The innovative new website jazzgreatsonline.com has been launched for jazz lovers everywhere. This classic collection is available for the first time as a weekly downloadable collectable magazine in pdf format and MP3 music tracks. It provides some of the best digital remastering of classic jazz music around.

For only $4.99/€3.99/£2.99 per issue, you will receive direct to your email inbox a download of more than an hour of listening with around 20 hand-picked, digitally remastered tracks featuring world-famous jazz artists. You will also receive a colour magazine covering every aspect of the artists' lives--from no-holds-barred biographies to a comprehensive guide to their music and a track-by-track analysis of your downloaded collection, along with CD inlays for each issue.

Master of remastering

The work of the leading jazz personalities has been delicately and respectfully remastered by the late John R.T. Davies--the world specialist in the art of sound restoration and a passionate devotee of classic jazz music from the period 1917 to 1940. John's technique of remastering kept the unique sound personalities of the musicians, and, unlike many remasterings, preserves the “feel" of the original recording. He always wanted to 'keep the air around the music' while getting rid of the “snap, crackle and pop"--a process he described as “decerealisation."

Drawing on John R. T. Davies' vast and unique collection of rare recordings--and those of friends--the tracks in the Jazz Greats Collection are taken from early wax cylinders, 78's and even piano rolls and taped radio broadcasts, some of which have never been committed to disc before. As always, John's alchemy transformed and captured them all.

In the know

Knowing the music teaches you about the person, knowing the person teaches you about the music. And that is precisely what this collection does--from