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| Albert Ammons : The First Day (with Meade Lux Lewis) |
| Eighteen solos and duets from the masters of boogie woogie piano. Blue Note's first recording session, January 6, 1939. Includes all 19 songs from Blue Note's first recording session: 8 piano solos from Meade Lux Lewis, 9 from Albert Ammons and 2 duets. Includes liner notes by Dan Morgenstern. |
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| Sonny Clark : Sonnys Crib (Connoisseur Series) |
| One of the best of Sonny Clark's uniformly excellent Blue Note sessions, this one features the front line of John Coltrane, Donald Byrd and Curtis Fuller and includes a classic reading of Kurt Weill's "Speak Low." Added to the original 1957 album are alternate takes of three selections, including "Speak Low." Personnel: Sonny Clark (piano); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Curtis Fuller (trombone); John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Paul Chambers (acoustic bass); Art Taylor (drums). |
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| Nat King Cole : Best Of The Nat King Cole Trio (Complete) |
| The King Cole Trio with Oscar Moore and Johnny Miller was the epitome of taste and creativity. They used the piano-guitar-bass combination to retool everything from be-bop to hit pop. These three volumes cover the best of the group from 1942-50 with 18 stunning instrumentals and 44 vocals of great variety. These three Best Of The Nat King Cole Trio CDs, packaged here in a slipcase, are also available singly. |
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| Duke Ellington : Money Jungle |
| The unlikely trio of Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach produced this 1962 classic. The originals range from vintage tunes like "Solitude" to new masterpieces like "Wig Wise." On the newly remixed CD, four new tunes and four alternate takes (two previously unissued) have been added to the original seven-tune album. |
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| Bill Evans : Complete Village Vangurrd Recordings, 1961 |
| The complete 22 tunes from the June 25, 1961 Village Vanguard session with his greatest trio (Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian) in performance order on three specially priced CDs. This session, La Faro's final session, spawned the classic "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" and "Waltz For Debby" albums. |
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| Bill Evans : Sunday At The Village Vanguard |
| Evans's brilliant trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, which lasted only 19 months and made only 4 albums ("Explorations" and "Portrait In Jazz" in the studio and "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" and "Waltz For Debby" live), was one of those rare examples of perfect chemistry. LaFaro died just 10 days after the June '61, Village Vanguard sessions. |
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| Bill Evans : Waltz For Debby |
| Evans's brilliant trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, which lasted only 19 months and made only 4 albums ("Explorations" and "Portrait In Jazz" in the studio and "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" and "Waltz For Debby" live), was one of those rare examples of perfect chemistry. LaFaro died just 10 days after the June '61, Village Vanguard sessions. |
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| Erroll Garner : Complete Savoy Master Takes |
| These 37 trio tunes and 4 Slam Stewart quartet tracks (1945-49) are the first recordings by this unique pianist. Songs include "Star Dust", "Moonglow", "Laura" and "Body And Soul". |
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| Andrew Hill : Black Fire (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Alfred Lion called Andrew Hill his last great discovery and "Black Fire" was the pianist's brilliant Blue Note debut. Despite the originality and complexity of Hill's compositions, Joe Henderson, Richard Davis and Roy Haynes sound like they've been playing them for years. Added to the original LP are two alternate takes. |
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| Andrew Hill : Pax (Connoisseur Series) |
| For some unexplained reason, one of Andrew Hill's best early Blue Note sessions remained in the can for ten years. This February 1965 date with Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Richard Davis and Joe Chambers finds Hill during his first peak era, but the results did not surface until five tunes were issued on a 1975 double album entitled "One For One." Hill's music is difficult to master, but here he is among his creative peers - men who can bring his music to life with power and understanding. |
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| Andrew Hill : Smoke Stack (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| "Smoke Stack" was the second of four masterpieces that composer/pianist Andrew Hill made during his first months with Blue Note. Unique in his discography, this December 13, 1963 session features bassists Richard Davis and Eddie Khan and drummer Roy Haynes. The prolific session yielded four very different alternate takes that have been added to the original album. |
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| Ahmad Jamal : Cross Country Tour 1958-61 |
| In Israel Crosby and Vernel Fournier, this unique pianist found the perfect partners to forge a fresh new approach to the piano trio. His arrangements, voicings and use of space were original and captured the ear of the public as well as musicians. This generous double-disc set of classic live performances includes most of "At The Pershing: But Not For Me" and "At The Pershing, Volume Two" from January 1958, "Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra" and "Jamal At The Blackhawk" from 1961 and several tracks from Washington D.C.'s Spotlite Club in September 1958.
From "Poinciana" at the Pershing to "April In Paris" at the Blackhawk, this 32-track set documents the four-year life of this extraordinary trio. |
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| Thelonious Monk : At Carnegie Hall (with John Coltrane) |
| A heretofore unknown November 1957 Carnegie Hall concert taped in excellent fidelity has been discovered. What makes this news earth-shattering is the existence of two 25-minute sets by the legendary Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, Ahmet Abdul-Malik and Shadow Wilson. And the music more than delivers on its promise. The band had been playing together every night for five months and were connecting on an amazing level. Pianistically, Monk will shock you and Coltrane is focused and impassioned throughout. |
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| Thelonious Monk : Brilliant Corners |
| The operative word here is brilliant. Monk introduced some of his most challenging and enduring compositions such as "Pannonica," "Bemsha Swing" and the title tune on this landmark 1956 recording with Ernie Henry, Sonny Rollins, Clark Terry, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers and Max Roach. <> Newly remastered in the Keepnews Collection series. |
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| Thelonious Monk : Genius Of Modern Music, Volume 1 (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Monk's historic first sessions in complete form. This music is among the most influential and original in modern jazz and sounds as fresh and vibrant as it did the days it was recorded. October 15, 1947 with Idrees Sulieman on trompet, Danny Quebec West on alto sax, Gene Ramey on bass and Art Blakey on drums (#1-6). October 24, 1847 with Ramey and Blakey (#7-16) and November 21, 1947 with George Taitt on trumpet, Sahib Shihab on alto sax, Bob Paige on bass and Blakey (#17-21). |
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| Jelly Roll Morton : Complete Library Of Congress Recordings |
| The 1938 recordings of Jelly Roll Morton singing, playing and telling stories was the first recorded jazz oral history. All of the acetates made by Alan Lomax have been newly transferred and are contained in the first 7 discs of the boxed set. The final disc features interviews that Lomax made in 1949 with key players from the early New Orleans scene. The set includes an 80-page booklet with an appreciation by John Szwed and many rare photographs. |
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| Bud Powell : Amazing Bud Powell: Volume 2 (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Complete for the first time with five previously unissued track, this August 14, 1953 session with Bud's working trio (George Duvivier on bass and Art Taylor on drums) includes such masterpieces as "Reets And I", "Collard Greens And Black Eyed Peas" and "Glass Enclosure".
Personnel: BUD POWELL, piano; GEORGE DUVIVIER, bass; ARTHUR TAYLOR, drums. |
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| Freddie Redd : Music From The Connection (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| Freddie Redd's music for Jack Gelber's play "The Connection" has become the most celebrated album of this excellent pianist-composer's career. Jackie McLean's full-bodied alto is absolutely incandescent throughout. JACKIE McLEAN, alto sax; FREDDIE REDD, piano; MICHAEL MATTOS, bass; LARRY RITCHIE, drums. |
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| Luckey Roberts : Harlem Piano (with Willie The Lion Smith) |
| At this 1958 session, these two great Harlem pianists and composers each recorded six solo pieces. The paucity of available Roberts material makes this set especially valuable. Roberts plays the first six selections followed by The Lion. |
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| Horace Silver : Live At Newport '58 |
| Horace Silver brought his newly formed quintet with the extraordinary, under-rated Louis Smith on trumpet (he would leave Silver to teach after a couple of months), Junior Cook on tenor, Gene Taylor on bass and Louis Hayes on drums to perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1958. Blue Note discovered three-track masters of the event in Columbia's tape vault and has released them for the first time. The material includes "Tippin'," a rarely heard Silver tune that had recently been recorded for a 45!. Everyone plays magnifcently on four extended performances. |
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| Horace Silver : Song For My Father (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| A visit to Brazil prompted Horace Silver's interest in his Portuguese roots and led to the magnificent "Song For My Father," his most enduring composition.
Horace Silver introduced his new quintet with Joe Henderson and Carmell Jones on four tracks of this album. Each became a classic: the title tune, "The Natives Are Restless Tonight," "Que Pasa" and "The Kicker." Two more tunes from the album and four bonus tracks represent the final tracks by the classic Blue Mitchell-Junior Cook edition of the quintet. Track 7-10 are CD bonus tracks. |
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| Art Tatum : Complete Capitol Recordings |
| All 20 solo sides that this genius recorded for Capitol in 1949 plus his eight trio sides from 1952 with Everett Barksdale and Slam Stewart (CD 2 #7-14). An added bonus is a promotional intreview for the label done with Paul Weston. Great Tatum! |
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| McCoy Tyner : The Real McCoy (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
| McCoy Tyner, the great pianist, emerged as a great composer on the amazing session with Joe Henderson, Ron Carter and Coltrane bandmate Elvin Jones. All five distinctive compositions have become jazz standards. A perfect record and an essential one too.
In a 2006 JazzTimes career retrospective, McCoy said, "It was the first album I had done as a leader after leaving John's band
..And a lot of what I learned from him transferred to that recording. So I was sort of inspired when I wrote tunes like "Search For Peace" and "Passion Dance" and "Blues On The Corner." |
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| Various Artists : Grand Piano |
| This 2-CD set gathers three Sackville albums from the late '60s to mid '80s containing strong outings from the four of the greatest stride and swing pianists. The first ten tracks (disc one #1-10) are powerful duets by WILLIE THE LION SMITH and DON EWELL including takes on "A Porter's Love Song" and "Everybody Loves My Baby"; eleven offerings (disc one #11-16 and disc two #1-5) are then presented by the underrated CLAUDE HOPKINS who shines on "Indiana" and "Sugar"; and then to finish out the program (disc two #6-16), SIR CHARLES THOMPSON exhibits his mastery on eleven pieces including "Round Midnight" and his own "Robbins' Nest". |
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| Fats Waller : If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It! |
| This excellent 3-CD retrospective of Fats Waller and his Rhythm assembles some of
the cream of his massive output on Victor and Bluebird. The set is thematically presented on three discs. The first is made up of compositions by Fats with well known pieces like "Honeysuckle Rose", "I'm Crazy 'Bout My
Baby" and lesser known sides "Ain't Nothing To It" and "Lost Love". The second disc contains instrumental sides by the Rhythm, piano solos, pipe-organ solos and the neglected Louisiana Sugar Babes session with Jabbo Smith and James P. Johnson. The last disc features a sampling of how Fats
handles the many pop tunes of the day including the one Columbia side with
Jack Teagarden on "You Rascal You", "Let's Get Away From It All" and his hits "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter" and an alternate take on "Hold Tight". |
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