Classic Jazz: Jazz Greats

Performer: Various Artists
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Compilation producer: Charles McCardell. Includes liner notes by Charles McCardell. This is part of Time Life Records "Classic Jazz" series. Personnel: Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Mose Allison (vocals, piano); Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams , Anita O'Day (vocals); Freddie Green, Herb Ellis, Irving Ashby, Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (guitar); Gigi Gryce, Ray Perry, Marshall Royal, Ornette Coleman, Sahib Shihab, Paul Desmond, Bill Graham, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Illinois Jacquet, John Coltrane, Stanley Turrentine, Ben Webster, Benny Golson (tenor saxophone); Jack McVea, Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone); Reunald Jones, Carl George, Ernie Royal, Idrees Sulieman, Joe Newman , Lee Morgan Quintet, Miles Davis, Art Farmer, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley (trumpet); Nat Adderley (cornet); Curtis Fuller, Harry Sloan, Fred Beckett, Sonny Craven, Henry Coker, J.J. Johnson , Benny Powell, Bill Hughes , Billy Byers (trombone); Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Hank Jones , Jack Wilson, Jimmy Jones , Joe Zawinul, McCoy Tyner, Milt Buckner, Oscar Peterson, Red Garland, Thelonious Monk, Wynton Kelly, Vince Guaraldi (piano); Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Colin Bailey, Dave Bailey, George Jenkins, Jo Jones , Joe Morello, Lex Humphries, Louie Bellson, Philly Joe Jones, Roy McCurdy, Art Blakey, Sonny Payne, Billy Higgins, Billy Gene English, Ronnie Free, Buddy Rich, Charlie Persip (drums); Ray Barretto (congas). Liner Note Author: Charles McCardell. Recording information: Chicago, IL (05/26/1942-10/20/1966); Englewood Cliffs, NJ (05/26/1942-10/20/1966); Hackensack, NJ (05/26/1942-10/20/1966); Hollywood, CA (05/26/1942-10/20/1966); Los Angeles, CA (05/26/1942-10/20/1966); New York, NY (05/26/1942-10/20/1966); San Francisco, CA (05/26/1942-10/20/1966). Director: Freddie Szilagi. Photographers: Corbis Bettman; Brantley Smith; Herman Leonard. Arrangers: Ernie Wilkins; Lionel Hampton; Quincy Jones; Benny Golson. The Time/Life compilation Classic Jazz: Jazz Greats collects some of the most iconic and influential jazz artists onto one disc. While this in no way conveys the wide stylistic breadth and individual artist contributions of jazz history, it does offer a pleasing single-disc introduction to what is largely considered the mainstream acoustic jazz sound. Included are such artists as saxophonist Charlie Parker, trumpeter Miles Davis, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, and vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. Most jazz collectors will already have these widely available cuts, but newcomers to jazz could do worse than this solid collection. ~ Matt Collar

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