Andre Previn - Early Years 1945-53 / Among his remarkable musical accomplishments, he was a brilliant pianist, and even at this early stage of his career - Andre Previn was a celebrated... more

Count Basie - The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55 - Count Basie was one of the most celebrated and influential personalities in jazz, as pianist, organist, bandleader, composer and innovator,... more

DUKE ELLINGTON - ALL THE HITS AND MORE 1927-54 - It's a comprehensive overview of his most successful output during a primary era of his career Duke Ellington was one of the most important and... more

Composer, arranger and conductor Henry Mancini is renowned for his involvement in music for the movies, none more so than his memorable and legendary collaboration with lyricist Johnny Mercer on... more

Here are the Decca beginnings of one of the mightiest big bands to ever walk the Earth! Actually, among these 63 (mostly big-band) tracks are some quartet performances with Fred Green, Walter Page... more

Trumpeter Miles Davis was without doubt one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of the post-war era, not only as a pioneer of the bebop movement but through being at the forefront of... more

This brilliant piano virtuoso made his first records for RCA in his native Canada, then got the attention of Norman Granz and started recording for Clef/Mercury in NY. That's the breakthrough period... more

Bringing a classical sensibility to cool jazz, and accenting blues and bebop, too, the MJQ were one of the most innovative, influential groups of their time. Here are 142 minutes of their key early... more

Don Cherry was one of the relatively few big band vocalists of the late '40s who not only built a successful career as a solo performer through the era of traditional middle-of-the-road popular music... more

"I can play different styles and appreciate [other] styles," the great tenor saxophonist Stan Getz remarked in an interview in 1950, close to the dawn of his career as a soloist in his own right. At... more

One of the most prized, inventive and influential units in jazz—Evans on piano, Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums—is heard on most of the tracks from their four LPs ("Portrait in Jazz,"... more

Alto saxophonist and bandleader Julian "Cannonball" Adderley was one of the most important and influential figures of modern jazz in the two decades before his sudden death in 1975, effectively... more

Herbie Hancock is an innovative and influential jazz pianist, keyboard player, bandleader and composer who has embraced other musical developments during his career, playing funk and using... more

At King Cole was undoubtedly one of the most popular, successful and respected vocalists of the post-war era, and would have enjoyed even greater success had his career not been cut short by cancer... more

Nancy Wilson is one of the finest vocalists to emerge in the post-war era to take over the mantle of great jazz, cabaret and pop singers such as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and... more

It was hailed as one of the greatest comebacks the jazz world had ever seen, but like every step taken by Miles Davis on his ground-breaking musical journey, the trumpeters sensational "relaunch" at... more

Ella was undoubtedly one of the truly great vocal stylists of the last century, effortlessly bridging the gap between jazz, big band music and middle-ground popular music, and this collection... more

Great value 3-CD set, comprising tracks from 4 separate 'live' recordings during 1952 and 1953. Of the 45 tracks, 20 are previously unreleased, and 15 have only ever been released on vinyl. Includes... more

Along with Billie Holiday and other contemporaries like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald was one of the great singers to emerge from the golden age of jazz singing as a premier exponent of an art form... more

George Shearing, who died in 2011, was one of the most illustrious jazz pianists of his era, overcoming blindness to become one of the truly distinctive keyboard stylists, equally at home as soloist,... more