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Art Blakey - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk (1957) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series, WPCR-27006}
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© 1957, 2012 Atlantic / Warner Japan | WPCR-27006 EU
Jazz / Hard Bop / Bop / Piano

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. Angular Monk meets hard-driving Art Blakey – in a session that's quite unique, and which has gone onto become one of the best-remembered Atlantic jazz sessions of the late 50s! The album features Blakey in that key non-Blue Note year of 1957 – a time when he was working with a variety of players, at a variety of labels, and taking some real chances with his music before settling into his more established hit Jazz Messengers sound.

Joe Bushkin - In Concert, Town Hall (1964) {2013 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series, WPCR-27430}
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© 1964, 2013 Reprise / Warner Japan | WPCR-27430 EU
Jazz / Standards / Jazz Pop / Piano

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. Originally released by Reprise Records in 1964, this live date from pianist Joe Bushkin at Town Hall features nine laid-back interpretations of standards, including "I Can't Get Started," "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "One for My Baby," and "The Song Is Ended." Bushkin is backed by Chuck Wayne on guitar, Milt Hinton on bass, and Ed Shaughnessy on percussion.

Joe Castro - Groove Funk Soul (1960) {2013 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series WPCR-27264}
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© 1960, 2013 Atlantic / Warner Japan / WEA / Rhino | WPCR-27264
Jazz / Bop / Soul Jazz / Piano

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. On this inspired release, world renowned pianist Joe Castro is joined by Teddy Edwards, Leroy Vinnegar and Billy Higgins. This soul-jazz recording features the standouts “Groove Funk Soul,” “That’s All,” “Yesterdays” and “Play Me The Blues.”

Slide Hampton - Sister Salvation (1960) {2012 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series WPCR-27072}
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© 1960, 2012 Atlantic / Rhino / Warner Japan / WEA | WPCR-27072
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Trombone

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. One of Slide Hampton's first albums – and a massively hard-wailing set that will make any doubters sit up and take notice! The set really packs a punch – as Slide leads a hip group that features Freddie Hubbard, Richard Williams, Bernard McKinney, and George Coleman through some tightly woven arrangements that manage to swing with the grace of small combo work, yet wail with the intensity of a big band. Great solos pop out all over the set – and there's a soul jazz groove that makes the album sound like a classic Prestige session. Titles include "Asseveration", "Hi Fly", "Sister Salvation", and "A Little Night Music".

Slide Hampton - Explosion! The Sound Of Slide Hampton (1962) {2013 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series WPCR-27281}
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© 1962, 2013 Atlantic / Warner Japan / WEA / Rhino | WPCR-27281
Jazz / Bop / Swing Revival / Modern Big Band / Trombone

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton is an album by American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger Slide Hampton which was released on the Atlantic label in 1962. Big band noise from the daddy of the Trombone. While not likely to launch another swing revival, this CD is a welcome reissue to an artist deserving of more attention. The last swing craze was fueled by the sheer joy and enthusiasm that good big band music can inspire; Hampton’s recordings are no exception. If Brian Setzer ever needs some inspiration, he would be wise to check out these recordings.

Ronnie Ross & Allan Ganley - The Jazz Makers (1959) {2013 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series 24bit WPCR-27286}
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© 1959, 2013 Warner Japan / Atlantic / Rhino | WPCR-27286 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Bebop / Bop / Saxophone / Drums

Features 24 bit digital remastering. Comes with a description. The Jazz Makers: Art Ellefson (tenor saxophone), Ronnie Ross (alto and baritone saxophones), Stan Jones (piano), Stan Wasser (bass), Allan Ganley (drums) recorded in New York, September 23, 1959. What ever happened to The Jazz Makers? In 1959, the British jazz quintet The Jazz Makers came second in the British Melody Maker journal reader’s poll small jazz combo section, beating even the Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Couriers. They first established a US presence in 1958, appearing at the Newport Jazz Festival, and subsequently touring on the same bill as Thelonious Monk, where they caught the ear of Atlantic boss Nesuhi Ertegan. He brought them into a New York studio to record this album, The Swinging Sounds of The Jazz Makers, Atlantic 1333. Ronnie Ross went on to receive a Downbeat magazine New Star award.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Last Concert Vol.1 (1974) {2014 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series 24bit WPCR-27936}
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© 1974, 2014 Atlantic / Warner Japan / Rhino | WPCR-27936 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Cool / Third Stream

Features 24 bit remastering and comes with a mini-description. Not really the last concert ever from the Modern Jazz Quartet – but a set that seemed so at the time, given that the group went their separate ways for a number of years! The record's got the combo in really top form – very much back to the basics of their early time on Atlantic Records, with a sublime focus on that unique sound that no other group like this could match.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Last Concert Vol.2 (1974) {2014 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series 24bit WPCR-27937}
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© 1974, 2014 Atlantic / Warner Japan / Rhino | WPCR-27937 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Cool / Third Stream

Not really the last concert ever from the Modern Jazz Quartet – but a set that seemed so at the time, given that the group went their separate ways for a number of years! The record's got the combo in really top form – very much back to the basics of their early time on Atlantic Records, with a sublime focus on that unique sound that no other group like this could match.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - More From The Last Concert (1974) {2014 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series 24bit WPCR-27938}
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© 1974, 2014 Atlantic / Warner Japan / Rhino | WPCR-27938 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Cool / Third Stream

More material from the famous Last Concert record from the MJQ – not really the last concert ever from the Modern Jazz Quartet – but a set that seemed so at the time, given that the group went their separate ways for a number of years! The record's got the combo in really top form – very much back to the basics of their early time on Atlantic Records, with a sublime focus on that unique sound that no other group like this could match.

Miles Davis & Quincy Jones - Live At Montreux (1993) {2013 Japan Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series WPCR-27403}
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©1993, 2013 Warner Japan / Rhino | WPCR-27403 | Jazz Best Collection 1000 Series
Jazz / Cool / Progressive Jazz / Experimental Big Band / Trumpet

Features 24 bit digital remastering. Comes with a mini-description. Although Miles Davis did not live to participate in Gerry Mulligan's reunion recordings featuring the nonet that played on the famous late-'40s and early-'50s cool sessions, he participated in a reunion concert held at Montreux in 1991. This featured both the Gil Evans Orchestra and George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, plus additional guests Benny Bailey, Grady Tate, Carlos Benavent and various European players teaming with a gravely ill Davis to perform Gil Evans' marvelous arrangements.