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| Cannonball Adderley : Somethin Else (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| One of the best known record dates in the history of modern jazz, the chemistry among Adderley, Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Sam Jones and Art Blakey is amazing. Their radical reworkings of "Autumn Leaves" and "Love For Sale" are masterpieces. Miles' title tune and Nat Adderley's "One For Daddy-O" are classics. The Rudy Van Gelder remastered CD includes the bonus track "Bangoon". |
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| Louis Armstrong : Complete Hot Fives & Sevens |
| The most important jazz recordings ever made. All 80 tracks by Louis' Hot Five and Hot Seven (1925-28) with Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, Lil Armstrong and Earl Hines,, including all known alternate takes plus 9 tracks of the band backing other vocalists. Newly transferred and pitch corrected. |
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| Louis Armstrong : Louis Armstrong/King Oliver |
| Oliver's 18 landmark 1923 Gennett recordings with Louis Armstrong, Lil Hardin, Johnny Dodds and Baby Dodds, as well as 7 Gennett/ Paramount tunes by the Red Onion Jazz Babies with Louis. |
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| Count Basie : Atomic Basie |
On October 21 and 22, 1957, Basie's band, sounding better than ever, went into the studio to cut 11 new volcanic Neal Hefti charts. Every tune became a classic, changing the course of this great band and this gifted composer-arranger.
Five additional tracks from those sessions, arranged by Jimmy Mundy, are added to this great sounding CD, subtitled "The Complete Atomic Basie". |
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| Count Basie : Complete Decca Recordings (3 CDs) |
| Covering `37 to `39, these are the first recordings of this great, path-breaking orchestra that included Jimmy Rushing, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Dickie Wells, Buck Clayton, Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Jo Jones. |
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| Art Blakey : Moanin` (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
Art Blakey's most successful album gave us Bobby Timmons's "Moanin'" and Benny Golson's "Along Came Betty" and "Blues March," tunes so powerful that Blakey played them almost every night for the next 30 years. This beautifully performed and recorded session made the Jazz Messengers a jazz institution and put Golson, Timmons and Morgan to the forefront of jazz.
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| Kenny Burrell : And John Coltrane (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| March 7, 1958, was one of those days when everything just seemed to go right. This recorded meeting of Burrell and Coltrane with the superb rhythm section of Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb is a standout in both of their extensive recorded careers. |
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| Kenny Burrell : Midnight Blue (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Alfred Lion considered this his favorite production and well he should have. Without piano, Burrell, Stanley Turrentine and company get a clean open sound and a deep groove on such now classic compositions as the title tune and "Chitlins Con Carne", which has become a blues band staple. The CD includes two bonus tracks (# 8 & 9) from the actual session. |
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| June Christy : Something Cool |
| Christy's signature album was her finest collaboration with Pete Rugolo. Drawn from 1953-55 sessions, the album proved so popular that Christy and Rugolo re-recorded it in 1960 for the stereo market. Now both versions are available in original sequence on one CD, newly remastered in 24-bit from the original tapes. |
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| Nat King Cole : Best Of The Nat King Cole Trio (Complete) |
| The King Cole Trio with Oscar Moore and Johnny Miller was the epitome of taste and creativity. They used the piano-guitar-bass combination to retool everything from be-bop to hit pop. These three volumes cover the best of the group from 1942-50 with 18 stunning instrumentals and 44 vocals of great variety. These three Best Of The Nat King Cole Trio CDs, packaged here in a slipcase, are also available singly. |
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| John Coltrane : Blue Train (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| His first great masterpiece with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. All of Coltrane's compositions are classics. The superbly executed and blended ensembles have a haunting quality and each solo is a memorable treasure. The Van Gelder remastered CD includes two alternate takes. |
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| Eddie Lockjaw Davis : Very Saxy (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Lockjaw's quartet with Shirley Scott, George Duvivier and Arthur Edgehill is joined by Coleman Hawkins, Arnett Cobb and Buddy Tate for five incredible and exciting performances by masters of swing and blues. This is an historic meeting of four of the truly great big-toned swing tenor men. |
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| Duke Ellington : Blanton-Webster Band (1940–42): Never No Lament |
| This is the great Ellington band that brought swing into the modern era. Includes Ben Webster, Jimmy Blanton, Cootie Williams, Rex Stewart and Johnny Hodges. This newly remastered and expanded 3-CD set includes 70 classic masters and 5 alternate takes. |
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| Duke Ellington : Money Jungle |
| The unlikely trio of Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach produced this 1962 classic. The originals range from vintage tunes like "Solitude" to new masterpieces like "Wig Wise." On the newly remixed CD, four new tunes and four alternate takes (two previously unissued) have been added to the original seven-tune album. |
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| Bill Evans : Sunday At The Village Vanguard |
| Evans's brilliant trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, which lasted only 19 months and made only 4 albums ("Explorations" and "Portrait In Jazz" in the studio and "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" and "Waltz For Debby" live), was one of those rare examples of perfect chemistry. LaFaro died just 10 days after the June '61, Village Vanguard sessions. |
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| Benny Goodman : Carnegie Hall Concert |
| The entire 1938 concert is presented as it happened, along with comments made by Goodman for the original release of the album in 1950, unreleased performances on "Sometimes I'm Happy" and "If Dreams Come True," and an unedited version of the "Honeysuckle Rose" jam session. In addition to the Goodman band with Harry James, Ziggy Elman and Jess Stacy, and the quartet with Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson and Gene Hackett, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Buck Clayton, Lester Young and Count Basie. |
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| Dexter Gordon : Go (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Dexter Gordon considered this his finest album and few would disagree. With the perfect rhythm section of Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins, this tenor giant reinvents standards like "Three O'Clock In The Morning," "Second Balcony Jump" and "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" and introduces his most famous composition "Cheese Cake." |
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| Grant Green : Idle Moments (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Time is suspended on these four haunting, extended tunes by this brilliant guitarist with Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw and Al Harewood. Alternate versions of "Jean De Fleur" and "Django" have been added. This Blue Note classic is unique in Green's discography for its relaxed, lengthy performances and almost dream-like lyricism. |
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| Herbie Hancock : Maiden Voyage (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Every single tune on this album from the haunting "Maiden Voyage" to the gentle, swinging "Dolphin Dance" has found its way into the standard jazz repertoire. Herbie Hancock fashioned a modern jazz milestone with extraordinary compositions, interplay and solos. Completing the quintet are Freddie Hubbard, George Coleman, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. |
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| Joe Henderson : Page One (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Page One introduced the jazz world to the unusually mature and original young tenor saxophonist, Joe Henderson. "Recorda Me" & "Blue Bossa" have become jazz classics for their mix of Brazilian rhythms with Hard Bop muscle. Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tyner, Butch Warren and Pete LaRoca complete the quintet. |
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| Johnny Hodges : With Billy Strayhorn & Orch. |
| What could be better than Billy Strayhorn creating gorgeous settings for the rich, lyrical alto saxophone of Johnny Hodges. This December, 1961 session is mostly Ellington in personnel and repertoire. And an inspired Hodges soars on "Star Dust", "Azure", "Your Love Had Faded", "Jeep's Blues" and 7 more. |
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| Billie Holiday : Lady Day - The Best Of Billie Holiday |
| Thirty-six defining maaterpieces, newly transferred, from her 1933-42 Okeh/Vocalion/Brunswick sessions. Sidemen include Lester Young, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Roy Eldridge and Teddy Wilson. |
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| Lambert, Hendricks & Ross : Sing A Song Of Basie |
| This ground-breaking 1957 album brought three mastere of vocalese together for the first time, creating entire Count Basie charts with their voices through means of overdubbing. Added to the original album are three rare 1955 Decca sides by Hendricks with the Dave Lambert Singers, including their first vocalese version of "Cloudburst". |
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| Jackie McLean : Let Freedom Ring (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| With this pivotal 1962 quartet date with Walter Davis, Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins, Jackie McLean took a bold step pushing the boundaries of hard bop to freer approaches to improvisation. The resulting masterpiece contains some of the most passionate playing of his long career, especially on Bud Powell's "I'll Keep Loving You". |
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| Hank Mobley : Soul Station (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Considered by many to be Mobley's finest recording, this warm, swinging 1960 date finds the tenorman in superb form with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Art Blakey. Mobley's hot, brilliantly constructed solos have a smooth sound and an easy feel. A true classic. |
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| Thelonious Monk : At Carnegie Hall (with John Coltrane) |
| A heretofore unknown November 1957 Carnegie Hall concert taped in excellent fidelity has been discovered. What makes this news earth-shattering is the existence of two 25-minute sets by the legendary Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, Ahmet Abdul-Malik and Shadow Wilson. And the music more than delivers on its promise. The band had been playing together every night for five months and were connecting on an amazing level. Pianistically, Monk will shock you and Coltrane is focused and impassioned throughout. |
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| Thelonious Monk : Brilliant Corners |
| The operative word here is brilliant. Monk introduced some of his most challenging and enduring compositions such as "Pannonica," "Bemsha Swing" and the title tune on this landmark 1956 recording with Ernie Henry, Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers and Max Roach. <> Newly remastered in the Keepnews Collection series. |
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| Thelonious Monk : Genius Of Modern Music, Volume 1 (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Monk's historic first sessions in complete form. This music is among the most influential and original in modern jazz and sounds as fresh and vibrant as it did the days it was recorded. October 15, 1947 with Idrees Sulieman on trompet, Danny Quebec West on alto sax, Gene Ramey on bass and Art Blakey on drums (#1-6). October 24, 1847 with Ramey and Blakey (#7-16) and November 21, 1947 with George Taitt on trumpet, Sahib Shihab on alto sax, Bob Paige on bass and Blakey (#17-21). |
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| Wes Montgomery : Incredible Jazz Guitar |
| This magnificent 1960 quartet date with Tommy Flanagan and Percy and Tootie Heath put Wes in the jazz pantheon and is still considered one of his finest. Includes the first versions of his "West Coast Blues," "Four On Six" and "D-Natural Blues." |
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| Wes Montgomery : Smokin At The Half Note (Deluxe Edition) |
| This unique guitarist found the perfect rhythm section in the Wynton Kelly trio with Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. This outstanding 1965 album was actually half live and half studio. This new edition of the CD adds six more live performances, which were originally issued with overdubbed orchestration on a later album. |
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| Lee Morgan : The Sidewinder (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| The Sidewinder, Lee Morgan's 24-bar blues with an infectious bass line and backbeat, instantly became one of the most popular pieces in modern jazz history. Every track on this classic album is a gem. Personnel: Morgan (tp); Joe Henderson (ts); Barry Harris(p); Bob Cranshaw (b); Billy Higgins (d). |
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| Ike Quebec : It Might As Well Be Spring (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Two weeks after Ike Quebec recorded his comeback album Heavy Soul for Blue Note, he was back at the Van Gelder studio with same band (Freddie Roach, Milt Hinton and Al Harewood), making a second album. The confidence paid off because It Might As Well Be Spring is every bit the classic the first album proved to be. Quebec's big-toned, vulnerable tenor playing is a thing to behold, as his heart-stopping version of the title tune, "Lover Man" and "Willow Weep For Me" attest. "Easy - Don't Hurt" is one of his blues masterpieces. |
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| Horace Silver : Song For My Father (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| A visit to Brazil prompted Horace Silver's interest in his Portuguese roots and led to the magnificent "Song For My Father," his most enduring composition.
Horace Silver introduced his new quintet with Joe Henderson and Carmell Jones on four tracks of this album. Each became a classic: the title tune, "The Natives Are Restless Tonight," "Que Pasa" and "The Kicker." Two more tunes from the album and four bonus tracks represent the final tracks by the classic Blue Mitchell-Junior Cook edition of the quintet. Track 7-10 are CD bonus tracks. |
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| Frank Sinatra : In The Wee Small Hours |
| In his liner notes, Pete Welding describes this as "one of the finest, most perfectly realized and deeply satisfying recordings of his long career. An album of unparalleled beauty and unfeigned emotional sincerity." The 16-song album is arranged by Nelson Riddle. |
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| Frank Sinatra : Sings For Only The Lonely |
| One of the first `concept' albums, Sinatra and arranger Nelson Riddle paint poignant statements around such standards as "Goodbye", "Spring Is Here" and definitive interpretations of "Angel Eyes" and "One For My Baby". "Sleep Warm" and "Where Or When", recorded a few months after completion of the album, are added here as bonus tracks. |
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| Art Tatum : Complete Capitol Recordings |
| All 20 solo sides that this genius recorded for Capitol in 1949 plus his eight trio sides from 1952 with Everett Barksdale and Slam Stewart (CD 2 #7-14). An added bonus is a promotional intreview for the label done with Paul Weston. Great Tatum! |
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| McCoy Tyner : The Real McCoy (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| McCoy Tyner, the great pianist, emerged as a great composer on the amazing session with Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Coltrane bandmate Elvin Jones. All five distinctive compositions have become jazz standards. A perfect record and an essential one too.
In a 2006 JazzTimes career retrospective, McCoy said, "It was the first album I had done as a leader after leaving John's band…..And a lot of what I learned from him transferred to that recording. So I was sort of inspired when I wrote tunes like "Search For Peace" and "Passion Dance" and "Blues On The Corner." |
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| Ben Webster : Soulville |
| Best known for its aptly named title tune, this 1957 date with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Stan Levey has a healthy helping of magnificent ballads like "Time On My Hands," "Where Are You" and "Ill Wind." The real surprise on this CD reissue is the three bonus tracks from the session on which Ben replaces Peterson at the piano, which was his first professional instrument. The newly remastered Verve Master Edition boasts greatly improved sound. |
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| Lester Young : The “Kansas City” Sessions |
| Both all-star Commodore dates by the Kansas City Six featuring Lester Young from `38 and `44 are issued here with master first-alternate takes. In addition, all 4 tunes from the 1938 Kansas City Five session featuring Buck Clayton are included. Sidemen include Eddie Durham, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones, Bill Coleman and Dicky Wells. |
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