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Madeleine Peyroux: Half The Perfect World

Read "Half The Perfect World" reviewed by Gina Vodegel


Madeleine Peyroux co-wrote four of twelve songs on Half The Perfect World. Leonard Cohen/Anjani Thomas connoisseurs will recognize the title, but not the track itself. Peyroux stripped it from Anjani's stilled elegance and turned it into a soft tropical breeze, a melancholy bossa nova with a sense of longing and desire that makes you wonder whether ...

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Various Artists: Downbeat The Ruler: Killer Instrumentals from Studio One

Read "Downbeat The Ruler: Killer Instrumentals from Studio One" reviewed by Norman Weinstein


If a reggae instrumental compilation seems rather out of place in the context of a jazz site, rest assured that many of the players on these eighteen selections were or are major Jamaican jazz players. In a just world, their fame would be taken for granted in both jazz and reggae contexts. In our imperfect world, ...

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The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax

Label: Rounder Records
Released: 2005
Track listing:
CD1: The Story of

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Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax

Read "The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Near the end of his life, Jelly Roll Morton was bitter and in financial straits, feeling overlooked for his contributions as a jazz trailblazer while others got the credit. In 1938, folklorist Alan Lomax began documenting Morton's career and music by conducting private sessions with the pianist in a concert hall, transcribing his comments and performances ...

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Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love

Read "Careless Love" reviewed by Jim Santella


Bringing a wide variety of musical styles to her latest album, Madeleine Peyroux gives her audience warm interpretations that come from the heart. Hers is an emotional performance driven by love. Whether singing lightly Latin, old school swing, country & western ballads, or contemporary tales, she communicates naturally with subtle passion. Since she was ...

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Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love

Read "Careless Love" reviewed by George Harris


Few recordings have been as intensely anticipated as the sophomore release by Madeleine Peyroux. Taking the music world by complete surprise back in '96 with her startling debut, Dreamland, Peyroux performed the ultimate “where's Waldo" and disappeared from the recording scene for eight years. Rounder deserves credit for resurrecting this artist's career. So how ...

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Trilogy

Label: Rounder Records
Released: 2004

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Careless Love

Label: Rounder Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Dance Me to the End of Love; Don't Wait Too Long; Don't Cry Baby; You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go; Between the Bars; No More; Lonesome Road; J'ai Deux Amours; Weary Blues; I'll Look Around; Careless Love; This is Heaven to Me

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No Regrets

Label: Rounder Records
Released: 2004


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