This release presents two complete original albums by the unique Johnny Hodges, both appearing here on CD for the first time ever. The first, in quintet format, marks Hodge’s only recorded encounter ever with Argentinean [More]
Blue Rose is the debut studio album by Rosemary Clooney, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, released in mono on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 872. Although she had appeared on albums before, it had [More]
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants is an album by saxophonist Budd Johnson which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label. “This reissue of a Riverside album, which surprisingly has not [More]
Track listing: A1 Tree Of Hope 4:52 A2 Blues For Blokes 3:42 A3 Baby Blue 4:04 A4 Jeepers Creepers 4:52 B1 Rock Me Gently 4:56 B2 Hand Me Down Love 4:58 B3 Mabulala 3:20 B4 [More]
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1958 and released on the Columbia label. Track listing: “Alice Blue Gown” (Harry Tierney, Joseph McCarthy) [More]
Live at the Village Vanguard is a live album by American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring performances recorded in 1967 at the Village Vanguard and originally released on three separate LPs on the Solid State [More]
Ellington Uptown (also released as Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown) is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1951 & 1952. The album was re-released on CD in [More]
Tell It the Way It Is! is an album recorded in 1963 by Paul Gonsalves. Former Duke Ellington band members Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges and Ray Nance teamed up with Swedish trumpeter Rolf Ericson and pianist [More]
This 1960 ѕеt іѕ ѕаіd tо bе the оnlу rесоrdіng ѕеѕѕіоn оn whісh Ben Wеbѕtеr and Jоhnnу Hodges wеrе the only twо hоrn рlауеrѕ. At lеаѕt, that аррlіеѕ to thе fіrѕt dozen tracks. The lаѕt [More]
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins that was recorded on August 18, 1962 and released in February 1963 by Impulse! Records. In 1995, The New York [More]
