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Electro Swing II

Second volume of a new series from compilation masters Wagram Electronic, capturing the sound of the moment – a mix of out-there dance tunes with the retro sound of Jazz and early music hall songs. more >>

WEBSTER, BEN / OSCAR PETERSON
The Legendary Sessions (2CD)

All of the Ben Webster-Oscar Peterson quartet/quintet collaborations featuring Webster as the only horn player, for the first time ever on one double CD set. more >>

CHOPIN, FREDRIC
Masterpieces of the Chopin Miniature

2010 ushers in the 200th anniversary of the birth of Chopin. This disc of delightful dance miniatures captures the unique style of a composer whose output in this form numbered over one hundred pieces. more >>

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Bustin' Out - New Wave to New Beat

Bustin’ Out is a startling snapshot of the musical ructions which sprang up after punk’s scorched-earth revolution. The music termed post-punk is well represented in many of its diverse strains by some of its prime movers. more >>

BAKER, CHET
It could happen to you - Chet Baker sings

The complete 1958 album Chet Baker Sings: It Could Happen to You (Baker's second vocal album), plus two tunes from those sessions which didn't appear on the original LP (While My Lady Sleeps and You Make Me Feel So Young). more >>

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Ethiopiques Vol. 24 - 1970-1975

Continuing this remarkable series, yet more forgotten monuments of Ethiopian swing previously unknown outside their country of origin more >>

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CLEO LAINE / JOHN DANKWORTH - I hear Music (4CD box & book)

There are no musicians in British jazz who are better known both at home and abroad than Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth. In addition, few other musicians anywhere come close to the extraordinary stylistic range they encompass. In the autumn of 2007, they both celebrate their 80th birthdays, and this box set celebrates the long and distinguished musical careers that they have both led up to this point. more >>

Music Fact of the Day
on Tue-09-Feb-2010 12:55:44am +0100
Feb 09	The Fort Worth Doughboys, including Bob Wills, record Sunbonnet Sue and Nancy Jane at the Jefferson Hotel, Dallas, Texas. (1932)
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