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The Very Best of Glenn Miller
~Glenn Miller
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Camden (Audio CD) - August 23, 1997 |
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The Glenn Miller Collection [BOX SET]
~Glenn Miller
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Pulse (Audio CD) - October 12, 1998 |
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music fan, Leeds, UK, November 9, 2003
Brilliant!
Put simply, if you're looking for a better box set of Miller than
this, you might end up straining your eyes.
Over three and a half hours of terrific music for everyone. I
haven't yet found anyone opposed to listening to this. There is
little more to say than this collection is truely superb, and 9...
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Small World Big Band Vol. 2 - More Friends
~Various Artists
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Wea (Audio CD) - November 18, 2002 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
In More Friends Jools Holland (and his Rhythm & Blues
Orchestra) return with a growing motley crew of musicians that have
appeared on his eclectic music show Later With Jools Holland.
Again, the focus is on what Holland calls "big band blues"--there's
a rock & roll big-band extravaganza with... |
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The Count Basie Story [BOX SET]
~Count Basie (Artist)
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Properbox (Audio CD) - March 5, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
It's called the Count Basie Story and, like previous proper
boxes, this collection tells the story in chronological order. It
starts with "Shoe Shine Boy", from the 1936 session that introduced
the names of both Basie himself and the great tenor saxophonist,
Lester Young, to the world. Many years... |
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Big Swing Face [LIVE]
~Buddy Rich Big Band
(Artist) |
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Pacific Jazz (Audio CD) - July 8, 1996 |
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music fan, Alton, Hampshire United Kingdom, October 30, 2004
buy buy buy
Oh my goodness! Ive just bought this album, chucked it onto tape to
put it in the car and it is just amazing. The best music to drive
to, the best music to cheer you up, to get you in the mood to party,
to dance... this is pure upbeat excellence. Its lively, its superbly
played and just sounds... |
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Masterpieces 1926-1949 [BOX SET]
~Duke Ellington
(Artist) |
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Properbox (Audio CD) - July 16, 2001 |
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Porgy and Bess
~Miles Davis (Artist)
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Sony Jazz (Audio CD) - April 7, 1997 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Take George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess, add Miles Davis and
arranger Gil Evans, and what do you get? A classic jazz album
that--despite the fact that the material has been rendered almost
overly familiar due to countless interpretations--still sounds
remarkably fresh four decades after its initial... |
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The Very Best of Artie Shaw
~Artie Shaw (Artist)
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Rca Victor (Audio CD) - February 3, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Very Best of Artie Shaw has two unbeatable advantages.
Firstly, RCA own the original metal masters and so, in theory, they
can get the cleanest transfers possible. Secondly, Artie Shaw
himself made the selections. Who is going to gainsay the man himself
when it comes to choosing his very best?... |
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1938 Carnegie Hall Concert [BOX SET]
~Benny Goodman
(Artist) |
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Avid (Audio CD) - March 24, 2003 |
A
music fan, June 22, 2003
excellent reissue
The Carnegie Hall concert is a landmark in jazz history. The charged
atmosphere is palpable and the playing is energized throughout. It's
wonderful to finally have the concert available with a decent
remastering effort. The Sony reissue sounded as though it had been
recorded next to a crackling... |
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The Gold Collection
~Benny Goodman
(Artist) |
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Retro (Audio CD) - July 21, 1997 |
Juan, Valladolid, Spain, July 15, 2003
Great purchase for any jazz/swing/blues clarinet lover
I am a beggining clarinetist. The best way to get the feeling of
this instrument is listening to the Masters. Benny Goodman sure was
one of them.
A joy for clarinetists or anyone who loves classic jazz, blues or
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Sinatra-Basie
~Frank Sinatra and
Count Basie (Artist) |
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Reprise (Audio CD) - February 21, 1997 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
The first of three albums that Frank Sinatra recorded with swing
legend Count Basie, Sinatra-Basie is also the best. Sinatra's
voice doesn't sound in great shape, but he pushes himself throughout
to keep up with the jazzy twists and turns of Basie's band; the
resulting tension makes for a thrilling... |
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The Dance Band Years
~Geraldo and His
Orchestra (Artist) |
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Pulse (Audio CD) - October 13, 1997 |
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The Complete Atomic Basie
~Count Basie
Orchestra |
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Roulette (Audio CD) - February 28, 1994 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Bristling with excitement and electricity, The Complete Atomic
Basie represents the finest accomplishment of Count Basie's "New
Testament" big band. His "Old Testament" band of the late 1930s,
featuring stars Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Dickie Wells and Buck
Clayton, perfected the blues-drenched,... |
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Bullitt [SOUNDTRACK]
~Lalo Schifrin
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Aleph (Audio CD) - July 30, 2001 |
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music fan, Glasgow, January 22, 2001
At last, the rest of the cues
At last we have a CD which includes the music that was left off of
the original soundtrack. What is also good about this CD is that it
actrually has the version of the main Bullit theme that starts the
film. As the original soundtrack was a re-recording of the music
from the film, some bits were... |
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April in Paris : Original Master Recording
~Count Basie and His
Orchestra (Artist) |
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Verve (Audio CD) - May 25, 1999 |
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Lanquidity
~Sun Ra and His
Arkestra (Artist) |
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Evidence (Audio CD) - October 9, 2000 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
The 1978 session Lanquidity, coming relatively late in Sun
Ra's creative history, is another extraordinary venture into
uncharted musical terrain. As the name suggests, it's a liquid and
languid musical state, from the lounge area of Ra's cosmos, but it
can also be resiliently funky and subtly... |
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Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
~Sun Ra (Artist)
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Evidence (Audio CD) - September 22, 1995 |
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The Gene Krupa Story [BOX SET]
~Gene Krupa (Artist)
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Proper (Audio CD) - February 8, 1999 |
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Swingin' New Big Band [EXTRA TRACKS]
~Buddy Rich (Artist)
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Pacific Jazz (Audio CD) - January 22, 1996 |
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Mercy Mercy [LIVE]
~Buddy Rich Big Band
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Pacific Jazz (Audio CD) - March 24, 1997 |
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music fan, Littlehampton, England, February 28, 2002
Ample evidence of the world's best drummer ever!
Recorded live at Caesar's Palace, this album captures the essence of
both Buddy's inimitable playing and the sheer talent of his band -
who he drives HARD! Although arguably past the big band heyday,
personally I prefer it to 'Big Swing Face' and any drummer should
add it to their collection with.. |