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Marlene and Billy Ver Planck: Speaking of Love
by Dave Nathan
Since 1955, Marlene Ver Planck has been turning out impeccably crafted albums built on gems culled from the mines of those endearing songs from the American pop culture as well as some off beat pieces, but gems also. This latest endeavor is one of the outputs from Ver Planck's annual trek to London where she works with the Roy Babbington Trio. An extra added attraction this time around are tracks which has Marlene backed by a big band whose chairs ...
Continue ReadingIrene Kral: You Are There
by AAJ Staff
Clint Eastwood's Bridges of Madison County is one film that changed my life. Not that I ended up getting a date with Meryl Streep. Nor that I had a Zen awakening to all the bridges that exist in life and love. No, it was the background crooning of two astonishing vocalists whom I, in my regrettable ignorance, had never before heard. When I saw the movie (and listened to its absorbing soundtrack), I glued my eyes to the credits and ...
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