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Duke Ellington: Best of the California Concerts

2 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 2002-03-19

Tracks: Tattooed Bride, The; Diminuendo In Blue / Crescendo In Blue; Hawk Talks, The; Monologue; St. Louis Blues; V.I.P.'s Boogie / Jam With Sam; Without a Song; Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me; Street Blu...
Artists: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Duke Ellington (piano); Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet); Rick Henderson (alto saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Paul Gonsalves (tenor s...continue...

Jack Sheldon: There's No One Like Nomo [Single]

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 2001-01-31

Tracks: There's No One Like Nomo; There's No One Like Nomo - (instrumental version)
Artists: Jack Sheldon

Personnel includes: Jack Sheldon (vocals, trumpet); Luanna Jackman, Vanessa Townsell, Carmen Carter (vocals); Brian O'Rourke, Trey Henry, Vincent Torturro, Andrew Martin, Bill Liston, Raymond Brinker ...continue...

Jack Costanzo: Chicken & Rice [Single] [Single]

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 2000-06-06

Tracks: Chicken and Rice; Sing, Sing, Sing (Scorching the Skins); Caravan; Feeling Alright
Artists: Jack Costanzo

Personnel includes: Jack Costanzo (bongos, congas); Mary Dolan (vocals); Frank LaMarca (tenor saxophone); Paul Lopez, John Anderson (trumpet); April West (trombone); Lynn Dolan, Robert Lanuza, Eddie C...continue...

Louis Armstrong: An Evening with Louis Armstrong at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Vol. 2

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 2000-02-01

Tracks: Sleepy Time Down South; (Back Home Again In) Indiana; Someday You'll Be Sorry; Ole Miss; Tin Roof Blues; My Bucket's Got a Hole in It; Perdido; Dardanella; How High the Moon; Gypsy, The; Undecided; B...
Artists: Louis Armstrong

Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Velma Middleton (vocals); Trummy Young (trombone); Edmund Hall (clarinet); Billy Kyle (piano); Arvell Shaw (bass); Barrett Deems (drums).

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Charlie Ventura: In Concert

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1997-05-19

Tracks: Gene Norman Introduction; Birdland; Flamingo; Body and Soul; Lullaby in Rhythm; Boptura; Over the Rainbow; Dark Eyes; High on an Open Mike; Jersey Bounce; Sweet Georgia Brown; Basin Street Blues; Cha...
Artists: Charlie Ventura

Personnel includes: Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone); Jackie Cain, Roy Kral.

Includes liner notes by Gene Norman.

Personnel: Charlie Ventura (tenor saxophone); Jackie Cain (vocals).
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Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band: The Rangers Waltz/Tennessee Squire Dance [Single]

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1995-10-17

Tracks: Rangers Waltz; Tennessee Squire Dance
Artists: Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band

Full performer name: Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band.

Recording information: Reflections Studios, Nashville, TN.

Cornetist Jack Daniels is at his best on Tennessee Squire Dance...continue...

Bill Watrous: Time for Love

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1993-12-06

Tracks: Low Life; Shadow of Your Smile, The; Time for Love, A; Close Enough for Love; Emily; Where Do You Start?; Shining Sea, The; Zoot; Not Really the Blues
Artists: Bill Watrous

Composer: Johnny Mandel.

Personnel: Bill Watrous (trombone); Phil Feather, Sal Lozano, Bill Liston, Bob Carr, Bruce Eskovitz (saxophone); Wayne Bergeron, Dennis Farias, Ron Stout (trumpet); Dou...continue...

Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy Gillespie and His Big Band

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1993-12-06

Tracks: Emanon; Ool-Ya-Koo; Good Bait; Round About Midnight; Stay on It; One Bass Hit; I Can't Get Started; Manteca
Artists: Dizzy Gillespie

Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Ernie Henry, John Brown (alto saxophone); James Moody, Joe Gayles (tenor saxophone); Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Dave Burns, Elmon Wright, Willie Cook (trum...continue...

Lionel Hampton All-Stars/Lionel Hampton: Lionel Hampton with the Just Jazz All Stars

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1993-12-06

Tracks: Perdido; That's My Desire; Central Ave. Breakdown; Kaba's Blues; Hamp's Boogie Woogie; Flying Home
Artists: Lionel Hampton All-Stars/Lionel Hampton

Personnel: Lionel Hampton (vibraphone, piano, drums); Willie Smith (alto saxophone); Corky Corcoran (tenor saxophone); Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Milt Buckner (piano); Slam Stewart (bass); Jackie Mill...continue...

Big Tiny Little: Golden Piano Hits

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1993-04-16

Tracks: Begin the Beguine; Stardust; Last Date; Autumn Leaves; Near You; Tea For Two; Entertainer; Harbor Lights; Lover; As Time Goes By; Somewhere My Love; Twilight Time; Alley Cat; Coquette; Canadian Sunse...
Artists: Big Tiny Little

Cleo Laine: Cleo's Choice

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1993-04-16

Tracks: Something's Gotta Give / Unforgettable / All Of You / Too Late Now; I'll Remember April; Hand Me Down Love; Teach Me Tonight; Young at Heart; He Needs Me; Summer Is a Comin' In; April in Paris; They ...
Artists: Cleo Laine

Personnel includes: Cleo Laine (vocals); John Dankworth.

Laine, an accomplished actress and performer, displays her distinctive voice and technique covering everything from standards to show tu...continue...

Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band: On Tour Across America

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1992-10-14

Tracks: At a Georgia Camp Meeting; Entry of the Gladiators; I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair; George M. Cohan Medley: Give My Regards to Broadway/Mary/It's a ...: Give My Regards To Broadway / Ma...
Artists: Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band

Full performer name: Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band.

Personnel: Wiley Porter (guitar, banjo); Warren Clark, Alan Suska, Dave Fulmer, Gary Armstrong, Stewart Cox (cornet); Tim Law...continue...

Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band: Cornet Marmalade

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1992-10-14

Tracks: Original Dixieland One-Step; Clarinet Marmalade; After You've Gone; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?; Copenhagen; High Society; Twelfth Street Rag; Just a Litt...
Artists: Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band

Full performer name: Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band.

Personnel includes: Dave fulmer (leader); Greig McRitchie (arranger); Louis Brown (cornet, trombone); Marcus Arnold (tuba); Steve...continue...

Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band: Hometown Saturday Night

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1992-10-14

Tracks: Waiting For the Robert E. Lee; Shenandoah; How to Build a Band; Three Trees, The; Londonderry Aire; Rainbow Ripples; Poor Butterfly; Charleston; Stephen Foster Medley; Una Voce Poco Fa; Lasses Trombo...
Artists: Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band

Full performer name: Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band.

Recorded live at The Performing Arts Center, Nashville, Tennessee in June 1981.

In 1972, a photo of a band from the 1890s ...continue...

Earl Hines: Live at the Crescendo, Vol. 2

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1992-05-20

Tracks: Deep Forest; Who's Sorry Now; Hesitation Blues; That da-da Strain; Beale Street Blues; On the Sunny Side of the Street; I Love You; I Found a New Baby; Honeysuckle Rose; Back O'Town Blues; Jazz Me Bl...
Artists: Earl Hines

Personnel: Earl Hines (piano); Muggsy Spanier, Marty Marsasala (trumpet); Jimmy Archey (trombone); Darnell Howard (clarinet); George "Pops" Foster (bass); Earl Watkins Jr. (drums).

Includes lin...continue...

Bill Watrous: Bone-Ified

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1992-01-27

Tracks: Day In - Day Out; Unforgettable; Indian Summer; Change Partners; Answer Me; Just in Time; How Deep Is the Ocean?; Smooth Talk; Hot One for Jason, A
Artists: Bill Watrous

Personnel: Bill Watrous (French horn, trombone); Shelly Berg (piano); Lou Fisher (bass); Tom Cummings, Randy Drake (drums).

Recorded live at San Jacinto State College, Houston, Texas and Stage ...continue...

Bobby Enriquez: The Prodigious Piano of Bobby Enriquez

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1991-11-06

Tracks: Spain; Just the Way You Are; Boplicity; Pete Kelly's Blues; Hi-Fly; Willow Weep For Me; There'll Never Be Another You; Bobby's Dream; Yesterdays; Night In Tunisia / Tonga
Artists: Bobby Enriquez

Personnel includes: Bobby Enriquez (piano); Alex Acuna (drums).

Bobby Enriquez was a technically gifted pianist who could play very explosive versions of standards. On this excellent set with b...continue...

Frank Morgan (Sax): Frank Morgan

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1991-07-18

Tracks: Bernie's Tune; My Old Flame; I'll Remember April; Neil's Blues; Champ, The; Chooch; Nearness of You, The; Whippet; Milt's Tune; Get Happy; Crescendo Blues; "Huh!"; Autumn Leaves; Well, You Needn't; B...
Artists: Frank Morgan (Sax)

Personnel includes: Frank Morgan (alto saxophone); Wardell Gray, James Clay (tenor saxophone); Bobby Timmons (piano).

When altoist Frank Morgan recorded his debut as a leader in 1955, he was be...continue...

Django Reinhardt: Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1991-02-05

Tracks: Ol' Man River; R-Vingt-Six; Swing Guitars; I Love You; Tiger Rag; Tears; Dinah; Them There Eyes; Daphné; How High the Moon; Manoir de Mes Rêves; Danse Nuptiale; Improvisation No. 5; Nuages;...
Artists: Django Reinhardt

/Stephane Grappelli.

Personnel: Django Reinhardt (guitar); Stephane Grappelli (violin); Andre Ekyan (alto saxophone, clarinet); Francois Vermeille (piano); Joseph Reinhardt, Eugene Vees (guitar...continue...

Art Tatum: Art Tatum at His Piano, Vol. 1

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1990-07-13

Tracks: It's Only a Paper Moon; Just a Gigolo; Three Little Words; On the Sunny Side of the Street; Somebody Loves Me; Why Was I Born; If I Could Be With You; Mean to Me; You Took Advantage of Me; Body and S...
Artists: Art Tatum

Solo performer: Art Tatum (piano).

Includes liner notes by Dave Dexter, Jr.

On the first of two LPs featuring Tatum live at the Crescendo Club in 1950, the great pianist interprets a doz...continue...

Bobby Enriquez: Live! in Tokyo

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1990-03-01

Tracks: Killer Joe; Airegin; After Hours; Meditation; Misty; Groovin' High; Ain't Misbehavin' / Honeysuckle Rose; Holiday For Strings; Donna Lee; Bluesette; Confirmation; Del Sasser; Could It Be Magic; Softl...
Artists: Bobby Enriquez

The second of two albums taken from a 1982 Japanese tour features pianist Bobby Enriquez (joined by bassist Isoo Fukui and drummer Shinji Mori) attacking seven jazz standards and even Barry Manilow's ...continue...

Clifford Brown (Jazz)/Max Roach: Best of Max Roach and Clifford Brown in Concert

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1989-10-25

Tracks: Jordu; I Can't Get Started; I Get a Kick Out of You; Parisian Thoroughfare; All God's Chillun Got Rhythm; Tenderly - (studio); Sunset Eyes; Clifford's Axe
Artists: Clifford Brown (Jazz)/Max Roach

Personnel: Max Roach (drums); Clifford Brown (trumpet); Harold Land, Teddy Edwards (tenor saxophone); Richie Powell, Carl Perkins (piano); George Morrow, George Bledsoe (bass).

Personnel: Max R...continue...

Duke Ellington: The 1953 Pasadena Concert

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1989-02-09

Tracks: Tattooed Bride, The; Diminuendo In Blue / Crescendo In Blue; Hawk Talks, The; Monologue; St. Louis Blues - (featuring Ray Nance); V.I.P.'s Boogie / Jam With Sam; Without a Song - (featuring Jimmy Gri...
Artists: Duke Ellington

Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Ray Nance (vocals, trumpet); Jimmy Grissom

(vocals); Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet); Rick Henderson (alto saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxoph...continue...

Duke Ellington: Los Angeles Concert (1954)

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1989-01-31

Tracks: Smada; Black and Tan Fantasy; How High the Moon; Serious Serenade; Theme For Trambean; Skin Deep; Mood Indigo; Blue Jean Beguine; Take the "A" Train; Satin Doll; Stompin' at the Savoy
Artists: Duke Ellington

Personnel: Duke Ellington (leader, piano); Russell Procope (alto saxophone, clarinet); Jimmy Hamilton (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone, clarinet); Rick Henderson (alto sax...continue...

Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band: Cornets for Christmas

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1988-08-01

Tracks: Wassail Song; Good Christian Men Rejoice; Pat-a-Pan; Jesu Bambino; Coventry Carol; Children Go Where I Send Thee; We Wish You a Merry Christmas; Little Drummer Boy; Holly and the Ivy, The; Good King ...
Artists: Jack Daniels' Original Silver Cornet Band

Full performer name: Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band.

Personnel includes: Gary Armstrong, Marcus Arnold, Chuck Bond, David Brockett, Louis Brown.

All tracks have been digitally...continue...

Dave Pell/Joe Williams (Vocals): Prez & Joe

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1987-01-01

Tracks: You Can Depend on Me; When You're Smiling; Fooling Myself; Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong); If Dreams Come True; Getting Some Fun Out of Life; How High the Moon; If I Could Be With You; I Never Knew; ...
Artists: Dave Pell/Joe Williams (Vocals)

Personnel: Joe Williams, Dave Pell, Bob Cooper (tenor saxophone); Bob Efford (baritone saxophone); Nat Pierce (piano); Al Hendrickson (guitar); Monty Budwig (bass); Frank Capp (drums).

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The Glenn Miller Orchestra/Glenn Miller: Original Reunion

1 CD / GNP/Crescendo / 1987-01-01

Tracks: Moonlight Serenade; Little Brown Jug; American Patrol; Song of the Volga Boatmen; Ben Pollock Interview; Too Little Time; String of Pearls, A; Pennsylvania 6-5000; Tuxedo Junction; Anvil Chorus; In t...
Artists: The Glenn Miller Orchestra/Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller Orchestra: Billy May (conductor, trumpet); Willie Schwartz (alto saxophone, clarinet); Babe Russin, Eddie Miller (tenor saxophone); Chuck Gentry (baritone saxophone); Clyde Hurley, Johnny...continue...