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March 22 - 28 |
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BLUE MOON
| LOUIS PRIMA / JUST A GIGOLO & OTHER HITS - THE WILDEST LOUIS PRIMA (3080) |
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Louis Prima and his wife Keely Smith began an act in the Fifties that was probably one of the best in the business. A happy musical pandemonium, wherever the Prima combo played, from Hollywood's brittle Sunset Strip to the rowdy hotel halls of Las Vegas, this package was sure to (read more...)
[Item Code: 62332 CD: $16.00]
 Track 01: Just A Gigolo - I Ain't Got Nobody |
| PAL JOEY / ORIGINAL MUSIC FROM THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK (3508) |
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Pal Joey was the most noteworthy film musical of 1957 in terms of personality, appeal, and a wealth of good songs. With a redoubtable Frank Sinatra in the music lead, Pal Joey shouted from the top of Nob Hill the delicious ditties of songsmiths Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Aided (read more...)
[Item Code: 62331 CD: $17.00]
Track 02: That Terrific Rainbow |
| SONNY THOMPSON / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOLUME 1 (6024) |
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R&B mixed with some boogie. Bandleader and pianist Sonny Thompson was among the most prolific R&B instrumentalists of the late '40s and early '50s. Thompson began recording for Sultan in 1946, then did several sessions for Miracle, King, Federal, and Deluxe, while also backing vocalist Lula Reed from (read more...)
[Item Code: 30286 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Southside Boogie (*) |
| SONNY THOMPSON / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOLUME 2 (6030) |
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Sonny capitalized on the sucess of "Long Gone" by recording similar R & B instrumentals like "Creepin", "The Fish" and as a follow-up of his chart record, "Still gone" parts 3 and 4 , which reached no. 12 position in the Billboard R & B charts (read more...)
[Item Code: 37143 CD: $15.00]
Track 02: Dreaming Again |
| SONNY THOMPSON / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOLUME 3 (6037) |
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Bandleader and pianist Sonny Thompson was among the most prolific R&B instrumentalists of the late '40s and early '50s. Thompson began recording for Sultan in 1946, then did several sessions for Miracle, King, Federal, and Deluxe, while also backing vocalist Lula Reed from 1951 to 1961. Thompson scored two (read more...)
[Item Code: 62311 CD: $17.00]
Track 03: I Really Love You |
| ARBEE STIDHAM / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOLUME 1 (6038) |
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The memory of Arbee Stidham (1917-1988) may have dimmed in recent years, but a half century ago he stood as one of America's major blues figures. The Arkansas-born, Chicago-based singer-guitarist hit the top of Billboard's "race" chart in 1948 with his recording of "My Heart Belongs to You" and (read more...)
[Item Code: 62303 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: In Love With You |
| ARBEE STIDHAM / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOLUME 2 (6039) |
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The memory of Arbee Stidham (1917-1988) may have dimmed in recent years, but a half century ago he stood as one of America's major blues figures. The Arkansas-born, Chicago-based singer-guitarist hit the top of Billboard's "race" chart in 1948 with his recording of "My Heart Belongs to You" and (read more...)
[Item Code: 62302 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Feeling Blue And Low |
| FELIX GROSS / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (6040) |
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Biographical data may be few but we do have Felix Gross' music - fine, swinging R&B by an underrated artist who has mostly escaped the attention of re-issuers up to now. All songs on the records released under Felix Gross' name also bear his name as composer, and he is (read more...)
[Item Code: 62304 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Don't Make Me Late, Baby |
| BOB MERRILL / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (6041) |
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During the heyday of R&B men and women who could shout the blues with a strong and powerful voice, were very much in demand. Certain instrumentalists stood up and sang ballads and blues in front of the then popular small combos - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson or Oran "Hot Lips" Page (read more...)
[Item Code: 62305 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Wrong Neighborhood |
| WILD BILL MOORE / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 1 (6042) |
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Texas tenor saxman Wild Bill Moore was a big-toned (somewhat lavish) tenor player, in the general style of Chu Berry. He was first noticed in Chicago in 1944, the year he made his first recording with Christine Chatman (Decca). During this period he played with several major names, including Red (read more...)
[Item Code: 62306 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Home Coming Blues |
| WILD BILL MOORE / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS VOL. 2 (6043) |
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Texas tenor saxman Wild Bill Moore was a big-toned (somewhat lavish) tenor player, in the general style of Chu Berry. He was first noticed in Chicago in 1944, the year he made his first recording with Christine Chatman (Decca). During this period he played with several major names, including Red (read more...)
[Item Code: 62307 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Steam Heat |
| SONNY THOMPSON / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, VOLUME 4 (6044) |
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Bandleader and pianist Sonny Thompson was among the most prolific R&B instrumentalists of the late '40s and early '50s. Thompson began recording for Sultan in 1946, then did several sessions for Miracle, King, Federal, and Deluxe, while also backing Vocalist Lula Reed from 1951 to 1961. Thompson scored two (read more...)
[Item Code: 62308 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: My Story |
| BETTY HALL JONES / THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (6045) |
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Blues vocalist, stand-up pianist and occasionaly organist, Betty Hall Jones worked with Bus Moten's band and Addie Williams in Kansas City. Returning to California, she performed as a single artist before joining drummer/vocalist Roy Milton's band in L.A. in 1937. She almost certainly recorded on piano behind Alton Redd (read more...)
[Item Code: 62309 CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Learn To Boogie |
| GEECHIE SMITH / SWINGIN' SMALL COMBOS KANSAS CITY STYLE VOL.2 (6046) |
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Vernon "Geechie" Smith was a trumpeter/vocalist from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, aera. He played early on with Ernie Fields Orchestra, and one of his first Capitol sides was called "T-Town Jump", that might serve as an evidence. He was a KC stalwart, spent many years in Kansas City and played (read more...)
[Item Code: 62310 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: The Kaycee Kid |
CANDID
| SHIRLEY SCOTT / BLUES EVERYWHERE (79525) |
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Shirley Scott is equally at home on organ or piano, but her pianist talent was unknown for many years, such was her popularity as one of the most original of jazz organists. This live Candid set, originally released in 1991, marks her debut as a leader of a piano trio (read more...)
[Item Code: 62170 CD: $11.00]
Track 01: Autumn Leaves |
| VIC LEWIS / SHAKE DOWN THE STARS (79526) |
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Vic Lewis had long admired Jimmy Van Heusen and here he pays tribute to the exceptional skills of this writer with a whole album of his music. For this recording, Lewis put together an all-star ensemble featuring top L.A. jazz musicians to perform some truly brilliant arrangements by the great (read more...)
[Item Code: 4110 CD: $11.00]
Track 01: Swinging On A Star |
| RICKY FORD / AMERICAN-AFRICAN BLUES (79528) |
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Recorded live at Birdland. This album is a documentation of four distinct and formidable artists dedicated to the continuum of American music and freedom of expression. An American music of African and European descent. Ricky Ford means business on this pulsating album, originally released in 1991, his first passionate, bursting (read more...)
[Item Code: 4111 CD: $11.00]
Track 02: Environ |
| MIKE CAIN / WHAT MEANS THIS? (79529) |
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During the course of his professional career, Mike Cain has performed with many jazz artists and emerged upon the international jazz scene as an exciting talent. The idea of doing a trio record with piano, bass and drums had long been a desire of the pianist so this recording, originally (read more...)
[Item Code: 62171 CD: $11.00]
Track 01: As I Gazed |
CAPITOL
| LOU DONALDSON / HERE 'TIS (14371) |
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This January 1961 session was Lou Donaldson's first with an organ trio. With the exception of Gershwin's 'A Foggy Day', this album consists of strictly the blues in all it's variety. Donaldson also introduces the formidable jazz talents of St. Louis guitarist Grant Green and Chicago organist Baby Face Willette (read more...)
[Item Code: 62263 CD: $13.00]
Track 01: A Foggy Day |
| FREDDIE REDD / SHADES OF REDD (14375) |
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Freddy Redd's succesful follow up to his succesful Music From The Connection features a unique alto and tenor sax front line and seven outstanding melodic creations. The distinctive blend of Jackie McLean's alto and Tina Brook's tenor coupled with Redd's composing skills give this album it's own outstanding personality. All (read more...)
[Item Code: 62264 CD: $13.00]
Track 02: Blues Blues Blues |
| HORACE SILVER / FURTHER EXPLORATIONS (14379) |
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Further Explorations is the only album by Silver's quintet to feature Clifford Jordan's strong sinewy tenor saxophone. This January 1958 session was also Horace's most ambitious outing to date as a composer, featuring highly original and unusually structured creations like the 54 bar 'The Outlaw' and the haunting 28 bar (read more...)
[Item Code: 62265 CD: $13.00]
Track 01: The Outlaw |
| LOUIS SMITH / HERE COMES LOUIS SMITH (14381) |
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Most of those who invest in this disc will do so on the strength of the new name it introduces. Bearing in mind that this is Louis Smith's first record date, conscious, too, of Blue Note's previous record on the presentation of new talents, they will listen for evidence of (read more...)
[Item Code: 62186 CD: $13.00]
Track 01: Tribute To Brownie |
| IKE QUEBEC / BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL (93184) |
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Ike Quebec's 1961-1962 comeback albums for Blue Note were all pretty rewarding, but Blue and Sentimental is his signature statement of the bunch, a superbly sensuous blend of lusty blues swagger and achingly romantic ballads. Quebec was a master of mood and atmosphere, and the well-paced program here sustains (read more...)
[Item Code: 62187 CD: $13.00]
Track 01: Blue And Sentimental |
CONCORD
| KARRIN ALLYSON / IMAGINA SONGS OF BRASIL (30428) |
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While Karrin has included Brazilian music on her albums and in her live shows throughout her career, the release of Imagina: Songs of Brasil is the first time she has devoted an entire album to the music of Brazil. Imagina is a beautiful collection of 14 tracks that features songs (read more...)
[Item Code: 62300 CD: $18.00]
Track 02: Correnteza |
EL
| HENRY MANCINI / TOUCH OF EVIL (134) |
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As this album illustrates, Mancini wrote some of his best Latin-tinged big band music for A Touch Of Evil and was justly proud of his work. Henry Mancini's marvellous latinesque rock & roll score, electrified by Barney Kessel's sinuous guitar, is considered, both by critics and the composer alike, to be (read more...)
[Item Code: 62375 CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Orson Around |
| TONY PERKINS / THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN SCHOOL (135) |
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Best known for his indelible performance as homicidal transvestite Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho', Tony Perkins illuminated late fifties cinema with intelligence and sensitivity. Following the death of James Dean, Perkins inherited the crown of America's leading teen idol and the ascendancy of his film career for a while (read more...)
[Item Code: 62376 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: First Romance |
FIVEFOUR
| JOHN COLTRANE / TURNING POINT (27) |
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Turning Point offers abundant evidence of one of jazz's undisputed greats demonstrating total mastery of the music that succoured him through his early years - blues, swing, bebop - and already beginning to hunger for the fresh challenges that by the sixties would inspire The Byrds, Hendrix and The Doors (read more...)
[Item Code: 62378 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Mating Call |
KRAZY KAT
| VARIOUS ARTISTS / HOT TEXAS SWING 1940-41 - JITTERBUG JIVE (19) |
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Jitterbug Kive focuses on a period of western swing too often given short shrift in the past and on bands and field sessions that have, for the most part, been unjustly neglected in previous collections. This collection concentrates with three exceptions (Dixie Ramblers, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers and Charles (read more...)
[Item Code: 18971 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Kickin' It Off (a) |
STEPHAN GROSSMAN'S GUITAR WORKSHOP
| TON VAN BERGEYK / FAMOUS RAGTIME GUITAR SOLOS (104) |
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This was Ton Van Bergeyk's first solo guitar album (recorded in 1973). The focus is on the Classic Rags of the early 1900s. Ton's arrangements have received worldwide praise and for the last 30 years he has been an underground guitar hero to aspiring finger style guitarists. A PDF file (read more...)
[Item Code: 62129 CD: $16.00]
Track 01: Buffalo Rag |
UNIVERSAL
| GEORGE SHEARING / THE MPS TRIO SESSIONS (45068) |
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4-CD box set. Finally on CD. George Shearing's legendary drum-less trio of the late 70's, spinning an intricate web of breathtakingly skilled chamber jazz. The MPS - Most Perfect Sound Edition presents the best recordings of Germany's legendary jazz label with new, state-of-the-art 192kHz/24BIT remastering. Now these jazz (read more...)
[Item Code: 62360 4-CD: $69.00]
Track 02: Windows |
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