Well, if you're going to revamp your jazz catalog, you might as well start with the greatest jazz album of all time! Includes a rare alternate take of Flamenco Sketches, and the first three songs are... more

Not many people knew about jazz improvisation until these historic numbers were recorded in the late 1920s! Hear the brilliant horn and scat singing that made Armstrong a star on West End Blues;... more

A Miles masterpiece as the artist transitions from old to new! Frelon Brun; Tout de Suite; Petits Machins; Mademoiselle Mabry, and Filles de Kilimanjaro.

Sextant is the eleventh studio album by Herbie Hancock, released in 1973 by Columbia. It is his last album with his early '70s Mwandishi-era Band.

Kenny learned how to make smooth, sensual sounds as a teen member of Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra. This 2-CD set, his most extensive collection, celebrates the jazz-sax superstar with his... more

There are guitar players. There are great guitar players. And then there is Buddy Guy. He simply transcends genre and musical barriers. Is he not just the best guitar player on the planet'... more

In addition to twelve of Clark's original compositions, BLAK & BLU also features a thirteenth song - a blistering cover of Little Johnny Taylor's (popularized by Albert Collins), "If You Love Me Like... more

Etta broke through in the '50s and '60s singing powerful blues, R&B and soul. These 31 tracks collect the wide-ranging songs she's attacked in the past 20 years; she packs as strong a wallop as ever... more

This is the ultimate 2-CD look at one of the best composers, jazzmen AND bandleaders ever: "Take the "A" Train," "Caravan," "Satin Doll," "Perdido," "Mood Indigo," "Cotton Tail," "Prelude to a Kiss,"... more

The album that shook up both the jazz and rock worlds - and made Herbie Hancock a superstar! In it's original release, this LP proved to be a very important recording that bridged jazz, funk and... more

Life's Magic stands as a terrific document of Steve Kuhn's artistic prowess as composer, stylist and interpreter. The powerful group that he led for this session was second to none and provided a... more

CRITICAL MASS is the new album from the Dave Holland Quintet featuring all of the original members with the addition of drummer Nate Smith and features 4 new holland compositions as well as one from... more

This is as pivotal a moment as jazz has ever seen: Miles live at the Fillmore (both East and West) in April and June 1970, introducing his iconoclastic "Bitches Brew"-era sound to rock audiences for... more

Here's a fascinating way to chart the course of Miles' unparalleled jazz journey: live recordings of his ever-evolving bands from '55 to '75…almost five hours of music, nearly four of which are... more

The debut recording by acoustic upright bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding, a native of Portland, OR, is an exercise in joy and freedom. Well rendered for such a very young musician, it's quite... 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

In Dinah Washington's case, the title of this 20-track collection is an understatement indeed! Hear her do her thing on some of her earliest recordings with the Lionel Hampton Band (Evil Gal Blues)... more

This is part of a mini-series on our competitively priced budget label Fabulous under the banner of Jazz Legends, presenting some of great and influential names of jazz, with recordings drawn from... more

Etta James is widely regarded as one of the finest female blues, R&B and soul singers of the modern era, second only in some eyes to Aretha Franklin - Atlantic's Jerry Wexler called her "the greatest... more

It was 1980. Buddy Guy was still out there in the career doldrums. Not starving - certainly not starving, but not accorded his due either by the mainstream music business or those people in the... more

Five full discs of formative recordings from the fascinating early years of this jazz-guitar genius! His sound is already unmistakable as he plays I Saw Stars; Smoke Rings; I'm Confessin'; Sweet... more

Miles' 30+ years on Columbia is nearly impossible to contain in one set, but this 2002 box attempted to give an overview to this prolific, important and highly influential period. Each disc here is... more