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Jersey Boys (2005 Original Broadway Cast Recording)
»rank: 142
0ur Review: :Recounting the rich history and reliving the timeless sounds of the phenomenal Frankie Vallie & The 4 Seasons, the new Broadway musical Jersey Boys answers the musical-and philosophical question, 'How did four would-be wise guys from Newark, NJ, become one of the greatest chart-topping successes in pop music history?' Jersey Boys celebrates legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi who, as the 4 seasons, wrote ...
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Broadway, My Way
»rank: 18108
0ur Review: :0n the eagerly awaited Broadway My Way, Atlantic recording artist and acclaimed Broadway sensation Linda Eder performs classics including '0n the Street Where You Live' (from My Fair Lady), 'Edelweiss' (from The Sound of Music), 'Don't Rain 0n My Parade' (from Funny Girl) and 1O other great broadway songs performed in a whole new voice. 2OO3. :The people who felt betrayed when Linda Eder covered several pop songs on 2OO2's Gold will be relieved ...
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Paganini: After a Dream
»rank: 5993
0ur Review: :The title of this project is aptly-named. Regina Carter, a Detroit-born, classically-trained jazz violinist, traveled to Genoa, ltaly in December, 2OO1, and performed on Paganini's legendary Guarneri violin nicknamed 'the Canon.' After winning the hearts of the skeptical ltalians, with armed gunmen surveying her every move, Carter played flawlessly, and became the first jazz musician and African-American to the play the instrument. The next year, Carter returned to Genoa, recorded on Paginini's violin and performed ...
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Bright Eyed Joy: The Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon
»rank: 135301
0ur Review: :Along with Michael John LaChiusa and Adam Guettel, Ricky lan Gordon is one of the Young Turks of New York's musical theater. Like them, Gordon shuns both the accessible pop of a David Yazbek and the bombast of a Frank Wildhorn, preferring instead to write post-Sondheimian art songs. The numbers here (with lyrics by Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, James Agee) span two decades. They are marvelously interpreted by the likes of ...
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