A jazz lover's dream come true! The tenor saxophonist and vocalist compliment each other in these 16 recordings of their very best vintage sides! Includes Me, Myself and I, Mean to Me, This Year's... more

Not many people knew about jazz improvisation until these historic numbers were recorded in the late 1920s! Hear the brilliant horn and scat singing that made Armstrong a star on West End Blues;... more

25 tracks, starting with one of Satchmo's earliest recordings as a sideman with King Oliver, "Chimes Blues," followed by "West End Blues" and "Potato Head Blues" with the Hot Five, and on to "Ain't... more

The hits, stunning song interpretations, indelible compositions, most intoxicating vocal/piano performances…29 Nina Simone essentials! Her hits "Trouble in Mind," "I Put a Spell on You," "Ain't Got... more

Billie's Columbia years are considered her finest, as demonstrated on this collection of her best-known performances. Body and Soul; The Way You Look Tonight; Easy Living and My Man all showcase the... more

It's unanimous among the jazz guides that these Satchmo sides are indispensable for every jazz collector, and these John R.T. Davies remasters are absolutely tops: Muskrat Ramble; Wild Man Blues;... more

Includes "Cotton-Eyed Joe," "Porgy," "Forbidden Fruit," "Nina's Blues," "Summertime," "Work Song," "You Can Have Him," "Exactly Like You" and more. 11 tracks.

This box set includes a DVD and 7 CDs. Sidemen include Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines, and Barney Bigard.

She spoke her mind, she sang from someplace deep within her soul, she refused to be pigeonholed, she moved us so deeply…she was Nina Simone, and this is her music and her story. Packed with rare... more

The First Lady of Song and Mrs. Swing each get a CD in this set of vintage radio broadcasts. Ella's stellar 1940 performances include her hits A-Ticket, A-Tasket; T'ain't What You Do; I Want the... more

Over the course of his long and illustrious career Louis Armstrong visited Scandinavia on no less than nine occasions to both tour and record. Amongst the wealth of fabulous recordings he produced on... more

From her first chart entries with Tony Pastor through her solo hits in '54. Includes "Come On-A My House," "Tenderly," "Half as Much," "Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)," "Sisters," "Mambo... more

Includes "Salty Papa Blues," "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Stairway to the Stars," "Tell Me So," "West Side Baby," "Fool that I Am" and more. 47 tracks!

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Young Brazilian-born composer/vocalist now living in New York, and is fluent in both the jazz idiom & Brazilian music; this album highlights her compositional skills in the form of songs made mainly... more

This 22-track compilation features all of Billie's 78s that gobbled up coins in jukeboxes around the world, including "These Foolish Things," "The Way You Look Tonight," "Pennies from Heaven," "(This... more