RZangpo2 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 [The following is cross-posted from the Steve Hoffman forum, where I use the same user name as here. I've racked up 1200+ posts there on jazz-related and other topics. I lurk here from time to time, but haven't had occasion to post very much. I think the folks at the Hoffman board will vouch for me, though.] Here is a group of rare and wonderful jazz CDs. They are from a series of out-of-print, single-disc anthologies called Jazz Greats, issued by the British publishers Marshall Cavendish in the mid- to late 1990s. They can still be found in Britain, but I've never found any in the USA. I assembled the complete collection from UK sellers over the past several years. Following is a list of duplicates I am selling. In my opinion, many of these are the best single-disc anthologies out there for their respective artists or genres. The track selection is wide-ranging and well-informed. The European compilers did not need to take US copyright law into account, so selections are not limited by period or label. Transfers are by John R. T. Davies (except where noted), so the sound is the best you are likely to hear on CD. All discs are in M- condition. Price: $8 each, plus $2 shipping for the first CD and $1 for each additional CD within the USA. 002A Swing That Music 011 Charlie Parker (transfers by Tony Williams) 018 Lester Young 019 Jazz Voices – The Men 020 King Oliver 022 Woody Herman (transfers by Ted Kendall) 025 Jazz City – New Orleans 026 Jack Teagarden 028 Dizzy Gillespie – Early Years (transfers by Ted Kendall) 029 Johnny Dodds 033 Bob Crosby 034 Jazz City – Kansas City 036 The Dorsey Brothers 037 Yanks In Britain 041 The Duke's Men 043 Earl Hines 045 New Orleans Revival 046 West Coast Jazz – Early Years 049 Jazz in Britain 050 Early Be-Bop 051 Jazz Guitar 052 Venuti & Lang 054 Jazz City – Paris 057 Slim Gaillard 059 Jazz Piano 060 Jazz Clarinet 062 Western Swing 065 Eddie Condon 066 Stan Kenton 068 Territory Bands 069 G.I. Jive (transfers by Ted Kendall) 070 Kid Ory 071 Charlie Barnet (transfers by Ted Kendall) 073 Texas Jazz (transfers by Ted Kendall) 075 Red Nichols 076 Jazz Arrangers Quote
RZangpo2 Posted March 28, 2006 Author Report Posted March 28, 2006 The following are sold: 001 Billie Holiday 017 Jelly Roll Morton 021 Coleman Hawkins 039 Jazz City – Chicago 040 Red Allen 047 Muggsy Spanier 048 Monk & Powell 056 Clarence Williams 067 Bunny Berigan Anyone else? What about Lester Young, Johnny Dodds, Venuti & Lang, King Oliver, The Duke's Men, Red Nichols? This is prime stuff, people! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted March 28, 2006 Report Posted March 28, 2006 (edited) Since these were "part works" and came with informative "magazine" notes. Do you include these or just the discs? I have about 40 of these and they are reasonably well done, but JRT did not remaster all of them and the rest are fine too. Edited March 28, 2006 by Chuck Nessa Quote
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