Dixieland: Best Sellers

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]

Fabulous Danny Boy Album is a solid compilation showcasing one of Ireland's most beloved folk songs, and some of the 20th century's best pay their respects to the [more]

Honey in the Horn/Our Man in New Orleans reissues and repackages two of Al Hirt's most popular albums for RCA. Part of this set comes from Honey in the Horn, a [more]

Both part-time jump-and-jivers and full-time swing aficionados will find something to dig on the classics-and-curiosities-laden Swingin' at Capitol, a [more]

While Louis Armstrong didn't invent jazz, he certainly shaped it in his own image, personalizing it, popularizing it, and giving it a template to follow into the modern [more]

Blue Note designed Oscillatin' Rhythm: Great Swing Hits in Hi-Fi to appeal to Gen-X hipsters enamored with Sinatra, martinis, lounge music, cigars and [more]

In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns' ten-part, 19-hour epic PBS documentary {#Jazz}, Columbia issued 22 single-disc compilations devoted to jazz's most significant [more]

In conjunction with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' ten-part 2000 PBS special, Columbia/Legacy and Verve teamed up to issue a special series of reissues covering much of [more]

This CD sampler draws its 18 selections from the Blue Note, Pacific Jazz, Roulette, Solid State and Capitol vaults. There are two selections apiece [more]

When musicologists a hundred years from now turn their attention to music of the 1960s, they will surely be fascinated by jazz-pop trumpeter Al Hirt. A [more]

In 1961, art dealer Larry Borenstein opened up Preservation Hall in New Orleans. Run by the young tuba player Allan Jaffe, the hall soon became the unofficial home [more]

This is a good sampler for the uninitiated -- pass it on after you collect the first four volumes. ~ Bruce Boyd Raeburn, All Music Guide

Kenny Davern has since at least the late '60s been one of jazz's finest trad/swing clarinetists. This particular date teams him with bassist Bob Haggart, guitarist Howard Alden, [more]

As producer Michael Cuscuna explains in a helpful addendum, The Fabulous Sidney Bechet is a reissue of a reissue. The 1958 release combined two earlier 10" LPs recorded in [more]

The music of Hoagy Carmichael is celebrated on this 20-song collection of otherwise unrelated recordings from the 1932-1968 period. The earliest performance is Mildred Bailey's

The most famous trombonist to come out of New Orleans before 1920, Kid Ory defined the role of his instrument in New Orleans jazz throughout his career. His [more]

This LP is a cut above most of Muggsy Spanier's recordings of the 1950s due to a surprisingly fresh repertoire, which includes such songs as "Dixie Flyer," [more]

Eddie Condon's second LP for Columbia (and his first not to be shared with another band) is a side of Columbia's jazz output that's appreciated too little today -- the label may [more]

Recorded at the same two sessions as One Hour Tonight, this CD gets the edge due to more tempo variation. Clarinetist Kenny Davern, guitarist Howard Alden, bassist Phil [more]

Prior to the rise of Lester Young in the mid-to-late 1930s, there were only two highly individual giants of the tenor sax: Coleman Hawkins and Bud [more]