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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
(1997)
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Various Artists
The 16th volume of the Ultra-Lounge series is one of its finest. As its subtitle indicates, Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood focuses on soundtrack music reinterpreted in a lounge style. This tactic works nicely because the material chosen is resilient enough to withstand the interesting interpretations they get here: Good examples include ...
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That Face!
(2006)
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Frank Sinatra, Jr.
The elephant in the room is a whole lot bigger than it's ever been on Frank Sinatra, Jr.'s first studio album in ten years. While he's never really attempted to shed his birthright, claiming to be happy to stand in the shadow of his legendary father, neither has Sinatra Jr. ever deliberately attempted to mimic his dad as closely as he does on this ...
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Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
(1996)
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Various Artists
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Ultra-Lounge Sampler
(1996)
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Various Artists
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Great Arrival/Bully!
(2000)
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Sergio Mendes & the Quartette Tres Bien
In 2000, reissue powerhouse Collectables combined Sergio Mendes' two records from his 1966 campaign (Great Arrival and Bully!, both originally on the Atlantic imprint) and put them together on one disc. A most sensible combination of classic Latin jazz, and economically feasible to boot. Rob Theakston, All Music Guide
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Here's Ray Bryant
(1976)
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Ray Bryant
Pianist Ray Bryant teams up with bassist George Duvivier and drummer Grady Tate for a set of soulful and bluesy interpretations of five standards and three originals. Oddly enough there are no 12-bar blues on this date (a Pablo session reissued on CD in the OJC series) but Bryant infuses such songs as "Girl Talk," "Good Morning Heartache" and "Li ...
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Kindred Spirits
(2006)
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Gary Urwin
While it is nearly impossible for jazz musicians to tour much at all as a big band, from time to time, units are assembled for memorable studio sessions such as the ones heard on Gary Urwin's Kindred Spirits. Most of the leader's charts were written to showcase veterans Bill Watrous (trombone) and Pete Christlieb (tenor sax, though he plays ...
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Fly Rite
(1998)
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Giacomo Gates
Male jazz singers seemed like a endangered species in the 1980s and 1990s; for every noteworthy male jazz singer who came along, there seemed to be 50 to 100 women who were taking up jazz singing. The very fact that Giacomo Gates was a jazz-singing male in the 1990s made you want to at least check him out and satisfy your curiosity, and thankfully ...
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Unforgettable
(1995)
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Johnny Hartman
Combining songs from two 1966 ABC-Paramount LPs (Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman and side two of I Love Everybody) onto one CD, the Impulse! label presents this smooth-voiced baritone backed by brassy orchestration for the first time since his dates with the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band. This proves to be a fine marriage, though lacking the ...
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Burnin' Grooves
(2001)
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Tony Monaco Trio
On the road to becoming a first-class operator of the B3 Hammond organ, Columbus, OH, native Tony Monaco has had to overcome roadblocks. The major one was a polio-like debilitating disease which forced him to change from accordion to organ. Another was the demands of a family business followed by the return of the disease. Undeterred, Monaco has ...
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Magic Voices
(1998)
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Singers Unlimited
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Speak Love
(1982)
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Ella Fitzgerald with Joe Pass
This set of duets with guitarist Joe Pass finds Ella Fitzgerald near the end of her career. Her voice mostly hinted at her former greatness and the setting was perhaps too intimate for what she had left. Fitzgerald's phrasing remained a joy despite the limited range, but there are many more significant records by the singer than this CD reissue ...
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Bewitched
(1993)
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Laura Fygi
Laura Fygi's Bewitched is a straight-ahead jazz date in which the attractive singer is joined by a rhythm section, a string section, and some guests. She performs fresh and warm versions of a dozen songs, the majority of which are ballads. The performances are concise (only one tune exceeds four and a half minutes) and lightly swinging, although ...
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The Movie Song Album
(1966)
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Tony Bennett
By the mid-1960s, retreating from the rock & roll onslaught, that old-time staple of the pre-rock days, the big romantic ballad, had been relegated to Hollywood, where it turned up in the opening and closing credits of movies. Like other classic pop singers, Tony Bennett had sought it out there, and with this album, coincident with his first (and ...
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Wild Cool and Swingin'
(1999)
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Julie London
Wild, Cool and Swingin' compiles 22 songs from several of the many albums she made for the Liberty label from 1957 though 1966. Most of the selections link London with obviously good but mostly unidentified studio players, as well as with excellently arranged material that is unencumbered, for the most part, by syrupy string ensemble playing. Her ...
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Then & Now
(2003)
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Oliver Jones/Skip Bey
Oliver Jones was one of the busiest artists working for the Canadian label Justin Time during the 1980s and 1990s, but one duo session recorded in 1986 with bassist Skip Bey was evidently abandoned or forgotten. Five tracks from that session are intermingled with their 2001 studio reunion, which also seems to be Jones' swansong since he has ...
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Talk of the Town
(2003)
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Cheryl Bentyne
Cheryl Bentyne is justly celebrated for her work as the soprano voice in Manhattan Transfer, but her work outside of that ensemble is just as impressive, if sometimes less flashy. This solo album, in fact, is notable for its lack of pyrotechnical wizardry, and is all the stronger for it. Focusing almost exclusively on standards, Talk of the Town ...
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Soulero
(1966)
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Kenny Burrell
This CD reissues the ten selections on guitarist Kenny Burrell's Cadet LP The Tender Gender, a version of "My Favorite Things" from a Christmas album and five selections from his 1967 date Ode to 52nd Street. The former set showcases Burrell with a quartet also including pianist Richard Wyands, bassist Marty Rivera and drummer Oliver Jackson, ...
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Bringin' It Home
(1999)
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Brother Jack McDuff
1999's Bringin' It Home is a welcome surprise from the killer organist Jack McDuff, whose '90s work was largely devoid of the energy and wit of the classic albums that had made his name. McDuff invites two members of his old crew to the session, saxophonist Red Holloway and guitarist George Benson, who had first made his name playing with McDuff ...
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Mancini Magic [1988]
(1988)
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Henry Mancini
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A Night for Romance
(2003)
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George Bugatti
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Six Hours Past Sunset
(1969)
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Henry Mancini
If you listen to very many of the easy listening albums by the myriad orchestral pop maestros who collectively sold a vast number of underappreciated albums from the '50s through the '70s, certain band leaders rise up from the supposed schmaltz to assert their artistry. Les Baxter, Ray Conniff, and Henry Mancini are a few of the directors and ...
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Collection, Vol. 1
(2004)
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Holly Cole
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Girl Talk
(1994)
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Holly Cole
Girl Talk was recorded live to two-track using a single microphone. The liner notes state that Holly Cole's intention in doing so was to preserve the "quintessence of her live performances," and the result is dazzlingly successful. The air of intimacy between artist and listener is so great that, if anything, the feeling of being present in the ...
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Justin Time Records 20th Anniversary Compilation
(2003)
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