Dinah Wahington, For Those In Love, 1955 on Emarcy. Emarcy is what you get when you pronounce MRC (Mercury Record Company). Arrangements by Quincy Jones, with Wynton Kelly,…
Gerry Mulligan, The Concert Jazz Band, 1960 on Verve. Mulligan’s first “Concert Jazz Band” with multiple different players on Trumpet, Sax, and Trombone on different tracks Via Light…
Herbie Mann, Herbie Mann Returns to the Village Gate, 1963 on Atlantic (1407). Jazz flute- one in a series of Village Gate LPs dlr Herbie Mann. Cover painting…
Erroll Garner, One World Concert, 1963 on Reprise / Octave Records. Recorded live (“In Actual Performance”) at the Seattle World’s Fair. Octave has reissued this in their remastered…
Phineas Newborn Jr., Here Is Phineas (The Piano Artistry of Phuneas Newborn Jr.), 1956 on Atlantic. 2022 repress via Vinyl Me, Please Great version of “All the Things…
Duke Ellington Quartet, Duke’s Big 4, 1974 on Pablo. Recorded in 1983 – my copy has a stamp from Everybody’s Records in Cincinnati. Love a well traveled LP.
Herb Eillis and Stuff Smith, Together!, 1963 on Epic. An original mono pressing – Herb Ellis on guitar and Stuff Smith on violin, with Al McKibbon, Lou Levy,…
Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny, Let’s Get Happy Together, 2021 on Stony Plain. Great combination that works really well together – one of my favorite albums and I’m…
Wynton Marsalis, Black Codes (From The Underground), 1985 on Columbia. ~24 yr old Wynton with Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Jeff Watts, Charlotte Moffett (and Ron Carter on Aural…
Fletcher Henderson, The Indispensible Fletcher Henderson, 1982 on RCA / Jazz Tribune. French pressing of a compilation first released in the US in 1976 as “The Complete Fletcher…
Oscar Peterson, The Oscar Peterson Collection, 1973 on Verve. Classic Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen, Oscar Peterson Trio – previously released on the Verve albums “In a Romantic Mood”…
Nina Simone, Starring Nina Simone (with George Wallington), 1964 on Spin-O-Rama. Simone sued Premier albums over this one, alleging it was an unauthorized release and settled out of…
Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner, 1953 on Columbia. Mine’s a 1956 pressing, with the “six-eye” Columbia labels, with the registered trademark on “LP” Sleeve was really just two pieces…
Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner Plays For Dancing, 1956 on Columbia. Originally a 10″ record in 1953. Garner’s approach makes many of his recordings hard to dance to –…
Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle, Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson, 1962 on Verve. Classic big band / swing and wonderful renditions – found via a vinyl bazaar at…