The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

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Jazz Critics' Choice


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Jazz
Catalogue NumberAL 36807
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Columbia
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number001591
Number of Tracks12
Date Recorded1980
Album Artists
Notes Jazz Critic's Choice-Great Jazz Critics Choose Historic Performances

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - BABY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME
Composer(s) : Jimmie Lunceford - C. Warfield - C. Williams
2 - HAPPY REUNION
Composer(s) : Duke Ellington - D. Ellington
3 - SO WHAT?
Composer(s) : Miles Davis - M. Davis
4 - OH, LADY BE GOOD
Composer(s) : I. Gershwin - G. Gershwin
5 - PORTRAIT OF A GUINEA FARM
Composer(s) : Claude Thornhill - C. Thornhill
6 - BABY DOLL
Composer(s) : B. Smith
7 - INTERNATIONAL BLUES
Composer(s) : L. Feather
8 - LORD, YOU MADE THE NIGHT TOO LONG
Composer(s) : Lewis - Young
9 - BLUES IN C-SHARP MINOR
Composer(s) : T. Wilson
10 - BENNY RIDES AGAIN
Composer(s) : E. Sauter
11 - BLUE LIGHT
Composer(s) : D. Ellington
12 - DOWNTOWN UPROAR
Composer(s) : C. Williams