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The wide open City Of Kansas with it's unregulated bars and clubs helped nurture the development of Jazz in America. This Compilation offers 25 examples of Kansas based performers including, Bennie... more

The big bands of the '40s brought female blues vocalists to the fore. But when the bubble burst and smaller R&B bands began to rule the stages and jukeboxes of the post-war era, many of those... more

Pre-war blues recordings provided much of the fuel for the '60s British revival of the genre and the subsequent development of rock. Here are 26 original versions of songs later made famous by Elvis... more

Includes Et la Bas; Jolie Blonde Hackberry Ramblers; Valse de Marie Buller; La Veuve de la Coulee Happy Fats & His Rayne-bo Ramblers; Alberta Lawrence Walker, and more. 20 tracks.

A tribute to the legendary Harlem night-club of the 30's. The greats of black music played to an all-white audience in the famous club owned by New York gangsters. Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway led... more

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The inspiration for this compilation of classic Jazz recordings of the 1940s is Slim Gaillard's title track, in which Slim sings the praises of buying records and roll calls all the great artists to... more

After Lionel Hampton's unprecedented success with "Flying Home" and it's raucous sax solo by Illinois Jacquet, saxophone players became the leading soloists in bands and leaders in their own right.... more

This UK import packs in 25 top U.S. hits from 1950—in fact, every one of these reached #1 or #2! These are the original versions: Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Weavers; It Isn't Fair Sammy Kaye; I Wanna Be... more

25 more chart-toppers including 10 #1 hits! Includes 'Til I Waltz Again with You Teresa Brewer; The Doggie in the Window Patti Page; Rags to Riches Tony Bennett; April in Portugal Les Baxter; Eh... more

Two CD release. The long-running series of Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts began in 1944 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium. This previously unreleased recording is a classic example of the... more

These songs will forever belong to Ol' Blue Eyes, but they're borrowed beautifully across 25 tracks here: "South of the Border" Lou Donaldson, "S'posin'" Miles Davis Quintet, "Witchcraft" Bill Evans... more

Although not a specific genre there was a style to the way Blues were recorded in Los Angeles in the immediate post-war years. Here are 50 examples spread over two CDs featuring many of the greatest... more

UK compilation featuring 18 tracks from such artists as Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Al Bernard & the Goofus Five, Sons of the West, & more. Acrobat. 2002.

One of three volumes that form an overview of the three most important instruments in the Blues: The guitar, the piano and the harmonica. Without these instruments the development of Blues throughout... more

20 examples of the many styles of Black vocal group harmony from the early 30's to the early Fifties. Beginning with the jump and jive sounds of the earliest groups to record in the 1930's to those... more

25 rare examples of some of the earliest Jazz Recordings ever made. This collection includes contributions from such pioneers as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson and King Oliver.... more

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25 early examples of slide guitar playing hillbilly music in the 1930s and 40s. Among the exponents of the early forms of the art or bandleaders who incorporated the instrument are, Jimmie Davis,... more

The story of the Paino Blues is largely one of unsung heroes and a music mostly forgotten but richly varied, intense and exciting. It's a music forged in the smoky heat of the barrelhouses of the... more

One of three volumes that form an overview of the three most important instruments in the Blues: The guitar, the piano and the harmonica. Without these instruments the development of Blues throughout... more

The classics that changed the rules of blues and inspired legions of rockers-to-be. This is a killer set, especially at that price: "Long Distance Call" Muddy Waters; "Evil" Howlin' Wolf; "Juke"... more