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Tubby Hayes: Little Giant Steps

CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Tin Tin Deo; Ember; Like Someone In Love; Surrey With the Fringe On Top, The; Sunny Monday; Blue Hayes; Love Walked In; Tubbsville; Cherokee; S'posin'; Folks Who Live On the Hill, The; Late One, The;...
Artists: Tubby Hayes

The Guardian (UK)
The Proper company is performing a heroic job for UK jazz in documenting the work of its long-gone pioneers - one of the...continue...

Bill Evans (Piano): The Way to Play

CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2012-06-05

Artists: Bill Evans (Piano)

Various Artists: Big Band Blast: 100 Classic Big Bands

CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2012-02-07

Artists: Various Artists

Sonny Clark: Sonny's Conception [Box]

CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2011-08-02

Tracks: Improvisation No. 1; All God's Chillun Got Rhythm; Body and Soul/Jeepers Creepers; Improvisation No. 2/Over the Rainbow; Move; Oslo; After You've Gone; Once in a While; Dial "S" for Sonny; Bootin' It...
Artists: Sonny Clark

Liner Note Author: Joop Visser.

Recording information: Hackensack (01/15/1954/01/16/1954); New York (01/15/1954/01/16/1954); Oslo (01/15/1954/01/16/1954); Paris (01/15/1954/01/16/1954); Hackens...continue...

Cab Calloway: This Is Hep

CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2008-04-15

Tracks: Gotta Darn Good Reason Now (For Bein' Good); St. Louis Blues; Is That Religion?; Some of These Days; Nobody's Sweetheart; St. James Infirmary; Minnie the Moocher; Doin' the Rumba; Black Rhythm; Six o...
Artists: Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway's substantial talent as a vocalist and bandleader are amply demonstarted here. This great showman was truly "hep", as he proves on this 104...continue...
Personnel: Cab Calloway (vocals); Tyree Glenn (vocals, trombone, vibraphone); June Richmond (vocals); Morris White (guitar, banjo); Danny Barker (guitar); Walter Thomas (flute, alto saxophone, tenor s...continue...

Jimmy Smith (Organ): Electrifyin'

CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2008-04-01

Tracks: Champ, The; Falling in Love with Love; Funk's Oats; Groovy Date; I Let a Song Go out of My Heart; Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You; Summertime; Somebody Loves Me; ...
Artists: Jimmy Smith (Organ)

2008 four CD Proper box set containing 33 fine examples from the Jazz icon's early career from 1956-57 in studio and live settings, accompanied by,...continue...

Ronnie Scott: Boppin' with Scott

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2007-07-31

Tracks: On the Sunny Side of the Street; Scrubber Time; Ad Lib Frolic; Lady Be Good; Boppin' at Esquire; Idabop; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Buzzy - (Pts. 1 & 2); How High the Moon - (Pts. 1 & 2); Wee D...
Artists: Ronnie Scott

Four CD set. As well as running a hugely successful Jazz club in London, Ronnie Scott was also a world-class saxophonist and pivotal in the...continue...

Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra: Strictly Lunceford [Box]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2007-05-22

Tracks: Chickasaw Stomp; Memphis Rag; In Dat Mornin'; Sweet Rhythm; Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass; While Love Lasts; White Heat; Jazznocracy; Chillun, Get Up!; Leaving Me; Swingin' Uptown; Breakfast Ball...
Artists: Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra

2007 four CD box set from Proper. The Jimmie Lunceford band was one of the outstanding black big bands of the '30s and '40s. The...continue...
Personnel: Jimmie Lunceford (alto saxophone); Joe "Cornbread" Thomas (vocals, flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Willie Smith (vocals, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Dan Grissom (vocal...continue...

Various Artists: Squeeze Me: The Jazz & Swing Accordion Story

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2006-10-31

Tracks: Angry; Terrific Stomp; Let's Get It; Moten Blues; Barrel House Stomp; Collegiate Loves; Accordion Joe; Double Check Stomp; Accordion Joe; Musette de La Boite a Matelots Brise Napolitaine; Strange Har...
Artists: Various Artists

This 101 track, 4CD survey reveals the importance of the contribution the accordion made to the history of jazz. Distinguished jazz artists such as George...continue...
Due to its misuse in all types of schlocky settings, the accordion has been the butt of jokes for many decades. This four-CD set seeks to overcome the stereotypes and show that the accordion has long ...continue...

Thelonious Monk: Monk's Mood [Proper] [Box]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2006-01-24

Tracks: Humph; Evonce; Suburban Eyes; Thelonious; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Ruby My Dear; Well You Needn't; April In Paris; Introspection; Off Minor; In Walked Bud; Monk's Mood; Who Knows; 'Round About Mi...
Artists: Thelonious Monk

This box set is a near complete overview of Monk's most creative and prolific period as a composer of original work. Monk's moods contains 69...continue...
Liner Note Author: Joop Visser.

Recording information: Hackensack, NJ (06/07/1954); New York (06/07/1954); Paris (06/07/1954); Hackensack, NJ (10/15/1947-12/18/1952); New York (10/15/1947-12/18...continue...

Charlie Parker (Sax): Chasin' the Bird [Synergy] [Box]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2006-01-17

Tracks: Cherokee; I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles; Sweet Georgia Brown; Groovin' High; Shaw'Nuff; Dizzy Atmosphere; Salt Peanuts; Anthropology; Billie's Bounce; Blue 'n' Boogie; All the Things You Are; Ornitholo...
Artists: Charlie Parker (Sax)

We remember Charlie Parker's death, 50 years ago this year, with this box set that contains some of the I most telling of Bird's live-recordings....continue...
Liner Note Author: Brian Priestley.

Recording information: Birdland, New York, NY (02/13/1942); Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (02/13/1942); Channel 5 TV, New York, NY (02/13/1942); Finale Club, L...continue...

Oscar Peterson: Piano Power

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2005-09-20

Tracks: I Got Rhythm; If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight; Humoresque; Blue Moon; China Boy; Sweet Lorraine; Indiana; Margie; I Surrender Dear; Oo-Bop-Sh'bam; Sweet Georgia Brown; Rockin' in Rhythm; Fine...
Artists: Oscar Peterson

An 84 track box anthology of the early recordings from the career of one of the greatest pianists in the history of jazz. The tracks...continue...
Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano); Ben Johnson , Armand Samson, Herb Ellis, Irving Ashby, Barney Kessel (guitar); Clarence Jones, Roland Verdon, Frank Gariepy, Mark "Wilkie" Wilkinson, Russ Duford, J....continue...

Dave Brubeck: Time Was

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2005-07-26

Tracks: How High the Moon; Serenade's Suite; Playland at the Beach; Prisoner's Song; Schizophrenic Scherzo; Rondo; I Hear a Rhapsody; You Go to My Head; Laura; Blue Moon; Tea for Two; Indiana; Laura; You Ste...
Artists: Dave Brubeck

Selection of work by one of the only household names in jazz. Covers his work from the late 40s through to the mid-50s when Brubeck...continue...
Personnel: Dave Brubeck (piano); Bill Airey Smith (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Bob Cummings, Paul Desmond (alto saxophone); Dave VanKriedt (tenor saxophone); Dick Collins (trumpet); Bob Collins (tr...continue...

Chet Baker (Trumpet/Vocals/Composer): The Early Years

CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2005-05-24

Tracks: Out of Nowhere; Squirrel, The; They Didn't Believe Me; My Old Flame; There Will Never Be Another You; Line for Lyons; My Funny Valentine; Walkin' Shoes; Cherry; Motel; Festive Minor; Tea for Two; Way...
Artists: Chet Baker (Trumpet/Vocals/Composer)

Personnel: Chet Baker (vocals, trumpet); Harry Babasin (cello); George Kast, Felix Slatkin, Victor Gottlieb, Jacques Gasselin, Louis Kievman, Paul Robyn, Eudice Shapiro, Paul Shure (strings); Bud Shan...continue...

Clifford Brown (Jazz): Joy Spring [Proper Box]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2005-05-17

Tracks: Ida Red; I Come from Jamaica; Bellarosa; Carvin' the Rock; Cookin'; Brownie Speaks; De-Dah; You Go to My Head; Philly J.J.; Choose Now; Dial "B" for Beauty; Theme of No Repeat; Capri; Turnpike; Sketc...
Artists: Clifford Brown (Jazz)

Trumpeter Clifford Brown's star burned brightly but for too short a time - his tragic death at the age of 25 robbed the jazz world...continue...
Personnel: Stu Williamson (vocals, trombone); Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Jimmy Gourley (guitar); Herbie Mann (fiddle); Vance Wilson (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Gigi Gryce, Lou Donaldson, Anthony O...continue...

Lennie Tristano: Intuition [Box Set]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2003-11-11

Tracks: Tea for Two; Tea for Two - (Take 2); Blue Lou; These Foolish Things; These Foolish Things - (Take 2); It's the Talk of the Town; It's the Talk of the Town - (Take 2); Yesterdays; What Is This Thing C...
Artists: Lennie Tristano

Personnel includes: Lennie Tristano (piano); Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh.

Personnel: Lennie Tristano (piano); Billy Bauer (guitar); John LaPorta, Buddy DeFranco (clarinet); Lee Konitz, Charlie Park...continue...

Dizzy Gillespie: The Dizzy Gillespie Story: 1939-1950 [Box Set] [Box]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2002-04-30

Tracks: Blue Rhythm Fantasy; Hot Mallets; Pickin' the Cabbage; Bye Bye Blues; Once in a Lovetime; Stardust; Little John Special; Woody 'N' You; Disorder at the Border; I Stay in the Mood for You; I Can't Get...
Artists: Dizzy Gillespie

4CD compilation with 100 tracks tracing the career of Dizzie Gillespie from his early years with theTeddy Hill, Lionel Hampton, and Cab Calloway to his...continue...
This boxset includes recordings of Dizzy Gillespie as a member of the bands of Teddy Hill, Lionel Hampton and Cab Calloway.

Contains 100 tracks.

Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Sli...continue...

Louis Armstrong: C'est Si Bon: Satchmo in the Forties [Box] [Box]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2001-09-11

Tracks: Cherry; Perdido Street Blues; 2:19 Blues; Down in Honky Tonk Town; Coal Cart Blues; Everything's Been Done Before; I Cover the Waterfront; In the Gloaming; Long, Long, Ago; Hey Lawdy Mama; I'll Get M...
Artists: Louis Armstrong

Satchmo's adventures in the 1940's are dealt with in this four cd box set. From big bands sides, via duets Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis...continue...
Personnel includes: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Jordan, The Mills Brothers.

Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Barney Bigard (vocals, clarinet); Jack Teag...continue...

Glenn Miller: The Golden Years: 1938-1942

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2001-08-14

Tracks: King Porter Stomp; And the Angels Sing; Moonlight Serenade; Lady's in Love With You, The; Wishing (Will Make It So); Sunrise Serenade; Little Brown Jug; But It Didn't Mean a Thing; Pavanne; Runnin' W...
Artists: Glenn Miller

Between 1938 and 1942 Glenn Miller led what was probably the most popular big band of the era. This 4 CD compilation features 98 tracks...continue...
Includes a 44 page booklet with complete discography and rare photos.

Personnel: Jack Lathrop (vocals, guitar); Tex Beneke (vocals, tenor saxophone); Dorothy Claire, Chuck Goldstein, Ralph Brew...continue...

Woody Herman: The Woody Herman Story [4 CDs] [Box]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 2001-02-13

Tracks: At the Woodchopper's Ball; Big Wig in the Wigwam; Dallas Blues; Blues Upstairs; Blues Downstairs; Casbah Blues; Blue Prelude; Golden Wedding, The; Blue Flame; Bishop's Blues; Woodsheddin' with Woody;...
Artists: Woody Herman

THE WOODY HERMAN STORY contains tracks recorded from 1939 to 1949.

Includes a 52 page booklet.

Contains 92 tracks.

Personnel: Woody Herman (clarinet, alto saxophone); Frances Wayn...continue...

Gene Krupa: The Gene Krupa Story [Box Set]

4 CD / Proper Box (UK) / 1999-09-14

Tracks: I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music; Swing Is Here; Grandfather's Clock; I Know That You Know; Fare Thee Well, Annie Laurie; Wire Brush Stomp; Rhythm Jazz; Nagasaki; Tutti-Frutti; Jeepers Creepers; Murdy P...
Artists: Gene Krupa

Personnel includes: Gene Krupa (drums); Anita O'Day, Dave Lambert, Leo Watson, Jerry Kruger, Irene Daye, Buddy Stewart, Carolyn Gray (vocals); Vido Musso, Chu Berry, Charlie Ventura (saxophone); Red R...continue...