The music of Glenn Miller's orchestra was central to the style and atmosphere of the Swing Era and is inextricably associated with the Allied victory in WWII, his hits keeping people's spirits up on... more

This great-value 146-track 6-CD set comprises just about all of his recordings which are listed as hits in the standard industry sources or which appeared in the Billboard charts after their... more

This 4-CD, 82-track set provides a comprehensive overview of the first six years of pianist Mose Allison's prolific recording career. Presented in chronological order—beginning with S-H-I-N-E and... more

Trumpeter and bandleader Harry James was one of the most important, successful and influential personalities of the swing and big band era, his unmistakeable bravura trumpet style providing an... more

Jazz drummer Buddy Rich is famous as one of the most extrovert and impressive instrumentalists of his day, known for his virtuoso technique, power and speed, and one of the most influential drummers... more

This Jay McShann/Duke Ellington vocalist forged a solo career as the '50s arrived, and that's what's covered here: 75 tracks including most of his A- and B-sides for Aladdin, Sunrise/Miracle, Chess,... more

Cab Calloway was a jazz singer, bandleader, songwriter, dancer and actor who came to fame as a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he blended jazz and vaudeville to establish a... more

Carmen McRae was one of the finest and most highly-regarded jazz and sophisticated pop singers of the post-war era, renowned for her highly individual interpretation of the standards of the Great... more

Connie Haines was one of female vocalists who established their reputations as singers with the prominent big swing bands of the early 1940s before going on to forge a solo career in the post-war era... more

We think of big-band swing when we think of Goodman, but he greatly enjoyed playing in more flexible small groups, too, and that's what we have here: a great-value, 70-track set of... more

American songstress Kitty Kallen had a remarkable career, starting in the swing era of the late '30s and extending beyond the rock 'n' roll explosion of the '50s into the early '60s, racking up a... more

That wondrous trombone virtuosity and that remarkable singing voice combined to make Jack a giant of New Orleans jazz. These 2 CDs cross decades of his stardom: "Knockin' a Jug," "My Kinda Love,"... more

Blossom Dearie was a jazz pianist and vocalist with a style and technique which skilfully interwove her piano and voice as she accompanied herself. Her approach to piano was distinctive, using chord... more

Freddie Slack was a boogie-woogie pianist and swing bandleader who started out with Jimmy Dorsey's band in the 1930s and subsequently racked up a string of hits in the 1940s, first with the Will... more

Jeri Southern was a highly-regarded singer and pianist, well-known as a jazz performer, but whose recordings ranged across the spectrum of sophisticated and commercial pop as well as jazz in both... more

Of all the pianists in the annals of jazz, Art Tatum is the one who is most often cited by the great pianists of the post-war era as a key influence and inspiration, his remarkable speed, dexterity,... more

Here are the Decca beginnings of one of the mightiest big bands to ever walk the Earth! Actually, among these 63 (mostly big-band) tracks are some quartet performances with Fred Green, Walter Page... more

Not a fan of the so-called "sweet" bands of the day, Charlie Barnet pioneered a harder sound that made his one of the most swinging bands of its time. Acrobat's two previous Barnet collections now... more

Founded in Kansas City in 1918 by drummer Carleton Coon and pianist Joe Sanders as The Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra, they found fame via broadcasts of their 'live' performances from the city's... more

Don Cherry was one of the relatively few big band vocalists of the late '40s who not only built a successful career as a solo performer through the era of traditional middle-of-the-road popular music... more

Clarinetist and saxophonist Jimmy Dorsey and his brother Tommy led two of the most popular and successful big bands through the swing era of the late '30s and through the war years into the post-war... more

This 2-CD set captures the revered songstress at the height of her seductive powers. Early EP tracks join all her Liberty As and Bs through 1962 plus the finest LP tracks from her early prime: her... more

With bold guitar technique and silky-smooth vocals, Pee Wee Crayton emerged as a West Coast blues star in the late '40s. These 55 single sides and album cuts (issued by Modern, Crown, 4 Star,... more

Hal Singer - Corn Bread: The Hal Singer Collection 1948-59 - Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Hal Singer was one of the jazz saxophonists of the 1940s who took advantage of the opportunity to... more

One of the most bluesy, soulful pianists in jazz, Mance passed away in 2021 at the age of 92. These 64 cuts include every title from his 1959–62 LPs "Junior" (Verve), "Junior's Blues" (Riverside) and... more