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Sarah Vaughan
Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan Live in '58 & '64
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DVD - With perfect time, intonation and taste, she is hand-in-glove with her trio, pianist Ronell Bright, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Art Morgan. -- Doug Ramsey, Rifftides
Dave Brubeck
Jazz Icons: Dave Brubeck Live in '64 & '66
DVD - [Displays] the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s unique penchant for creating music that is uncompromisingly cool and smooth but still loaded with clever time-changes and shifting dynamics, brimming with character. -- Jambands.com
Dexter Gordon
Jazz Icons: Dexter Gordon Live in '63 & '64
DVD - Watching the saxophonist in action is akin to a state of jazz bliss ... It’s priceless footage that is worth its weight in gold. -- JazzReview.com
R. M. Cook, Brian Morton
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Eighth Edition (Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings)
Penguin (Non-Classics)
The leader in its field... if you own only one book on jazz, it really should be this one. -- International Record Review
Johnny Hodges, Clark Terry, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in ‘58
DVD - This epic performance includes legendary players Clark Terry, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Paul Gonsalves, Quentin Jackson and Ray Nance performing some of the most beloved American music ever written. -- Jazzitude.com
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