ACROBAT

  • The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55
    The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55

    $19.99

    Count Basie - The Legendary New Testament Band 1952-55 - Count Basie was one of the most celebrated and influential personalities in jazz, as pianist, organist, bandleader, composer and innovator, both during his stellar career...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 21, 2023

  • An Anthology Of 20th Century Blues
    An Anthology Of 20th Century Blues

    $24.99

    The Acrobat catalogue contains a wealth of blues collections by artists from across the spectrum of the genre, and this fantastic-value 100-track 4-CD set comprises recordings selected from just about every artist represented in the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 20, 2023

  • Six Complete Albums 1957-1961
    Six Complete Albums 1957-1961

    $19.99

    Quincy Jones has become one of the most prominent personalities in popular music as a trumpeter and pianist who became an arranger, composer, bandleader, record producer and film & TV producer, and winner of a...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 20, 2023

  • All The Hits And More 1927-54
    All The Hits And More 1927-54

    $24.99

    DUKE ELLINGTON - ALL THE HITS AND MORE 1927-54 - It's a comprehensive overview of his most successful output during a primary era of his career Duke Ellington was one of the most important and...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 21, 2023

  • The Clef Years: Classic Albums 1952-56
    The Clef Years: Classic Albums 1952-56

    $19.99

    Flip Phillips - The Clef Years: Classic Albums 1952-56 / It's a great showcase for Flip Phillips at probably the zenith of his career. Flip Phillips was a tenor saxophonist who came to the fore...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 20, 2023

  • Drummin' Man: Hits & Classic Recordings 1938-1950
    Drummin' Man: Hits & Classic Recordings 1938-1950

    $15.99

    Gene Krupa - Drummin' Man: Hits & Classic Recordings 1938-50 Gene Krupa was one of the most admired and influential drummers in the history of jazz, with his impact extending into the pop era, not...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 20, 2023

  • The First Decade 1953-1962
    The First Decade 1953-1962

    $16.99

    Snooks Eaglin was a blind blues singer and guitarist from New Orleans who played a highly accessible brand of blues, sometimes ranging into folk or rock 'n' roll styles, often re-working other artists' songs, earning...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 20, 2023

  • Studio & Live Collaborations 1960-1962
    Studio & Live Collaborations 1960-1962

    $20.99

    STUDIO AND 'LIVE' COLLABORATIONS 1960-62 - DIZZY GILLESPIE / LALO SCHIFRIN - Lalo Schifrin is an Argentinian pianist, composer, arranger and conductor who studied and played in France in the early '50s before forming his...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 14, 2022

  • BENNY GOODMAN SMALL BANDS COLL
    BENNY GOODMAN SMALL BANDS COLL

    $21.99

    Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman was one of the giants of the swing era, with his orchestra pioneering the genre in the late '30s and riding the big band wave through into the post-ear era....


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 13, 2021

  • MELODY FROM THE SKY: HITS & MEMORIES 1923-51
    MELODY FROM THE SKY: HITS & MEMORIES 1923-51

    $24.99

    Jan Garber was a violinist and bandleader with his musical roots in the hot jazz-based dance band music of the 1920s and whose orchestra evolved to become one of the many highly successful bands playing...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 15, 2021

  • Collection 1927-34
    Collection 1927-34

    $24.99

    The Memphis Jug Band are generally primarily associated with the blues, but in truth they were a more broad-based musical agglomeration, whose music was designed to be danceable, humorous and out-and out entertaining. Their line-up...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 15, 2021

  • The Art Tatum Collection 1932-1947
    The Art Tatum Collection 1932-1947

    $24.99

    Of all the pianists in the annals of jazz, Art Tatum is the one who is most often cited by the great pianists of the post-war era as a key influence and inspiration, his remarkable...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 17, 2023

  • SINGLES & ALBUMS COLLECTION 1946-58
    SINGLES & ALBUMS COLLECTION 1946-58

    $31.99

    Carmen McRae was one of the finest and most highly-regarded jazz and sophisticated pop singers of the post-war era, renowned for her highly individual interpretation of the standards of the Great American Songbook. Born in...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: August 06, 2021

  • THE COUNT BASIE COLLECTION 193
    THE COUNT BASIE COLLECTION 193

    $19.99

    William "Count" Basie was one of the most important, innovative and influential personalities in jazz during the middle decades of the 20th century, both as pianist, composer and bandleader, his music transcending the worlds of...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 04, 2021

  • SINGLES & ALBUMS COLLECTION 1951-59
    SINGLES & ALBUMS COLLECTION 1951-59

    $31.99

    Jeri Southern was a highly-regarded singer and pianist, well-known as a jazz performer, but whose recordings ranged across the spectrum of sophisticated and commercial pop as well as jazz in both small group and big...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 15, 2021