Dinah Washington: What a difference a day makes! Produced by Clyde Otis. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. UDCD 698. Writer: Phil Brett It is a shame how
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Results11Charlie Parker: The Savoy 10 inch LP Collection
AQ’s Jazz editor, Phill Brett raises the spirits in these dark times from the BeBop music of Charlie Parker, with mono recordings transcending the times from
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Anger and Intelligence: Jazz and Civil Rights
AQ special music culture report by Phil Brett Civil rights movement The perception and appreciation of music, as with any artform, can change when the time
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John Coltrane: The complete 1961 Village Vanguard recordings
John Coltrane John Coltrane: The complete 1961 Village Vanguard recordings. Produced by Bob Thiele. Impulse IMPD4-232 Unquestionably John Coltrane stands as a colossus of modern music.
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Gerard Presencer – Platypus – Linn Records
Gerard Presencer Gerard Presencer is probably best known as the young trumpeter who played on the US3 mega hit of “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)”, although his debut
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Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – Buhaina
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Buhaina, produced by Orrin Keepnews. BGP records BGPD 1114 Originally released on Prestige in
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Art Pepper: “So in Love”
Art Pepper: So in Love Produced by John Snyder and Laurie Pepper Analogue productions revival series. APR 3013. “So in Love by Art Pepper”: another release
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Courtney Pine Interview
I like jazz, but I like popular music. So I like to hear a vocal song, for example, it a melody I can hum along to.
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COURTNEY PINE: ANOTHER STORY
COURTNEY PINE: ANOTHER STORY VARIOUS PRODUCERS TALKIN LOUD RECORDS. 536 9281 As Courtney Pine indicated in his AQ interview, this album of remixes is less of
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Miles Davies & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Miles Davies & Gil Evans Miles Davies & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings. Mosaic Records MQ11-164 Since their inception in 1982 Mosaic Records have
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