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Bennie Wallace: The Nearness of You

Read "The Nearness of You" reviewed by Rich Friedman


In their quest to beef up a CD’s exposure, good-intentioned industry insiders can sometimes unintentionally steer an album down a dead-end path. On the cover of Bennie Wallace’s The Nearness of You, a voluptuous woman clings to his shoulder looking seductively at his sax. The liner notes feature another babe in a low-cut evening dress resting ...

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Moodsville

Label: Groove Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: I'll Never Smile Again, Con Alma, April in Paris, Milestones, When a Man Loves a Woman, Love for Sale, My Little Brown Book, I Concentrate on You, A Flower is a Lovesome Thing.

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Bennie Wallace In Berlin

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1.It Ain

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Bennie Wallace: Bennie Wallace in Berlin

Read "Bennie Wallace in Berlin" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Bennie Wallace, we are glad you are back from Hollywood... I whole-heartedly agree with magazine-mate Glenn Astarita in his summation of Bennie Wallace’s new Enja recording Bennie Wallace in Berlin, when he states that “Bennie Wallace is irrefutably one of the finest tenor saxophonists alive." I am a relative late comer to Mr. Wallace’s music. I ...

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Bennie Wallace: Bennie Wallace In Berlin

Read "Bennie Wallace In Berlin" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Bennie Wallace is irrefutably one of the finest tenor saxophonists alive. Although his distinguishable talents sometimes lack the widespread recognition he justifiably deserves. With this live release, the tenorist performs with a superior rhythm section. They pep up Gershwin, and Arlen standards, while the leader contributes three pieces to this vibrantly enacted set. Wallace’s fluent, angular ...

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Bennie Wallace: Moodsville

Read "Moodsville" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Here's another set of standards, a bunch of songs out of The Great American Songbook. The line-up: Tenor sax out in front of the piano/bass/drums rhythm section. Nothing earthshaking here...But it's done on this Moodsville, with such style and reverence, with a distinct muscular-toned tenor flavor.The three rhythm guys on the disc--Mulgrew ...

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Moodsville

Label: Enja Records
Released: 2001

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Someone To Watch Over Me

Label: Enja Records
Released: 1999

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Bennie Wallace

Label: Enja Records
Released: 1998

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The Talk Of The Town

Label: Enja Records
Released: 1993


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