Landmark pre-bop recordings – with early small combo work from Charlie Christian, and some great Dizzy Gillespie tracks recorded with Don Byas on tenor, Thelonious Monk on piano, and Kenny Clarke on drums! (Jazz) CD
With 78 tracks on 5 CDs including "Little Joe From Chicago", "Sweet Lorraine", "Rhythm Sam", "Besame Mucho", "Boogie A La King", "The Man I Love", "Wild Goose Chase", "Mexico Joe", and "A Pile O'Cole". (Vocalists) CD
With Wallace Davenport on trumpet, Charles McLinden on tenor saxophone, Billy Mackel on guitar, Kenneth Bolds on drums, Pete Yellin on alto saxophone, Kohn Spruill Jr on piano & Lawrence Burgen on bass. (Jazz) CD
Earl Hines —
Piano Solos ... CD Laser Light, 1974. Used ...
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A great Paris live set from Gerry Mulligan – with his Concert Jazz Band at L'Olympia in 1960 – a tight affair with great solo work from a larger group of players that includes Don Ferrara and Conte Candoli on trumpet, Bob Brookmeyer on valve trombone, Zoot Sims on tenor, Buddy Clark on ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Tracks include "Three Day Sucker", "Playhouse", "Time Check", "Pieces Of Dreams", "Nik-Nik", "Tommy Medley", and "Big Mac" – 13 tracks total. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print.)
Lonnie Smith —
Afrodesia ... CD Laser Light/Groove Merchant, Mid 70s. Used ...
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A tasty CD that brings together some cuts from Lonnie's legendary Afro-desia album for Groove Merchant from 1975, plus other tracks from later Groove Merchant sessions. The Afro-desia material is great – with Lonnie playing in a very stretched out, Larry Young-ish kind of way, and a young ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Lucky Thompson —
Tea Time ... CD Laser Light/Groove Merchant, Early 70s. Used ...
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Wonderfully soulful grooves from the amazing Lucky Thompson! Despite the stupid title, this is a very nice set that brings together some of Lucky Thompson's excellent soulful recordings for the Groove Merchant label during the early 70s. Thompson started out his career as a more traditional ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Great 70s live work from Sarah Vaughan – material that easily stands alongside her best for the Pablo label at the same time, but which is far more obscure overall! The notes on the CD aren't much – and obviously help enforce the obscurity of the sessions – but we can say that ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
Huge blues collection with music from Junior Wells, JB Hutto, Big Joe Williams, Luther Allison, Dave Spector, Roosevelt Sykes, Little Walter, Sleepy John Estes, Sunnyland Slim, Carey Bell, and more. (Blues) CD
Music by Esquivel, Xavier Cugat, Tito Puente, Bert Kaempfert, the Anita Kerr Singers, Percy Faith, Arthur Greenslade, Jeri Southern, and others. (Now Sound) CD