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Groovin’ with Jacquet (aka Groovin’) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, recorded in 1951 and late 1953 and released on the Clef label. Track listing: All compositions [More]

The Swinging Count! is an album by jazz pianist Count Basie in small group sessions recorded in 1952 and released in 1956 on the Clef [More]

The Oscar Peterson Trio in Tokyo is a live album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). [More]

I’m Still Swinging is an album by jazz trumpeter Joe Newman’s Octet recorded in 1955 for the RCA Victor label. The album features cover art [More]

Let’s Swing! is an album by saxophonist Budd Johnson which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Swingville label. Track listing: All compositions by [More]

This posthumously released CD features recordings made by the great bassist Milt Hinton with a number of his friends between 1989 and 1990, all of [More]

Track listing: A1 Lover A2 A Hundred Years From Today A3 St. James Infirmary Blues B1 After You’ve Gone B2 Stars Fell On Alabama B3 [More]

Mellow Tone features Hawkins with some wonderful compatriots like Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (who was a major Hawkins disciple), Kenny Burrell/g, the rarely heard Hilton Jefferson/as, [More]

In 1951 Duke Ellington’s biggest star soloist decided to finally leave the band he had been with since 1928, seduced by JATP’s impresario Normal Granz. [More]

Porgy and Bess is a studio album by jazz vocalist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong and singer Ella Fitzgerald, released on Verve Records in 1959. The [More]