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The Joe Newman Octet – I’m Still Swinging
The Joe Newman Octet – I’m Still Swinging
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]
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Budd Johnson Quintet – Let’s Swing!
Budd Johnson Quintet – Let’s Swing!
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]
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Milt Hinton – The Basement Tapes
Milt Hinton – The Basement Tapes
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]
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Jack Teagarden band with Ruby Braff – T for Trombone
Jack Teagarden band with Ruby Braff – T for Trombone
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]
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Coleman Hawkins – In A Mellow Tone
Coleman Hawkins – In A Mellow Tone
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]
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Johnny Hodges – Live at Storyville
Johnny Hodges – Live at Storyville
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]
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Porgy & Bess
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Porgy & Bess
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]
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Erroll Garner – The Greatest Garner
Erroll Garner – The Greatest Garner
Track listing: A1 The Way You Look Tonight Written-By – Fields, Kerns 3:10 A2 Turquoise Written-By – Garner 2:52 A3 Pavanne Written-By – Ravel 3:10 [More]
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Woody Herman Sextet – At The Roundtable
Woody Herman Sextet – At The Roundtable
By 1959 Herman had broken up his Third Herd and was utilizing a sextet filled with important young players. This live LP from 1959 (the [More]
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Duke Ellington – The Blanton-Webster Band
Duke Ellington – The Blanton-Webster Band
The Blanton–Webster Band is a compilation album that combines the master takes of all the recordings by Duke Ellington’s Orchestra during the years of 1940 [More]
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