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Najma Akhtar Sings in Stan Harrison Video
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Seth Cohen PR
Singer Najma Akhtar, a world-renown pioneer in the fusion of jazz and Indian 'Ghazal', recently joined acclaimed saxophonist Stan Harrison at a video shoot for the title track of Harrison's upbeat new CD, 'The Optimist'.
The new video, the first from Harrison as a headliner, features trippy, retro visual effects, and was shot in New York City last month. Harrison's commanding, muscular solos are complemented by Akhtar's haunting vocals (her singing is also a highlight of the CD, which has ...
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Porgy and Bess | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Album
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All About Jazz
Tracks 1. Porgy And Bess: Overture 2. Summertime [Album Version] 3. I Wants To Stay Here 4. My Man's Gone Now 5. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 6. Buzzard Song 7. Bess You Is My Woman Now 8. It Ain't Necessarily So 9. What You Want Wid Bess? 10. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
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A Night at the Vanguard | Kenny Burrell | Album
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All About Jazz
Tracks 1. All Night Long [1959/Live At The Village Vanguard] 2. Will You Still Be Mine [1959/Live At The Village Vanguard] 3. I'm A Fool To Want You [1959/Live At The Village Vanguard] 4. Trio [1959/Live At The Village Vanguard] 5. Broadway [1959/Live At The Village Vanguard] 6. Soft Winds [1959/Live At The Village Vanguard] 7. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' [1959/Live At ...
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Plays Theme from the "V.I.P.S" and Other Great Songs | Bill Evans | Album
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All About Jazz
Tracks 1. Theme From Mr. Novak 2. The Caretakers Theme 3. More 4. Walk On the Wild Side 5. Days of Wine and Roses 6. Theme From the V.I.P.s 7. Hollywood 8. Sweet September 9. On Green Dolphin Street 10. The Man With the Golden Arm 11. Laura 12. On Broadway
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