MUSIC 50th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION (Blue Note). JAZZ MASTERPIECES (Columbia). A digital swingfest! Two of the foremost chroniclers of American jazz have opened their vaults to bring some of the most outstanding performances of the past six decades to a new generation of listeners -- as well as to older fans who never heard the originals sound so good. Blue Note's five-volume anthology samples the works of such greats as Sidney Bechet, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. Columbia's offering, the latest
release in its three-year-old jazz reissue series, features historic albums by Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Eddie Condon,...
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