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Everything I Have Is Yours: The Best of the M-G-M Years
(1991)
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Billy Eckstine
This two-CD set improves upon the original two-LP package by adding 14 more songs. The pop side of Billy Eckstine was emphasized during his period with MGM and many of these selections (including hit versions of "Everything I Have Is Yours," "Blue Moon," "Caravan," "My Foolish Heart," and "I Apologize") feature his warm baritone backed by string ...
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Ella and Louis [Master Edition]
(1956)
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong make for a charming team on this CD. Accompanied by pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Buddy Rich, Fitzgerald and Armstrong perform 11 standards with joy and swing. There are touches of Satch's trumpet, but this is primarily a vocal set with the emphasis on tasteful ...
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The Best of Santo & Johnny
(1997)
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Santo & Johnny
This features "Sleepwalk" and others by the twosome who carved a niche for themselves by bending notes like rubber bands. Mellow mood music that will fit many sets and situations. Besides many originals, they also delight on popular tunes like "A Thousand Miles Away," "Over the Rainbow," and "Crying in the Chapel." Andrew Hamilton, All Music ...
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Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years
(1946)
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Billie Holiday
There are many jazz lovers, even dedicated ones, who cannot afford to part with the 150 dollars or so that the ten-disc Complete Billie Holiday on Verve commands, so this two-disc distillation will do very nicely as a detailed summary of her troubled, soulful Verve period. Set out in chronological order with a mighty overreaching sweep, this mini ...
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20th Century Piano Genius
(1950)
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Art Tatum
This double album was taped at a private party in 1956, featuring the amazing Art Tatum on solo piano. Tatum, who died the following year, never did decline, and he is in prime form throughout this highly enjoyable and frequently exciting set of standards. There are no real romps a la "Tiger Rag" but the 27 performances contain plenty of ...
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The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
(1997)
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
The Best of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong from Verve contains a selection of 15 duets the two jazz legends recorded for the label over the years. Clearly, this set isn't of particular interest to hardcore collectors, since they'll already own much of the material, but as a sampler targeted at casual fans, this is quite nice indeed, since it ...
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That Old Feeling
(1987)
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Cleo Laine
More elaborate, mid-'80s session that accents Cleo Laine's interpretative abilities. It showcases both her immaculate technique and her ability to build and create moods, pace songs, and embellish lyrics. Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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The Very Best of Bert Kaempfert
(1995)
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Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra
Bert Kaempfert may have signed and lost the Beatles, but this CD is a reminder that he never lacked for hit records of his own, and had his own influence on popular culture around the world. The Very Best of Bert Kaempfert isn't quite a comprehensive collection of Kaempfert's hits, but it will have special resonances to listeners of a certain age ...
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Late Night Guitar
(1980)
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Earl Klugh
This is the perfect setting for acoustic guitarist Earl Klugh, playing strong melodies (including such standards as "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "Laura," "Mona Lisa" and "Two for the Road") while joined by strings and several horns in an orchestra arranged and conducted by David Matthews. As usual for a Klugh session the guitarist sticks mostly to ...
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Sings for Two in Love (And More)
(1954)
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Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love was Nat King Cole's first album to be specifically for the new 12-inch LP format. Like Frank Sinatra, with whom he shared a record company and a conductor, Nat King Cole made a thematic album with Sings for Two in Love, in this case a set of 12 romantic ballads. (The original version, released on a 10" LP in ...
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Tribute
(1989)
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Melissa Manchester
Album of mellow and smooth hits from Dionne Warwick and others. Bil Carpenter, All Music Guide
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Theme from "A Summer Place"
(1994)
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Percy Faith Orchestra
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Hand-Crafted Swing
(1991)
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Howard Alden with George Van Eps
The master of the seven-string guitar, George Van Eps, joins the rising young jazz guitarist Howard Alden, which works perfectly in spite of a 45-year difference in age and different approaches to the guitar. Van Eps' chordal style meshes perfectly with Alden's single note lines in part because of the younger man's study of the senior's recordings ...
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Anita Sings the Most
(1957)
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Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day recorded many rewarding albums in the 1950s when her voice was at its strongest, and this collaboration with the Oscar Peterson Quartet (comprised of pianist Peterson, guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer John Poole) may very well be her best. Not only is the backup swinging, giving a Jazz at the Philharmonic feel to ...
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The Very Best of John Gary
(1997)
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John Gary
The best of crooner John Gary is collected on this 20-cut anthology, which runs the gamut from show tunes to romantic ballads and country favorites over the course of songs including "My Foolish Heart," "Once Upon a Time" and "If Ever I Would Leave You." Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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The Heart of a Woman
(1999)
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Etta James
Heart of a Woman is a great idea for an album. Etta James chose 11 love songs from her favorite female singers -- Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, and Carmen McRae -- augmenting the album with a new version of her signature song, "At Last." She has recorded several of these songs before (including Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed," ...
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Playing by Heart
(2000)
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John Barry/Chris Botti/Chet Baker
In his 1996 review of the indie film Caught, movie critic Rex Reed paid the ultimate compliment to trumpeter Chris Botti -- who wrote the score and whose horn graced the soundtrack -- by comparing the young upstart's smoky style to that of a young Chet Baker. Botti has since gone on to great success in smooth jazz by combining a laid-back demeanor ...
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Roberta
(1995)
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Roberta Flack
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King of the Tenors
(1953)
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Ben Webster
This 1953 date matched Webster with such peers as alto saxophonist Benny Carter, trumpeter Harry Edison, and pianist Oscar Peterson for a series of elegant yet soulful and exuberant small group dates. With no cut longer than four and a half minutes, the players didn't have time for excess statements or overkill; they had to quickly get to the ...
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The Classic Singles
(2003)
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Nat King Cole
If you add up all the songs Nat King Cole placed in the various Billboard singles charts -- including not only the pop and R&B charts, but also the adult contemporary and even country ones, as well as the lists of discs "bubbling under" the main pop chart -- the total comes to a remarkable 123, and that's not including the many repeat appearances ...
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
(1996)
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Various Artists
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Easy Like, Vol. 1
(1953)
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Barney Kessel
Other than four songs apiece released by Onyx and Verve, the CD reissue of Easy Like, Vol. 1 has guitarist Barney Kessel's first sessions as a leader, performances which launched his longtime association with the Contemporary label. Augmented by two "new" alternate takes, the set features Kessel in boppish form with quintets in 1953 and 1956 ...
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The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes
(2005)
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Billie Holiday
One of the first box sets for completists only, 1993's ten-disc The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 was considered nearly a necessity by anyone interested in jazz vocals. Verve returned to the catalog 12 years later with a much tighter, much smarter collection: The Complete Verve Studio Master Takes. Encompassing six discs, the set ...
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong for Lovers
(2005)
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Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong
Part of Verve's extensive For Lovers series, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong for Lovers features timeless duets from the '50s including "Nearness of You," "Stars Fell on Alabama," "Moonlight in Vermont," and "Dream a Little Dream of Me." There are plenty of Ella and Louis compilations out there, all of which are fairly good. This one is no ...
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Golden Hits [Mercury/PolyGram]
(1958)
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Sarah Vaughan
Concept work. Songs are certainly great, CD has six bonus cuts. Caveat is you can get it all elsewhere, in its rightful context. Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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