A beautifully-done collection – all the early small combo material recorded by the early groups of Louis Armstrong – collected here with great sound and fantastic notes as well! (Jazz) CD
The birth of genius – a well-chosen array of tracks from the early 78rpm years, beautifully presented here together! Includes 81 tracks and a 77 page booklet. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print, includes original box and book – in nice shape!)
Tracks cinclude "All Of Me", "St. Louis Blues", "Body And Soul", "Mack The Knife", "Memories Of You", "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", and "Rockin' Chair" – 16 tracks total. (Jazz) CD
Includes 89 orchestra and small group tracks, plus a thick booklet with detailed notes. Tracks include "I'll Remember April", "St. Louis Blues", "Taxi War Dance", "Pound Cake", "Easy Does It", Stay On It", "Rock-A-Bye Basie", and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print, includes slipcase and large booklet. Slipcase has a promo sticker.)
A great little record from the days before George Benson had totally hit his smooth jazz sound of the 70s, and was being pushed by Columbia as a hard wailing soul jazz leader! The record features his classic quartet with Lonnie Smith on organ – grooving away hard hard hard, sometimes even ... (Jazz) read moreCD
An incredible early experimental album from Art Blakey – one of the first to feature him in expanded percussion format! Side one of the album features the extended "Drum Suite" – a set of 3 tracks ("The Sacrifice", "Cubano Chant", and "Oscalypso") ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(2005 copy-controlled pressing with 3 bonus tracks and the unedited version of "The Sacrifice". Small cutout hole through the case.)
Sound, space, tone, and color – a tremendous effort from trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, and a record with a really unique feel! The album features a wonderful group that includes Brookmeyer on valve trombone, Stan Getz on tenor, Gary Burton on vibes, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Sound, space, tone, and color – a tremendous effort from trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, and a record with a really unique feel! The album features a wonderful group that includes Brookmeyer on valve trombone, Stan Getz on tenor, Gary Burton on vibes, Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Solo recordings of original compositions for piano, with titles including "Swing Bells", "Walkin' Line", "Two-Part Contention", "Weep No More", "When I Was Young", and more. (Jazz) CD
A previously unissued live recording from Dave Brubeck and his classic quartet – Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A decade's worth of genius – and one of the best mainstream modern jazz moments of the postwar years! Dave Brubeck was already making big waves on the San Francisco scene in the early part of the 50s – but when he hit Columbia Records, his music really started to take off – as ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the most obscure of Brubeck's Columbia modern sessions – and one of the best! Side one features more "time" oriented tunes played with the Quartet that included Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright, and Joe Morello – but side two features the extended "Elementals" ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the coolest collaborations of Dave Brubeck's years at Columbia Records – and one of the greatest jazz sessions from vocalist Jimmy Rushing too! On paper, the modernist Brubeck and Kansas City roots singer Rushing would seem to be a very unlikely pair – but by this time in his ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Titles include "5D", "Eight Miles High", "Hey Joe", "Mr Spaceman", "Captain Soul", and "John Riley". Bonus tracks include "Why", "I Know My Rider", "Psychodrama City", "Eight Miles High", "John ... (Rock) read moreCD
Johnny returns to prison for another incredible set, released in its entirety for the first time with the 9 songs left off of the original LP! Like the Folsom gig, the set was captured by producer Bob Johnston, who also so masterfully recorded Bob Dylan at his most primal. Unlike the Folsom set, ... (Folk/Country) read moreCD
Johnny returns to prison for another incredible set, released in its entirety for the first time with the 9 songs left off of the original LP! Like the Folsom gig, the set was captured by producer Bob Johnston, who also so masterfully recorded Bob Dylan at his most primal. Unlike the Folsom set, ... (Folk/Country) read moreCD
Johnny Cash —
Legend (4CD/DVD & book) ... CD Columbia/Legacy, Late 50s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s/Early 2000s. Used 4CD/DVD & book ...
$33.99
Includes 4 CDs, a DVD, and bonus CD with previously unreleased radio material from the mid 50s – all packaged in a beautiful, oversized, hardcover coffee table book. (Folk/Country) CD
(Limited edition of 20,000 copies – includes the original backing sheet.)
All the best bits from The Chambers Brothers' excellent run on Columbia Records – easily the group's high point, and a time when they really got all the best elements in their music totally right! They still have the bluesy roots of the early years, but things are given a lot more soulful ... (Soul) read moreCD
Sure, the cover's a bit dated – but the politics have stayed surprisingly strong over the years – as has the music as well! Keep in mind that The Clash were waging war in the Mideast years before Desert Storm – in this searing mix of London punk, rocksteady roots, and slight new ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A brilliant large ensemble work from Ornette Coleman – ambitious material recorded with full orchestra, in a haunting sound that's light years from any of his smaller group recordings of the 60s and 70s! There's an incredible feel to the strings used here – played by the London ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Miles Davis on trumpet, George Coleman, Sam Rivers, and Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Herbie Hancock and Victor Feldman on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Tony Williams and Frank Butler on drums. (Jazz) CD
Collects material from Seven Steps To Heaven, Quiet Nights, Miles Davis In Europe, My Funny Valentine, Four & More, Miles In Tokyo, and Miles In Berlin – plus tracks that appeared on Directions and other compilations as well as plenty of previously unissued material. (Jazz) CD
(Out of print first pressing in the metal case and slipcover.)
This stunning live set has been hailed by many as one of the finest moments of Miles' mid 60s career – music played with a frenetic energy that even blows away the famous studio sessions of the time! The group here is a landmark lineup – young modernists Wayne Shorter on tenor, Herbie ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Right On! Quite possibly the heaviest, baddest music ever laid to tape, this set offers up over 6 hours of some of the deepest, darkest free jazz, afro funk, fist in the air post-modern musique concrete to sprout from Miles' horn and crew! This box closes the door on the studio side of what may ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Out of print. Please note the metal case has some wear and oxidization spots that in a few case have begun to rust. Book has some age spots on the endpapers and first few pages.)
Breakneck live work from Miles Davis – and proof that his famous 60s quintet wasn't only just about mellow and spacious sounds! The set was recorded at the same concert as the album My Funny Valentine – and while that one's mostly ballads, this one's mostly high tempo numbers that skip ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Breakneck live work from Miles Davis – and proof that his famous 60s quintet wasn't only just about mellow and spacious sounds! The set was recorded at the same concert as the album My Funny Valentine – and while that one's mostly ballads, this one's mostly high tempo numbers that skip ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Includes the songs "'Round Midnight", "Summer Night", "Corcovado (Quiet Nights)", "Stella By Starlight", "My Ship", "I Thought About You", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "Blue In Green", "I Loves You Porgy", ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(Case has some light edgewear and a mark through the barcode.)
This stunning live set has been hailed by many as one of the finest moments of Miles' mid 60s career – music played with a frenetic energy that even blows away the famous studio sessions of the time! The group here is a landmark lineup – young modernists Wayne Shorter on tenor, Herbie ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A wonderful live set from the Seven Steps-era Miles group – with rhythm by Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams – and tunes that are all in that transformative mode that really showed Miles hitting a new voice at the time! Tenorist George Coleman's playing with the group on ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A really great bit of live work from Miles Davis – and the first-ever recorded appearance of the quintet with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams – even though the album was never issued in the US at the time! The set follows very strongly in the mode of the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Miles Davis' first-ever performance in Japan – a really unique concert that featured the quintet with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams – augmented by a young Sam Rivers on tenor! The presence of Rivers really gives the set an edge – and although Miles is holding Sam ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A key point in the development of the Miles Davis sound of the 60s – his first album to feature work from Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams – augmented by some equally nice work on other tracks from Victor Feldman and Frank Butler! The sound here is beautifully spare – ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A key point in the development of the Miles Davis sound of the 60s – his first album to feature work from Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams – augmented by some equally nice work on other tracks from Victor Feldman and Frank Butler! The sound here is beautifully spare – ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Miles Davis —
Sorcerer ... CD Columbia/Legacy, 1967. New Copy ...
$4.997.99
Another bold new direction for the legendary Miles Davis Quintet of the 60s – a set that has some of the angular styles of earlier albums, but also a bit more of the flowing grace to come in the electric years! A key illustration of this is the leadoff track "Prince Of Darkness" ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Miles Davis —
Sorcerer ... CD Columbia/Legacy, 1967. Used ...
$3.99
Another bold new direction for the legendary Miles Davis Quintet of the 60s – a set that has some of the angular styles of earlier albums, but also a bit more of the flowing grace to come in the electric years! A key illustration of this is the leadoff track "Prince Of Darkness" ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Another bold new direction for the legendary Miles Davis Quintet of the 60s – a set that has some of the angular styles of earlier albums, but also a bit more of the flowing grace to come in the electric years! A key illustration of this is the leadoff track "Prince Of Darkness" ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Loads of material from this famous pair – issued on albums that include Jazz Track, Round Midnight, Milestones, Kind Of Blue, Someday My Prince Will Come, Miles & Monk At Newport – and lots of other obscure compilation tracks and unissued numbers! (Jazz) CD
Loads of material from this famous pair – issued on albums that include Jazz Track, Round Midnight, Milestones, Kind Of Blue, Someday My Prince Will Come, Miles & Monk At Newport – and lots of other obscure compilation tracks and unissued numbers! (Jazz) CD
(2004 longbox version. Light mark on front cover but otherwise in great shape!)
Robert Glasper takes on the music of Miles Davis – in a set that's way more of Glasper's own than you might guess from the presentation! True, the tracks are all based around Miles Davis material from the Columbia Records vaults – but Robert really opens things up right away with his ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Al Di Meola —
Anthology ... CD Columbia/Legacy, Late 70s/Early 80s. Used 2CD ...
$2.996.99
Tracks include "Land Of The Midnight Sun", "Suite: Golden Dawn", "Senor Mouse", "Elegant Gypsy Suite", "God Bird Change", and "Island Dreamer", plus four previously unissued bonus tracks – 20 tracks total. (Jazz) CD
Includes 70 songs over 3 CDs and features work with Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and others! (Jazz) CD
Deep and bluesy work from the all-star Ellington group of the late 50s – a beautifully recorded album that moves way past the simple cliche of its title! The set features a host of original tunes from Duke Ellington and other members of the group – and players include Jimmy Hamilton on ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(2004 pressing with lots of bonus tracks – still sealed!)
Deep and bluesy work from the all-star Ellington group of the late 50s – a beautifully recorded album that moves way past the simple cliche of its title! The set features a host of original tunes from Duke Ellington and other members of the group – and players include Jimmy Hamilton on ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A collection of small group recordings with Duke Ellington's sidemen – tracks recorded by groups led by Rex Stewart on cornet, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Cootie Williams on trumpet, and Johnny Hodges on alto. (Jazz) CD
One of Duke Ellington's standout sides for Columbia – a strong recording that revisits many of the best elements of his earlier work, and offers up some more sophisticated scoring for the 50s – thanks to extended track length in the LP generation! The tunes here are older ones, but ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Includes the albums Ellington Uptown, Such Sweet Thunder, Black, Brown & Beige, Anatomy Of A Murder, and First Time! The Count Meets The Duke. (Jazz) CD
Don't let the title put you off, because this certainly isn't a session of background music – and the name simply refers to the fact that the arrangements on the set really showcase the strong horn work of the Ellington orchestra! Duke's still on piano for the session, but the real strength ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the Duke's greatest jazz recordings – and an album that features some incredible solo work on piano – at a level with other modernist small group sessions in the Ellington catalog, like Money Jungle or Live at the Whitney! As the title says, Duke's piano is very much in the ... (Jazz) read moreCD
True masterpieces from Duke Ellington – some of his greatest compositions, presented here in an early Columbia LP that offers up "uncut concert arrangements" – clearly grooming a new side of Duke for the long-playing audience! The recordings were made in 1950, with players ... (Jazz) read moreCD
(2004 pressing with 3 bonus tracks. Barcode has a cutout hole.)
From a hard soul trio to one of the biggest soul chart acts of the mid 70s, The Emotions had an amazing ride to the top. Although the sisters started out in the field of gospel, then moved through indie labels to cut a few nice raw soul albums for Stax, it was the Chicago soul genius of Maurice ... (Soul) read moreCD
An incredible batch of freely crafted tracks from Jimmy Giuffre's legendary early 60s trio! The group features Steve Swallow on bass and Paul Bley on piano, and the two young modernists were a perfect match of Giuffre's ever-developing ideas of freedom and harmony. The music is beautiful – ... (Jazz) read moreCD
One of the most famous Jerry Goldsmith soundtracks ever – even if the film itself wasn't much of a hit! Goldsmith really rose to the top ranks of film composers with his work for Blue Max – able to orchestrate both full action and quiet moments with effortless ease – often ... (Soundtracks) read moreCD
Includes the songs "Let's Dance", "Don't Be That Way", "Avalon", "Flying Home", "Memories Of You", "Somebody Stole My Gal", "Clarinet A La King", "Jersey Bounce", "Why Don't You Do Right", "After You've ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Benny Goodman's famous 1938 live date at Carnegie Hall – with Teddy Wilson and Count Basie on piano, Lionel Hampton on vibes, Johnny Hodges on alto, Cootie Williams and Buck Clayton on trumpet, and Lester Young on tenor – plus Gene Krupa on drums, on his famous reading of "Sing ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Includes "Ridin' High", "Vibraphone Blues", "Nagasaki", "Skeik Of Araby", "Moonglow", "Laughing At Life", "Bugle Call Rag", and "Stardust" – 49 tracks, including a number of previously unissued cuts. (Jazz) CD
With George Cables on piano, Rufus Reid on bass, and Eddie Gladden on drums. CD includes three non-LP bonus tracks, including lengthy readings of "More Than You Know" and "The End Of A Love Affair". (Jazz) CD
Later genius from Dexter Gordon – an album recorded upon his return to the US in 1976, and done in a style that breaks the bounds of some of his sessions in Europe! Gordon seems to take new life in the recording – moving past the simple role of main soloist on familiar tunes, and ... (Jazz) read moreCD
A damn incredible package of work from Daryl Hall & John Oates – one that's got way more than just the stock greatest hits you'd find on other box sets, and which is filled with loads of rare moments alongside the classics! There's a vibe here that's really wonderful – an approach ... (Rock) read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Herbie Hancock —
Sextant ... CD Columbia/Legacy, 1973. New Copy ...
$4.997.99
An incredible record – and virtually the blueprint for countless other keyboard records to come! At the height of his 70s powers, Herbie really takes off into space with this set – moving away from more commercial music, and hitting a groove that's totally righteous, totally electric, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Herbie Hancock —
Sextant ... CD Columbia/Legacy, 1973. Used ...
Out Of Stock
An incredible record – and virtually the blueprint for countless other keyboard records to come! At the height of his 70s powers, Herbie really takes off into space with this set – moving away from more commercial music, and hitting a groove that's totally righteous, totally electric, ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Killer late 70s soul by this Brit-based group that featured the keyboard talents of Rod Temperton! Despite their non-American origin, the band scored big on the US charts with familiar soul tunes like "Boogie Nights", "Always & Forever", "Ain't No Half Steppin", ... (Soul) read moreCD
Mindblowing lost work from Jimi Hendrix – studio tracks from the late 60s that were never issued at the time, brought together to make a completely sublime full length set! The package is way hipper and stronger than you might imagine – not studio snippets or replayed outtakes – ... (Rock) read moreCD
A legendary set of live performances from Jimi Hendrix – both sets recorded in Maui in July of 1970, presented here officially for the first time ever – along with a bonus documentary on the performances too! The set is kind of the true counterpart to the botched Rainbow Bridge project ... (Rock) read moreCD
A legendary European recording by the Jimi Hendrix Experience – done for French radio in 1967, with a lot better fidelity than some of their other overseas bootlegs of the time! The show was captured at the Olympia Theater – with Mitch Mitchell on drums and Noel Redding on bass – ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(First time vinyl pressing – Authorized Hendrix Family Edition!)
Jimi Hendrix —
Valleys Of Neptune ... CD Legacy/Experience Hendrix, Late 60s/2010. Used ...
Out Of Stock
One of the most unlikely of success stories in the long string of posthumous Jimi Hendrix releases – a "new" album of studio recordings from Jimi that actually hits the mark. Billed as an unreleased album, the material has popped up on releases from time to time, but the new mixes ... (Rock) read moreCD
Not experienced? Well, this album will help push you over the top – as it's done for decades of listeners from the heyday of young Jimi Hendrix all the way up to the present! The set's a classic through and through – a blueprint not just for the genius of Hendrix, but for generations ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The Jimi Hendrix Experience at their most classic! Tripped out bluesy cosmic rock ferocity and great songs, too – firing on all cylinders here on the middle record of their ultra epic three LP series of unimpeachable greatness. Titles include "EXP", "Up From The Skies", ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The Jimi Hendrix Experience at their most classic! Tripped out bluesy cosmic rock ferocity and great songs, too – firing on all cylinders here on the middle record of their ultra epic three LP series of unimpeachable greatness. Titles include "EXP", "Up From The Skies", ... (Rock) read moreCD
A true classic by Jimi with the original Experience lineup – the third of three straight up masterpiece LPs to come out in just over a year's time by the group! You could call the leftfield astral effects in the mix experimental if you had to – innovations in the studio with echo, that ... (Rock) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram vinyl all analog remaster with original artwork plus 8-page LP sized booklet with rare photos and liner notes.)
Includes the songs "Woodchopper's Ball","Caldonia","Apple Honey","Laura","Northwest Passage","Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe","I've Got The World On A String","Early Autumn (Summer Sequence, Part IV)","Surrender&qu ... (Jazz) read moreCD
Billie Holiday's probably reimagined here more than she's remixed – as most of the tracks are heavy on contemporary beats and breaks first, and tend to focus on the vocals second! Billie's older recordings are dropped into the mix to provide a bit of older flavor – sometimes used quite ... (Vocalists) read moreCD
Billie Holiday's probably reimagined here more than she's remixed – as most of the tracks are heavy on contemporary beats and breaks first, and tend to focus on the vocals second! Billie's older recordings are dropped into the mix to provide a bit of older flavor – sometimes used quite ... (Vocalists) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Billie Holiday —
Blue Billie ... CD Columbia/Legacy, Late 30s/Early 40s. Used ...
Out Of Stock
Tracks include "God Bless The Child", "Body And Soul", "Moanin' Low", "St. Louis Blues", "You Let Me Down", "Ghost Of Yesterday", and "Long Gone Blues" – 16 tracks total. (Vocalists) CD
36 songs on 2 CDs including "These Foolish Things", "Sugar", "Easy To Love", "I Must Have That Man", "Them There Eyes", "Body And Soul", "Let's Do It", "God Bless The Child", and more. (Vocalists) CD