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The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
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The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
: essential recording:Coltrane had only recently moved to the Impulse label when producer Bob Thiele decided to set up recording equipment for performances at the Village Vanguard in November 1961. It was a crucial period in Coltrane's artistic development, as his music assumed apocalyptic power and controversy swirled around his expanded band and marathon performances. The band ranges from a trio with bass and drums for the extended tenor workouts like 'Impressions' and 'Chasin' the Trane'; to an octet on some versions of 'India,' where Coltrane's soprano swirls through the throbbing drones and ...
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The Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68: The Complete Columbia Studio
: essential recording:Coltrane had only recently moved to the Impulse label when producer Bob Thiele decided to set up recording equipment for performances at the Village Vanguard in November 1961. It was a crucial period in Coltrane's artistic development, as his music assumed apocalyptic power and controversy swirled around his expanded band and marathon performances. The band ranges from a trio with bass and drums for the extended tenor workouts like 'Impressions' and 'Chasin' the Trane'; to an octet on some versions of 'India,' where Coltrane's soprano swirls through the throbbing drones and ...
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Billie Holiday: The Complete Decca Recordings
: essential recording:Holiday recorded for Decca between 1944 and 1950, a period in which she was at the heights of both her popularity and her vocal powers. The music is less jazz-oriented in its backing than were the earlier Columbia and Commodore or later Verve recordings, but these are superb vocal performances, including matchless renderings of 'Lover Man,' 'Don't Explain,' and 'Solitude.' Holiday achieved the highest level that torch singing has ever known, creating consummately expressive, almost etched renditions that are richly nuanced, often enhanced by tasteful string arrangements. Holiday's deepest musical sources ...
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Retrospective
: :Horace Silver might tout Bud Powell as an early--and even decisive--influence. Silver might even sound a bit bullish on Bud, especially on his debut recording, a rare trio date that foreshadows lots of the physically demanding piano the younger ivory tickler came to exercise throughout the 1950s and 1960s. But over the course of its four CDs, Retrospective goes well beyond Bud. You hear Silver and Art Blakey kick-starting hard bop with their strong melodies and minimized bebop stair climbs. The music becomes quickly rhythmic, a churning funnel of energy that Silver seems--decades ...
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Last Waltz: The Final Recordings Live
: :This eight-CD set was recorded at San Francisco's Keystone Korner between August 31 and September 8, 1980, just a week before Evans's death on September 15. With Evans were bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera. It was an unusually well-balanced rhythm team for the pianist, perhaps the best combination of talents since he first developed his trio style with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian two decades before. They provide Evans with responsive support that can shift from the quietest underpinnings to aggressive stimulation. There's often a characteristic movement here from introspective solo ...
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The Classic Singles
: :This eight-CD set was recorded at San Francisco's Keystone Korner between August 31 and September 8, 1980, just a week before Evans's death on September 15. With Evans were bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera. It was an unusually well-balanced rhythm team for the pianist, perhaps the best combination of talents since he first developed his trio style with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian two decades before. They provide Evans with responsive support that can shift from the quietest underpinnings to aggressive stimulation. There's often a characteristic movement here from introspective solo ...
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Miss Peggy Lee
: :This eight-CD set was recorded at San Francisco's Keystone Korner between August 31 and September 8, 1980, just a week before Evans's death on September 15. With Evans were bassist Marc Johnson and drummer Joe LaBarbera. It was an unusually well-balanced rhythm team for the pianist, perhaps the best combination of talents since he first developed his trio style with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian two decades before. They provide Evans with responsive support that can shift from the quietest underpinnings to aggressive stimulation. There's often a characteristic movement here from introspective solo ...
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Yes Indeed
:Album Description:UK budget-price box-set from one of the best pop singers of her generation. 99 tracks including a 40 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2001.
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The Night Before Christmas
: :2 Music CDs + Bonus DVD & 5 xmas cards by Kinkade in foldout cover. Artists include Crosby,Williams, Brenda Lee,Mel Torme,Diana Ross,John Denver,Nat King Cole,Stevie Wonder and many more
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