Savoy On Central Avenue (Box Set)
Various Artists
Released:
Sep 2003
Label:
Savoy Jazz
Before a racist police regime shut it down, LA's Central Avenue housed a thriving jazz scene throughout the 1940s and '50s. Kicking off with Nat King Cole's trio, this collection does a fine job of highlighting a wide cross section of the acts that held court on Central, from small groups and big bands to jump blues belters to bop experimenters. Very satisfying.
Play Album
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2:48Nat King Cole
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3:02Dexter Gordon
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3:12Kay Starr
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3:12Ben Pollack
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3:03Johnny Otis
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3:09Jimmy Rushing
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3:07Johnny Otis
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2:42Slim Gaillard
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3:04Illinois Jacquet
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2:53Charlie Parker
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3:00Charlie Parker
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2:59Numa Lee Davis
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2:43Russell Jacquet
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3:02Joe Turner
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3:00Charlie Parker
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2:39Joe Turner
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2:45Roy Porter
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3:05Mary Ann McCall
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2:42Mary Ann McCall
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3:01Erroll Garner
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2:44Lester Young
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2:32Dee Williams
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2:35Harold Land
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2:36Harold Land
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2:39Harold Land
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2:31James Von Streeter
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2:37Erroll Garner
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3:05Ike Carpenter & His Orchestra
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3:12Ike Carpenter & His Orchestra
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2:33Ike Carpenter & His Orchestra
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2:47Johnny Otis
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3:03Big Jay McNeely
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3:05Linda Hopkins
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0:09The Robins
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2:32Helen Humes
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2:36Helen Humes
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2:54Johnny Otis
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2:50Johnny Otis
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2:36Red Norvo
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2:30Hampton Hawes