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Urban Blues Singing Legend
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The Illinois Jacquet Story
:Album Description:Jacquet was the tenor saxophonist who informed the world that something new in tenor sax stylings had been forged with his famous solo on Lionel Hampton's 'Flying Home' in 1942. The master of the Texas tenor style proves his versatility & command of the horn in this four CD set that ranges from stomping swingers to romantic ballads & hown-home blues performances. Among the supporting cast on this essential 79 track set are, Charles Mingus, Sir Charles Thompson, Johnny Otis, Shadow Wilson, Bill Doggett & ...
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The Complete Gershwin Songbooks
:Album Description:Jacquet was the tenor saxophonist who informed the world that something new in tenor sax stylings had been forged with his famous solo on Lionel Hampton's 'Flying Home' in 1942. The master of the Texas tenor style proves his versatility & command of the horn in this four CD set that ranges from stomping swingers to romantic ballads & hown-home blues performances. Among the supporting cast on this essential 79 track set are, Charles Mingus, Sir Charles Thompson, Johnny Otis, Shadow Wilson, Bill Doggett & ...
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Ain't Times Hard: Political and Social Comment In The Blues
:Album Description:Jacquet was the tenor saxophonist who informed the world that something new in tenor sax stylings had been forged with his famous solo on Lionel Hampton's 'Flying Home' in 1942. The master of the Texas tenor style proves his versatility & command of the horn in this four CD set that ranges from stomping swingers to romantic ballads & hown-home blues performances. Among the supporting cast on this essential 79 track set are, Charles Mingus, Sir Charles Thompson, Johnny Otis, Shadow Wilson, Bill Doggett & ...
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Chronicles: Live at the Regal/Blues Is King/Live in Cook County Jail
:Album Description:The 'Chronicles' box sets are specially selected original albums presented in a book-style long box. Each album was selected to symbolize a classic period for the artist. Each disc includes original CD booklet. Titles in this set include: 'Live At The Regal,' 'Blues Is King,' and 'Live In Cook County Jail'.
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Chattanooga Gal
:Album Details:Bessie Smith's Big, Beautiful Voice Influenced Generations of Singers and Can Still Be Heard in the Work of Many of Today's Stars. 4cds, Well Over Four Hours of Music, Full Liner Notes and a Discography Add Up to a Truly Deluxe Package.
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Legends of Country Blues
:Album Details:Bessie Smith's Big, Beautiful Voice Influenced Generations of Singers and Can Still Be Heard in the Work of Many of Today's Stars. 4cds, Well Over Four Hours of Music, Full Liner Notes and a Discography Add Up to a Truly Deluxe Package.
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I Pity the Fool: The Duke Recordings, Vol. 1
: :Because he wasn't a guitarist, a songwriter, or a particularly acrobatic performer, Bobby 'Blue' Bland was perhaps the only major rhythm-and-bluesman who never really found favor among white audiences. Nevertheless, he still enjoyed about two decades' worth of R&B hits, and his suave, whisper-to-a-scream vocals--capped by a trademark throaty squall--influenced generations of singers (Van Morrison, most notably). Dating from 1952 to 1961, this 44-song set contains all highlights from Bland's first decade of hits: the perfectly relaxed, loping shuffle of 'Farther Up the Road,' the avuncular ...
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Beckology
: :Because he wasn't a guitarist, a songwriter, or a particularly acrobatic performer, Bobby 'Blue' Bland was perhaps the only major rhythm-and-bluesman who never really found favor among white audiences. Nevertheless, he still enjoyed about two decades' worth of R&B hits, and his suave, whisper-to-a-scream vocals--capped by a trademark throaty squall--influenced generations of singers (Van Morrison, most notably). Dating from 1952 to 1961, this 44-song set contains all highlights from Bland's first decade of hits: the perfectly relaxed, loping shuffle of 'Farther Up the Road,' the avuncular ...
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The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music
: :Decades after its conception, Harry Belafonte's enormously ambitious project has come to a rewarding fruition with the release of this lovingly produced and beautifully packaged collection. Between 1961 and 1971, Belafonte sought to create a comprehensive document of what he calls 'African-matrixed music': 'African rooted, Africa as origin, evolved from an original African form.' The rough timeframe Belafonte follows begins with the arrival of blacks in America in the early 17th century and ends at the dawn of the recording age. Yet this five-disc set (with ...
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Diesel vehicles have nearly a 50-percent market share in Europe, thanks to tax incentives and diesel-friendly legislation across the EU. Diesels are so passé there that you can buy a BMW 730d and no one will think it odd that your luxury car burns oil. Pull up in a diesel 7-Series in America and people would leer at you like you've alighted from an amphibious vehicle reeking of saltwater and dead trout.