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Recorded between 1938 & 1942, this album contains most of the big hits from Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.

Keiko Matsui's follow-up to 2012's 'The Road' is her most heartfelt release yet. Her elegant piano melodies and gentle jazz grooves have enormous appeal and never disappoint. The impressive list of special guests includes saxophone greats Kirk Whalum, Andy Snitzer, and Dave Mann, hit-making guitarist Chuck Loeb, superstar bassists Marcus Miller and Will Lee, drummer and mega-producer Narada Michael Walden, and more.

"A picture book biography of Mary Lou Williams, an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote hundreds of compositions, recorded hundreds of songs, and wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and is an artist often overlooked in the canon of American music because of her gender and skin color"--

Songs 12-14 are bonus tracks not on original LP.

Presents information about Ella Fitzgerald, from her youth mired in tragedy to her rise to stardom as one of the top jazz singers of all time.

(Ukulele). This collection features 15 classic songs arranged by ukulele master, James Hill. In these remarkable arrangements, two distinct ukulele parts chord accompaniment and melody can be played in counterpoint at the same time by one player. The arrangements cater to both advanced beginner and experienced players and there is a warm-up section that introduces the player to the Duets for One concept. The book includes access to audio tracks online...

" Tracing the genesis of a masterpiece, a Fitzgerald scholar follows the novelist as he begins work on The Great Gatsby. The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame, days from turning twenty-six years old, and returning to New York for the publication of his fourth book, Tales of the Jazz Age. A spokesman for America's carefree younger generation, Fitzgerald found a home in the glamorous and reckless streets of New York....