The historic Norman Granz Jam Sessions, recorded between 1952-1954 for Clef and Mercury, are among the most treasured jam sets of all time. The nine separate albums featured the crème de la crème of New York's jazz community from Charlie Parker to Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Oscar Peterson, Lionel Hampton and Max Roach and dozens of others. This box set simply collects all nine LPs on five remastered CDs, containing original artwork in a slipcase that fits inside a handsome metal display box. The individual volumes are of consistently very high quality and are utterly indispensable to jazz aficionados. For those who already have the discs, this is merely superfluous. For those who don't, this is a pricey buy but a hell of a way to begin a jazz education. (Thom Jurek) This historically significant and action-packed limited edition 5-CD set features: All nine no-holds-barred Jam Session LPs featuring jazz’s heavyweight champions, ear pleasing, 96 kHz/24-bit digital transfers, a 72 page book containing two essays, musician bios, rare session photographs, and reproductions of original-LP cover art. Collective personnel: Harry “Sweets” Edison, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Bill Harris (trombone); Buddy DeFranco (clarinet); Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Willie Smith (alto saxophone); Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Oscar Peterson, Arnold Ross (piano); Count Basie (piano, organ); Herb Ellis, Freddie Green, Barney Kessel (guitar); Ray Brown, John Simmons (bass); Louie Bellson, J.C. Heard, Buddy Rich (drums).