Swing CDs

Benny Goodman’s big band heralded the Swing Era in 1935, and in the same year his imaginative recordings in small group settings also began to break more new ground.

Though he lacked the improvisational fire of John Coltrane or the restless curiosity of Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins played with a rich, round tone that complemented his melodic inclinations, making him the most accessible of the postbop musicians. Saxophone Colossus is the most successful of the ...

The complete outstanding album Nothing But the Blues (Verve MGV8252), reuniting the guitarist Herb Ellis with Stan Getz and Roy Eldridge. As a bonus, the LP Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (Verve MGVS6045), on which Giuffre plays tenor and baritone sax, and is also the arranger on the whole album.

For many people, winter marks a special period of closeness with family and friends – and the height of the holidays bring with them the bounty of seasonal songs known by heart and sang with joy in living rooms and street corners everywhere. Paul Anka puts his own personal touch to these sentiments ...

From "Begin The Beguine" to "Flying Home", this 40-track collection celebrates the music of the finest swinging big bands of the 1930's and '40's with their most fondly remembered performances.

Jeff Healey gained worldwide fame as a stunningly original rock/blues guitarist. His passion, however, was the infectious and joyful music from the classic jazz era-the days when Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke ruled the music world. These stripped-down Solo, D...

Mostly made up of standard ballads with acoustic hard bop combos, Gordon’s turn on 2 folk tunes turned Top 40 hits show off his deeply felt, soulful performance style best. First reissue of nearly half of these tracks.

The complete original album 'Chet:The Lyrical Trumpet of Chet Baker (Riverside RLP12-299)', featuring one of Baker's very few collaboratoins with BIll Evans. Baker & Evan's 3rd & last session together is added as a bonus, as well as "Almost Like Being in Love' from the same period. In a...

Recorded after Benny Goodman returned with his 1958 big band from a European tour that included an exuberant stint at the Brussels World Fair, this LP alternates between orchestra performances (the mostly newer compositions include four by a Yugoslavian composer, Bobby Gutesha) and Goodman features ...

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the Jazz great: Byrd In The Wind and Blues For Night People. Byrd in the Wind was Charlie Byrd's fourth effort as a leader. Recorded at the beginning of his career, this album clearly shows Byrd's unique amalgam of Jazz, Blues and Classic...

On March 15, 1945, the first album chart was printed in 'Billboard' and there at number one was the King Cole trio, with himself on piano Although his singing was becoming popular, he continued with the group until early 1950. It was at this time his version of Mona Lisa hit number one, permanent...

Carmen Maria Vega was born in 1984 in Lyon, France from parents of Guatemalan origin. She took courses in drama and comedy from the age of seven. Slowly, she discovered a talent for singing and decorates this with her humor and banter. Her meeting with Max Lavega was decisive as he composed for her ...

Leon Bix Beiderbecke was the first great white jazz musician, born in Davenport, Iowa in 1903 and a largely self-taught virtuoso on the cornet whose vibrant tone was famously described by Eddie Condon as "like a girl saying yes." Bix was jazz music’s first real lyricist and a pla...