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Daniel Bennett Group: The Legend Of Bear Thompson

by AAJ Staff
November 22, 2009

Daniel Bennett GroupThe Legend Of Bear ThompsonBennett Alliance2008Acoustic guitar and alto saxophone form a key part of Boston saxophonist Daniel Bennett's musical recipe, and the combination informs the pleasingly melodic The Legend Of Bear Thompson. The lineup is Bennett on alto saxophone and flute, Brant ...

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Frank Sinatra: New York

by Mark Corroto
November 22, 2009

Frank Sinatra Sinatra: New York Reprise 2009 The true icons of American music, and there are only a few, include Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra. Their art changed the way we listen to music, and probably more important, their personal style made a deep impression on ...

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Genesis: The Movie Box 1981-2007

by John Kelman
November 21, 2009

Genesis Genesis: The Movie Box: 1981-2007 Rhino Records 2009 With its entire audio discography now remixed and remastered on 1976-1982 (Rhino, 2007), 1983-1998 (Rhino, 2007), 1970-1975 (Rhino, 2008), and, most recently, Live: 1973-2007 (Rhino, 2009), legendary progressive popster Genesis finishes its series with Genesis: The Movie Box. Like the Live CD ...

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In the Court of the Crimson King (40th Anniversary Series)

by John Kelman
November 14, 2009

It was, quite simply, a sound that shook the music world. When King Crimson emerged from the dust of the considerably more oblique and largely absurd trio of Giles, Giles and Fripp--whose one release, The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp (Deram, 1968), was aptly titled--nobody could have anticipated that this group would literally change ...

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Lizard (40th Anniversary Series)

by John Kelman
November 14, 2009

Often forgotten and sometimes maligned, Lizard is a King Crimson classic that's waited to be found for nearly 40 years. When it was first released in 1970, it was quickly overlooked as a transitional album between the group that recorded/released/toured its seminal debut, In the Court of the Crimson King (DGM Live, 1969) and the Crimson ...

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Soft Machine: Live at Henie Onstad Arts Centre 1971

by John Kelman
November 11, 2009

Soft Machine Live at Henie Onstad Arts Centre 1971Reel Recordings2009 It's a curious thing, but live performances can be issued all the time in the jazz world without the suggestion that there are too many of them, while in the rock world the release of too many similar programs will ...

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Louis Armstrong: The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946)

by AAJ Staff
November 8, 2009

Louis Armstrong The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946) Mosaic Records 2009 Presumably everyone knows that Louis Armstrong's greatest and most important work was done in the '20s with and around the time of the incredible Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions. During the Swing Era he led ...

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Tomasz Stanko Quintet: Dark Eyes

by David McLean
November 5, 2009

Tomasz Stanko Quintet Dark Eyes ECM Records 2009 It has been a regular event at the ECM label for artists to change line-ups after three albums. After a trio of releases with the prodigiously talented pianist Marcin Wasilewski--(Soul of Things (ECM, 2002), Suspended Night (ECM, 2003) and Lontano ...

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Nellie McKay: Normal As Blueberry Pie

by Matt Marshall
November 5, 2009

Nellie McKay Normal As Blueberry Pie Verve 2009 Singer, musician, composer Nellie McKay has often--perhaps too conveniently--been compared to legendary big band singer and movie star Doris Day, to whom she pays tribute with this album. And certainly, McKay has played off Day's cotton-candy image all along, from the perky ...

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Bobby Bradford: With John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble

by Clifford Allen
October 23, 2009

Bobby Bradford With John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble Nessa Records 2009 In the instances that European and American improvisers have commingled and produced concerts and recordings, especially in the halcyon days of European free improvisation (the 1970s), a significant number of these situations resulted from expatriation. And it's ...