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March 17, 2015
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A Croissant for the Soul with a slab of Irish Butter. Twelve delectable cuts.....one shy of a baker's dozen. BETTER than you think.
Performance: 4 1/2 POPPY seeds
Sound Quality/Multichannel: 4 1/2 SESAME seeds.....
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November 14, 2014
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In 1960, teenager Al Kooper went to see a Maynard Ferguson concert in the Big Apple and was immediately smitten by the power of both the big band and its horn arrangements. The lesson he walked away with was that he wanted to front a band as loud as "this one." After joining the Blues Project he ... more |
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October 29, 2014
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The simply amazing trumpeter, Clark Terry has taken a unique approach to this singular jazz outing by including fourteen jazz legends performing duets on 14 selections captured in Chesky's minimalist miking technique approach. Duetting with the likes of Monty Alexander, Geri Allen, Kenny Baron, ... more |
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October 28, 2014
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As sort of a companion review to Marpow's Hiromi's Another Mind review, I offer a true DSD recording released on Universal's SHM~SACD format by piano virtuoso Hiromi with a stellar line~up of Anthony Jackson on contrabass guitar and the great Simon Philips on Drums.
Since I have ALL of Hiromi's ... more |
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August 23, 2014
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The Planets Op 32 for Piano! I've experienced it performed on organ, and of course multi orchestral renderings but was hardly prepared for the "reimagining" of pianists Eva~Marie Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi's performance for four hands on a Steinway Model D Concert Grand.
It was akin to ... more |
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