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April 28 - May 4 |
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AUDIOPHONIC
| JOE REICHMAN / LITTLE THOUGHTS (80225) |
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2-CD set. Known to millions as "The Pagliacci Of The Piano" Joe Reichman's orchestra was one of the top dance bands in America for several decades. Dance along to 26 selections on 2-CD's featuring vocalists Maureen O'Conner and Jimmy Castle, including "Let's Dance", "The Woodpecker's Song", and "Stars (read more...)
[Item Code: 62576
2-CD: $15.00]
 Track 02: Let's Dance |
| ELLIOT LAWRENCE / STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART (80401) |
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2-CD set. A collection from one of the true musical innovators of the post war era. These 32 tracks from around 1950 feature the band at it's peak. Hear vocalists Jack Hunter and Rosalyn Patton on such favorites as "Cheek To Cheek", "April In Paris", "Laura" and many more
[Item Code: 62577
2-CD: $15.00]
Track 02: Cradle Song (a) |
BLACK HAWK RECORDS
| STAN GETZ / VOYAGE (511) |
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Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz found a perfect accompanist in pianist Kenny Barron, who would regularly play in his group for his last five years. This record finds the pair, along with bassist George Mraz and drummer Victor Lewis, performing two standards and four more recent pieces, including two ("Dreams" and (read more...)
[Item Code: 61933
CD: $14.00]
Track 01: I Wanted To Say |
| SMITH DOBSON / EVERYTHING I LOVE (560) |
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On this trio disc, Smith is joined by notable drummer and teacher George Marsh - a close colleague who performed with Smith innumerable times at San Jose's Garden City Club (where Smith held forth as Musical Director for some 21 years, bringing in countless local and visiting legendary musicians and emergent (read more...)
[Item Code: 62048
CD: $14.00]
Track 01: Yesterdays |
CAPITOL
| FRANK SINATRA / SINATRA AT THE MOVIES (8525) |
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Sinatra At The Movies features of 20 of Frank Sinatra's all-time classic songs from Hollywood's most memorable movies. Sinatra at the Movies isn't the career-spanning movie retrospective that it should be -- instead, it concentrates on his Capitol period of the '50s. (Even his big film hit from 1943's Higher (read more...)
[Item Code: 62382
CD: $18.00]
Track 03: I Love Paris |
COLLECTABLES
| ART BLAKEY / NEW WORLD (822) |
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This release features Blakey on percussion, backed by Ronnie Matthews on piano, Larry Evans on bass, Bill Hardman on trumpet, Julian Priester on trombone and Billy Harper on tenor sax. From the archives of Everest Records (read more...)
[Item Code: 62553
CD: $5.00]
Track 01: New World |
| RUDY VALLEE / HEIGH HO EVERYBODY (873) |
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Rudy Vallee was the original crooner. Singing with his trademark megaphone, he was wildly popular throughout the 1930s. Included are some of his biggest hits of the era (read more...)
[Item Code: 62552
CD: $5.00]
Track 02: I Should Care |
| EDDIE COLE / THAT'S ALRIGHT (5331) |
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Piano great Eddie Cole's professional career began when he was discovered by bandleader Noble Sissle in 1930. He played and recorded with many bands and headed his own. He's heard here with his comedy jive group, The Three Nuts And A Bolt. These selections are paired with five tunes by (read more...)
[Item Code: 23288
CD: $13.00]
Track 02: Make My Baby Care For Me (Previously Unreleased) |
| MODERN JAZZ QUARTET / COLLABORATION (6911) |
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The Modern Jazz Quartet's renowned music spanned five decades. They are joined on this classic recording by the brilliant Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida. The meeting of the MJQ and Almeida has been a collaboration in a sense more comprehensive than any that would have been feasible a decade or two (read more...)
[Item Code: 62557
CD: $13.00]
Track 02: Trieste |
| PAUL BARBARIN / (6912) |
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A top drummer and band leader, Paul Barbain's legacy of New Orleans jazz influenced many contemporary groups. This CD features his most popular songs including 'Crescent Blues', 'Someday Sweetheart' and his famous original, 'Bourbon Street Parade (read more...)
[Item Code: 62554
CD: $13.00]
Track 01: Sing On |
COLLECTORS MUSIC
| NEAL HEFTI / JAZZ POPS (836) |
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Jazz Pops is Hefti's second Reprise Records' platter, with Hefti leading a star-studded orchestra through a blend of his own high-profile tunes and a few concurrently well-known selections. Among the contributors are such West Coast studio session notables as Jack Sheldon (trumpet), Plas Johnson (flute), Al McKibbon (bass), and Emil (read more...)
[Item Code: 62568
CD: $14.00]
Track 02: Take Five |
DOCUMENT
| HARRY RESER / TRAININ' THE FINGERS (1108) |
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Ultra-rare recordings, many unavailable elsewhere. Harry Reser is acknowledged as the greatest banjo player who ever lived. Reser, however, was no hillbilly or Bluegrass musician but an enormously gifted exponent of jazz and the woderfully evocative recordings gathered together for this album illustrate the man's unique prowess on an instrument (read more...)
[Item Code: 62431
CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Wait'll It's Moonlight |
| CLEO BROWN / COMPLETE RECORDED WORKS (1532) |
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Complete recorded works. Original track is followed by the alternate take of each track. Not available elsewhere in this format. New sleeve notes document the sounds of house parties and bars in the Prohibition and post- Prohibition days. There are many theories on the meaning and attributes of Boogie-Woogie. Cleo (read more...)
[Item Code: 62432
CD: $16.00]
Track 03: I'll Take The South |
| RUFUS THOMAS / TIGER MAN - EARLIEST RECORDINGS (5683) |
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Rare gems from the vaults, exclusive to Document. Includes previously un-issued tracks and ultra-rare acetates. Songs featured in chronological order. The world of blues, R&B and soul will never see the likes of Rufus Thomas again. He was utterly unique. A truely great performer in every respect, with a (read more...)
[Item Code: 62433
CD: $16.00]
Track 02: I'm So Worried |
DRG
| ETHEL MERMAN / HAPPY HUNTING (19108) |
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Ethel Merman was the Queen Of Broadway. No performer on the musical comedy stage was hailed as enthusiastically and repeatedly. Her performance was the high voltage that kept Broadway lighted; her performance was the infectious rendering of a song that made her the trademark for the American musical comedy stage (read more...)
[Item Code: 62320
CD: $17.00]
Track 03: Gee, But It's Good To Be Here |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS / CAPITOL SALUTES BRAODWAY - SOUTH PACIFIC / KISS ME KATE (19113) |
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Here, making its debut on CD for the first time in over fifty years are Capitol Records great artists performing songs from Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific with orchestras conducted by Paul Weston and Frank DeVol. Together on these two shows they bring you the best from Rodgers and (read more...)
[Item Code: 62322
CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Bali Ha'i (b) |
FROG
| KING OLIVER / BLUES SINGERS AND ORCHESTRAS (68) |
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Okeh's and the missing Victor alternates. This latest Frog release completes the reissue of all Joe 'King' Oliver's pre-1930 recordings in superior sound quality. It features "The King" at his very best, accompanying the great blues singers from Sippie Wallace to Texas Alexander and on to his outstanding solo (read more...)
[Item Code: 62161
CD: $19.00]
Track 01: Morning Dove Blues (a) |
GHB
| PAUL BARBARIN / PAUL BARBARIN AND HIS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND (5002) |
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New Orleans drummer Paul Barbarin played with Joe "King" Oliver and Louis Armstrong among many other greats. This release consists of a session from 1951 and another from 1954. Altogether, you will find this CD one that you will be happy to file carefully away alongside your special treasures, with (read more...)
[Item Code: 62448
CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Weary Blues |
HEP
| SLIM GAILLARD / ICE CREAM ON TOAST (86) |
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Studio and radio performances from one of the great jazz entertainers at the
peak of his career - fun all the way. Features some rare alternates and broadcast performances from 1937 to 1947 (read more...)
[Item Code: 62427
CD: $15.00]
Track 01: There's No Two Ways |
JASMINE
| JIMMY WAKLEY / A RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT (19) |
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4-CD set. Along with Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and Tex Ritter, Jimmy Wakely defined Hollywood's American Western and was also the first Country & Western artist to cross over into the pop charts. This 4CD set has a whopping 120 tracks including the three full albums: "Santa Fe Trail," "Christmas (read more...)
[Item Code: 62488
4-CD: $34.00]
Track 03: Dust |
| LAWRENCE WELK / INTO THE FIFTIES (477) |
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2-CD set. In the 1950's big band music was in the decline, however Lawrence Welk was still going strong and holding his own against the upcoming rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues artists. This superb collection from one of the last prolific band leaders who's career spanned (read more...)
[Item Code: 62485
2-CD: $18.00]
Track 01: Bubbles In The Wine |
| RUSS MORGAN / INTO THE FIFTIES (478) |
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2-CD set. During the 1950's Russ Morgan was still a highly successful band leader and was holding his own during the rise of the rock 'n' roll era. With three American number ones in his career and having four simultaneous records in the top ten Russ Morgan was (read more...)
[Item Code: 62486
2-CD: $18.00]
Track 01: The Poor People Of Paris |
| ANNIE ROSS / TWISTED (481) |
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Annie Ross was not just known for singing with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross but a talented artist in her own right who has recorded more than a dozen albums. Featuring some of Annie's earlier material "The Time Was Right," "Annie's Blues" and the title track "Twisted" which features her reprise of (read more...)
[Item Code: 62487
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: I'm Beginning To Think You Care For Me |
REV-OLA
| LOUIS JORDAN / ROCK DOC! LOUIS JORDAN ON MERCURY (244) |
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Rev-Ola proudly presents all 28 tracks recorded in this new sound venture. Here are Louis' greatest songs re-recorded for the new microgroove album market with a new Tumpany 5 made up of top New York, Chicago and Hollywood session men. Sympathetic arrangements breathed new life into these songs. The optimism (read more...)
[Item Code: 62380
CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Big Bess |
SEPIA
| BING CROSBY / THROUGH THE YEARS, VOLUME 1 (1111) |
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This new series follows on from the celebrated Chronological Bing Crosby series issued on Jonzo Records. This CD features 26 recordings starting from 1950, and several songs make their debut CD appearance (read more...)
[Item Code: 62435
CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Autumn Leaves |
| RHONDA FLEMING / RHONDA FLEMING SINGS JUST FOR YOU (1112) |
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With the release of this CD, modern listeners will have the wonderful opportunity to enjoy the beautiful and beguiling singing voice of 1950s Hollywood movie star Rhonda Fleming. The disc, released with Fleming's full cooperation and support, includes some standards and rare tracks from her personal archive as well as (read more...)
[Item Code: 62436
CD: $15.00]
Track 03: Love Me Or Leave Me |
| MEL TORME / MEL TORME MEETS THE BRITISH - THE LONDON RECORDINGS (1113) |
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The late Mel Torme left a wealth of highly regarded recordings made during his five-decade career. Most of his songs are re-issued on CD but the tracks here, recorded with top British musicians in London during his first British tour in 1956 and second tour a year later in 1957 (read more...)
[Item Code: 62434
CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Limehouse Blues |
WATER
| ORNETTE COLEMAN / THE ART OF THE IMPROVISERS (217) |
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Recorded between 1959 and 1961 with Ornette's classic quartet of Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell (with the notable additions of Scott LaFaro and Jimmy Garrison on a couple of tracks) this record, though not nearly as well known as This Is Our Music or The Shape of Jazz (read more...)
[Item Code: 62056
CD: $17.00]
Track 03: The Fifth Of Beethoven |
| ORNETTE COLEMAN / TWINS (218) |
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Though recorded in 1959 this album was not released until 1971. Featuring the classic Ornette Coleman quartet, this release is perhaps most notable for an early version of "Free Jazz", here called "First Take", the 40 minute version of which would make up his entire album of the same name (read more...)
[Item Code: 62057
CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Little Symphony |
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