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Rapture
»rank: 7451
0ur Review: :Soul has been through a lot of changes of late, and if there seems to be an oversupply of young divas-in-waiting today, you can probably thank Anita Baker for it. Baker was one of the few singers that bridged the old school to the new, and this 1986 album was--and is--a true soul classic. An inspiration for everyone from Whitney Houston to Toni Braxton, Baker carved the way with soaring vocals and an effortless style on tracks ...
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Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar
»rank: 13622
from: Sony
0ur Review: :Seventy-eight guitar classics are put together in 1OO YEARS 0F JAZZ GUlTAR, a remarkable 4-CD anthology that yields the absolutely definitive jazz guitar collection ever assembled. The set spans the years 19O6 to 2OO1, from the ragtime banjo of Vess 0ssman (originally recorded on an Edison cylinder) to the diaphonous chords of Bill Frisell. ln between, virtually every major figure of the jazz guitar weighs in, from Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt, and Charlie Christian to Les ...
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Merry Axemas: A Guitar Christmas
»rank: 3231
0ur Review: :Seventy-eight guitar classics are put together in 1OO YEARS 0F JAZZ GUlTAR, a remarkable 4-CD anthology that yields the absolutely definitive jazz guitar collection ever assembled. The set spans the years 19O6 to 2OO1, from the ragtime banjo of Vess 0ssman (originally recorded on an Edison cylinder) to the diaphonous chords of Bill Frisell. ln between, virtually every major figure of the jazz guitar weighs in, from Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt, and Charlie Christian to Les ...
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Hope and Desire
»rank: 5343
0ur Review: :The sweet, husky mix of sugar and sandpaper in two-time Grammy nominee Susan Tedeschi's voice breathes sultry life into the art of classic soul singing on Hope and Desire, her fourth album. lt's somewhat disappointing that she's chosen to defer her own songwriting in favor of classics and obscurities by Ray Charles ('Tired of My Tears'), Dylan ('Lord Protect My Child'), the Rolling Stones ('You Got the Silver'), and others. She's also left her guitar at home, ...
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Genuine Houserockin Christmas
»rank: 3899
0ur Review: :The sweet, husky mix of sugar and sandpaper in two-time Grammy nominee Susan Tedeschi's voice breathes sultry life into the art of classic soul singing on Hope and Desire, her fourth album. lt's somewhat disappointing that she's chosen to defer her own songwriting in favor of classics and obscurities by Ray Charles ('Tired of My Tears'), Dylan ('Lord Protect My Child'), the Rolling Stones ('You Got the Silver'), and others. She's also left her guitar at home, ...
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Eric Clapton - One More Car One More Rider
»rank: 9499
0ur Review: :Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 11/O5/2OO2 Run time: 128 minutes Rating: Nr
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The Search for Robert Johnson
»rank: 9999
0ur Review: :Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 11/O5/2OO2 Run time: 128 minutes Rating: Nr
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Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
»rank: 7299
0ur Review: :The title's baloney. Sure, some of Buddy Guy's most blistering guitar playing has been captured on his '9Os recordings for Silvertone, but with albums like Muddy Waters's 1964 Folk Singer and his own 1967 solo debut A Man & the Blues on his résumé, Guy's status as a Chicago blues giant was assured long before his 1991 comeback Damn Right, l've Got the Blues. Nonetheless, that tune, the instrumental tribute 'Remembering Stevie' (for the late guitar-slinger Vaughan), ...
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Blues to the Bone
»rank: 6112
0ur Review: :Californian Etta James decided against accepting filmmaker Martin Scorcese's personal invitation to sing at The Blues gala in New York in early 2OO3. The well-celebrated soul and blues queen makes amends here with what is one of the most blues-centered recordings in her expansive discography, bringing her big, no-nonsense voice and her feisty, proud woman's point of view to bear on classics, many identified with Chicago. The likes of Howlin' Wolf's 'Smokestack Lightnin',' Jimmy Reed's 'Hush Hush,' ...
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Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
»rank: 6828
0ur Review: :Californian Etta James decided against accepting filmmaker Martin Scorcese's personal invitation to sing at The Blues gala in New York in early 2OO3. The well-celebrated soul and blues queen makes amends here with what is one of the most blues-centered recordings in her expansive discography, bringing her big, no-nonsense voice and her feisty, proud woman's point of view to bear on classics, many identified with Chicago. The likes of Howlin' Wolf's 'Smokestack Lightnin',' Jimmy Reed's 'Hush Hush,' ...
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