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Swing Out to Victory: Songs of WWII
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Self Portrait
: 's Best of 2001:As a clarinetist, he was one of the best, but as a bandleader and jazz innovator, Artie Shaw was peerless. In the various ensembles he led from 1936 to 1954, Shaw pushed swing jazz into new territory. He incorporated classical instrumentation into his arrangements and pretty much invented the genre of 'third stream jazz'; he ignored the color barrier by recording with Hot Lips Page in the late '20s and by touring with Billie Holiday; he created volumes of timeless, beautiful, and swinging jazz. But mostly, Shaw kept ...
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A Study in Frustration/Thesaurus of Classic Jazz
: :Pianist, arranger, and bandleader, Fletcher Henderson led the greatest and most important of the pioneering big bands. And although he boasted such extraordinary sidemen as Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster, Chu Berry, Benny Carter, Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge, and Red Allen, the band's legend and contributions have been eclipsed in the public's consciousness by the great bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman, for whom Henderson eventtually worked as an arranger. Formed in 1924 as a dance band, the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra only evolved ...
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I Heard It on NPR: Jazz for Blue Nights/At Home in the World/Shake These Blues
: :Pianist, arranger, and bandleader, Fletcher Henderson led the greatest and most important of the pioneering big bands. And although he boasted such extraordinary sidemen as Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster, Chu Berry, Benny Carter, Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge, and Red Allen, the band's legend and contributions have been eclipsed in the public's consciousness by the great bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman, for whom Henderson eventtually worked as an arranger. Formed in 1924 as a dance band, the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra only evolved ...
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Piano-Bass Duets:The Complete Sessions
: :Pianist, arranger, and bandleader, Fletcher Henderson led the greatest and most important of the pioneering big bands. And although he boasted such extraordinary sidemen as Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Buster Bailey, Rex Stewart, Ben Webster, Chu Berry, Benny Carter, Buster Bailey, Roy Eldridge, and Red Allen, the band's legend and contributions have been eclipsed in the public's consciousness by the great bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman, for whom Henderson eventtually worked as an arranger. Formed in 1924 as a dance band, the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra only evolved ...
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The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury, Vol. 1
: :Sarah Vaughan recorded extensively for Mercury/EmArcy during the 1950s and 1960s. Through much of that time, Vaughan's operatic voice was matched against overripe orchestrations or arrangements more suitable to a pop icon than one of the most versatile instruments in history. The exhaustive 4 CD box set overview of Vaughan's work with Mercury/EmArcy is essential only to completists or the most avid fans. Vol. 1, however, which collects material from 1954-1956 over six CDs, shows Vaughan at her best, including sessions with trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Roy Haynes. Most of ...
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First Lady of Song
: essential recording:This three-CD compilation of Ella Fitzgerald's years with Verve covers the period from 1954 to 1966, with a single throwback to a 1949 Jazz at the Philharmonic concert for a jam session version of 'Perdido' with Charlie Parker. The settings range from the almost spartan (intimate, beautiful versions of 'Angel Eyes,' with guitarist Barney Kessel, and 'Lush Life,' with pianist Oscar Peterson) to orchestras and big bands, while the material ranges from classic standards to bop tunes like 'A Night in Tunisia' to the Lennon-McCartney 'Can't Buy Me Love.' ...
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Great Lost Sun Ra Albums: Cymbals & Crystal Spears
: :This two-CD set consists of two 'lost' Sun Ra LPs, both recorded in 1973 and originally intended for release by Impulse Records. Cymbals, the first of them, emphasizes Sun Ra's organ and rhythm section playing at medium tempos with only one or two horn players at a time joining them. The great bassist Ronnie Boykins, whose flexible walking bass lines and creative bowed work were often obscured on recordings of the large band, is unusually prominent, with particularly good musical dialogue between him and Sun Ra (playing a rocksichord) on 'The ...
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Special 3-CD Collection
:Album Description:EMI UK box-set combines three of their best-selling Nat King Cole titles (all import exclusive), Singles (1992), Let's Fall In Love (1990) & The One & Only (1990). Featuring 60 of his finest recordings including the massively famous & recognizable hits, 'When I Fall In Love', 'Around The World', 'Sweet Lorraine', 'Fly Me To The Moon', 'Pretend', 'Somewhere Along The Way' & many, many more. The three standard jewel cases are housed together in a slipcase. 2002.
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Dog Years in the Fourth Ring
:Album Description:EMI UK box-set combines three of their best-selling Nat King Cole titles (all import exclusive), Singles (1992), Let's Fall In Love (1990) & The One & Only (1990). Featuring 60 of his finest recordings including the massively famous & recognizable hits, 'When I Fall In Love', 'Around The World', 'Sweet Lorraine', 'Fly Me To The Moon', 'Pretend', 'Somewhere Along The Way' & many, many more. The three standard jewel cases are housed together in a slipcase. 2002.
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