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COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA – 1941 | The Classics Chronological Series – 652 (1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Even after the loss of Lester Young, the Count Basie Orchestra was still in fine form on the recordings on this CD, which end right before Pearl Harbor. Trombonist Dicky Wells is mostly absent (he would be back) and Helen Humes had departed (replaced temporarily by singer Lynne Sherman). Meanwhile, Buck Clayton had blossomed as a writer (as can be heard on "Fiesta in Blue"), the band recorded such fine numbers as "Diggin' for Dex," "More Than You Know," and "Harvard Blues," and singer Paul Robeson guested on a tribute to boxer Joe Louis, "King Joe." Scott Yanow

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MILT JACKSON & COLEMAN HAWKINS — Bean Bags (1957) RM | HDCD | Serie Jazz Best Collection 1000 – 4 | Two Version | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Many of vibraphonist Milt Jackson's Atlantic recordings are long overdue to appear on CD, and that certainly includes Bean Bags, which f...