So versatile that she was able to sustain a professional career for more than thirty years, jazz pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams ran the gamut from Dixieland to swing, bop and... more

On this album, Mary Lou Williams presents a history of jazz in speech and in music, from meditations on learning ragtime and blues as a child to performances of her own compositions, including "Night... more

Throughout his career, Max Kortlander played and arranged pieces for piano roll recordings for QRS Recording Laboratories, and in 1931 he became the company's president. This album is a tribute to... more

Pianist Joe Sullivan was a noted performer in Chicago, New York and San Francisco jazz circles. These rare recordings feature a string of buoyant solos, but he also joins Sidney Bechet, Pops Foster... more

Joseph Lamb (1887-1960) is considered one of the three great composers of ragtime, along with Scott Joplin and James Scott. Between 1908 and 1919, while living in Montclair, New Jersey, and working... more

New Orleans string band jazz was popular between 1910 and 1925, but the genre was seldom recorded. This ensemble-featuring Bill Kleppinger, Bernie Shields, Edmond Souchon, and Frank "Red"... more