ASP’s Jazz Music Library just added an additional 2,352 jazz albums (bringing the total to 4,933 albums or 59,851 tracks). The recordings include materials from Verve, Impulse! Records, GRP, A&M Records, Blue Thumb Records, Geffen, Decca, Universal Classics & Jazz, Marsalis Music, and more labels.
Notable artists/ensembles included in this release:
* Alice Coltrane
* Anita O’Day
* Astrud Gilberto
* Baden Powell
* Billie Holiday
* Bing Crosby
* Branford Marsalis
* Cassandra Wilson
* Diana Krall
* Dinah Washington
* Duke Ellington
* Ella Fitzgerald
* Fred Astaire
* Glenn Miller Orchestra
* Harry Connick, Jr
* Herbie Hancock
* Hugh Masekela
* John Coltrane
* Lionel Hampton
* Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
* New York Voices
* Nina Simone
* Sammy Davis, Jr
* Sarah Vaughan
* Shirley Horn
* Spyro Gyra
* The Velvet Underground
Highlights of content included in this release:
Live recordings from legendary venues such as the Village Vanguard, Newport Jazz Festival, The Jazz Workshop, Montreux Jazz Festival, The Swing Cat’s Ball, Pep’s, Birdland, and La Bonbonniere
Recordings from JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC, featuring Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, and concerts from the 1940’s
Recordings from the JAZZ MASTERS SERIES, featuring compilations from artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy Smith, Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine
Recordings from the MARSALIS MUSIC HONORS SERIES, featuring music from Michael Carvin, Jimmy Cobb, Bob French, and Alvin Batiste
COMPLETE LABEL RECORDINGS from artists such as Bill Evans (The Complete Bill Evans on Verve), John Coltrane (The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings), Count Basie (The Complete Decca Recordings), Sarah Vaughan (The Complete Sarah Vaughan on Mercury), and more
You can see all of the new materials by going to the What’s New tab in Jazz – http://jazz.alexanderstreet.com/WhatsNew
This release brings Jazz Music Library to nearly 60,000 tracks and makes it the largest resource for streaming audio in jazz.