Jazz

Guy Lafitte

Quartet & Sextet Sessions 1956-1962

These Guy Lafitte sides were recorded between 1956 and 1962, and are full of great moments. To begin somewhere, the…

Bill Jennings

The Complete Bill Jenings on Prestige 1959-1960

Bill Jennings was a very short man, but a giant on guitar—entirely self-taught, his attack and phrasing were astoundingly sax-like….

Maurice Vander

Piano Jazz

Trio Sessions

Maurice Vander (1929-2017) epitomizes the golden age of 1950s Paris, when clubs and cabarets where full of live jazz—and many…

Guy Lafitte his Tenorsax and his Orchestra 1954-1959

Already by 1948, Guy Lafitte (1927-1998) was becoming one of the most promising musicians of French jazz. He was the…

André Persiany and his Orchestra

André Persiany has long been one of the favorite pianists among fans of French jazz. Inspired at first by Milt…

Jazz on the Left Bank & Reunion à Paris

This here is the definition of international jazz, recorded in Paris in 1956 by two relaxed, unpretentious, melodic, and well-rehearsed…

Bobby Jaspar

Early Years

from “Be-Bop” to “Cool”

1947-1951

This CD includes the early steps of Bobby Jaspar as a jazz musician, when he started on clarinet and then…

J.C. Heard / Bill Perkins Quintet

Live at the Lighthouse 1964

Looking for a more relaxed jazz scene, veteran swing and bebop drummer J.C. Heard (1917-1988) moved from NYC to Los…

The George Bohanon Quartet

Boss: Bossa Nova

The early 60s gave us the pleasant—and very successful—association between modern jazz and bossa nova. The intriguing rhythm of the…

Martial Solal and His Orchestra 1956-1962

From his beginnings, Martial Solal made it clear that he was not like other pianists, and maybe that’s why it…

Guy Lafitte and his Quartette & Quintette

Many critics in the Fifties considered French jazz to be on a par with its American counterpart: if the United…

Harold Danko / Kirk Knuffke

Play Date

Track Listing: 1. Flight To Denmark – 4:58   2. Openepo – 2:27   3. Misty Thursday – 8:18   4. Marmot’s Muse…

Karl Ratzer Septet

Underground System

Track Listing: 1. Inserts 7:13   2. Täbris 7:04   3. Dayo 7:45   4. Sabah El Nur 7:26   5. Nitrokidbeatboogie 5:09   6….

Stan Getz

Plays The Blues

I can play different styles and appreciate [other] styles, the great tenor saxophonist Stan Getz remarked in an interview in…

Jimmy Smith

The Classic Verve Albums Collection – 4CD

Jazz pioneer and Hammond Organ’s most acclaimed practitioner, Jimmy Smith bridged the gap between soul and jazz, and along with…

Dave Brubeck

Seven Classic LPs

4 CD

‘Cool Jazz’ personified, Dave Brubeck is one of few post-bop bandleaders to remain a household name well into the third…