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The Best of the Black and White Minstrels

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by: George Mitchell Minstrels

Release Date March 31, 2003

CD-Charts Position 2

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The George Mitchell Collection Vol.1-45

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by: George Mitchell

Release Date May 12, 2008

CD-Charts Position 3

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The Best Of Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong On Verve

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by: Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong

Release Date February 08, 1999

CD-Charts Position 4
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Porgy And Bess

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by: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Release Date July 07, 1993
The music of the Porgy and Bess soundtrack virtually transports you back to the deep south. With "modern day lullabies" such as summertime this is a perfect album to sit back and relax to. Allowing the classic and original vocal tones of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to lull you away to a warm and romantic place.

CD-Charts Position 5
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King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band 1923-1924

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by: Joe 'King' Oliver

Release Date June 01, 2006
Having lived with these tracks for about 50 years, repeated listening has confirmed that these are the finest recordings of a 'classic' New Orleans ensemble ever made. The front line are completely integrated with no one (not even Louis Armstrong!) trying to hog the limelight. There are no 'star' soloists and the cornets, clarinet, and trombone, although distinctive voices, blend together to create a polyphony so perfect as to almost defy belief.

Sadly, this perfection could not last. The era of the great soloists was about to dawn and, although - for example - Armstrong, Hawkins, Bechet, etc created magnificent music, the very fact of their individual creativity meant the end of the truly integrated ensemble until the early ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 6
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Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy

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by: Louis Armstrong

Release Date April 07, 1997
What a magnificent CD!

I heard this album in the LP form at the beginnings of my explorations into jazz but, as the CD era started, I was warned that the 80's CD of "Armstrong plays W. C. Handy" contains inferior alternate versions.
The producer George Avakian explains in this 1997 CD what happened and how painstaking and meticolous research and restoration resulted in this issue, basically equall to the original album, although the recording company had lost not only masters but the back-up copies as well. So, all the compliments go to Mr. Avakian, the producer and the restorer of this music.

This is one of my favorite jazz albums and I feel it proves that Louis in the 50's could very well reach his Hot fives and ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 7
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Our Love is Here to Stay: Ella & Louis Sing Gershwin

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by: Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong

Release Date February 09, 1998
AS AN AVID fan of musical theatre, I was expecting the Gershwin collection, as sung by Ella and Louis, to be a tour de force of varied jazz styles and supreme vocals: I was not disappointed. Along with sublime piano (courtesy Oscar Peterson) on many tracks and a strong brass section, Ella and Louis make "Our Love is Here Stay" a cornerstone of any respectable jazz collection. In particular "A Woman is a Sometime Thing", "A Foggy Day", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", the title track and of course the monumental "Summertime" stand out as exemplifiying the sort of quality music produced by these two jazz powerhouses. Buy it.

CD-Charts Position 8
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The Bix Beiderbecke Story: 4cd Set

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by: Bix Beiderbecke

Release Date October 20, 2003
...but only 3 for this boxed set, an average grade between -
Minus: muddy sound on the remastering. Plus: wide selection of tracks.

CD-Charts Position 9
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The Five Pennies [Us Import]

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by: Original Soundtrack

Release Date February 24, 2004
I originally had this recording on Brunswick (Stereo!) vinyl from 1959, but it has long gone.

After seeing it available on CD I had no hesitation in buying it again. Everyone on the recording seems to be having a good time, and the music ranges from pure jazz to a couple of more "ballad" type songs.

The US import I received is in Mono (which is probably better as some early stereo records seem too "separated"). Excellent quality and fine performances. 18 tracks, but it all fitted on one LP as some of the tunes are only between one and two minutes long.

I recall the film was partly fun, part "lump in throat" with a mushy ending, but well worth a viewing.

Not one of the best known soundtrack albums, ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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Muggsy Special 1924 to 1954

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by: Muggsy Spanier

Release Date June 19, 2000
I originally had this recording on Brunswick (Stereo!) vinyl from 1959, but it has long gone.

After seeing it available on CD I had no hesitation in buying it again. Everyone on the recording seems to be having a good time, and the music ranges from pure jazz to a couple of more "ballad" type songs.

The US import I received is in Mono (which is probably better as some early stereo records seem too "separated"). Excellent quality and fine performances. 18 tracks, but it all fitted on one LP as some of the tunes are only between one and two minutes long.

I recall the film was partly fun, part "lump in throat" with a mushy ending, but well worth a viewing.

Not one of the best known soundtrack albums, ... Read More: