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Friday, November 13, 2009

Al Haig Plays the Music of Jerome Kern (1978)

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Veteran bop survivor Al Haig plays four unaccompanied piano solos, has four duets with bassist Jamil Nasser, and backs singer and producer o...
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Al Haig Quartet 1954

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One of the finest pianists of the bop era (and one who learned from Bud Powell's innovations quite early), Al Haig was quite busy during...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Earl "Fatha" Hines with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge 1965

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Earl "Fatha" Hines, a contemporary of Louis Armstrong, had been making musical history for four decades previous to recording this...
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Monday, November 9, 2009

Steve Coleman & Five Elements - Curves Of Life

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When will Five Elements do a 'Live' recording?" When indeed - how about now! The Tao of Mad Phat (one of the previous Steve Col...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Wattstax (1973)

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Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Wat...
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Come Together - A Guitar Tribute to the Beatles (1993)

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Legendary NY vibraphonist and producer Mike Mainieri gathered an amazing group of jazz guitarists to pay their respects to the masters of Br...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Nikos Skalkottas (1904-49) - Ballet Music for Piano

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BIS' vividly titled The Land and the Sea of Greece takes its moniker from an inspired and lively ballet suite by that title dating from ...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Atlantic Jazz - Soul (1986)

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An Atlantic Jazz slice of mostly '60s jazz-soul treats. Fittingly, the 11-track disc includes a side by one of the prime progenitors of ...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Roy Ayers Live at Ronnie Scott's 1998

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Captured back in 1988 within the intimate settings of London's legendary West End jazz haunt, Ronnie Scott's in Soho, Roy Ayers deli...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's Coming (1972)

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One of the rarest and greatest Roy Ayers albums of all time -- the sly, funky and spiritual masterpiece He's Coming from 1971 -- really...
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