Roy Haynes

Two CD set containing all known music from this 1958 gig!!! As a bonus, a rare sextet selection by Monk including Griffin, Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams. Includes 16-page booklet

This two-fer from the Jazz great contains the complete original albums Sarah Vaughan and Sarah Vaughan In The Land Of Hi-Fi, pairing the singer with brilliant soloists like Clifford Brown and Cannonball Adderley. Both albums have the same rhythm section and were arranged by Ernie Wilkins. Both albums are considered among Vaughan's finest efforts ever.

2009 release. Bill Evans plays the piano on the right channel, while Bob Brookmeyer lays down his trombone to join Evans on piano on the left channel.

The complete original album Far Cry (Prestige/New Jazz 8270), featuring Eric Dolphy in a quintet format with another star who passed away before his time, trumpeter Booker Little.

The complete original album Outward Bound (Prestige/New Jazz 8236), Eric Dolphy’s first album as a leader.

It features Dolphy in a quintet format with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet, Jaki Byard on piano, George Tucker on bass and Roy Haynes on drums. This was the first of various collaborations between Dolphy and Hubbard.

These 1953 recordings of Algerian pianist Martial Solal were originally made for the Swing and Vogue label in Paris and document some of his earliest work. Even at this stage his vivid imagination and determination to extend the language of the piano is evident – standards are usually transformed into something original and exciting.