CCMusic.com

2024 collection. Louis Armstrong made his first studio records in Richmond, Indiana 101 years ago, recording acoustically because microphones hadn't yet been invented. Microphones eventually allowed... more

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release from the musician, bandleader and TV personality. Batiste is best known as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Recorded in... more

One of the most sublime creations in jazz…in recorded music, in fact…is an ideal candidate for Verve's vaunted Acoustic Sounds Series, wouldn't you say? For these opulent releases, Verve takes... more

Digitally remastered 180gm vinyl LP pressing in deluxe gatefold packaging. John Coltrane's "Live" at the Village Vanguard was his first official "live" album. Coltrane is joined here on two tunes by... more

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Even though Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins had both been well-known jazzmen since the early 1920s, it wasn't until 1962 - at least 20 years... more

Forget triple-threat—Connick emerges as a quintuple-threat on his new Cole Porter tribute album. He shines as a pianist, singer, arranger, orchestrator and conductor, not to mention interpreter of... more

Unalloyed felicity is the best way to describe D-Stringz, the 2015 disc by the cooperative trio of violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, bassist Stanley Clarke, and guitarist Biréli Lagrène. These three... more

Verve's new Great Songs/Great Performances series is the ultimate value proposition for the music loving consumer. The first set of titles features some of the best known names in jazz performing 8... more