CD + 2 DVD Disc 1 (CD) Jammin Blues 1-1 C Jam Blues 1-2 Such Sweet Thunder 1-3 Black And Tan Fantasy 1-4 Creole Love Call 1-5 The Mouche 1-6 Kinda Dukish 1-7 Satin Doll 1-8 Something To Live For 1-9 Things Aint What They Used To Be 1-10 Just Squeeze Me 1-11 Carnegie Blues […]
2 LP – Black Vinyl The most iconic holiday record in Verve Records’ repertoire and one of the most successful jazz holiday albums of all time like you’ve never heard it before! This expanded edition of Ella Fitzgerald’s classic 1960 album Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas features a second LP with six tracks making […]
Reissued 1957 album, this was the second album pairing Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong produced by Norman Granz for his Verve label. Including ’A Fine Romance’, ‘Autumn In New York’ plus ’Comes Love’, ‘These Foolish Things’ and ’I’ll Wind’ as bonus tracks. Featuring Oscar Peterson on the piano, Herb Ellis playing the guitar, Ray Brown […]
Shellac instead of stardust: when Santa Claus takes off his boots and unpacks the gramophone after his work is done: Bear Family Records® delves deep into the shellac box! No intrusive bells, chumming ho-hos or strangely distorted reindeer voices: Every year around the same time the displays of the department stores are bending with hastily […]
Tracklisting: 1. Further and Further 2. Passed Tense (ft. Panda Bear) 3. Rainbows and Dreams (ft. SOAK) 4. Cold 5. Setting Sun 6. Cosmonaut Alley 7. Retina Flash 8. Betelguese 9. The Last Transmission (ft. London Grammar) 10. Ultraviolet Stellar Drifting is 10 tracks of widescreen, futuristic electronic music. With features from the likes of […]
Chick Webb was a jazz and swing drummer and bandleader who enjoyed huge success and popularity during the 1930s before his career was tragically cut short by his death from spinal tuberculosis in 1939 at the age of 34. He was renowned for introducing the teenaged Ella Fitzgerald to the scene as his featured vocalist. […]
On April 12, 1960, jazz vocalist Beverly Kenney succeeded in her third suicide attempt with a combination of alcohol and Seconal. She was only 28 years old but had already made a name for herself in the musical scene, sharing the bill with such stars as Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Tito Puente, and being […]
Reissued collector’s edition of the 1961 album Travlin Light’’ by Anita Oday. ’Trav’lin’ Light’ was a tribute to Billie Holiday, one of muses besides Mildred Bailey and Ella Fitzgerald. Sadly Holiday died before the release. In her autobiography it appeared the making of ’Trav’lin’ Light’ wasn’t Anita’s idea, but that of her producer. Including one […]
Dexter Gordon (1923 – 1990) was a giant in every respect. Both his height and his playing exuded authority. He had the power to draw conclusions amid many musical impressions and, carefree of other people’s opinions, said/played things as they were. He was one of the first tenor saxophonists to play modern jazz after the […]
19 is the debut album by London songstress Adele. In a vocal and style reminiscent of Amy Winehouse, Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald this is an album that easily justifies the comparisons. Smoky, lingering vocals lament tales of lost loveand heartbreak whilst retaining a positive charm. Features the singles Chasing Pavements and Hometown Glory.
