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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Kenny Drew Trio - Dark Beauty (1974)

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Dark Beauty, recorded in 1974 with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Albert "Tootie" Heath, became a break-out hit that helped adv...
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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Nikos Skalkottas - Mayday Spell, Concerto for Double Bass & Orchestra, 3 Greek Dances

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Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949) was versatile, inventive and prolific. To that effect, this CD works as a nice sampler of the composer's qu...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Tete Montoliu - Boston Concert Vol.2 (1980)

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Second volume of legendary solo piano recording of the blind Catalan pianist Tete Montoliu recorded on March 17, 1980, at the Alfred Morse A...
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Tete Montoliu - Boston Concert Vol.1 (1980)

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First volume of legendary solo piano recording of the blind Catalan pianist Tete Montoliu recorded on March 17, 1980, at the Alfred Morse Au...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Gary Burton - Next Generation (2005)

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Gary Burton spent a great deal of his professional life juggling his duo careers as a bandleader and jazz educator. So it came as no surpris...
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Friday, February 12, 2010

Tete Montoliu Trio - Tête à Tete (1976)

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Tete Montoliu's fourth LP for SteepleChase is primarily a fun-filled trio date with bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Al...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Dexter Gordon Quartet (feat. Tete Montoliu) - Bouncin' with Dex (1975)

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It is well known that jazz giant Dexter Gordon spent 15 years in Europe, between 1962 and 1977, mostly in Paris and Copenhagen. In the early...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Kenny Drew - New Faces, New Sounds (1953)

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Kenny Drew's debut as a leader in the more than able company of Messrs. Curly Russel on bass and Ard Blakey on drums, where we get to he...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Gadd Gang

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Turn every stone in jazz, soul, pop, rock and whatnot since the 70s and chances are that you'll bump into drum wunderkind Steve Gadd. St...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Duo (1973)

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Hugely talented pianist Kenny Drew performed and recorded during the 1950s with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, ...
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