“This album is a superb collection of Frank and friends from a part of Frank’s career that’s long been underrated. Here, Sinatra scales the jazz summit with Louis Armstrong on “Birth Of The Blues” and does three electrifying collaborations with one of his favorites, Ella Fitzgerald. Ella’s voice is at her best in each. Rival […]
2 LP + 2 X 7″ 5/5 REVIEW AND FEATURE IN MOJO : “OUTTAKES AND LIVE TRACKS, ESSENTIAL FOR DEVOTEES, ROUND OUT VARIOUS EDITIONS. DALTON LOPES LIKE AN ALLEY CAT ON PAL FRED NEILS BLUES ON THE CEILING FROM MONTREUX ‘71 – BEWITCHING, UNBOTHERED. 5/5 BOXED REVIEW IN SHINDIG! “IN MY OWN TIME PLACES HER […]
• The Ink Spots were one of the innovators of the doowop style that became hugely popular during the decades spanning WWII • They created a unmistakably distinctive style which enabled them to have a lengthy string of around 50 hits • 48-track 2-CD set featuring all their Top 30 pop hits and Top 10 […]
Although she never gained the same kind of popularity as her colleagues Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill (born in 1930) is considered among jazz cognoscenti to be one of the best singers in the genre’s history and became an icon in Europe. Whats New? (originally issued with just her name on the cover) […]
Ella had achieved much by the time she signed to the newly created Verve Records in 1956, but it was the genius of Norman Granz, her personal manager and Verve founder, in suggesting she tackle the material of great contemporary composers in themed albums that sent her career into orbit. As the New York Times […]
Reissued 1962 album, this edition presents the complete original album ’Rhythm Is My Business’, on which Ella Fitzgerald is backed by a band conducted by organist Bill Doggett featuring such stars as Phil Woods, Taft Jordan, Kai Winding, Melba Liston, and Hank Jones, among others. Including ’I’ll Always Be In Love With You’, ‘Hallelujah, I […]
The Complete Piano Duets assembles for the first time every piano duet Ella ever recorded for the Decca, Verve and Pablo labels. This collection is a must-have document of a masterful interpreter—raw, intimate, vulnerable, and oftentimes at her very best. The Complete Piano Duets sequences each track in chronological order by recording date, forming a […]
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! is a 1961 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, with a jazz quartet led by Lou Levy. On this album Ella Fitzgerald is joined by pianist Lou Levy, guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Joe Mondragon, and drummer Stan Levey. She is in excellent form on songs as : 1. Night In Tunisia […]
180g virgin vinyl limited edition of 750 copies only – the complete album + 2 bonus tracks Singer, actress, and television personality, Dinah Shore (1916-1994) was one of America’s most popular entertainers long after her mid-’40s commercial peak. She was also the first major vocalist to break away from the big-band format and begin a […]
No one has ever sung or will ever sing like Billie Holiday (1915-1959). Although her vocal range was much more limited than those of other famous jazz singers like Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald (both of whom had an astonishing versatility from the low to the high registers), Billie made her interpretations so expressive that […]
