Jazz Favorites

Billie Holiday: Masters of Jazz, Vol. 11

This compilation features Billie Holiday singing many classic standards including “Strange Fruit,” “Lover Man,” “The Man I Love,” “All of Me,” “I Loves You Porgy,” “I Love My Man,” “Them There Eyes” and “Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me”. Her musicians on these sessions, recorded between 1944–1951 include Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Jack Teagarden, Art Tatum, Oscar Pettiford and “Big” Sid Catlett. (Storyville)

1CD# SVL1018511 $5.99

My Art of Gypsy Jazz / Pietro Lazazzara

Pietro Lazazzara writes: “The work My Art of Gypsy Jazz consists of 14 compositions. 11 pieces are originals that have never been published, while 3 pieces were created by [Romani] music composers. The title of the album fully expresses my vision of traditional Gypsy Jazz and it’s possible projection into the future.” (Stradivarius)

1CD# STR57920 $16.99

The Best of New Orleans Jazz / Pres Hall Jazz Band

The highlights of New Orleans Jazz are here brought together in a single album which celebrates those early years: the good tunes, foot-stomping rhythms and rich harmonies. Authentic ensembles are featured, including Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven, Kid Ory & His Band, Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers, and many more. (Gift of Music)

1CD# CCLCDG1296 $17.99

Late Night Jazz / Various Artists

Our second jazz collection is deliberately easy listening; relaxing and enjoyable, with strong melodies and a gentle swing. Sinatra, Holliday, Ella, Nat and many more stars in possibly the ultimate fantasy night club program! Relax into the small wee hours with numbers like “Sweet Lorraine,” or enjoy “April in Paris”, and “Dream a Little Dream” with Armstrong. (Gift of Music)

1CD# GCDG1195 $16.99

Jazz of a Summer’s Day / Various Artists [DVD]

Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer’s Day features intimate performances by an allstar line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Anita O’Day, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of “The Lord’s Prayer” by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning. (Kino Classics)

1DVD# MOB251437 $17.99

Willisau 1978 / Dexter Gordon

In Willisau in 1978, Dexter Gordon is in a very happy period. Columbia signed the prodigal tenor resulting in the significant successes “Sophisticated Giant” and “Manhattan Symphony”, together with a rhythm section that Dexter then tours on club stages across the country. (TCB)

1CD# TCB 02452 $16.99

Kind of Blue / Miles Davis

Live

In 1979, when John Scofield Live first appeared, critic Chip Stern raved: “Spirited soloing and studio savvy stand as trademarks of 28-year-old John Scofield, a jazz guitarist who in a few short years already has garnered an impressive catalogue of gigs and LPs. So whether he’s soaring on flights of improvisational fantasy, or getting down to some smoking bebop, John Scofield has come of age in the world of electric jazz.” (Yellowbird)

1CD# YEB-9223 $14.99

The Window / Cecile McLorin Salvant

The Window is an album of Cecile McLorin Salvant duets with the pianist Sullivan Fortner, explores and extends the tradition of the piano-vocal duo and its expressive possibilities. With just Fortner’s deft accompaniment to support Salvant, the two are free to improvise and rhapsodize, to play freely with time, harmony, melody and phrasing. (Mack Avenue)

1CD# MAC1132 $17.99

Full Circle – The Music of Joni Mitchell / Debra Mann

Watching Joni Mitchell morph from acoustic chanteuse to sophisticated interpreter of jazz, accompanied by geniuses like Pastorius, Shorter, Metheny and Brecker, among others, truly floored Debra Mann. The piano/ voice teacher and Berklee grad seized on the idea of taking Mitchell’s material further into jazz and began trying it out at clubs. It captivated her audiences in the same way it did Mann herself. (Whaling City Sound)

1CD# WCS109 $14.99

Rediscover Miles Davis’ 1959 classic Kind of Blue through this 20-bit remastered version with a bonus track: an alternate take of “Flamenco Sketches”. Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City on March 2, 1959 (tracks 1–3) and April 22, 1959 (tracks 4–6). Remixed from the original three-track tapes at Sony Music Studios, using a Presto all-tube, three-track recorder. (Sony)

1CD# CK64935 $8.99