Classic Jazz: Best Sellers

Pioneers in the early development of the violin and guitar as jazz instruments, Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang made music that can best be described as friendly and inventive. This [more]

The 1999 remastering (Columbia-Legacy 65571) supercedes all previous editions, CD or vinyl, of the 1961 album First [more]

Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers from MGM, Warner Brothers & RKO Films collects '30s and '40s film music from three of Hollywood's biggest studios. Louis Armstrong's "Jeepers Creepers," Harry James & His Orchestra's

Although drummer Hal Smith is the leader of this quintet set, his playing is mostly in a supportive role. The lead voices are clarinetist Tim Laughlin, pianist Chris Dawson, and [more]

Drummer Hal Smith regrouped the New Orleans Wanderers, a group he had organized in 1992, for this 1995 recording. Changing their name to Hal Smith's [more]

This enjoyable salute to Louis Armstrong is due to two factors. First of all, the musicianship of Jim Galloway, Ralph Sutton, Milt Hinton and Gus Johnson during [more]

Armstrong and the 1960 version of his All-Stars (which included trombonist Trummy Young, clarinetist Barney Bigard, pianist Billy Kyle, bassist Mort [more]

Although there are a multitude of box sets chronicling Bessie's entire recorded career, this two-disc, 36-song set sweats it down to the bare essentials in quite an effective [more]

This recording was not only Louis Armstrong's finest record of the 1950s but one of the truly classic jazz sets. Armstrong and his All-Stars [more]

Good '20s and '30s tracks with some standout contributions from early Ellingtonians like Bubber Miley, Cootie Williams, Barney Bigard, and Harry Carney. More material from the "jungle" period. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Part of Bluebird's very admirable reissue of all of Fats Waller's 1934-42 Victor recordings, this three-CD set has the [more]

Nice reissue featuring the great swing era bandleader Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra on recordings from 1932 to 1937. Some players presented include Omer Simeon, Coleman Hawkins, and Big Sid Catlett. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

This set reissues 18 of The Original Dixieland Jazz Band's recordings. A cross-section of their output (rather than a complete set), the release starts off with their hit [more]

This expansive four-disc anthology essentially covers the recorded history of the guitar in the 20th century, beginning with the ragtime banjo that set the [more]

Piano Man is the title of a Victor Bluebird record cut on July 12, 1939 by Earl "Fatha" Hines and his Orchestra. Piano Man is also the title of at least four different Earl Hines CD [more]

This CD is very much a piano recital, as Dick Hyman (on a set of unaccompanied solos) demonstrates his love for Harold Arlen's music. Nine of the [more]