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CANDID
| RICKEY WOODARD / THE TOKYO EXPRESS (79527) |
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16 months and 3,000 miles separate this disc by saxophonist Rickey Woodard from his impressive debut on Candid, California Cooking! (CCD 79509). That set, as the title implied, found Rickey heading a quartet of West Coast based players in his adopted Los Angeles. The intimate quartet format is retained here (read more...)
[Item Code: 62367 CD: $11.00]
 Track 01: Recorda-Me |
COLLECTORS MUSIC
| PEGGY LEE / THE LOST '40s AND '50s CAPITOL MASTERS (917) |
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In addition to the twelve previously unreleased tracks, two songs are heard in previously unreleased alternate versions: Don't Be So Mean to Baby and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Both alternates were recorded three months before the versions that Capitol issued. Among the collection's many rare singles are lesser-known songs by (read more...)
[Item Code: 62329 2-CD: $24.00]
Track 01: Ain't Goin' No Place |
| PEGGY LEE / MAKE IT WITH YOU / WHERE DID THEY GO? (919) |
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Presented are two of Peggy's early-1970s albums on CD in their entirety for the first time, with four complementary bonus tracks. 21 of the 24 tracks are making their international debut on CD. These albums are supplemented by four bonus tracks, beginning with Pieces of Dreams, an Oscar-nominated song (read more...)
[Item Code: 62328 CD: $16.00]
Track 02: The Long And Winding Road |
| PEGGY LEE / THEN WAS THEN AND NOW IS NOW / BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER (920) |
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Although five years separate Then Was Then... from Bridge Over Troubled Water, the albums share a far-reaching, cross-generational variety of songs. Then Was Then... includes a few songs dating back to the 1930s (They Say, The Masquerade Is Over). Bridge Over Troubled Water also includes a 1930s standard (I See (read more...)
[Item Code: 62330 CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Losers Weepers |
| PEGGY LEE / ALL AGLOW AGAIN (921) |
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All Aglow Again! was more than a recycled "greatest hits" package upon its original release. It presented three previously-unheard songs from Peggy's last 1952 session for the label before her five-year foray at Decca Records -- Whee, Baby (co-written by Peggy); Louisville Lou; and Let's Call It a Day -- along with (read more...)
[Item Code: 62327 CD: $14.00]
Track 01: Fever |
CONCORD
| MARIAN McPARTLAND / PLAYS THE MUSIC OF MARY LOU WILLIAMS (4605) |
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Marian McPartland is a beloved jazz institution whose performing roots date back to the WWII years in Europe, where she met and married cornetist Jimmy McPartland. By the '50s, she was successfully leading her own trio in New York clubs. A highly sensitive pianist who has never stopped appreciating and (read more...)
[Item Code: 10771 CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Lonely Moments |
DELMARK
| WALLY ROSE / WHIPPIN' THE KEYS (248) |
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Pianist Wally Rose was the original piano player in Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band, the band that started the Traditional Jazz revival of the 1940s and '50s. He also played with Bob Scobey in 1950-51, Turk Murphy in 1952-54 and spent many years as soloist in San (read more...)
[Item Code: 62172 CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Ragtime Dance |
| JASON AJEMIAN / THE ART OF DYING (581) |
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What makes this group so important is the relationship that exists between its members. Bassist Jason Ajemian (Chicago Underground Trio, Lay All Over It, Born Heller) saxophonist Tim Haldeman, and drummer Nori Tanaka are regulars on the Chicago improvisation scene. Joined here by vibist Jason Adasiewicz (Loose Assembly, Exploding Star (read more...)
[Item Code: 62173 CD: $16.00]
Track 03: Your Shirts |
| DAVE SPECTER / LIVE IN CHICAGO (794) |
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Blues guitarist Dave Specter is never prone to grandstanding. He communicates an inherent sense of style and form, subtlety and swing, keeping his magnetic needle always fixed on a steady, unalterable course. Recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends and Rosa's Blues Lounge, Live In Chicago features special guests Jimmy Johnson (read more...)
[Item Code: 62174 CD: $16.00]
Track 03: How I Got To Memphis |
| MISSISSIPPI HEAT / HATTIESBURG BLUES (795) |
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Pierre Lacocque has led Mississippi Heat since its inception in 1991. The harmonica player has always surrounded himself with the cream of the crop of Chicago blues players. Lurrie Bell, who appeared on Heat's 2005 One Eye Open (DVD 1783, CD DE 783), is back again for two songs as (read more...)
[Item Code: 62175 CD: $16.00]
Track 01: Tiger Man |
| DAVE SPECTER / LIVE IN CHICAGO (1794) |
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Blues guitarist Dave Specter is never prone to grandstanding. He communicates an inherent sense of style and form, subtlety and swing, keeping his magnetic needle always fixed on a steady, unalterable course. Recorded live at Buddy Guy's Legends and Rosa's Blues Lounge, Live In Chicago features special guests Jimmy Johnson (read more...)
[Item Code: 62176 DVD: $25.00] |
EL
| BADEN POWELL / OS AFRO-SAMBAS / A VONTADE (137) |
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Vinicius de Moraes was the principal lyricist of Bossa Nova, (Girl from Ipanema, Chega de Saudade and Insensatez are amongst the famous international hit songs he wrote with Tom Jobim), and Os Afro-Sambas is his response to the commercialisation of the movement by the mid-sixties. Co-written with the brilliant Brazilian (read more...)
[Item Code: 62377 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Canto De Ossanha |
FLARE
| VARIOUS ARTISTS / WISH YOU WERE HERE (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) & BONUS TRACKS (266) |
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Wish You Were Here was recorded in 1952. Bonus Recordings recorded between 1947-1954. The merits are many and the flaws are few. For anyone new to the score, there is a real treat in store; for those familiar with its pleasures it can only endorse their admiration. Added tracks (read more...)
[Item Code: 62159 CD: $18.00]
Track 03: Goodbye Love (b) |
| LU ANN SIMMS / NOW AND ALWAYS (272) |
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The first ever CD release of Lu Ann Simms, sweetheart of the Arthur Godfrey show, in twenty superb original recordings - including her greatest hits. Most of them recorded with the great Percy Faith orchestra. All tracks digitally remastered (read more...)
[Item Code: 62160 CD: $18.00]
Track 03: The Same Two Lips |
FREMEAUX
| GERRY MULLIGAN / THE QUINTESSENCE - NEW YORK LOS ANGELES PARIS 1946-1955 (246) |
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2-CD Set) "I'm determined to come out with quality music which is good to hear and can interest as many enlightened listeners as possible, and using the chosen musical material in the best way possible" - Gerry Mulligan. Contains a 28-page booklet (read more...)
[Item Code: 62531 2-CD: $25.00]
Track 01: How High The Moon (1a) |
| NICOLE CROISILLE / JAZZILLE (496) |
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Midway between Jazz and French song, Nicole Croisille stands out as one of France's finest singers. From the Saint-Germain-des-Pr...s jazz cellars to Broadway shows, she has shown her love of song, as she proved in her debut album, "Halleluya I Love Her So". In 1966, she recorded the world-famous (read more...)
[Item Code: 62344 CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Bluesette |
JAZZ ORACLE
| ISHAM JONES / (8058) |
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A selectionof jazz oriented titles made by the Isham Jones Orchestra, a fine dance band of the period. Included are rare sides by the Marigold Entertainers (a predecessor band) and a selection of titles recorded for World radio transcriptions in 1934. Extensive liner notes by Kurt Weisbecker are included in (read more...)
[Item Code: 62525 CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Jealous |
JSP
| THE CARTER FAMILY / THE ACME SESSIONS (4201) |
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Rarely issued "combeack" recordings by A.P. & Sara Carter and their children Jeanette and Joe. 57 tracks featuring many of their biggest songs, and a number of Gospel tunes. A.P. Carter's final recordings (read more...)
[Item Code: 62313 2-CD: $25.00]
Track 01: Pretty Raindrops |
MONTPELLIER
| LARRY SONN / IT'S SONN AGAIN (45) |
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Larry Sonn led an orchestra featuring many fine soloists in the mid
50'S. This collection of tracks from LP,s A Smooth One and It's Sonn Again showcase the swinging sounds of a great big band! Twenty four tracks are arranged by Larry Sonn or Manny Albam and include (read more...)
[Item Code: 62230 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: I Gotta Run |
| THE PLUS ONE MOONMAIDS / CURTAIN CALL II (102) |
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The Moonmaids were the talented group spotted by Stan Kenton and went on to join Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra spending five years with him. A long career in radio and jingles followed. The "plus one" on this recording is former Sonny Dunham Band vocalist Harold Grogan. This early nineteen (read more...)
[Item Code: 62231 CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Poinciana |
ORIGIN RECORDS
| JESSICA WILLIAMS / SONGS FOR A NEW CENTURY (82507) |
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Jessica Williams newest album more than lives up to its proud title with 8 originals by Jessica Williams and one seldom-heard chestnut by Sonny Rollins. The music is as new as the 21st Century and quite unlike anything Ms. Williams has committed to CD before: in a program that spans (read more...)
[Item Code: 62181 CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Empathy |
SACKVILLE
| JIM GALLOWAY / BLUE REVERIE (2068) |
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This CD captures the excitement of a large jazz band in action before an enthusiastic and knowledgeable audience. There is unity of spirit and musicianship to be found here which gives these performances a fresh and contemporary feel. The material on this CD was culled from close to 30 possible (read more...)
[Item Code: 62301 CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Aluminum Baby |
SNAPPER
| WOODY GUTHRIE / THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS (4551) |
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This film chronicles the life and achievement of Woody Guthrie, the most important folk and protest singer of his generation. This is a compelling two and a half hour documentary. Excerpts from over 40 Guthrie compositions. Historical and rare documentary photos and footage are combined with contemporary film of social (read more...)
[Item Code: 62319 DVD: $15.00] |
SOUNDIES
| FOY WILLING / COWBOY & THE NEW SOUND OF AMERICAN FOLK (4108) |
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The two Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage "reunion' records are finally available on this Folk-Western twofer! In the twilight of a storied career in music and movies, Foy and the boys regrouped to make Cowboy (Roulette) in 1958 and The New Sound of American Folk (Jubilee (read more...)
[Item Code: 26720 2-CD: $12.00]
Track 01: Cowboy (Song Of The Cowboy) |
| JIMMY DORSEY / THE COMPLETE STANDARD TRANSCRIPTIONS (4111) |
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Seventeen radio transcription recordings made by Jimmy Dorsey around 1949, and particularly priceless as studio documents by a band that hardly ever had a chance to record. The vocalists are Claire Hogan and Larry Noble, taking over for Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly, respectively, on such classics as "Tangerine" and (read more...)
[Item Code: 26966 CD: $12.00]
Track 02: Tangerine |
| EDDIE DEAN / SONG OF OLD WYOMING (4116) |
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The tracks presented on this disc were recorded in RCA Victor's Hollywood studios between 1939 to 1941. This CD marks the first commercial release of many of the recordings, including a wonderful and rare version of the much-requested title cut, "On The Banks Of The Sunny San Juan". Thankfully, these (read more...)
[Item Code: 27505 CD: $12.00]
Track 03: This Little Rosary |
| NICK LUCAS / THE UNITED TRANSCRIPTIONS (4134) |
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This previously unreleased collection of early 1940's Nick Lucas recordings is a true testament to the talent of pop musicıs very first "guitar star." Even today Lucas remains legendary as one of the finest acoustic guitar legends ever right down to his own line of Gibson guitars bearing his (read more...)
[Item Code: 29022 CD: $12.00]
Track 03: Gay Ranchero |
| ROY LANHAM / HARD LIFE BLUES (4137) |
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Thirty-one previously unreleased tracks from the Standard Transcription Service. Cool stuff. Although they dressed western, this was actually a solid 1950s pop-jazz vocals act, built around the sultry, girl-next-door vocals of Juanita Vastine (aka Sweet Georgia Brown) and the dynamic, lightning-fast guitar work of Roy Lanham. Clearly influenced by Les (read more...)
[Item Code: 29018 CD: $12.00]
Track 01: Hard Life Blues (a) |
SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR
| GLENN MILLER / THE WEHRMACHT HOUR (754) |
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During 1944 Major Glenn Miller and the AEF band made a number of recordings for the Office Of War Information (OWI) to be broadcast over the American Broadcasting Station in Europe (ABSIE) and unlike the moral boosting shows that the band usually performed for the allied troops these recordings were (read more...)
[Item Code: 62234 CD: $13.00]
Track 03: In The Mood |
SWAGGIE
| ARMAND HUG / MEMORIES OF OLD NEW ORLEANS (416) |
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Armand Hug was born in New Orleans in 1910 and was considered, generally, the finest piano player in New Orleans. The classic jazz era tunes Armand selected for these 1971 Swaggie sessions are undoubtly some of the outstanding and rare compositions by New Orleans musicians (read more...)
[Item Code: 62459 CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Why? |
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