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Billy Eckstine MISTER B. AND THE BAND Savoy Jazz / Denon Records   1945-46 / 1994 Members of Eckstine's band have included: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Fats Navarro, Lucky Thompson, Ke... 
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Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers ALBUM OF THE YEAR Timeless / MCA-Impulse    1981 / 1988   Cheryl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iR_YviC63g Witch Hunt : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRSfmfnsMyE&t=319s Soulful Mr. Timmons : https... 
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Anthony Brown's Asian American Orchestra MONK'S MOODS Water Baby Records   2002   Brilliant Corners : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az8xnT7mV1Q Misterioso : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtwHPfbBWw Evidence : https://www.youtube.com/wat... 
Jazz for aficionados
Has anyone heard from, or know about O-10?   I sent him a message a day ago.  No reply. Cheers  
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Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie ROY AND DIZ Verve   1954 / 1994 Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie(trumpet), Oscar Peterson(piano), Herb Ellis(guitar), Ray Brown(bass), Louis Bellson(drums)   Trumpet Blues : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBd... 
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Charles Mingus CHANGES ONE Atlantic / Rhino   1976 / 1993 Charles Mingus(bass), George Adams(tenor sax, vocal on devil blues), Jack Walrath(trumpet), Don Pullen(piano), Dannie Richmond(drums)   Rockefeller at Attica : https://www.youtube.com/... 
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Sonny Rollins + 3 Milestone   1996 Sonny Rollins(tenor sax), Bob Cranshaw(electric bass), Jack DeJohnette(drums), Tommy Flanagan(piano), Al Foster(drums), Stephen Scott(piano) Minimal packaging, no notes.   What a Difference a Day made : htt... 
Beethoven Complete Works boxed set recommendations
Do you mean 'Complete Beethoven' , as in everything he wrote, or just recordings of the complete symphony cycle? Cheers  
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Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington ELLA & DUKE AT THE COTE D'AZUR Verve   1966 / 1997   2CD Set Excellent booklet with pictures.   It Don't mean a Thing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDQXWcK0k5w Trombonio-Bustoso-Issimo : https://w... 
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Thomas "Fats" Waller AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Original Broadway Cast) RCA     1978 / 1987 Nell Carter, Andre DeShields, Armelia McQueen, Ken Page, Charlaine Woodard   Honeysuckle Rose : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9WI2HkZISg Jitterbug Waltz :... 
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Willis Jackson BAR WARS 32 Jazz    1977 / 1997 Willis Jackson(tenor sax), Charlie Earland(organ), Pat Martino(guitar), Idris Muhammad(drums), Buddy Caldwell(congas)   Later : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdZRSLpBGBI Bar Wars : https://www... 
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Charles Mingus MINGUS DYNASTY Columbia / Sony     1959 / 1994 Notes : "Recorded in 1959, Mingus Dynasty is a fine cross section of the sort of music that endeared Mingus to Jazz followers.  Showcased here is his ability to bring seemingly dispa... 
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Art Pepper ART PEPPER + ELEVEN Contemporary   1959 / 2004     (SACD) Notes : "In an album that laughed at the East coast vs. West coast critical arguments of the day, Art pepper in 1959 executed a masterpiece that maintains its freshness and fi... 
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Billie Holiday BODY AND SOUL Billie Holiday(vocals), Ben Webster(tenor sax), Barney Kessel(guitar), Harry "Sweets" Edison(trumpet), Jimmy Rowles(piano), Red Mitchell(bass), J Alvin Stoller(drums), Larry Bunker(drums) Verve   1957 / 2002   Bod... 
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Bill Evans Trio EXPLORATIONS Bill Evans(piano), Scott LaFaro(bass), Paul Motian(drums) Riverside / OJC      1961 / 2011   Notes : "This Original Jazz Classics Remasters reissue of Explorations is the definitive edition of the album that captu...