The material over these four discs ranges from pre-bebop years, with Cootie Williams from 1944 ...
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The Rockin' Chair Lady [Living Era]
(2007)
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Mildred Bailey
In honor of what would have been her 100th birthday, Living Era presents a double-CD tribute to Mildred Bailey that should be considered among the very best in her entire digital discography. One of at least five Bailey compilations with the words "Rockin' Chair" in the title, this 50-track "Centenary Issue" deserves high praise for excellent ...
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Benny Goodman & Friends
(1973)
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Benny Goodman
This 11-song CD (and LP) is a kind of "best-of" Benny Goodman's work on the London label, for which he recorded during the 1970s. Confined to a small group setting (with a fine but uncredited array of musicians behind him), Goodman turns in spirited and beautifully played new interpretations of such familiar vintage numbers as "China Boy" (which ...
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A Band Is Born/Big Band Bash
(2000)
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Billy May
A Band Is Born/Big Band Bash collects two of Billy May's early-'50s albums onto one CD. Both albums balance his big-band roots with a bit of the pop he would explore in his later work. "All of Me," "Fat Man Boogie," and "Lulu's Back in Town" are some of A Band Is Born's exuberant highlights, while "Orchids in the Moonlight," "Perfidia," and ...
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Very Best of Dinah Washington
(2006)
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Dinah Washington
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Ella for Lovers
(2003)
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Ella Fitzgerald
This 16-track collection features Ella Fitzgerald in a variety of musical settings singing romantic songs of love. The disc covers the years 1950 to 1961 with songs taken from the Verve and Decca archives. Four songs are culled from Intimate Ella, which has pianist Paul Smith as her sole accompanist. For the six songs from Pure Ella, she is backed ...
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Private Brubeck Remembers
(2004)
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Dave Brubeck
In early 2004, Dave Brubeck reminisced about his days as a soldier during World War II for this two-CD set, playing solo piano interpretations of songs from that era. Brubeck, then recently married and promptly drafted after graduating from the College of the Pacific, almost ended up in combat before getting an opportunity to play with an army ...
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The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 4
(1955)
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Art Tatum
The fourth of eight CDs featuring the pianist interacting with some of his most notable musical contemporaries is the second to match his virtuosity with that of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and drummer Buddy Rich. The three immortals really challenge each other during this frequently heated jam session. Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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Rat Pack: From Vegas to St. Louis
(2002)
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Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin/Sammy Davis Jr.
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Jazz in Paris: Vaughan and Violins
(2003)
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Sarah Vaughan
During the 1950s, Sarah Vaughan wowed the public with her lush, rich vocals, especially in ballad settings. She is backed by a string section for most of this collection of ballads recorded in Paris with conductor/arranger Quincy Jones. This 1958 recording is notable as it is one of the first albums to feature Erroll Garner's mega-hit "Misty" with ...
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The Thirties
(2000)
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Various Artists
British reissue label Flapper's compilation The Thirties is a generous selection of 25 songs from that decade. It is essentially a miscellaneous collection, consisting of many well-known songs, only a few of which are presented in their most popular recordings, with several curiosities and, as a nod to the country of origin, a distinct bias toward ...
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Dearly Beloved
(2007)
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Ella Fitzgerald
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If You Only Knew
(1955)
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Little Jimmy Scott
This Jimmy Scott Savoy release from the mid-'50s should not be confused with the later documentary film based on the trials and travails of the unique jazz singer. In both cases the title If You Only Knew is based on a standard song, one of several co-written by Rose Marie McCoy that Scott chooses to interpret in his provocative manner. This ...
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I Got Rhythm [Recall]
(2005)
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Django Reinhardt
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Ain't Love a Kick: The Unforgettable Songs of Sammy Cahn
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Frank Lamphere
Chicago vocalist Frank Lamphere's 13-track tribute to/interpretation of the songs of Sammy Cahn is an able set that plays it very tight and straight and safe. There is nothing particularly wrong with this performance, but there isn't anything that shines, either. The music is by a quartet comprised of guitar, piano, bass, drums, and on occasion a ...
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