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Paul Desmond, Summertime, 1969 on A&M / CTI. Desmond wrote “Take Five” and played with the Dave Brubeck Quartet as well as Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker. CtI…
Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady, 1958 on Verve An original 1958 mono pressing – one of my favorite recent finds. With Ray Brown on bass…
Chuck Mangione, Feels So Good, 1977 on A&M With James Bradley Jr, Charles Meeks, Grant Geissman, and Chris Vadala Was one of the LPs that inspired me to…
Ella Fitzgerald, Like Someone In Love, 1957 on Verve. Black and silver Verve labels without mention of MGM Ella with Frank DeVol and his Orchestra – classic Via…
Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, 1973 on Columbia. (My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please Story of Herbie Hancock anthology) What can you say about Head Hunters? One…
Carmen McRae, Bittersweet, 1964 on Focus (FM 334). Focus was a label created by NY DJ Mort Fega (who also produced the LP). May be my favorite McRae…
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, and Sarah Vaughan; Billie, Ella, Lena, Sarah; 1958 compilation on Harmony. Harmony was a “budget” sub-label of Columbia, revived in 1957,selling LPs…
Oscar Peterson, Pastel Moods, 1956 on Verve. Part of a group of older jazz LPs I picked up via Everything But the House With Ray Brown, Herb Ellis…
Ella Fitzgerald, Get Happy!, 1959 on Verve. Part of a whole lot of jazz vinyl I got via an @ebth auction. Verve Records black and silver labels with…
Herbie Hancock, The Piano, 1979 on CBS/Sony. Only released in Japan in 1979, and then on CD in the US in 2004. My copy is from the @vinylmeplease…
Oscar Peterson, Plays The George Gershwin Songbook, 1959 on @ververecords Picked up a lot of Oscar Peterson related jazz records via @ebth – some great early deep groove…
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelly with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, 1965 on GNP Crescendo. Recordings from 1938, 1939, and 1946 in London, originally released…
Nat Adderley Septet, Don’t Look Back, 1976 on Steeplechase. My copy is a later reissue 180 gram “audiophile” edition (not sure from when exactly) pressed somewhere in Germany….
Thelonious Monk, Pure Monk: Theloniois Monk Piano Solos, 1974 on Trip Jazz. Trip Jazz was a sublabel of Trip, itself owned by Springboard, a discount New Jersey label…
Erroll Garner, Soliloquy, 1957 on Columbia. Mono pressing with the six-eye Columbia label “Records always sound best on Columbia phonographs” Via Residency Records, Salem MA
Buck Clayton, The Huckle-Buck and Robbin’s Nest: A Buck Clayton Jam Session, 1954 on Columbia. Buck Clayton and a team of long standing swing players including portions of…
Herbie Hancock, Takin’ Off, 1962 on Blue Note. Another from the Vinyl Me, Please anthology of Herbie Hancock With Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Butch Warren, and Billy Higgins…
Herbie Hancock, Maiden Voyage, 1965 on Blue Note. (BlP 4195). Beautiful rainy day music for the weekend. My copy is from the Vinyl Me, Please anthology Story of…
Art Tatum, The Genius, 1973 on Black Lion Conpilation of recordings from 1944 and 1945 UK label founded in the late 60s that did a lot of reissues
Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, 1+1, 1997 on Verve Previously only available on CD, but now part of the Vinyl Me, Please anthology The Story of Herbie Hancock. Hancock…