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The Modern Jazz Quartet/Paul Desmond: Live in New York 1971

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2012-04-10

Tracks: Greensleeves; You Go to My Head; Blue Dove; Jesus Christ Superstar; Here's That Rainy Day; East of the Sun; Bags' New Groove; Don't Stop This Train; Blues in B; Blues in a Minor; Blues in C Minor; Al...
Artists: The Modern Jazz Quartet/Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond with Milt Jackson, John Lewis, Percy Heath and Connie Kay. This album was recorded at Town Hall, New York, Dec 24, 1971 as...continue...
Personnel: Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); John Richard Lewis (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Connie Kay, Mickey Roker (drums).

Liner Note Author: Matías Rinar....continue...

Terry Clark (Engineer): Live in Warsaw 1978

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2009-10-06

Artists: Terry Clark (Engineer)

As a bonus, the long unavailable LP Summit Meeting, pairing Terry with James Moody, Bunky Green, and Elvin Jones, reissued here in its entirety. Includes...continue...

Dave Brubeck/The Dave Brubeck Quartet/Paul Desmond: Newport 1958: Brubeck Plays Ellington [Bonus Track]

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2009-07-07

Tracks: Things Ain't What They Used To Be; Jump For Joy; Perdido; Danco No. 3 From the "Liberian Suite"; Duke, The; Flamingo; C Jam Blues/Take the "A" Train; Take the "A" Train
Artists: Dave Brubeck/The Dave Brubeck Quartet/Paul Desmond

Digitally remastered and expanded edition featuring the complete long unavailable 1958 Newport performance by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Professionally recorded, the set was devoted to...continue...
Personnel: Dave Brubeck (piano); Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Joe Morello (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Jordan Stewart; Irving Townsend.

Recording information: Berlin, Germany (02/22/19...continue...

John Coltrane/John Coltrane Quartet: The Complete Concerts: Live in France July 27 & 28, 1965

2 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2009-03-17

Tracks: Announcements; Naima; Ascension; My Favorite Things; Impressions; Ascension; Afro Blue; Impressions
Artists: John Coltrane/John Coltrane Quartet

Two complete consecutive concerts in France by the classic John Coltrane Quartet, the first was taped in Antibes the day after the quartet's well known...continue...
Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); McCoy Tyner (piano); Elvin Jones (drums)....continue...

George Russell: Live in Bremen and Paris 1964

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-07-01

Tracks: 'Round Midnight - (previously unreleased); You Are My Sunshine - (previously unreleased); D.C. Divertimento - (previously unreleased); Sippin' at Bells - (previously unreleased); Outer View, The - (p...
Artists: George Russell

2008 release containing two previously unreleased 1964 live performances by the splendid George Russell Sextet featuring Thad Jones, Joe Farrell and Al Tootie Heath. George...continue...
Personnel: George Russell (piano); Joe Farrell (tenor saxophone); Thad Jones (trumpet, cornet); Garnett Brown (trombone); Albert "Tootie" Heath (drums).

Arranger: George Russell.

George ...continue...

Herbie Mann: Complete Latin Band Sessions [Bonus Tracks]

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-05-20

Tracks: Away From The Crowd; Motherless Child; In Escambrun; Young Turks; You're Gonna Make It With Me; Mushi Mushi; Patato; Stolen Moments; Comin' Home Baby; Let's Boom Chitty Boom; What'd I Say; Senor Blue...
Artists: Herbie Mann

2007 two CD set containing the complete recordings of Herbie Mann with Chick Corea, consisting of the three complete albums Monday Night at the Village...continue...

Paul Desmond: Edmonton Festival 1976

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-03-25

Tracks: Just Squeeze Me; Darn That Dream; Wave; Someday My Prince Will Come; Wendy; Take Five
Artists: Paul Desmond

A previously unreleased concert by Paul Desmond's Canadian Quartet and Desmond's next to last recording ever! Includes a 16-page booklet containing a review of this...continue...
Personnel: Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Ed Bickert (guitar, electric guitar).

Recording information: Edmonton Jazz Festival, Edmonton, Canada (04/15/1976).

Since Paul Desmond's death i...continue...

Bill Evans (Piano): Live in Switzerland (1975)

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Sugar Plum; Midnight Mood; Turn out the Stars; Gloria's Step; Up with the Lark; Twelve Toned Tune; Morning Glory; Sareen Jurer; Time Remembered; My Romance; Waltx for Debby; Yesterday I Heard the Rain
Artists: Bill Evans (Piano)

A long and relaxed European concert by Evans, who plays some of his compositions along with favorite standards like 'My Romance', 'Up with the Lark'...continue...
Personnel: Bill Evans (piano); Eliot Zigmund (drums).

Liner Note Author: Bill Evans .

Recording information: 02/06/1975.

This CD comes from a live 1975 concert by the Bill Evans T...continue...

Bill Evans (Piano): Complete February 1972 Paris ORTF Performance

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Re: Person I Knew; Turn out the Stars; Gloria's Step; Two Lonely People; Waltz for Debby; What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life; T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune); Sugar Plum; Quiet Now; Very Early; A...
Artists: Bill Evans (Piano)

This CD contains Bill Evans' complete February 6, 1972 concert at Paris' prestigious Maison de la Radio. The abundance of engaging ideas and sensitive playing,...continue...
Personnel: Bill Evans (piano); Marty Morell, Tony Oxley (drums).

Liner Note Author: Sheldon Cohen.

Recording information: Ljubljana Jazz Fesival, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (02/06/1972-06/10/...continue...

Paul Desmond Quartet/Paul Desmond: First Place Again [Import Bonus Track] [Remaster]

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: East of the Sun; For All We Know; I Get a Kick out of You; Greensleeves; Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West; Time After Time; You Go to My Head; Susie
Artists: Paul Desmond Quartet/Paul Desmond

Two of the most lyrical of all the great Jazzmen, the September 5-7, 1959, First Place Again sessions mark the first recorded collaboration between the...continue...
Personnel includes: Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Percy Heath (bass); Connie Kay (drums).

FIRST PLACE AGAIN is an eight-track remastered release featuring jazz greats Paul Desmond and Jim Hall...continue...

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Third Dimension & Beyond

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Roland's Theme; Slow Groove; Stormy Weather; Nearness of You, The; La Carte, A; Easy Living; Triple Threat; Call, The; Soul Station; Our Waltz; Our Love Is Here to Stay; Spirit Girl; Jack the Ripper
Artists: Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Only previously available on limited edition in Japan, the New York, November 9, 1956 album Third Dimension features the groundbreaking Roland Kirk's first recording as...continue...
This exclusive release features 13 tracks, including "Roland's Theme" and "Slow Groove."

Personnel: Rahsaan Roland Kirk (whistling, stritch, manzello, tenor saxophone); Ira Sullivan (tenor saxo...continue...

Bill Evans (Piano): Live in Rome 1979

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Re: Person I Know; Laurie; Very Early; Peacocks, The; On Green Dolphin Street; Morning Glory; Solar; My Romance; So What
Artists: Bill Evans (Piano)

One of the last European concerts by Evans, who plays some of his compositions along with tunes he seldom played, like Miles Davis's 'Solar' and...continue...
Personnel: Bill Evans (piano); Joe La Barbera, Marty Morell (drums).

Liner Note Author: Matías Rinar.

Recording information: Club Le Najadi, Pescara, Italy (07/1979-12/1979); Rome, ...continue...

Quincy Jones: Quincy Jones + Harry Arnold + Big Band = Jazz!

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Quincy's Home Again; Midnight Sun Never Sets, The; Cherokee; Count 'Em; Brief Encounter; Room 308; Kinda Blues; Meet Benny Bailey; Doodlin'; Sermonette; Pogo Stick; Liza; Jones Bones; Sometimes I'm H...
Artists: Quincy Jones

First time on CD for this1958 album featuring 10 bonus tracks. This set brings back half of Quincy Jones and Swedish musician Harry Arnold's collective...continue...
Personnel: Rolf Berg (guitar); Rolf Blomqvist (flute, tenor saxophone); Arne Domnérus (clarinet, alto saxophone); Rolf Backman (alto saxophone); Georg Björklund, Bjarne Nerem (tenor saxophon...continue...

Ahmad Jamal: Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: But Not for Me; Surrey with the Fringe on Top, The; Moonlight in Vermont; Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel); There Is No Greater Love; Poinciana; Woody 'N You; What's New?; Too Late Now; All ...
Artists: Ahmad Jamal

Although they were not Ahmad Jamal's first recordings, the 1958 Pershing Lounge performances marked the beginning of his success. The original album But Not for...continue...
Personnel: Ahmad Jamal (piano); Vernel Fournier (drums).

Liner Note Author: Jack Tracy.

Recording information: The Pershing Lounge, Chicago, IL.

Arranger: Ahmad Jamal.

On J...continue...

Manny Albam: The Blues Is Everybody's Business [Gambit]

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Blues Is Everybody's Buisness, Pt.1, The; Blues Is Everybody's Buisness, Pt.2, The; Blues Is Everybody's Buisness, Pt.3, The; Blues Is Everybody's Buisness, Pt.4, The; Zanzy; Ida Bridges Falling Down...
Artists: Manny Albam

The legendary album Blues Is Everybody's Business is widely regarded as the definitive work of one of the finest modern jazz arrangers of all time,...continue...
Along with Gil Evans, Lennie Niehaus, and George Russell, Manny Albam is considered to be one of the more important large ensemble jazz arrangers of the late-50s and early-60s. He made very few albums...continue...

Ahmad Jamal: Complete Live at the Spotlite Club 1958

2 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Ahmad's Blues; It Could Happen to You; I Wish I Knew; Autumn Leaves; Stompin' at the Savoy; Cheek to Cheek; Girl Next Door, The; Secret Love; Squatty Roo; Taboo; Autumn in New York; Gal in Calico, A;...
Artists: Ahmad Jamal

Two CDs. The 1958 Spotlite performances marked the turning point in Ahmad Jamal's career, even though they were not the pianist's first recordings. The Spotlite...continue...
Personnel: Ahmad Jamal (piano).

Liner Note Author: John F. Hammond.

Recording information: Chicago, IL; The Spotlite Club, WA.

Gambit presents the Ahmad Jamal Trio recorded Live a...continue...

Ornette Coleman: Complete Live at the Hillcrest Club

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2008-02-19

Tracks: Klactoveesedstene; I Remember Harlem; Blessing, The; Free; When Will the Blues Leave?; How Deep Is the Ocean?; Ramblin'; Crossroads
Artists: Ornette Coleman

Just as the famous 1940-41 Jerry Newman recordings at Minton's and Clark Monroe's Uptown House captured the transition from Swing to Bebop, the music on...continue...
Personnel: Ornette Coleman (alto saxophone); Don Cherry & Ed Blackwell (trumpet); Paul Bley (piano).

Recording information: The Hillcrest Club, Los Angeles, CA (10/1958).

Author: Paul Bl...continue...

Jimmy Raney: At Bradley's 1974 *

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2007-02-27

Tracks: I Remember You; Dancing on the Ceiling; How About You?; I Love You; It Could Happen to You; Like Someone in Love; Indiana/Donna Lee; Days of Wine and Roses; Darn That Dream; Billie's Bounce; I Rememb...
Artists: Jimmy Raney

From 1967 to 1974, the great guitarist Jimmy Raney went into semi-retirement in Louisville, and didn't make a single trip to the recording studios. Whether...continue...
Personnel: Jimmy Raney (electric guitar).

Liner Note Author: Jimmy Raney.

Recording information: Bradley's, New York, NY (12/17/1974/12/18/1974)....continue...

Elmo Hope: Complete Studio Recordings: The Master Tapes

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2007-02-27

Tracks: Happy Hour; Freffie; Carving the Rock; Hot Sauce; Mo Is On; Stars Over Marakesh; I Remember You; It's a Lovely Day Today; Sweet and Lovely; All the Things You Are; Ghost of a Chance; Falling in Love ...
Artists: Elmo Hope

Personnel: Elmo Hope (piano); Clifford Jarvis, Granville T. Hogan, Frank Butler, Philly Joe Jones, Willie Jones III (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Ira Gitler; Leonard Feather.

Recording in...continue...

Duke Ellington: At the Rainbow Grill 1967

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2006-07-18

Tracks: Heaven/Le Sucrier Velours; In a Sentimental Mood; Azure; I'm Beginning to See the Light; Rock the Clock; Take the 'A' Train/Satin Doll; Sophisticated Lady; Take the 'A' Train; Passion Flower; Perdido...
Artists: Duke Ellington

This CD contains rarely heard arrangements of some of Ellington's best compositions. Billy Strayhorn once stated that 'Duke Ellington plays the piano, but his real...continue...
Personnel: Duke Ellington (piano); Johnny Hodges (alto saxophone); Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone); Cat Anderson (trumpet); Lawrence D. Brown (trombone); Steve Litt...continue...

Warne Marsh: Berlin 1980

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2006-01-24

Tracks: Like the Angels (Body and Soul); Leave Me; Family Song, The; Background Music; April (I Remember April); And Then There's Music (It's You or No One); Background Music; She's Funny That Way; Hard Way,...
Artists: Warne Marsh

On this outstanding edition by one of the most successful ''pupils '' of Lennie Tristano, the first six tracks are from a concert at the...continue...
Personnel: Warne Marsh (tenor saxophone); Sal Mosca (piano); Kenny Clarke, Roy Haynes (drums).

Recording information: Die Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany (04/25/1976-10/30/1980); Sal Mosca Studio...continue...

Chet Baker (Trumpet/Vocals/Composer): The Complete Original Chet Baker Sings Sessions

CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2006-01-24

Tracks: My Funny Valentine; But Not for Me; Time After Time; I Get Along Without You Very Well; There Will Never Be Another You; Look for the Silver Lining; I Fall in Love Too Easy; Thrill Is Gone, The; Dayb...
Artists: Chet Baker (Trumpet/Vocals/Composer)

Personnel: Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet); Corky Hale (harp); Bud Shank (flute); Russ Freeman (piano); Larance Marable, Shelly Manne, Peter Littman, Bob Neel (drums).

Liner Note Author: Sheldon C...continue...

Bill Evans (Piano): Brandeis Jazz Festival [Remaster]

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2005-11-01

Tracks: All About Rosie, Pts. 1-2 - (studio); Suspensions - (studio); Transformation - (studio); On Green Mountain - (studio); All Set - (studio); Revelations - (studio); Dancing in the Dark - (studio); I Lo...
Artists: Bill Evans (Piano)

The 1957 Brandeis Jazz Festival featured the work of 6 of the finest composers from the jazz and 20th Century Classical avant-garde. George Russell, Charles...continue...
This remastered, nine-track collection featuring legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans performing at 1957's Brandeis Jazz Festival includes "All About Rosie" and "On Green Mountain."

CD contains 3 ...continue...

Oscar Peterson: The Final Concerts

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2005-09-27

Tracks: Younger Than Spring Time; Misty; Django; Smudge, The; Autumn Leaves; Moanin'; Lovers' Promenade; Children's Tune; Hallelujah Time; Con Alma; Waltz for Debby; Cubano Chant; Yours Is My Heart Alone; Pl...
Artists: Oscar Peterson

The May 29, 1965 concert marks the final performance of the finest piano trio in jazz history featuring pianist Oscar Peterson, bassist Ray Brown and...continue...
This eight songs from this 1965 appearance marked the final appearance of legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson's trio (with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen). The album also includes nine tracks from a 1964 ...continue...

John Lewis: West Coast East Coast Encounter

1 CD / Gambit (Spain) / 2005-09-27

Tracks: Love Me or Leave Me; I Can't Get Started; Easy Living; 2 Degrees East - 3 Degrees West; Skylark; Almost Like Being in Love; Tour de Force; Dizzy Meets Sonny; Ballard Medley; Mean to Me; Blues for Bird
Artists: John Lewis

An impressive group of jazz legends get together to perform the expert arrangements of John Lewis on this 1956 recording. The release features the talents of Jim Hall, Dizzy Gillespie, and Percy Heath...continue...