The Complete Stanley Dance Felsted 'Mainstream Jazz' Recordings 1958-1959 (9-CD Box Set)

9-CD DeLuxe Box Set 44-Page Booklet

Facsimile Edition STEREO
24 Bit Digitally Remastered


Stanley Dance, the noted jazz critic, writer and producer came to the United States in 1958 to organize the sessions in this set for an affiliate of London Records (Felsted). He had been sponsored in this project by Sir Edward Lewis, the head of British Decca.

The result were nine legendary albums recorded in 1958 and 1959, and designed primarily for the European market under the generic name Mainstream Jazz a description Dance is credited with coining.

This set brings together the complete Felsted recordings on 9 CDs, each of them a replica of the original LPs. It constitutes a wonderful jazz panorama of the mainstream style, with sessions led by outstanding jazzmen who had fine-turned their craft,and with a 44-page booklet attractively illustrated with photographs by Mike Youngman, all made even more enjoyable by Mr. Dance s comprehensive notes.