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Serge Chaloff: Blue Serge/Boston Blow-Up!

CD / Definitive Classics / 2008-11-04

Tracks: I've Got the World on a String; Thanks for the Memory; Goof and I; Susie's Blues; Handful of Stars; All the Things You Are; Stairway to the Stars; How About You; Mar-Dros; Kip; Unison; Body and Soul;...
Artists: Serge Chaloff

Spain's Definitive Classics imprint issues baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff's two best known recordings, Boston Blow Up! and Blue Serge on a single CD, containing the original 21 released tracks, wi...continue...

John Coltrane: Complete Recordings with Dizzy Gillespie

1 CD / Definitive Classics / 2008-06-03

Tracks: Say When; Tally-Ho; You Stole My Wife, You Horsethief; I Can't Remember; Coast to Coast; Carambola; Oo-La-La; Honeysuckle Rose; Birk's Works; Tin Tin Deo; We Love to Boogie; Fast Movin' Mama; Juice H...
Artists: John Coltrane

24-bit digitally remastered with Dinah Washington, Elmon Wright, Jimmy Heath, Paul Gonsalves & Kenny Burrell. Includes 5 bonus tracks 'Fast Movin' Mama', Juice Head Man...continue...
Personnel includes: John Coltrane (saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Dinah Washington (vocals).

Personnel: John Coltrane (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie (vocals,...continue...

Erroll Garner: Complete Savoy & Dial

1 CD / Definitive Classics / 2008-04-08

Tracks: Laura; Stardust; Somebody Loves Me; (Back Home Again In) Indiana; I Surrender, Dear; I Only Have Eyes for You; Stompin' at the Savoy; I Cover the Waterfront; It's Easy to Remember; Penthouse Serenade...
Artists: Erroll Garner

Personnel: Erroll Garner (piano); Michael Bryant (guitar); Harold "Doc" West, Jesse Price, Alvin Stoller, George DeHart (drums).

Liner Note Author: J.G. Calvados.

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Johnny Mandel & His Orchestra/Hoagy Carmichael: Hoagy Sings Carmichael [Digipak]

CD / Definitive Classics / 2008-03-04

Tracks: Georgia On My Mind; Winter Moon; New Orleans; Memphis In June; Skylark; Two Sleepy People; Baltimore Oriole; Rockin' Chair; Ballad In Blue; Lazy River; Georgia On My Mind; Hong Kong Blues; Stardust; ...
Artists: Johnny Mandel & His Orchestra/Hoagy Carmichael

This outstanding digipak edition contains one of song master Hoagy Carmichael's best albums ever: the 1956 LP Hoagy Sings Carmichael, featuring the vocalist backed by...continue...
Personnel includes: Hoagy Carmichael (vocals); Harry Klee (flute, alto saxophone); Mort Friedman (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Marty Berman (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone); Art Pepper (alto saxopho...continue...

Art Pepper: Complete 1947-1951 Small Group Studio Recordings

CD / Definitive Classics / 2005-06-28

Tracks: Sa-Frantic; Jumpin' for Jane; Turmoil; Bass Mood; Continental, The; Prelude to a Nightmare; Popo; Didi; Four Mothers; Over the Rainbow; Apropos; Sam and the Lady; Pooch McGooch; All of Me; Back in Yo...
Artists: Art Pepper

Personnel: Art Pepper (alto saxophone); Eddie Safranski's Poll Cats; Babs Gonzales & His Orchestra; Shorty Rogers & His Giants; Shelly Manne Septet.

Recorded in Los Angeles, California and Chic...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Greatest Verve Bop Quintets

CD / Definitive Classics / 2005-06-28

Tracks: Segment; Passport; Bloomdido; Oscar for Treadwell, An; Mohawk; My Melancholy Baby; Leap Frog; Relaxin' With Lee; Celebrity; Ballade; Privave, Au; She Rote; K.C. Blues; Star Eyes; Blues for Alice; Si ...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis, Red Rodney (trumpet); John Richard Lewis, Hank Jones , Al Haig, Thelonious Mo...continue...

Howard McGhee: Complete Savoy & Dial Masters: Leader Sessions

CD / Definitive Classics / 2005-06-21

Tracks: Trumpet at Tempo; Thermodynamics; Dilated Pupils; Midnight at Minton's; Up in Dodo's Room; High Wind in Hollywood; Dorothy; Night Mist; Coolie-Rini; Night Music; Turnip Blood; Surrender; Sleepwalker ...
Artists: Howard McGhee

Personnel: Howard McGhee (trumpet); Marcel Daniels (vocals); Jimmy Heath (alto & baritone saxophones); Teddy Edwards, James Moody, Kenny Mann (tenor saxophone); Billy Eckstine (valve trombone); Milt J...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Complete Pershing Club Sets

1 CD / Definitive Classics / 2003-03-04

Tracks: Indiana; I Can't Get Started; Anthropology; Out of Nowhere; Get Happy; Hot House; Embraceable You; Body and Soul; Cool Blues; Stardust; All the Things You Are; Billie's Bounce; Pennies from Heaven; P...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

This release features the complete Pershing session recordings, taken from three separate live performances at the Pershing Hotel Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois, during October of...continue...
Personnel: Earl Coleman (vocals); George Freeman (guitar); Claude McLin (tenor saxophone); Chris Anderson (piano); Bruz Freeman (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Eric Mills; Jack Kerouac.

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Charlie Parker (Sax): Legendary Jam Sessions 1952

1 CD / Definitive Classics / 2003-02-18

Tracks: Funky Blues; Ballad Medley: All the Things You Are; Jam Blues; What Is This Thing Called Love; Scrapple from the Apple; Out of Nowhere; Now's the Time
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

Full title - Free As A Bird - Legendary 1952 Jam Sessions. The first session was recorded in early June at the Norman Granz Jam...continue...