Woody's very first LP – and a pretty great album of standup material, cut back when he was just a budding writer for TV. The set was recorded at Mr Kelly's in Chicago, and has an easy going flow – with Woody just talking his way through material, almost in a Lenny Bruce sort of way. LP, Vinyl record album
(Original gold label mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has light wear and aging, bumped corners, and a tiny fray at the opening.)
Great work from Chet Baker, and one of his strongest jazz albums of the 60s – even if the title makes a pretty ambitious claim! (And given those heady years of 1964 and 1965, Chet's got an awful lot of important albums to contend with!) The album steps nicely off of some of Chet's late 50s ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Gold label mono pressing, in nice shape! Cover has light tape traces in one corner, but is very nice overall.)
2 George Duning soundtracks – back to back on one CD! Bell Book & Candle is a wonderful jazzy soundtrack from the end of the 50s – written for an ultra-cool film that starred Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart in a comedy about beatnik witches in New York! Much of the soundtrack has a ... read moreCD
George Duning/Ned Washington —
Naked City ... LP Colpix, 1958. Very Good ...
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One of the greatest albums of crime jazz ever! But even cooler than that, the whole thing's got narration by John McIntire, very much in the spirit of the crime drama Naked City – filmed in New York in verite style. The music is in that late 50s TV crime mode, but the narration really makes ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing with deep groove. Cover has clear tape on the top & bottom seams, faint staining on the back.)
A really great chapter in the 60s career of guitar giant Duane Eddy – a set that still has him working with Lee Hazlewood, the original producer who first brought him fame – in a set of all-Bob Dylan tunes that really sparkle with the twang heavy approach of Duane! There's some more ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Dick Gregory —
East & West ... LP Colpix, 1961. Near Mint- ...
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Dick Gregory raps it proud and loud – in a set of recordings that features one side recorded on the east coast, and one on the west! Gregory's still very much a comedian at this point in his career, but already his work is peppered strongly with political elements – the kind of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sharp-edged wit from a young Dick Gregory – and the kind of record that easily set the standard for countless comics to come! The tracks here are mostly free-form – still structured into a few routines, but also pretty easygoing and open – with more of the openly rapping sort of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Orchestra USA/John Lewis —
Debut ... CD Colpix/Warner (Japan), 1963. Used ...
$14.99
The first recordings ever from Orchestra USA – the landmark third stream jazz group co-led by John Lewis and Gunther Schuller! The group sprang out of Schuller and Lewis' preoccupations with bringing jazz to a more serious environment – merging traits of 20th century classical with ... read moreCD
(Out of print, includes obi.)
Orchestra USA/John Lewis —
Debut ... LP Colpix, 1963. Near Mint- ...
$4.99
The first recordings ever from Orchestra USA – the landmark third stream jazz group co-led by John Lewis and Gunther Schuller! The group sprang out of Schuller and Lewis' preoccupations with bringing jazz to a more serious environment – merging traits of 20th century classical with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono gold label pressing. Cover has some ringwear and is bumped at the bottom right corner.)
A girl group soul classic – the first-ever Ronettes album, recorded in the years before the group first hooked up with Phil Spector! Even back on this album from 1961, it's clear that the girls had a sound that would be huge – and they're working here with early (and great) production ... read moreCD
One of Jimmy Rushing's last truly great albums – a jazz-tinged session of bluesy material, one that gets at his best work of the 50s! The arrangements are by Al Cohn, and have a fluid swing that pushes Jimmy past cliche – working with players that include Zoot Sims, Budd Johnson, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An album recorded relatively early in the career of singer Nina Simone – but a set that already shows the very unique approach that would make her a legend by the time the 60s moved on! Even the very first tune is a stunner – a haunting reworking of the favorite "Just In Time" ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An album recorded relatively early in the career of singer Nina Simone – but a set that already shows the very unique approach that would make her a legend by the time the 60s moved on! Even the very first tune is a stunner – a haunting reworking of the favorite "Just In Time" ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes the songs "Children Go Where I Send You", "It Might As Well Be Spring", "Willow Weep For Me", "The Other Woman", "Fine And Mellow", "Wild Is The Wind", "You Can Have Him", "(I Loves You) Porgy", "Forbidden ... read moreCD
An assortment of tracks pulled from Nina's early years at the Colpix label – a company that first allowed her to spread her wings and develop her own unique style! The tracks on the set show Nina first stepping from the careful world of jazz vocals, into an approach that slowly worked in ... read moreCD
An important early live show for Nina Simone – a move from the world of small nightclubs (as mentioned in the title of her first record), to the classy Town Hall venue – working in front of an audience filled with left-leaning listeners who were the perfect crowd to get the unique bag ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nina sings Ellington – but as always, she makes whatever she sings all her own! The album's a bit straighter than later efforts – with large backings by Stu Phillips that also feature vocals by the Malcolm Dodds Singers – but Nina also conceived the whole thing herself, as an ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Nina selected a very nice batch of standards and hip jazzy tracks for this classic Colpix release from the early 60s – and the set's a great example of her unique skill for blending folksy material with more sophisticated stuff, in an amazingly haunting style that has endured for decades. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jazz from the heart of the cold war – not actually recorded in Moscow, but featuring a bunch of hip players on their return from a tour of the Soviet Union – a historic moment in which west met east, with some groovy jazz in the offing! Apart from the tenor of Zoot Sims and alto of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Music from the Marcels, the Wildwoods, James Darren, Shelley Fabares, Paul Petersen, Little Eva, Carole King, the Cookies, Teddy Randazzo, Freddie Scott, the Girlfriends, Henry Alston, Lou Christie & more. CD