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After cutting his teeth with Kenton, Dorsey and Goodman and while still playing with Woody Herman, Getz emerged as one of the top sax stylists in jazz with these 1946–52 recordings. This exhaustive... more

The Quintet of the Hot Club of France made Django (and Stephane Grappelli) a star in the late '30s, a stardom that crossed oceans and grew through the '40s. These prime recordings include Bouncin'... 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

Django is usually classified as a swing guitarist, but he did, in fact, continue to evolve, adapt and amaze during the age of bop. Here are 5 CDs that bear that out; Stephane Grappelli and Peanuts... more

Many fervent fans insist that Django lost none of his magic in his late period. You'll no doubt agree when you hear these 5 CDs of dazzling guitar performances drawn from his last eight years (this... more

100 tracks documenting the gypsy jazz guitar master's stay in Rome, where he tackled an astonishingly diverse repertoire including Nuages; Minor Swing; Debussy's Reverie; Over the Rainbow; Nature... more

From prewar sides cut when George was a mere 20 years old through his postwar collaborations with Stephane Grappelli and Harry Hayes, this 5-CD set collects George's seldom-anthologized British... more

These 84 tracks take us from '46, when a teenage Patti was just starting out in the studio, to '52, by the end of which she had 26 hits under her belt. Mitch Miller held the reins at Mercury for many... more

It's hard to keep a good thing to yourself, and even Basie had to lend out his prized players now and then. Here are Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Freddie Green, Jo Jones and more Basie sidemen ON LOAN... more

After serving in the Merchant Marines, Jimmy joined Jay McShann's band and started to make his own splash as a blues singer. Here are 108 sides from his postwar (1945–53) prime: his R&B hits Big Fine... more