VA - Membran Music's Jazz Ballads Series Vol. 16-20 (10 CD, 2004) [FLAC + 320]

 

A CD sets with the most beautiful ballads in the history of jazz.

Lyrical, imaginative, sensuous and melodic jewels from the art of music.

Precisely for those people who have maintained their taste for lasting musical values.

Jazz in its most gentle form.

Irrestible...

Jazz Ballads 16: Charlie Parker

Jazz Ballads 17: Tenor Giants

Jazz Ballads 18: Art Tatum

Jazz Ballads 19: Louis Armstrong & Jack Teagarden

Jazz Ballads 20: All Stars Jam Sessions

Wardell Gray - The Wardell Gray Story [4 CD, 2003]

 

In keeping with high standards set by the U.K.'s Proper label, Proper Box 55 easily qualifies as the finest single-package anthology ever devoted to the works of tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray (1921-1955). His best recordings, which are well represented throughout this four-CD set, reveal the combined influences of Lester Young and Charlie Parker.