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NEW YORK , May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with three new Complete Album Collections from the Columbia and RCA archives by the greatest names in modern jazz: CHARLES MINGUS - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA & RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION ( Columbia /Legacy) – 7 titles, 10 CDs. THE THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION ( Columbia /Legacy) – 6 titles, 6 CDs. WEATHER REPORT – THE COLUMBIA ALBUMS 1971-1975 ( Columbia /Legacy) – 6 titles, 7 CDs. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060130/LEGACYLOGO ) Newly assembled and affordably priced, this latest wave of jazz titles in the Complete Album Collections box set series will be available at the PopMarket.com website –  http://complete.popmarket.com – as well as at all general retail starting July 30th through Columbia / Legacy , a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT . Read More

While he's remembered foremost as a key contributor to the bands of jazz titan Charles Mingus, tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin also recorded a slew of outstanding albums as a leader, none of them better than his 1963 outing The Freedom Book. If the accumulated weight of post-bop's golden era can sometimes feel like an unfathomable musical avalanche, this casually faultless quartet outing is unquestionably one for the hearing. Read More

If asked Who played an important role in the musical career of Ella Fitzgerald ?" you might respond with names like Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, Norman Granz, and Dizzy Gillespie. Read More