The Real Ambassadors features Louis Armstrong’s first and only recorded collaborations with Dave Brubeck (also co-composer and conductor of the album), 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 […]
2 LP The months without rain and airless days and nights might not have been something out of the ordinary in the Algarve or the south of France, but it was without precedent in Britain. The Summer of 1976 has remained a benchmark for long, hot summers – there may have been scorchers since, but […]
Sammy Davis Jr. was a multi-talented artist, a singer, dancer, stage and movie actor, comedian and TV personality, whose career encompassed not only performing and recording in those arenas, but also film and TV direction. Later famous as a member of the Rat Pack, he made his first records in 1949, but came to the […]
Fitzgerald was sometimes considered a poor “libretto” singer, more interested in swing and harmony than in the emotional weight of a song. That was generally left to singers like Billie Holiday perminently, or Carmen McRae and Betty Carter. But with Porter, she was dealing with an artist whose rhythmic sophistication equalled her own and these […]
B e t t y C a r t e r w a s r e n o w n e d f o r her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style. Her devotion to the jazz idiom was such that her fellow vocalist Carmen McRae once claimed that “there’s really only one jazz singer […]
BLACK FRIDAY 2023 2 LP Record Store Day Black Friday 2023 (UK & EUROPE) exclusive release. Limited 180g Deluxe DOUBLE Vinyl Edition (1000 copies) with obi strip. Non-Returnable. Rare unearthed Dutch recordings from 1970. Featuring an all-star line-up. FIRST TIME ON VINYL Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster (born Kansas City, 1909) needs little introduction, Webster is […]
Interpretations of six “Pet Sounds” compositions are among the highlights of this celebration of Brian Wilson’s songwriting genius. Pressed on 180g white vinyl with fully illustrated inner bag. “Here Today! The Songs Of Brian Wilson” was Ace Records’ top-selling release of 2015. To celebrate, we’re releasing this gorgeously packaged vinyl edition featuring a dozen of […]
