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The Bix Beiderbecke Story
(more) »rank: 92615by: Bix Beiderbecke
:Album Description:UK exclusive box-set highlights the career of one of the early heroes of jazz. This four disc set features nearly every important recording he made. Includes 56 page illustrated booklet. Standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. Proper. 2003.
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Bob Crosby and the Bobcats
(more) »rank: 79063by: Bob Crosby & The Bobcats
:Album Description:UK exclusive box-set highlights the career of one of the early heroes of jazz. This four disc set features nearly every important recording he made. Includes 56 page illustrated booklet. Standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. Proper. 2003.
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Buona Sera
(more) »rank: 99086by: Louis Prima
:Album Description:Budget-priced collection with 21 of the legendary swing vocalist's absolute best, including his original version of 'Jump, Jive, An' Wail' that the Brian Setzer Orchestra re-popularized in 1998. Over 71 minutes of music. 1994 release.
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Yule Be Miserable
(more) »rank: 92972by: Various Artists
: :The Yuletide washes in the many moods of the season and Yule Be Miserable makes a great attempt at capturing those darker holiday sentiments that come with the holly and the ivy. Still, the title's slightly misleading--even with its cool liner notes by comic book icon Harvey 'American Splendor' Pekar. While some of these blues tunes (like the renowned Billie Holiday's 'Stormy Blues' and Spike Jones' whiney 'My Birthday Comes on Christmas') are decidedly down and out, the performances generally will knock off those stockings hung with care. For every tune like Aaron Neville's pleading 'Please Come Home for Christmas' or Billy Eckstine's ...
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A Proper Introduction to Bob Crosby: The Big Noise From Winnetka
(more) »rank: 45223by: Bob Crosby & the Bob Cat Orchestra
:Album Description:Bob Crosby (Bing's brother) often found himself in the strange position of being the 'least important' member of his own orchestra. A singer, Crosby was much more important historically as the leader of a memorable swing band that found its own style by looking backwards to the 1920s. The 1935-1942 period was crosby's heyday, as presented on this Proper Introduction. 2004.
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The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
(more) »rank: 65984by: Louis Armstrong
: :Everybody knows Louis Armstrong--even if it's just for his heart-pleasing renditions of 'Hello Dolly' and 'What a Wonderful World.' Well, this four-CD box set marking the 100th anniversary of his birth--give or take a year--contains some of his most groundbreaking, historic works. Recorded between 1925 and 1929, the Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings find Armstrong with more than able cohorts, including pianists Earl 'Fatha' Hines and Lillian Hardin (Armstrong's second wife), clarinetist-saxophonist Johnny Dodds, and trombonist Kid Ory. Recorded when Armstrong was emerging from the influence of his idol, Joe 'King' Oliver, these sides feature the main staples of the Armstrong ...
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The Most Beautiful Horn In The World / Night Love
(more) »rank: 44659by: Bobby Hackett
: :An extraordinary talent on jazz trumpet, Bobby Hackett influenced many modern jazz performers. The two original LPs featured on this CD are from the late 60s and include his beautiful interpretations of pop hits Love Letters, Moonlight In Vermont and Chances Are.
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Preservation Hall jazz Band - New Orleans, Vol. 2
(more) »rank: 121239by: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
: :Like its predecessor, this 1981 recording is as true as possible to the spirit, and even the letter, of the music that found form in New Orleans in the first decades of this century, music that had changed rapidly in the move to Chicago in the 1920s. The band brings a relaxed flow to the music whether it's a religious tune or a raucous rag, a feeling encouraged by the extended times permitted by later recording. The style is classic polyphony, with Frank Demond's trombone and Willie Humphrey's clarinet developing elaborate patterns around Percy Humphrey's stately and burnished trumpet leads; the music is ...
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The Firehouse Five Plus Two Goes to Sea
(more) »rank: 137888by: Firehouse Five Plus Two
: :Like its predecessor, this 1981 recording is as true as possible to the spirit, and even the letter, of the music that found form in New Orleans in the first decades of this century, music that had changed rapidly in the move to Chicago in the 1920s. The band brings a relaxed flow to the music whether it's a religious tune or a raucous rag, a feeling encouraged by the extended times permitted by later recording. The style is classic polyphony, with Frank Demond's trombone and Willie Humphrey's clarinet developing elaborate patterns around Percy Humphrey's stately and burnished trumpet leads; the music is ...
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A Jazz Christmas
(more) »rank: 96239by: Various Artists
: :Like its predecessor, this 1981 recording is as true as possible to the spirit, and even the letter, of the music that found form in New Orleans in the first decades of this century, music that had changed rapidly in the move to Chicago in the 1920s. The band brings a relaxed flow to the music whether it's a religious tune or a raucous rag, a feeling encouraged by the extended times permitted by later recording. The style is classic polyphony, with Frank Demond's trombone and Willie Humphrey's clarinet developing elaborate patterns around Percy Humphrey's stately and burnished trumpet leads; the music is ...
