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✨✧ Cannonball AdderleyCannonball's Sharpshooters (Japanese pressing) ... CD
Mercury (Japan), 1958. Used ... Out Of Stock
A set that's right on target, right from the start – and one that has the young Cannonball Adderley really coming into his groove! The set's a lot more soul jazz-oriented than some of Cannon's records from a few years before – played by a rock-solid group that includes brother Nat ... read more CD

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Cannonball AdderleyJump For Joy/Julian Cannonball Adderley & Strings ... CD
Mercury/Verve, 1955/1958. Used ... $3.99
2 early experiments by Cannonball Adderley – both of which feature him as the main soloists in front of larger backings! Jump For Joy is an interesting early side by Cannonball that captures him before he'd really found his voice – and when the folks at Mercury still didn't really know ... read more CD
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✨✧ Al Cohn & Zoot SimsYou N Me ... CD
Mercury/Verve, 1960. Used ... Out Of Stock
One of the best albums that Al Cohn and Zoot Sims ever cut together – and that's saying a lot, given the strength of their collaborations during the 50s and 60s! The set's got a nice small group feeling, and is a bit more open and relaxed than some of their RCA material – still in the ... read more CD

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✨✧ Frank D'RoneIn Person (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD
Mercury (Japan), 1962. Used ... $29.99
A really unique little record from vocalist Frank D'Rone – one that's got a very different approach than some of his more pop-oriented sets! The album's recorded live at San Francisco's legendary Hungry I – often a haven to beats and folkies, and a venue that seems to have brought out ... (Vocalists, Jazz) read more CD
(Out of print – and includes obi!)

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✨✧ Roy EldridgeRoy Eldridge & The Swing Trumpets – The Essential Keynote Collection 4 (Japanese pressing) ... CD
Mercury (Japan), Mid 40s. Used 2 CDs ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
A great collection of seminal 40s work from trumpeter Roy Eldridge and some of his contemporaries – all vintage material done for the Keynote label! CD
(Out of print, early CD pressing manufactured in Japan with notes in Japanese and English.)

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Art Farmer & Benny Golson JazztetHere & Now ... CD
Mercury/Verve, 1962. Used ... $11.99
One of the most magical records ever from this legendary group – a set that swings as hard and soulfully as some of their previous sessions, yet also has a sharper, more modern vibe as well! Of course, this latter aspect is no surprise – once you realize that a young Grachan Moncur is ... read more CD
(Out of print Verve Elite pressing. Cover has light wear, backing sheet stil attached.)

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✨✧ Art Farmer & Benny Golson JazztetHere & Now (Folio) ... CD
Mercury/Verve/Folio (Italy), Early 60s. Used ... Out Of Stock
One of the most magical records ever from this legendary group – a set that swings as hard and soulfully as some of their previous sessions, yet also has a sharper, more modern vibe as well! Of course, this latter aspect is no surprise – once you realize that a young Grachan Moncur is ... read more CD

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✨✧ Art Farmer/Benny Golson JazztetComplete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet Sessions (7CD set) ... CD
Mercury/Mosaic, Early 60s. Used 7CDs ... Out Of Stock
The stuff of legend – and not just work by the Jazztet combo, but also solo albums from Art Farmer and Benny Golson too! Set includes Jazztet albums Meet The Jazztet, Big City Sounds, Jazztet & John Lewis, Jazztet At Birdhouse, Another Git Together, and Here & Now; Benny Golson ... read more CD
(Out of print. Hand-numbered limited edition pressing – includes original book box and CDs in their cases.)

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✨✧ Johnny FrigoI Love John Frigo He Swings ... CD
Mercury/Verve, 1957. Used ... Out Of Stock
John, aka Johnny Frigo, who's best known to our set for the rare dynamite jazz dance sides he recorded later on, and to the jazz world at large for his work as a bassist, leads a small group on this rare, early full length for Mercury as a leader on his first instrument – the violin! It's a ... read more CD

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✨✧ Erroll GarnerErroll Garner Plays Misty (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD
Mercury/Universal (Japan), 1954. Used ... Out Of Stock
Pure and simple pianistics from the great Erroll Garner – an album built around his famous composition "Misty", and featuring a number of other tunes played with equally fragile beauty. Titles include "That Old Feeling", "Where Or When", "Again", " ... read more CD

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✨✧ Erroll GarnerFeeling Is Believing ... CD
Mercury/Mack Avenue, 1970. Used ... Out Of Stock
Erroll Garner's first album of the 70s – and a set that's a perfect demonstration of that way he could always groove, but with an edge! The first 30 seconds of the album have this sense of bold freedom that might make you think you've accidentally put on a record by Cecil Taylor – that ... read more CD

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✨✧ Erroll GarnerOriginal Misty ... CD
Mercury, 1954. Used ... Out Of Stock
Erroll Garner on piano, Wyatt Ruther on bass, and Eugene Heard on drums. CD

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✨✧ Gigi GryceReminiscin' ... CD
Mercury (Japan), 1960. Used ... Out Of Stock
A great lost date from the wonderful Gigi Gryce – a set that features the altoist in an sextet, but often swinging with a looser vibe than on some of his better-known albums from the 50s! There's a mix of soulful and modern here that's not unlike the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet – ... read more CD
(Out of print.)

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Sylvaine HelaryGlowing Life ... CD
Ayler, 2020. Used ... $6.99 9.99
Sylvaine Helary on flute and voice, Antonin Rayon on piano and keys, Benjamin Glibert on guitar and bass, and Christophe Lavergne on ... read more CD

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✨✧ Shirley HornLoads Of Love/Shirley Horn With Horns ... CD
Mercury, 1963. Used ... Out Of Stock
2 early albums by the great Shirley Horn – back to back on one CD! On Loads Of Love, Shirley sings some somber ballads over large orchestrations by Jimmy Jones – in a mode that's different from recent work, but which also shows that she's a great singer with a really sensitive style. ... (Vocalists, Jazz) read more CD
(1990 pressing.)

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✨✧ Quincy JonesBig Band Bossa Nova ... CD
Mercury/Verve, 1962. Used ... Out Of Stock
Perhaps THE greatest Quincy Jones album of the 60s – a hard-swinging batch of big band bossa tunes – and one of the greatest American takes on the bossa sound ever! Quincy really brings a lot of soul to the set – syncopating the bottom end of the tunes to really bring out the ... read more CD
(1998 digipak pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Also available Big Band Bossa Nova ... LP 29.99

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✨✧ Quincy JonesBirth Of A Band (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD
Mercury (Japan), 1959. Used ... $29.99
A very swingin, very groovy early album from Quincy – one that's clearly in the big band mode, but handled with soulful touches that really set it apart from the genre! The band is a great one all the way through – and the album features solos by Zoot Sims, Jerome Richardson, Phil ... read more CD
(Out of print, sleeve has some light wear – nothing major.)

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✨✧ Quincy JonesBirth Of A Band Vol 2 (with bonus tracks) ... CD
Mercury, 1959/1960. Used ... Out Of Stock
We've never seen an original pressing of "Volume 2" of this LP, so we're assuming this is a Japanese-only vinyl issue of outtakes from those sessions. The original side's a very swingin', very groovy early album from Quincy – a big band recording, but handled with soulful touches ... read more CD

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✨✧ Quincy JonesGreat Wide World Of Quincy Jones Live! ... CD
Mercury/Polygram (Japan), 1959. Used ... Out Of Stock
Lost work from Quincy – recorded live in Switzerland around the same time as his Great Wide World album, but featuring a slightly different group – and a sound that's a lot more open! Players on the set include Les Spann on flute and guitar, Patti Brown on piano, Benny Bailey and ... read more CD

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✨✧ Roland KirkKirk In Copenhagen ... CD
Mercury, 1963. Used ... Out Of Stock
A rare slice of work by Roland Kirk from his early years – a great live set recorded in Europe in the mid 60's – done in a looser mode than his studio sessions from the time! Kirk's playing his usual array of incredible horns – tenor, stritch, flute, nose flute, and manzello ... read more CD
(2004 digipak pressing.)

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✨✧ Roland KirkRahsaan – Complete Mercury Recordings Of Roland Kirk (11CD set) ... CD
Mercury, 1960s/1990. Used 11 CDs ... Just Sold Out!
A beautiful box set, and one that's filled with amazing material by one of our favorite players of all time! Roland Kirk's work for Mercury has always been darn tough to come by on wax, and even though a number of titles have been reissued individually over the years, this box set is still the ... read more CD
(Out of print and in great shape! Discs, book and slipcase are in fantastic shape!!)

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Roland KirkWe Free Kings ... CD
Mercury, 1961. Used ... $7.99
A hell of a record from the young Roland Kirk – one of his first for Mercury Records, and the start of a great run of genius in the 60s! Kirk is mindblowing here – playing tenor, flute, manzello, and stritch – often at the same time, as pictured on the cover – a mode that's ... read more CD
(Early 90s West German pressing.)
Also available We Free Kings ... LP 19.99

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Charles MingusPre Bird ... CD
Mercury (Japan), 1960. Used ... $9.99
An unusual chapter in the label-hopping career of Charles Mingus – a one-off date recorded for Mercury right after Mingus' legendary sessions for Columbia! The format here may well be Mingus' most ambitious to date – as the album features larger groups than before, exploring a range of ... read more CD
(Out of print late 80s Japanese pressing.)
Also available Pre Bird (180 gram pressing) ... LP 36.99

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✨✧ Pat MorrisseyI'm Pat Morrissey – I Sing (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD
Mercury (Japan), Late 1950s. Used ... Out Of Stock
A rare one from singer Pat Morrissey – a sexy late 50s nightclub singer with a bit of a jazzy bent. The record's not going to knock Sarah Vaughan out of your collection, but Pat's got a warm intimate style of singing that makes the material stand out more than the usual vocal session from ... (Vocalists, Jazz) read more CD

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✨✧ Gerry MulliganCompact Jazz ... CD
Mercury, Mid 50s-Mid 60s. Used ... Out Of Stock
Featuring Zoot Sims, Bob Brookmeyer, Art Farmer and Jim Hall. CD

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Joe NewmanJoe Newman At Count Basie's (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD
Mercury (Japan), Early 60s. Used ... $24.99
A nice little set by Joe – recorded live, and much more freewheeling than some of his other albums from the time! The set's unusual for Joe, in that it's got more of a down and dirty approach – not exactly soul jazz, but with a much more gutbuckety groove than we might have thought! ... read more CD
(Out of print, sleeve has some light wear.)
Also available Joe Newman Quintet At Count Basie's ... CD 12.99

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Joe NewmanJoe Newman Quintet At Count Basie's ... CD
Mercury/Verve, 1961. Used ... $12.99
A nice little set by Joe – recorded live, and much more freewheeling than some of his other albums from the time! The set's unusual for Joe, in that it's got more of a down and dirty approach – not exactly soul jazz, but with a much more gutbuckety groove than we might have thought! ... read more CD
(2005 digipak pressing.)
Also available Joe Newman At Count Basie's (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD 24.99

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✨✧ Oscar Peterson with Clark TerryOscar Peterson Trio + One ... CD
Mercury, 1964. Used ... Out Of Stock
Oscar Peterson's trio is augmented here by a famous guest – trumpeter Clark Terry, whose horn adds a nice bit of punctuation to the set, and makes the record a strong standout in the 60s catalogs of both players! The addition of Terry to the record is a great one – as Clark's rising ... read more CD
(80s PolyGram pressing.)

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✨✧ Oscar Peterson with Clark TerryOscar Peterson Trio + One (Japanese paper sleeve edition) ... CD
Mercury/Polygram (Japan), 1964. Used ... Out Of Stock
Oscar Peterson's trio is augmented here by a famous guest – trumpeter Clark Terry, whose horn adds a nice bit of punctuation to the set, and makes the record a strong standout in the 60s catalogs of both players! The addition of Terry to the record is a great one – as Clark's rising ... read more CD

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Red PrysockBest of Red Prysock ... CD
Mercury/AVI, 1950s. Used ... $6.99
At last! The work of this hard blowin' Chicago sax player's always been tough to get, but now this great comp by AVI pulls together 24 tracks of his best R&B sax work. Loads of great stuff, including "Tea Bird", "Fruit Boots", "Zip", "Red Speaks", " ... read more CD

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✨✧ Max RoachMax Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker ... CD
Mercury, 1957/1958. Used ... Out Of Stock
A killer batch of hardbop tracks – no-nonsense, straight-ahead, and with all the fire of Roach's work with Clifford Brown! The set was recorded a few years after the untimely death of the Brown/Roach group – and although the album's got "Charlie Parker" in the title, there's ... read more CD
(Out of print 1995 CD pressing.)

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✨✧ Max Roach Plus FourQuiet As It's Kept ... CD
Mercury/Verve, 1960. Used ... Out Of Stock
Nothing too quiet here – as the album's one of Max Roach's key classics from the Mercury years – recorded with one of the hippest groups he ever led! Players here are all wonderful – Julian Priester on trombone, Stanley Turrentine on tenor, Tommy Turrentine on trumpet, Bob ... read more CD
(Out of print, Verve Originals pressing. Digipak has very light edge wear.)

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✨✧ Max Roach Plus FourQuiet As It's Kept/Parisian Sketches ... CD
Mercury/Essential Jazz (Spain), 1960. Used ... Out Of Stock
Nothing too quiet here – as the album's one of Max Roach's key classics from the Mercury years – recorded with one of the hippest groups he ever led! Players here are all wonderful – Julian Priester on trombone, Stanley Turrentine on tenor, Tommy Turrentine on trumpet, Bob ... read more CD

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✨✧ Sarah VaughanNo Count Sarah ... CD
Mercury, 1958. Used ... Out Of Stock
The title's a bit of a joke – because the record features a batch sidemen from the Count Basie band – Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Freddy Green, Billy Mitchell, Frank Foster, and others – all working with Sarah, but the Count's name is missing, due to contractual obligations! Despite ... (Vocalists, Jazz) read more CD
Also available No Count Sarah ... LP 5.99

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✨✧ Sarah VaughanSarah Vaughan Sings Broadway – Great Songs From Hit Shows ... CD
Mercury/Verve, 1956. Used 2 CDs ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
A great collection – one that brings together the full double-length album from the 50s – classic Sarah Vaughan recordings of material from famous shows, set to arrangements from Hal Mooney! (Vocalists, Jazz) CD
(Out of print.)

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Sarah VaughanViva Vaughan ... CD
Mercury (Japan), 1964. Used ... Just Sold Out!
One of Sarah Vaughan's first albums of Latin-tinged tracks – showing the roots of her interest in Brazilian music that would develop even more fully into the 70s. The record features a large group arranged and conducted by Frank Foster – with a host of jazz soloists, plus Latin ... (Vocalists, Jazz) read more CD
(Out of print, includes obi.)
Also available Viva Vaughan ... LP 39.99

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✨✧ Sarah VaughanViva Vaughan ... CD
Verve/Mercury, 1964. Used ... Out Of Stock
One of Sarah Vaughan's first albums of Latin-tinged tracks – showing the roots of her interest in Brazilian music that would develop even more fully into the 70s. The record features a large group arranged and conducted by Frank Foster – with a host of jazz soloists, plus Latin ... (Vocalists, Jazz) read more CD

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✨✧ Sarah Vaughan & Her TrioSarah Vaughan At Mister Kelly's (with bonus tracks) ... CD
Mercury, 1957. Used ... Out Of Stock
One of Sarah Vaughan's best albums from the 50s – a swinging live set caught at Chicago's Mister Kelly's night club – and recorded with very small combo backing! The album's a great contrast to some of Sarah's more fully arranged sets of the era – and it features piano from Jimmy ... (Vocalists, Jazz) read more CD
(Out of print.)

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Dinah WashingtonCompact Jazz ... CD
Mercury, Late 50s/Early 60s. Used ... $0.99
Loads of classics – 16 tracks, including "This Bitter Earth", "What A Difference A Day Makes", "Easy Living", "Keepin Out Of Mischief Now", "Manhattan", "Make Me A Present Of You", "I Remember Clifford", "Unforgettable& ... (Vocalists, Jazz) read more CD
(Early West German pressing.)
 
 



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