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This excellent collection of songs from "the War Years" includes the Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, the Dorsey Brothers, and Harry James, among ... More

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It's almost impossible not to consider Accelerando by pianist Vijay Iyer's working trio with bassist Stephen Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore a ... More

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Helmed by legendary producer Bob Thiele, this 1968 recording ushered Louis Armstrong into his later days as a pop vocalist. Here, the trumpet that ... More

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Since hitting it big in the '90s during the swing revival, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy have stuck to their retro-guns while finding ways to explore new ... More

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Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer cut five albums in 2010 in various ensemble and solo settings. He was also was nominated for a Grammy for 2009's ... More

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What Louis Prima accomplished musically in the company of Sam Butera and the Witnesses and vocalist Keely Smith is in hard evidence on this excellent ... More

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Tomes are available annotating the importance of this recording. The musical and social impact of Miles Davis, his collaborative efforts with Gil ... More

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Charles Mingus' debut for Columbia, Mingus Ah Um is a stunning summation of the bassist's talents and probably the best reference point for beginners ... More

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The second of two long-overdue recordings by the Tonight Show Band has its moments, but its reliance on swing-era warhorses and the generally ... More

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Disney's Greatest, Vol. 2 collects more classic songs from Disney's songbook, including "Mickey Mouse March" from the original Mickey Mouse Club TV ... More

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World War II and big-band pop-era compilations are released almost as regularly as Christmas albums, and the glut has caused more harm than good; it ... More

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Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval is one of those cats who can never be predictable. He's either amazing -- actually, technically he always is -- or his ... More

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Duke Ellington surprised the jazz world in 1962 with his historic trio session featuring Charles Mingus and Max Roach. Not in a mood to simply rework ... More

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Sony Special Product's Number One Hits of the 1940s revisits ten songs from that decade. Among the highlights are original versions of "Rumors Are ... More

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One of Duke Ellington's most delightful adaptations of another composer's material is his reworking of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" into jazz; ... More

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This album is perhaps most significant for the process it set in motion -- the collaboration between Gil Evans and Miles Davis that would produce ... More

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More than ten years on from the first whisperings of a dance revolution, there are scores of solid producers in the scene, figures with all the ... More

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One of the greatest live jazz festival recordings ever has gotten better, and more interesting as well, with this 1999 reissue, a result of the kind ... More

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This is an unusual record. Bassist Charlie Haden and pianist Hank Jones perform a variety of spirituals, hymns and folk songs as duets. The ... More

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The most important musician of the century past has had a trumpet-load of retrospectives appear since the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2001, and ... More

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Like its immediate predecessor, Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo was a largely instrumental jazz rock album recorded during Frank Zappa's convalescence ... More

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At virtually the same time in 1990, Harry Connick, Jr. released two CDs: one a vocal date and the other an instrumental album with his trio. Lofty's ... More

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It can be argued that Sinatra never sounded fully comfortable singing Christmas carols, and this record is no exception. While his other albums of ... More

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