JAZZ ORQUESTA
The Miles Davis and Gil Evans: Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Amazon.comFrom their first work together on the Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949, Miles Davis and Gil Evans forged a unique relationship as great soloist and brilliant arranger. The real opportunity to explore their shared vision didn’t come until 1957, however, when Davis had forged a relationship with a major record label able... »
The Best of Stan Kenton
Album DescriptionPersonnel includes: Stan Kenton (piano), Art Pepper, Lee Konitz, Bud Shank, Vido Musso, Sam Donahue (saxophone), Maynard Ferguson, Marvin Stamm (trumpet), Kai Winding, Eddie Bar, Frank Rosolino (trombone), Sal Salvador (guitar)…. More >> The Best of Stan Kenton »
Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Duke Ellington
Amazon.comOne of the toughest jobs in assembling the Jazz artist compilations must have been picking the 21 tracks featured on the Duke Ellington disc. Ellington composed thousands of songs and had a career that spanned six decades. More than a jazz great, Ellington is simply one of the most important musical figures in the... »
Woody Allen’s Movie Music
Album DescriptionFrom the celebrated films of Woody Allen…. More >> Woody Allen’s Movie Music »
A Tale of God’s Will
Album DescriptionIn the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans native son Terence Blanchard has created an impassioned song cycle, A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), as his third album for Blue Note Records. (Since signing with the label in 2003, Blanchard has released two... »
Secret Story 2CD Special Edition
Album DescriptionThe New York Times called Pat Metheny’s 1992 Grammy Award-winning Secret Story the most sweepingly ambitious album that the jazz guitarist has yet recorded…a nearly 80-minute world-music suite with symphonic underpinnings. If the album functioned then, in the words of critic Stephen Holden, as part travelogue and part soundtrack for a nonexistent film,... »
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Amazon.comThis 75-track, three-CD set from Duke Ellington’s RCA dates from 1940 to 1942, was culled from the massive, 1999 Bluebird mega-set. It’s named for bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster. Blanton’s astonishing technique made him one of the greatest bass players of all time, and Webster’s warm, raw-boned tenor tones inspired future... »
Far East Suite
Album DescriptionBy 1966 when Far East Suite was released, Duke Ellington was an international celebrity. As such, He led several U.S. State Department cultural exchange tours, including trips to places like Japan, India and Iran. Ellington’s experiences from those trips became the basis for one of most memorable albums.... »
