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Dave Pell
Four Classic Albums (The Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers & Hart / The Dave Pell Octet Plays Irving Berlin / The Old South Wails / I Remember John Kirby) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] "A bright and fresh approach has been added to the wonderful music of Richard Rodgers" to quote the original liner notes to our first selection, "The Dave Pell Octet Plays Rodgers & Hart". The Dave Pell Octet was formed from the nucleus of the Les... |
Dave Pike
Four Classic Albums (It's Time For Dave Pike / Pike's Peak / Bossa Nova Carnival / Limbo Carnival) [ Avid / CD - released 27/Jul/2017 ] Perhaps not the first name that springs to mind when we think of jazz vibes players, nonetheless Avid's latest (unsung) jazz hero, Dave Pike had an amazing career starting with his debut performance in 1958 with the Paul Bley Quartet. Our first two... |
Don Bagley
Four Classic Albums (Stan Kenton New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm / Basically Bagley / Jazz On The Rocks / The Soft Sell) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] Bassist Don Bagley made very few solo albums under his own name, he was much better known as a formidable sideman participating in many fine albums by Stan Kenton and as a session man for Nat King Cole, Dexter Gordon and far too many others to... |
Don Elliott
Four Classic Albums (Don Elliott Quintet / Mellophone / Counterpoint For Six Valves / At The Modern Jazz Room) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2016 ] Sometimes known as the "human instrument," Don Elliott was a musician of many parts. He started the life of a musician playing trumpet but went on to play vibraphone, mellophone, trombone, flugelhorn as well as singing. He made over 60 albums during... |
Duke Pearson
Four Classic Albums (Tender Feelin's / Byrd In Flight / Profile / Hush) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 9/Feb/2017 ] Another child protégé, Duke Pearson (yes the Duke does come from his uncle's favourite film star John "Duke" Wayne...only joking, it is of course from the great Duke Ellington!), began piano lessons at six. However by 12 he had stopped them in favour... |
Earl Bostic
Four Classic Albums (Dance Time / Let's Dance / Alto Magic In Hi-Fi / Dance Music From The Bostic Workshop) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] Earl Bostic is probably now best remembered as one of the pioneers of the post war Rhythm & Blues movement of which he was a major player. His name would not necessarily jump out if you were asked to name ten of the best alto sax players ever. And... |
Edmond Hall
Four Classic Albums Plus (Petite Fleur / Rumpus On Rampart Street / Teddy Buckner And The All-Stars / Jazz At The Savoy) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] |
Flip Phillips
Four Classic Albums (Flip / The Flip Phillips - Buddy Rich Trio / Flip Wails / Swinging With Flip) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
Freddie Redd
Four Classic Albums (Get Happy With Freddie Redd / The Music From "The Connection" / San Francisco Suite / Shades of Redd) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] New York City born hard bop pianist Freddie Redd is perhaps best known for his score for the stage play and subsequent film of the Jack Geller written "The Connection", which is featured here. Not only did Freddie write the music but alongside fellow... |
Freddy Gardner (saxophone)
The Essential Freddy Gardner Collection [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] "He embroiders his improvisations with lyrical phrases and ravishing glissandi"..... so wrote broadcaster and writer Hector Stewart way back in the fifties when men were actually called Hector! Seriously though, we at AVID just think he was a damn... |
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"; |
Hank Jones
Four Classic Albums (Urbanity / The Trio Of Hank Jones / The Trio With Guests / Trio - Plus The Flute Of Bobby Jaspar) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Born into an extremely talented musical family Hank Jones began studying piano at a very young age. His mother was a fine singer, his two sisters also played the piano and his two brothers would go on to become great jazz players in their own right,... |
Harry James
The In Person & Hi-Fi Sounds Of Harry James [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
Helen Humes
Three Classic Albums Plus (Songs I Like To Sing! / Swingin' With Humes / Helen Humes) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Helen Humes, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details; |
Herb Ellis
Four Classic Albums (Nothing But The Blues / Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre / Ellis In Wonderland / Thank You, Charlie Christian) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] AVID Jazz here presents four classic Herb Ellis albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. It all started with the Blues and eventually it all goes back to the Blues. Herb Ellis, Roy Eldridge, Stan... |
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Jack Parnell
Two Classic Albums Plus Two Ep's (Trip To Mars / Parnell On Parade / Kick Off! / Jack Parnell Selection) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 24/Nov/2011 ] |
Jimmy Raney
Four Classic Albums Plus (A / Jimmy Raney Featuring Bob Brookmeyer / Jimmy Raney Visits Paris / Jimmy Raney Plays) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
Joe Bushkin Feat Buck Clayton
Three Classic Albums Plus (After Hours / Piano Moods / Brad Gowans And His New York Nine) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] |
Joe Newman
Four Classic Albums (Locking Horns / All I Wanna Do Is Swing / The Midgets / Soft Swingin' Jazz) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2012 ] |
