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Dan McClenaghan
Since: 2002 | Position: Editor | Reviews Albums | Location: San Diego | Page Views: 190,037 
About Me
A lover of sounds, and the way they fit together.
I've always loved music. One of my earliest memories is from 1956, my older brothers bringing home two brand new 45 rpm records: Elvis Presley's “Hound Dog” and Bill Haley and the Comets' “See You Later Alligator.” The animal themes appealed to this four year old. And the sound of Elvis' up-from-the-gut power and The Comets' shake-rattle-and-roll rhythm mesmerized me. Jazz came to me later, in 1968, via a friend's Chico Hamilton album, The Dealer (Impulse!, 1966). I was hooked. I still am.
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I've always loved music. One of my earliest memories is from 1956, my older brothers bringing home two brand new 45 rpm records: Elvis
Presley's “Hound Dog” and
Bill
Haley and the Comets' “See You Later Alligator.” The animal themes appealed to this four year old. And the sound of Elvis' up-from-the-gut
power and The Comets'
shake-
rattle-and-roll rhythm mesmerized me. Jazz came to me later, in 1968, via a friend's Chico Hamilton album, The Dealer (Impulse!, 1966). I was
hooked. I still am.
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VMP's Miles Davis: The Electric Years including 7 albums and 11 LPs
The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse Studio Sessions
Ornette Coleman Genesis of Genius: The Contemporary Box Set
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VMP Anthology: The Story of Quincy Jones
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Giovanni Guidi's 'Ojos De Gato' on CAM Jazz
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Resonance Records Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins and Monty Alexander Giveaway
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VMP Anthology: The Story of Herbie Hancock
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