Nat King Cole - The Piano Style Of Nat King Cole
Pure Pleasure/Capitol W 689 (2009)

Titel:
Love Walked In; My Heart Stood Still; Imagination; I Never Knew; Stella By Starlight; What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Takin' A Chance On Love; April In Paris; I Want To Be Happy; I See Your Face Before Me; Just One Of Those Things; I Get A Kick Out Of You; If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight); I Hear Music; Tea For Two - aufgenommen im Juni und August 1955 in den Universal Studios, Chicago und Capitol Melrose Studios, Los Angeles / Produktion: Lee Gillette

Besetzung:
Nat King Cole (p); Nelson Riddle (arr,dir); Willie Smith (ss); John Collins (g); Charlie Harris (b); George Roberts, Juan Tizol (tb); Lee Young (dr); u.a.
 

Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges - Side By Side
Speakers Corner Records/Verve MGVS-6109 (2009)

Titel:
Stompy Jones; Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me); Big Shoe; Going Up; Just A Memory; Let's Fall In Love; Ruint; Bend One; You Need to Rock - aufgenommen im August 1958 und Februar 1959 in New York City / Production: Norman Granz

Besetzung:
Johnny Hodges (as); Ben Webster (ts); Harry Edison, Roy Eldridge (tp); Lawrence Brown (tb); Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (p); Al Hall, Wendell Marshall (b); Leslie Spann (g, fl); Jo Jones (dr)
 

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - The Nutcracker Suite
Pure Pleasure/Columbia CS8341 (2009)

Titel:
Overture; Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance Of The Reed-Pipes); Peanut Brittle Brigade (March); Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of The Sugar-Plum Fairy); Entr’acte; The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance); Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance); Danse Of The Floreadores (Waltz Of The Flowers); Arabesque Cookies (Arabian Dance) - aufgenommen im Mai und Juni 1960 in Los Angeles

Besetzung:
Johnny Hodges (as); Russell Procope (as, fl); Harry Carney (bs); Ray Nance, Willie Cook (tp); Juan Tizol (tb, tamb); Lawrence Brown, Britt Woodman (tb); Duke Ellington (p): Aaron Bell (b); Sam Woodyard (dr); u.a.
 

Bill Evans - At The Montreux Jazz Festival
Speakers Corner Records/Verve V6-8762 (2009)

Titel:
One for Helen; A Sleepin' Bee; Mother Of Earl; Nardis; I Loves You, Porgy; The Touch Of Your Lips; Embraceable You; Someday My Prince Will Come; Walkin' Up - aufgenommen im Juni 1968 im Casino de Montreux, Schweiz, von Pierre Grandjean und Jean-Claude Martin / Production: Helen Keane

Besetzung:
Bill Evans (p); Eddie Gomez (b); Jack DeJohnette (dr)
 

Peggy Lee - I Like Men!
Pure Pleasure/Capitol PPAN T-1131 (2009)

Titel:
Charley, My Boy; Good For Nothin' Joe; I Love To Love; When A Woman Loves A Man; I Like Men!; I'm Just Wild About Harry; My Man; Bill; So In Love; Jim; It's Nice To Have A Man Around The House; Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! - aufgenommen im Oktober 1958 im Capitol Tower, Los Angeles

Besetzung:
Peggy Lee (voc); Jack Marshall (arr, cond); Benny Carter (as); Pete Candoli (tp); Frank Rosolino (tb); Jimmy Rowles (p); Barney Kessel (g); Shelly Manne (dr); a.o.
 

Theolonious Monk - Something In Blue
Pure Pleasure/Black Lion BLPP-30119 (2009)

Titel:
Blue Sphere; Hackensack; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Criss Cross; Something In Blue; Evidence; Jackie-ing; Nutty - aufgenommen am 15. November 1971 in den Chappell Studios, London

Besetzung:
Thelonious Monk (p); Al McKibbon (b); Art Blakey (dr)
 

The Lionel Hampton Quartet
Speakers Corner Records/Clef MGC-673 (2009)

Titel:
Just One Of Those Things; Stompin' At The Savoy; How High The Moon; The Nearness Of You - aufgenommen im September 1953 und April 1954 in New York City / Produktion: Norman Granz

Besetzung:
Lionel Hampton (vib); Oscar Peterson (p); Ray Brown (b); Buddy Rich (dr)
 

Stanley Turrentine - Sugar
Pure Pleasure/CTI PPAN CTI 6005 (2009)

Titel:
Sugar; Sunshine Alley; Impressions - aufgenommen im November 1970 in Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Besetzung:
Freddie Hubbard (tp); Stanley Turrentine (ts); Lonnie Liston Smith (el-p); Butch Cornell (org); George Benson (g), Ron Carter (b), Billy Kaye (dr); Richard "Pablo" Landrum (cga)
 

Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful
Pure Pleasure/Capitol PPAN ST-798 (2009)

Titel:
Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe; Oh! Look At Me Now; Glad To Be Unhappy; Do It Again; But Beautiful; Easy Living*; Prelude To A Kiss; I Thought About You; For Heaven's Sake; Supper Time; I'll Walk Alone; Darn That Dream*; In A Sentimental Mood* (* = nicht auf dem Original-Album, erstmalig auf Vinyl!) - aufgenommen 4. - 6. November 1969 in New York City

Besetzung:
Nancy Wilson (voc), Hank Jones (p); Gino Bertachini (g); Ron Carter (b); Grady Tate (dr)
 

VA- Jazz At The Philharmonic In Europe (4 LP)
Speakers Corner Records/Verve V 8539-42 (2009)

Titel:
Bernie's Tune; Swedish Jam; All The Things You Are; Sweet Georgia Brown; Bop'n Boogie; I Waited For You; Yesterdays; Trotting; Take The "A" Train; Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana); These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You); Yesterdays; The Nearness Of You; You Go To My Head; A Jazz Portrait Of Brigitte Bardot; Kush; The Mooch; Wheatleigh Hall - aufgenommen im November 1960 im Konserthuset, Stockholm / Produktion: Norman Granz

Besetzung:
Cannonball Adderley, Benny Carter (as); Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins (ts); Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge (tr); J.J. Johnson (tb); Lalo Schifrin (p); Art Davis (b); Jo Jones, Louis Hayes (dr); u.a.

Besonderheiten:
4 LP-Box incl. Booklet
 

Cannonball Adderley Quintett - In Chicago
Speakers Corner Records/Mercury SR 60134 (1999)

Titel:
Limehouse Blues; Stars Fell On Alabama; Wabash; Grand Central; You're A Weaver Of Dreams; The Sleeper - aufgenommen 1959 in Chicago

Besetzung:
Julian Cannonball Adderley (as), John Coltrane (ts), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers (b), Jimmy Cobb (dr)
 

Julian Cannonball Adderley - In The Land Of HiFi
Speakers Corner Records/Mercury MG 36077 (2000)

Titel:
Dog My Cats; I'm Glad There Is You; Blues For Bohemia; Junior's Tune; Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea; Casa De Marcel; Little Girl Blue; T's Tune; Broadway At Basin Street; Just Norman; I Don't Care - aufgenommen im Juni 1956

Besetzung:
Julian Cannonball Adderley (as), Nat Adderley (c), Danny Bank (bar), Jerome Richardson (ts, fl), Ernie Royal (tp), Jimmy Cleveland and Bobby Byrne (tb), Junior Mance (p), Keeter Betts (b), Charlie 'Specs' Wright (dr)
 

Monty Alexander - Full Steam Ahead
Pure Audiophile 010 (2006)

Titel:
Freddie Freeloader; Once I Loved; Ray's Idea; Because You're Mine; I Can't Get No Satisfaction; Happy Talk; Estate; Hi-Fly; Just Friends; Straighten Up and Fly Right; High Heeled Sneakers; Renewal - aufgenommen 1984

Besetzung:
Monty Alexander (p); Ray Brown (b); Frank Gant (dr)

Besonderheiten:
2 LPs im Klappcover
 

Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats
Pure Pleasure/Columbia PPAN CL-708 (2009)

Titel:
Honeysuckle Rose; Blue Turning Grey Over You; I'm Crazy "Bout My Baby; Squeeze Me; Keepin' Out Of Mischief; All That Meat And No Patatoes; I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling; Black And Blue; Ain't Misbehavin'; (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue; I'm Crazy 'Bout my Baby; Blue Turning Grey Over You; Blue Turning Grey Over You; Sweet Savannah Sue; That Rhythm Man - aufgenommen im April und Mai 1955

Besetzung:
Louis Armstrong (tp, voc); Trummy Young (tb); Barney Bigard (cl); Billy Kyle (p); Arvell Shaw (b); Barrett Deems (dr); Velma Middleton (voc)
 

Louis Armastrong - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
Speakers Corner Records/Verve MGVS-6062 (2001)

Titel:
That Old Feeling; Let's Fall In Love; I'll Never Be The Same; Blues In The Night; How Long Has This Been Going On; I Was Doing All Right; What's New; Moon Song; Just One Of Those Things; There's No You; You Go To My Head; Sweet Lorraine - aufgenommen Oktober 1957 in Chicago

Besetzung:
Louis Armstrong (voc, tp); Oscar Peterson (p); Herb Ellis (g); Ray Brown (b); Louis Bellson (dr)