Mary Lester

This lavish 111-track, six-CD box set attempts the impossible – to tell the whole story of jazz. Essentially an updated version of 1987’s out of print The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz, this expanded anthology is wonderfully diverse in the story it tells, with tracks from jazz artists across the stylistic board, from Stan Kenton to Sun Ra, Bill Evans to Chick Corea, Louis Armstrong to Cecil Taylor, with stops everywhere in between, and any conceivable branch of the genre is represented by at least one selection. That’s the good news. The bad news is that whole phases of jazz’s complicated history are treated like three-minute whistle stops so that the train can stay on schedule and on track. That said, it’s an impressive survey, and wonderfully assembled and annotated.

UMR is proud to announce PETE TOWNSHEND LIVE > IN CONCERT 1985-2001 an expanded 14-CD box set and digital set featuring seven long-out-of-print live albums by Pete Townshend.

These 3 CDs Are Packed With Some Of The Greatest Songs From The Late 1950s And Early 1960s As R&B Was Morphing Into Soul Music And Making Stars Of The Likes Of Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson And So Many More, This Music Was To Influence The Beatles, Rolling Stones And Other Chart Toppers Across The Atlantic.

The most beautiful jazz songs by Ann Williams, Ketty Lester, Brenda Lee and many more on one compilation!

"100 jazz hits as featured in the celebrated TV series".