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The Best of Tommy Dorsey [RCA]
(1975)
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Tommy Dorsey
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Satchmo the Great [Sony]
(1955)
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Louis Armstrong
In 1956 Edward R. Murrow narrated a feature film, Satchmo the Great, that contained highlights from some of Louis Armstrong's world tours. This soundtrack has some narration by Murrow between songs plus an interview with Armstrong. Musically there are renditions of "When It's Sleepy Time Down South," "Indiana," "Oh Didn't He Ramble," "Mack the ...
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The Best of the Dukes of Dixieland [CBS]
(1962)
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Dukes of Dixieland
A collection of The Assunto's most popular material is delivered with vim and vigor. Bruce Boyd Raeburn, All Music Guide
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Is Everybody Happy?
(1999)
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Ted Lewis
A native of Circleville, OH, Ted Lewis is said to have organized his first vaudeville band in 1910, recorded with Earl Fuller in 1917, and started making records for Columbia with his own jazz band in 1919. Historical motion pictures exist of Lewis prancing around wearing a ratty top hat, lustily hollering his famous slogan, "Is everybody happy?," ...
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The Ultimate Collection [Verve]
(2000)
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Louis Armstrong
Covering over 50 years of Louis Armstrong's career, this three-CD set from the Verve archives starts in the juke joints and speakeasies of the '20s and ends up documenting his pop hits of the '60s. Chronicling the achievements of a prolific and diverse performer of Anderson's caliber is difficult, but this release gives a strong, broad overview of ...
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The Genius of the Electric Guitar [Columbia]
(1939)
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian's tragic death at the age of 23 is a firmly entrenched fact of jazz mythology. On The Genius of the Electric Guitar, which consists of various tracks recorded with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra, Christian's revolutionary guitar playing is clearly displayed. In keeping with the era, each of these 16 songs is relatively ...
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Play the Blues Back to Back
(1997)
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Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
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Ken Burns Jazz
(2000)
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Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman's volume in the Ken Burns Jazz series ranges from one of his first recording appearances, on a 1927 side by Ben Pollack, all the way to the late '50s. Of the 22 tracks, there are many highlights including "Body and Soul" from his trio (with Teddy Wilson and Gene Krupa), plus two songs from his legendary 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. ...
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Bix Beiderbecke & the Chicago Cornets
(1924)
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Bix Beiderbecke & the Chicago Cornets
Not only does this superior double-LP set contain all of cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's recordings with the Wolverines in 1924 (much of which is classic), but it features him with the Sioux City Six and his Rhythm Jugglers (highlighted by the original version of "Davenport Blues"), the two titles cut by the Wolverines after Beiderbecke departed (with ...
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Royal Garden Blues
(1986)
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis' second album as a leader followed his first by three years, and he had grown a lot in the interim. He had switched permanently to tenor (doubling on soprano), left his brother Wynton's group, toured with Sting, and begun heading his own group. Although using quartets on each of the seven selections, Marsalis varies the personnel ...
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Bug Music
(1996)
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Don Byron
Bug Music is a tribute to the music of the Raymond Scott Quintette, the John Kirby Sextet and Duke Ellington, headed by the remarkably versatile clarinetist Don Byron. Raymond Scott's legendary compositions feature eccentric song titles (including, on this set, "Siberian Sleighride," "Tobacco Auctioneer" and "War Dance for Wooden Indians"), ...
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Ambassador Satch
(1955)
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Louis Armstrong
As Louis Armstrong traversed the globe, bringing jazz to every corner of it, live recordings became the norm. This reissue brings together 1955 concert recordings with the All-Stars from Milan and Amsterdam, buffeted with three previously unreleased bonus studio tracks recorded in New York and Hollywood. Both Satchmo and the All-Stars are in top ...
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Jazz Collector Edition
(1990)
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Louis Armstrong
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16 Dixieland Favorites
(1958)
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Firehouse Five Plus Two
This CD reissues the complete set originally titled Dixieland Favorites plus adds five other selections from other dates. Most of the music dates from 1958-60 when the Firehouse Five Plus Two was at the peak of its popularity. Unlike most of their other releases, all of the selections on this CD are dixieland standards including such songs as ...
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Basin Street
(1987)
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Canadian Brass
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The Dukes of Dixieland at Disneyland/Struttin' at the World's Fair
(2004)
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Dukes of Dixieland
This two-fer from Collectables features a pair of out of print Dukes of Dixieland LP's: Dukes of Dixieland at Disneyland and Struttin' at the World's Fair both originally issued on Columbia in 1962 and 1964, respectively. Among the 16 cuts are several fun renditions of early jazz standards "Wolverine Blues," "Royal Garden Blues," "Canal Street ...
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Contrasts
(2003)
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Marian McPartland
Contrasts is a two-fer collection of work by pianist Marian McPartland featuring the albums Plays the Music of Alec Wilder and Marian and Jimmy McPartland: A Sentimental Journey. Showcasing the exquisite playing of the NPR jazz host, both albums are worth checking out. Disc one should appeal to longtime McPartland fans with the pianist working ...
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The Bix Beiderbecke Story [Proper]
(2003)
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Bix Beiderbecke
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50 Tracks in One Day With One Hour for Lunch, Of Course
(2004)
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Benny Goodman & the Rhythm Makers Orchestra
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Memories of You
(1997)
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Art Tatum
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The Genius of the Electric Guitar [Columbia Box Set]
(2002)
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Charlie Christian
OK, admittedly, just by looking at the way this set is presented, the way the music is assembled, and the manner in which it is sequenced, it's obvious who this set is supposed to appeal to: jazz freaks and guitar nerds who think that either Benny Goodman was the be all and end all of swing; or that Charlie Christian was god's gift to the electric ...
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Casa Loma Stomp
(1929)
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Casa Loma Orchestra
Although the later versions of the Casa Loma Orchestra were better-known, the big band was an early pacesetter during the late '20s/early '30s when (particularly among white orchestra) there were few competitors. This album from the Scottish Hep label has the orchestra's 14 best recordings out of the 21 that they cut during their first six ...
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Dixieland Blues
(1959)
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Johnny Maddox
For Dixieland Blues, bandleader and pianist Johnny Maddox determined to play Dixieland-style arrangements of obscure songs that he knew from the original sheet music, including some that had never been previously given a Dixieland treatment. Not all of these numbers, it must be said, are obscure: there are very few blues and jazz fans who haven't ...
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Dixieland [United Multi]
(2003)
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Various Artists
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Louis Armstrong Saga
(1992)
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Louis Armstrong
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