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BARGAIN BASEMENT
COMPACT DISCS - Jazz, Dance Bands & Vocalists
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG | Storyville 1088602 | In Scandinavia | ● CD |
| Four CD set with 68 tracks. Louis was a jazz ambassador
spreading the word throughout the world and made no less than nine trips to
Scandinavia where he record frequently both live and in the studio. This set
includes three live tracks from a 1933 concert in Stockholm thought to be
the first ever live jazz recordings and soundtrack from a 1933 Danish film
in best ever sounds and a wealth of other great recordings made between 1933
and 1967. With extensive annotation from Swedish Armstrong expert Gosta
Hagglof. |
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| THE FOUR ACES | Proper Intro 2080 | Heart And Soul | ● CD |
| 24 tracks, 65 min., recommended A post-war, pre-rock and roll, white, close-harmony vocal group, The Four Aces, with leader Al Alberts, financed their own first single Sin (It's No Sin) (Victoria V-101-A) and, following its success, signed with Decca, where they hit it big with Three Coins InA Fountain, Heart And Soul, Stranger In Paradise, and Mister Sandman. But with the rise of doo wop and rock and roll came a corresponding drop in popularity for The Four Aces and their more sedate style. In 1956, Alberts folded his hand and went solo without wild success. The Four Aces replaced him and carried on, but musical tastes had changed and left them behind. A nice collection of their work at an even nicer price. (JC) |
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| LEM FOWLER | RST 1520 | Complete Recorded Works 1923-1927 In Chronological Orde | ● CD |
| Fine collection of blues and jazz featuring excellent piano
player Lemuel Fowler. He is featured accompanying blues singers Helen
Baxter, Helen McDonald, Mae Scott and George Williams. He is featured on two
blues piano solos and there are ten sides by his group the Washboard Wonders
doing blues flavored jazz from two sessions with differing personnel and
ends with two sides by Fowler's Favorites. |
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| JEAN GOLDKETTE & HIS ORCHESTRA | Timeless 1-084 | Jean Goldkette Bands, 1924-1929 | ● CD |
| 24 tracks featuring some of the many bands led by
classically trained pianist Goldkette in the 20s with appearances by Don
Murray, Joe Venuti, Steve Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Frankie Trumbauer and
others. |
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| WARDELL GRAY | Black Lion 760106 | One For Prez | ● CD |
| There must have been something really good in the L.A. water
around the end of WWII. Charlie Parker was out there sampling it, as were
Dexter Gordon and other young be-boppers, including ex-Hines tenor saxman
Wardell Gray. The tension in his playing, based on Lester Young but bursting
with new ideas, sums up the era nicely. Dig these quartet cuts, never before
released in the U.S., which pair Wardell with the very exciting Dodo
Marmarosa on Dell's Bell's/ One For Prez/ The Man I Love/ Easy Swing/ The
Great Lie. Great early bop blowing with a distinctive sound, and
multiple takes of most tunes. (MB) |
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| TUBBY HAYES | Proper BOX 117 | The Little Giant | ● CD |
| An overview of the early years (1954-1956) of one of the
most important jazz musicians in the U.K. Compiled and annotated by Hayes'
biographer Simon Spillett. Has 71 tracks including five previously unissued.
Includes 44 page booklet with biography, session details and rare photos. |
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| JOHNNY HODGES & HIS ORCHESTRA | Columbia EK 66972 | Hodge Podge | ● CD |
| Reissue of 16 classic late 30's cuts, mostly blues, all
small groups. With Ellington's baton in hand, and most of his fine band in
tow (Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney and Duke himself) Hodges
shines in this rollicking set which includes Rendezvous With Rhythm,
Hodge Podge, Savoy Strut, Hometown Blues and twelve more. (MB) |
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| JAMES P. JOHNSON | Biograph BCD 105 | Carolina Shout | ● CD |
| 14 piano rolls cut by James P., digitally recorded for
beautiful sound. James P. was the 1st Black artist to cut rags on rolls, &
two of his earliest are here, Steeplechase Rag (done for Universal) &
Twilight Rag (for Metro-Art), both originals & both from 1917. The
remaining dozen were cut for QRS 1921-25, & include his most famous
compositions, Charleston/ Eccentricity/ Carolina Shout as well as
tunes by Sissle & Blake Baltimore Buzz, Perry Bradford Nervous
Blues, WC Handy Ole Miss Blues, & even the New Orleans Rhythm
KingsFarewell Blues (GM) |
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| JELLY ROLL MORTON | Biograph BCD 111 | Blues And Stomps From Rare Piano Rolls | ● CD |
| 12 contemporary recordings of Jelly Roll Morton player piano
rolls from the mid-20's. 2 additional cuts from 1983 are "as played by Jelly
Roll Morton", whatever that means. Mr. Jelly Lord/Grandpa's
Spells/Shreveport Stomp/King Porter/Tin Roof Blues. |
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| RED NORVO | Vintage Jazz Classics VJCD 1005 | The Legendary V-Disc Masters | ● CD |
| 17 wartime recordings (including alternates, false starts
etc.) featuring Flip Phillips, Ralph Burns, Helen Ward. Something For The
Boys/Seven Come Eleven/Flyin' Home/Blue Skies and many more. |
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| JIMMY O'BRYANT | RST JPCD 1518 | Complete Recordings, Vol. 1 : 1924-25 | ● CD |
| 23 tracks featuring Chicago clarinetist with his Washboard
Band and with groups accompanying blues singers Julia Davis and Sodarisa
Miller. |
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| JIMMY O'BRYANT/ VANCE DIXON | RST JPCD 1519 | Complete Recordings Vol. 2/ Complete Recordings | ● CD |
| Features the remaining 9 tracks from 1925/26 by Jimmy
O'Bryant and his Washboard Band plus 14 tracks from fellow Chicago
clarinetist Vance Dixon recorded between 1923 and '31 with various groups.
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| EDITH PIAF | EMI (France) 87218 | L'Integrale | ● CD |
| 20 CD set with 413 tracks featuring all the EMI (and
associated label) recordings of the great French chanteuse made between 1935
and 1957. It includes seven previously unissued performances along with
numerous rarities, alternate takes and live performances. This is a reissue
of the set originally issued in 2003 on the 40th anniversary of The Little
Sparrow's death lacking the elaborate accordion packaging and extensive
notes but all the great music is here. |
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| BUD POWELL | Black Lion 760196 | Strictly Confidential | ● CD |
| Live solo sides from 1963/64. From Francis Paudras's private
collection. Some of Powell's best late work. |
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| THE RHYTHM RASCALS/ SWING RHYTHM BAND | Timeless 1-047 | OYS/ SID PHILLIPS & HIS RHYTHM : 1935-36 | ● CD |
| Hot British Dance band music from the mid 30s. The Rhythm
Rascals and Swing Rhythm Boys were essentially the same group led by Fred
Wilbur and featuring such important British musicians as Ted Heath, Paul
Fenhoulet, Freddie Gardner, Max Abrams and others with vocals by Sam Costa,
Sam Browne and others. The set is rounded out by four rare sides from Sid
Phillips & His Rhythm featuring musicians drawn from Ambrose's Orchestra.
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| JO STAFFORD | ASV CDAJA 5268 | Coming Back Like A Song | ● CD |
| 25 hits from 1941-47 featuring The Nat King Cole Trio,
Johnny Mercer, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Sy Oliver, The Pied Pipers, Red
Ingle & The Natural Seven and more - Yes, Indeed/ Long Ago And Far Away/
The Trolley Song/ Candy/ Symphony/ I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time,
etc. |
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| BUDDY TATE | Night Train 7023 | Tate's A Jumpin' | ● CD |
| Rare 40s recordings by former Basie sideman including some
accompaniments to Jimmy Witherspoon. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Dejavue Retro Gold 4203 | Vocal Groups & Crooners Of The 30s | ● CD |
| Inexpensive and entertaining two CD set featuring five songs
each by Rudy Vallee (Heigh-Ho, Evrybody, Heigh-Ho/ Let's Do It, etc),
Hoagy Carmichael (Georgia On My Mind/ My Resistance Is Low, etc),
Noel Coward (Mad Dogs & Englishmen/ London Pride, etc), Bing Crosby (Swinging
On A Star/ You Are My Sunshine, etc), The Boswell Sisters (Shine On
Harvest Moon/ Wha'd Ja Do To Me, etc), The Ink Spots (When The
Swallows Come Back To Capistrano/ Bless You For Being A Angel, etc), The
Andrews Sisters (Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar/ Bei Mir Bist Du Schon,
etc) and The Mills Brothers (It Don't Mean A Thing/ Till Then, etc). |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Delmark DX 909 | For Jumpers Only! | ● CD |
| 12 tracks,33 min, recommended Another budget priced 50th anniversary issue from Delmark, this time featuring the jumpers & shouters, especially those honking saxes including Illinois Jacquet - Bottom's Up, Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson - On My Own, Paul Bascomb - Pink Cadillac & Arnett Cobb - Top Flight, along with the title raver on a band led by Ellington trumpeter Cat Anderson. (GM) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Disky 902490 | The Jazz Collection | ● CD |
| Eight CD set featuring 96 tracks drawn from the Blue Note
catalog. Each disc is devoted to a different "theme" - "Romantic Jazz
Vocal","Jazz Piano Delight", "Jazz Ballads For Easy Listening", "A
Declaration Of Love With Jazz", etc. Among the many artists included are Nat
King Cole, Chet Baker, Peggy Lee, Annie Ross, The Four Freshman, June
Hutton, The Three Sounds, Duke Pearson, Wynton Kelly, Horace Parlan, George
Shearing, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Drew, Art Pepper, Jimmy Smith,
Dinah Shore, Ike Quebec, Nancy Wilson and many more. Attractive packaging
but no notes or discographical info. CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Autumn Leaves/ Work Song/ CHET BAKER: My Ideal/ You Don't Know What Love Is/ CLIFFORD BROWN: Easy Living/ KENNY BURRELL: Chitlins Con Carne/ JUNE CHRISTY: Angel Eyes/ It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)/ They Can't Take That Away From Me/ SONNY CLARK: Blues In The Night/ Deep In A Dream/ Deep Night/ I'll Remember April/ Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise/ NAT KING COLE: Just One Of Those Things/ Sweet Lorraine/ CHRIS CONNOR: Cry Me A River/ CHICK COREA: My One And Only Love/ Pannonica/ BOBBY DARIN: Charade/ MILES DAVIS: It Never Entered My Mind/ Yesterdays/ MATT DENNIS: My Blue Heaven/ LOU DONALDSON: Blues Walk/ KENNY DREW: Ballade/ Everything Happens To Me/ Stella By Starlight/ DUKE ELLINGTON: Prelude To A Kiss/ Stardust/ BILL EVANS: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You/ My Funny Valentine/ ART FARMER: Five Spot After Dark/ CLARE FISCHER: Quiet Nights/ TOMMY FLANAGAN: Tonight {from West Side Story}/ THE FOUR FRESHMEN: Love/ On The Sunny Side Of The Street/ Somebody Loves Me/ BENNY GOODMAN: Sing, Sing, Sing/ DEXTER GORDON: Don't Explain/ Manha De Carnaval/ Stairway To The Stars/ HERBIE HANCOCK: Cantaloupe Island/ Sorcerer/ BILL HENDERSON: Seņor Blues/ JOE HENDERSON: Blue Bossa/ BOBBY HUTCHERSON: Maiden Voyage/ JUNE HUTTON: I Should Care/ HANK JONES: Summertime/ DUKE JORDAN: I Should Care/ WYNTON KELLY: Moonlight In Vermont/ PEGGY LEE: Days Of Wine And Roses/ Mack The Knife/ Strangers In The Night/ JOHN LEWIS: I Can't Get Started/ DEAN MARTIN: Just In Time/ HANK MOBLEY: Recado Bossa Nova/ THELONIOUS MONK: 'round Midnight/ LEE MORGAN: I Remember Clifford/ Sidewinder/ Whisper Not/ HORACE PARLAN: C Jam Blues/ There Is No Greater Love/ JOE PASS: Django/ DUKE PEARSON: I'm A Fool To Want You/ ART PEPPER: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered/ What Is This Thing Called Love?/ You Go To My Head/ BUD POWELL: Cleopatra's Dream/ Over The Rainbow/ IKE QUEBEC: Loie/ Nancy (with The Laughing Face)/ SUE RANEY: Here's That Rainy Day/ LOU RAWLS: Autumn Leaves/ ANNIE ROSS: All Of You/ It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)/ GEORGE SHEARING: Lullaby Of Birdland/ What's New?/ DINAH SHORE: April In Paris/ My Melancholy Baby/ That Old Feeling/ JIMMY SMITH: I Can't Get Started/ Jumpin' The Blues/ Lover Man/ LOUIS SMITH: Stardust/ SUPERSAX: Cool Blue/ THE THREE SOUNDS: Besame Mucho/ Nothing But The Blues/ Satin Doll/ Willow Weep For Me/ STANLEY TURRENTINE: More Than You Know/ MCCOY TYNER: I Didn't Know What Time It Was/ SARAH VAUGHAN: 'round Midnight/ All Or Nothing At All/ Sophisticated Lady/ NANCY WILSON: But Beautiful/ Moon River |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Jazz Archives 159252 | New York Horns | ● CD |
| Now deleted. 24 tracks recorded between 1924 and '28
featuring Bubber Miley, Thomas Morris, Louis Metcalf, Rex Stewart, June
Clark and Jimmy Harrison. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Membran 224084 | Jazz Piano History | ● CD |
| 20 CD set with 380 tracks for a bargain price. The set
features five four CD book type sets housed in a 5 1/2"x 10"x 3" box. The
set opens with 1899 piano rolls by Scott Joplin and ends with a live
performance from 2002 by The Randy Weston Group. Along the way we encounter
all the major names of jazz piano as well as many lesser known artists and
also some blues pianists - Eubie Blake, James P. Johnson, Fletcher
Henderson, "Fats" Waller, Hersal Thomas, Jabo Williams, Will Ezell, Pete
Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, Jimmy Blythe, Earl Hines, Frank Melrose, Arthur
Schutt, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Sammy Price, Joe
Bushkin, Count Basie, Jay McShann, Bud Powell, Lennie Tristano, Dave
Brubeck, Horace Silver, Erroll Garner, Ramsey Lewis, Bill Evans, Cecil
Taylor, Cedar Walton, Monty Alexander and more. Each four CD set comes with
an 18 page booklet with rief notes, photos and full
discographical info. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Proper BOX 88 | Jazz In Britain, 1919-1950 | ● CD |
| 4 discs, 101 tracks highly recommended Based on Jim Godboldt's book of the same name, this is jazz in Britain, as opposed to just British jazz. Starting off with the US pioneers Original Dixieland Jass Band recording in London in 1919, then US recordings by 2 groups who would come to the UK & spread their influence, Paul Whiteman's Orch & The Georgians, noted for being the band heard by a young American living in London, John Hammond, & turning him into a long-time jazz fan! Early British jazz here includes Jack Hylton's Rhythmagicians, Fred Elizaide & His Music, Spike Hughes Orch & The Night Club Kings led by Ray Noble. The 2nd vol has the huge influence of UK visits by Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington, and includes London recordings by Duke, Joe Venuti Four, Benny Carter Orch & Cab Calloway Orch, & a Paris recording by Louis, & British bands led by Jack Hylton, Danny Polo, Nat Gonella, Ambrose & His Orch, & The Swing Rhythm Boys with trumpeter Tommy McQuater. Vol 3 has jazz entrenched in the UK with sides by Hylton, Ted Heath, Buddy Featherstonhaugh, Vic Lewis, along with the UK's 1st Black jazz group Ken "Snakehips" Johnson & His West Indian Dance Band, as well as Fats Waller recording in London with British musicians as His Continental Rhythm, & also the hot French import, The Quintette Of The Hot Club Of France with Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly in London doing the British fave The Lambeth Walk. The final vol has the clash between the new beboppers & the strong Trad Jazz contingent egged on by the arrival of Sidney Bechet & Coleman Hawkins. Includes cuts by The Ronnie Scott Club Eleven Boptet, Victor Feldman Quartet & Johnny Dankworth Quartet on the modern side, with trad with Humphrey Lyttleton, heard with Bechet, Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band, as well as a '49 BBC Hi Gang broadcast with Benny Goodman. With 64 page booklet by Godboldt. (GM) |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Smith & Co. 1143 | Great British Jazz - Just About As Good As It Gets | ● CD |
| Two CD set surveying British traditional jazz recorded
between 1950 and 1956. 46 sides in all . CHRIS BARBER'S JAZZ BAND: Bourbon Street Parade-When The Saints Go Marching In/ Petite Fleur/ Tiger Rag/ CHRIS BARBER'S NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND: Misty Morning/ Stomp Off, Let's Go/ ERIC BATTY'S JAZZ ACES: Saratoga Swing/ ACKER BILK & HIS PARAMOUNT JAZZ BAND: Gettysburg March/ Gravier Street Blues/ SANDY BROWN'S JAZZ BAND: Dr Jazz/ King Porter Stomp/ DAVE CAREY JAZZ BAND: Brown Skin Mama/ Kansas City Kitty/ KEN COLYER'S JAZZMEN: Heebie Jeebies/ KEN COLYER'S JAZZ BAND: Papa Dip/ THE CRANE RIVER JAZZ BAND: Creole Love Call/ CY LAURIE JAZZ BAND: Forty & Tight/ Royal Garden Blues/ Steamboat Stomp/ Tuxedo Junction/ TERRY LIGHTFOOT & HIS JAZZMEN: Panama/ You Always Hurt The One You Love/ HUMPHREY LYTTELTON FEAT. JOHHNY PARKER: Bad Penny Blues/ HUMPHREY LYTTELTON: East Coast Trot/ Ruritanian Blues/ GEORGE MELLY WITH MICK MULLIGAN & HIS JAZZ BAND: Organ Grinder Blues/ GEORGE MELLY WITH MICK MULLIGAN'S JAZZ BAND: You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole/ THE MERSEYSIPPI JAZZ BAND: Chicago Buzz/ Emperor Norton's Hunch/ BOBBY MICKELBURGH'S BOBCATS: Livery Stable Blues/ BOBBY MICKLEBURGH'S BOBCATS: Struttin' With Some Barbecue/ MICK MULLIGAN & HIS JAZZ BAND: Shanty In Old Shanty Town/ Snag It/ FREDDY RANDALL: Clarinet Blues/ FREDDIE RANDALL: Since My Best Girl Turned Me Down/ THE SAINTS JAZZ BAND: Blue Turning Grey/ Boogie Woogie Stomp/ Mahogany Hall Stomp/ Ory's Creole Trombone/ ERIC SILK & HIS SOUTHERN JAZZ BAND: Chasing The Ace/ Gatemouth/ ERIC SILK & HIS SOUTHERN JAZZ: Over In The Glory Land/ ALEX WELSH: Keeping Out Of Mischief Now/ New Orleans Masquerade/ THE YORKSHIRE JAZZ BAND: Chimes Blues/ Savoy Blues/ She's Crying For Me |
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| FATS WALLER | Biograph BCD 104 | Classic Jazz From Rare Piano Rolls | ● CD |
| Interesting collection of a dozen rolls cut by Fats for QRS
& Play-A-Roll, 1923-27, in that only Squeeze Me is a Waller
composition, with the rest being Fats' interpretations of vaudeville & blues
tunes including T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do/ I'm Coming Virginia,
& an amazing duet with James P. Johnson on If I Could Be With You.
Bonus 13th track has a 1927 roll of Ain't Misbehavin' cut for QRS by
J. Lawrence Cook.(GM) |
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| DR. MICHAEL WHITE | Basin Street 504 | Blue Crescent | ● CD |
| New Orleans clarinetist White plays tribute to his home town
where he was one of many who lost almost everything in the wake of Katrina.
INcludes a mix of jazz standards and originals accompanied by a group
including trumpeter Nicholas Payton, trombonist Lucien Barbarin and others -
Comme Ci, Comme Ca/ St. Louis Blues/ Katrina/ Dark Sunshine/ He Leads Me
On This Journey, etc. |
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