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This 3 CD box contains 45 tracks by country gospel greats such as Bill Monroe, Dolly Parton, Eddy Arnold, The Carter Family, Tex Ritter, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Pee Wee King a.o.

Etta James is one of the world's greatest soul and R 'n' B singers. Her career spanned from the heyday of te doo-wop in he mid 50s through her arrival at Chess Records in 1960 right up to the present day. She is best known for her amazing track At Last, which she made her signature tune. On this album , we visit all her most popular songs from the silky Cry Me a River to the funky The Blues Is My Business.

Gospel songs performed with heart and soul -and sung in thrilling four-part harmony- have been a staple of bluegrass performances since the days of the genre's founder, Bill Monroe. When Virginia's venerable Ralph Stanley introduced a cappella gospel singing to bluegrass in 1971, it was a move that set his Clinch Mountain Boys apart from the pack.

Celebrated worldwide for their exquisite classical albums, the Anonymous 4 now turn to American spirituals, folk songs, shape note tunes, and gospel hymns.

The Golden Gate Quartet -aka The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet- is the most successful of all of the African-American gospel music groups who sang in the jubilee quartet style.
This set includes Golden Gate Gospel Train, Saints Go Marchin' In, Jonah in the Whale, a.o.

This set of three CDs feature the rather catching jazz tracks Take the A Train by Duke Ellington, Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway, If Dreams Come True by Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald and many, many more...

Hearing Jimmy Rushing belt his signature tunes Goin' to Chicago and Sent for You Yesterday is an experience not to be missed. This blues shouter par excellence swung with the Basie band from 1935 to 1950.
Vanguard nabbed him after that for a series of solo albums with Basie alumni. The 10 tracks also include Boogie Woogie, See See Rider and Good Morning Blues.

Like a modern-day Colossus, Jimmy Witherspoon had one foot in the jazz world and one in the domain of the blues. "Spoon," as he was known, recorded dozens of albums and fronted both small bands and large orchestras. These 1950-51 sessions draw on the gifts of bandleader Jay McShann as well as sax legend Ben Webster. The fifteen tracks include “I’m Just a Lady’s Man,” “There Ain’t Nothing Better,” “Love My Baby,” “Love and Friendship,” “I’m Just a Country Boy,” “Slow Your Speed,” “Geneva Blues (aka Evil Woman),” “Good Jumping (aka Jump Children),” “Rain Rain Rain,” and “Thelma Lee Blues.”

Past Perfect, 2002; CD, 40'01

CD  € 7,95

Nina Simone's vocal style is characterized by intense passion, a loose vibrato, and a lsightly androgynous timbre, in part due to het unusually low vocal range which veered between the alto and the tenor ranges. Sometimes known as The High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the muscial expression of emotions.

Along with Thomas A. Dorsey, Rev. W. Herbert Brewster is one of the greats of gospel songwriting. Originally released in 1984, this bestselling album featured definitive recordings of four of Rev. Brewster’s songs, including the title track.