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the rat pack -10 cd-set
:Album Details:Includes 10 CDs.
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The Hollywood All-Star Sessions
: :The Hollywood All-Star Sessions chronicle an important part of Art Pepper's comeback in the late '70s, when the altoist was surmounting years of heroin addiction and imprisonment to play with renewed energy and an impassioned creativity. His Complete Galaxy Recordings from the period have already been collected in a 16-CD set, but Pepper was also recording for the small Japanese label Atlas, appearing as 'sideman' on a series of sessions that he usually led in all but name. This five-CD set gathers music from seven LPs recorded between 1979 and 1982, ...
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Vol. 2: 1935-1940
: :The Hollywood All-Star Sessions chronicle an important part of Art Pepper's comeback in the late '70s, when the altoist was surmounting years of heroin addiction and imprisonment to play with renewed energy and an impassioned creativity. His Complete Galaxy Recordings from the period have already been collected in a 16-CD set, but Pepper was also recording for the small Japanese label Atlas, appearing as 'sideman' on a series of sessions that he usually led in all but name. This five-CD set gathers music from seven LPs recorded between 1979 and 1982, ...
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Tempus Fugue-It
:Album Description:UK budget priced box-set for one of the giants of the jazz piano of whom Bill Evans said 'His insight and talent were unmatched in hard-core, true jazz'. Bud Powell has also been described as being the most brilliant of bebop pianists, the only modern jazz musician who equalled the supersonic speed and creativity of Charlie Parker. Four discs, 'Blue Garden Blues' featuring material recorded between 1944-46, 'Bud's Bubble' 1946-47, 'I'll Keep Loving You' 1947-50 & 'So Sorry Please' 1950, featuring 86 digitally remastered tracks compiled by Joop Visser. Includes ...
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The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve, 1945-1959
: :That's right: Ten CDs with everything Billie Holiday recorded on Verve Records between 1945 and her death in 1959--not only the songs, but concert introductions, some of the rehearsals, and between-take studio chatter, too. All of which makes for a definitive portrait of Lady Day in her final years. For a long time these recordings were disparaged because it was said her voice was no longer fine and mellow, 'ravaged' by hard living, jail time, booze, and drugs. And there's no question that her later tone is darker, more brittle and ...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
: :That's right: Ten CDs with everything Billie Holiday recorded on Verve Records between 1945 and her death in 1959--not only the songs, but concert introductions, some of the rehearsals, and between-take studio chatter, too. All of which makes for a definitive portrait of Lady Day in her final years. For a long time these recordings were disparaged because it was said her voice was no longer fine and mellow, 'ravaged' by hard living, jail time, booze, and drugs. And there's no question that her later tone is darker, more brittle and ...
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Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958
: :That's right: Ten CDs with everything Billie Holiday recorded on Verve Records between 1945 and her death in 1959--not only the songs, but concert introductions, some of the rehearsals, and between-take studio chatter, too. All of which makes for a definitive portrait of Lady Day in her final years. For a long time these recordings were disparaged because it was said her voice was no longer fine and mellow, 'ravaged' by hard living, jail time, booze, and drugs. And there's no question that her later tone is darker, more brittle and ...
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Settin' the Pace
:Album Description:55 tracks from 1943 to 1950...mostly be-bop with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Sonny Criss and more. Includes 44 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases with individual artwork, housed together in a deluxe slipcase.
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Career: 1952-1988
:Album Description:The only collection to cover all phases of Chet Baker's remarkable career! Deluxe 2-CD set with 60-page booklet! Chet Baker, the paragon of cool jazz, is one of the enduring greats, known for both his trumpet playing and his equally fragile-sounding singing. Early on, his good looks made him the James Dean of jazz. But his musical gifts never deserted him, as Career 1952–1988 amply demonstrates. This 2-CD set provides a complete overview of his entire career. :During his lifetime it became difficult to separate Chet Baker's music from the ...
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The Complete Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman
:Album Description:From one of the greatest singers from the Swing Era, this 3 CD retrospective features Helen & Benny Goodman's complete work together. Over half of these tracks have never been on CD. Also included in this Collectors' Choice Music release are tons of photos and extensive liner notes.
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