Acrobat Jazz, Blues

Quincy Jones: Six Complete Albums 1957–1961 [3 CDs]

Quincy Jones has become one of the most prominent personalities in popular music as a trumpeter and pianist who became an arranger, composer, bandleader, record producer and film & TV producer, and winner of a GRAMMY Legend Award in 1992, and who in 2022 is still active after a 70-year career. Tracks include “Sermonette,”

“Walkin’,” “Evening Dance” and more. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB912727 $19.99

Blind Blake: The Paramount Years 1926–1932 [3 CDs]

Arthur ‘Blind’ Blake was a blues and ragtime guitarist, singer and songwriter who was a leading pioneer and member of what became known as the Piedmont school of bluesmen, performing in a style that was associated with the southeastern states of the USA, mainly around Georgia. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB912925 $19.99

Rosemary Clooney: All the Hits & More 1948–1961 [3 CDs]

Rosemary Clooney, well-known in recent years as the aunt of movie star George Clooney, was one of the most popular and successful pop singers of the immediate post-war decades, racking up a remarkable string of hits in the early ‘50s. She called herself “a sweet singer with a big band sensibility.” (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB912826 $19.99

Lena Horne: The Singles Collection 1941–1950 [2 CDs]

Lena Horne was a multi-talented singer, dancer, and actor, eventually enjoying a career which spanned seven decades. This 48-track 2-CD set addresses the first fairly brief era of her recording career, when she established her reputation and had the first of her hits. Songs include the Great American Songbook classics “Stormy Weather”, “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” and “Deed I Do”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB344924 $16.99

Snooks Eaglin: The First Decade 1953–1962 [2 CDs]

Snooks Eaglin was a blind blues singer and guitarist from New Orleans who played a highly accessible brand of blues. This box set focuses on the first decade or so of his extensive recording career. It comprises early recordings including “This Train,” “Mardi Gras Mambo,” “Rock Me Momma,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB345228 $16.99

Freddie Slack: The Singles Collection 1940–1949 [2 CDs]

Freddie Slack was a boogie-woogie pianist and swing bandleader who started out with Jimmy Dorsey’s band in the 1930s and subsequently racked up a string of hits in the 1940s. Tracks on this release include the Top 10 hits “Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar”, “Down The Road Apiece”, “Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat” and “There I Go”, plus all his career pop and R&B hits with his own band. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB343521 $16.99

Cab Calloway: The Hits Collection 1930–1956 [2 CDs]

This 48-track 2-CD set features Cab Calloway’s releases across two decades, including a few bonus tracks. Songs include the No. 1 “Minnie The Moocher” and the Top 5 hits “Kickin’ The Gong Around”, “St. James Infirmary”, “Tickeration”, “Chinese Rhythm”, “Moonglow”, “Angels With Dirty Faces”, “The Jumpin’ Jive”, “Blues In The Night” and “The Honey Dripper”. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB342227 $16.99

The Glenn Miller Orchestra 1935–1944 [5 CDs]

The music of Glenn Miller’s orchestra was central to the style and atmosphere of the Swing Era and is inextricably associated with the Allied victory in WWII. This great value 124-track 5-CD set features an extraordinary tally of 21 No. 1s, including “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree”, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”, “Tuxedo Junction”, “In the Mood”, “Blueberry Hill”, “Fools Rush In” and many more. (Acrobat)

5CD# MOB751524 $24.99

Ray Bloch & His Orchestra – The Singles Collection 1945–1956 [2 CDs]

Ray Bloch was a pianist, composer, conductor, arranger and bandleader who is best known for being the arranger and conductor on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the USA for it’s entire run from 1948 to 1971. Tracks on this collection include “Meadowland,” “By the Light of the Silvery Moon,” “Deep Purple,” “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” “Wonderful One,” “Full Moon & Empty Arms,” and more. (Acrobat)

2CD# MOB344825 $16.99

Count Basie & His Orchestra 1937–1939 [3 CDs]

Count Basie was one of the most important, innovative and influential personalities in jazz during the middle decades of the 20th century, both as pianist, composer and bandleader. This 63-track 3-CD set comprises his releases for Decca during those years, with tracks including “One O’Clock Jump”, “Blue And Sentimental”, “Blues In The Dark”, along with some of the classic standards of the era. (Acrobat)

3CD# MOB910525 $19.99