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Cover of Jazz By Sun Ra by Sun Ra.

Sun Ra

Jazz By Sun Ra

Jazz Wax

    Jazz by Sun Ra was Sun Ra's debut album, recorded in Chicago and produced by Tom Wilson for his Transition Records label. Although announced as a debut, Sun Ra had previously recorded and released various other sessions dating back to 1949 on his own Saturn label.

    The LP features original compositions by Sun Ra plus contributions from Arkestral bassist Richard Evans, and composer Harry Revel (1905 -1958) who wrote for movies and musicals: 'Lullaby For Realville' and 'Possession', respectively.

    The bonus track, Swing A Little Taste, is from the same session and composed by Arkestral trombonist Julien Priester.

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    Cover of The Real Ambassadors by Louis Armstrong & Dave Brubeck.

    Louis Armstrong & Dave Brubeck

    The Real Ambassadors

    Jazz Wax

      The Real Ambassadors features Louis Armstrong's first and only recorded collaborations with Dave Brubeck, singer Carmen McRae, and the vocal trio of Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, and Annie Ross

      The Real Ambassadors project, which delivered a strong political message condemning racism, was an original Broadway play written and composed by Brubeck and his wife Iola.

      The Real Ambassadors is a jazz musical developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Dave Brubeck and Lola Brubeck in collaboration withLouis Amstrongand his band. It addressed the Civil Rights Movement, the music business, America's place in the world during theCold War, the nature of God, and other themes.

      It was set in a fictional African nation called Talgalla, and its central character was based on Louis Armstrong and his time as a jazz ambassador for the US State Department.It was the first major large scale musical collaboration between Dave and Iola Brubeck and served as a template for their future musical collaborations. Songs from the musical were recorded by Columbia Records and a soundtrack album was released in 1962, just before the show's premiere at the 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival with an all-star cast.

      TRACK LISTING

      Everybody's Comin'
      Cultural Exchange
      Good Reviews
      Remember Who You Are
      My One Bad Habit
      Summer Song
      King For A Day
      Blow Satchmo
      The Real Ambassador
      Lonesome
      In The Lurch
      One Moment Worth Years
      They Say I Look Like God
      Since Love Had Its Way
      I Didn't Know Until You Told Me
      Swing Bells/ Blow Satchmo/ Finale
      You Swing Baby [the Duke]

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      Cover of Ella & Louis - Complete Small Group Studio Recordings by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong.

      Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

      Ella & Louis - Complete Small Group Studio Recordings

      Jazz Wax

        Although both Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong had met and performed together previously, they wouldn't be heard on record together until January 18, 1946, when they waxed a single 78-rpm disc ("You Won't Be Satisfied) for Decca. They went on to record a few more singles together until in 1956 when producer Norman Granz paired the two together between 1956 and 1957 on three albums that were both critically acclaimed and commercial successes - appealing to audiences in and beyond the confines of jazz per se: Ella & Louis, its sequel Ella & Louis Again, and the selection of songs from George Gershwin's opera Porgy & Bess.

        While Porgy & Bess was recorded with a big band, the first two albums (featured in this release) were made in small group formats with the great Oscar Peterson Trio plus drummers Buddy Rich or Louie Bellson, resulting in some of the most fascinating jazz and popular music ever produced.

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        1. Can't We Be Friends
        2. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
        3. Moonlight In Vermont 
        4. They Can't Take That Away From Me
        5. Under A Blanket Of Blue
        6. Tenderly
        7. A Foggy Day
        8. Stars Fell On Alabama
        9. Cheek To Cheek
        10. The Nearness Of You
        11. April In Paris
        12. Don't Be That Way
        13. They All Laughed
        14. Autumn In New York 
        15. Stompin' At The Savoy
        16. I Won't Dance
        17. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm 
        18. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?
        19. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
        20. I'm Puttin' All My Eggs In One Basket
        21. A Fine Romance
        22. Love Is Here To Stay
        23. Learnin' The Blues

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        Cover of Your Number Please - 2024 Reissue by Julie London.

        Julie London

        Your Number Please - 2024 Reissue

        Jazz Wax

          Arranged and conducted by Andre Previn, "Your Number, Please" is Julie London's tribute to famous male singers, musicians, and entertainment personalities of the 1950's Thirteen evergreen love songs for all those romantic occasions! The original out of print album is expensive and hard to fnd, so it's a collector's treat to have it readily available again - and with all the original artwork and liner notes included. Fans of Julie London's icily sexy but emotionally downbeat style will be thrilled by this collection.

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          Makin' Whoopee
          It Could Happen To You
          When I Fall In Love
          It's A Blue World
          They Can't Take That Away From Me
          One For My Baby
          Angel Eyes
          Love Is Here To Stay
          The More I See You
          A Stranger In Town
          Two Sleepy People
          Learnin' The Blues
          But Not For Me

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          Cover of The Musing Of Miles - 2023 Reissue by Miles Davis.

          Miles Davis

          The Musing Of Miles - 2023 Reissue

          Jazz Wax

            Charlie Parker had just died (March 1955) and Miles Davis was in the process of forming his first classic quintet when he recorded this quartet session with celebrated bassist Oscar Pettiford, pianist Red Garland, and drummer Philly Joe Jones, both of whom would also form part of the quintet with John Coltrane on tenor sax and Paul Chambers on bass.

            The program consisted of four standards, a blues, 'Green Haze', and the original tune 'I Didn't', which was Miles' humorous answer to Thelonious Monk's 'Well, You Needn't'. The interpretations are lyrical and melodic, and even 'A Night In Tunisia' sounds mellow.

            A version of 'How Deep Is the Ocean?' from Miles' only other studio session with Oscar Pettiford is include here as a bonus track.

            TRACK LISTING

            1. Will You Still Be Mine?
            2. I See Your Face Before Me
            3. I Didn't
            4. A Gal In Calico
            5. A Night In Tunisia
            6. Green Haze
            7. How Deep Is The Ocean?

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            Cover of Plays The Blues - 2023 Reissue by John Coltrane.

            John Coltrane

            Plays The Blues - 2023 Reissue

            Jazz Wax

              Coltrane's sessions for Atlantic in late October 1960 were prolific, yielding the material for 'My Favorite Things', 'Coltrane Plays the Blues', and 'Coltrane's Sound'. 'My Favorite Things' was destined to be the most remembered and influential of these, and while Coltrane Plays the Blues is not as renowned or daring in material, it is still a powerful session.

              As for the phrase "plays the blues" in the title, it's not so much an indicator that the tunes are conventional blues, but more indicative of a bluesy sensibility.

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              1. Blues To Elvin
              2. Blues To Bechet
              3. Blues To You
              4. Blues To Elvin [Alternative Take]
              5. Mr. Day
              6. Mr. Syms
              7. Mr. Knight
              8. Blues To You [Alternative Take]

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              Cover of Dig It! - 2023 Reissue by Bill Evans.

              Bill Evans

              Dig It! - 2023 Reissue

              Jazz Wax

                This LP comprises highlights from Bill Evans' earliest studio recording sessions. By September 1956, at nearly 27- years old, Evans already had many studio recordings under his belt, and a lot of playing experience. However, that month marked the making of his first recordings to be issued under his own name. Included here are unaccompanied piano tracks, but also wonderful selections by the Bill Evans Trio featuring such amazing partners as bassists Sam Jones, Scott LaFaro or Teddy Kotick, or drummers Paul Motian and Philly Joe Jones.

                TRACK LISTING

                I Love You
                Easy Living
                Displacement
                Waltz For Debby
                Autumn Leaves
                Spring Is Here
                Someday My Prince Will Come
                Tenderly
                What Is There To Say?
                Oleo
                Witchcraft

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                Cover of New Jazz Conceptions - 2023 Reissue by Bill Evans.

                Bill Evans

                New Jazz Conceptions - 2023 Reissue

                Jazz Wax

                  New Jazz Conceptions was Bill Evans' first studio album recorded under his own name

                  The album primarily showcases Evans in a trio format (with Teddy Kotick on bass, and Paul Motian on drums), but also contains three solo piano tracks, one of which is Evans' earliest recording ever of his legendary composition 'Waltz for Debby'.

                  BILL EVANS piano
                  TEDDY KOTICK bass
                  PAUL MOTIAN drums

                  New York, September 18, 1956 & September 27, 1956. Original sessions produced by Orrin Keepnews.

                  BONUS TRACK: Joe Puma (guitar), Bill Evans (piano), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Paul Motian (drums). New York, late summer 1957.

                  "This is an important first LP- as- leader, and on any count, is one of the more creative modern jazz piano albums in a number of months." - Nat Hentoff, Down Beat

                  "Even in 1956 (more than a year before he joined the Miles Davis Sextet), Evans had his own chord voicings and a lyrical yet swinging style. A strong start to a significant career."- Scott Yanow, AllMusic.

                  TRACK LISTING

                  I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good [quartet Version]
                  No Cover, No Minimum
                  My Romance
                  Our Delight
                  Waltz For Debby
                  Speak Low
                  Displacement
                  Easy Living
                  Conception
                  I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
                  Five
                  I Love You

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