Getting the two most personable voices in jazz to sing an hour's worth of George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess (Ella doing all the female parts, Satchmo all the male) was a good idea, ...
Some of the coolest sounds around. This is a wonderful album of jazz by one of the great tenor saxophonists, Coleman Hawkins. Every note is played with feeling, tenderness and great skill. T...
A wonderful meeting of two institutions of American music, this 1954 album was the finest recording of Louis Armstrong's later career, with the great trumpeter-singer turning to material tha...
Ella Fitzgerald's voice was satin to Louis Armstrong's sandpaper, but when you put them together on a single song, their chemistry was unimpeachable. This disc selects highlights from the ...
Five Fats for the price of One. I took a bit of a risk when I bought this. I heard Fats perform Ain't Misbehavin' on the radio and knew that I had to have it. Familiar with his name but not ...
Outstanding collection of a seminal jazzman's work.. By choice I am a hard bop man but do collect widely for my jazz library. For some time now I have been adding Proper's box sets to my col...
HERE'S MY (FIVE) PENNIES' WORTH. I originally had this recording on Brunswick (Stereo!) vinyl from 1959, but it has long gone.
After seeing it available on CD I had no hesitation in buying...
Great but a bit overwhelming. Regarded now as one of the great early blues artists, Lonnie Johnson embarked on a recording career largely consisting of blues primarily because in 1925 he won...
Satch and Lady Ella blow up a storm. Back in the late '50's Ella Fitzgerald was just starting on her amazing 'songbook' series with Verve. Louis Armstrong was free of his long time Decca con...
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