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Ken Burns's Jazz: The Story of American Music»rank: 1771by: Various Artists
: :This five-CD box set soundtrack to filmmaker Ken Burns's 10-part, 19-hour documentary Jazz spans nearly a century of jazz styles, from the martial rhythms of James Reese Europe to the soul-jazz of Grover Washington Jr. lt includes time-tested classics like Benny Goodman's 1938 classic, 'Sing, Sing, Sing'; John Coltrane's chanting 1965 immortal track, 'A Love Supreme'; Billie Holiday's blue-ember ballad, 'God Bless the Child'; and Ella Fitzgerald peeling off 'A-Tisket A-Tasket.' Bebop is represented by Charlie Parker's orchestral bop version of 'Just Friends'; ... |
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Marching Down Bourbon Street»rank: 6157by: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
: :This five-CD box set soundtrack to filmmaker Ken Burns's 10-part, 19-hour documentary Jazz spans nearly a century of jazz styles, from the martial rhythms of James Reese Europe to the soul-jazz of Grover Washington Jr. lt includes time-tested classics like Benny Goodman's 1938 classic, 'Sing, Sing, Sing'; John Coltrane's chanting 1965 immortal track, 'A Love Supreme'; Billie Holiday's blue-ember ballad, 'God Bless the Child'; and Ella Fitzgerald peeling off 'A-Tisket A-Tasket.' Bebop is represented by Charlie Parker's orchestral bop version of 'Just Friends'; ... |
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The Best of Ken Burns Jazz»rank: 4275by: Various Artists
: :Ken Burns, America's premier documentary filmmaker, scores another hit with his landmark 10-part, 19-hour PBS documentary, Jazz. This sampler is a smaller version of the accompanying five-CD box set, with 22 selections spanning the music's many styles: from Benny Goodman's 1938 classic rendition of 'King Porter Stomp' to John Coltrane's immortal 'Giant Steps.' Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan form a sweeping spectrum of jazz singing with their varying styles. Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker's 'Groovin' High,' Thelonious Monk's riff blues ''Straight, No Chaser,' ... |
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The Best of Pete Fountain»rank: 4225by: Pete Fountain
: :Though clarinetist Pete Fountain has long been a fixture on the New 0rleans jazz scene, his greatest notoriety came from his 1957-1959 nationally televised appearances with the Lawrence Welk orchestra leading a small group playing traditional jazz. Fountain, a Benny Goodman disciple who plays the old standards with indefatigable fervor, is a fixture on Mardi Gras day in New 0rleans, leading the early morning parade down St. Charles Avenue with his 'Half Fast' marching club. As Fountain walks, he plays the numbers on ... |
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Louis Armstrong - All-Time Greatest Hits»rank: 6300by: Louis Armstrong
: :Though clarinetist Pete Fountain has long been a fixture on the New 0rleans jazz scene, his greatest notoriety came from his 1957-1959 nationally televised appearances with the Lawrence Welk orchestra leading a small group playing traditional jazz. Fountain, a Benny Goodman disciple who plays the old standards with indefatigable fervor, is a fixture on Mardi Gras day in New 0rleans, leading the early morning parade down St. Charles Avenue with his 'Half Fast' marching club. As Fountain walks, he plays the numbers on ... |
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Capitol Collectors Series: Louis Prima»rank: 4670by: Louis Prima
: essential recording:Band leader and lounge kingpin Louis Prima will be best be known for the classic, 'Just a Gigolo,' immortalized by David Lee Roth for a whole new generation of swingers. But Prima's output went much further: in his day he recorded for Capitol, acted in a movie or two, even owned a golf course. Prima's genius is infectious: lounge, swing, and Dixieland all fuse together into medleys that are fun, dance-worthy, and upbeat. Prima's duets with Keely Smith are the obvious ... |
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The Hot Fives & Sevens»rank: 11029by: Louis Armstrong
: :Between 1925 and 1929, Louis Armstrong created one of the first great bodies of work in jazz. While he worked regularly as a soloist with big bands, he began his career as a leader with the first all-star studio group in jazz, the Hot Five. The other four musicians were Armstrong's wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong, on piano; Johnny Dodds on clarinet; Kid 0ry on trombone; and Johnny St. Cyr on banjo. The music's first great soloist, Armstrong was reshaping jazz by sheer improvisational ... |
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Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974»rank: 8984by: Various Artists
: :Atlantic Records has ridden musical trends since the late '40s; these seven CDs chronicle the first 28 years of the label's work in black pop, during which artists such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and 0tis Redding oversaw the creation and flowering of soul music. Also included are classic tracks by the Drifters, Wilson Pickett, Ruth Brown, the Coasters, Sam & Dave, and many others who walk through the dreams of R&B and rock & roll fans. --Rickey Wright |
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Pete Fountain Presents the Best of Dixieland»rank: 17732by: Pete Fountain
: :Atlantic Records has ridden musical trends since the late '40s; these seven CDs chronicle the first 28 years of the label's work in black pop, during which artists such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and 0tis Redding oversaw the creation and flowering of soul music. Also included are classic tracks by the Drifters, Wilson Pickett, Ruth Brown, the Coasters, Sam & Dave, and many others who walk through the dreams of R&B and rock & roll fans. --Rickey Wright |
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The New Bossa Nova»rank: 9514by: Luciana Souza
: :The New Bossa Nova finds Souza applying her interpretative skills to material drawn from a diverse array of sources, including Joni Mitchell ('Down To You'), Leonard Cohen ('Here lt ls'), Sting ('When We Dance'), Elliott Smith ('Satellite'), Steely Dan ('Were You Blind That Day'), Brian Wilson ('God 0nly Knows'), Randy Newman ('Living Without You'), Michael McDonald ('l Can Let Go Now') and legendary bossa nova master Antonio Carlos Jobim (the standard 'Waters of March'), along with a pair of memorable new songs ... |
