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Charlie Parker was without doubt one of the most important and influential musicians in the entire history of jazz, as a pioneering and innovative alto saxophonist during the bebop era, as a composer... more

The jazz-pop saxophonist vaulted to stardom with his 1986 LP "Duotones" and its smash "Songbird." This set starts with "Duotones" and continues on for 20 years with "Silhouette" (another Top 10 pop... more

Bunny's daredevil trumpet work in his own band and also with Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller made him one of the most revered jazz musicians of the '30s. You'll hear him with Dorsey, Miller, Bing... more

The first five (and best) LPs by the band who led the early-'70s jazz-rock charge. Follow their evolution from tight and rocking to symphonic through these charting LPs: The Inner Mounting Flame... more

Among the most inspirational and innovative composers and musicians of the 20th Century, Charles Mingus remains perhaps jazz music's most accomplished bass player and amongst it's most formidable... more

Charles Mingus -Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings - The story of a new phase in Mingus' music - his last phase - begins with the recordings in this boxed set. Featuring all of... more

2007 five CD set, a great installment in Sony/BMG's Original Album Classics series that brings together rare and out of print titles with some best sellers from the Sony/BMG Jazz catalog. Many of... more

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

A jazz tenor saxophonist of huge merit, Stanley Turrentine, often fondly nicknamed "The Sugar Man", pursued an illustrious career in jazz and R&B which spanned an impressive five decades. Finding his... more

His work with Miles, Art Blakey and Weather Report is long revered, but this trailblazing saxophonist's solo recordings remain the finest articulations of his artistry. These crucial early cuts... more

Eddie's guitar accompanied everyone during jazz's golden age. These 4 CDs, cut across a wide spectrum of jazz, find Eddie with Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Jack Teagarden, Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller,... 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

Sonny Rollins -"Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums" - Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums combines legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins' two studio albums for Lester Koenig's... more

Sonny Rollins - "Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums" - Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums combines legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins' two studio albums for Lester Koenig's... more

Even as he remained a star member of Miles Davis' band, Coltrane really stepped out as a leader in '58. That was the last year he recorded for Prestige (before moving to Atlantic), and it was in '58... 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

4 CDs full of the greatest swing-era jazz foursomes! Includes Coal Cart Blues Louis Armstrong; My Fightin' Gal Hot Lips Page; Ain't Misbehavin' Teddy Wilson; Moon Glow Benny Goodman; Dedication... more

Of all the pianists in the annals of jazz, Art Tatum is the one who is most often cited by the great pianists of the post-war era as a key influence and inspiration, his remarkable speed, dexterity,... more

Here are the Decca beginnings of one of the mightiest big bands to ever walk the Earth! Actually, among these 63 (mostly big-band) tracks are some quartet performances with Fred Green, Walter Page... 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