VARIOUS ARTISTS
Summit Meetings: Metronome & Esquire All Stars 1939-1950
French import Two (2) Compact Disc (2 CD) set. Fremeaux & Associes FA 5050. Mono, includes 46 page illustrated booklet. CASE & INSERTS: strong VG++. DISCS: NM.
(2-CD set) From 1939-51, the American magazines Metronome and Esquire asked their readers and critics to vote for their favorite jazz men. The winners were invited to cut a few discs to mark the occasion, and almost all of these recordings have been reunited in this set. Includes an illustrated page booklet with both French and English notes.
Featuring Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Johnny Hodges, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Jack Teagarden, J.C. Higginbotham, Gene Krupa, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Lennie Tristano, Stan Getz, Bunny Berigan, Oscar Pettiford, Count Basie, Miles Davis, and many others.
(please see pictures for full track listing, dates, and personnel).
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