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GEORGE ANTHEIL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Antheil: Fighting The Waves Martyn Hill (tenor) Jagdish Mistry (violin) Hermann Kretzschmar (piano) / Ensemble Modern, HK Gruber [ RCA Victor Red Seal / CD - released 24/May/1996 ] "It's always faintly depressed me how some concert-goers feel compelled to listen to music stony-faced, while some works abound with musical jokes. Antheil's musical pickpocketing is a riot." Gramophone |
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Mel Powell (piano), with Benny Carter (saxophone), Howard Alden (guitar), Milt Hinton (bass), Louie Bellson (drums)
The Return Of Mel Powell (Live Aboard The S/S Norway) [ Chiaroscuro / CD - released 25/Jul/1994 ] The first jazz recording by pianist Mel Powell since 1955 (in the interim he gained a strong reputation as a modern classical composer), this CD also signalled the rebirth of Hank O'Neal's Chiaroscuro label in 1989. (AllMusic) |
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Milt Hinton (bass, vocals), with Derek Smith (piano) Bob Rosengarden (drums) Clark terry (trumpet), Ralph Sutton (piano) & others
Milt Hinton - Old Man Time [ Chicaroscuro Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1990 ] American jazz double bassist and photographer. Born June 23, 1910 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, died December 19, 2000 in Queens, New York. He was nicknamed "The Judge". (Wiki) |
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Modern Jazz Quartet
For Ellington [ East / West Records / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] The Modern Jazz Quartet's For Ellington album is generally well-received as a charming, cool tribute that captures Duke Ellington's spirit through the MJQ's signature blend of jazz, blues, and classical styles (A.I.) |
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JELLY ROLL MORTON / SCOTT JOPLIN / WILLIE 'LION' SMITH / JAMES SCOTT / EUBIE BLAKE / JOSEPH LAMB
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Fingerbreaker - classics of Ragtime and Early Jazz Piano Morten Gunnar Larsen (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 20/Jul/1999 ] "He's a fastidious, terrifically charismatic stage performer." New York Times |
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Nagel Heyer Allstars
Uptown Lowdown - A Jazz Salute to the Big Apple [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded Live At Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse, NYC On June 16, 1999. |
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JOHN ADAMS / LEONARD BERNSTEIN / DARIUS MILHAUD / IGOR STRAVINSKY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: New World Jazz New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas [ RCA Red Seal / CD - released 1/Apr/1993 ] Recorded January 1997 at the Broward Center for Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale. Florida |
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New York Allstars
Count Basie Remembered Vol.2 [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 15/Apr/2002 ] Recorded live on November 2, 1996 at the Amerika Haus, Hamburg |
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New York Allstars
We Love You, Louis! [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] "...possibly the best performance of Armstrong's music you are likely to hear outside of the great man himself." Coda |
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Oliver Jackson (drums)
Oliver Jackson - Last Great Concert [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded live at the Fabrik, Hamburg 1993 and mixed at the Blue Noise Studio, Hamburg |
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Paul Chambers / Tommy Flanagan, features the Thad Jones Sextet & the Donald Byrd Sextet
Motor City Scene (complete recordings) [ Lone Hill Jazz / CD - released 23/Jul/2004 ] Two original albums (one from UA, the other from Bethlehem) from Detroit's 1959/60 jazz scene, with the bassist and pianist central to both, of which the Pepper Adams/Donald Byrd band is best known. |
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Ralph Sutton (solo piano)
More Ralph Sutton at Cafe des Copains [ Sackville / CD - released 6/May/1990 ] Recorded at Cafe des Copains, Toronto, between 1988 and 1989 |
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Randy Sandke, Harry Allen, Danny Moss, Antti Sarpila, Oliver Jackson, Len Skeat, etc
Buck Clayton Remembered [Incls three never before released] [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 29/Jan/2001 ] Recorded on November 17 and 18, 1993 at Birdland Studio, Hamburg |
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Randy Sandke (trumpet, cornet)
Randy Sandke Meets Bix Beiderbecke [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 18/Oct/2002 ] Recorded live on May 1, 1993 at Musikhalle iHamburg. 24 bit digitallly remastered |
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Ray Brown Trio [Ray Brown, Benny Green & Gregory Hutchinson]
Ray Brown Trio - Live at Soullers [ Telarc Jazz / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] Recorded in Scullers Jazz Club, in the Double Tree Guest Suites Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, October 1996 |
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Rex Allens's Swing Express
Keep Swingin' [ Nagel Heyer / CD - released 18/Oct/1995 ] Recorded live on October 20, 1994 at the Musikhalle, Hamburg. |
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Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington
Blue Rose [ Columbia Legacy All Time Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] This historic 1956 release is a magnificent recording and is now upgraded with digitally remastered sound, deluxe packaging and 2 bonus tracks. |
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Ruby Braff (cornet) with Bill Charlap (piano), Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), John Beal (bass), Tony DeNicola (drums) Daryl Sherman (vocal)
I Hear Music [ Arbors / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] Recorded July 28th, 2000, Nola Studios, New York, NY |
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Ruby Braff
Being With You - Ruby Braff remembers Louis Armstrong -... [ Arbors / CD - released 27/Jul/2009 ] If anyone can salute the rich heritage left by Louis Armstrong, it's cornetist Ruby Braff, even though they differ immensely in tone and style. Leading a nine-piece band on nine Satchmo hits, the 70-year-old cornetist displays his voluptuous command. |
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Ruby Braff
Variety Is The Spice Of Braff [ Arbors Records / CD - released 28/Jul/2009 ] "Braff's somersaults in and out of keys on "Jumpin' at the Woodside," his tremolo followed by an octave drop to a low F sharp in "Liza," his little venture into atonality as he kicks off a series of exchanges with Kenny Davern in "Crazy Rhythm," are... |