Big Band & Swing: Best Sellers

In early 1961, the 16-member Count Basie band lost a few key soloists (Billy Mitchell, Joe Newman, and Al Grey), but that did not [more]

One of at least seven entirely different compilations that brandish the word "Essential" in their titles, [more]

The Essential Artie Shaw collects 38 tracks recorded between 1938 and 1953 for Bluebird. The compilation does an admiral job of [more]

This double-CD set should not be confused with the similarly named mid-'90s, 47-song compilation from BMG, [more]

The Essential Duke Ellington, a two-CD set, differs from previous Columbia/Legacy Duke Ellington reissues in that [more]

At the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, the music was consistently inspired and often historic. Count Basie welcomed back tenor [more]

This CD has ten performances of Christmas songs from 1990 plus a few earlier recordings (Chet Baker's "Winter Wonderland," Count [more]

Verve Unmixed, Vol. 2 is a disc of originals to accompany the release of Verve Remixed, Vol. 2, a disc of post-rave dance [more]

Although it appeared at a time when Count Basie was enjoying respect from all quarters (as evidenced by the pop acclaim of [more]

In 2002, the legendary Verve label took 12 tracks from its huge and varied jazz catalog and turned a bunch of DJs and producers [more]

This campy LP from the 1960s features the Count Basie Orchestra playing ten themes from [more]