Sony Music is home to a plethora of labels which historically have provided soul and jazz of the highest order: Sony Jazz, RCA, Columbia, Epic, CTI, Buddah, and Kudu. Their catalogue allows for some quite incredible programming.
Here’s the eighth edition in our Sony Records Showcase series which sees Michael Ambrosino celebrate the release of 25 fantastic & previously deleted classic jazz albums which have been unavailable individually, reissued now with original artwork and liner notes. The full playlist is below along with 12 examples of spectacular album artwork. Happy eyes, happy ears!
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Enjoy!
Sony Music Showcase
Jazz Connoisseur Collection
20th April 2016
Artist – Track – Album – Year
Ray Bryant Trio Moon-Faced Starry-Eyed Little Susie 1960
The Dave Pike Quartet Why Not? Pike’s Peak 1962
Dave Grusin Gozwell Kaleidoscope 1964
The Dave Bailey Sextet Brownie Speaks
One Foot In The Gutter (A Treasury Of Soul) 1960
Paul Desmond Rude Old Man Easy Living (Bonus Track – not on original LP) 1965
Pony Poindexter Blue Pony’s Express 1962
Johnny Coles Room 3 The Warm Sound 1961
Sonny Rollins Bluesongo What’s New 1962
Lee Konitz Giovani D’Oggi Stereokonitz 1968
George Russell Livingstone, I Presume The Jazz Workshop 1957
Les Double Six Doodlin’ Les Double Six 1960
Charles Mingus Dizzy Moods Tijuana Moods 1957
Duke Ellington Isfahan Far East Suite 1966
Gil Evans Angel Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix 1974
Chet Baker IIMio Domani Chet Is Back! 1962
Sextet Of Orchestra U.S.A. Mack the Knife
Mack the Knife and Other Songs of Kurt Weill 1966
Ran Blake Summertime The Newest Sound Around 1962
Bud Powell Trio Blues for Bessie Strictly Powell 1957
Charlie Rouse Quarter Moon [Album Version] Yeah! 1961
Stan Getz Eu Vim da Bahia The Best of Two Worlds feat. Joao Gilberto 1976
Helen Merrill April in Paris (Live) Parole E Musica 1960
Gary Burton A Genuine Tong Funeral – Interlude: Lament
A Genuine Tong Funeral 1967
Lou Levy Trio Baubles, Bangles & Beads A Most Musical Fella 1957
