 | Things to Come by Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.78 Ace trumpeter Jon Faddis leads some real pros in recreating the music of Dizzy Gillespie
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 | Stone Bird by Supersax
Buy used from: $18.00 A season group of West Coast sax players transcribed Charlie Parker's most famous solos and voiced them for a whole sax section...sadly, most of their stuff is out of print now
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 | Trumpets by Mike Vax
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.96 Mike Vax and 3 other trumpeters recreating some famous trumpet solos from the past
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 | Music of Jimmie Lunceford by American Jazz Orchestra with John Lewis Conducting
Buy used from: $1.63 Great album! Modern versions of classic Jimmie Lunceford songs
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 | Ellington Masterpieces by Conducting American Jazz Orchestra with John Lewis
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $1.90 Same group doing the music of Elllington
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 | Live in Swing City - Swingin' With Duke by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis
Buy used from: $0.89 Wynton Marsalis doing Ellington with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
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 | The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings by Gil Evans
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $12.87 Wonderful late 50's recording by Gil Evans re-imaging jazz classics with a big band. A long-time favorite of mine.
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 | The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band by The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.24 Jon Faddis leading a band that recreated jazz and swing classics
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 | Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.39 Hmmm, not sure about this
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 | A Love Supreme by Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.76 Interesting idea...mixed reviews...I think I'll pass
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 | Plays John Coltrane - Live at The Village Vanguard by McCoy Tyner
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.10 Who better to play the music of John Coltrane than his pianist, McCoy Tyner?
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 | Unheard Herd by Phil Woods
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.87 Phil Woods leading some Woody Herman charts from the late 40's as performed in 2006
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 | For Lady Day by Zoot Sims
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.24 Tribute to Billie Holiday by the sublime Zoot Sims, with master bassist George Mraz
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 | Live at Orchestra Hall, Detroit by Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.59 Try this instead of the next CD on the list. Joe Williams was very much alive when this was recorded, and the Basie Band is hot on this one. All
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 | Ray Sings, Basie Swings by Ray Charles
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $1.18 This is a little odd. Mix one dead guy with another dead guy's band and call it a hit? I'm holding off for now
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 | Timeless by Sergio Mendes
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $2.05 Not exactly jazz...but an interesting twist on the concept. I love this, and drive my kids crazy singing along in the car.
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 | Whipped Cream & Other Delights Rewhipped by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $3.49 This isn't jazz either, but Herb Alpert in the 60's was as close as some people got to a brass instrument on record. This remix is fun, if you have a sense of humor.
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 | To You: A Tribute to Mel Lewis by Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
Buy used from: $18.95 Mel Lewis was one of the great big band leaders of the 60's and 70's; this was his band's tribute after his death
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 | Dizzy's Business by The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.90 More from the Dizzy Gillespie alumni
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 | Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix by Gil Evans
Buy used from: $16.64 Highly controversial mix of Gil Evans w/music of Jimi Hendrix. I grew to like it over time...
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 | The Complete Verve Remixed Deluxe Box by Various Artists
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $27.99 Verve has boxed up its "remix" series into a set
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 | New Orleans Jazz Classics: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong by The Young Olympians
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $0.97 Looks interesting.
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 | Jelly and James: Music of "Jelly Roll" Morton and James P. Johnson by Dick Hyman
Buy used from: $24.27 Dick Hyman did a whole string of classic jazz recreations...
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 | If Bix Played Gershwin by Dick Hyman & Tom Pletcher
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.15 Dick Hyman imaging how Bix would have played Gershwin
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 | Bill Challis' The Goldkette Project by Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $21.99 Music of the late 20's recorded in the 80's
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