Essential Jazz Classics Catalogue - 2012

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DEFINITIVE EDITIONS OF CLASSIC JAZZ ALBUMS

COMPLETE SESSIONS COMPREHENSIVE BOOKLETS EXTENSIVE BONUS MATERIAL


Cannonball Adderley Quintet At the Lighthouse

Cannonball Adderley Quintet Complete Live in San Francisco

Cannonball Adderley Quintet Them Dirty Blues

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55468

CODE: EJC 55486

The complete original album At The Lighthouse, 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. Includes 8 page booklet 10 tracks - 75:08 min.

Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans Know What I Mean?

CODE: EJC 55485

This release contains all known music by the classic Cannonball Adderley Quintet with Bobby Timmons on piano at the Jazz Workshop in San Francisco in 1959. Includes 12 page booket 8 tracks - 78:34 min.

The complete original album Them Dirty Blues, one of Cannonball Adderley’s strongest efforts of the early 1960s. The complete Cannonball quintet performance at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival has been added as a bonus. Includes 8 page booklet 12 tracks - 74:28 min.

Nat Adderley / Wes Montgomery

Gene Ammons

Work Song

Boss Tenor

2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

2 LPs ON 1 CD ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55548

This released presents the original album Know What I Mean?, in its entirety. 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. Includes 12 page booklet 15 tracks - 78:44 min.

Louis Armstrong

The Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings / Complete Edition

CODE: EJC 55481

CODE: EJC 55484

Nat Adderley’s complete classic album Work Song, featuring Wes Montgomery, Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath and Keter Betts. As a bonus, the complete Wes Montgomery LP Movin’ Along. Includes 16 page booklet 16 tracks - 76:15 min.

This release presents Gene Ammons’ classic album Boss Tenor in its entirety. As a bonus, the complete (and difficult to find) LP Angel Eyes.

Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington

Bing & Satchmo

Includes 16 page booklet 13 tracks - 72:32 min.

The Great Summit INCLUDES 11 BONUS TRACKS

Deluxe 4-CD Box Set

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

2 LPs ON 1 CD ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55563

CODE: EJC 55477 CODE: EJC 55536

This release presents all of the legendary 1925-29 recordings by the extraordinary Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven small groups. The most comprehensive set so far, 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. Includes 24 page booklet CD 1: 27 tracks - 78:16 min. / CD 2: 25 tracks - 77:19 min. CD 3: 24 tracks - 76:23 min. / CD 4: 26 tracks - 78:22 min.

The complete original album Bing & Satchmo, the only complete LP Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby ever made as a team and their last recording together, plus 11 bonus tracks by Bing and Louis together. Includes 16 page booklet 23 tracks - 74:41 min.

Louis Armstrong &

Georges Arvanitas

The Dukes of Dixieland

Count Basie

3 A.M + Cocktail For Three 3 LPs ON 2 CD

The complete master takes from the only full studio session ever made by Armstrong & Ellington together. 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. Includes 20-Page Booklet / 20 tracks - 75:47 min.

Chairman of the Board 2 LPs ON 1 CD

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Deluxe 3-CD Box Set

SOLD OUT

CODE: EJC 55404

The complete recorded output by Satchmo and the Dukes of Dixieland for the first time ever on one single collection!!! Includes 16-Page Booklet with insightful information 14 tracks - 75:55 min.

Sidney Bechet & Martial Solal

Complete Recordings

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55453

CODE: EJC 55518

The complete long unavailable trio albums 3 A.M. & Cocktail For Three, recorded by the legendary french pianist George Arvanitas for the Pretoria label.

The complete classic album Chairman of the Board, recorded around the same time the Count made his classic LP, Basie Plays Hefti. Feat. Thad Jones, Joe Newman (tp), Frank Wess (as, ts, fl), Frank Foster (ts), among others.

Includes 8 page booklet 14 tracks - 75:55 min.

Includes 12-Page Booklet 19 tracks - 75:23 min.

Tony Bennett & Count Basie

Art BLAKEY & Thelonious MONK

Complete Recordings INCLUDES 11 BONUS TRACKS

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

2 LPs ON 1 CD CODE: EJC 55457

This release presents the complete superlative recordings made by Sidney Bechet with French pianist Martial Solal. Includes 8 page booklet 25 tracks - 75:58 min.

CODE: EJC 55554

This edition presents all existing recordings by Tony Bennett backed by the Count Basie band for the first time on a single CD. Their collaborations consist of two albums: In Person - Tony Bennett / Count Basie and His Orchestra and Basie / Bennett - Count Basie and His Orchestra Swings / Tony Bennett Sings. Includes 12 page booklet 26 tracks - 74:17 min

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55414

This releases includes complete original album Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk, and also includes 3 tracks recorded by Blakey shorty after the studio album was made, appearing here on CD For the first time ever! Includes 12 page booklet 10 tracks - 65:17 min.


Clifford BROWN With Strings

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

Clifford BROWN & Max ROACH Quintet with Harold Land

Complete Studio Recordings

Clifford BROWN & Max ROACH Quintet Complete Studio Recordings

3 LPs ON 2 CD

Deluxe 4-CD Box Set ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55421

The complete classic album Clifford Brown With Strings, one of the most lyrical albums in the trumpeter’s career and an indisputable jazz classic. Plus 6 bonus tracks. Includes 12 page booklet 18 tracks - 68:85 min.

clifford BROWN / sonny ROLLINS / max ROACH Quintet Complete Studio Recordings - Master Takes

CODE: EJC 55411

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. Includes 12 page booklet CD 1: 14 tracks . 78:47 min. CD 2: 18 tracks : 79:00 min.

Dave BRUBECK Quartet

All existing studio recordings by the legendary Clifford Brown Max Roach Quintet. This package contains the original contents of the albums Clifford Brown & Max Roach, Brown & Roach Inc., Study in Brown, More Study in Brown, Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street and Sonny Rollins Plus Four. Includes 24 page booklet CD 1: 13 tracks - 76:43 min. / CD 2: 19 tracks - 78:18 min. CD 3: 14 tracks - 78:18 min. / CD 4: 14 tracks - 4:12 min.

Dave Brubeck

Brubeck Plays Bernstein

2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55560

Jazz Goes to Junior College 2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

ALL MUSIC GUIDE ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55487

CODE: EJC 55407

Includes the complete albums: Clifford Brown and Max Roach at Basin Street

The original album Brubeck Plays Bernstein appearing here complete on a single CD for the first time ever. As a bonus, the album Jazz Impressions of Japan, which also appears here in its entirety.

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Sonny Rollins plus Four Includes 16 page booklet - 14 tracks - 79:51 min.

Includes 16 page booklet 17 tracks - 75:32 min.

Dave BRUBECK quartet

Kenny burrell

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Time Out

THE PENUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55516

This release presents the complete original 1957 album Jazz Goes to Junior College, by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, featuring Paul Desmond, Norman Bates and Joe Morello. As a bonus, two rare performances taped at the University of California in Berkeley by the previous formation of the quartet. Includes 16-pages booklet 7 tracks - 68:09 min.

Al COHN / Bill Perkins & Richie kamuca

A Night at the Vanguard

The Brothers INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55561

CODE: EJC 55446

This release presents the original classic album Time Out in its entirety, one of the best selling jazz albums of all time, and, as a bonus, the complete album Brubeck Time, which was the first Brubeck LP recorded in the studio.

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55512

Includes 20-pages booklet 15 tracks - 78:32 min.

This release contains Kenny Burrell’s complete original LP A Night at the Vanguard, 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. Includes 12 page booklet 14 tracks - 64:00 min.

The complete original 1955 album The Brothers!, featuring the wonderful West Coast frontline of Al Cohn, Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca. 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. Includes 12 page booklet / 21 tracks - 74:50 min.

Nat KING COLE

Nat KING COLE Trio

Ornette COLEMAN

At the Sands + Welcome to the Club

The Complete After Midnight Sessions

The Shape of Jazz to Come

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

2 LPs ON 1 CD ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55502

This release contains two complete original albums by Nat “King” Cole: Nat King Cole at the Sands (live) and Welcome to the Club (studio) Includes 12 page booklet 24 tracks - 75:42 min.

CODE: EJC 55405

The release presents the complete classic album After Midnight plus 4 bonus tracks. Featuring Willie Smith, Harry Edison, Stuff Smith & Juan Tizol. Includes 12 page booklet 21 tracks - 71:00 min.

John COLTRANE

Down Beat’s 1958 INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55423

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. Includes 16 page booklet 9 tracks - 76:41 min.

John COLTRANE

Coltrane Jazz INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55479

The complete original album Coltrane Jazz, which was Trane’s subsequent album following the remarkable Giant Steps. All other existing quartet recordings by Coltrane with Wynton Kelly (4 tracks) have been added here as a bonus. Includes 8 page booklet 14 tracks -72:17 min.

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, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins. Includes 12 page booklet 8 tracks - 47:53 min.

John COLTRANE

Blue Train

CODE: EJC 55450

Albums 2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55429

Contains the complete classic albums Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane and Soultrane, both of which received 5 stars in their Down Beat reviews. Includes 16 page booklet 10 tracks - 77:08 min.


John COLTRANE & Milt JACKSON

John COLTRANE & Thelonious MONK

Bags & Trane

Complete Studio Recordings - Master Takes

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

3-CD SET

CODE: EJC 55460

The release presents the complete original classic 1959 album Bags & Trane. As a bonus, two outstanding blues by Coltrane recorded in a piano-less trio with Earl May and Art Taylor. Includes 12 page booklet 10 tracks - 70:00 min.

John COLTRANE Tenor Conclave

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

John COLTRANE quartet with Red Garland Complete Recordings

CODE: EJC 55415

CODE: EJC 55420

The complete studio master takes by the Thelonious Monk quartet and septet featuring John Coltrane. Plus 2 bonus tracks: a long blues performance from the same session and an outstanding alternate take of “Off Minor”.

This releases 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 body of music is presented alone on one edition.

Includes 12 page booklet 11 tracks - 79:12 min.

Includes 16 page booklet CD 1: 9 tracks - 63:22 min. CD 2: 7 Tracks - 60:40 min. CD 3: 9 tracks - 68:41 min.

John COLTRANE

Coltrane Plays the Blues

2 LPs ON 1 CD

John COLTRANE INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

Africa / Brass

2 LPs ON 1 CD

ALL MUSIC GUIDE ALL MUSIC GUIDE

PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

CODE: EJC 55517

CODE: EJC 55523

The complete classic album Tenor Conclave, an extraordinary work that brought together four of the best jazz tenor saxophonists ever: Coltrane, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, and Hank Mobley. As a bonus, another tenor encounter feat. Coltrane, this time with swing legend Paul Quinichette.

This release includes the complete original album Coltrane Plays the Blues, a thematic LP consisting of 6 tunes based on the blues. Another tuned recorded during that session and 4 extra blues from the same period have benn added as a bonus.

Includes 16 page booklet 8 tracks - 76:28 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 11 tracks - 75:44 min.

John COLTRANE

Complete Recordings

2-CD SET

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55538

This edition releases the complete original LP Africa / Brass plus all of the music from its sequel The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2. Featuring John Coltrane (t & ss), McCoy Tyner (p), Reggie Workman (b) & Elvin Jones (d). All tracks orchestrated & conducted by Eric Dolphy. Includes 12 page booklet / 7 tracks -74:58 min.

Miles Davis & Milt JACKSON

Live at the Village Vanguard

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Miles davis Quintet John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers & Philly Joe Jones Complete Studio Recordings 4-CD SET

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55547

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ONE SET

CODE: EJC 55440

CODE: EJC 55406

The complete original LP Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard, which was Trane’s first official “live” album. Coltrane is joined here on two tunes by the wonderful Eric Dolphy (b-cl), veteran sidemen McCoy Tyner (p), Elvin Jones (d) and Jimmy Garrison & Reggie Workman (b). Includes 16 page booklet. 6 tracks - 71:34 min.

Miles davis

Someday My Prince Will Come

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This release contains Miles Davis and Milt Jackson’s complete recorded collaborations both live and in the studio. As a bonus, two further examples of Miles playing with vibraphonists, and a ultra rare Birland broadcast with Don Elliot appearing here on CD for the first time ever!

SOLD OUT

Includes 16 page booklet. CD 1: 8 tracks - 72:24 min. - CD 2: 11 tracks - 72:43 min.

The real complete studio masters by the quintet, reunited FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ONE SET! Includes the complete albums The New Miles Davis Quintet, Workin’, Steamin’, Relaxin’, Cookin’ and ‘Round About Midnight. CD 1: 12 tracks - 68: 51 min. CD 2: 12 tracks - 69: 41 min. CD 3: 11 tracks - 67: 40 min. CD 4: 9 tracks - 66: 27 min.

Miles davis

Blossom Dearie

At Carnegie Hall

2-CD SET

Once Upon A Summertime + My Gentleman Friend

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

2 LPs ON 1 CD

ALL MUSIC GUIDE ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55532

CODE: EJC 55533

CODE: EJC 55458

The complete album Someday My Prince Will Come, which was the only studio LP made by the formation of the Miles Davis Quintet featuring Hank Mobley on tenor sax. To the 6 original tracks on the original LP, we have added 2 selections from the same sessions, as well as versions of 2 of the album`s tunes recorded live by the same group at the Blackhawk, in San Francisco. Includes 12 page booklet. 10 tracks - 70:07 min.

The complete original album Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall, which was the only live performance recorded by Miles with the Gil Evans Orchestra. All of the other music taped during the concert has been added here, as well as, for comparison, the existing studio versions of the David-Evans tunes performed at Carnegie Hall. Includes 20 page booklet CD 1: 6 tracks - 43:27 min. / CD 2: 9 tracks - 69:01 min.

Contains two outstanding albums by singer Blossom Dearie in their entirety: Once Upon a Summertime and My Gentleman Friend. A trio version by Dearie of one of the tunes from Once Upon a Summertime has been added as a bonus.

Eric dolphy & BOOKER Little

Eric dolphy Quintet

Duke Ellington

At the Five Spot - Complete Edition

2-CD SET

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON a single set ALL MUSIC GUIDE

In Europe - The Complete 1961 Copenhagen Concerts

2-CD SET

Includes 8 page booklet 23 tracks - 72:48 min.

At the Bal Masque

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 12 BONUS TRACKS

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON a single set

PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

CODE: EJC 55537

The complete recordings by the Eric Dolphy Quintet with Booker Little made live at the Five Spot Café in 1961. It became legendary because both musicians died at a tender age soon after. Featuring: Eric Dolphy (as,bc & fl), Booker Little (tp), Mal Waldron (p), Richard Davis (b) & Ed Blackwell (d). Includes 20 page booklet. CD 1: 5 tracks - 67:42 min. / CD 2: 5 tracks - 74:42 min

CODE: EJC 55504 CODE: EJC 55546

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. Further versions of Laura, When Lights Are Low and 52nd Street Theme, recorded a few days earlier in Sweden, have been added here as a bonus. Includes 16 page booklet. / CD 1: 7 tracks - 72:40 min. / CD 2: 8 tracks - 75:38 min

This release presents the complete original album At the Bal Masque. As a bonus to this album, a rarely heard 1960 Ellington small group session in its entirety (12 tracks) Includes 8 page booklet 24 tracks - 77:25 min.


Duke Ellington & Johnny hodges Side by Side

Duke Ellington & Johnny hodges Back to Back

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

Includes 12 page booklet 15 tracks - 77:00 min.

Duke ellington feat. Mahalia Jackson Black, Brown and Beige

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

Such Sweet Thunder

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55459

This CD presents the complete original classic album Side by Side. Six tracks from Hodges’ following session, presenting very similar personnel and format, have been added as a bonus.

Duke Ellington & his Orchestra INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55449

CODE: EJC 55416

This release contains the complete Duke Ellington sextet album Back to Back, which is dedicated to the blues form. Also there have been added 9 bonus tracks from Ellington’s sessions recorded during the same period.

The complete original album Such Sweet Thunder, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s musical vision of the works of William Shakespeare. As a bonus 3 extra tracks from the same sessions that were not included on the original LP.

Includes 8 page booklet 15 tracks - 78:23 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 15 tracks - 68:24 min.

Duke ellington

Piano in the Background

Duke Ellington INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

Piano in the Foreground

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55430

CODE: EJC 55521

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, 3 vocal related Ellington works. Includes 16 page booklet 9 tracks - 78:42 min.

It releases Ellington´s complete original album Piano in the Background, 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.

Duke ellington & Count BASIE

Bill evans Trio

Battle Royal

Includes 12 page booklet 17 tracks - 76:06 min.

Waltz For Debby

INCLUDES 7 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55544

CODE: EJC 55551

The complete original Duke Ellington album Piano in the Foreground, 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. Includes 12 page booklet 21 tracks - 77:27 min.

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

Bill evans Trio

Sunday at the Village Vanguard

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55534

CODE: EJC 55535

The complete original album Battle Royal - Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie which was the only collaboration ever recorded by both legendary big band leaders. The Duke Ellington Orchestra is heard on the right channel and the Count Basie Orchestra is heard on the left channel.

The complete original album Waltz For Debby, the second of two original LPs culled from the celebrated 1961 Village Vanguard sessions by the Bill Evans Trio (the first one was Sunday at the Village Vanguard). This would also be the last recordings by this formation with: Scott LaFaro (b), and Paul Motian (d)

Includes 16 page booklet 17 tracks - 78:42 min.

Includes 16 page booklet 11 tracks - 65:26 min.

Included here in its entirety, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, was the first of the two original LPs culled from the celebrated 1961 Village Vanguard sessions by the Bill Evans Trio ( the second was Waltz For Debby). This would also be the last recordings by this formation with Scott LaFaro (b), and Paul Motian (d) Includes 20 page booklet 12 tracks - 76:31 min.

Bill evans Trio

Tal FARLOW

Bill evans Trio Explorations

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

The Village Vanguard Sessions

Tal

2-CD SET

PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ

INCLUDES 7 BONUS TRACKS

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55542

CODE: EJC 55564

CODE: EJC 55476

It presents Explorations, Bill Evans´ fourth album as a leader and the second studio album by the legendary Evans trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian. Plus the only two existing live versions by this trio of tunes from the album and 3 alternate takes. Includes 16 page booklet 14 tracks - 73:01 min.

Ella FITZGERALD

All surviving complete performances from the legendary 1961 Village Vanguard sets by the Bill Evans Trio presented in chronological order. Bill Evans (p), Scott Lafaro (b), Paul Motian (dr). Includes 24 page booklet 22 tracks - 76:49 min.

Deluxe 3-CD Box Set Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book

Ella FITZGERALD

Mack The Knife - Ella in Berlin INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

The complete classic Tal Farlow album Tal, which presents the guitarist in a trio format backed by Eddie Costa on piano and Vinnie Burke on bass. Seven quartet recordings from 1958 have been added as a bonus. Includes 8 page booklet 15 tracks - 75:32 min.

Ella FITZGERALD

Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book

2-CD SET

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55480

CODE: EJC 55500

The complete original LP Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife, a celebrated performance at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany, 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.

The complete classic 5-LP set Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George & Ira Gershwin Song Book. As a bonus, Ella’s complete first attempt at recording a Gershwin song book, the 1950 10” LP Ella Sings Gershwin.

Includes 12 page booklet 20 tracks - 70:57 min.

Includes 24 page booklet. CD 1: 20 tracks-78:46 min. CD 2: 24 tracks - 77:40 min. CD 3: 24 tracks - 76:20 min.

CODE: EJC 55426

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. Includes 16 page booklet CD 1: 19 tracks - 78:53 min.- CD 2: 18 tracks - 77:47 min.


Ella FITZGERALD

Ella FITZGERALD & Louis armstrong

Sings the Cole Porter Song Book

Ella & Louis

2-CD SET

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

Ella FITZGERALD & Louis armstrong Porgy & Bess

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55454

CODE: EJC 55417

CODE: EJC 55427

This edition presents the complete classic double album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book, the first of the celebrated song books recorded by Ella and one of the best vocal jazz albums ever made, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000.

This release contains the complete original LP Ella & Louis, presenting both exceptional artists backed by splendid musicians like Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich & Louie Bellson. As a bonus, five songs from the sequel, Ella & Louis Again.

Includes 20 page booklet. CD 1: 16 tracks - 53:52 min. CD 2: 20 tracks - 73:28 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 16 tracks - 78:37 min.

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 2 rarely heard live duets recorded at the Hollywood Bowl in 1956. Includes 16 page booklet 15 tracks - 74:09 min.

Ella FITZGERALD Feat. Stan GETZ

Ella FITZGERALD with Marty Paich

Ella FITZGERALD

Like Someone In Love

Ella Swings Lightly

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55465

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55470

The original album Like Someone in Love presenting Ella Fitzgerald and 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. Includes 8 page booklet 20 tracks - 70:47 min.

This edition presents the complete classic album Ella Swings Lightly, which was the first of Ella Fitzgerald’s very few collaborations with the great conductor and arranger Marty Paich.

Ella FITZGERALD

Red GARLAND The 1956 Trio

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!

Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

Includes 12 page booklet. 24 tracks - 69:05 min.

CODE: EJC 55531

The complete classic album Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, which was the first of Ella Fitzgerald´s various collaborations with Nelson Riddle. All the music recorded during these sessions has been included as a bonus (adding 7 tracks to the 12 on the original LP) plus 2 rare tunes from their initial 1959 collaboration. Includes 12 page booklet / 21 tracks - 62:39 min.

Erroll GARNER

w/ Paul CHAMBERS & Art TAYLOR

Other Voices

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55553

CODE: EJC 55402

CODE: EJC 55466

The complete classic album Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! which coupled two superb small groups sessions. As a bonus, 4 more studio tracks by Ella backed by Levy plus a complete live 1954 performance.

This CD reunites all of 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.

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.

Includes 12 page booklet 23 tracks - 78:31 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 13 tracks - 77:35 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 16 tracks - 62:45 min.

Erroll GARNER

Swinging Solos + Soliloquy

Erroll GARNER Trio 2 LPs ON 1 CD

Stan Getz

Concert by the Sea

Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55464

CODE: EJC 55499

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.

This release includes the complete classic album Concert by the Sea plus another complete live performance and the original 1954 “Misty” as bonus tracks!!

Includes 12 page booklet 13 tracks - 78:16 min.

Includes 8 page booklet 20 tracks - 78:00 min.

Stan Getz

Stan Getz

Stan Getz Plays

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

This reñease includes the complete original album Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio, widely regarded as one of the saxophonist’s finest recordings, plus a bonus track by the same band with the addition of drummer Connie Kay. Includes 8 page booklet 12 tracks - 66:38 min.

Dizzy GILLESPIE

Award Winner INCLUDES 10 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55496

A Portrait of Duke Ellington INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55513

It presents Stan Getz´ complete studio album Stan Getz Plays. Featuring an all-star quintet with Jimmy Raney (g), Duke Jordan (p), Bill Crow (b) and Frank Isola (d). As a bonus, a complete session for Roost by the exact same formation taped in-between the two Stan Getz Plays recording dates. Includes 8 page booklet 22 tracks - 67:43 min.

CODE: EJC 55520

It presents the complete original album Award Winner. 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. Includes 12 page booklet 11 tracks - 74:51 min.

CODE: EJC 55456

Dizzy Gillespie’s complete 1960 album A Portrait of Duke Ellington, the trumpeter’s heartfelt homage to the Duke. As a bonus, three rarely heard numbers by Diz at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival. Includes 12 page booklet 14 tracks - 61:24 min.


Jimmy giuffre

Benny goodman quintet & orchestra

7 Pieces

Happy Session

Benny goodman quintet & orchestra Benny Rides Again!

INCLUDES 7 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55419

INCLUDES 10 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55472

CODE: EJC 55506

This release contains the trio’s complete studio album 7 Pieces, Featuring Jimmy Giuffre, Jim Hall and Red Mitchell or Buddy Clark on bass. Includes the trio’s 1959 Rome performance (with impeccable sound quality) as bonus tracks.

The complete long unavailable Benny Goodman album Happy Session, plus 7 bonus tracks. It features an all-star version of the Goodman orchestra, including André Previn, Russ Freeman, Pepper Adams, Herb Geller, Leroy Vinnegar, Barney Kessel and Shelly Manne.

This release presents the complete long unavailable Benny Goodman album Benny Rides Again! Various alternate takes as well as other tunes (including three additional quintet tracks) from the same sessions have been included here as a bonus.

Includes 12 page booklet 11 tracks - 78:58 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 17 tracks - 72:18 min.

Includes 12 page booklet. 21 tracks - 78:27 min.

Dexter gordon

Dexter gordon

Stéphane GRAPPELLI quartet

Blows Hot And Cool

The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

Improvisations

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS INCLUDES 13 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55473

The complete original album Dexter Blows Hot and Cool. Recorded in 1955, it features Gordon in a quartet an quintet format. As a bonus, we have added most of Gordon’s previous session, recorded in a quartet format with Kenny Drew on piano. Includes 8 page booklet. 14 tracks - 72:52 min.

Jim hall trio

CODE: EJC 55505

Includes the complete original 1960 album The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon. As a bonus, six out of the seven tracks from an interesting Gordon session recorded five years earlier. Includes 12 page booklet. 12 tracks - 79:26 min.

Coleman HAWKINS

The Complete “Jazz Guitar”

Encounters Ben Webster. The Complete Session INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55493

The complete 1956 album Improvisations featuring the exceptional jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli in a quartet format. Includes 13 bonus tracks also featuring the violinist in a quartet set recorded two years before Improvisations and also consisting of a variety of standard tunes. Includes 8 page booket 27 tracks - 76:37 min.

Coleman HAWKINS Night Hawk + Very Saxy

2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55494

This edition presents the integral session with complete tunes for the first time ever. As a bonus, four interesting tunes featuring Hall with pianist and composer John Lewis: a 1957 duet and three 1960 quartet recordings. Includes 8 page booklet. 16 tracks - 79:14 min.

Coleman HAWKINS

The 1959-60 Studio Quartets

2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55434

This CD contains the complete classic album Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster, 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, 4 tracks from sessions recorded on both the previous and the same day by each saxophonist alone with the same rhythm section.

CODE: EJC 55501

This release presents two outstanding studio albums made by Coleman Hawkins in 1959-60 in their entirety. Both Night Hawk and Very Saxy pair Hawk with fellow tenor saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis.

Includes 12 page booklet / 17 tracks - 78:41 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 10 tracks - 79:30 min.

Coleman HAWKINS

Fletcher HENDERSON

The Hawk Relaxes

2 LPs ON 1 CD

De Luxe 3-CD Box Set

The Fletcher Henderson Story - A Study in Frustration INCLUDES 10 BONUS TRACKS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55478

CODE: EJC 55511

CODE: EJC 55530

The two outstanding quartet studio albums made by Coleman Hawkins in 1959-60 in their entirety: Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio & At Ease with Coleman Hawkins, on which he is accompanied by another great pianist: Tommy Flanagan.

The complete original album The Hawk Relaxes, 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, has been added as a bonus.

Includes 16 page booklet 13 tracks - 78:27 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 14 tracks - 79:08 min.

The complete 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 a Fletcher Henderson who, by the early 1960s, had fallen into obscurity. This set puts together all of the masterpieces present on the original collection. Includes 24 page booklet 74 tracks - 221:11 min.

Earl hines & Benny CARTER

Billie holiday

Billie Holiday

Swingin’ the 20s

Lady in Satin

2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55522

The original LP Swingin´the ´20s consisting of an astounding quartet collaboration by Benny Carter (as & tp), Earl Hines (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b) & Shelly Manne (d). As a bonus, the long unavailable LP Livin´ with the Blues. Both LPs conform the complete discography of Carter and Hines together. Includes 16 page booklet 25 tracks - 76:13 min.

Songs For Distingue Lovers 2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55428

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, 8 ballads from 1955, 1957 & 1958 sessions. Includes 16 page booklet 20 tracks - 78:17 min.

CODE: EJC 55524

It contains two complete albums by Billie Holiday: Songs fos Distingué Lovers and Body and Soul, as well as an additional song from the same sessions. Billie Holiday (voc), Ben Webster (ts), Harry “Sweets” Edison (tp), Barney Kessel (g), among others. Includes 12 page booklet 15 tracks - 77:44 min.


Freddie HUBBARD

Helen humes

Open Sesame

Milt jackson

‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness If I Do

Plenty, Plenty Soul 2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

ALL MUSIC GUIDE ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55492

The complete LP Open Sesame, Freddie Hubbard’s first album as a leader. As a bonus, 4 tracks recorded by Hubbard which mark his only existing encounter with tenor saxophonist Walter Benton (They belong to Benton’s LP Out of This World). Includes 12 page booklet 12 tracks - 78:37 min.

It presents the complete original album ´Tain´t Nobody´s Biz-ness If I Do which showcases Helen Humes backed by an all-star group including Benny Carter, Frank Rosolino, Teddy Edwards and Shelly Manne. As a bonus, the album Songs I Like to Sing! Featuring Humes with Ben Webster and Art Pepper (arr. by Marty Paich).

CODE: EJC 55413

Contains Milt Jackson’s complete album Plenty, Plenty Soul, plus two of the three sessions from his LP Ballads & Blues. Includes 12 page boolet 10 tracks - 72:05 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 22 tracks - 76:20 min.

Ahmad jamal

Jamal at the Penthouse

CODE: EJC 55539

Etta jones INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

Don’t Go to Strangers + Something Nice

Hank jones

The Talented Touch

2 LPs ON 1 CD

2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 13 BONUS TRACKS

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55463

CODE: EJC 55540

CODE: EJC 55475

This release compiles the long unavailable complete LP Jamal at the Penthouse. As a bonus, another complete LP by Jamal: Count �Em 88 ‘, as well as trio versions of “Ahmad’s Blues” and “Seleritus”, the two Jamal compositions from Jamal at the Penthouse.

The complete original Etta Jones album, Don´t Go to Strangers. As a bonus, her subsequent LP Something Nice. Frank Wess (ts & fl), Richard Wyands (p), Skeeter Best (g), George Duvivier (b) & Ron Haynes (d).

The complete original LP The Talented Touch by Hank Jones, featuring Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton & Osie Johnson. As a bonus, there have been included 13 tracks featuring Hank Jones solos from a group of sessions made by the exact same personnel.

Includes 12 page booklet 21 tracks - 74:09 min.

Includes 16 page booklet 21 tracks - 78:18 min.

Includes 8 page booklet 25 tracks - 76:33 min.

Quincy jones

The Birth of a Band

Rahsaan Roland kirk 2 LPs ON 1 CD

Gene krupa, Lionel HAMPTON & Teddy WILSON

We Free Kings + Triple Threat

2 LPs ON 1 CD

The Complete 1955 Session

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55448

The complete seminal Quincy Jones albums The Birth of a Band and its sequel. Featuring the 1959 Quincy Jones orchestra with Harry �Sweets� Edison, Clark Terry, Jimmy Cleveland, Zoot Sims, Benny Golson & Phil Woods, among many other stars. Includes 8 page booklet 24 tracks - 77:53 min.

Harold Land The Fox

CODE: EJC 55562

This edition presents saxophone magician Roland Kirk’s complete original album We Free Kings. It showcases him in a quartet format with two outstandings rhythm sections. As a further bonus, Kirk`s complete debut album as a leader, Triple Threat. Includes 12 page booklet 18 tracks - 76:44 min.

2 LPs ON 1 CD

Peggy LEE

2 LPs ON 1 CD

Black Coffee & Dream Street

CODE: EJC 55469

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. Includes 12 page booklet 8 tracks - 56:56 min.

Michel legrand & miles davis

Legrand Jazz + Ascenseur Pour L´Echafaud 2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55519

Harold Land´s complete original 1959 quintet album The Fox, one of his really true masterpieces as a leader. As a bonus, another quintet album by Land, Take Aim. Featuring: Harold Land (ts), Dupree Bolton (tp), Elmo Hope (p), Herbie Lewis (b) & Frank Butler (d).

CODE: EJC 55441

CODE: EJC 55433

Includes 16 page booklet 12 tracks - 73:10 min.

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! Includes 3 tracks from the same sessions but not issued on the original LP. Includes 12 page booklet 7 tracks - 77:29 min.

Includes 16 page booklet 21 tracks - 70:48 min.

John lewis

Jacques LOUSSIER

Junior Mance

Improvised Meditations & Excursions

The Original Play Bach Vols. 1 & 2

2 LPs ON 1 CD

Michel Legrand‘s album Legrand Jazz in its entirety, which was his first recorded collaboration with Miles Davis. As a bonus, the complete original Miles Davis suite for the soundtrack to the French film Ascenseur Pour L’�Echafaud.

Junior 2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55451

CODE: EJC 55509

CODE: EJC 55515

This edition contains John Lewis’ complete 1959 album Improvised Meditations and Excursions, in which the pianist abandoned his typical MJQ lineup to play relaxed trio pieces.

This edition compiles the first two volumes of Play Bach for the first time ever on a single set. This is the music that gained Loussier his much-deserved fame.

Junior Mance´s complete 1959 album Junior, which marks the pianist´s first album as a leader. Featuring: Junior Mance (p), Ray Brown (b) & Lex Humphries (d).

Includes 8 page booklet 15 tracks - 76:25 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 20 tracks -72:31 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 13 tracks - 53:51 min.


Carmen McRae

Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics

Charles mingus

Charles mingus

Pithecantropus Erectus + The Clown

Blues & Roots

2 LPs ON 1 CD

2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 7 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55543

The complete original LP Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man and other Billie Holiday Classics, a McRae´s tribute to the great Lady Day. As a bonus, the complete original LP Carmen McRae and two additional tunes. Featuring: Carmen McRae (voc), Nat Adderley (cornet), Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (ts) and among others. Includes 16 page booklet 21 tracks - 75:45 min.

Charles mingus

CODE: EJC 55474

Charles Mingus’ complete original album Blues & Roots, which was almost entirely based on the blues. As a bonus, seven 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. Includes 12 page booklet 13 tracks - 69:08 min.

Charles mingus feat. Bill EVANS

Tijuana Moods

East Coasting

CODE: EJC 55437

Two of Charles Mingus’ most celebrated albums in their entirety: Pithecanthropus Erectus and The Clown. Includes 16 page booklet 8 tracks - 77:14 min.

Charles mingus

Presents Charles Mingus

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55438

The complete original classic album Tijuana Moods, featuring an all star group including Jimmy Knepper, Curtis Porter, and the greatly underrated trumpeter Clarence Shaw. Includes 16 page booklet 11 tracks - 75:33 min.

Charles mingus

Mingus Revisited + Jazz Portraits - Mingus In Wonderland

CODE: EJC 55471

This CD presents the complete original album East Coasting, featuring an all-star group with Jimmy Knepper, Bill Evans, Clarence Shaw and Curtis Porter. As a bonus, the Mingus’ superb “Revelations” recorded a couple of months earlier, plus 3 three further tracks.

CODE: EJC 55508

Includes 16 page booklet 1 tracks - 79:30 min.

The celebrated Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus, 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), Mingus (b) and Dannie Richmond (d). Includes 16 page booklet 6 tracks - 68:56 min.

Blue mitchell

Thelonious monk orchestra

Blue’s Mood - The Legendary Quartet Sessions

At Town Hall

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

2 LPs ON 1 CD

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55510

The complete original Charles Mingus album Mingus Revisited - also issued as Pre-Bird. As a bonus the complete LP Jazz Portraits - Mingus in Wonderland, recorded live at New York’s Nonagon Jazz Gallery. Includes 16 page booklet 12 tracks - 79:23. min

Thelonious monk Trio

Complete 1951-1954 Recordings

CODE: EJC 55491

CODE: EJC 55525

The complete original LP Blue’s Moods, Blue Mitchell’s first entirely quartet album. Featuring Wynton Kelly (p), Sam Jones (b) and Roy Brooks (d). As a bonus, all of Mitchell’s other existing quartet recordings with the exception of his participation as a sideman on Bobby Timmons’ 1960 album Soul Time. Includes 8 page booklet 14 tracks - 69:30 min.

The complete original album The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall, as well as all other surviving music from that 1959 concert. Thelonious Monk (p), Donald Byrd (tp), Charlie Rouse (ts), Pepper Adams (bs), among others. Includes 16 page booklet 10 tracks - 74:34 min.

Wes montgomery / Cannonball ADDERLEY

Wes montgomery

& The Poll Winners

So Much Guitar!

2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55495

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”!! . Includes 8 page booklet 15 tracks - 56:38 min.

Wes montgomery & Milt Jackson Bags Meets Wes

2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55482

CODE: EJC 55549

The complete classic album Cannonball Adderley & the Poll Winners, 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 entirety.

Wes Montgomery´s complete classic album So Much Guitar! Featuring Wes in a memorable quintet set with Hank Jones (p), Ron Carter (b), Lex Humphries (d) and Ray Barretto (cga). As a bonus, the complete LP The Montgomery Brothers in Canada.

Includes 12 page booklet. 12 tracks - 63:21 min.

Includes 16 page booklet 16 tracks - 78:50 min.

Gerry mulligan & Thelonious monk

Gerry mulligan & Paul desmond

Mulligan Meets Monk

Blues In Time

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE:EJC 55550

CODE: EJC 55431

CODE: EJC 55507

The complete classic album Bags Meets Wes, which marked the only recorded encounter between Wes Montgomery and Milt Jackson. As a bonus, the entire album George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers, another “encounter” album, this one pairs the guitarist and his brothers with the fantastic George Shearing.

This CD contains all known music from the celebrated session reuniting Gerry Mulligan and Thelonious Monk. As a bonus, a long live version of �”Now’s the Time”� recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955.

The complete original LP Blues in Time, the first of only two studio quartet collaborations between Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond. An additional version of Mulligan’s “Line for Lyons” by Paul Desmond’s quartet with Don Elliott has been added as a bonus.

Includes 16 page booklet 18 tracks - 76:09 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 11 tracks - 74:19 min.

Includes 8 page booklet 11 tracks - 76:50 min.


oliver nelson & Eric dolphy Complete Recordings

Anita o’Day Trav’lin’ Light

4 LPs ON 2 CD

Includes 24 page booklet CD 1: 12 tracks - 72:58 min. / CD 2: 12 tracks -73:49 min.

Charlie parker Jazz at Massey Hall

CODE: EJC 55528

The complete 1961 original album Trav´lin´ Light on which Anita O´Day paid tribute to the great Billie Holiday. As a bonus her previous album, Waiter, Make Mine Blues. Anita O´Day (vocals on all tracks). Includes 16 page booklet 24 tracks – 78:13 min.

Charlie parker Featuring: Dizzy Gillespie Bud Powell Charles Mingus & Max Roach

Great Quartet & Quintets

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55555

Nelson and Dolphy combined their superb talents on just four albums, all of them recorded in 1960-1961. All four LPs are included here in their entirety in chronological order. The albums consist of Nelson’s Screamin’ the Blues and The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis’ Trane Whistle and Nelson & Dolphy’s Straight Ahead.

Charlie parker 2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55439

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. Includes 12 page booklet 25 tracks - 75:13 min.

Art pepper

Plays Cole Porter

Meets the Rhythm Section

2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 7 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55552

CODE: EJC 55567

CODE: EJC 55412

The complete widely celebrated Massey Hall concert 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. Includes 16 page booklet / 15 tracks - 77:32 min.

Our 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. Plus seven bonus tracks consisting of additional studio versions of Porter songs by Bird, including one extra alternate take from the original LP session. Includes 12 page booklet 16 tracks - 76:50 min.

This CD contains two complete albums showcasing 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.

Art pepper

Art pepper

Oscar peterson

Gettin’ Together

Intensity INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

Includes 12 page booklet 19 tracks - 77:06 min.

A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra

ALL MUSIC GUIDE ALL MUSIC GUIDE

CODE: EJC 55488

The complete original Art Pepper album Gettin’ Together, following the trend of his earlier LP, Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section. A complete quintet session featuring Bill Perkins and Jimmy Rowles has been added as a bonus.

CODE: EJC 55489

CODE: EJC 55447

Includes 12 page booklet 13 tracks - 77:28 min.

The complete original Art Pepper album Intensity, recorded in a quartet format. This was Pepper’s last album as a leader before his long imprisonment. As a bonus, 5 bonus tracks from a studio session made three years before Intensity. Includes 12 page booklet 13 tracks - 71:23 min.

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 included are other songs performed by the Peterson Trio that were regulary featured in Sinatra’s repertoire.

Oscar peterson

Oscar peterson trio

Oscar peterson Trio

The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson + Porgy & Bess

The Complete Cole Porter Songbooks

2 LPs ON 1 CD

Includes 12 page booklet 25 tracks - 76:56 min.

The Trio - Live From Chicago

INCLUDES 13 BONUS TRACKS INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55483

CODE: EJC 55527

CODE: EJC 55461

The complete original album The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson, which presents the great Peterson trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen performing a variety of standard tunes. The same personnel is heard on the bonus album Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess, added here in its entirety. Includes 16 page booklet 16 tracks - 75:32 min.

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 this extended edition, there’ve been added 13 further Porter compositions recorded by Peterson on various occasions. Includes 8 page booklet 25 tracks - 73:50 min.

This CD contains the complete original album The Trio - Live from Chicago, which was the first of 4 LPs culled from the 1961 Chicago’s London House live sessions. Further titles from the same sessions have been added as a bonus.

Oscar peterson Trio

Oscar peterson Trio

Bud powell

The Sound of the Trio

Put on a Happy Face + Something Warm INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

Includes 12 page booklet 11 tracks - 77:56 min.

Jazz Giant

INCLUDES 12 BONUS TRACKS

2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55526

CODE: EJC 55529

This CD contains the complete original album The Sound of the Trio, which was the second of 4 LPs culled from Chicago’s London House live sessions. Further titles from the same sessions have been added as a bonus.

The 2 LPs contained here in its entirety, Put on a Happy Face and Something Warm , were culled from the1961 Chicago’s London House live sessions. Both albums feature Peterson with Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums.

Includes 12 page booklet 10 tracks - 78:02 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 13 tracks - 75:52 min.

CODE: EJC 55422

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 (12 tracks) Includes 16 page booklet 25 tracks - 76:04 min.


Bud powell

Django REINHARDT

The Complete RCA Sessions

Complete Solo Guitar and Duet Recordings 2 LPs ON 1 CD

Genius of Improvisation

2-CD SET

2-CD SET

CODE: EJC 55432

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.

Django REINHARDT

CODE: EJC 55455

CODE: EJC 55503

The true jazz music which inspired Woody Allen’s Sweet & Lowdown movie. More than 142 minutes of 24 bit high resolution remastered music.

Includes 16 page booklet 22 tracks -79:43 min.

This 2CD-set presents all of Django’s rare outstanding solo recordings, as well as all of his duets with other musicians, whether recorded live or in the studio. Among the latter are Django’s only existing recordings playing violin!! Includes 12 page booklet CD 1: 20 tracks - 70:42 Min. / CD 2: 27 tracks - 78:00 min.

Django REINHARDT

Django REINHARDT

Django REINHARDT

Plays the Blues

Plays the Music of Gershwin & Ellington

CD 1: 24 tracks 72:31 min. CD 2: 24 tracks - 72:13 min.

Plays the Music of Porter & Kern

2-CD SET FOR THE FIRST TIME ON CD

CODE: EJC 55462

CODE: EJC 55444

CODE: EJC 55445

Django Reinhardt’s interpretations of the blues compiled here for the first time ever on one set! The collection includes both studio and live recordings and presents them in chronological order. Includes 12-page booklet CD 1: 26 tracks - 79:40 min. / CD 2: 25 tracks - 79:26 min.

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 accompamists and arrangements. Includes 12 page booklet. 25 tracks - 77:57 min.

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 accompamists and arrangements. Plus 6 bonus tracks with songs by Irving Berlin Includes 12 page booklet / 27 tracks - 78:31 min.

Max roach Plus Four

Sonny rollins

Wayne SHORTER quintet

Quiet as It’s Kept + Parisian Sketches

Way Out West

Introducing (with Wynton Kelly and Lee Morgan

2 LPs ON 1 CD

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

CODE:EJC 55514

The complete original album Quiet as It´s Kept, which was awarded with 41/2 stars on Down Beat. As a bonus, Parisian Sketches, a studio LP taped the following year. Max Roach (d), Tommy Turrentine (tp), Julie Priester (tb), Stanley Turrentine (ts) & Bob Boswell (b). Includes 12-page booklet 11 tracks - 69:45 min

Nina simone Classic Hits - The Queen of Soul-Gospel_Jazz

2 LPs ON 1 CD

CODE: EJC 55418

CODE: EJC 55497

“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) Includes 16 page booklet 9 tracks - 70:45 min.

Includes the complete albums Introducing Wayne Shorter & Kelly Great.

Nina simone

Nina simone

Sings Ellington + At Newport

Includes 8 page booklet 11 tracks - 74:51 min.

At the Village Gate 2 LPs ON 1 CD

ALL MUSIC GUIDE

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

CODE: EJC 55443

CODE:EJC 55541

This outstanding set compiles Nina Simone’s greatest hits from her classic period, on which her incredible vocal and exceptional jazz piano skills can be heard primarily in an intimate trio setting.

The complete 1961 original albums Nina Simone Sings Ellington! & Nina Simone at Newport. Nina Simone (voc & p), Al Shackman (g), Chris White (b) & Rob Hamilton (d).

Includes 8 page booklet 24 tracks - 78:21 min.

Includes 12 page booklet 19 tracks - 77:11 min.

Sonny stitt

Art tatum & Ben WEBSTER

Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio

The Album

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

Includes 12 page booklet 16 tracks - 75:08 min.

CODE: EJC 55545

It contains the complete original album At the Village Gate, plus all other known music recorded during that engagement. Nina Simone (voc & p), Al Shackman (g), Chris White (b) & Rob Hamilton (d). Includes 12 page booklet 14 tracks - 74:24 min.

Art tatum sextet

The Legendary 1955 Session

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55467

The complete original album Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio, the last of the very few preserved collaborations between the two leaders. As a bonus, three quintet songs (with Herb Ellis on guitar), as well as a complete live performance featuring them with Roy Eldridge, which was recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 3 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55403

CODE: EJC 55409

Includes the complete album Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet, plus, as a bonus, a selection of 5 tracks of Art Tatum on piano solo playing the same numbers.

The complete album with alternate takes + 3 bonus tracks. Tatum’s magic complemented by the skills of Harry Edison, Lionel Hampton, Barney Kessel, Red Callender & Buddy Rich.

Includes 16 page booklet 12 tracks - 64:50 min.

Includes 16 page booklet 11 tracks - 76:00 min.


THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET Fontessa + No Sun in Venice

Toots THIELEMANS Quartet The Soul of Toots

2 LPs ON 1 CD

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Essential Jazz Christmas

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55424

CODE: EJC 55490

CODE: EJC 55410

SOLD OUT This CD compiles two of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s most highly acclaimed albums in their entirety: Fontessa and No Sun In Venice (originally released under the title of One Never Knows. Includes 20 page booklet 13 tracks - 73:21 min.

Ben webster & Oscar PETERSON

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson - The Legendary Sessions

The complete original album The Soul of Toots Thielemans. As a bonus, two quartet sessions by Thielemans in their entirety. Includes 12 page booklet 17 tracks - 69:27 min.

Teddy wilson Trio with Jo JONES Complete Recordings

3 LPs ON 2 CD

4 LPs ON 3 CD

A wonderful Christmas gift by the essential figures of jazz. Featuring Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and MANY OTHERS !! 25 tracks - 70:00 min.

Lester young

The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 8 BONUS TRACKS

INCLUDES 9 BONUS TRACKS

CODE: EJC 55452

CODE: EJC 55408

CODE: EJC 55498

SOLD OUT This release presents 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. As a bonus, 9 tracks with WebsterPeterson collaborations in larger groups. Includes 12 page booklet. Includes 12 page booklet CD 1 : 14 tracks - 76:24 min. CD 2: 15 tracks - 66:15 min.

Four LPs on a special 3-CD set, plus a complete bonus session with Benny Carter, Teddy Wilson and Jo Jones playing in trio format!. Outstanding trio works compiled here for THE FIRST TIME ON A SINGLE SET! Includes 20-page booklet - CD 1: 23 tracks - 74:47 min. CD 2: 18 tracks - 65:21 min. / CD 3: 16 tracks - 66:53 min.

The complete album reuniting Lester and Oscar, plus some tunes from the same session originally issued separately and two bonus tracks with Lester and Oscar recorded five years later. Includes 8 page booklet 5 tracks - 78:35 min.

DEFINITIVE EDITIONS OF CLASSIC JAZZ ALBUMS


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