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A tremendous collection of work by Art Tatum – maybe even THE collection of work by Art Tatum – complete and unedited "Piano Discoveries" sessions recorded in a private home by Ray Heindorf in Hollywood late in his career, but at a time when he was even more inventive than ever! LP, Vinyl record album

Tracks include "Mean To Me", "Body And Soul", "Can't We Be Friends", "Crazy Rhythm", "It's Only A Paper Moon", and "Limehouse Blues" – 23 tracks total. CD

Rehearsal material – done with Slam Stewart on bass and Tiny Grimes on guitar. Titles include "If I Had You", "Variations On A Theme By Flotow", and "Long Long Ago". LP, Vinyl record album

Solo piano numbers from Art Tatum, plus four trio tracks with guitarist Everett Barksdale and Slam Stewart on bass. CD

Includes the tracks "Lullaby Of The Leaves", "Tiger Rag", "Get Happy", "Sweet Lorraine", "Humoresque", and "Elegie". CD

Includes the songs "The Shout", "Sweet Emalina, My Gal", "Elegie", "Get Happy", "Aunt Hagar's Blues", "Nice Work If You Can Get It", "It's The Talk Of The Town", "Makin' Whoopee", "Goin' Home", "Blue Skies", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "Mine", "Yesterdays", "Jitterbug Waltz", "Mr. Freddie Blues", and "Indiana". CD

Solo work by Art Tatum, recorded with pretty high fidelity by Gene Norman at the Shrine Auditorium in LA! Despite the larger venue, there's a nice sense of intimacy here – both in the sound, and in Tatum's playing – which has a personal, speculative quality that's much more like hearing him in the wee hours at some small club. Titles include "The Man I Love", "Yesterdays", "Willow Weep For Me", "How High The Moon", "I Know That You Know", and "Tatum Pole Boogie". CD

A compilation of rare and early solo recordings by Tatum – includes tracks from 1939 for Standard Transcriptions, from 1945 for American Recording Artists, and from 1955 for 20th Century Fox, with Tiny Grimes and Slam Stewart sitting in on "Exactly Like You". LP, Vinyl record album

Solo piano performances – tracks include "Boots And Saddle", "After You've Gone", "Elegie", "Get Happy", "Sweet Lorraine", "Hallelujah", "Runnin' Wild", "Tea For Two", "It's Only A Paper Moon", and "Indiana". CD

29 songs. CD

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A collection of solo recordings from 1949 and a trio date from 1952, with Everett Barksdale on guitar and Slam Stewart on bass. LP, Vinyl record album

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A tremendous collection of work by Art Tatum – maybe even THE collection of work by Art Tatum – as the 2CD set brings together all the material that appeared on the legendary 20th Century Fox albums by Art – recorded in a private home in Hollywood late in his career, but at a time when he was even more inventive than ever. Film studio sound whiz Ray Heindorf recorded the sessions – and also had a huge amount of unissued tracks that appear here – making the set more like a package of Volmes 1 and 2 – plus 3 and 4 as well! CD

Lots of solo piano material plus small ensemble recordings with Joe Thomas, Tiny Grimes, Oscar Moore, and vocalist Adelaide Hall. 81 tracks total. CD

Pure genius from the great Art Tatum – mostly material from a 1949 live performance at The Shrine in LA, plus some other tracks too – all presented here for the first time! LP, Vinyl record album

Work from that rare "living room" tape that Tatum cut famously in the postwar years – with cuts that include "Tenderly", "You're Driving Me Crazy", "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams", "Night & Day", and "It's The Talk Of The Town". LP, Vinyl record album

A historic meeting between pianist Art Tatum and tenor sax giant Ben Webster – recorded in 1956, but only first issued by Pablo Records in the 70s! At some level, it's clear that Tatum's the star of the sessions – as most tracks start out with that introspective and often complicated approach to the keys that marks his trio and solo work – but Webster always slides in just in time to keep the record from being a standard Tatum outing – blowing with a crisp tone that's beautifully recorded here, and hardly concerned at all with the presence of Red Callender on bass and Bill Douglass on drums – who are much lower in the mix. Titles include "Night & Day", "Where Or When", "My Ideal", "Gone With The Wind", and "All The Things You Are". CD features 5 bonus tracks – all solo piano numbers by Tatum, recorded in LA in December of 1953. Titles include "Night & Day", "Where Or When", "Have You Met Miss Jones", "Gone With The Wind", and "All The Things You Are". CD

We've always been fans of Tony Scott's straighter sides, and this one has him getting together with one of the best incarnations of the Bill Evans trio, featuring the great Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motion on drums. The material here was recorded in a number of different settings, with Tony playing bari as well as guitar and piano, and you can hear the kernels of what would become his more open playing in years to come. 13 numbers, including "Remembrance of Art Tatum", "Misery (to Lady Day)", "For Stefan Wolpe" and "Blues For An African Friend". LP, Vinyl record album

Includes music by Sarah Vaughan, Charles McPherson, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Morgana King, Coleman Hawkins, Helen Merrill, Art Farmer, and others. CD

With Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Johnny Hodges, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Jack Teagarden, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, Dizzy Gillespie, Lennnie Tristano, Stan Getz, Oscar Pettiford, Count Basie, and Miles Davis. CD

Music from the Capitol Jazzmen, Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Cootie Williams And His Orchestra, Benny Goodman And His Orchestra, Shorty Rogers, Junr Christy, Serge Chaloff, and more. CD

Incredible solo work from Erroll Garner – material that really lets him open up with a fantastic and unbridled sense of rhythm – a bit like Art Tatum on his famous late-life solo work! Titles include "Afternoon Of An Elf", "Don't Be That Way", "Fandango", and "A Smooth One". LP, Vinyl record album

Features appearances by Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones and Harry Edison. CD

Music from Gene Ammons, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Buck Clayton, Earl Hines, Meade Lux Lewis, Jimmy Noone, Art Tatum, Chick Webb & more. Packaged with a nifty 80 page booklet. CD

48 tracks across 3 CD's. Includes performances by Dinah Washington, Shirley Horn, Mel Torme, Anita O'Day, Sara Vaughan, Betty Carter, Blossom Dearie, Art Tatum, Charlie Parker, Max Roach and others. CD

A massive collection of classic jazz– includes Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Fats Waller, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, and many others! LP, Vinyl record album

Red Garland on piano, Paul Chambers on bass, Art Tatum on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas. CD

Notable sidemen include Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Art Tatum, Gene Krupa, Pee Wee Russell, Teddy Wilson, and others. CD

Fantastic material from the legendary Sun Ra – groundbreaking solo piano material, which shows a completely different side of his genius away from his work with the Arkestra! The package presents all volumes of Ra's seminal sides from 1966 – including a third volume, which has never been released at all – making for the most comprehensive package to ever document this side of his work in a more intimate manner! There's a sensitivity to these tracks that's really amazing – still moments of freedom that reflect Ra's connection to the avant garde of the time – but also echoes of Art Tatum and other stylists who influenced his initial vision in the early days – interwoven with his own sense of cosmic creation, in ways that are similar to his later solo projects – but which didn't often show up in other Saturn material of the time. Some tracks are altered standards, but many others are really great originals – and titles include the unreleased "Soundscapes", "The Eternal Tomorrow", "The Changing Wind", "World Island Festival", "Today Is Not Yesterday", "How Am I To Know", and "Yesterdays" – plus "Caloundronius", "Perspective Prismis Of Is", "Solar Boats", "The Ninth Eye", "Space Towers", "Cognition", "The Galaxy Way", "The Alter Destiny", and "Blue Differentials". LP, Vinyl record album

Jazz, blues, and more – all from the LA scene of the early days! Music from Ory's Creole Jazz Band, Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington, T-Bone Walker, Hadda Brooks Trio, Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Wardell Gray, Big Jay McNeely, Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers, Charles Brown, and more. CD

Includes 13 tracks by Red Garland, Miles Davis, Art Tatum, Count Basie, Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane, Art Pepper, and Bill Evans. CD

Includes work by Teddy Wilson, Nat Cole, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Ray Bryant, Randy Weston, Bill Evans, and many others! CD

A killer tribute to 52nd street – filled with vintage recordings from the 78rpm era by artists that include Ella Logan, The Spirits Of Rhythm, Eddie Condon, Stuff Smith, Wingy Manone, Red Allen, Louis Prima, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, John Kirby, Bud Freeman, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, and many others. LP, Vinyl record album

Music from Sonny Criss, Wardell Gray, Shorty Rogers & his Giants, Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Gerry Mulligan Quartet, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Chet Baker Quartet, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, Lennie Niehaus Quintet, Art Tatum Trio, Buddy Collette Quintet, Red Norvo, Sonny Rollins, Curtis Amy Sextet, Art Pepper, and more. CD

Great early work from Oscar Peterson – recorded during his first few years with Norman Granz, and in an extremely spare style that only features added bass accompaniment on most tracks! The record's virtually a solo session – cut with a style that's got the energy of Bud Powell, mixed with the soul of Art Tatum – but in a fresh mode that would soon have Peterson dominating the way his instrument was handled at the time. Notes ring out with wonderful tones throughout, and titles include "Tenderly", "Oscar's Blues", "Debut", "Where Or When", "Little White Lies", "Two Sleepy People", and "Nameless". CD

A solo piano album – with tracks dedicated to Bill Evans, Bud Powell, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Keith Jarrett, and Chick Corea. CD

Features Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum, Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, and many more! LP, Vinyl record album

The Jazzman label hits a whole new level of brilliance – as they turn their funk-trained crate digging skills to the world of spiritual jazz! The collection's an amazing batch of ultra-rare tunes – tracks that take inspiration from the John Coltrane/Archie Shepp work on Impulse Records in the 60s, then run with those roots in bold new directions – soaring, spiritual aims in jazz that reach for new freedoms, but never lapse into the totally-outside modes of free jazz! Instead, there's a really great balance here between structure and struggle – as many tunes often have a good rhythmic pulse, usually modal and soulful, then let the horn solos stretch out more in their own sounds and directions. The mix is amazing, as is the selection of tunes – rare numbers pulled mostly from American independent jazz releases of the 60s and 70s – most of which are as obscure as the funky 45s we normally get from Jazzman. As with the label's US funk compilations, there's full notes on all the music – a heck of a lot of detail on these artists – and tracks on the set include "Paul's Ark" by Morris Wilson Beau Bailey Quintet, "Ayo Ayo Nene" by Mor Thiam, "Nomusa" by Ndikho Xaba & The Natives, "The Afrikan In Winter" by The Positive Force, "Neveen" by Salah Ragab, "Ja Mil" by Hastings Street Jazz Experience, "Be There" by Leon Gardner, "Psych City" by Ohio Penitentiary 511 Jazz Ensemble, "Introduction" by James Tatum Trio Plus, and "No Jive" by Frank Derrick Total Experience. US pressing has 2 bonus tracks – "All Prasies To Allah (parts 1 & 2 edit)" by Lightmen Plus One, and "Bada Que Bash" by PE Hewitt Jazz Ensemble. CD

Sublime solo piano work from Tete Montoliu – a set that takes off from the superb directions he'd hit on his Spanish albums of the 60s – when Tete was emerging as one of the most lyrically fluid pianists on the European scene! That legacy is greatly enhanced here – as Montoliu works without any bass or drums at all, yet has this wonderfully rhythmic quality to his music – not in the ways that Garner or Tatum might have expressed in a similar setting, but this more flowing sense of color – really illustrating some of the advances that the European jazz scene was making at the time. Titles include "Rainy Day", "Two Catlan Songs", "Gentofte 4349", "Apartment 412", "Ballad For Line", and "Little Camila". CD