Brubeck Time is a jazz album by The Dave Brubeck Quartet, a rare studio recording from that period of the band, when it was recording mostly live albums.

Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others…

Jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott is joined here by the likes of Charles Mingus, Kenny Clarke and more for an album of romantic ballads.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Niles’ interest in folk music began when he was a teenager. He took a job with the Burroughs Adding Machine Company in 1910 in eastern Kentucky, which peaked his interest in Appalachian musical traditions. He left his job in 1917 to enlist in World War I, and after being injured in a plane crash, the government helped fund his studies in Lyon and then Paris.

Happy Holiday is a 1955 Christmas album of Christmas songs and carols by Jo Stafford, accompanied by her husband Paul Weston and his orchestra. The entire family participated in the creation of this album; young Tim Weston is the small boy on the cover. Stafford is also joined by The Starlighters for vocal background, just as she was after her version of The Chesterfield Supper Club moved to Hollywood.

Samuel Leroy Taylor, Jr. (July 12, 1916 – October 5, 1990), known as Sam "The Man" Taylor, was an American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist.

Legendary conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler leads the Philharmonia Orchestra with soloist Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in this programme of works from Mahler. The music sounds better than ever thanks to the new remastering from original tapes in HD 192kHz/24-bit done for Warner's upcoming Furtwängler box!

Bobby Troup is better known as the pianist and husband of Julie London. Here he strikes out on his own with disappointing reults. He & Julie also starred in a TV series many years ago.

I bought this album as a (at least at that time) absolute jazz newcomer and I got excited about it very quickly. As part of the truly fantastic and yet very inexpensive "Jazz in Paris" series from the renowned Verve label, which with over 100 albums now offers a truly representative cross-section of jazz history, "Modern Jazz au club St-Germain" presents itself as a very pleasant album to listen to, which despite all its unobtrusiveness (it was called "elevator music" by a friend of mine) never gets boring and also offers the desired musical depth for the experienced ear.

Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet is an album led by American jazz baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan featuring tracks recorded in 1955 and released on the EmArcy label.

Hamp and Getz is an album by vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and saxophonist Stan Getz recorded in 1955 and first released on the Norgran label.

In answer to an offer from Nicole Barclay, Chet Baker arrived in Paris early in September 1955. On the 22nd — or maybe the 23rd — he signed a contract to make seven records… (The figure was later erased and replaced by 'three', which turned out to be correct).