Columbia Jazz Masterpieces was a series of

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

CD, LP and cassette

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which began in 1986. Written inside the blue box used on all the album covers "Digitally Remastered Directly from the Original Analog Tapes." In Europe, the series was known as CBS Jazz Masterpieces, with the reissues being released by CBS Records, until 1991, when the Columbia Jazz Masterpieces title was used on all subsequent releases and represses.

Discography

* Armstrong, Louis and His All Stars - '' Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy'' *Armstrong, Louis and His All Stars - ''Satch Plays Fats'' *Armstrong, Armstrong - Volume I through VII (comps of Hot Five and other material) * Baker, Chet - ''With Strings'' * Basie, Count - ''The Essential, Vol I'' *Basie, Count - ''The Essential, Vol II'' *Basie, Count - ''The Essential, Vol III'' * Beiderbecke, Bix - ''Singin' the Blues 1'' and ''At The Jazz Band Ball 2'' * Blakey, Art - ''

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'' * Brubeck, Dave - ''

Gone With The Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to: * ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell * ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel Gone with the Wind may also refer to: Music * ''Gone with the Wind'' ...

'' *Brubeck, Dave - '' The Great Concerts'' *Brubeck, Dave - ''Interchanges '54'' *Brubeck, Dave - ''

Jazz Goes to College ''Jazz Goes to College'' is a 1954 album documenting the North American college tour of the Dave Brubeck Quartet. It was Dave Brubeck's first album for Columbia Records. He was joined by alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, double bassist Bob Bates (musi ...

'' *Brubeck, Dave - '' Jazz Impressions of New York'' *Brubeck, Dave - '' Time Out'' *Brubeck, Dave - ''West Side Story'' *Brubeck, Dave - ''Dave Digs Disney'' (CBS 471250 2, 1994)' * Bryant, Ray - ''Con Alma'' * Christian, Charlie - ''Genius of the Electric Guitar'' * Clayton, Buck - ''Jam Sessions From The Vault'' * Condon, Eddie & His All-Stars - ''Dixieland Jam'' * Davis, Miles - '' 58 Sessions'' *Davis, Miles - ''Ballads'' *Davis, Miles - ''

Bitches Brew ''Bitches Brew'' is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was recorded from August 19 to 21, 1969, at Columbia's Studio B in New York City and released on March 30, 1970 by Columbia Records. It marke ...

'' *Davis, Miles - ''Cookin' at the Plugged Nickel'' *Davis, Miles - ''

In a Silent Way ''In a Silent Way'' is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis, released on July 30, 1969, on Columbia Records. Produced by Teo Macero, the album was recorded in one session date on February 18, 1969, at CBS ...

'' *Davis, Miles - '' In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk'' *Davis, Miles - ''

Kind of Blue ''Kind of Blue'' is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was recorded on March 2 and April 22, 1959, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City, and released on August 17 of that year by Co ...

'' *Davis, Miles - ''Live Miles, More Music from Carnegie Hall'' *Davis, Miles - '' Miles Ahead'' *Davis, Miles - '' Miles & Coltrane'' *Davis, Miles - '' Miles in the Sky'' *Davis, Miles - ''

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'' *Davis, Miles - ''

On the Corner ''On the Corner'' is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Miles Davis. It was recorded in June and July 1972 and released on October 11 of the same year by Columbia Records. The album continued Davis's exploration o ...

'' *Davis, Miles - ''

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' () is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play '' Porgy'', itse ...

'' *Davis, Miles - ''

Round About Midnight ''Round About Midnight'' is an album by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis that was originally released by Columbia Records in March 1957. It was Davis' first album with Columbia. Background At the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, Davis performed the song ...

'' *Davis, Miles - ''

Sketches of Spain ''Sketches of Spain'' is an album by Miles Davis, recorded between November 1959 and March 1960 at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. An extended version of the second movement of Joaquín Rodrigo's ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' (1939) ...

'' *Davis, Miles - ''

Someday My Prince Will Come "Someday My Prince Will Come" is a song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. It was written by Larry Morey (lyrics) & Frank Churchill (music), and performed by Adriana Caselotti (Snow White's voice in the ...

'' *Davis, Miles - '' Sorcerer'' *Davis, Miles - "Seven Steps to Heaven" (CBS 466970 2, 1992) * Eldridge, Roy - ''Little Jazz'', ''Uptown'' (w/Gene Krupa & Anita O'Day) * Ellington, Duke - '' Blues in Orbit'' *Ellington, Duke - ''The Duke's Men Vol 1 & 2'' *Ellington, Duke - ''

Ellington at Newport ''Ellington at Newport'' is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as ...

'' *Ellington, Duke - '' Ellington Indigos'' *Ellington, Duke - ''

Ellington Uptown ''Ellington Uptown'' (also released as ''Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown'') is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1951 & 1952.

'' *Ellington, Duke and Basie, Count - ''

First Time! The Count Meets the Duke ''First Time! The Count Meets the Duke'' is an album by American pianists, composers and bandleaders Duke Ellington and Count Basie with their combined Orchestras recorded and released on the Columbia label in 1961.Jazz Party Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major f ...

'' *Ellington, Duke - ''The Okeh Ellington'' *Ellington, Duke - ''Three Suites'' * Garner, Erroll - ''Body and Soul'' *Garner, Erroll - ''

Concert by the Sea ''Concert by the Sea'' is a live album by pianist Erroll Garner that was released by Columbia Records, Columbia in 1955. It sold over a million dollars' worth of retail copies by 1958, qualifying for gold record status by the music recording sale ...

'' *Garner, Erroll - ''Long Ago and Far Away'' * Getz, Stan - ''Lyrical'' * Goodman, Benny - '' The Benny Goodman Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian: 1939-1941'' *Goodman, Benny - ''Benny Goodman Sextet'' (CBS 450411 2, 1987) *Goodman, Benny - '' Live at Carnegie Hall'' *Goodman, Benny - ''On the Air 1937-1938'' *Goodman, Benny - ''Slipped Disc'' *Goodman, Benny - ''Small Groups 1941-45'' *Goodman, Benny - ''Vol I, Roll 'Em'' *Goodman, Benny - ''Vol II, Clarinet A La King'' *Goodman, Benny - ''Vol III, All The Cats Join In'' * Gordon, Dexter - ''Homecoming'' * Hayes, Tubby w/

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...

- ''The New York Sessions'' * Herman, Woody - ''The Thundering Herds'' * Hines, Earl - ''Live at the Village Vanguard'' * Holiday, Billie - ''

Lady in Satin ''Lady in Satin'' is an album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday released in 1958 on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 1157 in mono and CS 8048 in stereo. It is the penultimate album completed by the singer and last released in her lifetime (her final ...

'' *Holiday, Billie - ''The Quintessential'', Vols. 1-9 * Johnson, J. J. - ''The Trombone Master'' *

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were an American vocalese trio formed by jazz vocalists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross. From 1962 to 1964, Ross was replaced by vocalist Yolande Bavan. History The group formed in 1957 and recorded their f ...

- ''Everybody's Boppin * Mingus, Charles - '' Ah Um'' *Mingus, Charles - ''

Let My Children Hear Music ''Let My Children Hear Music'' is an album released by Columbia Records in 1972 of music by composer Charles Mingus, produced by Teo Macero. The music is scored for large jazz orchestra and Mingus worked with several arrangers, orchestrators and c ...

'' *Mingus, Charles - ''

Mingus Dynasty ''Mingus Dynasty'' is a jazz album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on Columbia Records in May 1960. It is a companion album to his 1959 record, ''Mingus Ah Um'', and was inducted in the List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipie ...

'' (also released as ''Shoes of the Fisherman'') * Monk, Thelonious - ''Composer'' *Monk, Thelonious - '' Criss-Cross'' *Monk, Thelonious - '' Monk's Dream'' *Monk, Thelonious - ''Standards'' *Monk, Thelonious - ''

Underground Underground most commonly refers to: * Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth Underground may also refer to: Places * The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston * The Underground ...

'' * Rouse, Charlie - ''Unsung Hero'' * Smith, Bessie - ''Collection'' * Smith, Willie w/the

Harry James Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946. He broke up his band for a short period in 1947 but shortly after he reorganized ...

Orchestra - ''Snooty Fruity'' * Webster, Ben - '' Ben and "Sweets"''

Various artists

*''The Bebop Era'' *''The Jazz Arranger, Vol 1 & 2'' *''The Sound Of Jazz'' *''Sample Vol IV through IV'' *''The Jazz Masters'' *''Jazz Masterpieces Sampler Vol I'' *''Jazz Masterpieces Sampler Vol II'' *''Jazz Masterpieces Sampler Vol III'' *''Jazz Masterpieces Sampler Vol IV'' *''Jazz Masterpieces Sampler Vol V'' *''The 1930s - Big Bands'' *''The 1930s - Small Combos'' *''The 1930s - The Singers'' *''The 1940s - The Small Groups: New Directions'' *''The 1940s - The Singers'' *''The 1950s - The Singers'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Columbia Jazz Masterpieces American record labels Jazz record labels