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The Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbooks
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Beckology
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The Illinois Jacquet Story
:Album Description:Jacquet was the tenor saxophonist who informed the world that something new in tenor sax stylings had been forged with his famous solo on Lionel Hampton's 'Flying Home' in 1942. The master of the Texas tenor style proves his versatility & command of the horn in this four CD set that ranges from stomping swingers to romantic ballads & hown-home blues performances. Among the supporting cast on this essential 79 track set are, Charles Mingus, Sir Charles Thompson, Johnny Otis, Shadow Wilson, Bill Doggett ...
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The Complete Gershwin Songbooks
:Album Description:Jacquet was the tenor saxophonist who informed the world that something new in tenor sax stylings had been forged with his famous solo on Lionel Hampton's 'Flying Home' in 1942. The master of the Texas tenor style proves his versatility & command of the horn in this four CD set that ranges from stomping swingers to romantic ballads & hown-home blues performances. Among the supporting cast on this essential 79 track set are, Charles Mingus, Sir Charles Thompson, Johnny Otis, Shadow Wilson, Bill Doggett ...
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Chattanooga Gal
:Album Details:Bessie Smith's Big, Beautiful Voice Influenced Generations of Singers and Can Still Be Heard in the Work of Many of Today's Stars. 4cds, Well Over Four Hours of Music, Full Liner Notes and a Discography Add Up to a Truly Deluxe Package.
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All the Blues You Need: The Indigo 5th Anniversary Box Set
:Album Details:Three CD Box Set Celebrating Five Years of this Award Winning Blues Label. Blind Lemon Jefferson 'Matchbox Blues', Bessie Smith 'Nobody Knows', Robert Johnson 'i Believe I'll Dust My Broom' Dinah Washington 'my Lovin Papa' etc.
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Legends of Country Blues
:Album Details:Three CD Box Set Celebrating Five Years of this Award Winning Blues Label. Blind Lemon Jefferson 'Matchbox Blues', Bessie Smith 'Nobody Knows', Robert Johnson 'i Believe I'll Dust My Broom' Dinah Washington 'my Lovin Papa' etc.
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I Pity the Fool: The Duke Recordings, Vol. 1
: :Because he wasn't a guitarist, a songwriter, or a particularly acrobatic performer, Bobby 'Blue' Bland was perhaps the only major rhythm-and-bluesman who never really found favor among white audiences. Nevertheless, he still enjoyed about two decades' worth of R&B hits, and his suave, whisper-to-a-scream vocals--capped by a trademark throaty squall--influenced generations of singers (Van Morrison, most notably). Dating from 1952 to 1961, this 44-song set contains all highlights from Bland's first decade of hits: the perfectly relaxed, loping shuffle of 'Farther Up the Road,' the ...
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Beckology
: :Because he wasn't a guitarist, a songwriter, or a particularly acrobatic performer, Bobby 'Blue' Bland was perhaps the only major rhythm-and-bluesman who never really found favor among white audiences. Nevertheless, he still enjoyed about two decades' worth of R&B hits, and his suave, whisper-to-a-scream vocals--capped by a trademark throaty squall--influenced generations of singers (Van Morrison, most notably). Dating from 1952 to 1961, this 44-song set contains all highlights from Bland's first decade of hits: the perfectly relaxed, loping shuffle of 'Farther Up the Road,' the ...
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Amsterdam Live Concerts 1953
:Album Description:'In terms of his musical skill, the sheer size of his repertoire, the length and variety of his career, and his influence on contemporaries and musicians who would follow, Big Bill Broonzy is among a select few of the most important figures in recorded blues history … in this country he was instrumental in the growth of the Chicago Blues sound, and his travels abroad rank him as one of the leading blues ambassadors.' – All Music Guide Unique, never-before-released recordings–twenty-four tracks and nearly ...
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