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Various Artists: Prestige Records: The Album Cover Collection

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2009-10-20

Tracks: Bemsha Swing - The Modern Jazz Giants/Miles Davis; Lee - Jimmy Raney/Stan Getz/Terry Gibbs; Paradox - Sonny Rollins; Contour - Jackie McLean; Organ Rounds - Moondog; Theme for Ernie - John Coltrane; ...
Artists: Various Artists

Red Garland: Dig It!

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2009-09-08

Tracks: Billie's Bounce; Crazy Rhythm; Cta; Lazy Mae
Artists: Red Garland

Quintet With John Coltrane.

Red Garland Quintet: Red Garland (piano); John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); George Joyner, Paul Chambers (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums).

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Thelonious Monk: Monk

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2009-09-08

Tracks: We See; Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Locomotive; Hackensack; Let's Call This; 6 Think of One (Take 2); 7 Think of One (Take 1)
Artists: Thelonious Monk

Personnel: Thelonious Monk (piano); Sonny Rollins, Frank Foster (tenor saxophones); Ray Copeland (trumpet); Julius Watkins (French horn); Percy Heath, Curly Russell (bass); Willie Jones, Art Blakey (d...continue...

Sonny Rollins: Moving Out

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2009-09-08

Tracks: Moving Out; Swingin' for Bumsy; Silk 'N' Satin; Solid; More Than You Know
Artists: Sonny Rollins

Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Kenny Dorham (trumpet); Elmo Hope, Thelonious Monk (piano); Percy Heath, Tommy Potter (bass); Art Blakey, Arthur Taylor (drums).

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Harold Mabern: Wailin'

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2009-02-03

Tracks: Strozier's Mode; Blues For Phineas; I Can't Understand What I See in You; Waltzing Westward; Time For Love, A; Greasy Kid Stuff; I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do; Xke; Alex the Great; I Want You B...
Artists: Harold Mabern

Personnel: Harold Mabern, Virgil Jones, Lee Morgan, George Coleman, Hubert Laws, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Buster Williams, Lee Morris, Idris Muhammad.

Recorded in 1969 & 1970.

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Thelonious Monk: At the Five Spot

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-09-25

Tracks: Light Blue; Coming on the Hudson; Rhythm-A-Ning; Blue Monk; Evidence; Nutty; Let's Cool One; In Walked Bud; Just a Gigolo; Misterioso; Epistrophy (Theme)
Artists: Thelonious Monk

Personnel: Thelonious Monk (piano); Johnny Griffin (tenor saxophone); Roy Haynes (drums).

Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino.

Liner Note Author: Stanley Crouch.

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Normie Rowe: Cyrano [London Cast]

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-03-20

Tracks: Cyrano, musical play: Prologue to a Play; Cyrano, musical play: Get Off the Stage; Cyrano, musical play: A Touch; Cyrano, musical play: Oh What a Night; Cyrano, musical play: Cafe on the Corner; Cyra...
Artists: Normie Rowe

Sredets Chamber Choir: Medieval Voices: Bulgarian Orthodox Music

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-03-20

Tracks: Slava Otzu; Stijera for Good Tuesday; Leto i Wesnu; Kratema; Vsyakoe Dichanie; Voskresni Bozhe; Glassom Moim; Ne Otvrati Litsa; Dostoino est; Slavoslovie; Svetisja; Bog Gospod; Blagoslovi Dushe Moya,...
Artists: Sredets Chamber Choir

Chet Baker (Trumpet/Vocals/Composer): Stairway to the Stars

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-03-20

Tracks: Cherokee - (mono); Bevan Beeps - (mono); Comin' On; Stairway to the Stars; No Fair Lady; When You're Gone; Choose Now; Chabootie; Carpsie's Groove; I Waited for You; 490, The
Artists: Chet Baker (Trumpet/Vocals/Composer)

Personnel: Chet Baker (flugelhorn); George Coleman (tenor saxophone); Kirk Lightsey (piano); Herman Wright (bass); Roy Brooks (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New J...continue...

Sugar Minott: Good Thing Going [Bonus Tracks]

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-03-20

Tracks: Now We Know; Can You Remember?; Lonely Days; Good Thing Going; Just Don't Wanna Be Lonely; Make It with You; Missing You; Show Me That You Love Me; Girl Is in Love, The; House Is Not a Home, A; Lover...
Artists: Sugar Minott

Liner Note Author: Maxine Stowe.

At its nadir, lovers rock is a hideous monster, a glossy over-produced nasty, that takes the worst aspects of MOR and magnifies them. At its heights, however, l...continue...

Sonny Stitt: The Boss Men

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: All God's Chillun Got Rhythm; Answering Service; Tangerine; Night Crawler; Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me); Star Eyes; Diane; Someday My Prince Will Come; Easy to Love; What's New?; Bog C's ...
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Originally released in 1965 as 2 separate LPs, NIGHT CRAWLER and THE BOSS MEN.

Personnel includes: Sonny Stitt (alto & tenor saxophones); Don Patterson (organ); Billy James (drums).

Pers...continue...

Gene Ammons: Up Tight!

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Breeze and I, The; Carbow; Moonglow; I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over; I'm Beginning to See the Light; Jug's Blue Blues; Lester Leaps In; Five O'Clock Whistle, The; I Sold My Heart to the Junkman; S...
Artists: Gene Ammons

Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Walter Bishop, Jr., Patti Brown (piano); Arthur Davis, George Duvivier (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums); Ray Barretto (congas).

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Sonny Rollins: The Best of Sonny Rollins [Prestige]

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: St. Thomas; More Than You Know; I Feel a Song Coming On; On a Slow Boat to China; My Ideal; It's All Right With Me; In a Sentimental Mood; Moritat; Mambo Bounce; Tenor Madness
Artists: Sonny Rollins

Personnel: Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Sonny Rollins; Earl Coleman (vocals); Clifford Brown (trumpet); John Richard Lewis, Ray Bryant, Red Garland (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); George Morro...continue...

Coleman Hawkins: The Best of Coleman Hawkins

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: I'm Beginning to See the Light; Greensleeve; Since I Fell for You; I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You); Soul Blues; I'll Never Be the Same; Sweetest Sounds, The; I Want to Be Loved; In a Mellow Tone;...
Artists: Coleman Hawkins

Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Coleman Hawkins; Kenny Burrell (guitar); Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone); Idrees Sulieman (trumpet); Vic Dickenson (trombone); Ronnell Bright (pia...continue...

Kenny Burrell: The Best of Kenny Burrell [Prestige]

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: I'll Close My Eyes; Montono Blues; All of You; It's a Wonderful World; I Never Knew; Boo-Lu; Minor Mishap; All Day Long
Artists: Kenny Burrell

Personnel: Kenny Burrell (guitar); Kenny Burrell; Doug Watkins, Major Holley, Paul Chambers (double bass); Art Taylor (drums); Jerome Richardson (flute); Coleman Hawkins, Frank Foster, Hank Mobley, Jo...continue...

Sonny Stitt: Night Letter [Compilation]

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Sunday; Soul Shack; Love Nest; Hairy; For You; Shadows; Night Letter; When It's Sleepy Time Down South; Stringin' the Jug; Pretend; Blue String; You'll Never Know; Loose Walk
Artists: Sonny Stitt

Personnel: Sonny Stitt (saxophone); Jack McDuff, Leonard Gaskin, Herbie Lovelle, Gene Ludwig, Pat Martino, Randy Gelispie.

Recorded in September 1963 and October 1969.

Personnel: Sonny S...continue...

Jimmy Witherspoon: Blue Spoon/Spoon in London

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: I Wonder; Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out; It's All in the Game; Once There Lived a Fool; For Old Times Sake
Artists: Jimmy Witherspoon

2 LPs on 1 CD: BLUE SPOON (1964)/SPOON IN LONDON (1965).

Personnel includes: Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals); Kenny Burrell (guitar).

This CD combines two chronologically close, but stylistic...continue...

Coleman Hawkins: On Broadway

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: I Talk to the Trees - (from "Paint Your Wagon"); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (from "Roberta"); Wanting You - (from "New Moon"); Strange Music - (from "Song Of Norway"); Man That Got Away, The - (from "...
Artists: Coleman Hawkins

Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Major Holley (bass); Eddie Locke (drums).

Producer: Esmond Edwards.

Compilation producer: Bob Porter.

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Gene Ammons: Legends of Acid Jazz

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Black Cat, The; Long Long Time; Piece to Keep Away Evil Spirits; Jug Eyes; Something; Hi Ruth!; You Talk That Talk; Body and Soul; People's Choice, The; Katea's Dance; Sun Died, The; Out of It; I Can...
Artists: Gene Ammons

Personnel: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Bill Fischer (conductor); Sonny Stitt (tenor saxophone); Harold Mabern (acoustic & electric pianos); Leon Spencer, Dan Patterson (organ); George Freeman, Paul...continue...

Gene Ammons: A Stranger in Town

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Song Is You, The; Light'n Up; Short Stop; They Say You're Laughing at Me; Salome's Tune; Blue Coolade; Stranger in Town, A; Scam; Count Your Blessings; Cara Mia; Night Lights; Nature Boy; Calypso Blu...
Artists: Gene Ammons

A STRANGER IN TOWN compiles recordings made between 1954 and 1970 of Gene Ammons leading five different groups.

Personnel includes: Gene Ammons (tenor saxophone); Oliver Nelson (arranger); Wynt...continue...

Coleman Hawkins: Blues Wail: Coleman Hawkins Plays the Blues

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Juicy Fruit; Blues for Tomorrow; Blues Wail; Soul Blues; Skrouk; Stealin' the Bean; Foot Pattin'; Blues for Ron; Pedalin'
Artists: Coleman Hawkins

Personnel includes: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Gigi Gryce (alto saxophone); Arnett Cobb, John Coltrane, Buddy Tate, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); ...continue...

Art Blakey: Mission Eternal, Vol. 2

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Gertrude's Bounce; Siempre Mi Amor; Mission Eternal; Moanin'; Chant for Bu, A; One for Trane; Along Came Betty - (TRUE instrumental); Along Came Betty - (vocal); Without a Song; Love: For the One You...
Artists: Art Blakey

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey (drums); Jon Hendricks (vocals); Carter Jefferson (tenor saxophone); Woody Shaw (trumpet); Steve Turre (trombone); Cedar Walton (acoustic & electric pian...continue...

Dexter Gordon: L.T.D. Live at the Left Bank

1 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Broadway; Boston Bernie; In a Sentimental Mood; Blues Up and Down
Artists: Dexter Gordon

L.T.D. stands for Long Tall Dexter.

Personnel includes: Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Bobby Timmons (piano); Victor Gaskin (bass); Percy Brice (drums)

Recorded live at the Famous Ball...continue...

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: The Carnegie Hall Concerts (December 1947)

2 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: New Look, The (Snibor); Blue Serge; Triple Play; Harlem Airshaft; Johnny Hodges Medley: Wanderlust / Junior Hop / Jeep's Blues / Jeep Is Jumpin' / Squatty Roo / The Mood To Be Wooed; Mella Brava; Kic...
Artists: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Personnel: Duke Ellington (arranger, piano); Billy Strayhorn (arranger); Kay Davis, Al Hibbler (vocals); Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Russell Procope, Al Sears, Jimmy Hamilton (reeds); Ray Nance (trum...continue...

Duke Ellington/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: The Carnegie Hall Concerts (January 1946)

2 CD / Prestige Records / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Caravan; In a Mellow Tone; Solid Old Man; Spiritual (Come Sunday) (from "Black, Brown & Beige") / Work Song (from "Black, Brown & Beige"); Blues, The - (from "Black, Brown & Beige"); Rugged Romeo; So...
Artists: Duke Ellington/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Personnel: Duke Ellington (arranger, piano); Billy Strayhorn (arranger); Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis, Al Hibbler (vocals); Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwicke, Al Sears, Jimmy Hamilton (reeds); C...continue...