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Mystery of the Guitar

Label: Abaton Book Company
Released: 2011
Track listing: Mystery of the Guitar; Folia; When I Lay My Burden Down; Pretty Flowers of the Valley; I Remember Backwards Sam Firk; Banjo Blues & Raga; Dance of the Broken thumb; By the Bank of the C&O Canal; New Pig Meat Strut (Hey Baby, Hey); Flow My Tears.

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Mark Dagley: Mystery of the Guitar

Read "Mystery of the Guitar" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


It's interesting how some CDs fit into daily life better than others. You might not, for example, put on Sun Ra if your mother was coming over for tea, but you might not be inspired by music that seeps harmlessly into the woodwork. Mystery of the Guitar is one of those special CDs that can function ...

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Standard

Label: Abaton Book Company
Released: 2004

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Devorah Day: Standard

Read "Standard" reviewed by Derek Taylor


Vocalist plus accompanist sessions constitute a small but singular niche in the ever-ballooning CIMP catalog. As with the label’s other projects, these dates have a strong element of risk. Engineer Marc Rusch’s method of recording offers nothing in the way of compensatory tampering for the singer’s voice. What you hear is exactly what was sung or ...

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Light Of Day

Label: Abaton Book Company
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Lila 2. Come Closer 3. Our Bit of Piddling 4. Lover Man 5. dindi 6. Freejam

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Devorah Day: Light of Day

Read "Light of Day" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


Light of Day is an unusual CD, featuring a rare appearance by the great saxophonist Marion Brown. Although vocalist Devorah Day has been around the New York music scene for some years, this 1999 session is her first, and her voice is a revelation. In Brown's liner notes he refers to Day's vocal gymnastics, and the ...

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Devorah Day: Light of Day

Read "Light of Day" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner


In an odd metaphysical sense, the avant-garde always sounds the same. Abstract, startling, disconcerting, slightly opaque, sometimes impenetrable, razor-sharp, and to the right kind of ears, irresistible. All of this characterizes jazz vocalist and songwriter Devorah Day’s debut release, Light of Day. As with anything of this nature, it remains to be seen ...


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