The Jazz Scene
1949 jazz album compiled by Norman Grantz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jazz Scene is a 1949 compilation album edited by Norman Granz, featuring recordings from Ralph Burns, Duke Ellington, George Handy, Coleman Hawkins, Neal Hefti, Machito, Charlie Parker, Flip Phillips, Bud Powell, Willie Smith, Billy Strayhorn and Lester Young.
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The Jazz Scene | |
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Compilation album by Various | |
Released | 1949 |
Genre | Jazz |
Label | Mercury |
Producer | Norman Granz |
The album was recorded in Los Angeles and New York City from 1946 to 1949, and released by Mercury Records as a $25 6 LP record limited deluxe box set and released the week before Christmas 1949.[1]
The album was reissued various times in 10-inch and 12-inch format,[2] and later, was remastered and expanded to include numerous previously unreleased pieces as a double CD released by Universal Records in 1994 titled The Complete Jazz Scene by Richard Seidel.
In 2007, The Jazz Scene was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.[3]