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Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1937-1957
(1937)
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Oscar Alemán
Oscar Alemán is one of the great unknown talents in jazz history. A brilliant guitarist who sounded very close to Django Reinhardt at times, Alemán was overshadowed in Europe by Reinhardt in the 1930s and spent much of the rest of his career in his native Argentina, remaining well known only in that country. This 1998 double CD from Dave Grisman's ...
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Rare Recordings 1935-1936
(1991)
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Benny Goodman & Lionel Hampton
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Les Nuits Manouche: Best of Gypsy Jazz
(2005)
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Various Artists
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Trio and Quartet Showcase
(2007)
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Benny Goodman
Although Benny Goodman was best known for his star vocalists and big band, it is his small group recordings that stand the test of time as unadulterated jazz with no frills. Primo Records provides proof in the form of 38 classic swing performances recorded between 1935 and 1938 by Goodman's trio and quartet, with pianist Teddy Wilson, drummer Gene ...
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Solo Flight
(1965)
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Charlie Byrd
Although Charlie Byrd recorded dozens of quality albums, the 1960s weren't one of his best decades. Although his guitar work was excellent, as always, it tended to get buried in awkward arrangements of the latest Beatles' songs. As a result, his music often sounded cheesy. It's a rare pleasure, then, to listen to Solo Flight, which was recorded ...
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Celebrating Grappelli
(1997)
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Stephane Grappelli/Martin Taylor/Django Band
Celebrating Grappelli was issued shortly after the legendary jazz violinist's death on December 1, 1997; it is actually under guitarist Martin Taylor's leadership, with Grappelli as an overdubbed guest on three tracks plus three duets repeated from their Reunion CD recorded in 1993. This tribute was conceived by Taylor for his Spirit of Django ...
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Lovers' Swing
(1999)
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Various Artists
Ostensibly assembled in honor of Valentine's Day, Lovers' Swing assembles 18 vintage, romantically themed recordings cut between 1936 and 1958; not limited to exclusively swing but also including jump-blues and Latin sides, its highlights include Louis Jordan's "Baby, You're Just Too Much," Lena Horne's "At Long Last Love," Benny Goodman's "Get ...
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Straight Life
(2007)
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Jimmy Smith
The tracks that make up Straight Life had been sitting in the Blue Note vaults since they were recorded on June 22, 1961, representing the only recorded output that year by Jimmy Smith and his trio of the era, which included guitarist Quentin Warren and drummer Donald Bailey. Somehow these ten songs got lost in the shuffle between the 1960 Blue ...
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Baby Breeze
(1965)
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Chet Baker
Although Chet Baker's recordings from late in his life varied dramatically in quality, this series of studio sessions is a high point in his career. After having his trumpet stolen, he plays beautifully with a borrowed flügelhorn throughout most of these songs with a powerful tone, especially on "Baby Breeze" and Hal Galper's intense "This Is the ...
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I Got Rhythm [Recall]
(2005)
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Django Reinhardt
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Goodbye, Blues
(2005)
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The Mills Brothers
The closest of the close harmony groups, the Mills Brothers (John Jr., Herbert, Harry, and Donald) gained a million-seller with their very first release, 1932's "Tiger Rag"/"Nobody's Sweetheart," and ended up captivating the world for over three decades of hits and a performing career that lasted an additional 30 years. Living Era's two-disc ...
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Music Is My Life
(2001)
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Jim Galloway
This a two-CD set of Canadian multi-reed player Jim Galloway's performances at various Toronto jazz venues initially issued on LPs, but no longer available. Jim Galloway teams with two pianists, Dick Wellstood and then Jay McShann, before joining with trumpet and clarinet player Humphrey Lyttelton, England's consummate purveyor of New Orleans ...
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The Speed of Light
(2005)
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Ben Light & His Lightning Fingers
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The Music Master
(2004)
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Benny Carter
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Tchavolo Schmitt
(2005)
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Lautcha
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Liberace at the Hollywood Bowl (The Complete Concert)
(2002)
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Liberace
Liberace was at the height of his early fame, with a popular syndicated television show and a series of charting albums on Columbia Records, when he came to give a concert at the Hollywood Bowl on September 4, 1954, so Columbia installed microphones and recording equipment and, in 1955, issued two LPs culled from the show, Liberace at the ...
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Honeysuckle Rose [ASV/Living Era]
(2004)
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Fats Waller was a vocalist, composer, even a comedian and satirist, but most importantly, he was a phenomenally gifted piano player, and his smooth stride style always sounds fresh and vital. This delightful two-disc overview of his career spotlights all the aspects of his immense talent, as a singer (check out the hypercharged version of George ...
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1944
(1997)
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Muggsy Spanier
Three high-powered Commodore sessions and a V-Disc blowout make this an exceptionally satisfying packet of Chicago-styled traditional jazz. Without a doubt, this music should be rated alongside Muggsy's all-time greatest recordings. Pee Wee Russell, gloriously soulful and inventive, is present throughout. Rock-solid trombonist Miff Mole made it ...
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1939-1944
(1999)
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Muggsy Spanier
Some of cornetist Muggsy Spanier's all-time best recordings have been poured into this chronologically convoluted compilation, released by the Giants of Jazz label during the first weeks of 1999. Tapping Spanier's classic Ragtime Band sessions of July-December 1939, the marvelous collaborative jams he waxed with Sidney Bechet for the Hot Record ...
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Tippling at Taps
(2006)
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Ray Bush's BBC Jazz
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1954
(2007)
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Erroll Garner
Volume 17 in the complete recordings of Erroll Garner as compiled and reissued by the Classics Chronological Series contains 19 magnificent performances recorded at Universal Recording Studios in Chicago and Fine Sound Studios in New York during the month of July 1954 and subsequently released on the Mercury albums Contrasts and Mambo Moves ...
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Thinking About Bix
(2008)
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Dick Hyman
Long an admirer of cornetist/composer Bix Beiderbecke, Dick Hyman pays tribute to the gifted but short-lived jazz legend by interpreting the songs Bix recorded in a series of piano solos, mixing transcriptions of Beiderbecke's solos (and occasionally, others' as well) with his own improvisations. One exception is Hyman's original composition ...
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Plays
(2005)
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Max Bennett
The follow-up recording for Max Bennett as a leader includes some sessions that were left off from his debut effort, and includes others from Los Angeles with a different band from the same year of 1955. Vocalist Helen Carr is included on two songs, trombonist Frank Rosolino, pianist Claude Williamson, and drummer Stan Levey contribute on the ...
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Rhythm & Swing
(2008)
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Django Reinhardt
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When the Saints Go Marching In: Greatest Dixieland
(2008)
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Various Artists
When the Saints Go Marching In is the title of perhaps too many New Orleans/Dixieland jazz collections. Happily, Dynamic Entertainment's 71-track anthology contains an unusually high quantity of excellent music, far outstripping most similarly titled albums. Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Bunk Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds, ...
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