Sarah Vaughan SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW HINDSIGHT RECORDS

Those who think of Patti as the pop star she was will be mighty impressed by this collection of jazz standards. She recorded these in '50 and '51 with the Lou Stein Quartet; these rarities have been... more

The sheer precision of this group—who played Charlie Parker's beautiful, brilliantly inventive solos in five-sax harmony—was a wonder to behold. Here they are on stage in Japan in '75, literally... more

The Navy sponsored this 1962 public-service radio broadcast in which these '50s vocal-pop superstars do freewheeling renditions of their best-loved songs. They work their magic with "Day by Day,"... more

Those who love hearing the beloved songbird in her prime will be enamored of these '60s recordings, which find her not bathed in strings but instead in a piano-trio setting. These public-service... more

100 prime big-band and pop tunes taken from rare (and mostly unreleased) AFRS Recording Sessions, transcriptions and airchecks from 1936 to 1946, the songs that lifted us out of the Depression and... more

Includes Five Brothers; My Funny Valentine; Getting Sentimental over You; Jive at Five; Walkin' Shoes, and more.

This first studio pairing of Mel and Buddy (titled "Together Again for the Very First Time" when first issued in '78) finds the crooner and the drum wizard in excellent form and beautifully matched.... more

Pete doesn't fully step away from his Dixieland roots, but gets into some nice, swinging territory akin to Benny Goodman's small groups on this live Santa Monica recording from '61. His quintet has a... more

The liner notes merely tell US that "In Concert" was recorded in the early sixties, probably at a number of live performances. The signature tight, bright harmonies are there, lightly accompanied by... more

Includes Chopin Etude; Pachelbel Canon; Bach's Groove; Con Mucho Gusto, and more.