Ernestine Anderson
Four Classic Albums (Hot Cargo / The Toast Of The Nation's Critics / My Kinda Swing / Moanin' Moanin' Moanin') [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] Recorded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1956 "Hot Cargo" finds Miss Anderson with a host of top notch Swedish jazz men. She had been regularly touring in Sweden, steadily building a reputation for herself when she was asked to record her own album. The... |
Etta James
Five Classic Albums (Miss Etta James / At Last! / Second Time Around / Etta James / Sings For Lovers) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] As a 14 year old Etta James' singing talents were noticed while singing in a doo wop group. At this point she ran into Johnny Otis who took her under his wing, changed her name from Jamesetta Hawkins to Etta James and the name of the group to The... |
The Everly Brothers
Four Classic Albums (It's Everly Time / Fabulous Style Of The Everly Brothers / A Date With The Everly Brothers / Instant Party) [ Avid / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] In this album there is complete variety for every kind of Everly Brothers fan. All the recordings make good dance music, or they can simply be listened to for the haunting harmony of their voices and the deceptively simple instrumental... |
Fats Waller
The Essential Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] 52 tracks on 2 CDS - If you love Fats Waller's music then this collection is a good choice. |
Ferrante And Teicher
Four Classic Albums (Broadway To Hollywood / Music From The Motion Picture West Side Story And Other Motion Picture And Broadway Hits / Golden Piano H [ Avid / CD - released 3/Mar/2023 ] Between 1950 and 1980, the piano duo Arthur Ferrante and his buddy Louis Teicher were a major American easy listening act and scored four big U.S. hits: "Theme from The Apartment" "Theme from Exodus" , "Tonight" , and "Midnight Cowboy" They performed... |
Frances Faye
Four Classic Albums (No Reservations / Sings Folk Songs / Relaxin' With Frances Faye / Swinging All The Way) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] Unfairly compartmentalised with the many "easy listening" female artists of the 1950's, Frances Faye had in fact started her singing career at the age of 15 way back in the 1930's. She had spent many years singing and playing piano on stage and in... |
Gene Krupa
Five Classic Albums Plus (The Gene Krupa Sextet #1 / #2 / #3 / Hey Here's Gene Krupa / The Gene Krupa Trio Collates) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
Gene Krupa
Four Classic Albums (Sing, Sing, Sing / Gene Krupa Quartet / Krupa Rocks / The Jazz Rhythms Of Gene Krupa) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] AVID Jazz presents four classic Gene Krupa albums, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. For our second set from the giant of the drums, Gene Krupa, we have selected "Sing Sing Sing"; "Gene Krupa... |
Gene Vincent
Gene Vincent: Five Classic Albums (Bluejean Bop / Gene Vincent Rocks! & The Blue Caps Roll / A Gene Vincent Record Date/Sounds Like Gene Vincent (2CD) [ Avid / 2 CD ] AVID Rock N Roll continues with its Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Gene Vincent, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. "Bluejean Bop"; "Gene Vincent Rocks and The Blue Caps Roll"; "A Gene Vincent... |
George Shearing
Four Classic Albums Plus (The Swingin's Mutual! / In The Night / Beauty And The Beat / Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing Plays) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] AVID Jazz presents four classic George Shearing albums plus including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. "The Swingin's Mutual", "In the Night", "Beauty and the Beat", "Nat King Cole Sings - George Shearing... |
George Wallington
Four Classic Albums (At The Bohemia / Jazz For The Carriage Trade / Jazz At Hotchkiss / The Prestidigitator) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] Born Giacinto Figlia in Palermo, Italy in 1924 the young George Wallington was schooled in opera and the classics by his father and had moved to New York City by 1925. It was hearing Lester Young playing in the Basie band that led to him to get... |
Gerald Wiggins
Four Classic Albums (The Gerald Wiggins Trio / The Loveliness Of You / Music From Around The World In Eighty Days / Relax And Enjoy It) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD release by Gerald Wiggins, complete with original artwork and liner notes. "The Gerald Wiggins Trio"; "The Loveliness Of You", "Music From Around The World In Eighty... |
Gerry Mulligan
Four Classic Albums (Introducing the Gerry Mulligan Sextet/A Profile of Gerry Mulligan/Mainstream of Jazz/The Gerry Mulligan Songbook) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic album series with a re-mastered 2CD third release from Gerry Mulligan, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. "Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet"; "A Profile of Gerry Mulligan"; |
Gerry Mulligan
Four Classic Albums (Gerry Mulligan Meets Johnny Hodges / What Is There To Say? / Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster / Gerry Mulligan Quartet At Storyvi [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] AVID Jazz here presents four classic baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. A couple of "Quartets" and a couple of "Meetings" constitute this new release in AVID... |
Gerry Mulligan
All Star Groups - Three Classic Albums Plus (Mulligan Meets Monk / Gerry Mulligan Meets Stan Getz / The Gerry Mulligan- Paul Desmond Quartet) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
Grant Green
Four Classic Albums (Sunday Morning / Reaching Out / Grantstand / First Stand) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
Hal McKusick
Four Classic Albums (East Coast Jazz / Featuring Art Farmer / In A Twentieth Century Drawing Room / Triple Exposure) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] A pretty handy quartet kicks off our the first selection in our Avid's Art Farmer foursome "Portrait of Art Farmer". Art himself on trumpet of course, Hank Jones at the piano, Arts twin brother Addison on bass and the one and only Roy Haynes on... |
Hal Mckusick
Three Classic Albums (Jazz At The Academy / Jazz Workshop / Cross Section - Saxes) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 27/Nov/2015 ] |
Hampton Hawes
Three Classic Albums Plus (All Night Session Vol 1 / All Night Session Vol 2 / All Night Session Vol 3) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] AVID Jazz here presents three classic Hampton Hawes albums plus including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. "All Night Sessions Volumes 1, 2 & 3" plus nine tracks from "Hampton Hawes Trio" We think the first... |
Hank Crawford
Three Classic Albums Plus (More Soul / The Soul Clinic / From The Heart) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] Bennie "Ross" Crawford, more popularly known as Hank Crawford found early fame in 1959 playing baritone sax for the Ray Charles band and later as his musical director from 1963. He switched to alto sax and can be heard playing both on our four fine... |