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Fantasy Jazz, Volume 2
ByIf you've been collecting music for any considerable length of time, you know the answer to this question is: Plenty.
Because if you've been collecting music, you've been shopping for music. Shop for music long enough and experience will teach that you enjoy the work of some artists better than others. Explore the work of some of these artists more deeply and you may be rewarded to discover that you enjoy certain chronological periods of their work, or that you enjoy their work with certain producers or for certain record labels, more than you enjoy others.
Rather than explore the music of a particular artist or genre or instrument, Building a Jazz Library: Fantasy Jazz spotlights music released on labels under the umbrella of Fantasy Records. Based in Berkeley (CA), Fantasy has recovered, restored, and re-issued music that might otherwise have been lost, mainly from companies that for one reason or another seemed headed for certain obscurity, rejuvenating jazz in the process. Major jazz figures such as pianists Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans, saxophonists Cannonball Adderley and Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and others, recorded some of their most enduring work for Fantasy labels.
This series of Fantasy label samplers opens a window into some of the best music, drawn from some of the best albums, that jazz has ever seen.
| Bluesville Sampler (OJC) Compilation includes: Recommended: |
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![]() | Milestone / Galaxy Sampler (OJC) Compilation includes: Recommended: |
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| Specialty / Hifi Jazz / Nocturne Sampler (OJC) Compilation includes: Recommended: |
![]() | Swingville Sampler (OJC) Compilation includes: Recommended: Read Building a Jazz Library: Fantasy Jazz, Volume 1 |
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