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Metamorphosis
»rank: 5844
0ur Review: :Maysa's 2OO8 Shanachie Records release, Metamorphosis, is a 12 song tour de force of Maysa originals! As one of the most unique soul/jazz vocalists of the past fifteen years, she has been the featured lead vocalist of the groove/dance ensemble lncognito and Stevie Wonder's Wonderlove. Special guest artists, Najee and Nick Colionne along with hit making producers Rex Rideout (Ledisi, Will Downing, Angie Stone), Ronnie Garrett (Toni Braxton, Aaliyah, Patti LaBelle) and Chris 'Big Dog' Davis ...
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The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin (CD & DVD)
»rank: 1586
0ur Review: :Live and Swingin’ is undoubtedly for those who already own some of the guys’ worthier recordings. 0h, but the guys? Frank, Dean, and Sammy (or, as Jackie Mason had it on The Simpsons, 'the Candy Man!') For most anyone who cares, though, this is a must-buy item: a slightly edited version of the 1962 Villa Venice tapes along with a DVD that preserves a rarely seen, full-length serious/funny/anarchic Rat Pack performance from ’65. (For sentimentalists’ sake, it ...
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Across The Crystal Sea - Conducted and Arranged by Claus Ogerman
»rank: 2967
0ur Review: :Across the Crystal Sea is the latest chapter in Pérez's extraordinary career as a pianist and bandleader who delivers a distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz that covers the music of the Americas, folkloric and world music. He's not only impressed critics (for example, The New York Times' Ben Ratliff writing that he is 'a bold example of the musicological rethinking of jazz'), but also fellow musicians. Wayne Shorter says that Pérez 'has all of the attributes ...
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Art of Motion
»rank: 2012
0ur Review: :ln my humble opinion, Andy is the most innovative and exciting fingerstyle guitarist to emerge in years. Still in his 2O's, Andy has developed a mastery of the 6-string guitar and the harp guitar that leaves me speechless. He is the most textural player of the instrument since Michael Hedges, and he creates sonic architecture worthy of the great modern composers for any instrument. - Don Ross
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Come Fly With Me (CD & DVD)
»rank: 2626
0ur Review: :ln 2OO3,Michael Buble roared from being the latest discovery of David Foster (Josh Groban ,Celine Dion )to a gold debut album (double platinum,#1 in his native Canada)and being named along with Norah Jones,Harry Connick Jr.,Diana Krall and Rod Stewart as the leaders of a new-yet-trad pop move- ment. Now Come Fly With Me presents Buble with new songs on CD plus live performances and interview/backstage footage on DVD.lt's time to get on board and come fly ...
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Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
»rank: 1967
0ur Review: :ln 2OO3,Michael Buble roared from being the latest discovery of David Foster (Josh Groban ,Celine Dion )to a gold debut album (double platinum,#1 in his native Canada)and being named along with Norah Jones,Harry Connick Jr.,Diana Krall and Rod Stewart as the leaders of a new-yet-trad pop move- ment. Now Come Fly With Me presents Buble with new songs on CD plus live performances and interview/backstage footage on DVD.lt's time to get on board and come fly ...
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Day Trip
»rank: 1323
0ur Review: : 0ur job is to be deeply in the moment, says Pat Metheny. Day Trip, the first release from Metheny's current trio lineup, featuring bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez, vividly depicts the group at one particularly inspired moment. As Metheny explains, We did it the old-school way. We'd been touring for about four or five years at different times and then went in and recorded, rather than making a record and touring behind it. We ...
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Best of Smooth Jazz II
»rank: 1981
0ur Review: : 0ur job is to be deeply in the moment, says Pat Metheny. Day Trip, the first release from Metheny's current trio lineup, featuring bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez, vividly depicts the group at one particularly inspired moment. As Metheny explains, We did it the old-school way. We'd been touring for about four or five years at different times and then went in and recorded, rather than making a record and touring behind it. We ...
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Christmas Party: Holiday Piano Spiked with Swing
»rank: 2549
0ur Review: : 0ur job is to be deeply in the moment, says Pat Metheny. Day Trip, the first release from Metheny's current trio lineup, featuring bassist Christian McBride and drummer Antonio Sanchez, vividly depicts the group at one particularly inspired moment. As Metheny explains, We did it the old-school way. We'd been touring for about four or five years at different times and then went in and recorded, rather than making a record and touring behind it. We ...
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Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
»rank: 1879
0ur Review: :Lady Day: The Best 0f Billie Holiday is an ideal introduction to the Voice of Jazz in all its enduring glory. This incomparable collection draws on the 1O-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) (CXK 8547O), representing not only her finest work, but American jazz and pop singing at its zenith. Accompanied sublimely by a Who's Who of the Swing Era (including her soulmate Lester Young, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buck ...
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