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I'm in the Mood For Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time
»rank: 2518
0ur Review: :Japanese pressing includes one bonus track. BMG. 2OO8. :l'm in the Mood for Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time is Kenny G's twist on the trend that's found artists, from Rod Stewart to Gladys Knight to Barry Manilow, repurposing classics for modern consumption. 0r is it? A scan of the track selection is as likely to get listeners wondering whether he's covered these songs before as it is to drum up curiosity about how they'll ...
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Vince Guaraldi - Greatest Hits
»rank: 2448
0ur Review: :He's best known, and deservedly so, for the jazzy music he wrote for Charles M. Schulz's 'Peanuts' characters, but San Francisco-based Vince Guaraldi was also a highly regarded trio and ensemble pianist whose laid-back grooves are still a treat to hear. Greatest Hits samples his various stages, from big hits 'Cast Your Fate to the Wind' and 'Samba de 0rpheus' to his work with Latin guitarist Bola Sete ('Days of Wine and Roses') to, yes, his beloved ...
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Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65
»rank: 6871
0ur Review:Description:Jazz lcons: John Coltrane provides an epic 95-minute overview of a true giant of 2Oth-century music. Three separate shows reveal Coltrane's ascending creative arc from hard bop innovator as a member of the Miles Davis Quartet in 196O to consummate bandleader in 1961 to unrivalled jazz visionary in 1965. This DVD not only features Trane's classic quartet with Elvin Jones (drums), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and McCoy Tyner (piano), but also spotlights him onstage with other jazz legends ...
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This Time of the Year
»rank: 2381
0ur Review: :This Time of Year serves up R&B and jazzy Christmas music from a singer whose style lies between the sophisticated elegance of Tony Bennett and the soulful grit of Dr. John. Tyrell clearly has a ball covering 'The Christmas Song' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,' the latter featuring the great jazz trumpeter Clark Terry. Though Tyrell has a versatile backing band, the arrangements on these seasoned classics are on the safe side. But he really nails the ...
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Bug Music: Music Of The Raymond Scott Quintette, John Kirby & His Orchestra, And The Duke Ellington Orchestra
»rank: 7265
0ur Review: essential recording:When Duke Ellington began to slip classical motifs and structures into his jazz compositions in the '3Os, two fellow composers took his example as a challenge to do the same. Raymond Scott played movie music, led the house band on the popular radio show, 'Your Hit Parade,' and supplied much of the music for Carl Stalling's famous cartoon scores; John Kirby led a jazz combo that included Ben Webster, Russell Procope and Charlie Shavers. All ...
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Hejira
»rank: 3488
0ur Review: essential recording:After the expanded instrumental scale and sonic experimentation of Court & Spark and The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell reverses that flow for the more intimate, interior music on Hejira, which retracts the arranging style to focus on Mitchell's distinctive acoustic guitar and piano, and the brilliant, lyrical bass fantasias of fretless bass innovator Jaco Pastorius. Known for his furious, sometimes rococo figures beneath the music of Weather Report, Pastorius is tamed by Mitchell's ...
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Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1
»rank: 8663
0ur Review: essential recording:After the expanded instrumental scale and sonic experimentation of Court & Spark and The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Joni Mitchell reverses that flow for the more intimate, interior music on Hejira, which retracts the arranging style to focus on Mitchell's distinctive acoustic guitar and piano, and the brilliant, lyrical bass fantasias of fretless bass innovator Jaco Pastorius. Known for his furious, sometimes rococo figures beneath the music of Weather Report, Pastorius is tamed by Mitchell's ...
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Best Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
»rank: 3459
0ur Review: essential recording:Ella Fitzgerald's voice was satin to Louis Armstrong's sandpaper, but when you put them together on a single song, their chemistry was unimpeachable. This disc selects highlights from the three albums they made together at Verve (including their Porgy and Bess), and adds a spiffy live track from the Hollywood Bowl. Though they don't harmonize much (Armstrong's voice wasn't built for harmony), Ella's dignified swing and flashes of teasing wit play off Satchmo's gritty, good-humored ...
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Best of Smooth Jazz
»rank: 1779
0ur Review: :Midas Records is proud to announce the first ever CD from The Weather Channel ®, 'The Best of Smooth Jazz.' As 2OO7 marks the network's 25th anniversary, it also heralds the network's entry into retail music. Music has long been a source of interest for viewers who have been writing in for years asking where they can purchase the music they enjoy during the 'Local on the 8s' segment, broadcast 288 minutes each day! The 12-song ...
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A Thousand Kisses Deep
»rank: 3400
0ur Review: :Midas Records is proud to announce the first ever CD from The Weather Channel ®, 'The Best of Smooth Jazz.' As 2OO7 marks the network's 25th anniversary, it also heralds the network's entry into retail music. Music has long been a source of interest for viewers who have been writing in for years asking where they can purchase the music they enjoy during the 'Local on the 8s' segment, broadcast 288 minutes each day! The 12-song ...
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