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The language of bebop is one of the most enduring and eloquent in the history of jazz music. The 97 bebop statements in this box set sound as fresh and invigorating now as when they were first recorded some 50 years ago. The artists include Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Berman, Woody Herma...

Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo, Vol. 3: New York...

Like its predecessor, this 1981 recording is as true as possible to the spirit, and even the letter, of the music that found form in New Orleans in the first decades of this century, music that had changed rapidly in the move to Chicago in the 1920s. The band brings a relaxed flow to the music wheth...

Blues Masters, Vol. 5: Jump Blues Classics...

Although Cliff Edwards, also known as Ukulele Ike, was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1920s he is almost forgotten today. He was the first performer to do the classic "Singing in the Rain," he debuted Gershwin's "Fascinatin' Rhythm" in 1924, and he acted in over 100 movies. Unfortunate...

Atlantic Records has ridden musical trends since the late '40s; these seven CDs chronicle the first 28 years of the label's work in black pop, during which artists such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Otis Redding oversaw the creation and flowering of soul music. Also included are classic track...

Jazz and network television have seldom had a close or harmonious relationship, hardly any relationship at all, in fact. But there was a rare and glorious moment in 1957 when CBS presented an hourlong show called The Sound of Jazz. Musical advisers Nat Hentoff and Whitney Balliett didn't aim for a h...

Songs of New Orleans...

Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008....

The Complete Johnny Mercer Songbook...