Lionel Hampton – Stop! I Don’t Need No Sympathy!
Lionel Hampton – Stop! I Don’t Need No Sympathy!
An excellent album of tight little instrumentals – one that features the combination of Lionel Hampton’s vibes with the groovy Chicago soul production of Brunswick [More]
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Duke Ellington – Ellington at Newport 1956 (Complete)
Duke Ellington – Ellington at Newport 1956 (Complete)
Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and His Band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a [More]
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The Ken Peplowski Quintet – The Natural Touch
The Ken Peplowski Quintet – The Natural Touch
“Ken Peplowski has been one of the most consistent performers in the “new mainstream” movement of the 1990s. Whether playing his fluent clarinet or warm [More]
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Woody Herman – Songs For Hip Lovers
Woody Herman – Songs For Hip Lovers
Songs for Hip Lovers is a 1957 vocal album by the jazz bandleader Woody Herman, arranged by Marty Paich. Ken Dryden reviewed the album for [More]
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Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson – Satch and Josh
Count Basie Encounters Oscar Peterson – Satch and Josh
Satch and Josh is a 1974 album by Oscar Peterson and Count Basie. “Producer Norman Granz occasionally got carried away with the quantity of his [More]
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Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington’s Far East Suite
Duke Ellington – Duke Ellington’s Far East Suite
Far East Suite is a 1967 concept album by  Duke Ellington, inspired by his group’s tour of Asia. Ellington and longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn wrote [More]
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Jimmie Lunceford – Running a Temperature
Jimmie Lunceford – Running a Temperature
Track listing: 00:00 Slumming on Park Avenue (Remastered 2014) 02:59 Coquette (Remastered 2014) 06:07 The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (Remastered 2014) 08:55 Ragging the Scale (Remastered [More]
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Ella Fitzgerald With The Roy Eldridge Sextet – Live in Stockholm 1957
Ella Fitzgerald With The Roy Eldridge Sextet – Live in Stockholm 1957
Billed as a Jazz at the Philharmonic performance, this concert consists of two intimate sets: the first showcases Roy Eldridge leading an All Star sextet, [More]
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Artie Shaw – Re-Creates His Great ’38 Band
Artie Shaw – Re-Creates His Great ’38 Band
It’s 1938 band that was recreated in stereo in 1968 by Capitol Records, with Shaw conducting and producing, though not playing. Shaw’s clarinet part is [More]
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Lester Young – The Complete Aladdin Recordings Of Lester Young
Lester Young – The Complete Aladdin Recordings Of Lester Young
Lester Young recorded for the Aladdin label between December 1945 and December 1947, leading a series of small groups that would range in size from [More]
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