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Italian Short Stories

By Tommaso Starace

Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2014
Track listing: Recollection; The Bubble Vendor; Motion In Stillness; Ravel's Waltz; Let the Magic Begin; Olivetti's Touch; "Jamme!"; Interius Tranquilitas; Nothing Must Change; The Amused Gypsy Girl; Sensually Deranged; Adagio Assai From Piano Concerto In G Major; Back To My Roots; Echos Of Naples.

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Article: The Vinyl Post

Everything Old is Blue Again: Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Grant Green and Horace Silver

Read "Everything Old is Blue Again: Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Grant Green and Horace Silver" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

If you are a Blue Note fan, you undoubtedly know that over the course of their 75th anniversary year Blue Note has been reissuing important titles from the catalog at a rate of about five albums per month. It is really a fast-paced program that will appeal to folks on many levels. Some might be starting ...

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Article: Album Review

Tommaso Starace: Italian Short Stories

Read "Italian Short Stories" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Some musicians appear to conjure their tunes from thin air, others work with raw material furnished by the great composers, still others take their inspirations from many different sources and give them due acknowledgement. Saxophonist Tommaso Starace is in the latter camp. This lyrical, engaging, player's second album, Tommaso Starace Plays The Photos Of Elliot Erwitt ...

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Article: Album Review

The Who: Tommy Deluxe Edition 2013

Read "Tommy Deluxe Edition 2013" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette

The white-hot intensity with which The Who play their rock opera on the second deluxe edition almost, but not quite, renders moot any reservations about the concept of the package. Far from merely coasting in the afterglow of the appearance at Woodstock that galvanized the band as much as the audience, the quartet sounds flush with ...

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Article: Interview

Ambrose Akinmusire: Painting Saviors

Read "Ambrose Akinmusire: Painting Saviors" reviewed by DanMichael Reyes

by DanMichael Reyes

Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (pronounced ah-kin-MOO-sir-ee) is as imaginative as the sonic soundscapes he creates and as informative as the titles that he bestows on his songs. Ambrose Akinmusire's allure stems from the complexity of his albums; a complexity that requires the listener to fully participate and engage with the artist and ask questions as to who ...

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Article: Interview

Takuya Kuroda: Rising Son

Read "Takuya Kuroda: Rising Son" reviewed by DanMichael Reyes

by DanMichael Reyes

Awards aren't handed down to individuals that proclaim how tough it is to live in New York. Likewise, it's not news to write that the life of the modern day jazz musician is difficult. If we follow the past two sentences we might come to the conclusion that the life of a New York jazz musician ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Trombone Shorty: Say That to Say This

Read "Trombone Shorty: Say That to Say This" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

For his third Verve album, Troy Andrews, a/k/a Trombone Shorty, and his band Orleans Avenue go back to school--more precisely, back to the slippery yet organic “old school" sound of R&B, soul and funk, thanks to contributions from composer, instrumentalist and co-producer Raphael Saadiq, formerly of the soul vocal group Tony!Toni!Toné! How does Shorty describe his ...

News: Recording

Eric Clapton's "Give Me Strength: The 1974/75 Recordings" 6-Disc Box Due November 26

Eric Clapton's "Give Me Strength: The 1974/75 Recordings" 6-Disc Box Due November 26

In early 1974, after a three-year absence that followed Eric Clapton’s major success with Derek and the Dominos’ seminal album Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs, which sealed his stature as one of rock's most revered guitarists, a rejuvenated and musically refreshed Clapton stepped into the recording studio and staged a massive resurgence with his 1974/1975 ...

News: Recording

Sarah Vaughan "Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958" On Verve Select

Sarah Vaughan "Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958" On Verve Select

Sarah Vaughan: Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958 Sarah Vaughan was already considered one of the greatest singers of her era when she signed with Mercury Records in 1954. She was given the charge to record jazz for the subsidiary EmArcy, pop for the main label Mercury, though the assignments sometimes overlapped. No matter the imprint, during ...


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