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Prince of Cool
: :For a man with little formal musical training, who rarely composed his own music and had a limited range as both singer and trumpeter, Chet Baker was certainly able to carve out a rather nifty little career in jazz. Indeed, these 'limitations' became assets in Baker's work, breeding a guilelessness, clarity, and immediacy that only enhanced his music's appeal. The three-disc Prince of Cool: The Pacific Jazz Years 1952-1957 replaces the more comprehensive four-disc box Capitol released in 1994, and, as the title hints, it ...
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The Columbia Years (1943-1952): The Complete Recordings
: :For a man with little formal musical training, who rarely composed his own music and had a limited range as both singer and trumpeter, Chet Baker was certainly able to carve out a rather nifty little career in jazz. Indeed, these 'limitations' became assets in Baker's work, breeding a guilelessness, clarity, and immediacy that only enhanced his music's appeal. The three-disc Prince of Cool: The Pacific Jazz Years 1952-1957 replaces the more comprehensive four-disc box Capitol released in 1994, and, as the title hints, it ...
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The Savoy Years and More
: :Like almost every single album bearing the name and inimitable voice of this rare jazz treasure, this reissue covering Jimmy Scott's on-again, off-again relationship with Savoy Records has both its highlights and its low points. Of course, no amount of treachery or ineptitude has ever muffled Scott's long-lined, behind-the-beat ballad singing, which often sounds like a woman's. His is an absolutely original voice and one of the most ambrosial acquired tastes in all of jazz history. Recorded mostly in the 1950s and early '60s, this ...
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Jesus Christ Superstar: The 20th Anniversary London Cast Recording
: :Like almost every single album bearing the name and inimitable voice of this rare jazz treasure, this reissue covering Jimmy Scott's on-again, off-again relationship with Savoy Records has both its highlights and its low points. Of course, no amount of treachery or ineptitude has ever muffled Scott's long-lined, behind-the-beat ballad singing, which often sounds like a woman's. His is an absolutely original voice and one of the most ambrosial acquired tastes in all of jazz history. Recorded mostly in the 1950s and early '60s, this ...
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The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection
: :Mathis was among the singers who, in the '60s and '70s, churned out an album every few months--often made up largely of the same recent chart hits his peers (Andy Williams, Jerry Vale) were covering. Despite the presence of 'Feelings,' however, this four-CD box is low on chaff and high on the wispy romanticism of hits such as 'Chances Are,' 'Misty,' and 'It's Not for Me to Say.' --Rickey Wright
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Dearly Beloved
:Album Description:It is generally acknowledged that Ella's really great years were the mid 50s, the period covered by this box set when she was recording with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Ellis Larkins, performing the works of Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart and Duke Ellington. 83 tracks over 4CDs with a 52 page illustrated booklet including session detail, her story focusing on this period and rare photos from the time.
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Overtures of Broadway
:Album Description:It is generally acknowledged that Ella's really great years were the mid 50s, the period covered by this box set when she was recording with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Ellis Larkins, performing the works of Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart and Duke Ellington. 83 tracks over 4CDs with a 52 page illustrated booklet including session detail, her story focusing on this period and rare photos from the time.
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Playboy's 40th Anniversary: Four Decades Of Jazz (1953-1993)
:Album Description:It is generally acknowledged that Ella's really great years were the mid 50s, the period covered by this box set when she was recording with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Ellis Larkins, performing the works of Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart and Duke Ellington. 83 tracks over 4CDs with a 52 page illustrated booklet including session detail, her story focusing on this period and rare photos from the time.
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The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 7 (1961)
:Album Description:It is generally acknowledged that Ella's really great years were the mid 50s, the period covered by this box set when she was recording with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Ellis Larkins, performing the works of Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart and Duke Ellington. 83 tracks over 4CDs with a 52 page illustrated booklet including session detail, her story focusing on this period and rare photos from the time.
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