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The Lionel Hampton Story
:Album Description:The 92 recordings on this 4 CD set tell the story of bandleader, vibraphonist, pianist, drummer and all-around showman Lionel Hampton. The story of the oldest established orchestra in jazz history and of a career of monumental achievements. Includes 44 page booklet with rare photographs and track details. Additional artists include Dizzy Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Johnny Griffin, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Mingus and Benny Bailey. 2000 release. 4 standard jewel cases housed together in a deluxe slipcase.
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The Vintage Years
:Album Description:The 92 recordings on this 4 CD set tell the story of bandleader, vibraphonist, pianist, drummer and all-around showman Lionel Hampton. The story of the oldest established orchestra in jazz history and of a career of monumental achievements. Includes 44 page booklet with rare photographs and track details. Additional artists include Dizzy Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Johnny Griffin, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Mingus and Benny Bailey. 2000 release. 4 standard jewel cases housed together in a deluxe slipcase.
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The Woody Herman Story
:Album Description:92 slices of prime Woody Herman focusing on the decade 1939-49 with recordings by The First and Second Herds, two of his most successful bands. Included is a 52 page booklet with extensive biographical notes, discography and rare photos. 2000 release. 4 standard jewel cases housed together in a deluxe slipcase.
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The Complete RCA Victor Recordings
: :Sonny Rollins emerged from a three-year retirement in 1961 and soon signed with RCA Victor, remaining with the label until 1964. It was one of his most creative periods, and if the music is sometimes less focused than in the period from 1956 to 1959, these were years of musical adventure and whimsical exploration when Rollins seemed to challenge the limits of his own mastery. That sense of ferment is apparent in the sudden shifts in group architecture. The first recordings here have Rollins leading a quartet with the guitarist Jim ...
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The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
: :Sonny Rollins emerged from a three-year retirement in 1961 and soon signed with RCA Victor, remaining with the label until 1964. It was one of his most creative periods, and if the music is sometimes less focused than in the period from 1956 to 1959, these were years of musical adventure and whimsical exploration when Rollins seemed to challenge the limits of his own mastery. That sense of ferment is apparent in the sudden shifts in group architecture. The first recordings here have Rollins leading a quartet with the guitarist Jim ...
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Manhattan Nights: The Complete Golden Years Studio Sessions
:Album Description:For the first time, all the studio master takes recorded at the fifties (except Victor two LP and a half), plus a rare rehearsal recorded with pianist and club owner George Wein, and a session with Joe Bushkin in 1965. Includes Irving Berlin, Vincent Youmans and Richard Rodgers Songbooks, featuring Bobby Hackett, Ruby Braff and the duo Stan Freeman and Cy Walter. 2 CD set
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The Columbia Years: '62-'68
: :While occasionally maligned, Thelonious Monk's '60s recordings for Columbia yielded many moments of warmth and ingenuity. His first two albums for the label, Monk's Dream and Criss-Cross, rank among his very best; the latter demonstrated the company's success in raising his profile, becoming in 1963 his sole LP to place on the pop charts. This three-CD box, like the 2000 collection of Prestige sessions, aims to push Monk's '60s music into the spotlight shared by his Blue Note and Riverside classics. While deviled by a handful of questionable choices, The Columbia ...
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Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls)
: :By the time he'd turned his own Reprise Records label into a going concern in 1963, Frank Sinatra could happily stub out his cigarette on Tradition, then douse the ashes with the slurry of his double bourbon on the rocks. It's not that Sinatra didn't respect the Broadway musical; indeed, he'd done quite well by its ballads over the course of his storied career. But that haughty Tradition--well, she was just another dame who had to go. So Sinatra swiftly showed her the door. Teaming up with musical director Morris Stoloff, ...
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The Great Frankie Laine
:Album Description:A new addition to this Australian Only series of remastered original recordings in a quality slip case box with gold print.
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Way Back Home
:Album Description:A new addition to this Australian Only series of remastered original recordings in a quality slip case box with gold print.
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