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Tito Puente Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival

Label: Playboy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. New Arrival 2. Little Sunflower 3. Flight to Jordan 4. Introduction 5. Afro Blue 6. Ti-Mon-Gi 7. Obsesi

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Jazz After Dark

Label: Playboy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; Prelude to a Kiss; Everything Happens to Me; My Funny Valentine; Why Was I Born?; The Peacocks; Spring Is Here; Blue In Green; Angel Eyes; Corcovado;

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Various Artists: Jazz After Dark

Read "Jazz After Dark" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The popularity of compilation CDs such as Now That is What I Call Music and WOW might be owed to the duplex cultural effects of an aging population longing for Top 40 radio and the declining attention span of the youth. This confluence of influence has prompted record labels of all stripes to mine their respective ...

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Various Artists: Jazz After Dark

Read "Jazz After Dark" reviewed by Jim Santella


Slow jazz, a cozy fireplace and the right companionship. Who could ask for anything more? Playboy Jazz seeks out and finds the real thing on Jazz After Dark, a two-disc collection of downtempo numbers. Each of these slow ballads comes with a serious pedigree. Duke Ellington and his orchestra feature Johnny Hodges on ...

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Tito Puente & the Golden Latin Jazz All Stars: Tito Puente Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival

Read "Tito Puente Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


Quick and to the Point: A terrific live documentation of Puente’s distinctive foray in Jazz. The group and music in this gig is already documented in two recordings. At first, the live ‘92 Village Gate performance as part of the now defunct “Salsa Meets Jazz” series. At that time, Paquito D’Rivera and Claudio Roditi ...

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For Ella

Label: Playboy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Too Close for Comfort; Honeysuckle Rose; You'll Have to Swing it (Mr. Paganini); Our Love Is Here to Stay; A Tisket a Tasket; Miss Otis Regrets; Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah); But Not for Me; Satin Doll; The Man I Love; Hearing Ella Sing; How High the Moon

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Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival

Label: Playboy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Opus 1; Medley: I Had the Craziest Dream/Darn That Dream; I

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Mel Torm: Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival

Read "Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival" reviewed by Jim Santella


Recorded at his final Playboy Jazz Festival appearance, this 36-minute session was envisioned by Mel Tormé as a tribute to the Swing Era. As was his habit, the singer created an eclectic set that included a little of everything: vocal with piano accompaniment, vocal interacting with big band, the singer with his reliable trio, and much ...

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Patti Austin: For Ella

Read "For Ella" reviewed by Dave Nathan


For her 16th album Patti Austin has decided to go with one of those you can't go wrong with it albums. A fine singer in her own right, Austin pays tribute to perhaps the quintessential female jazz singer of all time, Ella Fitzgerald, with a selection of 12 tunes, 11 of which are immediately associated with ...

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Blonde

Label: Playboy Jazz
Released: 2001
Track listing: Theme fromBlonde; Party Time; The Blues for Norma Jean; The Road to My Heart; Cool Pads; Heat (The Slow Burn); Chelsea Bridge; The Big Time Bounce; One Sunny Day; Firelight; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; You're My Dream; Easy Street; Me and My Baby; Three Little Words; The Road to My Heart.


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