Jazz at the Philharmonic Seattle 1956 Vol. 1/ Var - Jazz At The Philharmonic Seattle 1956 Vol. 1 (Various Artists)Vinyl LP pressing. This LP, the first volume in the series, features part of the 17th National Tour of Jazz at The Philharmonic, a series of concerts initiated by the legendary impresario Norman Granz. Norman Granz was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter who constantly faced down the authorities across the USA by insisting on staging racially integrated shows, preferring to cancel concerts to his own financial loss rather than have

It's a fierce burst into new territory

like his operas

It begins with Beethoven's "Triple Concerto" in the arrangement for piano trio by Carl Reinecke

complete with Acrobat's usual substantial booklet with comprehensive discographical information and detailed narrative

" not otherwise released on singles

Štepánka Balcarová

John Williams is one of the greatest classical guitarists of the modern era

It was his only big chart hit

Learning his trade as bebop developed in the '40s

and then the complete content of her album Jazz Sweet for Barclay in France

and worshiped for centuries

The genre's most influential luminaries and it's biggest stars are all here - B