Various Artists - World's Greatest Jazz Artists

An expansive five-LP jazz collection bringing together more than 50 performances by an extraordinary roster of 20th-century jazz greats. Issued by Roulette as a special limited edition for collectors, World's Greatest Jazz Artists ranges from swing and big band to bebop, cool jazz, vocal jazz and hard bop.

The lineup is exceptional: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Stan Getz, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Gene Krupa, Maynard Ferguson, Sonny Stitt, Joe Williams, Billy Eckstine and many more.

Highlights include Coltrane's “One and Four,” Miles Davis on “Embraceable You,” Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker performing “Groovin' High,” Sarah Vaughan's “Lover Man,” Count Basie's “April in Paris,” and selections from Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington.

A tremendous overview of classic jazz and an easy way to add recordings from many of the genre's most important artists to a vinyl collection in one package.