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The music on this CD is from a period when arranger Quincy Jones was a major part of the jazz world, rather than being content just to take bows for it. Six high-quality selections from a 1956 album offer logical, swinging, and often distinct arrangements with plenty of solos from the all-star...

As modern big-band leaders go, Quincy Jones in the '60s would be first choice for many composers who wrote for a television series or the cinema. Though not the original themes, Jones was quite able to produce a full album featuring Henry Mancini's famous songs from movies and the...

Trumpeter Thad Jones made his debut as a leader for Charles Mingus' Debut label during 1954-55, music that has been reissued as a single CD in the OJC series and as part of a huge 12-CD Mingus Debut box set. The 12 performances (which include two alternate takes) really put the focus on...

Born in Marianna, AR, Floyd Jones grew up in the company of Walter Horton and Chester Burnett, later known as Howlin' Wolf. The three young men traveled together during the 1930s and came into contact with Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Eddie Taylor, and Johnny Shines. While Howlin'...

CD 1 - Jumpin' In the Woodshed (TT: 76:42): Lionel Hampton & his Orch.: Kingfish; Clifford Brown/Art Farmer w/The Swedish All-Stars: Stockholm Sweetnin'; King Pleasure: I'm Gone; Oscar Pettiford: Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home; Big Maybelle: Whole Lot of Shakin'...

For this CD, pianist Oliver Jones teams up with bassist Steve Wallace and drummer Ed Thigpen for a slightly more modern program than usual. Influenced by Oscar Peterson but having his own sound within O.P.'s style, Jones performs numbers by Kenny Wheeler, Bill Evans ("Very...

Don't Go to Strangers was Etta Jones' first album for the independent jazz label Prestige when it was released in 1960 (having been recorded in a single session on June 21 of that year), and although Jones had been releasing records since 1944, including a dozen sides for RCA in 1946...

This is a superb Hank Jones date; highly recommended for fans of piano trio music. In 1955, most jazz pianists were immersed in the school of Bud Powell. Jones is unique in that he developed his harmonic concept prior to Powell's ascendancy and the ebop revolution, but went on to fully...

Quincy Jones had jazz fans wondering when he released his killer Gula Matari album in 1970. That set, with gorgeous reading of Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" with a lead vocal by none other than Valerie Simpson, pointed quite solidly into the direction Jones was...

Featuring 18 songs, including "The Impossible Dream," "Call Me Irresponsible," and "Lollipops and Roses," Greatest Hits is the definitive Jack Jones collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

In 1974, Quincy Jones, who already had a wide range of musical credits behind him, opted to enter the R&B mainstream by hiring vocalists and overseeing recordings in a commercial vein released under his name. The first of them was Body Heat, which went gold, and Jones followed with a series...

A classic set recorded for Milestone and reissued under the OJC imprint, this date is co-led by Thad Jones (heard throughout on flügelhorn) and baritonist Pepper Adams; pianist Duke Pearson, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Mel Lewis complete the band. The high-quality hard bop unit performs...

During 1966-78, cornetist-arranger Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis led one of the finest big bands in jazz. Both Jones, who was formerly with Count Basie, and Lewis had had substantial careers prior to forming their orchestra. In late-1965, they began recruiting some of their favorite musicians...

Quincy Jones led one of his finest orchestras in 1960. This spirited CD is taken from a live concert (and radio broadcast) from Switerland. With such soloists as trumpeter Benny Bailey, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, altoist Phil Woods, Jerome Richardson on tenor and baritonist Sahib Shihab (among...

Veteran pianist Hank Jones is hardly slowing down at the age of 87, as heard on this beautifully recorded session in early 2006. With drummer Jimmy Cobb (who sticks to brushes) and Christian McBride rounding out his potent trio, Jones keeps old warhorses like "On Green Dolphin Street"...

Three different overlapping vocal ensembles from the Georgia Sea Islands are featured on this album, one of the many feathers in the headdress of ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax. The collection is the result of two different recording trips to the Georgia Sea Islands during the '50s and...

The third volume in Document's complete reissued early works of singing blues pianist Curtis Jones contains 22 Vocalion, Okeh, and Bluebird recordings made in Chicago between June 1939 and September 1940. The first two tracks constitute the remaining titles from a session that featured...

The first volume includes Quietude, a 13-minute Three In One and a version of Little Pixie that romps for over 15 minutes. Volume 2 is highlighted by the catchy Tip Toe, the bluesy Don't Get Sassy and a lengthy version of Cherry Juice. Both sets feature the Mel Lewis Orchestra at its best...