Definitive Editions of Classic Jazz Albums
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Cannonball ADDERLEY
Cannonball ADDERLEY
Contains all known music by the classic Cannonball Adderley Quintet with Bobby Timmons on piano at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco in 1959. This performance, first issued as The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (Riverside RLP12311), was recorded with the saxophonist’s working unit, and is considered among the most memorable live jazz albums 2-CD set ever made.
The complete original album Them Dirty Blues (RLP12-322), one of Cannonball Adderley’s strongest efforts of the early 1960s. The LP features his brother Nat, as well as pianists Bobby Timmons and Barry Harris, and contains Cannonball’s first versions (one with each pianist) of Nat’s celebrated “Work Song”. The complete Cannonball quintet performance at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival has been added as a bonus, including a previously unissued version of “Del Sasser”. Them Dirty Blues and the Newport set complete all existing collaborations between Cannonball and Barry Harris.
Complete Live in San Francisco (1959)
EJC 123642 9.99€
Them Dirty Blues (1960)
EJC 124408 9.99€
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Cannonball ADDERLEY At The Lighthouse
EJC 124406 9.99€
Cannonball ADDERLEY
Know What I Mean ? (1961) + 4 Bonus Tracks
(1960)
The complete original album At The Lighthouse (Riverside RLP9344), a splendid date by the 1960 Cannonball Adderley Quintet. In addition to Cannonball, the band features his brother Nat and pianist Victor Feldman performing live at the Lighthouse, in California. Bonus tracks: Three tunes by the same group from a concert in Monterey a few days earlier. + INFO
Nat ADDERLEY
EJC 130280 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Gene AMMONS
Work Song (1960) + Movin’ Along (1960)
EJC 124814 9.99€
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Louis ARMSTRONG (1925-29)
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This release presents all of the legendary 1925-29 recordings by the extraordinary Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven small groups. Featuring such stellar names as Earl Hines, Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, Barney Bigard, Lonnie Johnson, Jack Teagarden, and Jimmy Noone, these were among the first jazz recordings to be universally considered as classics. This 4-CD collection also contains all of Louis’ complementary recordings from that period on which other members of the Hot Five and Hot Seven were present.
Louis ARMSTRONG Duke ELLINGTON
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4 Cds set
The Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
EJC 130713 24.99€
Bing and Satchmo (1936) + 11 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124401 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
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The complete master takes from the only full studio session ever made by Armstrong and Ellington together. The date was originally divided onto two albums: Together For The First Time (Roulette SR52074) and The Great Reunion of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington (Roulette SR 52103). As a bonus a true rarity that appears on CD here for the first time ever: Louis and Duke’s last preserved appearance together, promoting their album on the Ed Sullivan TV Show, as well as an additional song by Louis alone which completes all existing music from that program.
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The complete original album Bing & Satchmo (MGM E3882), the only complete LP Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby ever made as a team and their last recording together. As a bonus, their three duets from the 1956 movie High Society, as well as further duets taken from Crosby’s 1950-51 TV shows and their only 1951 duet of �Gone Fishin’�. Also included are their first collaborative recording (�Pennies from Heaven�), which dates back to 1936, and a private recording of Louis and his band singing (and swinging!) �Happy Birthday� to Bing in 1939.
Georges ARVANITAS
2 LP ON 1 CD
3 A.M. (1958) + Cocktail For Three (1959)
EJC 122690 9.99€
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Count BASIE
EJC 126323 9.99€
Gene Ammons’ classic album Boss Tenor (Prestige 7369) in its entirety. Recorded in a quintet format with Ammons as the only horn, it also features Tommy Flanagan on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, Art Taylor on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas. Recorded Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, June 16, 1960. As a bonus, the complete (and difficult to find) LP Angel Eyes (Prestige 7369). Ammons is backed here by two different groups featuring Frank Wess, Mal Waldron and organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith, among others.
Louis ARMSTRONG / Bing crosby
The Great Summit (1961) + 3 Bonus Tracks
EJC 129142 9.99€
2 LP ON 1 CD
Boss Tenor (1960) + Angel Eyes (1962)
Nat Adderley’s complete album Work Song (Riverside RLP12-318) Featuring the great Wes Montgomery on guitar, Bobby Timmons on piano, Percy Heath and Keter Betts alternating on cello and bass, and Louis Hayes on drums. As a bonus, the complete Wes Montgomery LP Movin’ Along (Riverside 9342), which also features Wes, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes. EJC 124550 9.99€
The complete original album Know What I Mean? (Riverside R9433), which was Cannonball Adderley’s third and final collaboration with Bill Evans outside of their work with the Miles Davis Sextet. The album also marks the pianist and saxophonist’s only recording together in a quartet format. As a bonus, Bill Evans’ solo and trio versions of “Waltz for Debby” and “Elsa”, as well as the only two complete tracks by Adderley’s regular group recorded on the Jazz Casual TV Show during the same period as the main album
This edition contains the two complete long unavailable trio albums recorded by the legendary French pianist Georges Arvanitas for the Pretoria label. He is accompanied on both LPs by well-known American guest artists. Highly influenced by the music of Bud Powell, these were among Arvanitas’ earliest albums as a leader. Both albums were very well received in its time. 3 A.M. won the Prix Django Reinhardt and the Prix Jazz Hot, while Cocktail for Three won the Prix Jazz Hot and the Prix de l’Imternacional Jazz Club.
Chairman of The Board (1958) + 3 Bonus Tracks
Sidney BECHET / Martial solal Quartet
The complete album Chairman of the Board (Roulette SR52032), recorded around the same time the Count made his classic LP Basie Plays Hefti. The Basie band was full of great musicians by that time, such as Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Frank Wess and Frank Foster, plus Basie himself and the evergreen (no pun intended) Freddie Green in the rhythm section. All songs from the LP were original compositions by members of the band. Six tracks that complete the music recorded during the Chairman of the Board sessions, as well as three live versions of three of the sessions’ tunes from the same period have been added as a bonus.
This release presents the complete superlative recordings made by Sidney Bechet with French pianist Martial Solal. All of these tracks were recorded in a quartet setting, with accompaniment by the great drummer Kenny Clarke on the second session. As a bonus, all of the master takes made by Bechet in a trio session that was also recorded in Paris with Lil Armstrong and Zutty Singleton in 1952.
Complete Recordings + 11 Bonus Tracks
EJC 123018 9.99€
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Tony BENNETT / Count basie
2 LP ON 1 CD
Art BLAKEY
Complete Recordings (1958-59) + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 130423 9.99€
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This edition presents all existing recordings by Tony Bennett backed by the Count Basie band, complete for the first time on a single CD. Their collaborations consist of two albums: In Person-Tony Bennett / Count Basie & His Orchestra (Columbia CS8104) and Basie / Bennett - Count Basie & His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings (Roulette SR27072). Despite the title of the first LP, these are all studio recordings. Basie never recorded most of the tunes from these albums again. As a bonus, two of the few existing instrumental versions by the Basie orchestra of the tunes he recorded with Bennett.
Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1957) + 4 Bonus Tracks
EJC 117212 9.99€
This releases includes complete original album Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk. As a bonus, an interesting live quartet version of �Bya-ya� with Monk, Blakey and Griffin and three rare live versions of Monk tunes recorded by the Jazz Messengers during a TV show just a month after the studio album was made, appearing here on CD for the first time ever! + INFO
2 Cds set
Clifford BROWN & Max roach
Clifford BROWN / Max roach Quintet
Complete Studio Recordings: Master Takes (1954-55) + 7 Bonus Tracks
EJC 116995 12.99€
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The complete master takes by the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet featuring Harold Land on tenor sax! Includes all the music from the original albums Clifford Brown & Max Roach, Brown & Roach Inc. and Study in Brown, plus many alternate takes originally issued on the LP More Study in Brown and in later compilations.
Complete Recordings (1954-56)
EJC 130710 24.99€
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(1956)
This edition contains the complete classic album Clifford Brown With Strings, one of the most lyrical albums in the trumpeter’s career and an indisputable jazz classic. As a bonus, six wonderful ballads featuring Brownie taken from different 1953 sessions in New York and in Paris.
CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE 100 BEST JAZZ ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
EJC 114843 9.99€
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Dave BRUBECK
This release presents original classic album Time Out in its entirety. One of the best selling jazz albums of all time, it included the original versions of two of the group’s best known songs: Take Five and Blue Rondo la Turk. In addition, the complete album Brubeck Time, which was the first Brubeck LP recorded in the studio (its title derives from his portrait on the cover of Time magazine). EJC 122527 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Kenny BURRELL
Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1960) + Jazz Impressions of Japan (1960)
EJC 124551 9.99€
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The album Brubeck Plays Bernstein (Columbia CS8257), appearing here complete on a single CD for the first time ever. On the first half the Dave Brubeck Quartet performs a fourpart composition accompanied by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. On the second half, the quartet offers its interpretations of five tunes from Bernstein’s Broadway musicals West Side Story and Wonderful Town. As a bonus, another album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet: Jazz Impressions of Japan (Columbia CS9012), which also appears here in its entirety.
Benny carter
A Night At The Vanguard - Complete Edition (1959) + 4 Bonus Tracks
EJC 130711 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
EJC 126633 9.99€
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This release contains Kenny Burrell’s complete original LP A Night at the Vanguard (Argo LP655), presenting the guitarist in a trio format with Richard Davis and Roy Haynes performing at the Village Vanguard in New York, on September 16-17, 1959. Four extra tunes from the same engagement have been added here as a bonus. These four songs complete all of the existing music from the date and appear here for the first time ever on CD.
2 LP ON 1 CD
Serge CHALOFF
Swingin` The 20s (1958) + Livin’ with the Blues (1959) + 3 Bonus Tracks This release presents the complete original LP Swingin’ the ‘20s (Contemporary S7561), consisting of an astounding quartet collaboration by jazz greats Benny Carter and Earl Hines. The only three extant alternate takes from the session, as well as the long unavailable LP Livin’ with the Blues (Dot DLP3177) by singer Barbara Dane (also featuring Benny Carter and Earl Hines), have been added as a bonus. This CD contains the complete conjunct discography of Benny Carter and Earl Hines.
2 LP ON 1 CD
Time Out (1959) + Brubeck Time (1954)
Jazz Goes To Junior College (1957) + 2 Bonus Tracks The complete original 1957 album Jazz Goes to Junior College (Columbia CL1034), by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on alto sax, Norman Bates on bass, and the recent addition of Joe Morello on drums. A thematic follower to Jazz Goes to Junior College, one of Brubeck’s greatest hits at the time, the music on this album was recorded during two concerts at junior colleges in California. As a bonus, two rare extended performances taped during a lecture at the University of California in Berkeley by the previous formation of the quartet, with Joe Dodge on drums.
Includes the complete albums Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (recorded in studio, New York, January 4 & February 16, 1956 for the EmArcy label) plus Sonny Rollins plus Four (recorded in studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, March 22, 1956 for the Prestige label) .
Dave BRUBECK
Dave BRUBECK
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Complete Quintet Studio Recordings Master Takes
With Strings (1955) + 6 Bonus Tracks
EJC 126321 9.99€
This package contains the original contents of the albums Clifford Brown & Max Roach (EmArcy MG26036), Brown & Roach Inc. (EmArcy MG36008), Study in Brown (EmArcy MG36037), More Study in Brown (EmArcy Japan 195J-1), Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street (EmArcy MG36070) and Sonny Rollins Plus Four (Prestige PRLP7038). All of these LPs, which are complemented here by everyexisting alternate take, count among the most treasured gems in jazz history.
Clifford BROWN
Clifford BROWN
EJC 117273 9.99€
4 Cds set
Blue Serge (1956) + Boston Blow-Up + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 132005 9.99€
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(1955)
This CD presents Chaloff two best albums in their entirety, Blue Serge (Capitol T742), which was his very last LP, and Boston Blow-up! (Capitol T6510), the LP that preceded it. Versions of “How About You?” and “Boomareemaroja” were recorded during these sessions but were omitted from the original LPs. Both songs have been added here as a bonus. Chaloff would die soon after these recordings were made, on July 16, 1957, at the age of 33, from cancer of the spine, which was aggravated by his drug addiction.
Nat “King” cole
Al COHN
The Brothers (1955) + 5 Bonus Tracks This release presents the complete original 1955 album The Brothers! (RCA Victor LPM1162), featuring the wonderful West Coast frontline of Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca. In addition to the complete original album, this CD also includes all of the tunes recorded during those sessions that were originally excluded from the LP, as well as a splendid complete quintet session that also features Perkins and Kamuca. EJC 126317 9.99€
EJC 125253 9.99€
EJC 115163 9.99€
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Ornette Coleman
At The Sands (1960) + Welcome To The Club (1958)
The Shape of Jazz To Come (1959)
Two complete original albums by Nat “King” Cole, which exemplify the swinging spirit of his live performances with orchestral accompaniment from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Nat King Cole at the Sands (Capitol SMAS 2434) was recorded live in Las Vegas in 1960. Although Welcome to the Club (Capitol W1120) was actually a studio recording, it captures the magic of Cole’s voice as it sounded on the road. On this second LP, Nat is accompanied by the Count Basie orchestra (minus Basie, who couldn’t sit in due to contractual reasons and was replaced by pianist Gerald Wiggins).
This release presents the seminal Ornette Coleman album The Shape of Jazz to Come in its entirety, featuring the debut of the splendid piano-less quartet with Don Cherry on cornet, Charlie Haden on bass and drummer Billy Higgins.
EJC 122523 9.99€
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John COLTRANE
Tenor Conclave (1956) + 4 Bonus Tracks
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Blue Train
This release contains the complete album Tenor Conclave (Prestige LP 7074), an extraordinary work that brought together four of the best jazz tenor saxophonists ever: John Coltrane, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Hank Mobley. As a bonus, another tenor encounter featuring John Coltrane, this time with swing legend Paul Quinichette. All four tracks from the album Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette (Prestige 7158) on which they play together have been added as a bonus (the session’s two titles without Coltrane have not been included here).
Complete Studio Recordings Master Takes + 2 Bonus Tracks
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EJC 117329 9.99€
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Complete Recordings
(1957)
EJC 117219 17.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
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This release contains the complete classic albums �Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane� and �Soultrane�, both of which received * * * * * in the Down Beat reviews. While the first LP presents a quintet showcasing Trane and Burrell (with the splendid Tommy Flanagan on piano), including a wonderful duet which opens our CD, the second has Trane in a quartet formal with Red Garland.
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(1957-58) + 4 Bonus Tracks
Includes the complete sessions by the John Coltrane Quartet with Red Garland on piano. Originally issued on many different albums, this Is the first time this important body of music is presented on one edition! Recorded while Trane was working for Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, these splendid quartet sides show the saxophonist’s development prior to his famous 1960 quartet with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones!
Bags and Trane (1959) + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 123126 9.99€
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The release presents the complete original classic 1959 album Bags & Trane (Atlantic SD 1368). This was Coltrane’s only collaboration as co-leader with Milt Jackson (their few others recordings together were made while both were part of the Dizzy Gillespie band in 1951). As a bonus to this album, which puts a strong accent on the blues, it is added two outstanding blues by Coltrane recorded in a piano-less trio with Earl May and Art Taylor (these were the only blues he ever taped in the studio in this format).
John COLTRANE
John COLTRANE
The complete original album Coltrane Jazz (Atlantic SD1354), which was Trane’s subsequent album following the remarkable Giant Steps. He was backed on most of this LP by the Miles Davis rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. All other existing quartet recordings by Coltrane with Wynton Kelly have been added here as a bonus, including the wonderful �Naima� and a live performance by John Coltrane in Germany during March 1960.
This release includes the complete original album Coltrane Plays the Blues (Atlantic SD1553), a thematic LP consisting of six tunes based on the blues. Pianist McCoy Tyner sits out on “Blues to Bechet” and “Blues to You”, reducing the band to a trio on these tracks. Another tune recorded during that session and four extra blues from the same period presenting Coltrane as the only horn have been added as a bonus.
Coltrane Jazz (1959) + 4 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124404 9.99€
3 Cds set
John COLTRANE
Down Beat`s 1958 * * * * * Albums Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) + Soultrane (1958)
EJC 120368 9.99€
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John COLTRANE Quartet with Red Garland
This release includes the complete studio master takes by the Thelonious Monk quartet and septet featuring John Coltrane. As a bonus, there is a long blues performance from the same sessions (in which Monk sits out) and an outstanding alternate take of Off Minor.
John COLTRANE
(1957)
This release includes the complete album Blue Train, plus four bonus tracks showcasing Coltrane’s genius on several sessions from the same period and with similar personnel John Coltrane stated in a 1960 radio interview that the album Blue Train was his favorite recording from his discography.
John COLTRANE Thelonious Monk
EJC 117215 9.99€
After Midnight is a splendid, primarily instrumental album, which was to be one of his last hits as a pianis, presenting the classic Nat King Cole Trio plus some of his illustrious friends in jazz (drums and horns). The current edition contains the complete master takes in their original session order, allowing the listener to enjoy the music just as it was recorded and fully appreciate the collaboration between Cole’s magic and the horns. As a bonus, there is a previous session featuring Cole in a quartet format and backed by the same rhythm section.
Nat “King” cole
John COLTRANE
EJC 126322 9.99€
2 LP ON 1 CD
Complete After Midnight Sessions (1956) + 4 Bonus Tracks
Coltrane Plays The Blues (1960) + 5 Bonus Tracks
EJC 128681 9.99€
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John COLTRANE
2 LP ON 1 CD
John COLTRANE
Live At The Village Vanguard (1961) + 3 Bonus Tracks
Africa / Brass (1961) + The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2 (1961)
EJC 129138 9.99€
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This release presents the complete original LP Africa / Brass (Impulse AS-6) plus all of the music from its sequel The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2 (AS-9273) and the remaining song from the sessions, “The Damned Don’t Cry”. Africa / Brass marks one of Coltrane’s most ambitious projects (with respect to both instrumentation and rhythmic variation), as well as his first collaboration with the great Eric Dolphy, who not only played reeds here but also orchestrated and conducted all but one of the tracks.
Miles davis & Milt Jackson Complete Recordings
EJC 121626 12.99€
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(1952-56)
EJC 130279 9.99€
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Miles davis
2 Cds set
Miles Davis and Milt Jackson’s complete recorded collaborations both live and in studio. Although they were both seminal figures in the development of modern and cool jazz, their recordings together are limited to these few outstanding sessions. As a bonus, two further examples of Miles playing with vibraphonists, including the complete album Blue Moods with Teddy Charles (which received a 5 star rating on Down Beat) and a ultra rare Birland broadcast with Don Elliot appearing here on CD for the first time ever!
At Carnegie Hall
EJC 129137 12.99€
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Miles Davis
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At The Five Spot (1961) - Complete Edition
EJC 129140 12.99€
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EJC 123019 9.99€
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2 Cds set
For the first time ever on a single set, the complete recordings by the Eric Dolphy Quintet with Booker Little made live at the Five Spot Café in 1961. This material, which originally appeared on three separate LPs (Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot Vol 1 & 2 (New Jazz NJ8260 and Prestige PR7294) and Memorial Album (Prestige PR7334), has become legendary, not only for its high musical quality, but also due to the fact that both talented horn men died at a tender age soon later. Booker Little passed away on October 5, 1961, at the age of 23, and Dolphy on June 29, 1964, at the age of 36.
EJC 130278 12.99€
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2 Cds set
For the first time ever on a single set, all of the music recorded by the Eric Dolphy Quartet in Denmark on September 6 & 8, 1961, which originally appeared on three separate LPs: Eric Dolphy in Europe Vols. 1 to 3 (Prestige PR7304, PR7350 and PR7366). Further versions of “Laura” (unaccompanied) and “When Lights Are Low” as well as a short take on Thelonious Monk’s “52nd Street Theme”, recorded a few days earlier in Sweden, have been added here as a bonus.
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington & Johnny hodges
The complete original album Such Sweet Thunder, Duke Ellington and Billy Dtrayhorn’s musical vision of the works of William Shakespeare. As a bonus, three extra tracks from the same sessions that were not included on the original LP, as well as two other complete Ellington suites: The Harlem Suite & The Controversial Suite.
This CD presents the complete original classic album Side by Side (Verve 8345, tracks 1-9). With Ellington and Hodges as coleaders, this was a continuation of Back to Back, and presented the extant tunes from that session, as well as another small group date featuring Hodges with Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Lawrence Brown and Billy Strayhorn. Six tracks from Hodges’ following session, presenting very similar personnel and format, have been added as a bonus.
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Side By Side (1958) + 6 Bonus Tracks
EJC 123016 9.99€
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Duke Ellington
At the Bal Masque (1958) + 12 Bonus Tracks
Black, Brown And Beige (1958) + 3 Bonus Tracks
The complete original album At the Bal Masque (Columbia CS8098), on which Duke Ellington departs from his usual reper-
This release presents the complete original classic album Black, Brown and Beige with Mahalia Jackson’s poignant voice backed by the Ellington orchestra. As a bonus, three vocal related Ellington works: the suite Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald a Duke and Billy Strayhorn’ s dedication to the famous singer - and the only two vocal arrangements from the album Masterpieces by Ellington. + INFO
Two outstanding albums by singer Blossom Dearie in their entirety. On the classic LP Once Upon a Summertime, her vocals and piano are backed by a superb jazz trio consisting of Mundell Lowe on guitar, Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums, while on My Gentleman Friend, presenting nearly the same instrumentation, Lowe is replaced by Kenny Burrell and flutist Bobby Jaspar is added on a few songs. A trio version by Dearie of one of the tunes from Once Upon a Summertime has been added as a bonus.
The Complete 1961 Copenhagen Concerts + 3 Bonus Tracks
Duke Ellington / Mahalia Jackson
EJC 120367 9.99€
2 LP ON 1 CD
Eric DOLPHY Quartet
Such Sweet Thunder (1957) + 3 Bonus Tracks
EJC 117211 9.99€
The complete album Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (Columbia CS 1812), which was the only live performance recorded by Miles with the Gil Evans orchestra. Several tracks showcase the Miles David Quintet featuring Hank Mobley on tenor sax ( a formation of the quintet which only recorded two others albums, Someday My Pince Will Come and a live set at the Blackhawk in San Francisco) All of the other music taped during the concert have been added here, as well as, for comparison, the existing studio versions of the Davis - Evans tunes performed at Carnegie Hall.
Once Upon A Summertime (1958) + My Gentleman Friend (1959)
The complete album Someday My Prince Will Come (Columbia CS 8456), which was the only studio LP made by the formation of the Miles Davis Quintet featuring Hank Mobley on tenor sax. It also marks the last recorded encounter of Miles with John Coltrane, who joins Mobley on the title tune and is the only tenor heard on Teo. To the six original tracks on the original LP, two selection have been added from the same session, as well as live version of two of the album’s tunes recorded live by the same group at the Blackhawk, in San Francisco.
Eric DOLPHY / Booker Little
2 Cds set
(1961) + 4 Bonus Tracks
Blossom DEARIE
Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 129133 9.99€
This release presents thee complete original LP Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard (Impulse AS-10), which was Trane’s first official “live” album. Coltrane is joined here on two tunes by the wonderful Eric Dolphy on bass clarinet, plus veteran sidemen McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums, and Jimmy Garrison & Reggie Workman alternating on bass (both play together on “India”, one of three tracks from the same sessions added here as a bonus). Right after the Village dates, Trane and Dolphy would embark on a successful European tour.
EJC 125252 9.99€
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toire to play a set of choice standards, most of which he had never recorded before and would never record again. Presented on the original LP as a live recording with applause between tracks, this music was in fact recorded in the studio during various sessions. As a bonus, a rarely heard 1960 Ellington session in its entirety. Equally uncommon, it was recorded in a small group format and also presents an unusual program, this time revisiting mostly forgotten tunes from the Duke’s repertoire from the 1920s through the 1940s.
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Piano In The Background (1960) + 4 Bonus Track
Back To Back (1959) + 9 Bonus Tracks The complete Duke Ellington sextet album Back to Back, which is dedicated to the blues form. In addition to Duke’s own playing, the LP showcases his veteran sideman Johnny Hodges. Also it’s have been added nine bonus tracks from Ellington’s sessions recorded during the same period, which prominently feature both Hodges and the blues. EJC 122525 9.99€
This release presents Duke Ellington’s complete original album Piano in the Background (Columbia CS8346), a revision by the Duke of some of his greatest hits, most of which showcase him as a piano soloist. As a bonus, the complete four-movement “Suite Thursday”, composed by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and recorded around the same time as this LP. EJC 126634 9.99€
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington / Count Basie
Piano In The Foreground (1961) + 9 Bonus Tracks
Battle Royal (1961) + 7 Bonus Tracks
This release presents the complete original Duke Ellington album Piano in the Foreground (Columbia CS8829), one of the few occasions on which Duke devoted a whole album to his trio playing. As a bonus , two complete Ellington trio sessions from 1957 and three further titles from a 1953 session in the same format. EJC 130283 9.99€
EJC 130277 9.99€
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Bill evans
Bill evans
Included here in its entirety, Explorations (Riverside RLP9351) was Bill Evans’ fourth album as a leader, following New Jazz Conceptions (1956), Everybody Digs Bill Evans (1958), and Portrait in Jazz (1959). It was also Evans’ second LP with the talented bassist Scott LaFaro, who would die soon after. In addition to all of the music produced during the date, are also included the only two existing live versions by this trio of tunes from the album, recorded at Birdland less than a year before the studio session.
This release contains in its entirety, the original LPs culled from the celebrated 1961 Village Vanguard sessions by the Bill Evans Trio: Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside RLP9376). This would also be the last recording by this formation of the group, with Scott LaFaro on bass, and Paul Motian on drums, as LaFaro would die soon after in a car crash, on July 6, 1961, at the age of 25. Evans, who loved LaFaro’s playing would take a long hiatus before forming a new trio.
Explorations (1961) + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 130275 9.99€
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Sunday at the Village Vanguard
EJC 129139 9.99€
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Bill evans
Waltz For Debby
EJC 129141 9.99€
EJC 124228 9.99€
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This release contains in its entirety, the original LPs culled from the celebrated 1961 Village Vanguard sessions by the Bill Evans Trio: Waltz For Debby - (Riverside RLP9399). This would also be the last recording by this formation of the group, with Scott LaFaro on bass, and Paul Motian on drums, as LaFaro would die soon after in a car crash, on July 6, 1961, at the age of 25. Evans, who loved LaFaro’s playing would take a long hiatus before forming a new trio.
2 LPs ON 2 CDs
The Village Vanguard Sessions (1961)
EJC 130708 12.99€
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Presenting, in chronological order, all surviving complete performances from the legendary 1961 Village Vanguard sets by the Bill Evans Trio. Two classic albums were culled from these sets: Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside RLP976) and Waltz for Debby (Riverside RLP999). It would be the last recording by this formation of the group, with Scott LaFaro on bass, and Paul Motian on drums, as LaFaro died ten days later in a car crash, on July 6, 1961, at the age of 25. Evans, who loved LaFaro’s playing, would take a long hiatus before forming a new trio.
2 Cds set
Tal FARLOW
Ella fitzgerald
Tal (1956) + 7 Bonus Tracks
Sings The Cole Porter Song Book (1956) + 1 Bonus Track
The complete classic Tal Farlow album Tal (Verve MGV 8021), which presents the guitarist in a trio format brilliantly backed by Eddie Costa on piano and Vinnie Burke on bass. Seven quartet recordings from 1958 (which feature Farlow with Eddie Costa on piano) have been added as a bonus.
The complete classic double album Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book(Verve MGV4001-2). The first of the celebrated song books recorded by Ella and one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made, the Cole Porter Song Book was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000, which honors recordings that have �qualitative or historical significance� In 2003, it was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress in Washington to be added to the National Recording Registry. A live version of Love for Sale from the same period has been added as a bonus track.
EJC 122688 12.99€
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Ella fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Sing George Gershwin´s Porgy and Bess (1956) + 2 Bonus Tracks
2 LPs ON 2 CDs
Ella and Louis (1956) + Ella and Louis Again (1957)
This release contains the complete classic version of Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess by Ella and Louis, one of the true gems of jazz history, plus two rarely heard live duets recorded at the Hollywood bowl in 1956.
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(1961)
Bill evans (1961)
Ella fitzgerald & Louis armstrong
EJC 120371 9.99€
The complete original album Battle Royal - Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie (Columbia CS8515), which was the only collaboration ever recorded by both legendary big band leaders. As a bonus, recordings of Basie playing Ellington’s “In a Mellow Tone”, “I’m Beginning to See the Light”, “What Am I Here For?”, “Perdido”, as well as Ellington’s rendition of Basie’s “One O’Clock Jump”, and the original versions of “Wild Man Moore” and “Battle Royal” from Ellington’s soundtrack to the film Paris Blues.
This release contains the complete original albums Ella & Louis and Ella & Louis Again, presenting both exceptional artists backed by splendid musicians as Oscar Peterson on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar, Ray Brown on bass and Buddy Rich or Louie Bellson on drums EJC 117213 12.99€
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Ella fitzgerald
Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)
EJC 120375 12.99€
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2 Cds set
This release contains the complete Ella Fitzgerald vocal sides from the celebrated 2 double albums presenting her singing the music of Duke Ellington. The first CD of our edition contains the complete small group sides including Ben Webster, while the second includes all-of the big band numbers. Featuring: Ben Webster, Paul Gonsalves, Stuff Smith, Johnny Hodges, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie), Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel), Ray Brown, Sam Woodyard, among others.
Ella fitzgerald
Like Someone In Love (1957) + 1 Bonus Track The complete original album Like Someone in Love, presenting Ella Fitzgerald backed by an orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol. Featuring the inimitable Stan Getz on tenor sax. Four tracks completing the album’s sessions have been added here, as well as a Stan Getz quartet version of the title track recorded the previous year. EJC 123494 9.99€
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Ella fitzgerald
The complete classic album Ella Swings Lightly (MGVS6029), which was the first of Ella Fitzgerald’s very few collaborations with the great conductor and arranger Marty Paich. All of the music recorded during those 1958 sessions has been included here, as well as four rare tunes also featuring Ella with Marty Paich. Although the band for Ella Swings Lightly is presented on the original cover as an �orchestra�, it is in fact a tentet featuring such superlative musicians as Don Fagerquist, Bud Shank, Bill Holman, Med Flory, Lou Levy, Joe Mondragon and Mel Lewis.
The complete classic 5-LP set Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (Verve MGVS 6082-5). The most ambitious of the celebrated song book recorded by Ella and one of the best vocal jazz album ever made. All of Ella’s original performances are here, along with the two opening instrumental pieces that were included on a separate disc with the original LP set. As a bonus, Ella’s complete first attempt at recording a Gershwin song book, the 1950 10” Decca LP Ella Sings Gershwin (DL5300), which presents Ella in eight amazing duets with pianist Ellis Larkins. A single Gerswin duet by Ella and Larkins recorded in 1954 closes the set.
Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959) set
Ella Swings Lightly (1958) + 4 Bonus Tracks
EJC 123643 9.99€
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EJC 124981 17.99€
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Ella fitzgerald
Ella fitzgerald
Ella In Berlin : Mack The Knife (1960) + 7 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124403 9.99€
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The complete original LP Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife (Verve MGV4041). It contains Ella Fitzgerald’s celebrated performance at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany, in its entirety. She is backed here by a quartet featuring Jim Hall and Paul Smith. One of Ella’s most popular albums ever, it won two Grammy awards in 1960. As a bonus, a complete rarely heard live performance taped in July 1959, plus two 1956 tracks recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl that were mistakenly included on some issues of Ella in Berlin as belonging to the 1960 concert.
Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie (1961) + 9 Bonus Tracks
EJC 130430 9.99€
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The 1956 Trio (1956)
Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1961) + 2 Bonus Tracks
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The complete classic album Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (Verve V64054) which was the first of Ella Fitzgerald’s variouscollaborations with the great conductor and arranger Nelson Riddle. All of the music recorded during these 1961 sessions has been included here (adding seven tracks to the twelve on the original LP), as well as two rare tunes from their initial 1959 collaboration (the Gershwin Songbook) which weren’t issued on that album. Thanks to Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, Fitzgerald won a Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance.
Red Garland
EJC 114841 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Bright And Breezy + The Nearness Of You
Concert By The Sea (1955) + 9 Bonus Tracks This release includes the complete classic album plus another complete live performance and the original 1954 “Misty” as a bonus. Featuring Erroll Garner on piano, Eddie Calhoun on bass and Denzil Best on drums. EJC 124879 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Erroll garner
Erroll garner
This release presents Garner’s complete 1957 LP Other Voices, for the first time ever on CD. The album marks Garner’s debut recording with orchestral accompaniment. Since he couldn’t read music, arrangements were made in association with the famous pianist-arranger Nat Pierce (celebrated for his work with Woody Herman). The program presents five well-known standards, as well as five originals by Erroll, including an unforgettable version of his classic tune Misty.
This release presents two long unavailable LPs by the great Erroll Garner, Swinging Solos and Soliloquy. The first album appears here on CD in its complete form for the first time ever. With the exception of the two final tracks here, both LPs were recorded during the same February 6, 1957 session, which is compiled here in its entirety.
Other Voices (1957) + 6 Bonus Tracks
EJC 123641 9.99€
This CD reunites all the trio studio recordings made by Red Garland in 1956, featuring Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. It comprises the complete album A Garland of Red (New Jersey, August 17, 1956, for the Prestige label) plus the integral December 14 session of 4 tracks, which originally appeared on the following two albums: Groovy and Red Garland’s Piano (New York, December 14, 1956, also for the Prestige label), plus a single trio tune (Ahmad’s Blues) recorded during Miles Davis’ final marathon sessions for Prestige on May 11, 1956., New York, with Philly Joe Jones on drums.
Erroll garner
(1961)
This release presents two 1961 LPs by the Red Garland Trio: Bright and Breezy (Jazzland JLP48), featuring Sam Jones on bass, and Charlie Persip on drums, and the ballad album The Nearness of You (Jazzland JLP62), with Larry Ridley on bass, and Frank Gant on drums. Garland would never record again with either of these two formations of his trio. EJC 132366 9.99€
The complete classic album Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (Verve V64053), which coupled two superb small group sessions featuring Ella Fitzgerald with pianist Lou Levy, guitarist Herb Ellis, and drummer Stan Levey, among others. As a bonus, four more studio tracks by Ella backed by Levy, as well as a complete live 1954 performance in Hartford, most of which appears here on CD for the first time ever.
Red Garland
Ella fitzgerald
EJC 130428 9.99€
3 Cds
Ella fitzgerald
Swinging Solos (1957) + Soliloquy (1957)
EJC 123307 9.99€
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Stan Getz
And The Oscar Peterson Trio + 1 Bonus Track
Stan Getz
Award Winner (1957) + 3 Bonus Tracks
(1957)
This release contains the complete original album Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio, widely regarded as one of the saxophonist’s finest recordings. A bonus track from the same band with the addition of drummer Connie Kay is also inclued here. The Ballad was taped during a concert that preceded the aforementionated studio session by only three days !. EJC 124881 9.99€
This release presents the complete original album Award Winner (Verve MGV8296). Recorded in a quartet format, it showcases Getz at his best backed by a wonderful rhythm section consisting of Lou Levy on piano, Leroy Vinnegar on bass, and Stan Levey on drums. All three existing complete alternate takes from the session have been added here as a bonus. EJC 126629 9.99€
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Stan Getz
Dizzy GILLESPIE
This release contains Stan Getz’ complete studio album Stan Getz Plays (Norgran MGN1042), featuring an all-star quintet with Jimmy Raney on guitar, Duke Jordan on piano, Bill Crow on bass, and Frank Isola on drums. As a bonus, a complete session for Roost by the exact same formation, taped in-between the two Stan Getz Plays recording dates, as well as a wonderful 1954 quartet set pairing Getz with Jimmy Rowles and Max Roach.
Dizzy Gillespie’s complete 1960 album A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve MG-VS-68386), the trumpeter’s heartfelt homage to the Duke. Consisting entirely of compositions by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, it features Dizzy fronting an orchestra heavy with wind instruments including trombone, woodwinds, flute, tuba and French horns, plus a rhythm section featuring Hank Jones on piano, George Duvivier on bass, and Charlie Persip on drums. As a bonus, the subsequent entry in Gillespie’s discography following the album, consisting of three rarely heard numbers by Diz at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival .
Stan Getz Plays (1952) + 10 Bonus Tracks
EJC 126318 9.99€
A Portrait Of Duke Ellington (1960) + 3 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124549 9.99€
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Jimmy GIUFFRE 7 Pieces
(1959)
Benny Goodman
+ 4 Bonus Tracks
Benny Rides Again !
This release contains the complete 7 Pieces studio album plus the trio’s 1959 Rome performance, included here as bonus tracks. The sound quality from the Rome concert is truly outstanding and this material has never been previously released on any edition ! EJC 124884 9.99€
EJC 125418 9.99€
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Benny Goodman
EJC 123878 9.99€
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Blows Hot And Cool (1955) + 5 Bonus Tracks The complete original album Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (Dootone DTL207). Recorded in 1955, it features Gordon in a quartet and
EJC 124231 9.99€
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Dexter Gordon
The Resurgence Of Dexter Gordon + 6 Bonus Tracks
EJC 125419 9.99€
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Improvisations (1956) + 13 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124816 9.99€
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Jim Hall
EJC 124883 9.99€
The complete 1956 album Improvisations (Barclay F84034) featuring the exceptional jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli in a quartet format. The album consists of jazz standards as opposed to Grappelli’s typical repertoire that he played with Django Reinhardt. All of our bonus tracks also feature the violinist in a quartet setting (including the complete long out of print 10” LP Jazz Aux Champs-Elysees No. 2 -Voix de son Maitre FFLP1042- with pianist Jack Dieval). This material was recorded two years before Improvisations and also consists of a variety of standard tunes
Hampton HAWES
For Real - Complete Session (1957) + 5 Bonus Tracks
(1957)
All previous releases of this album presented abridged versions of some tunes and most omitted “This Is Always”. This edition presents the integral session with complete tunes for the first time ever. No alternate take for “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be” exists. The second version issued on previous releases was this same master take in edited form. + INFO
quintet format, and was one of the first long-play albums by Gordon (whose previous recordings had been issued predominantly on 78 rpm discs). This was the saxophonist’s only collaboration with pianist Carl Perkins. As a bonus, added most of Gordon’s previous session, recorded in a quartet format with Kenny Drew on piano.
Stephane GRAPELLI (1960)
The complete original 1960 album The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon (Jazzland JLP29). This LP marks the saxophonist’s first recording since 1955 and Gordon’s sole recorded collaboration with pianist Dolo Coker (who composed four of the tunes from the album). As a bonus, six out of the seven tracks from an interesting Gordon session (Dexter doesn’t play a solo on the omitted track) recorded five years earlier. It presents exactly the same instrumentation of tenor sax, trombone, trumpet and rhythm section, and features such stars as Frank Rosolino and Conte Candoli.
The Complete Jazz Guitar + 5 Bonus Tracks
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Dexter Gordon
Happy Session: Quintet and Orchestra (1958) + 7 Bonus Tracks Presenting the complete long unavailable Benny Goodman album Happy Session (Columbia CS8129). It features an all-star version of the Goodman Orchestra, includin André Previn, Leroy Vinnegar, Barney Kessel and Shelly Manne, as well as four quintet tracks. All existing alternate takes for the tunes from this alnum plus a wonderful version of “Cherokee” from the same session have been added as bonus tracks.
(1958)
The complete long unavailable Benny Goodman album Benny Rides Again! (Chess LP 1440). It features an all-star formation of the Goodman orchestra, including André Previn, Russ Freeman, Pepper Adams, Herb Geller, Leroy Vinnegar, Barney Kessel and Shelly Manne, as well as four quintet and two quartet tracks. Various alternate takes as well as other tunes (including three additional quintet tracks) from the same sessions have been included here as a bonus. This is a companion volume to the CD Happy Session (EJC 55472), which contains the rest of the material from these sessions.
Hampton Hawes’ complete original quartet album For Real (Contemporary S7589), featuring his first collaborations ever with saxo-
EJC 133218 9.99€
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phonist Harold Land. The album also marks Hawes’ only existing recordings with Scott LaFaro. Three trio performances recorded during that date but not included on the original LP have also been added. No previous CD edition of For Real contained these tracks, which complete the session. Also this release is rounded out with two rare live trio recordings by the pianist, taped in Rome in the company of Jimmy Woode and Kenny Clarke.
Coleman hawkins
Coleman hawkins
EJC 120513 9.99€
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The complete classic album Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (Verve), as well as the other six tunes from the session, originally issued on other Hawkins’ albums and long out of print anthologies. As a bonus, four songs from sessions recorded on both the previous and the same day by each saxophonist alone with the same rhythm section. The sessions end with each player presenting his own reading of �Ill Wind�.
Nighty Hawk (1960) + Very Saxy
EJC 124402 9.99€
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A Study In Frustration + 10 Bonus Tracks
EJC 126037 17.99€
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3 Cds set
The original Columbia 4-LP set The Fletcher Henderson Story -A Study in Frustration. This was the first LP collection to compile the best works of Henderson who, by the early 1960s, had fallen into obscurity. Even though his recording career spanned over 25 years and his many bands included some of the most outstanding jazzmen ever, his name would only be brought up during later years in reference to his hit-arrangements for the Benny Goodman Orchestra. This set puts together all of the masterpieces present on the original collection, as well as ten bonus tracks featuring Ben Webster, Chu Berry and Roy Eldridge with the Henderson band.
EJC 120361 9.99€
Songs For Distingué Lovers (1957) Body and Soul (1957)
EJC 126632 9.99€
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Open Sesame (1960) + 4 Bonus Tracks
This release contains the classic original album Lady in Satin in its entirety. It marks Holiday’s last big hit and her second to last album ever. As a bonus, five ballads from a 1955 session with Harry Edison and Benny Carter, the rare 1957 studio version of “Fine and Mellow” with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, and Holiday’s only two performances from the 1958 Jazz at the Plaza concert. + INFO
EJC 124815 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
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Plenty, Plenty, Soul
The complete original album ’Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do (Contemporary S7571), which showcases Helen Humes backed by an all-star group including Benny Carter, Frank Rosolino, Teddy Edwards and Shelly Manne. As a bonus, her following album, Songs I Like to Sing! (Contemporary S7582), featuring Humes along with Ben Webster and Art Pepper performing arrangements by Marty Paich.
Illinois JACQUET
EJC 117218 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
The complete album Swing’s the Thing (Verve MGV-8023), recorded in Los Angeles on October 16, 1956, and featuring Illinois Jacquet in a sextet with Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones. As a bonus, the LP Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra (Verve MGV-8061), showcasing Jacquet in a septet format with organist Gerald Wiggins, pianist Carl Perkins, and trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison. This album appears here on CD for the first time in its entirety. To fill out this edition, two rare tracks also featuring Jacquet with Carl Perkins have also been added.
(1957)
This release contains Milt Jackson’s complete album Plenty, Plenty Soul, plus two of the three sessions from his LP Ballads & Blues, included here in their entirety. Featuring: Joe Newman, Jimmy Cleveland, Cannonball Adderley, Frank Foster, Horace Silver, Quincy Jones, Art Blakey, among others.
Ahmad Jamal
Swing’s the Thing (1956) + Illinois Jacquet and his Orchestra (1955) + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 132006 9.99€
The complete LP Open Sesame (Blue Note BLP4040), Freddie Hubbard’s first album as a leader. Recorded in a quintet format, it features the talented Tina Brooks on tenor sax and McCoy Tyner on piano (who would have his first gig with John Coltrane that same month). As a bonus, a complete session recorded by Hubbard shortly after our main album, which marks his only existing encounter with tenor saxophonist Walter Benton (it belongs to Benton’s LP Out of This World). It is also noteworthy for featuring the celebrated Miles Davis rhythm section of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb.
Milt jackson
‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness If I Do (1959) + Songs I Like to Sing (1960)
EJC 130429 9.99€
This release contains two complete albums by Billie Holiday: Songs for Distingué Lovers (Verve V6-8257), which only included six long tunes, and Body and Soul (Verve V6-8197), as well as an additional song from the same sessions. Both albums present memorable 1957 Billie Holiday recordings backed by a small group featuring Ben Webster, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Jimmy Rowles and Barney Kessel. Selected as one of the 100 most important jazz recordings by Ben Ratiff, New York Times, 2002
Freddie HUBBARD
(1958) + 8 Bonus Tracks
Helen HUMES
2 LP ON 1 CD
Billie holiday
Billie holiday Lady In Satin
(1958)
This CD presents the complete original album The Hawk Relaxes (Prestige/moodsville MVLP15) a quintet session which paired the great Coleman Hawkins with guitarist Kenny Burrell and bassist Ron Carter. Another quintet album featuring Hawk with Burrell, Soul (Prestige PRLP7149) has been added in its entirety as a bonus. EJC 129131 9.99€
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Fletcher HENDERSON
2 LP ON 1 CD
The Hawk Relaxes (1961) + Soul
(1959)
This release presents two outstanding studio albums made by Coleman Hawkins in 1959-60 in their entirety. Both Night Hawk (Prestige/Swingville 2016) and Very Saxy (Prestige 7167) pair Hawk with fellow tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis. Apart from these two albums, Hawkins and Davis would never record together again. EJC 125251 9.99€
The two outstanding quartet studio albums made by Coleman Hawkins in 1959-60 in their entirety. Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (Prestige/Swingville 2001) is the only existing recording of Hawkins and Garland together! The quartet album At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (Moodsville MV7) features Hawk a ccompanied by another great pianist: Tommy Flanagan.
Coleman hawkins
2 LP ON 1 CD
Coleman hawkins
2 LP ON 1 CD
The 1959-60 Studio Quartets Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (1959) + At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
Hawkins Encounters Webster: The Complete Session (1957) + 4 Bonus Tracks
2 LP ON 1 CD
Jamal at the Penthouse (1959) + Count `em 88 (1956) + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 123312 9.99€
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This release compiles the long unavailable complete LP Jamal at the Penthouse (Argo LP646), which in spite of its title, contains a tighly arranged studio session by the classic Jamal trio plus a string orchestra. As a bonus, another complete Argo LP by Jamal: Count’ Em 88 (Argo LP610), as well as trio versions of Ahmad’s Blues and Seleritus, the two Jamal compositions from Jamal at the Penthouse.
Etta Jones
Hank jones
2 LP ON 1 CD
Don’t Go to Strangers (1960) + Something Else (1961)
EJC 130413 9.99€
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The Talented Touch (1958) + 13 Bonus Tracks
The complete original Etta Jones albums, Don’t Go to Strangers (Prestige PR7186), on which she is backed by a quintet including Frank Wess and Roy Haynes, and, as a bonus, her subsequent LP Something Nice (Prestige PR7194), also featuring Haynes. The former made Jones an overnight sensation when the title tune from the album went gold, hitting the Top 40 on the pop charts and reaching number five on the R&B charts. Both albums are among the best of Jones’ early efforts and showcase the singer performing a variety of well-known standards.
EJC 124229 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Quincy jones
EJC 122526 9.99€
The complete original LP The Talented Touch (Capitol T1044), a brilliant early quartet effort by the recently deceased Hank Jones. Featuring Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton & Osie Johnson. As a bonus, has been included all of the songs featuring Hank Jones solos from a group of sessions made by the exact same personnel during April and May of 1956 for the Epic label.
Gene krupa
The Birth of A Band - Complete Edition (1959)
Complete 1955 Session
This edition presents the complete sessions that produced both the seminal Quincy Jones albums The Birth of A Band and its sequel! , presented here in chronological order. This CD features the 1959 Quincy Jones orchestra with Harry �Sweets� Edison, Clark Terry, Jimmy Cleveland, Zoot Sims, Benny Golson & Phil Woods, among many other stars.
The one and only quartet session by Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton and Teddy Wilson without Benny Goodman, presented here in its entirety and for the first time ever on CD. With the sole addition of bassist Red Callender, the three stars swing from start to finish on this horn-less session that was originally issued in divided form onto an LP (Clef MGC681) and a difficult to find EP (titled Strollin’ Along SEB10086).
EJC 123496 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Harold land
Peggy Lee
The Fox (1959) + Take Aim (1960) This release presents Harold Land’s complete original 1959 quintet album The Fox (Contemporary S7619), which pairs the saxophonist with the great Elmo Hope on piano and the brilliant and enigmatic trumpeter Dupree Bolton, who would never record again with Land. Take Aim (Blue Note 1057), recorded the following year, has been added here as a bonus. EJC 126324 17.99€
EJC 121624 9.99€
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Legrand Jazz (1958) + Ascenseur Pour L`Echafaud
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Michel legrand
Improvised Meditations and Excursions + 8 Bonus Tracks
(1957)
EJC 122689 9.99€
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Carmen mcrae
Junior (1959) + 3 Bonus Tracks This release presents Junior Mance’s complete 1959 album Junior
This edition presents the complete original LP Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and other Billie Holiday Classics (Columbia CS8530), which as its title indicates, was McRae’s tribute to the great Lady Day. All other existing songs from the sessions, as well as the complete original LP Carmen McRae (Bethlehem BCP1023) and two additional tunes, have been added here as a bonus.
As a bonus, the only two existing tracks from a 1954 trio session, as well as Mance’s trio interpretation of “Stella by Starlight”, which was the only trio track from a Cannonball Adderley Quintet date. EJC 130276 9.99€
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Charles mingus
Charles mingus
Blues and Roots (1959) + 7 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124230 9.99€
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Charles Mingus’ complete original album Blues & Roots (Atlantic SD1305), which was almost entirely based on the blues. Mostly improvised on the spot (Mingus didn’t explain the basics of each tune to the musicians until the last minute), Blues and Roots was highly praised during its time, and has since become a true classic. As a bonus, the master takes �and the alternate to the blues �recorded during a rare studio session produced by Mingus in 1957 for one of his favorite sidemen, Shafi Hadi - also featuring Pepper Adams and Dannie Richmond.
2 LP ON 1 CD
Sings Lover Man and others Billie Holiday Classics (1961) + Carmen McRae (1954) + 2 Bonus Tracks
(Verve MGVS6057), which marks the pianist’s first album as a leader.
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(1959)
This CD contains John Lewis’ complete 1959 album Improvised Meditations and Excursions, (Atlantic LP1313) in which the pianist abandoned his typical MJQ lineup to play relaxed trio pieces. Further tracks featuring John Lewis’ piano as the primary instrument in trio and duet formats (which was a rarity for him) have been added as a bonus.
Junior mance
EJC 126320 9.99€
This CD contains the complete sessions from Peggy Lee’s two celebrated albums Black Coffee and Dream Street, marking the first time ever that either of these LPs is released with all of the tracks from its studio dates! Featuring Peggy Lee with Pete Candoli, Jimmy Rowles, Max Wayne, Ed Shaughnessy, Lou Levy, Buddy Clark, Larry Bunker, among thers.
John lewis
This CD contains French composer and pianist Michel Legrand ‘s album Legrand Jazz (Philips) in its entirety, featuring his first recorded collaboration with Miles Davis. As a bonus, the trumpeter’s complete original suite for the soundtrack to the French film Ascenseur Pour l’�Chafaud (Fontana) has been added. EJC 120506 9.99€
2 LP ON 1 CD
Black Coffee (1956) + Dream Street (1956) Complete Sessions
East Coasting by Charles Mingus (1957) + 3 Bonus Tracks
EJC 123644 9.99€
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The complete original album East Coasting (Bethlehem BCP6019), featuring an all-star group with Jimmy Knepper, Bill Evans, Clarence Shaw and Curtis Porter, plus all existing alternate takes from the date. As a bonus, the Mingus’ superb Revelations recorded a couple of months earlier this is the only other collaboration that Mingus and Evans ever made. Also includes two long standards from the October 1957 session by Mingus’ Jazz Workshop (his own compositions from that date have been added as a bonus to Tijuana Moods on EJC 55438
Charles mingus
Charles mingus
2 LP ON 1 CD
Tijuana Moods
Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) + The Clown (1957) Two of Charles Mingus’ most celebrated albums in their entirety: Pithecanthropus Erectus and The Clown. All but one of the songs included here were original compositions by Mingus. These sides feature first class soloist like Jackie McLean, Jimmy Knepper, J.R. Monterose and Mal Waldron. EJC 120958 9.99€
EJC 121415 9.99€
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Charles mingus
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EJC 126036 9.99€
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Presents Charles Mingus (1960) + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 125583 9.99€
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Blue mitchell
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This release contains Blue Mitchell’s complete original LP Blue’s Moods (Riverside RLP336), the first album the trumpeter ever recorded entirely in a quartet format. He is backed by a wonderful rhythm section including Wynton Kelly on piano, Sam Jones on bass and Roy Brooks on drums. Mitchell and Kelly had first recorded together for Mitchell’s 1958 album Big Six (Riverside RLP12273), a sextet LP (as its title clearly indicates) on which saxophonist Johnny Griffin, trombonist Curtis Fuller, bassist Wilbur Ware and drummer Philly Joe Jones were also featured.
Fontessa (1956) + No Sun in Venice
EJC 119866 9.99€
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Thelonious monk At Town Hall
EJC 126631 9.99€
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Wes montgomery Milt jackson
Bags Meets Wes (1961) + George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (1961)
The complete classic album Cannonball Adderley & the Poll Winners (Riverside RLP9355), which showcases Cannonball and Wes Montgomery. A rare five-track session by Jon Hendricks –that also features the altoist and guitarist– has been included here in its entire.
This release contains the complete classic album Bags Meets Wes (Riverside RLP9407) which marked the only recorded encounter between Wes Montgomery andMilt Jackson. As a bonus, the entire album George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (Jazzland JLP55) in its entirety. Another “encounter” album, this one pairs the guitarist and his brothers with the fantastic George Shearing.
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EJC 130282 9.99€
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Gerry mulligan Paul desmond
2 LP ON 1 CD
So Much Guitar (1961) + Brothers In Canada (1961)
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2 LP ON 1 CD
And The Poll Winners (1960) + 5 Bonus Tracks
Wes montgomery
EJC 130281 9.99€
(1959)
This edition presents the complete original album The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (Riverside RLP12-300), as well as all other surviving music from that 1959 concert. This performance marks one of the rare occasions in which Monk could present big band arrangements of his own compositions, this time prepared by Hall Overton with Monk’s assistance.
Wes montgomery / Cannonball adderley
EJC 124407 9.99€
(1957)
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Complete 1951-1954 Recordings + 1 Bonus Track This outstanding release presents the complete trio recordings by the Thelonious Monk Trio made between 1951 and 1954. It is an important corpus, for with the exception of his first trio session in 1947, the Plays Duke Ellington recording in 1955 and his late 1971 London encounter with Art Blakey and Al McKibbon, these are the only studio trio recordings by Monk. Featuring Percy Heath, Al McKibbon, Max Roach and Art Blakey. An splendid corpus of trio settings by the enigmatic Monk, playing his own compositions. Includes Monk’s first version of “Blue Monk”!!
2 LP ON 1 CD
This CD compiles two of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s most highly acclaimed albums in this entirety: Fontessa and No Sun In Venice (originally released under the title One Never Knows) Featuring: John Lewis on piano, Milt Jackson, vibraphone Percy Heath on bass and drummer Connie Kay.
Thelonious monk
EJC 124882 9.99€
In 1960, celebrated jazz critic Nat Hentoff called Charles Mingus to record a number of sessions for the new Candid label. Mingus was given absolute freedom on these sessions, and the results of the first date were issued on the celebrated Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (Candid CJM8005), which appears here in its entirety along with two additional tracks that complete the session. The band consists of a pianoless quartet with Ted Curson (tp), Eric Dolphy (as) (who also plays bass clarinet on one track), Mingus on bass and veteran Mingus Dannie Richmond (d).
modern jazz quartet
Blue’s Moods (1960) + 6 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124813 9.99€
This CD presents complete original classic album Tijuana Moods, featuring an all star group including Jimmy Knepper, Curtis Porter, and the greatly underrated trumpeter Clarence Shaw, who would break his instrument and quit music that same year after a fight with Mingus (he died relatively young at the age of 47 in 1973). As a bonus, all of Mingus’ compositions from a session recorded the following month and featuring almost the same personnel.
Charles mingus
2 LP ON 1 CD
Mingus Revisited (1960) + Jazz Portrait Mingus in Wonderland (1959) The complete original Charles Mingus album Mingus Revisited (Limelight LS 86015 – also issued as Pre-Bird on Mercury MG20627). Recorded in 1960, it features an all-star group with Clark Terry, Ted Curson, Jimmy Knepper, Slide Hampton, Paul Bley, Roland Hanna, Yusef Lateef, Booker Ervin, Eric Dolphy, and Mingus himself, among others. To complement this brilliant album, the complete LP Jazz Portraits –Mingus in Wonderland (United Artists UAL4036), recorded by a Charles Mingus Quintet live at New York’s Nonagon Jazz Gallery in 1959.
(1957) + 6 Bonus Tracks
This release contains Wes Montgomery’s complete classic album So Much Guitar! (Riverside RLP-9382), featuring Wes in a memorable quintet set with Hank Jones on piano, Ron Carter on bass, Lex Humphries on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas. As a bonus, the complete LP The Montgomery Brothers in Canada (Fantasy F8086), presenting Wes in the company of his brothers Buddy and Monk (plus drummer Paul Humphrey). It was taped at The Cellar but in studio conditions, with no audience present.
Blues in Time (1957) + 1 Bonus Track
EJC 125585 9.99€
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The complete original LP Blues in Time (Verve MGV8246), the first of only two studio quartet collaborations between Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond. The wonderful interplay of their respective baritone and alto saxes is clear from the beginning. The two musicians would perform together in later years on long tours with Dave Brubeck. An additional version of Mulligan’s Line for Lyons by Paul Desmond’s quintet with Don Elliott has been added as a bonus.
Oliver NELSON & Eric DOLPHY
Gerry mulligan Thelonious monk
Complete Recordings (1960-61)
Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) + 1 Bonus Track This release contains all known music from the celebrated session reuniting Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk. As a bonus, we have added a long live version of �Now’s the Time� recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, in which both musicians are also featured. EJC 120510 9.99€ €
EJC 130424 12.99€
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ANITA O’DAY
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2 LP ON 1 CD
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With Strings: The Complete Master Takes (1949-52) + 1 Bonus Track
The complete original album Trav’lin’ Light (Verve MGV6-2157) on which the singer paid tribute to the great Billie Holiday. The Johnny Mandel orchestra featuring Jack Sheldon, Frank Rosolino and Joe Maini accompanies her on half the tunes, while on the other half she is backed by an small group including Ben Webster, Don Fagerquist, Jimmy Rowles and Barney Kessel. Her previous album, Waiter, Make Mine Blues (Verve MGV6-2145), on which two other Billie Holiday related tunes (Yesterdays and Detour Ahead) are included, has been added here in its entirely as a bonus.
This set contains all existing master takes from the Charlie Parker with Strings Verve recordings. That includes all of Bird’s studio master takes with strings, as well as professionally recorded Carnegie Hall set. As a bonus, a rare alternate take of “Laura”. EJC 132367 9.99€
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Charlie PARKER / Dizzy GILLESPIE
EJC 134785 9.99€
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Bird And Diz (1950) + 15 Bonus Tracks
Charlie PARKER
This set contains the complete original LP Bird and Diz (Verve MGV8006), consisting of a quintet session which marked Parker and Gillespie’s last studio date ever (although they would later be recorded together live on numerous occasions, including the celebrated 1953 Massey Hall concert). This session was also Parker’s only studio encounter with the great Thelonious Monk. As a bonus, all existing complete alternate takes not present on the 12” LP, as well as the only two breakdown takes with full Parker solos, and three further complete quintet and quartet sessions recorded by Bird for Verve during the same period, one of them featuring Miles Davis on trumpet.
This set contains Charlie Parker’s best small band studio recordings from his later period. These outstanding tracks have the finest sound quality of Bird’s entire discography! Included are two superlative quartet sessions, as well as his last quintet studio reunions with Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. Pianist Thelonious Monk, Al Haig, Hank Jones and John Lewis are also featured, along with Bird’s favorite drummer, the exceptional Max Roach.
Great Quartets and Quintets (1950-53)
EJC 121625 9.99€
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Charlie PARKER
Charlie PARKER
Plays Cole Porter (1950-54) + 7 Bonus Tracks
Jazz At Massey Hall (1953) + 1 Bonus Track
EJC 131672 9.99€
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The complete widely celebrated Massey Hall concert, performed in Canada by an all-star quintet of bebop founders which would never be reunited again. Featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. It appears here in the actual order of performance and without the added bass and echo which darkened the sound quality of some issues. As a bonus, the master take of Bass-ically Speaking, recorded at a New York studio, which was originally included by Mingus as part of the Massey Hall concert.
Art PEPPER
EJC 131673 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
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This CD contains two complete albums showcasing the incomparable talents of alto saxophonist Art Pepper in a quartet setting: Meets the Rhythm Section, featuring Miles Davis’ legendary rhythm section of Red Garland, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones, and The Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper. The first of these LPs was a jazz landmark with regard to the impeccable audiophile sound quality.
Gettin’ Together (1960) + 4 Bonus Tracks The complete Art Pepper album Gettin’ Together (Contemporary S7573). Following the trend of his earlier LP, Art Pepper Meets the
Rhythm Section, the saxophonist is paired here with the Miles Davis Quintet rhythm section of the period, consisting of Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb, plus trumpeter Conte Candoli on three tracks. A complete quintet session featuring Bill Perkins and Jimmy Rowles has been added as a bonus. EJC 124552 9.99€
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Art PEPPER
Art PEPPER
Smack Up (1960) + 6 Bonus Tracks
EJC 133217 9.99€
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This CD presents Art Pepper’s complete original album Smack Up (Contemporary S7602). Recorded in a quintet format with trumpeter Jack Sheldon. Smack Up marks Pepper’s second to last album as a leader before entering prison to serve the longest of his drugrelated sentences. As a bonus, the only tune from the soundtrack of the film The Subterraneans by a quintet co-led by Pepper and Sheldon, as well as a complete 1959 nonet session, featuring both musicians in the esteemed company of Chet Baker, Harold Land and Mel Lewis, among others.
The LP Charlie Parker Plays Cole Porter (Verve MGV8007) in its entirety. Bird never saw the final product, as he died on March 12, 1955, which was prior to the LP’s release date. In fact, the album’s second session would also be his very last, either live or at a recording studio. This edition presents, for the first time ever on CD, the complete original 1955 LP in its original track order (tracks 1-9), and with its original cover and liner notes. Also included are seven bonus tracks consisting of additional studio versions of Porter songs by Bird.
Art PEPPER
Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section (1957) + The Marty Paich Quartet feat. Art Pepper (1956)
EJC 117214 9.99€
Oliver Nelson and Eric Dolphy combined their superb talents on just four albums, all of them recorded in 1960-61. All four LPs are included here in their entirety in chronological order. The albums, all of them true classics, consist of Nelson’s Screamin’ the Blues (Prestige 8243) and The Blues and the Abstract Truth (Impulse AS-5), Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis’ Trane Whistle (Prestige 7206), and Straight Ahead (New Jazz NJLP8255), which showcase both Nelson and Dolphy as co-leaders. The great Roy Haynes is the drummer on all four LPs.
Charlie PARKER
Trav’lin’ Light (1961) + Waiter, Make Mine Blues (1960)
EJC 129132 9.99€
4 LPs ON 2 CDs
Intensity (1960) + 5 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124553 9.99€
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The complete Art Pepper album Intensity (Contemporary S7607), recorded in a quartet format. This was Pepper’s last album as a leader before entering prison to serve his longest drug-related sentence. (After a short session as a sidemen in January 1961 he entered San Quentin and wouldn’t record again until May 1964. He wouldn’t lead another studio date until 1973.) As a bonus, a complete studio session made three years before Intensity. Although the album was recorded in a quintet setting, Pepper is still the only horn. Both the saxophonist’s intensity and his artistic integrity (his real trademarks) are evident throughout this outstanding CD.
Oscar PETERSON Trio
Oscar PETERSON
This release contains the complete original album A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra, featuring the Oscar Peterson trio’s tribute to the master singer. Also are included other songs performed by the Peterson Trio that were regulary featured in Sinatra’s repertoire.
This edition contains the complete original album On the Town (Verve MGVS6036), featuring the Oscar Peterson Trio in its 1958 guitar incarnation, with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown. This set, performed live at the Town Tavern in Toronto, Canada, was the second classic album Peterson recorded in his native country after moving to the United States (following his celebrated 1956 performance at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Ontario)
A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959) + 13 Bonus Tracks
EJC 122342 9.99€ €
On The Town (1958)
EJC 132007 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Oscar PETERSON
Oscar PETERSON
The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (1959) + Porgy and Bess (1959)
EJC 124405 9.99€
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The Complete Porter Songbooks (1959) + 13 Bonus Tracks
The complete original album The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (Verve MGVS6116), which presents the great Peterson trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen performing a variety of standard tunes. The same personnel is heard on our bonus album Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess (Verve MGV6-8340), added here in its entirety. It features the trio playing music from George Gershwin’s famous jazz opera.
EJC 123125 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Oscar PETERSON
Oscar PETERSON
Put On A Happy Face + Something Warm (1961)
EJC 129134 9.99€
The Trio - Live from Chicago (1961) + 4 Bonus Tracks
The Oscar Peterson Trio’s July 1961 live sessions at Chicago’s London House are considered among their finest recordings. The two LPs contained here in their entirety, Put on a Happy Face (Verve V6-8660) and Something Warm (Verve V6-8681), were culled from those dates. Both albums feature Peterson with Ray Brown on bass, and Ed Thigpen on drums.. + INFO
EJC 129135 9.99€
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Oscar PETERSON Trio The Sound of The Trio + 5 Bonus Tracks
Jazz Giant
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Django REINHARDT
Plays The Music of G. Gershwin and D. Ellington (1934-1950) + 4 Bonus Tracks
The Complete Rca Trio Session Includes the LPs Strictly Powell (1956) and Swingin’ with Bud (1957)
EJC 120505 9.99€
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This release contains the complete original albums Strictly Powell and Swingin’ with Bud, two of his last American releases prior to his departure to Europe in 1959. Both LPs showcase Powell in a trio format with bassist George Duvivier and drummer Art Taylor, who formed his regular trio at Birdland.
EJC 122034 9.99€
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Django REINHARDT
EJC 134353 9.99€
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All of Django’s recordings of songs by the great American composers George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. Compiled from various sessions in Django’s discography, these selections feature a wide variety of accompaniment and arrangements. The common thread between them all, however, is Django’s incomparable improvisational genius. All of the preserved recordings from a 1946 Chicago concert showcasing Django with the Ellington band have also been included here, as well as both takes of Django’s composition paying tribute to Duke.
Django REINHARDT
The Complete Trios (1934-1953) + 13 Bonus Tracks Among the dozens of sessions Django Reinhardt cut with various groups from 1934 to 1953, he would only rarely make trio recordings. This set compiles all of this existing instrumental trios, including a variety of different formations. As a bonus, a rare session by singer Nitta Rette backed by a trio of Django, Stéphane Grappelli and pianist Emil Stern (with plenty of solos by the three instrumentalists), as well as a series of quartet sides which feature Django as a prominent soloist.
(1949-1950) + 12 Bonus Tracks
The complete album Jazz Giant, widely regarded as one of the best of Bud Powell’s career. As a bonus, a complete 1951 piano solo session featuring two of the Powell’s best known compositions: �Hallucinations� and �Parisian Thoroughfare�, plus some more extra numbers. EJC 119430 9.99€
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Bud POWELL
The Oscar Peterson Trio’s July 1961 live sessions at Chicago’s London House are considered among their finest recordings. This CD contains the complete original album The Trio - Live from Chicago (Verve V6-8420), which was the first of four LPs culled from those dates. Further titles from the same sessions have been added as a bonus.
Bud POWELL
(1961)
This CD contains the complete original album The Sound of the Trio (Verve V6-8480), which was the second of four LPs culled from those dates. It features Peterson with Ray Brown on bass, and Ed Thigpen on drums. Further titles from the same sessions have been added as a bonus. EJC 129136 9.99€
This CD presents the complete original album Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook, by the Oscar Peterson trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. For an extended edition, it’s been added further Porter compositions recorded by Peterson on various occasions, including all of the songs from a Cole Porter songbook attempt made in 1952 by the Peterson trio with Brown again on bass and Barney Kessel on guitar.
Plays The Blues
(1935-1953)
2 Cds set
In addition to being a master of the swing guitar and the first European jazzman to truly influence his Americans peers, Django Reinhardt was also a splendid blues player. This double set compiles - for the first time ever - nearly all of Django’s blues recordings (in chronological order), both live and in the studio, allowing us to fully appreciate this lesser-known side of his genius, EJC 123493 12.99€
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Django REINHARDT
Django REINHARDT
Plays the Music of Cole Porter and Jerome Kern (1935-1953) + 6 Bonus Tracks
EJC 122056 9.99€ €
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All of Django’s recordings of songs by the great American composers Cole Porter and Jerome Kern. Compiled from various sessions in Django’s discography, these selections feature a wide variety of accompaniment and arrangements. The common thread between them all, however, is Django’s incomparable improvisational genius. As a bonus, all of his recordings of Irving Berlin tunes have also been added.
Django REINHARDT Genius Of Improvisation
Complete Solo Guitar and Duet Recordings (1937-1950)
EJC 123017 12.99€
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Quiet As It’s Kept
Rahsaan ROLAND KIRK
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Sonny Rollins
Includes the complete Prestige album Saxophone Colossus, featuring: Sonny Rollins on tenor sax, Tommy Flanagan on piano, Doug Watkins on bass and drummer Max Roach. As a bonus, the complete album Work Time, with Rollins accompained this time by Ray Bryant on piano, George Morrow on bass and Max Roach on drums. EJC 114840 9.99€
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Wayne SHORTER Quintet with Lee Morgan
Way Out West (1957) + 1 Bonus Track
This release presents the original albums Introducing Wayne Shorter and Kelly Great, featuring Wayne Shorter on tenor sax Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers, on bass and Jimmy Cobb or Philly Joe Jones on drums. EJC 124889 9.99€
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Nina SIMONE
Nina SIMONE
At The Village Gate (1961) + 2 Bonus Tracks
(1957-59)
Nina Simone fused the styles of soul, gospel and jazz to create an individual sound that has never been duplicated. This outstanding set compiles her greatest hits from her classic period, where her incredible vocals and exceptional jazz piano skill can be heard primarily in an intimate trio setting. EJC 122347 9.99€
This edition presents the complete original album At the Village Gate (Colpix SCP421) by the great Nina Simone. It showcases her singing and playing the piano backed by a trio of guitar, bass and drums. All other known music recorded during that engagement, as well as two original studio versions of songs recorded at the Village Gate have been added here as a bonus. EJC 130425 9.99€
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Nina SIMONE
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Sonny STITT
2 LP ON 1 CD
Sings Ellington (1961) + At Newport (1960)
Only The Blues (1957) + 7 Bonus Tracks
The complete 1961 original album Nina Simone Sings Ellington! (Colpix SCP425) by the great Nina Simone. It showcases her singing and playing a set of songs by Duke Ellington. As a bonus, Ninaís version of Ellington’s “Mood Indigo” from her first album, as well as the complete LP Nina Simone at Newport (Colpix SCP412), which presents her set at the Newport Jazz Festival on June 30, 1960. EJC 130426 9.99€
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2 LP ON 1 CD
Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) + Great Kelly (1960)
This album offers an unequalled opportunity on record to hear Rollins’ tenor almost isolated from any other instrument. It is exceptionally well recorded, there is no piano, Manne’s drums never intrude, and Brown in many places plays an obligato accompaniment.” - Ralph J. Gleason, Down Beat 1957 Featuring tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums
Classic Hits
2 LP ON 1 CD
Saxophone Colossus (1956) + Work Time (1955)
This edition presents saxophone magician Roland Kirk’s complete original album We Free Kings (Mercury MG20679), which was Kirk’s first LP for that label and his fourth as a leader. It showcases him in a quartet format with two outstanding rhythm sections. “Spring Will Be a Little Late this Year”, which completes the session, has been added here to the original album for the first time, as well as the only known alternate take from the sessions. As a further bonus, Kirk’s complete debut album as a leader, Triple Threat (King LP539)
Sonny Rollins
EJC 117328 9.99€
(1959) + Parisian Sketches (1960)
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We Free Kings (1961) + Triple Heat (1956) + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 130712 9.99€
2 LP ON 1 CD
This release contains the complete original album Quiet as It’s Kept (Mercury SR60170), which was awarded with four-and-a-half stars in Down Beat, as well as the later Parisian Sketches (Mercury SR60770), a studio LP taped in France the following year. Both albums present the exact same quintet, featuring Roach with Tommy and Stanley Turrentine, Julian Priester, and bassist Bob Boswell. EJC 126319 9.99€
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Among the dozens of recordings he made from 1937 to 1950 with various groups, Django Reinhardt waxed just one, may two unaccompained solo guitar titles per year. This 2CD-set presents all of these rare outstanding solo documents, as well as all of Django’s duets with other musicians, whether recorded live or in studio. Among the latter are Django’s only existing recordings playing violin!!
Max ROACH
2 Cds set
Absolute masterworks in solo, duo and with the legendary Quintette du Hot Club de France, including great French jazzmen as Stephane Grappelli, Alix Combelle, André Ekyan, and Hubert Rostaing. The true jazz music which inspired the Woody Allen’s “Sweet & Lowdown” movie. EJC 124878 12.99€
2 Cds set
EJC 132004 9.99€
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Sonny Stitt’s complete original album Only the Blues (Verve MGV8250), featuring the saxophonist and the great Roy Eldridge backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio plus Stan Levey. The set consists primarily of blues performances (The String is based on rhythm changes and was also recorded the title The Eternal Triangle). As a bonus, an additional blues performance by nearly the same group (Jo Jones replaces Levey on drums) recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival that same year, as well as all of the complete tunes recorded by Stitt in a quartet format during the Only the Blues session, and two extra blues recorded by Stitt in a quartet format.
Sonny STITT
Art TATUM / Ben webster
The complete original album Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve MGVS6108), the last of the very few preserved collaborations between the two leaders. As a bonus, the three quintet songs (with Herb Ellis on guitar) recorded by the saxophonist and pianist in the studio in 1957, as well as a complete live performance featuring them with Roy Eldridge on trumpet, which was recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.
Includes the complete album Art Tatum / Ben Webster Quartet featuring Art Tatum on piano, Ben Webster tennor sax, Red Callender on bass and Bill Douglass on drums. Recorded in Los Angeles in 1956, it was the last recording made by Tatum as he died shortly afterwards, on November 5, 1956. As a bonus, as selection of 5 tracks of Art Tatum on piano solo playing the same numbers.
Sits In with The Oscar Peterson Trio (1957) + 7 Bonus Tracks
EJC 123877 9.99€ €
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The Album (1956) + 5 Bonus Tracks
EJC 114842 9.99€
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2 LPs ON 2 CDs Ben WEBSTER Meets Oscar PETERSON: Legendary Sessions
Art TATUM
The Legendary 1955 Session + 3 Bonus Tracks The complete album with alternate takes + bonus tracks. Tatum’s magic complemented by the skills of Harry Edison, Lionel Hampton, Barney Kessel, Red Callender & Buddy Rich.
EJC 115637 9.99€
EJC 122531 12.99€
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Teddy WILSON trio with Jo JONES Complete Recordings (1954-56)
EJC 115500 17.99€
Cds set
Four LPs on a special 3-CD set, plus a complete bonus sessions with Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson and Jo Jones playing in trio format! An outstanding trio’s works compiled here for the first time on a single set! Contains the complete LPs: For Quiet Lovers (1955), I Got Rhythm (1956), The Impeccable Mr. Wilson (1956) and These Tunes Remind Me Of You (1956), plus 8 bonus tracks from 1954 + INFO
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All of the Ben Webster-Oscar Peterson quartet/quintet collaborations featuring Webster as the only horn player, reunited for the first time ever on one single set. Included are the complete classic albums Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson and Soulville. Also here are the quintet sessions originally issued on the King of the Tenors LP. As a bonus, some Webster-Peterson collaborations in larger groups: a Ballad Medley from their first recorded session together, five septet tracks with Harry Edison & Benny Carter that complete the King Of The Tenors album, and three songs from the Soulville sessions with Webster at the piano.
Lester YOUNG
The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio + 2 Bonus Tracks
EJC 124880 9.99€
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(1954)
The complete original 1952 album reuniting Lester and Oscar the Oscar Peterson trio (with the addition of Barney Kessel on guitar, the band is in fact a quartet), plus some tunes from the same session originally issued separately and two bonus tracks with Lester and Oscar five years later. In addition to the superb music contained on these sessions, they also included two oddities: on Two to Tango, Lester Young sings, and on one of the bonus tracks, St. Tropez, he plays the clarinet.