The Original American Decca Recordings (also released as The Complete Decca Recordings) is a 1992 compilation 3-CD set of sessions led by jazz bandleader Count Basie recorded for the Decca label between 1937 and 1939. For Allmusic Scott Yanow wrote “This magnificent three-disc [More]
Coast Concert/Jazz Ultimate collects two of Bobby Hackett’s mid-’50s albums on one CD. Coast Concert from 1955 features Hackett live with old friend Jack Teagarden on a selection of lively Dixieland standards such as “Basin Street Blues,” “Fidgety Feet,” [More]
“Finger Buster” by Emmet Cohen, from the album Uptown in Orbit on Mack Avenue Records. “Emmet Cohen’s time has come. Since his debut Mack Avenue release Future Stride, Cohen has toured the world consistently – [More]
Track listing: Autumn Leaves 00:00 My Funny Valentine 15:07 All Blues 26:33 All of You 40:13 Joshua 50:47 Personnel: Miles Davis – trumpet Wayne Shorter – tenor saxophone Herbie Hancock – piano Ron Carter – [More]
Bill Evans (p), Chuck Israels (b) and Larry Bunker (d) are at the BBC studios in London to tape the “Jazz 625” program hosted by British trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton. Track listing: Five 00:00 Introduction by [More]
Track listing: 1 Perdido 2:56 2 Bourbon Street Parade 2:58 3 Three Little Words 3:26 4 Sayles’ Broken String Blues 4:26 5 Sheik Of Araby 3:15 6 Drag’s Turnaround Blues 2:00 7 Rose Room 4:00 [More]
“On the Sunny Side of the Street” is a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Some authors say that Fats Waller was the composer, but he sold the rights to [More]
Track listing: 00:00 Prince Of Wails 02:32 Jack Hits The Road 05:31 Muskrat Ramble 08:21 After A While 11:26 Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble 14:21 Forty-Seventh And State 17:16 That Da-Da Strain 19:58 At The Jazz Band Ball Personnel: [More]
Track listing: 1) Rockin’ Chair 2) Big Butter And Egg Man (starts at 02:40) 3) My Melancholy Baby (starts at 05:44) 4) Limehouse Blues (starts at 09:21) 5) I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues [More]
This album is dedicated to the memory of Bill Evans. Track listing: A1 Rendezvous (Richie Beirach) A2 Distant Dream (Richie Beirach) A3 Natural Selection (Richie Beirach) A4 Inborn (Richie Beirach) B1 Rectilinear (Richie Beirach) B2 [More]