Jazz House Records

read moreHere are the new arrivals in all categories; they have not yet found their way onto the main lists. The choicest new arrivals- often 50%- never reach these pages; they are bought from our e-mailed lists by subscribers.

read moreJazz Singers from Lee Wiley and Mildred Bailey to Betty Carter and Valentina Ponomoreva, Eddie Jefferson and Kurt Elling. Plus some some jazz-related singers- eg Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee. For want of anywhere better, you'll find spoken word records here too- eg Lord Buckley, Lenny Bruce.

read moreHere you will find not only the big bands of the swing era but also orchestras from the bebop era and beyond- eg Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, Akiyoshi-Tabackin and the Vienna Art Orchestra. The earliest big bands you'll find in the early jazz section (if only to annoy New Orleans purists.)

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