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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…

Various

Istanbul Tango 1927-1953

Old World Tangos Vol. 4

Track Listing: Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi: 1. Tango Türk / Tango Turque – 2:45  Fikriye Hanim: 2. San Samur – 2:49 …

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird

Bad Old Songs

Track Listing: 1. A Meydl From Berlin – 3:58   2. Love Lays Low – 3:05   3. Good Od Bad Old…

Eli Mellul

Marrakesh East

Judeo-Moroccan Piyutim

Track Listing: 1. Al Ahavatech (For My Love) – 6:35   2. Yotzer Miado (Creared By His Hand) – 6:08   3….

Various

Sing Till The Sun Sets

Folk Ensembles from the Aginsk-Buryat Region Of Siberia Track Listing: Ensemble ‘Sakhor’ (Flint) Of Tsagaan-Chelutay Village: 1. Erbed Sokhor (Star-Marked…

Ron Ringwood’s Crosscut Bluesband

Earth Tones

Track Listing: 1. Born Under A Bad Sign – 2:59   2. Nobody Loves Me Like You Do – 5:42   3….