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December 2003

Martin Scorsese Presents The Best of the Blues Columbia/Legacy 512636 2

STEVE TYRELL This guy’s in Love Columbia 513655 2

Christian Elsner – A Swingy Christmas CPO 777 016-2 [51:27]

DUKE ELLINGTON’S Far East Suite Bluebird 82876-55614-2

November 2003

DJANGO REINHARDT Volume 3 Swing Guitars Classic 1936-1937 recordings by the QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE Naxos Jazz LegendsNAXOS 8.120686

STAN KENTON ‘Eager Beaver’ The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions VOLUME 4 Naxos Jazz Legends NAXOS 8.120703

Gary LeMel The Best of Times Concord Records CCD-2196-2

FOOTSTEPS OF OUR FATHERS Branford Marsalis Quartet Marsalis Music/Rounder 11661-33012

LYLA Avishai Cohen RazDaz SSC4601

COUNT BASIE and His Orchestra The Columbia Years Columbia/Legacy 512892-2
4CD Pack

CURTIS STIGERS You Inspire Me Concord CCD-2185

Dylan Howe "The Way I Hear It" OT Records RIZCD-27001

Jaco Pastorius Big Band "Word Of Mouth Revisited" Heads Up International HUCD3078

The MARSALIS FAMILY A jazz celebration Marsalis Music/Rounder 11661-3302-2

LEADBELLY ROCK ISLAND LINE Naxos Folk Legends 8.120675

JOANNA EDEN A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME Black Box BBJ2012

BABATUNDE LEA SOUL POOLS MOTEMA 7-09363-7136-2

 

October 2003

JAMIE CULLUM TWENTY SOME-THING UJC 9865574

The MARSALIS FAMILY A jazz celebration Marsalis Music/Rounder 11661-3302-2

MICHEL CAMILO Live at the Blue Note TELARC 2CD-83574

TONY BENNETT Life Is Beautiful Concord Records CCD-2195-2

HOWARD ALDEN & BUCKY PIZZARELLI In A Mellow Tone Concord Jazz CCD-2207-2

PETER CINCOTTI CONCORD RECORDS CCD-2178-2

RICHARD ELLIOT RICOCHET GRP 065 553-2

WALTER  BEASLEY GO  WITH  THE  FLOW N-CODED MUSIC 4239-2

OSCAR PETERSON PORTRAIT Blue Classic Line 7624

Peter King Quartet Live Footprints Miles Music MMCD087

GILBERTO with TURRENTINE CTI 5127892

FREDDIE HUBBARD FIRST LIGHT CTI 5127902

DOUG WAMBLE Country Libations Marsalis Music/Rounder Records 11661-3303-2

LYAMBIKO Shades of Delight Nagel Hayer 2034

MILT JACKSON SUNFLOWER Herbie Hancock Freddie Hubbard Ron Carter Billy Cobham CTI 5129332

Janis Siegel Friday Night Special TELARC CD-83566

Harry Connick Jr. Other Hours Marsalis Music/Rounder 116 613 304-2

Billie Holiday The Diva Series VERVE 065 204-2

DAVE BRUBECK Marian McPartland’s PIANO JAZZ The Jazz Alliance TJA-12043-2

SARAH VAUGHAN The Diva Series VERVE 065 207-2

Paul Desmond Pure Desmond CTI 5127882

Georgie Auld Double Image OCIUM OCM 0033

Claus Koch SNOOKI-ING Nagel Hayer 2029

Eugene Maslov The Face of Love Mack Avenue Records MAC 10002

Stanley Turrentine Don’t Mess With Mister T CTI 5127922


September 2003

The Legacy lives On Mack Avenue Records MAC1003

Young at Heart Sheena Davis Group JAZZIZIT JITCD 0331

BESSIE SMITH (1894-1937) St Louis Blues Original recordings Volume 2: 1924-1925 NAXOS BLUES LEGENDS 8.120691 [58.38]

The McCoy Tyner Quartet ‘Land of the Giants’ TELARC JAZZ CD-83576

Tomorrow’s Jazz Classics 2003 Ballads - Various Artists nagel heyer records – NH1019

Eugene Maslov ‘When I Need To Smile’ Mack Avenue Records – MAC 1001

STEPHANE GRAPPELLI (1908-1997) Swing from Paris Original recordings Volume 2: 1935-1943 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120688 [58.05]

BRUCE ADAMS QUARTET GOOD BAIT Ronnie Scott’s Jazz House JHCD 063

SCOTT HAMILTON Live In London Concorde Jazz CCD-2172-2

Shirley Horn May the Music Never End VERVE 0044007602829

Monty Alexander Trio Impressions in Blue TELARC CD-83578

DINAH WASHINGTON The Diva Series VERVE 065-215-2

WALK ON The Final Ray Brown Recording Session TELARC 2CD-83515

 

August 2003

KING COLE TRIO Transcriptions Vol. 4 With The Dreamers NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120685

Lizz Wright SALT VERVE 589 933-2

CHICK COREA Rendezvous in New York STRETCH RECORDS 038 023-2

BILLY ECKSTINE Vol. 2 Yours to Command NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120687

TED HEATH And his Music SO EASY 1948-1952 Nostalgia NAXOS 8.120717

GIANTS OF JAZZ NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120756.57

SIDNEY BECHET ‘Shake It And Break It’ NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS - 8.120699

Jesse Harris & The Ferdinandos ‘THE SECRET SUN’ Blue Thumb Records 9860505

Freddy Gardner & His Golden Tone Saxophone LIVING ERA CD AJA 5454

DUKE ELLINGTON Classic recordings vol. 4: 1936-1938 ECHOES OF HARLEM NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120682

July 2003

The John Scofield Band Up All Night VERVE 065 596.2

TOMMY DORSEY & his Clambake Seven The Music Goes’ Round & Around LIVING ERA CD AJA 5497

David Sanborn Timeagain Verve 0044006557823

BESSIE SMITH ‘Down hearted Blues’ Original Recordings 1921-1924 Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120660

FATS WALLER PORTRAIT BLUE Classic line saban crescendo 7270

TOMMY DORSEY and his Orchestra PORTRAIT BLUE Classic saban crescendo 7273

MILES DAVIS PORTRAIT BLUE CLASSIC LINE Saban Crescendo 7266

STAN KENTON Reed Rapture The Complete MacGregor Transcriptions Vol. 3 1941-1943 Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120684

BIX BEIDERBECKE Vol. 2 Bix Lives! Original Recordings 1926-1930 Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120712

COLEMAN HAWKINS PORTRAIT BLUE CLASSIC LINE Saban Crescendo 7265

COUNT BASIE "ONE O’CLOCK JUMP" NAXOS Jazz Legends – 8.120662

BARNEY KESSEL PORTRAIT BLUE Classic line saban crescendo 7267

GEORGE SCOTT-WOOD HOT PIE Living Era CD AJA 5484

TEDDY WILSON Vol.2 Blues in C Sharp Minor NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120665

KING OLIVER ‘OH PLAY THAT THING!’ Original 1923 Recordings with Louis Armstrong NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS – 8.120666

The Story of the Blues Sony Columbia/Legacy 510728

ELLA FITZGERALD Vol. 3 Oh! Lady Be Good Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120716

DJANGO REINHARDT PORTRAIT Sabam CRESCENDO Blue Classic Line – 7272

CHARLIE PARKER PORTRAIT Sabam – CRESCENDO Blue Classic Line - 7268

BING CROSBY PORTRAIT BLUE CLASSIC LINE saban Crescendo7274

ERROLL GARNER Jazz Standards Vol.2 NAXOS Jazz Legends 8.120661

Stan Getz Portrait Blue Classic line saban crescendo 7269

Jazz Ballads With a Blues Feeling High Note HCD 6010

HUMPHREY LYTTELTON And his band Snag It! LIVING ERA CD AJA 5462

Brother Jack McDuff The best of the Concord years. Concord Jazz CCD2-2171-2

Got Swing! Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra With Manhattan transfer John Pizzarelli Janis Siegal Telarc CD-80592

Louis ARMSTRONG Rhythm saved the world: Original recordings Volume 3: 1934-1936 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120676 [58.42]

June 2003

JACQUI DANKWORTH As The Sun Shines Down On Me CANDID CCD797888

NEVER NO LAMENT DUKE ELLINGTON The Blanton-Webster Band Bluebird 3CD Pack 82876 50857 2

SIDNEY BECHET Portrait BLUE classic line saban crescendo 7255

BILLY ECKSTINE My Foolish Heart Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120655

EARL ‘FATHA’ HINES ‘Portrait’ Sabam CRESCENDO Blue Classic Line – 7263

Lynne Arriale Trio Arise Motema Music MTM71372

TROMBONES ON PARADE 23 GREAT JAZZ TROMBONISTS Living Era CD AJA 5466

TERJE RYPDAL LUX AETERNA ECM 1818 017 070-2

MARIAN McPARTLAND'S PIANO JAZZ - BILL EVANS The Jazz Alliance TJA 12038 2

DIZZY GILLESPIE VOL.2 DIZZY ATMOSPHERE Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120708

DAVE DOUGLAS FREAK IN Bluebird 09026 64008 2

Vince Benedetti Meets Diana Krall TCB Records 22182

SONNY ROLLINS PORTRAIT BLUE Classic Line Saban crescendo 7259

PETER ARTHUR LOEB and his One Man Band FOUR OF ME PAL Music

 

May 2003

PERRY COMO Portrait BLUE Classic Line saban crescendo 7262

LOIS LANE With the John Horler Quintet Bewitched Ronnie Scott’ Jazz House JHCD 069

Dave Brubeck Quartet PARK AVENUE SOUTH Telarc CD-83570

RAY BROWN TRIO Live From New York to Tokyo Concord Jazz CCD2-2174-2

MODERN JAZZ QUARTET ‘Portrait’ Sabam CRESCENDO Blue Classic Line – 7260

Slide Hampton & The World of Trombones SPIRIT OF THE HORN mcg jazz MCGJ1011

Gerry Mulligan Midas Touch Live in Berlin Concord Jazz CCD-2169-2

Dinah Washington Portrait BLUE classic line saban Crescendo 7256

Gerry Mulligan Quartet With Chet Baker Portrait BLUE classic line saban crescendo 7258

Ben Webster - Portrait BLUE Classic Line sabam crescendo 7261

The Ultimate Smooth Jazz Experience Freedom Town black box BBJ2021

Platinum Glenn Miller bluebird 09026-64014-2

 

April 2003

BIX BEIDERBECKE At The Jazz Band Ball Living Era CD AJA 5080

FLETCHER HENDERSON Blue Rhythm Original Recordings 1931-1933 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120672

March 2003

WOODY HERMAN Vol.2 Get Your Boot’s Laced Papa! Naxos Jazz Legends 8.120658

Bob Crosby ‘Dixieland Shuffle’ NAXOS Jazz Legends 8.120652

PAOLO FRESU Kind of Porgy and Bess RCA-VICTOR 74321951952

‘IMPRESSED’ with Gilles Peterson Universal – 064 749 2

AL DI MEOLA FLESH ON FLESH TELARC CD-83543

"The King Cole Trio Transcriptions Vol.3: 1939 Featuring Pauline & Her Perils NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120629

Roger Beaujolais Quintet I’ll See You Tonight StayTuned Records ST005

TINA MAY I’LL TAKE ROMANCE LINN AKD202

Jim Mullen Animation black box BBJ2022

David Liebman Marc Copland Duo Bookends hatOLOGY 2-587

The Very Best of Jeff Lorber GRP 065 075 - 2

Rolf Kuhn SMILE-Famous themes from Hollywood RIAS Big Band Intuition – INT 3342 2

Judi Silvano & Mal Waldron RIDING A ZEPHYR SOUL NOTE 121348-2

BILLIE HOLIDAY 1935 – 1958 columbia jazz SMM5096242

RITA MARCOTULLI KOINE Storie di Note 274 1166

SIMON HARAM ON FIRE Black Box BBM1001

BILL FRISELL SELECTED RECORDINGS ECM :rarum V 0141982

Yves Robert IN TOUCH ECM 1787 016 375 - 2

MILES DAVIS & GIL EVANS 1957 - 1963 Columbia Jazz SMM 51 105702

Lionel HAMPTON Flying Home LIVING ERA CD AJS 268

Stranger Things Happen at C Trio AAB Caber 027

 

February 2003

Ella Fitzgerald GOLD VERVE CD Set 5896472

Ella Fitzgerald 1973 Columbia Jazz SMM5096 182

January 2003

Miles Davies Quintet 1965-1968 Columbia Jazz SMM 5105692

MEL TORME with Ray Anthony & His Orchestra Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival (1993) Playboy Jazz PBD75082

JIM HALL ‘‘Downbeat’ Critics’ Choice’ TELARC JAZZ STEREO CD-83557

CARMEN McRAE Marion McPartland’s PIANO JAZZ Radio Broadcast The Jazz Alliance TJA 120392

Peter King Quintet Speed Trap Jazz House Retro JHRT402

Harry "Sweets" Edison There will never be another you Nagel Hayer CD083

Marian McPartland’s ‘Piano Jazz’ with guest Chick Corea The Jazz Alliance – TJA-120402

Marian McPartland’s PIANO JAZZ Radio Broadcast OSCAR PETERSON The Jazz alliance TJA-12033-2

Hank Jones The Touch Concord Jazz CCD2-2157-2

Ray Brown Monty Alexander Russell Malone Telarc CD-83562

INFERNO! Louie Bellson Big Band Concord Jazz CCD2-2158-2 (2CD set budget price)

Impressed With Gilles Peterson Universal 064 749 2

Stacey Kent Collection CANDID CCD79999

JOHN COLTRANE A LOVE SUPREME ( De-Luxe Edition ) IMPULSE! ( Double CD ) 314 589 945-2

MATTHEW SHIPP STRING TRIO By the Law of Music hatOLOGY 574

Mike Carr’s Blue Note Band Stevenson’s Rocket   Birdland MC502

KEELY SMITH Keely Swings Basie –style Concord Records CCD-2138-2

PAUL WHITEMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA Vol3 SWEET AND LOW DOWN Original 1925-1928 Recordings. NAXOS Nostalgia 8.120628

 




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