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The Narada Christmas Collection
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(more) »rank: 28201by: Spyro Gyra, Patti Austin, Carl Anderson, New York Voices, Arturo Sandoval
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It's Magic
(more) »rank: 12293by: Ahmad Jamal
:Album Description:Birdology/Dreyfus Jazz is proud to release Ahmad Jamal's tenth US release on the French label, It's Magic, on June 10, 2008. It has been three years since After Fajr, the critically acclaimed album The New York Times declared 'one of his best' (Ben Ratliff, May 30, 2005), and Ahmad Jamal has been keeping very busy. The 77-years old pianist, composer, arranger, producer, manager, and officier (more on that later) has been touring the world, writing new compositions, selling out concert halls, and discovering, producing, and nurturing new talent. Mr. Jamal, who has always known how to get attention and keep it, has ...
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Explorations
(more) »rank: 7551by: Bill Evans Trio
:Album Description:Birdology/Dreyfus Jazz is proud to release Ahmad Jamal's tenth US release on the French label, It's Magic, on June 10, 2008. It has been three years since After Fajr, the critically acclaimed album The New York Times declared 'one of his best' (Ben Ratliff, May 30, 2005), and Ahmad Jamal has been keeping very busy. The 77-years old pianist, composer, arranger, producer, manager, and officier (more on that later) has been touring the world, writing new compositions, selling out concert halls, and discovering, producing, and nurturing new talent. Mr. Jamal, who has always known how to get attention and keep it, has ...
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Miles Smiles
(more) »rank: 11248by: Miles Davis
: :The most satisfying sort of audacity was the rule with Miles Davis's second great quintet. One of six studio albums cut by the group between 1965 and 1968, Miles Smiles finds them executing three Wayne Shorter compositions and one by the leader, along with Eddie Harris's 'Freedom Jazz Dance,' former Davis cohort Jimmy Cobb's 'Gingerbread Boy,' and the usual mix of finesse and barreling momentum. Even when nodding toward the then-burgeoning hard-bop movement on the Harris piece, the group makes its own mark in a hundred different ways, from Herbie Hancock's spare touch to the thoroughly declarative solo Davis lays down. It's hard ...
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The Blues and the Abstract Truth
(more) »rank: 6173by: Oliver Nelson
: :The most satisfying sort of audacity was the rule with Miles Davis's second great quintet. One of six studio albums cut by the group between 1965 and 1968, Miles Smiles finds them executing three Wayne Shorter compositions and one by the leader, along with Eddie Harris's 'Freedom Jazz Dance,' former Davis cohort Jimmy Cobb's 'Gingerbread Boy,' and the usual mix of finesse and barreling momentum. Even when nodding toward the then-burgeoning hard-bop movement on the Harris piece, the group makes its own mark in a hundred different ways, from Herbie Hancock's spare touch to the thoroughly declarative solo Davis lays down. It's hard ...
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Finding Forrester (2000 Film)
(more) »rank: 24604by: Various Artists - Soundtrack
: :Topnotch Miles Davis music complements Gus Van Sant's latest film about an urban youth (Rob Brown), torn between basketball and writing, who meets a reclusive novelist (Sean Connery). The unlikely tale is supported by a generous sampling of Davis's early 1970s work nodding to Ornette Coleman and guitarist Bill Frisell. With the help of Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Tony Williams, Davis molded his second 'classic' quintet into a groundbreaking mix of funk and rock that created something far beyond the reaches of fusion. Both 'Recollections' and 'Lonely Fire' hail from Davis's landmark Bitches Brew sessions (finally seeing release as The ...
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Somewhere Else Before
(more) »rank: 10080by: E.S.T.
: :Topnotch Miles Davis music complements Gus Van Sant's latest film about an urban youth (Rob Brown), torn between basketball and writing, who meets a reclusive novelist (Sean Connery). The unlikely tale is supported by a generous sampling of Davis's early 1970s work nodding to Ornette Coleman and guitarist Bill Frisell. With the help of Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Tony Williams, Davis molded his second 'classic' quintet into a groundbreaking mix of funk and rock that created something far beyond the reaches of fusion. Both 'Recollections' and 'Lonely Fire' hail from Davis's landmark Bitches Brew sessions (finally seeing release as The ...
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A Love Supreme
(more) »rank: 7067by: John Coltrane
:Album Description:The second in a series of John Coltrane's classic Impulse! albums which are restored, reissued and newly remastered. Digi-Pak packaging is re-creating from the original LP design. essential recording:A Love Supreme is a suite about redemption, a work of pure spirit and song, that encapsulates all the struggles and aspirations of the 1960s. Following hard on the heels of the lyrical, swinging Crescent, A Love Supreme heralded Coltrane's search for spiritual and musical freedom, as expressed through polyrhythms, modalities, and purely vertical forms that seemed strange to some jazz purists, but which captivated more adventurous listeners (and rock fellow travelers such ...
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Beyond Standard
(more) »rank: 13112by: Hiromi
:Album Description:Hiromi's supergroup, Sonicbloom, has shattered the formula of making records written solely by the celebrated pianist/composer. Their latest outing, 'Beyond Standard,' finds Tony Grey (bass), Martin Valihora (drums), and Dave 'Fuze' Fiuczynski (guitar and otherworldly sounds) helping Hiromi craft unique versions of familiar tunes such as Gershwin's 'I Got Rhythm,' Rogers & Hammerstein's 'My Favorite Things' and even Jeff Beck's 'Led Boots.' The group has been recognized for its energetic virtuosity by music industry and mainstream publications alike: Downbeat, JazzTimes, Keyboard, and The New York Times. Playing festivals such as Glastonbury, Fuji Rock, and Playboy Jazz proves that Hiromi's unique fusion nuevo ...
