ARMSTRONG LOUIS
2014. Louis Armstrong was one of jazz's greatest names, long recognised as a great innovator as well as a populariser. His recordings with his Hot 7s and Hot 5s in the '20s and '30s are regarded as some of the most ..
HAYNES ROY
2014. This 1971 work by Roy Haynes and his group The Hip Ensemble, now reissued on CD, was recorded for Mainstream Records. The group featured two young players who went on to achieve great success, tenor player Geo..
BREWER TERESA
2015. With count basie and thad jones: the songs of bessie smith. With duke ellington: it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. - trombone cholly,gulf coast blues,down heart..
GORDON DEXTER ALL-STARS
1969. One of the most important tenor saxophonists to emerge during the bebop era. - SILVER PLATED,CRY ME A RIVER,RHYTHM MAD,DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME,I HEAR MUSIC,BONNA RUE,I SHOULD CARE,BLOWIN' FOR DOOTSIE,TENDERLY..
CURTIS COUNCE QUINTET
2013. The Boplicity label was one of the earliest entries into the jazz reissue market in the mid 1980s. In 2013 Ace is re-launching the label as the home for their small but distinct catalogue of 1950s and 1960s mo..
PERKINS CARL
1960. - way 'cross town,you don't know what love is,lady is a tramp,marblehead,woody 'n' you,west side,just friends,it could happen to you,why do i care,lilacs in the rain,carl's blues,way cross town,you ..
BAKER CHET QUINTETTE
2013. - extra mild,halema,jumpin' off a cliff,the route,lucious lou,pawnee junction
GRAY WARDELL
2014. This release presents one of the most historically important recordings first issued by the Los Angeles-based Modern label. Dating from 1948, some tracks recorded at the Shrine Studio as part of the Gene Norma..
HAWKINS COLEMAN
1991. - CLOUDY ALMOST DAWN STAKE OUT CROSS TOWN SHADOWS
BUDDY COLLETTE QUINTET
2013. The Boplicity label was one of the earliest entries into the jazz reissue market in the mid 1980s. In 2013 Ace is re-launching the label as the home for their small but distinct catalogue of 1950s and 1960s mo..
HAMILTON CHICO WITH HORN PAUL
2013. - porch light,autumn landscape,uyawda,lolly pop,pluck it,katz up,crazy cats (same tune as classical katz),lord randell
LAND HAROLD
2014. This album was made by a fine small jazz group operating in the early '60s, co-led by saxophonist Harold Land and vibes player Bobby Hutcherson. They released records under Bobby's name for Blue Note and under..
ELLINGTON DUKE
2014. Stridently titled 'My People' and meant as an early musical tribute to Martin Luther King, this work by Duke Ellington -here appearing on compact disc- was released on Bob Thiele's mid-'60s Contact label, but ..
SARAH VAUGHAN
2014. A superb reissue of Sarah's 1971 full-length, originally on Bob Shad's Mainstream Records. Although jazz became less popular in the '60s and '70s, Vaughan retained her appeal. This album shows how well she c..
