Mercer Ellington (1919-1996)

Stepping Into Swing Society

Featuring: Cat Anderson, Shorty Baker (tp), Clark Terry (flh), Quentin Jackson (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Ben Webster, Harold Ashby (ts), Harry Carney (bs), Billy Strayhorn (p), Skeete…

Don Ellis (1934-1978)

Essence

Herb Ellis (1921-2010)

Nothing But The Blues

Featuring: Herb Ellis (g), Roy Eldridge (tp), Stan Getz (ts), Ray Brown (b), Stan Levey (d) Gather ‘round, children, and listen to the message of the blues. The whole story is right here in eight, …

Bob Enevoldsen (1920-2005)

Smorgasbord

Alon Farber

Exposure

Featuring: Alon Farber (ss, as), Hagai Amir (as), Uzi Finerman (g), Tal Ronen (b), Dani Benedikt (d), Avishai Cohen (tp on #2,3,4) The Hagiga Quintet, formed in 2001 in Tel-Aviv by Alon Farber and Da…

Alon Farber

Optimistic View

Featuring: Alon Farber (ss, bars), Hagai Amir (as), Omri Mor (p), Amos Hoffman (g, oud), Hagal Cohen-Milo (b), Dani Benedikt (d) Recorded in Israel, Alon Farber and his group Hagiga, this time augmen…

Art Farmer & Benny Golson

Here And Now / Antother Git Together / The Jazzet & John Lewis

Product Information Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet was a talent-studded little band, among the finest groups of its time (1959-1962), able and willing to try anything-notice the sextet's exuberant romp…

Dennis Farnon

Caution! Men Swinging/8 Brass...5Sax...4Rhythm

Dieses mitreißende Album von Dennis Farnon (1923–2019) vereint den Drive, die Brillanz und die Lebendigkeit, die die Swing-Big-Bands in ihrer Blütezeit auszeichneten, mit fantasievollen neuen Ideen und br…

Frances Faye (1912-1991)

Frenzy / Swinging All The Way

Product Information Frances Faye (1912-1991) was an underrated singer, gay icon and pioneer whose air of wild, emotional excitement continually generated inspiration. Not only did this excitement suffus…

Maynard Ferguson (1928-2006)

Boy With Lots Of Brass

From March 1, 1957, when the Ferguson band on this CD was organized and went on the road, it had not had a layoff before these recordings. Ferguson astutely identified what may have been the most potent r…

Maynard Ferguson & Chris Connor

Double Exposure / Two's Company

King Fleming

Misty Nightt / Stand By / The Weary Traveler

Product Information Pianist Walter (King) Fleming was born in Chicago on May 4, 1922. After some years of playing by ear, he got formal instruction in classical and religious music. He graduated from Mc…

Med Flory (1926-2014)

Go West Young Med!

Russ Freeman (1926-2002)

Trio & Quartet

Featuring: Russ Freeman (p), Bud Shak (as & fl), Stu Williamson (tp), Billy Bean (g), Bob Whitlock, Joe Mondragon, Carson Smith, Monty Budwig (b), Bobby White, Shelly Manne, Mel Lewis (d) While oth…

Don Friedman (1935-2016)

A Day In The City / Circle Waltz

Product Information After an early period as a sideman in Los Angeles, in early 1960 Don Friedman moved to NYC, where he soon revealed himself as a pianist of extraordinary originality, and a thoroughly…

Tony Fruscella (1927-1969)

The 1954 Unissued Atlantic Session

Product Information These recordings are among the rarest treasures in jazz, unseen and unheard since Atlantic produced them in 1954, and their release can be considered an event for all the jazz comm…

Rob Garcia

Illumination

Russell Garcia (1916-2011)

Los Angeles River

Russell Garcia (1916-2011)

Tussell Garcia And His Trombone Band