Memphis Jazz Box

Memphis Jazz Box
Box set by various Memphis jazz artists
Released	March 9th, 2004 re-released 2008
Recorded	various dates between 1995-2003
Genre	Jazz
Length	2:33:46
Label	Icehouse Records
Producer	John Threadgill Jack Cooper John Phillips
Compiler	Jack Cooper
cat. # - Ice House Records IHR 5902

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Commercial Appeal
DISC 3 - L.A. Jazz Scene (Los Angeles)	(very positive)
DISC 3 - Jazz Journal International (London)	(very positive)

"The Memphis Jazz Box" is a 3-CD box set by Memphis jazz artists, first released by Ice House Records in March 2004 and then re-released to the public in 2008. Volume one and two have a combined 24 tracks from a wide variety of artists who were currently working in Memphis during the time the set was produced. The third CD is the Jazz Orchestra of the Delta Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter recorded in 2003 for Summit Records.

The Memphis tradition of jazz music dates back many years to the time of W.C.Handy, Jimmie Lunceford, and Phineas Newborn. Memphis is a city with a long musical heritage that is an integral part of the American sound consisting of work songs, spirituals, blues, jazz, gospel, and rock and roll. Through this tradition, Memphis is a music city that serves to foster musical talent that is unique. There is a wide range a music on the CD set that represents the current flavor of what Memphis music is; from the traditional sounds to Joyce Cobb and W.C. Handy to the contemporary sounds of fusion with the band Voodoo Village. This box set of three CD was produced commercially to promote the city and the jazz music generated from the Mid-south region. This was the second such boxed set produced by Ice House Records and the Chamber of Commerce. The first set, produced in 2001, featured "Best Of. . ." tracks from Sun, Stax, and Hi Records.

All tracks written by noted.

Di Anne Price passed in March 2013.

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