A well-done live set, with the kind of extended tracks that really let trumpeter Buck Clayton shine – working here with fellow trumpeter Emmett Berry, plus Earle Warren on alto, Buddy Tate on tenor, and Dicky Wells on trombone! LP, Vinyl record album

A really great setting for trumpeter Buck Clayton – wonderful longform jam session material recorded in the 50s – very different than the shorter sides of earlier years! Features material that appeared on albums All The Cats Join In, Jumpin At The Woodside, Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman, How Hi The Fi, Huckle-Buck & Robbins' Nest, and Moten Swing/Sentimental Journey – plus unissued tracks! CD

Notable sidemen include Harry Edison, Pee Wee Russell, Coleman Hawkins, and Freddie Green. CD

One of trumpeter Buck Clayton's true classics for Columbia in the 50s – long jam session tracks, with players who include Bennie Green and Tyree Glenn on trombones, Lem Davis on alto, Julian Dash and Coleman Hawkins on tenor, and Kenn Kersey and Sir Charles Thompson on piano. LP, Vinyl record album

Featuring Bill Butterfield, Ruby Braff, and Joe Newman on trumpets, Coleman Hawkins, Buddy Tate, and Julian Dash on tenor, Freddie Green on guitar, Milt Hinton on bass, Jo Jones on drums, and others. Includes the songs "All The Cats Join In", "Lean Baby", "Don't You Miss Your Baby", "Out Of Nowhere", "Blue Lou", and "After Hours". LP, Vinyl record album

Trad revival material by this group that featured Buck Clayton on trumpet, Dickie Wells on trombone, Tommy Newson on tenor, Charlie Byrd on guitar, and Gwaltney on alto, clarinet, and vibes. Tracks are short and include some originals, written in a classic 30s KC mode – plus a few older tunes. Titles include "Midnight Mama", "Hello Babe", "Kansas City Ballad", "The Jumping Blues", "Walter Page", and "The New Tulsa Blues". CD

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Buck Clayton on trumpet, Michel Pilet on tenor sax, Henri Chaix on piano, Isla Eckinger on bass, and Wallace Bishop on drums. CD

Three of the orignal Benny Goodman Band's greatest instrumentals in full-scale improvisations by Buck Clayton's All-Stars! LP, Vinyl record album

A heavy classic from trumpeter Buck Clayton – and a record that set a whole new standard for the jam session on record at the time! The album pushes forward strongly from the territory of the Jazz At The Philharmonic and Jam Session records on Verve – with a vibrancy that's even stronger, and which really has Clayton's leadership bringing all the players into sharp focus. Each track takes up a side of the record – with plenty of room for individual solo work from players who include Joe Newman on trumpet, Urbie Green and Henderson Chambers on trombones, Lem Davis on alto, Julian Dash on tenor, Charlie Fowlkes on baritone, Sir Charles Thompson on piano, and Freddie Green on guitar! The performances are nicely more focused than looser live jam session material of this nature – and titles include "The Huckle-Buck" and "Robbin's Nest". LP, Vinyl record album

A 2-fer set from the 70s – with 2 great older albums from Buck & Buddy! First up is the self-titled Buck & Buddy – beautiful blowing from Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate – captured here in the relaxed, easy-going setting of the Swingville label! The album's got a lot more charm than some of Clayton's sides for Columbia – a bit more mellow, with the kind of after hours feel that lets players like these show their strongest suits on their instruments. Clayton plays trumpet, Tate tenor – and rhythm is from the trio of Sir Charles Thompson on piano, Gene Ramey on bass, and Mousie Alexander on drums. Titles include "High Life", "Birdland Betty", "Can't We Be Friends", and "Kansas City Nights". Next Is Buck & Buddy Blow The Blues – a romping little session from Buck Clayton and Buddy Tate – served up in a looser, more relaxed setting than the former's albums for Columbia, and a slightly more swing-based mode than the latter's dates for Chess! Both horn players get plenty of room to solo in the open-ended Swingville mode – Buck on trumpet and Buddy on both tenor and clarinet – and the group's a nice one too, since Sir Charles Thompson's playing piano, Gene Ramey's on bass, and Gus Johnson's on drums. Titles include "Blue Creek", "Blue Breeze", "Blue Ebony", "Rompin At Red Bank", and "Dallas Delight". LP, Vinyl record album

With Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Walter Page, Joe Jones, Jimmy Rushing, Eddie Durham & Benny Morton. CD

With Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Benny Morton, Dicky Wells, Freddie Green, Jo Jones, Walter Page, and others. LP, Vinyl record album

Sidney Bechet on sopranino saxophone, Andre Reweliotty on clarinet, Jean-Louis Durand and Vic Dickenson on trombone, Buck Clayton, Guy Longnon, and Roland Hug on trumpet, George Wein and Yannick Singery on piano, Arvell Shaw and Georges "Zozo" d'Halluin on bass, Kansas Fields, Marcel Blanche, and Poumi Arnaud on drums. CD

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 Sing Sing". CD

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 Sing Sing". CD

Benny Goodman's famous 1938 live date at Carnegie Hall – with work from 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 Sing Sing". CD

A 50s collection of material cut by Coleman Hawkins in the early 40s – working with a wonderful small combo that includes Teddy Wilson on piano and either Roy Eldridge or Buck Clayton on trumpet! The tracks are mostly lively and upbeat, and Hawkins' tenor has that wonderful mid 40s sound – a nice sense of confidence throughout, but with some of the rasp that started to show up in his tone as he aged. There's a sense of soul here that's undeniable – and in a way, the material sounds more 50s-worthy than you'd guess from the original recording dates. Titles include "S Wonderful", "Beyond The Blue Horizon", "Make Believe", "Bean At The Met", "I Only Have Eyes For You", and "Just One Of Those Things". LP, Vinyl record album

A near-forgotten gem from Coleman Hawkins excellent late 50s period – recorded for the short-lived Felsted label, and done in a beautifully relaxed way! The tracks here are long and easy-going – at times even more open than Hawkins' work for Verve, and in the style he'd explore even more deeply for Prestige on some albums recorded right after this set. Hawk is playing in a quintet with Buck Clayton on trumpet, Hank Jones on piano, Ray Brown on bass, and Mickey Sheen on drums – and titles include "My One & Only Love", "Bird Of Prey Blues", "Get Set", "Ooh Wee Miss GP", "Vignette" and "You've Changed". LP, Vinyl record album

Notable sidemen include Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Henry Red Allen, and Ben Webster. CD

A well-done set, and one that stretches from the pre-Verve years of these groupings, to the big run when they were starting to really shine on record! The first half features mid 40s material – with performances from Illinois Jacquet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Flip Phillips, and Jack McVea on tenors – plus Willie Smith on alto, Buck Clayton and Shorty Sherock on trumpets, JJ Johnson on trombone, Nat King Cole on piano, and Les Paul on guitar. The second half features early 50s material, including three long ballad medley tracks – with performances from Benny Carter and Willie Smith on altos, Oscar Peterson on piano, Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge on trumpets, and Ben Webster, Lester Young, and Flip Phillips on tenors! LP, Vinyl record album

With Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Harry James, Buster Bailey, Billie Holiday, and Helen Ward. CD

Great ensemble material recorded for the Commodore label in New York – with Lester Young on tenor sax and clarinet, Buck Clayton on trumpet, Freddie Green on guitar, Joe Bushkin on piano, Walter Page on bass, and Jo Jones on drums. 22 tracks in all, including lots of alternate takes. CD

Some of Lester Young's first great moments of prominence – his late 30s recordings with the Count Basie Band, offered here in a well-done collection issued as a memorial after his death in 1959! The sets are all led by Basie, but most feature strong saxophone lead by Young – solos that helped define the tenor sax sound of a generation, nestled in alongside other top-shelf players who include Buddy Tate on tenor, Freddie Green on guitar, and Harry Edison and Buck Clayton on trumpets. The set features a hefty 24 tracks in all – and titles include "Broadway", "Blow Top", "Dickie's Dream", "Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie", "Pound Cake", "Rock A Bye Basie", "Riff Interlude", "Easy Does It", "Jump For Me", "Hollywood Jump", "Tickle Toe", "12th Street Rag", "I Left My Baby", and "Shoe Shine Boy". LP, Vinyl record album

One of the first, and most famous, of Norman Granz's landmark JATP sessions – featuring an extended reading of "How High The Moon" that was a bit of jazz history itself! The session was recorded at Syria Mosque Auditorium in Pittsburgh – and featured players that include Buck Clayton, Flip Phillips, Trummy Young, Coleman Hawikins, Kenny Kersey, and Willie Smith. Titles include the extended version of "How High The Moon", and "Bellboy Blues" – as well as 2 titles from another JATP session, "Lady Be Good" and "After You've Gone" – featuring Howard McGhee, Charlie Parker, and Willie Smith. LP, Vinyl record album

A wonderful jazzy vocals set from Nancy Harrow – her first, and one of the rare few albums she cut as a headliner early on – a should be classic from 1960! Wild Women Don't Have The Blues, production wise, as a pretty deep stylistic range, from the very jazzy numbers like the opening "Take Me Back Baby", and the New Orleans jazz & blues touched title track and the closer "Blues For Yesterday", to more material that's more energetic, or more slowly grooving. Here voice is lovely, and she has a masterful control of it, and handles the material with grace and what sounds like plenty of experience, despite this being a debut album. Players include members of the Buck Clayton band, and titles include "On The Sunny Side Of The Street", "All Too Soon", "I've Got The World On A String" and more. CD

Includes 16 tracks with Lester Young on tenor sax, Teddy Wilson on piano, Buck Clayton on trumpet, and others. CD

A really great overview of Norman Granz' classic Philharmonic series from the 1940s. With Buck Clayton, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillizpie, Lester Young, Charlie Ventura, Mel Powell, Willie Smith, Lee Young, and many more. Includes the tracks "The Man I Love", "Crazy Rhythm", "After You're Gone", "Blues For Norman", "I Can't Get Started", "Oh Lady Be Good", "I Surrender Dear", "JATP Blues", "Sweet Georgia Brown", "I Got Rhythm", "Perdido", "Blues", "Body And Soul", "How High The Moon", "Lester Leaps", and "Embraceable You". LP, Vinyl record album

With Hank Jones on piano, Ray Brown on bass, Buddy Rich on drums, Tommy Turk on trombone, Charlie Parker on alto, Roy Eldridge and Buck Clayton on trumpet, and Flip Phillips on tenor, plus solos by Howard McGhee and Coleman Hawkins. Titles include "Lester Leaps In", "I Can't Get Started With You", "Slow Drag", and "Crazy Rhythm". LP, Vinyl record album

Essential is right – as the tracks here are all Vocalion and Columbia 78rpm releases – from a time when Lester Young was in the group on tenor, and Buck Clayton on trumpet! LP, Vinyl record album

A great trad revival set from trombonist Vic Dickenson – working here with trumpeter Joe Thomas, in a style that really shows the respect that Atlantic Records had for older jazz modes – even during the height of their R&B and modern jazz years! The group's a great one – with trumpet from Buck Clayton, and tenor from Hal Singer and Buddy Tate – and the session features one great long jam session that's almost Verve-like in nature – a cut called "Blues For Baby", that's obviously a great setting for these players. Other shorter numbers include "Undecided", "Lamp Is Low", and "Crazy Rhythm". CD

A stone classic from pianist Monty Alexander – a live date recorded for MPS in the mid 70s, and a set with even more fire than his studio sides for the label! The sound here is quite freewheeling at times – not funky, but in a very romping, gutbuckety mode that marks Alexander as a clear heir to Oscar Peterson in such a setting – but one who's also possibly bringing a bit more groove to the table! Rhythm is from John Clayton on bass and Jeff Hamilton on drums – who are perfect accompanists for Monty's nicely rolling style on the keys! Titles include "Drown In My Own Tears", "Feelings", "Work Song", "Nite Mist Blues", and "Satin Doll". CD features 3 bonus tracks – "Monetevideo", "That's The Way It Is", and "You Make Me Feel Brand New" CD