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Ella Fitzgerald / Mildred Bailey: Ella Fitzgerald Mildred Bailey Legendary Radio Broadcasts

Read "Ella Fitzgerald Mildred Bailey Legendary Radio Broadcasts" reviewed by Andrew Velez


Two vocalists supreme, Ella Fitzgerald and Mildred Bailey, can be heard in some rare sides on Legendary Radio Broadcasts. The former's broadcasts are from January 1940, only months after she had taken over leadership of her mentor Chick Webb's band. The intro is from her early signature novelty hit, “A Tisket A Tasket," and she is ...

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Charlie Parker: Bird in Time 1940-1947

Read "Charlie Parker: Bird in Time 1940-1947" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


Charlie ParkerBird in Time 1940-1947--Selected Recordings and Rare InterviewsESP-Disk2008 Let us now praise a famous ghost... embracing the spirit of Charlie Bird Parker. They are like feathers fluttering down from a spirit up above. Bird feathers. I make haste to collect them as the settle around me ...

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The Everest Years

Label: Empire Musicwerks
Released: 2005
Track listing: Girl Of My Dreams; September In the Rain; What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry; Bye Bye Blackbird; Pennies From Heaven; The Best Things In Life Are Free; Taking A Chance On Love; In A Little Spanish Town; My Old Kentucky Home; Blues For Choo Loos; All Of Me; Russin Lullaby; It's All Right With Me; Loch Lomond; Undecided; That Was Yesterday; I Will Follow You; Chin Up Ladies; Independence Hora 20. As Simple As That.

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Charlie Shavers: Complete Recordings

Label: Lone Hill Jazz
Released: 2005
Track listing: CD1: C'est Si Bon (It's So Good); Domino; Mam'selle; The Last Time I Saw Paris; Pigalle; Song From"Moulin Rouge" (Where Is Your Heart); Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup; Petite Fleur; My Man (Mon Homme); I Kiss Your Hand, Madame; Comme

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Charlie Shavers: The Everest Years

Read "The Everest Years" reviewed by David Rickert


Like many great trumpeters, Charlie Shavers got lost in the shuffle somewhere between Louis and Miles and today is known by few. Although he recorded several fine solos as a member of John Kirby and Tommy Dorsey's outfits, he scarcely recorded as a leader, which no doubt has contributed to his obscurity. However, Empire Musicwerks has ...

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Charlie Shavers: Complete Recordings

Read "Charlie Shavers: Complete Recordings" reviewed by Donald Elfman


Charlie Shavers Complete Recordings Lone Hill Jazz 2005 What a windfall! In one burst of reissue fervor, Lone Hill presents over six original LPs worth of music from an unsung giant of the jazz trumpet--a true link between the world of swing as it emerged in the '20s ...

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Los Grandes Del Jazz 98

Label: Magneoton
Released: 1982

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Trumpet Man

Label: Magneoton
Released: 1978

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Excitement Unlimited

Label: Magneoton
Released: 1963


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