Louis Armstrong was one of the primary architects of jazz, and these 1920s recordings are simply sublime, inarguably one of the towering artistic achievements of the twentieth century.

Pittsburgh's Legendary Hucklebucks launch this CD with a force like a rocket sled on rails. This is a great punk-a-billy band that features the rare combination of fast-rocking rhythms smartly-written lyrics.

Bear Flag is a tribute to Heller's own musical formative years in Philadelphia, where an organ-based jazz trio could be found amid the smoke and ambiance of most nightclubs and jazz bars.

Somewhere between the sappy schmaltz of Lawrence Welk and the space age swing of Esquivel you'll hear the softly-swaying sounds of "one finger pianist and bad saxophonist" David Carroll.