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January 30 - February 5 |
To order an item or view tunes, simply click on its "ItemCode" |
Allen, Harry
Brown, Mel
Carter, Benny
Coltrane, Alice
Criss, Sonny
Crosby, Bing
| Folds, Chuck
Francis, Connie
Hamilton, Chico
Handy, John
Humphrey, Percy
Jones, Jack
| Mingus, Charles
Mitchell, Blue
Nelson, Oliver
Roberts, Howard
Slatkin, Felix
Terry, Clark
Various_artists
Vaughn, Billy
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ARBORS JAZZ
| HARRY ALLEN / MUSIC FROM THE SOUND OF MUSIC (19410) |
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Harry Allen presents his version of 'The Sound of Music' in the third of Arbors Records' ongoing series of Jazz/Broadway hybrid albums. The all-star saxophonist and guitarist Joe Cohn have brought forth a lively revival of the jazz-show album genre. Rebecca Kilgore and Eddie Erickson vocalize perfectly, sparking new (read more...)
[Item Code: 73066
CD: $17.00]
 Track 01: How Can I Survive? |
| CHUCK FOLDS / CHASING A DREAM (19429) |
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Jazz pianist Chuck Folds performs his favorite tunes, honed beautifully over the course of his 61-year career. Over the years, Folds has performed with many jazz greats such as Eddie Condon, Joe Venuti, Pee Wee Russell, and Maxine Sullivan. Listeners have been reveling in his unique style of stride (read more...)
[Item Code: 73067
CD: $17.00]
Track 01: It Don't Mean A Thing |
AVID
| PERCY HUMPHREY / PERCY HUMPHREY - SWEET EMMA BARRETT - JIM ROBINSON - BILLIE AND DEDE PIERCE
NEW ORLEANS1961 - THE LIVING LEGENDS - FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS (1046) |
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2-CD set. Four classic albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. 'Percy Humphrey's Crescent City Joymakers'; 'Sweet Emma Barrett 'The Bell Gal' & Her Dixieland Boys featuring Jim Robinson'; 'Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band' and 'Billy And Dede Pierce Vocal Blues And (read more...)
[Item Code: 73124
2-CD: $19.00]
Track 02: Over In Gloryland |
| BENNY CARTER / FOUR CLASSIC ALBUMS PLUS BENNY CARTER, JAZZ GIANT - SWINGIN' THE '20'S - SAX ALA CARTER - ASPECTS (1048) |
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2-CD set. Four classic Benny Carter albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. 'Benny Carter, Jazz Giant', 'Swingin' The 20's', 'Sax Ala Carter!' and 'Aspects' Giants don't come much bigger than Benny Carter, except maybe for Ben Webster and we've (read more...)
[Item Code: 73126
2-CD: $19.00]
Track 02: I'm Coming Virginia |
HIT PARADE
| FELIX SLATKIN / MANY SPLENDORED THEMES (13503) |
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On the 50th anniversary of their first release, Hit Parade Records, the imported audiophile-quality reissue label, is pleased to present two complete stereo albums on one CD performed by The Fantastic Strings of Felix Slatkin, one of Hollywood's most brilliant conductors in the Golden Era of 50s and 60s film (read more...)
[Item Code: 73005
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: Golden Earrings |
SEPIA
| JACK JONES / SHALL WE DANCE - THIS WAS MY LOVE (1182) |
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Bonus track - (*). First time on CD - two LPs ('Shall We Dance' and 'This Was My Love') recorded in the early 1960s, including the Grammy-winning single 'Lollipops and Roses.' The 12 tracks from the former benefit from Billy May's swinging arranging and conducting, while the latter showcases Pete King's sensitive arranging (read more...)
[Item Code: 73069
CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Shall We Dance |
| BILLY VAUGHN / ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL AND WHEELS - BERLIN MELODY (1183) |
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This CD collection features two of Billy Vaughn's big selling long playing records from the 1960s: 'Orange Blossom Special and Wheels' (peaked at number eleven on the Billboard chart) and 'Berlin Melody' (which reached number twenty (read more...)
[Item Code: 73095
CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Orange Blossom Special |
| CONNIE FRANCIS / NEVER ON SUNDAY - SONGS TO A SWINGING BAND (1184) |
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Bonus track - (*). Two complete albums ('Never On Sunday' and 'Songs To A Swinging Band') by America's Sweetheart of Song, plus three bonus tracks. Francis recorded 'Never On Sunday' after performing the surprise Oscar-winning song live on the 1961 Academy Awards. The LP reached #11 on the charts, where it remained (read more...)
[Item Code: 73070
CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Never On Sunday |
| BING CROSBY / THROUGH THE YEARS, VOLUME 9 (1185) |
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The first ten tracks on this CD come from two sessions with an orchestra led by Crosby's long time pianist, Buddy Cole. The rest of the songs are a fine, relaxed collection of a old standards projected in the standard Crosby idiom (read more...)
[Item Code: 73094
CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Christmas Is A-Comin' |
UNIVERSAL
| MEL BROWN / THE WIZARD - BLUES FOR WE (80945) |
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This remastered two-fer combines guitarist Mel Brown's second Impulse release from 1968, 'The Wizard', with 'Blues for We' released the following year. The Wizard is a straight-ahead soul-jazz date picking up where 'Chicken Fat' left off with a few originals alongside funky renditions of Ode to Billie Joe and Pee (read more...)
[Item Code: 73173
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: Swamp Fever |
| SONNY CRISS / JOY OF SAX - WARM AND SONNY (80947) |
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This two-fer CD combines the Sonny Criss 1976 album 'Warm and Sonny' with 'The Joy of Sax', released the following year. Originally these LPs were released separately on Impulse. Both albums find him playing with an electric rhythm section and the addition of strings and horns throughout. Most of the (read more...)
[Item Code: 73175
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing |
| CHICO HAMILTON / EL CHICO - FURTHER ADVENTURES OF EL CHICO (80948) |
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This set combines two Chico Hamilton LPs from Impulse Records, 'El Chico' and 'Further Adventure of El Chico', both issued in 1966 separately. The 18 tracks include pleasant arrangements of the standards 'The Shadow of Your Smile,' 'My Romance,' 'Stella by Starlight,' and pop songs of the era 'Monday, Monday (read more...)
[Item Code: 73176
CD: $18.00]
Track 01: El Chico |
| JOHN HANDY / HARD WORK - CARNIVAL (80949) |
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Much of what is involved musically on this album is a result of the 'almost full circle' of music that has been John Handy's good fortune to have experienced (read more...)
[Item Code: 73177
CD: $18.00]
Track 01: Hard Work |
| BLUE MITCHELL / AFRICAN VIOLET - SUMMER SOFT (80952) |
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This two-fer combines a pair of trumpeter Blue Mitchell's late-career albums for the Impulse! label: 1977's 'African Violet' and 'Summer Soft'. A consummate hard bopper, Mitchell experimented with soul and funk-jazz as the '70s wore on and these albums are no exception. Funky but lyrical, muscular yet still swinging (read more...)
[Item Code: 73181
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: Ojos De Rojo |
| CHARLES MINGUS / BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY - MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS MINGUS (80953) |
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This volume pairs two indisputable classic Charles Mingus titles - both of which have endured for nearly 50 years - that were cut during the same year. While 'The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady' was recorded on January 20, 1963, the recording that ended up as 'Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus' was (read more...)
[Item Code: 73180
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: Track B- Duet Solo Dancers |
| OLIVER NELSON / HAPPENINGS - SOULFUL BRASS (80954) |
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This Impulse two-fer revives a pair of LPs by arranger, composer, and saxophonist Oliver Nelson, 'Happenings' and 'Soulful Brass', released in 1966 and 1968, respectively. 'Happenings', a date with pianist Hank Jones, is the better album, unlike 'Soulful Brass', which was co-led with comedian/pianist Steve Allen. Unfortunately, both pianists (read more...)
[Item Code: 73182
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: Winchester Cathedral |
| HOWARD ROBERTS / ANTELOPE FREEWAY - EQUINOX EXPRESS ELEVATOR (80955) |
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A consummate jazz and session guitarist in the 1950s and '60s, Howard Roberts was a bandleader on quite a few of his own sessions, as well, including two very odd albums from Impulse Records, 1971's 'Antelope Freeway' and 1975's 'Equinox Express Elevator', both of which are included in (read more...)
[Item Code: 73183
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: That's America For Ya |
| CLARK TERRY / THE HAPPY HORNS OF CLARK TERRY - IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENIN' (80957) |
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This two-fer combines two of trumpeter/ flugelhornist Clark Terry's albums for the Impulse label: 1964's 'The Happy Horns of Clark Terry'and 1967's It's What's Happenin'. Generally considered one of Terry's best '60s outings, 'The Happy Horns of Clark Terry' is a jaunty, swinging affair that finds Terry joined (read more...)
[Item Code: 73185
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: In A Mist |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS / GREETINGS FROM THE BORSCHT BELT - THE BEST BROADS OF COMEDY (619032) |
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The women of the Borscht Belt have frequently been called the mothers of the sexual revolution. With their roots in '30s comedians such as Fanny Brice, these ladies made their homes in the saloons of New York, Vegas and of course the Catskills. Their comedy routines exposed the subject of (read more...)
[Item Code: 73172
CD: $12.00]
Track 01: Schmeckolectomy (a) |
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