Various Artists

Jazz Icons Series 1 Box Set

The series consists of nine titles:

• Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers • Live in '58
• Dizzy Gillespie • Live in '58 & '70
• Louis Armstrong • Live in '59
• Quincy Jones • Live in '60
• Thelonious Monk • Live in '66
• Buddy Rich • Live in '78
• Ella Fitzgerald • Live in '57 & '63
• Count Basie • Live in '62
• Chet Baker • Live in '64 & '79

Each DVD features a 16-page booklet with an essay written by an authoritative jazz historian as well as rare and unseen photos. Jazz Icons DVDs are produced with the full support and cooperation of the artists or their estates, who, in most cases, are contributing rare personal photographs, memorabilia, and forewords.