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Dave Brubeck's defining masterpiece, Time Out is one of the most rhythmically innovative albums in jazz history, the first to consciously explore ... More

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This compilation is taken from the masterful and wondrous box set issued late in the year 2000. It is assembled with the kind of care only producers ... More

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While greatest-hits albums from jazz artists are sometimes dubious propositions, Dave Brubeck is the rare exception to the rule. Brubeck concentrated ... More

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To much of the pop (as opposed to the jazz) audience, Chet Baker was known not as an able cool jazz trumpeter, but as a romantic balladeer. The two ... More

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So dubbed because these three sessions -- two from early 1949, one from March 1950 -- are where the sound known as cool jazz essentially formed, ... More

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In that quintessential breakthrough year of modern jazz -- 1957 -- Norman Granz was fond of pairing the legendary drummerless trio of Oscar Peterson ... More

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The Original Album Classics series by Germany's Sony/BMG is an attempt to clear shelves of catalog titles that are lying about, but it inadvertently ... More

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For all those who have a big axe to grind with Brubeck, for all those who claim the band was only successful because they were predominantly white, ... More

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The Original Album Classics series by Sony/BMG in Germany is an attempt to clear shelves of catalog titles that are lying about, but it inadvertently ... More

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This 1959 studio session features Bill Evans with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, his earliest important trio and first working group ... More

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As part of the Fantasy Definitive series, pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi is spotlighted on 31 tracks recorded for the label between 1955 and ... More

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Gil Evans released two records on World Pacific in 1958 and 1959. They were among his earliest dates as a leader. Gil Evans & Ten was issued by ... More

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The music recorded by Bill Evans on June 25, 1961, has long since acquired legendary status. Evans, a brilliant pianist whose unique voicings have ... More

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There's an implicit sense of mutual admiration behind the titling of this album collaboration between two of the world's gifted -- and certainly most ... More

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Dave Brubeck rarely recorded as a solo pianist, but beginning in the late '90s, he started performing occasional solo pieces in concert and recorded ... More

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Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz called on pianist extraordinaire Vince Guaraldi and his trio to compose and perform music that would reflect the ... More

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This album is perhaps most significant for the process it set in motion -- the collaboration between Gil Evans and Miles Davis that would produce ... More

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More than ten years on from the first whisperings of a dance revolution, there are scores of solid producers in the scene, figures with all the ... More

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With their vast back catalog of classic vocal sides, the Verve label has been releasing a seemingly endless line of songbook collections featuring a ... More

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Tomes are available annotating the importance of this recording. The musical and social impact of Miles Davis, his collaborative efforts with Gil ... More

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Nine examples of Miles Davis caressing a ballad at a slow tempo are included on this 1999 CD, Love Songs. All of the music is easily available ... More

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Hailing from a trio of Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) sessions, Django (1955) contains some of the earliest sides that Milt Jackson (vibraphone), John ... More

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Cookin' is the first of four albums derived from the Miles Davis Quintet's fabled extended recording session on October 26, 1956; the concept being ... More

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