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Marching Down Bourbon Street
(more) »rank: 4111by: Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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Louis Armstrong - All-Time Greatest Hits
(more) »rank: 7331by: Louis Armstrong
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The Jazzmasters V
(more) »rank: 19445by: Paul Hardcastle
:Album Description:Jazzmasters V is the newest installment in the Jazzmasters series. The Jazzmasters albums are the work of PAUL HARDCASTLE, who penned the multi-million selling anthem to the Vietnam War, '19,' and the mega 80's dance hit 'Rainforest.' More importantly, Hardcastle is consistently one of the biggest selling format artists in smooth jazz. Each Jazzmasters album has included a #1 single on the National Smooth Jazz charts. Features single 'Free As The Wind.'
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Plays the Music of Mickey Katz
(more) »rank: 12822by: Don Byron
: essential recording:There's a strong connection between Don Byron's humor and his profound musical curiosity, two qualities that distinguish him from his more conservative contemporaries. Both are much to the fore in this faithful tribute to Mickey Katz, a witty and innovative clarinetist who brought virtuosity and a compulsive comedy to the klezmer tradition, both with Spike Jones in the '40s and later on his own. Byron's interest in klezmer was hardly faddish when he recorded this 1993 date. His involvement dated back to his student years in the early 1980s when he joined Boston's Klezmer Conservatory Band, one of the most faithful ...
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Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
(more) »rank: 6574by: k.d. Lang, Joe Williams, Paula Cole
: :This Clint Eastwood vanity-project was one of the biggest box office disappointments of 1997, despite a masterful performance by Kevin Spacey, Eastwood's typically subtle direction and, to these ears anyway, one of the most satisfying collections of songs gathered in service of a film in many a year. It didn't hurt that they were all penned by the late, great Johnny Mercer (a native of Savannah, GA, the film's locale and most crucial, underrated element) and with the exception of Tony Bennett's 'I Wanna Be Around' and Sinatra's classic 'Summer Wind,' were rendered by an all-star team of jazz players (Charlie Haden, Michael ...
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Swingin' Christmas Party
(more) »rank: 4537by: Various Artists
: :Not everything on this collection of classic big band recordings from the RCA Victor vaults swings in the literal sense of the form. Claude Thornhill's 'Snowfall' is downright mellow, and Spike Jones's 'All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth' may be a yuletide novelty favorite, but Jones was more of a musical comedian than a swing musician. Nevertheless, Glenn Miller almost rocks 'Jingle Bells,' while Benny Goodman is represented via the not entirely Christmas-like 'Santa Claus Came in the Spring.' Other highlights include holiday hits and semihits from Tommy Dorsey, Freddie Martin (featuring future talk-show legend Merv Griffin crooning 'Sleigh ...
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Hush
(more) »rank: 6721from: Sony
: :The idea here was to put two masters together--one classical cellist, one improvisational singer/sound-effects performer--and voilà! instant amazing, unique, hip--and, hopefully, hit--record. The intriguing setup was to see what would happen when each led the other through the unfamiliar territory of his own specialty. The success of this recording lies not so much in the music or even in the overall performances, but in the fascinating and fun opportunity to sit in on the musicians' good-natured, respectful give-and-take, to witness an uncommon form of artistic chemistry that allows each performer to expand his vision and even his technique. On one hand we get ...
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Moon Beams
(more) »rank: 7710by: Bill Evans Trio
:Album Details:Japanese Extended Resolution (Xrcd) 20Bit Remaster.
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The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
(more) »rank: 5067by: Charles Mingus
: essential recording:This 1963 recording occupies a special place in Mingus's work, his most brilliantly realized extended composition. The six-part suite is a broad canvas for the bassist's tumultuous passions, ranging from islands of serenity for solo guitar and piano to waves of contrapuntal conflict and accelerating rhythms that pull the listener into the musical psychodrama. It seems to mingle and transform both the heights and clichés of jazz orchestration, from Mingus's master, Duke Ellington, to film noir soundtracks. The result is a masterpiece of sounds and textures, from the astonishing vocal effects of the plunger-muted trumpets and trombone (seeming to speak messages ...
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Swiss Movement: Montreux 30th Anniversary Edition
(more) »rank: 10387by: Les McCann, Eddie Harris
: essential recording:This 1963 recording occupies a special place in Mingus's work, his most brilliantly realized extended composition. The six-part suite is a broad canvas for the bassist's tumultuous passions, ranging from islands of serenity for solo guitar and piano to waves of contrapuntal conflict and accelerating rhythms that pull the listener into the musical psychodrama. It seems to mingle and transform both the heights and clichés of jazz orchestration, from Mingus's master, Duke Ellington, to film noir soundtracks. The result is a masterpiece of sounds and textures, from the astonishing vocal effects of the plunger-muted trumpets and trombone (seeming to speak messages ...
