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Duke Ellington: Meets Coleman Hawkins/And John Coltrane

1 CD / Verve / 2011-07-26

Tracks: Limbo Jazz; Mood Indigo; Ray Charles' Place; Wanderlust; You Dirty Dog; Self Portrait (of the Bean); Jeep Is Jumpin', The; Ricitic, The; In a Sentimental Mood; Take the Coltrane; Big Nick; Stevie; My...
Artists: Duke Ellington

Recording information: Englewood Cliffs, NJ (08/18/1968); Englewood Cliffs, NJ (09/26/1962).

The 2011 two-fer Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins/And John Coltrane, combines two classic '60s r...continue...

Count Basie: Basie Land [Digipak]

1 CD / Verve / 2009-06-09

Tracks: Basie Land; Big Brother; Count Me In; Wanderlust; Instant Blues; Rabble Rouser; Sassy; Gymnastics; Yuriko; Doodle Oodle
Artists: Count Basie

Billy Byers was given the task of writing ten numbers for the Count Basie Orchestra to interpret, and he proved very much up to the job. None of these originals became standards, but with the tenors o...continue...

Coleman Hawkins/Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins

1 CD / Verve / 2007-10-09

Tracks: Limbo Jazz; Mood Indigo; Ray Charles' Place; Wanderlust; You Dirty Dog; Self Portrait (Of the Bean); Jeep Is Jumpin', The; Ricitic, The; Solitude
Artists: Coleman Hawkins/Duke Ellington

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Ray Nance (cornet, violin); Lawrence Brown (trom...continue...

Count Basie: Count Basie's Finest Hour

1 CD / Verve / 2002-05-07

Tracks: One O'Clock Jump; Topsy; Every Tub; Swingin' the Blues; Blues Backstage; Eventide; April in Paris; Corner Pocket; Shiny Stockings; All of Me; Second Time Around, The; Li'l Ol' Groovemaker; Count Me I...
Artists: Count Basie

Personnel includes: Count Basie (piano); Marshal Royal (alto saxophone); Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Thad Jones (trumpet); Urbie Gree...continue...

Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington's Finest Hour

1 CD / Verve / 2002-02-12

Tracks: East St. Louis Toodle-O; Black and Tan Fantasy; Jubilee Stomp; Black Beauty; Mooche, The; Rent Party Blues; Double Check Stomp; Mood Indigo; Creole Rhapsody, Part 1; Creole Rhapsody, Part 2; Stompy J...
Artists: Duke Ellington

Personnel includes: Duke Ellington (arranger, piano); Johnny Hodges (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Otto Hardwick (soprano, alto & baritone saxophones); Harry Carney (alto saxoph...continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: On the Sunny Side of the Street [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 1997-10-28

Tracks: Honeysuckle Rose; 'Deed I Do; Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall; Them There Eyes; Dream a Little Dream of Me; Tea for Two; Satin Doll; I'm Beginning to See the Light; Shiny Stockings; My Last Affair...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Count Basie (piano); Frank Foster, Frank Wess (alto & tenor saxophones, flute); Joe Newman (trumpet); Benny Powell (trombone); Freddie Green (guitar); Son...continue...

Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges: Play the Blues Back to Back [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 1997-07-29

Tracks: Wabash Blues; Basin Street Blues; Beale Street Blues; Weary Blues; St. Louis Blues, The; Loveless Love; Royal Garden Blues
Artists: Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Harry

"Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Les Spann (guitar); Al Hall, Sam Jones (bass);

Jo Jones (drums).

Original produ...continue...

Count Basie/Count Basie & His Orchestra: April in Paris [Remaster]

1 CD / Verve / 1997-06-24

Tracks: April in Paris; Corner Pocket; Didn't You?; Sweetie Cakes; Magic; Shiny Stockings; What Am I Here For?; Midgets; Mambo Inn; Dinner with Friends; April in Paris - (previously unreleased); Corner Pocke...
Artists: Count Basie/Count Basie & His Orchestra

Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Marshall Royal, Billy Graham (alto saxophone); Frank Foster, Frank Wess (tenor saxophone); Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone); Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Wendell Cully, ...continue...

Gene Krupa: Drummer Man

1 CD / Verve / 1996-05-02

Tracks: Let Me Off Uptown; Rockin' Chair; Opus One; Fish Fry; Drummin' Man; Drum Boogie; Boogie Blues; Leave Us Leap; Slow Down; Wire Brush Stomp; That's What You Think; After You've Gone
Artists: Gene Krupa

Personnel: Gene Krupa (drums); Roy Eldridge (vocals, trumpet); Anita O'Day (vocals); Mike Triscari, Hy White, Ed Yance, Barry Galbraith (guitar); Jerome Reisler, Jacob Shulman, Victor Pariente, Ted Bl...continue...

Ella Fitzgerald: Best of Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song

1 CD / Verve / 1994-10-18

Tracks: Too Young for the Blues; Can't We Be Friends?; Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered; Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'; I'm Just a Lucky So and So; Baby, Don't You Go 'Way Mad; Angel Eyes; I Won't Dance; Lu...
Artists: Ella Fitzgerald

Personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet), Ben Webster (tenor saxophone), Charlie Parker, Bill Doggett (alto saxophones), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Stuff Smith (vio...continue...

Count Basie: Verve Jazz Masters 2

1 CD / Verve / 1994-03-22

Tracks: Big Red; April in Paris; Two Franks; Shiny Stockings; Royal Garden Blues; Stereophonic; Blue and Sentimental; Every Day I Have the Blues; Paradise Squat; Kansas City Wrinkles; Midgets; K.C. Organ Blu...
Artists: Count Basie

Personnel includes: Count Basie (piano, organ); Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams (vocals); Ernie Wilkins, Eric Dixon (alto & tenor saxophones); Marshall Royal (alto saxophone, clarinet); Bill Graham (alto ...continue...

Count Basie: Count Basie in London

1 CD / Verve / 1990-07-24

Tracks: Jumpin' at the Woodside; Shiny Stockings; How High the Moon; Nails; Flute Juice; One O'Clock Jump; Alright, Okay, You Win; Roll 'Em Pete; Comeback, The; Blues Backstage; Corner Pocket; Blee Blop Blue...
Artists: Count Basie

Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Joe Williams (vocals); Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Wendall Culley (trumpet); Benny Powell, Henry Coker, Matthew Gee (trombone); Marshall Royal, Bill Graham, ...continue...