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July 14 - 20 |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS / THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC - THE JAZZ HITS FROM THE HOT 100 1958-1966 (1188) |
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Although some of the titles will be familiar to pop fans such as Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" or "The Girl From Ipanema" by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, as ever these are leavened by the much less familiar and sometimes quite rare tracks. We've also insisted on the single versions (read more...)
[Item Code: 62922
CD: $22.00]
 Track 03: Comin' Home Baby (c) |
ACROBAT
| FRANK SINATRA / LIVE - MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA '55 (4013) |
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In 1955 Sinatra was well and truly back on top after some years in the wilderness. He was in the midst of his classic album collaborations with Nelson Riddle and his Hollywood career was also in the ascendant. Two years earlier he had won his Academy Award for ³From Here (read more...)
[Item Code: 62868
CD: $16.00]
Track 03: I Get A Kick Out Of You |
| FRANK SINATRA / LIVE IN TOKYO JAPAN 1962 (4014) |
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In 1962 Frank Sinatra was a year away from selling the record company he formed in 1961, Reprise, to Warner Brothers where he would then remain for most of his recording career. His album releases that year from Reprise numbered three, whilst his former label Capitol managed to chart another (read more...)
[Item Code: 62869
CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Imagination |
| GLENN MILLER / CHESTERFIELD RADIO SHOWS (9014) |
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From 1939-42 he made a string of memorable hits that helped to provide beleaguered wartime audiences with the romance and escapism they craved, before joining the US forces to form his Army Air Force Band, and traveling to the UK in 1943 to entertain the forces and populace with (read more...)
[Item Code: 62820
3-CD: $19.00]
Track 03: I've Got No Strings (1a) |
CANDID
| GARY BARTZ / WEST 42ND STREET (79049) |
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Gary Bartz is one of the most accomplished saxophonists of his generation. He has consistently maintained an open minded outlook and surrounded himself with players who keep their musical energies refreshed. Gary made his Candid debut on the live session from Birdland as part of Louis Hayes' fine sextet (Candid (read more...)
[Item Code: 62738
CD: $11.00]
Track 01: West 42nd Street |
| GREG ABATE / BOP CITY LIVE AT BIRDLAND (79513) |
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On a Sunday night in late July 1991, Birdland welcomed saxophonist Greg Abate, James Williams - piano, Rufus Reid - bass and Kenny Washington - drums into its post-bop setting to showcase and record for the first time the wonderful intensity which fills his writing and his playing. In 1973, he took over (read more...)
[Item Code: 62739
CD: $11.00]
Track 01: Bop City |
DRG
| SAMMY DAVIS JR. / THE CAPITOL YEARS (19111) |
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Sammy Davis spent just a few years at Capitol Records but during that time the dates were something special. In additional to the Broadway cast recording of Golden Boy, he spent the early years of his illustrious career making some great hits for the label. Several of those songs have (read more...)
[Item Code: 62717
CD: $18.00]
Track 01: I Don't Care Who Knows |
| KAY STARR / SWINGING WITH THE STARR (91507) |
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Kay Starr became one of the top vocalists of all time. She did that through two requisites: tremendous talent and a great deal of experience. The talent was something she was born with, the experience was something that took time and hard work to achieve. Kay got her first taste (read more...)
[Item Code: 62716
CD: $18.00]
Track 01: Sweet Lorraine |
| MEL TORME / THE CAPITOL RARITIES (91509) |
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Mel Torme was somewhat ambivalent about the recordings he made during the four years he was under contract to Capitol Records, between 1949 and 1952. He chiefly objected to one point, and it was more of a philosophical bone of contention than anything else: that he was, to a degree (read more...)
[Item Code: 62718
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: Sail Away On The Henry Clay |
EL
| THE HI LOs / LISTEN! (67) |
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The Hi-Lo's are arguably the greatest vocal group of all time. In the fifties they brilliantly combined Doo-Wop, jazz and pop to create an incredible new genre that would change the whole direction of vocal popular music. Although they grew from the 1950s, the Hi-Los appeal is by no means (read more...)
[Item Code: 62633
CD: $16.00]
Track 01: June In January |
FLARE
| JANIS PAIGE / LET'S FALL IN LOVE (274) |
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Glamorous star of Broadway and Hollywood, Janis Paige is heard here in her album of classic songs, along with bonus track recordings from the Broadway production of The Pajama Game, and the MGM film of the Cole Porter musical Silk Stockings, and The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (read more...)
[Item Code: 62798
CD: $18.00]
Track 01: I Hadn't Anyone Till You |
| TEDDI KING / ROUND MIDNIGHT THE EXTENDED ALBUM BONUS TRACKS (275) |
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Teddi King, one of the finest female vocalists to emerge in the fifties, is presented here in a great collection of some of her finest recordings - most of them new to CD, and all digitally re-mastered. Here she is, with her warm, melodic voice touched with that hint of jazz (read more...)
[Item Code: 62800
CD: $18.00]
Track 02: I Concentrate On You |
| BOB EBERLY / TENDER LOVE SONGS + BEST OF FIFTIES SINGLES (276) |
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Bob Eberly, top male vocalist for the great Jimmy Dorsey, was one of the most popular singers of the Big Band era, with many hit records to his name. Now, Flare is proud to present a stunning collection of his recordings made after he left the band. All his tracks (read more...)
[Item Code: 62801
CD: $18.00]
Track 01: Brazil |
| JULIE ANDREWS / JULIE ANDREWS SINGS FOR YOU (1035) |
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This CD presents the first solo recordings made by Julie Andrews following her phenomenal success on Broadway in "My Fair Lady". Julie Andrews Sings For You offers twelve lovely recordings of traditional and much-loved classic songs. All digitally remastered for this CD release. As a bonus, there are two enchanting (read more...)
[Item Code: 62026
CD: $18.00]
Track 01: The Floral Dance |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS / NIGHTINGALES CAN SING THE BLUES (9002) |
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This is a stunning presentation from Flare - a collection of sad, sad songs from some of the greatest female singers in pop music's history. Many of these recordings have never been available since their original release so many years ago. So it is that we have so many treasures now (read more...)
[Item Code: 62795
CD: $16.00]
Track 03: My Reverie (c) |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS / YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - THE STARS SING IRVING BERLIN (9003) |
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This collection highlights many of Berlin's hits, and also songs that were less commercially successful. Performance is also a major factor, so this is the best mixture - the talent of the composer, married to the talents of the interpreters (read more...)
[Item Code: 62797
CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Let Yourself Go (b) |
FRESH SOUND
| VARIOUS ARTISTS / TOP BRASS AND TRUMPETS ALL OUT (517) |
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Top Brass was a 1956 stellar (5-star in Down Beat) album in a modern and expanded reincarnation of many of the Keynote sessions in the '40s when a pride of several lions on one particular instrument was assembled to exchange ideas and styles. In this case, Savoy presented five (read more...)
[Item Code: 62860
CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Trick Or Treat |
| STAN GETZ / MEETS GERRY MULLIGAN (518) |
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Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond were two of the most mischievous men in
jazz, kindred spirits united in their wit, sense of humour and approach to music. There was a genuine fellow feeling between them, an affinity that extended beyond playing in time or fitting lines together. However, as might (read more...)
[Item Code: 62861
CD: $16.00]
Track 01: This Can't Be Love |
| GERRY MULLIGAN / BLUES IN TIME (519) |
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Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond were two of the most mischievous men in jazz, kindred spirits united in their wit, sense of humour and approach to music. There was a genuine fellow feeling between them, an affinity that extended beyond playing in time or fitting lines together. However, as might (read more...)
[Item Code: 62862
CD: $16.00]
Track 01: Blues In Time |
| CHICO HAMILTON / THE MUSIC OF FRED KATZ (521) |
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Fred Katz was a concert cellist who found recognition through Chico Hamilton's quintet, and full-blown, open-minded freedom from his jazz transfusion. Katz's work in Zen is indicative of his immersion in jazz, without the sacrifice of classical background and desires. They indicate his intense interest and the broad concepts he (read more...)
[Item Code: 62863
CD: $16.00]
Track 04: Lord Randall |
| JO JONES / SPECIAL GUEST STAR - COUNT BASIE (1635) |
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This was the first album 'the man who plays like the wind' did as a leader. On
four of the numbers he fronted a septet with Nat Pierce on piano. Soloists Benny Green and Emmett Berry are excellent, but if one hornman especially excels here is tenor Lucky Thompson, one (read more...)
[Item Code: 62864
CD: $16.00]
Track 02: Lover Man |
| TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI / UNITED NOTIONS (1636) |
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Long out of print, this bop date originally issued on the Metrojazz label is not
the first date as a leader by Toshiko Akiyoshi, but it is a gem worth acquiring.
The pianist is joined in New York by an all-star group that includes either cornetist Nat Adderley or trumpeter (read more...)
[Item Code: 62865
CD: $16.00]
Track 01: I Cried For You |
JASMINE
| ARTIE SHAW / SIX STAR TREATS (20) |
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5-CD Set. Artie Shaw led one of the great bands of the "Swiing Era" and from that band he formed a small group called The Gramercy 5. Having a "band within a band" was a popular trend at the time and The Gramercy 5 were one of the best (read more...)
[Item Code: 62722
5-CD: $37.00]
Track 01: Special Delivery Stomp |
| DANNY KAYE / THE MALADJUSTED JESTER (148) |
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2-CD Set. Successful on Film, Broadway and a favourite on American radio, Danny Kaye was a gifted mimic and peerless physical comedian who invented his own language of 'gibberish'. He once quipped "I wasn't born a fool, it took work to get this way". All this truly made Danny (read more...)
[Item Code: 62719
2-CD: $17.00]
Track 02: Melody In 4F |
| VARIOUS ARTISTS / TWO'S COMPANY VOCAL DUETS BY MAJOR RECORDIING STARS OF THE 50s (484) |
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2-CD Set. With sixty duets across 2CDs this is an impressive set which is quite simply chock-full with some of the biggest stars of the 1950s. Discover Dinah Shore & Tony Martin singing the romantic "In Your Arms" and listen as Frank Sinatra & Doris Day decide to "Take An Old (read more...)
[Item Code: 62720
2-CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Good Evening Friends (1a) |
| TERESA BREWER / A SWEET OLD FASHIIONED GIRL (485) |
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2-CD Set. In the 1950's Teresa Brewer was Americas singing sweetheart. This is the first tribute to her since she sadly passed away and truly pays homage to her sassy but sweet vocal style and quirky disposition. Hear Teresa's three million sellers from 1951 to 1957 "I Gotta (read more...)
[Item Code: 62721
2-CD: $17.00]
Track 01: Let's Have A Party (1a) |
JSP
| FATS WALLER / THE COMPLETE RECORDED WORKS, VOLUME 5 (949) |
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In this penultimate volume of our Fats Waller edition, we see him take rare trips outside the US. The primary attraction of the London sessions is the chance Fats gets to play his favorite instrument, the organ, making it sing and dance with a combination of strength and delicacy seldom (read more...)
[Item Code: 62822
4-CD: $30.00]
Track 01: There's Honey On The Moon Tonight |
| KING CURTIS / THE ORIGINAL 'LIVE IN NEW YORK' SESSION (8812) |
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Jay Walk opens the set with the 'Soul Twist'-style interplay between sax and guitar. The sax is dropped as Curtis vocalizes on Trouble In Mind, in a Ray Charles style. African Waltz is given more of a backbeat than Adderley's version before another Ray Charles-style workout of What'd I (read more...)
[Item Code: 62823
CD: $16.00]
Track 01: Trouble In Mind |
SUCH SWEET THUNDER
| DAVID BERGER / I HAD THE CRAZIEST DREAM - THE MUSIC OF HARRY WARREN (2206) |
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David Berger celebrates the music of composer Harry Warren with joy, insight, and wit comparable to that of his Ellington celebration, The Harlem Nutcracker. His octet features two of today's great saxophonists, Harry Allen and Joe Temperley, along with six members of his critically acclaimed Sultans of Swing big band (read more...)
[Item Code: 62600
CD: $19.00]
Track 01: Jeepers Creepers |
TOPCAT
| HOLLYWOOD FATS / HOLLYWOOD FATS & THE PALADINS LIVE - 1985 (6082) |
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Fats was on tour with Southern California buddies, the Paladins, considered to be some of the blues and rockabilly's most dynamic performers. The Paladins consisted of singer/guitarist Dave Gonzales, high school pal bassist Thomas Yearsley. This amazing CD swings, shuffles, rocks and embeds itself into a stone-cold groove as (read more...)
[Item Code: 62456
CD: $15.00]
Track 01: Hideaway |
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