 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Short Subject Collection (6 DVDs)--$49.98 An amazing collection of short features from 1930 to '47 by great performers and ensembles, gathered in this jaw-dropping assemblage from the Warner Bros.' vault at a great price. This one-of-a-kind, 11+-hours, 6-Disc collection of 63 theatrical shorts is rescues many wonderful performances as well as considerable nostalgia. “Those bands with dynamic high-energy front men, like Cab Calloway and Louis Prima, are the best served. Not all the ensembles here are quite so animated, but the music is always top-notch. The package could serve as a general primer and introduction to the Swing Era, and illustrates how the reach of the big bands extended into every nook and cranny of American pop, even in terms of ethnic markets. There are bands oriented toward straight-ahead swing (Jimmy Dorsey), the blues (Woody Herman), New Orleans jazz (Prima), European classical music (Jan Savitt), country-western music (Spade Cooley, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys), Afro-Cuban music (Desi Arnaz), Hawaiian music (Ray Kinney), modern jazz (Stan Kenton), and novelty and comedy (Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals)." --Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal |
“ICONS AMOUNG US" DVD + APPAREL BUNDLE OFFER
Icons Among Us: Jazz In The Present Tense (DVD)--$24.98
The producers of the Icons Among Us DVD have created caps and 100% cotton T-shirts commemorating this incredible documentary. We are making them available in tandem with the DVD at a special low price. NOTE: If you already have the DVD, they are available individually.
 Blue Cap + DVD--$44.98 |  Blue T + DVD--$39.98 |  Green T + DVD--$39.98 |
BOX SETS--WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
 The Complete Capitol Transcription Session Of The King Cole Trio (3 CDs)--$38.98 All 71 studio performances by the trio with Oscar Moore (CD 1 & 2) and Irving Ashby (CD 3) recorded between 1946 and '50. The 31 instrumentals include Basie tunes ("Lester Leaps In," “Rock-a-Bye Basie," “Swingin' The Blues" and “One O'Clock Jump") and Tiny Grimes' “Tiny's Exercise." There are also alternate versions of hits like “Route 66" and “Baby, Baby, All The Time." Superb music. |  Jimmy Smith: Retrospective (4 CDs)--$59.98 From 1956 to '63, the father of the modern jazz organ was one of the most prolific artists on Blue Note. This set captures 38 classic highlights of those years through his trio sessions, quartets with Lou Donaldson and Stanley Turrentine and all-star sextets with Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Tina Brooks, Ike Quebec, Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey and others. An amazing body of work. |
TWO-DISC SETS--WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
 Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Great Summit Complete Sessions--$29.98 This newly remixed 2 CD set contains all 17 master takes on one disc and almost an hour of previously unissued alternate takes, rehearsals and fascinating conversations between Louis and Duke. An absolute historical must with better sound than ever! This April 1961 encounter brought together the two most influential men in jazz. |  Chet Baker & Stan Getz: West Coast Live--$24.98 These two CDs contain all of the material recorded by Chet and Stan at the Haig in 1953, where Getz briefly subbed for Gerry Mulligan in the pianoless quartet. Also included are three extended performances taped a year later with Russ Freeman on piano and Shelly Manne on drums. |  Kenny Burrell: Blue Lights Vols. 1 & 2--$24.98 Kenny Burrell's classic Blue Note jam session with the tenors of Tina Brooks and Junior Cook, trumpeter Louis Smith and Art Blakey, complete in stereo on CD for the first time. Added to the two original LPs is the bonus track “I Never Knew." |
 Introducing Kenny Burrell (Connoisseur Series)--$26.98 The first two complete sessions on this set are from 1956 and comprise “Introducing" and “Vol. 2," his first albums. Sidemen include Frank Foster, Tommy Flanagan and Oscar Pettiford. The third session, a year later, includes Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes. Only one 45 came out in the U.S., but an album of the date was briefly issued in Japan. |  Donald Byrd At The Half Note Cafe Vols. 1 & 2 (RVG Remaster)--$26.98 The two live albums that Byrd and Pepper Adams made at The Half Note Cafe in 1961 were their crowning achievement artistically and commercially. Four lengthy selections have been added to the original albums on this 2-CD set. |  Joe Henderson: The State Of The Tenor--$22.98 Possibly the greatest recording by this inventive tenor saxophone master. Accompanied only by Ron Carter and Al Foster, Joe explores standards, originals and jazz tunes by Sam Rivers, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver and others. A masterpiece! |
SINGLE CDS--WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
 Andrew Hill: Passing Ships (Connoisseur Series)--$14.98 This amazing 1969 nonet session, released here for the first time, features spectacular writing by Hill. The instrumentation is one reed (doubling on tenor, soprano, alto flute and English horn), two trumpets, trombone, French horn, tuba (doubling on bass clarinet), piano, bass and drums. Joe Farrell, Woody Shaw, Dizzy Reece, Julian Priester and Hill are the principal soloists, and the compositions are varied and inventive. A real find. |  Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Live At The Village Vanguard--$12.98 Thad Jones almost single-handedly brought the big band into the modern age with this organization. Swung hard by Mel Lewis's drums, the band sailed through the complex charts of Jones and Bob Brookmeyer with panache. Soloists include Brookmeyer, Jones, Richard Williams, Jerome Richardson and Joe Farrell. |  Jackie McLean: Jackie's Bag (RVG Remaster)--$12.98 In terms of composition, leadership and playing, this is probably Jackie McLean's greatest album, culled from two different sessions, separated by 20 months. Three bonus tracks complete the sextet session with Tina Brooks and Blue Mitchell. |
 Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis: The First Day--$12.98 Eighteen solos and duets from the masters of boogie woogie piano. Blue Note's first recording session, January 6, 1939. Includes 8 solos by Lewis, 9 by Ammons and 2 duets. |  Chet Baker And Crew--$12.98 This Crew, a quintet with Phil Urso and Bobby Timmons, was one of Chet's hardest-swinging groups, with great tunes by Gerry Mulligan, Al Cohn, Miles Davis and others. Six bonus tracks have been added to the original LP's eight selections. |  Donald Byrd: Fuego (RVG Remaster)--$12.98 This 1959 quintet session with Jackie McLean, Duke Pearson, Doug Watkins and Lex Humphries features great tunes and great playing. Byrd uses a pocket trumpet for this album, giving him a brighter, more distinctive sound. |
 Serge Chaloff: Blue Serge--$12.98 This is his finest album, recorded in 1956 with Sonny Clark, Leroy Vinnegar and Philly Joe Jones. The bonus track “How About You" completes the session. |  Paul Chambers: Whims Of Chambers--$12.98 The 1956 debut album with by this astonishing bassist features John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Horace Silver (piano); Kenny Burrell (guitar) and Philly Joe Jones (drums). |  Art Farmer: Modern Art--$12.98 This 1958 sextet date is one of Farmer's best with Benny Golson (tenor saxophone), Bill Evans (piano). Addison Farmer (bass), Dave Bailey (drums). |
