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Bing Bops with Patty and Peg
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I have no idea how Bing Crosby felt about bebop. But given his roots, one can only assume he viewed the jazz style as noisy, foolish and faddish. A veteran of Paul Whiteman's band in the '20s and the sweet vocal romanticism of the '30s, Crosby preferred his jazz straightforward and laid back. Though he certainly became more jazz-minded by the '40s, his hip recordings during the decade were more likely a reflection of his ties to Decca and his ...
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Kermit Driscoll - Reveille
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Bassist Kermit Driscoll has played in the band of the idiosyncratic guitarist Bill Frisell on many occasions, so it's nice to hear them with him in the leadership position. Also joining them are the up and coming pianist Kris Davis and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums. The music still retains the heartland vibe of a Frisell record, but the music is focused and song based, and with Davis adding enigmatic piano accents and thick bass leaving open space for the group ...
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The Friday Morning Listen: Allison Tartalia - Sweet and Vicious EP (2011)
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Something Else!
By Mark Saleski I heard a short piece on the radio yesterday about the band Cake. Apparently, their new album has hit the top of the charts. The bad news is that hitting the top of the charts doesn't mean what it used to mean. Showroom of Compassion took the top spot for January, 2011. This translated into sales of 44,000 copies, the lowest in the history of the Billboard charts for the #1 slot. The coverage of this even ...
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Grateful Dead: Europe '72 Tour Box Set
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JamBase
INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED, LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT DEAD.NET AND SHIPS IN SEPTEMBER Grateful Dead slipped the shores of America and crossed the pond for its first-ever major European tour in April 1972. The legendary 22- show run spawned Europe '72, a live triple album that remains one of the band's best-selling and most beloved releases. A tour this momentous deserves a boxed set of historic proportions and Dead.net has stamped your passport to relive every note from the European ...
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Alison Krauss: Paper Airplane
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JamBase
FIRST RELEASE SINCE 2007'S RAISING SAND WITH ROBERT PLANT On April 12, 2011 Rounder Records will release the eagerly anticipated Alison Krauss and Union Station album, Paper Airplane. A truly breathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, Paper Airplane is Krauss' 14th album and the band's follow-up to 2004's triple Grammy winning Lonely Runs Both Ways. It is Krauss' first release since her 2007 internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum collaboration with Robert Plant, Raising Sand, which won six Grammys including “Record Of The ...
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Mosaic Records: Vinyl LPs @ Princeton Record Exchange
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Jon Lambert
New Arrivals: a large assortment of Mosaic Records Jazz LP Box sets! We have just put out a nice collection of 15 out-of-print Mosaic Records deluxe box sets. Coupled with a similar-sized collection from a couple of weeks ago we now have over 30 of these rare sets in stock. Considering that there are only around 150 titles (on LP, there are more CD sets) that have been produced by this label, we have a pretty good percentage of the ...
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German jazz trio Indigo pay tribute to Al Green and other '70s soul stars on new CD
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Lauren Rogers
The German trio Indigo is illuminated by the stirring soul of Al Green on their new album, Stay Together. The name of the record itself is a nod to the great reverend, whose 1972 classic “Let's Stay Together" is also covered here with a smooth-jazz sheen. Featuring Jost Edelhoff (acoustic and electric guitars), Michael Thomas (acoustic bass), and Carsten Steinkämper (drums and percussion), Indigo display their deep affection for '70s soul on Stay Together. Not only is Green paid tribute ...
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Mayo Bucher on ECM
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Sound Insights by Doug Payne
ECM Records long ago established and has since maintained its own aural brand of musical definition, something that has rightly or wrongly come to be known as the “ECM sound" or what label hype in the 1970s called “the most beautiful sound next to silence." This “sound by design" is something that label founder Manfred Eicher has established after nearly two thousand records in the jazz, classical and less quantifiable streams of thoughtful music the label has captured since 1969. ...
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