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Center Stage (Ac3 Dol)
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It's Magic
:Album Description:Birdology/Dreyfus Jazz is proud to release Ahmad Jamal's tenth US release on the French label, It's Magic, on June 10, 2008. It has been three years since After Fajr, the critically acclaimed album The New York Times declared 'one of his best' (Ben Ratliff, May 30, 2005), and Ahmad Jamal has been keeping very busy. The 77-years old pianist, composer, arranger, producer, manager, and officier (more on that later) has been touring the world, writing new compositions, selling out concert halls, and discovering, producing, ...
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Chris Botti - Live - With Orchestra & Special Guests
:Description:'A passionate evening of instrumental storytelling…it was apparent from the first notes Chris Botti played at the Wilshire Theatre on Friday, that the sold-out house was in for a special evening.' -Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times December 2005. Los Angeles, California. Trumpeter Chris Botti, on the heels of his break-through gold certified album'When I Fall In Love,' and the record-breaking follow-up, 'To Love Again,' plays two triumphant shows at the Wilshire Theatre backed by a full orchestra and his virtuosic band. Playing repertoire mostly culled ...
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Giant Steps
: essential recording:Released in January 1960, John Coltrane's first album devoted entirely to his own compositions confirmed his towering command of tenor saxophone and his emerging power as a composer. Apprenticeships with Dizzy, Miles, and Monk had helped focus his furious, expansive solos, and his stamina and underlying sense of harmonic adventure brought Coltrane, at 33, to a new cusp--the polytonal 'sheets of sound' that distinguished his marathon solos were offset by interludes of subtle, concise lyricism, embodied here in the tender 'Naima.' That classic ...
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Then & Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock (Amazon.com Exclusive)
:Album Description:2008 Has Been The Year Of Herbie Hancock! Some Of His Achievements And High Profile Appearances Include: Grammy Award - Album Of The Year, Down Beat - Artist Of The Year, Time Magazine 100, Live From Abbey Road TV appearance, Monk Institute & Library Of Congress Tributes. In An Illustrious Career That Spans 5 Decades, Hancock Has Become A Cultural Icon And The World's Most Recognizable And Highly Respected Instrumentalist. His Recent Releases And Extensive Catalog Create An Astounding Body Of Seminal And Groundbreaking ...
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Season of Changes
:Album Description:2008 release of Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band which is their first new album in eight years by this critically acclaimed ensemble. Season of Changes finds the dynamic performer and composer reunited with his writing partner and muse, Jon Cowherd (Lizz Wright's Salt) and the critically acclaimed guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Brian Blade is universally acknowledged as one of the finest drummers and musicians in all of popular music. His resume is as diverse as it is impressive having recorded and or/performed with Bob ...
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Something for You: Elaine Elias Sings & Plays Bill Evans
:Album Description:2008 release of Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band which is their first new album in eight years by this critically acclaimed ensemble. Season of Changes finds the dynamic performer and composer reunited with his writing partner and muse, Jon Cowherd (Lizz Wright's Salt) and the critically acclaimed guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Brian Blade is universally acknowledged as one of the finest drummers and musicians in all of popular music. His resume is as diverse as it is impressive having recorded and or/performed with Bob ...
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Jazz Icons: Cannonball Adderley - Live in '63
: :This is Cannonball's little big band with three horns out front performing compositions of Oscar Pettiford, Ernie Wilkins, and Quincy Jones, among others. Multi-instrumentalist and superbly talented Yusef Lateef is featured throughout these concert performances along with the band's brass section - to quote Cannonball Adderley - , cornetist Nat Adderely. The classic and most highly celebrated Cannonball Adderley rhythm section of bassist Sam Jones, drummer Louis Hayes, and pre-Weather Report pianist Joe Zawinul is on full display throughout these performances. This collection is ...
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Yesterday: A Solo Piano Tribute to the Music of the Beatles
: :This is Cannonball's little big band with three horns out front performing compositions of Oscar Pettiford, Ernie Wilkins, and Quincy Jones, among others. Multi-instrumentalist and superbly talented Yusef Lateef is featured throughout these concert performances along with the band's brass section - to quote Cannonball Adderley - , cornetist Nat Adderely. The classic and most highly celebrated Cannonball Adderley rhythm section of bassist Sam Jones, drummer Louis Hayes, and pre-Weather Report pianist Joe Zawinul is on full display throughout these performances. This collection is ...
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The Cosmic Game
:Album Description:The most fully-realized Thievery set to date, their fourth studio record packs an all-star punch, with cameos by FLAMING LIPS, PERRY FARRELL, DAVID BYRNE, and more of their usually lovely futuristic bossa/lounge/downtempo sound. Check out ThieveryCorporation.com to launch soon. :There's always been a psychedelic edge to Rob Garza and Eric Hilton's Thievery Corporation project. 2000's Mirror Conspiracy is a downtempo classic precisely because of its druggy expansiveness; sober listeners and saucer-eyed trippers alike could find common ground. Similarly esoteric and nocturnal, The Cosmic Game ...
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