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On Second Thought: The Beatles - Love (2006)
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Something Else!
It seems any “new" Beatles material is going to be greeted with the same reaction from die-hard fans: mostly derision, because whatever it is will surely be either leftover material parading as new or rehashes in the form of best-ofs. And then there was Love, the odd concoction that straddled the middle ground between the two, both a best-of and something a bit new, if only because it never existed in this particular form before. And this is where the ...
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Noah Kaplan Quartet - Descendants (2011)
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Something Else!
The title for the Noah Kaplan Quartet's debut album makes all the sense in the world when you look up the word “descendant" in the dictionary. There, you'll find one of the definitions read “deriving or descending from an ancestor." In the case of saxophonist Noah Kaplan, he's learned from microtonal pioneer Joe Maneri, and with the passing of the great Maneri as the liner notes of Descendants were being prepared, Kaplan has stepped into huge vacuum suddenly left behind. ...
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Joseph Patrick Moore Submerges Into The World Of Electro-Jazz
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Joseph Patrick Moore
Blue Canoe Records have released “XYZ Factor" from bassist, Joseph Patrick Moore. This bold, uber-current effort fuses elements of contemporary jazz, for which Mr. Moore is famous, with electronica and the delivery is a fresh and relevant EP that will appeal to his current fans and fans of electronica alike. In the same vein as artists BT , Owl City and Moby, Mr. Moore hits the listener with a smooth, irrepressible experience that encourages listeners to use the repeat function. ...
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The Rolling Stones: "Beast of Burden" Clip from Some Girls
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JamBase
SOME GIRLS REISSUES AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW The Rolling Stones recently revealed a clip of “Beast of Burden" from their Some Girls Super Deluxe Box Set. The classic performance of “Beast of Burden" can be seen below. Universal Music Group released the deluxe and super deluxe reissue of the Rolling Stones' 1978 album, Some Girls, on November 21. Widely regarded as one of the band's greatest albums, the super deluxe version features 2 CD's, 1 DVD, a hardback book, Helmut Newton ...
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Guilty Pleasures: Michael Buble - Come Fly with Me (2004)
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Something Else!
Diana Krall ... Harry Connick Jr. ... Josh Groban ... Norah Jones ... Michael Bublé. What to make of young, attractive musicians who seem rooted in the past? Are they tryin' to trick us by offering lite and easy-to-chew nostalgia? Sorry, but that's a big loada hooey. Even though the visually-oriented marketing makes me a little nervous (especially in the case of Krall ... though her “Peel Me A Grape" makes me forget for a while), it's not fair for ...
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Kidd Jordan - On Fire (Engine, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
New Orleans music isn't totally about the neo-traditionalism of the Marsalis clan and Donald Harrison, although no disrespect is meant to those musicians. Saxophonist Kidd Jordan takes the lessons of growing up as a musician in the south and New Orleans in general and combines with the open ended nature of free jazz to develop music bringing strong images, memories, and feelings to mind. He is aided and abetted by Warren Smith on percussion and vibraphone and Harrison Bankhead on ...
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6 New Hip Holiday CDs
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Last week the Wall Street Journal asked me for a roundup of my six favorite holiday CDs. The result appears in today's “Friday Journal" section of the paper—or at WSJ.com if you're a subscriber. Yesterday, WSJ Live's Lunch Break had me in to talk with anchor Kelsey Hubbard about my picks. The video clip is below (and yes, I know, I need a haircut). Holiday CDs are tricky. If they're too greeting card, I pass. Ifthe collection has been re-issued endlessly ...
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New Orleans Spirit Captured on Rounder's 'Meet Me at Mardi Gras'
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conqueroo
Album, just in time for February festivities, features Al “Carnival Time" Johnson, Professor Longhair, the Wild Magnolias, Larry Williams, Joe Liggins, Marcia Ball, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys and more LOS ANGELES, Calif.—There's a chill in the air, and the sounds of the season are everywhere. Christmas, you ask? No, you're in New Orleans, and it's Carnival time—Meet Me at Mardi Gras. From every radio, bandstand, bar and coffee shop, the songs associated with Mardi Gras (especially perennial favorites ...
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