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Debbie Arthurs’ Sweet Rhythm Thank You Mr Moon LAKE LACD233 [50:35]

TERRY PLUMERI Blue In Green GMMC Records 745-2

Duke Ellington in the Thirties Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, his Famous Orchestra, his Cotton Club Orchestra, his Jungle Band rec. New York 1930-39 LIVING ERACD AJS 2015 [76:27 + 75:19]

King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys Hey Puerto Rico! BIG BEAR MUSIC CD46 [54:04]

Nancy Wilson Turned to Blue Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild MCGJ 1022

JOHN HICKS Sweet Love of Mine HighNote HCD 7142

David Benoit Full Circle PEAK RECORDS 0888072300156 [43:35]

Radek KRAMPL Vibe Fantasy CUBE-METIER MJCD 2633 [60 :26]

Mariano/Huebner/Beirach Beauty INTUITION INT 3395 2 [65:19]

CHRIS HODGKINS TRIO Future Continuous BELL CD 512 [69:21]

Ken Colyer – Vintage Ken Colyer - Volume 2 Featuring tracks by The Christie Bothers Stompers (1951), Ken Colyer's Jazzmen (1954 & 1955) and Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group (1954 & 1955). LAKE LACD 236 [78:35]

Chris Barber’s Jazz Band With Lonnie Donegan’s Skiffle Group and Ottillie Paterson Rec 1955 LAKE LACB235 [79:24]

TRIO BEYOND Saudades ECM 1972/73

DIEGO URCOLA Viva CamJazz CAMJ 7788-2

DEWEY JACKSON Live at the Barrel, 1952 Delmark DE 246

PAT METHENY GROUP The Way Up - Live Eagle Vision EREDV 596

BENNY GOODMAN The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Avid AMBX 151

JACO PASTORIUS Live in Montreal Universal 0602517078963

THE DOCTOR TEETH BIG BAND Rhythm is our Business Big Bear Music CD45

Jaroslav JEŽEK (1906-1942) Bugatti Step STUDIO MATOUS MK 0055-2 131 [61:02]

Spats LANGHAM The Hottest Man in Town LAKE LACD 228 [55:09]

DIZZY GILLESPIE To Bird With Love Telarc CD 83316

YELLOWJACKETS Twenty Five Heads Up HUCD 3112

LEGENDS Live at Montreux Eagle Vision EREDV 487

THE MARIACHI BRASS featuring CHET BAKER A Taste of Tequila/Hats Off BGP RECORDS CDBGPD 178

Terry Lightfoot’s New Orleans Jazzmen WORLD OF TRAD Lake Records LACD234

These Blues are Doggin' Me Big Bill Broonzy LIVING ERA CD AJA 5637 [77:27]

The Matt Wates Sextet Plum Lane Audio-b ABCD 5019

PAPA JOHN DeFRANCESCO Desert Heat Savant SCD 2075

DUKE ELLINGTON Creole Rhapsody Living Era CD AJS 2015

A Beautiful Friendship SLIDING HAMMMERS Honouring Jay & Kai PROPHONE Swedish Jazz PCD 085

AL DI MEOLA Consequence of Chaos Telarc CD 83649

DUTCH SWING COLLEGE BAND 1955 Lake LACB 237

QUINCY JONES LIVE in 1960 TDK Jazz Icons DVWW-J10J

ACKER BILK Beau Jazz Lake LACD 231

THE JAZZ BOX Metro METRTCD 818

CEDAR WALTON One Flight Down HighNote HCD7157

ART BLAKEY &THE JAZZ MESSENGERS Live in ‘58 TDK DVWW JIAB

EARL BOSTIC Flamingo Living Era CD AJA 5635

THE WORLD’S GREATEST JAZZ BAND At Manchester’s Free Trade Hall, England 1971 Arbors Jazz ARCD 19343

MIKE LeDONNE On Fire Savant SCD 2080

KEN COLYER Live at York Arts Centre Upbeat URCD 210

THE CLASSICAL JAZZ QUARTET Play Tchaikovsky Kind of Blue KOB 1011
THE CLASSICAL JAZZ QUARTET Play Bach Kind of Blue KOB 10012

SPIKE JONES The Essential Collection Avid AVC 871

PAT METHENY & BRAD MEHLDAU Metheny Mehldau Nonesuch 7559-79964-2

RAY CHARLES & THE COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA Ray Sings, Basie Swings Concord 0888072300262

REGINA CARTER I’ll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey Verve 0602498509623

LOUIS ARMSTRONG Live in ‘59 TDK DVWW-JILA

Thelonious Monk Live in ’66 JAZZ ICONS - DVD TDK DVWW-JITM [62:00]

Good News - Vintage Negro Spirituals Good News, the Chariot's Coming The Fisk University Jubilee Quartette rec. 1921-45 LIVING ERA CD AJA 5622 [76:55]

Freddie Cole Because of You Freddie Cole sings Tony Bennett HighNote HCD 7156

Peanuts Hucko (1918-2003) Peanuts Hucko and the All Stars: Jam With Peanuts Sounds of Yester Year DSOY698 [39.02] AAD

The Mills Blue Rhythm BandHarlem Heat Recorded 1931-36 LIVING ERA CD AJA5634

Count Basie Circus in Rhythm: Radio Transcriptions and V Discs 1944-45 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120820

DIANA KRALL From This Moment On Verve 0602517050426

SOLVEIG SLETTAHJELL Good Rain Act ACT 9713-2

DEPART Reloaded ACT 9453-2 [49:53]

ERNEST DAWKINS’ NEW HORIZONS ENSEMBLE The Messenger: Live at the Original Velvet Lounge DELMARK DE 570 [66:24]

LEND ME YOUR EARS - NDR Big Band-Colin Towns Provocateur Records PVC1038

MICHAEL SCHIEFEL Don’t Touch My Animals ACT 9711-2 [51:20]

Count Basie Live in ‘62 Jazz Icons DVD dvwwjicob

VINCENT HERRING Ends & Means HighNote HCD7149

FRIEDRICH GULDA & JOE ZAWINUL Music for Two Pianos Capriccio 67 175

RALPH SUTTON At St George Church Arbors Jazz ARCD 19336

KANSAS CITY FRANK MELROSE Bluesiana Delmark DE 245

Peggy Lee Lover Living Era CD AJA 5644

SIMON NABATOV Around Brazil Act 9754-2

JOE LOCKE GEOFFREY KEEZER GROUP Live in Seattle Origin 82464

NAT KING COLE TRIO That’s What: Original 1943-1947 Recordings NAXOS 8.120826

LARS DANIELSSON Mélange Bleu ACT NU JAZZ 9604-2 [70:26]

Swinging Bach Bobby McFerrin & Guests EuroArts INVITATION 2050406

DAN FORSHAW & CHRIS SMITH Message 4shaw Music

COLIN TOWNS & NDR BIG BAND Frank Zappa’s Hot Licks (and Funny Smells) Provocateur RAD 2007-2

ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY Blues in the Night Telarc CD 83641

SAX APPEAL The Flatiron Suite Jazzizit JITCD 00541

ANITA WARDELL Noted SPECIFIC JAZZ SPEC006

RICK HANNAH TRIO Encore Oui Bop MAINSTEM MSTCD 0038

STEVE WATERMAN Our Delight – A Jazz Odyssey Mainstem MSTCD 0041

Ken Mackintosh His Saxophone And his Orchestra A Tribute LIVING ERA CD AJA 5640

GONZALO RUBALCABA TRIO Live at the Münchner Klaviersommer 1994 TDK DVWW-JGRU

HOUSTON PERSON with BILL CHARLAP You Taught My Heart To Sing HighNote HCD 7134

JIVIN’ MISS DAISY J M D Mainstem MSTCD 0042

ROBERTO MAGRIS EUROPLANE Il Bello del Jazz Soul Note 121395-2

MIKE STERN Who Let the Cats Out? Heads Up HUCD 3115

RANDY CRAWFORD & JOE SAMPLE Feeling Good PRA Records/Universal 1701 163

DON BRADEN Workin’ High Note HCD 7155

WESLA WHITFIELD Livin’ on Love HighNote HCD 7152

JOHN PIZZARELLI Dear Mr Sinatra Telarc CD 83638

BILLY BUTTERFIELD/ANDY BARTHA TakeMe to the Land of Jazz Delmark DE 243

MARTY GROSZ AND HIS HOT COMBINATION Arbors Jazz ARCD 19319

DON FRIEDMAN Piano Works VI – From A to Z ACT 9755-2 [54:28]

DEEP BLUE ORGAN TRIO Goin’ to Town Delmark DE 569

RALPH SHARON TRIO The Magic of Porter and Kern Avid AVC 863

TINA MAY A Wing and a Prayer 33 Records 33JAZZ134

RAMSEY LEWIS The In Crowd Anthology Chess 983 886-3

Alboran Trio Meltemi ACT 9448-2

Rick Wald 16/nyc Castaneda’s Dream Glowbow 001

PEGGY LEE Lover Living Era CD AJA 5644

HOAGY CARMICHAEL In Person 1925-1955 Avid AMBX 150 Bargain of the Month

ROSSANO SPORTIELLO Heart and Soul Arbors Jazz ARCD 19321

CHRIS WALDEN BIG BAND No Bounds Origin 82463

BBC Jazz Awards 2006 Disc 1: Vocal – Total time: [74:51] Disc 2: Instrumental – total time: [63:28] Specific Jazz SPEC005

JESSICA WILLIAMS Billy’s Theme Origin 84261

Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994) Derwid Songs - Mariusz Klimek (vocal); 2005 ACTE PRÉALABLE APO134 [61:04] [GPu]

The Essential Collection: It’s Ladies Night AVID AVC 859

real give me a reason……. Smooch Records CDREAL1

Neil Cowley Trio Displaced Hidelnside HIDECD001 [55:45]

STEFANO BOLLANI CONCERTONE Orchestra Della Toscana Label Blue LBLC 6666

Patrick CORNELIUS Lucid Dream [60:06] private release

SAKESHO We want you to say….. Heads Up HUCD3094

Jimmie Rodgers – The Singing Brakeman. His 50 Greatest Hits LIVING ERA CD AJS2011

JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER - JOHN DANKWORTH’S: FAIR OAK FUSIONS Q Note Records 10106

The Incredible McJazz Al Fairweather and Sandy Brown’s All Stars LAKE LACD229

BUCK CLAYTON Le Vrai Buck Clayton Lake LACD 227

TOOTS THIELEMANS One More for the Road Verve 0602498737767

GLENN MILLER The Essential Collection Avid AVC 860 a real bargain

TED HEATH The Essential Collection Avid AVC 861 a real bargain

SPATS LANGHAM The Hottest Man in Town Lake LACD 228

PEE WEE HUNT Twelfth Street Rag Living Era CD AJA 5607

Debroy Somers and his band. Night Time Brings Dreams Of You LIVING ERA CD AJA 5616

MACK AVENUE ADVANCE Gemini SEAN JONES Mack Avenue Records MAC 1023

Miff Mole Miffology. 24 original mono recordings 1927-44 LIVING ERA CD AJA 5632

JELLY-ROLL MORTON (1885-1941) Mr Jelly Lord: Original recordings 1924-1930 - Jelly-Roll Morton (piano) and his Red Hot Peppers NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120824

KARRIN ALLYSON Footprints Concord Jazz 0013431229124

HARRY GOLD AND HIS PIECES OF EIGHT Bouncing Back Lake LACD 225

LOUIS ARMSTRONG Vol.6 You Rascal You Original recordings 1939-41 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120816

FRED ANDERSON Timeless DELMARK DE-568 [68:51]

JIM PEPPER Afro Indian Blues Pao PAO 10330

ERROLL GARNER Misty Living Era CD AJS 2006

TAYLOR EIGSTI Lucky To Be Me Concord Jazz 0013431229926

THE COMEDIAN HARMONISTS The Essential Collection Avid AVC 810

ROYCE CAMPBELL Gypsy Soul Moon Cycle Records GS3064 [39:21]

Christian Escoude & Progressive Sextet. Ma ya. Ya Nocturne NTCD365

ELVIS COSTELLO Marian McPartland’s PIANO JAZZ Radio Broadcast The Jazz Alliance TGA-12049-2

CLEO LAINE & JOHN WILLIAMS Let the music take you Q Note QNT10104

It’s Time for T – Jack Teagarden Volume 2 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120825 [63.47]

JIM TOMLINSON The Lyric featuring Stacey Kent Token 0501

TOM SCOTT Bebop United Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild MCGJ 1021

JANIS SIEGEL A Thousand Beautiful Things Telarc CD 83630

BRAD GOODE Hypnotic Suggestion Delmark DE 567

DUKE ELLINGTON Air Conditioned Jungle Naxos 8.120810

CHRISTIAN SCOTT Rewind That Concord Jazz 3122442

TONY KOFI Future Passed Specific Jazz SPEC 004

GINNY SIMMS One More Dream Flare ROYCD 238

TEX BENEKE AND HIS ORCHESTRA Memories Submarine DSOY 690

NAJPONK TRIO Ballads, blues & more, Autumn in New York ORGANIC QUARTET Don’t Get Ideas Cube/Metier

DAVE DOUGLAS In Our Life Time New World/Countercurrents 80471-2

CAFÉ SOUL All-Stars Love Pages YOU2-40011

SWEET SONGBIRDS Flare ROYCD 239

MONTY ALEXANDER Concrete Jungle: The Music of Bob Marley Telarc CD 83635

REAL Give Me a Reason… Smooch CD REAL 1R

HARRY JAMES AND HIS MUSIC MAKERS Music Making Submarine DSOY 693

RYAN HAINES BIG BAND New Horizons Sea Breeze SBJ 2138

Count Basie and His Orchestra Jumpin’ at Ten SUBMARINE DSOY694 [41:04]

DJANGO REINHARDT Americans in Paris Part 2 NAXOS Jazz Legends 8.120740
DJANGO REINHARDT
With Vocals NAXOS Jazz Legends 8.120821

ELLA FITZGERALD Vol. 4 Ella & CompanyOriginal 1943-1951 recordings NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120765

Five-Fifteen A Tribute to the BBC Dance Orchestra Mr MART SANDER and his SWING SWINDLERS divine art 25034

Michel Camilo SOLO TELARC JAZZ CD-83613

CURTIS STIGERS I think it’s going to rain today Concord Jazz CCD-2275-2

GOOD MORNING MIDNIGHT Julia Hulsmann Trio with Roger Cicero ACT 9709-2

Lionel Hampton V0L.2 Air Mail Special Original 1937-1946 Recordings NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120651

ARTIE SHAW Vol.2 "Concertos For Clarinet" Original Recordings 1937 - 1940 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120802

Bobby Short and his orchestra Celebrating 30 years at the Café Carlisle TELARC JAZZ CD-83428

'S WONDERFUL Songs of George Gershwin Naxos Nostalgia 8.120828

Sammy DAVIS, JR Hey There: Original 1949-1955 Recordings Nostalgia Naxos 8.120833 [57:37]

Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra Jam Band SUBMARINE: SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR DSOY687 [42:14] Jiving the Blues SUBMARINE: SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR DSOY691 [42:14]

AHMAD JAMAL Chicago Revisited TELARC JAZZ CD-83327

SIDNEY BECHET Vol.4 House Party Original 1943-1952 recordings NAXOS JAZZ Legends 8.120741

Albert Nicholas – New Orleans Clarinet rec. 1925-1954 LIVING ERA CD AJA 5586 [76.58]

METRO Rod Argent John Dankworth Q Note QNT10105

ERROLL GARNER Plays Misty Original Recordings 1953 –1954 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120771

Quintessence Saxophone Quintet Moving Mozart CPO multichannel SACD 777 134-2, [55:14]

TEN PART INVENTION-Live at Wangaratta 31/10/1999 THE MUSIC OF ROGER FRAMPTON ABC JAZZ 983 4840

RIGHT NOW! RC & THE GROOVEDIGGERS Moon Cycle Records SJ1949

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm Hot Licks 1944-1946 The International Sweethearts of Rhythm Live Broadcasts 1944-46 Submarine SOUNDS OF YESTERYEAR DSOY692

George ShearingLullaby of Birdland George Shearing (piano) rec. 1947-1952 NAXOS 8.120823

RALPH SUTTON ‘It’s so nice it must be illegal’ Vol.1 Nagel Heyer CD 094

BLUE MITCHELL Stablemates CANDID CCD 79553

Jack Teagarden - Big T - A Hundred Years from Today Centenary Issue LIVING ERA CD AJS 2005

BOOK REVIEW Catherine Parsonage - The Evolution of Jazz in Britain, 1880-1935

Progressions: One Hundred Years of Jazz Guitar SONY LEGACY 5176512

THELONIOUS MONK The Classic Quartet CANDID CCD 79551

Marilyn SCOTT Handpicked Prana Entertainment PRD0007

TOMMASO STARACE Plays the Photos of Elliot Erwitt FRAME CD QF0553-2

LOUIS ARMSTRONG Vol. 5 Jeepers Creepers Original recordings 1938-39 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120815

COUNT BASIE Vol.3 Coming Out Party Original recordings 1940/2 NAXOS JAZZ Legends 8.120819

BOB CROSBY & his BOB CATS March of the Bob Cats LIVING ERA mono CD AJA 5571

RAY ANTHONY & his Orchestra The Man with the Horn 26 original mono recordings 1949-1954 LIVING ERA CD AJA 5549

NNEMA FREELON Portrait of a Lady Sketches of Billie Holiday Concord Jazz CCD-2289-2

JAZZ AFTER DARK II Playboy Jazz PBD2-7518-2

SARAH VAUGHAN Come Rain or Come Shine Original Recordings 1949-1951 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120773

WOODY HERMAN Vol.3 The Thundering Herd Original Recordings 1945 – 1947 NAXOS JAZZ LEGENDS 8.120739

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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