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Love Scenes
(1997)
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Diana Krall
Vocalist/pianist Diana Krall was a very hot property by the time this Impulse CD was released. Teamed in a trio with her regular guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Christian McBride, Krall here mostly emphasizes ballads having something to do with love. She is at her best on "I Don't Know Enough About You," "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance ...
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The Complete Recordings 1941-1947
(1999)
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Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman
Although the whole collection ranges across six years, 32 of the 35 cuts on this two-CD set were recorded within a year of Peggy Lee's joining Benny Goodman's band, and the vast majority within a six month period through the winter of 1942. It is possible during that span to hear Lee evolve from a competent but scarcely confident vocalist ("Elmer ...
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Live at Tavern on the Green
(2005)
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Nancy Lamott
There's a very good reason that the sticker on this lovely cabaret-styled live concert date is billed as the singer's "first new release in eight years" -- she died of cancer in December, 1995, just weeks after the performance documented here. The release of this disc and the rest of her catalog in 2005 isn't quite like the Eva Cassidy story. ...
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Explorations
(1961)
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Bill Evans Trio
When this album was recorded in February of 1961, it had been more than year since the Portrait in Jazz was issued, the disc that won the critics over. By the time of this issue, Evans had released four albums in six years, a pace unheard of during that time. Most musicians were issuing two, three, and even four records a year during the same era. ...
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Nice 'n' Easy
(1960)
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Frank Sinatra
Breaking slightly from his pattern of a swing album following the release of ballads set, Frank Sinatra followed No One Cares with Nice 'N' Easy, a breezy collection of mid-tempo numbers arranged by Nelson Riddle. Not only is it the lightest set that he recorded for Capitol, it is the one with the loosest theme. Sinatra selected a collection of ...
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Heart Filled with Song/Choice
(2004)
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John Gary
In 2003 Collectables reissued two obscure albums by vocalist John Gary that had been out of print for years, Heart Filled With Song and Choice. Originally released on RCA in 1966, these 24 tracks combine standards with Broadway hits, including "The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme From The Sandpiper)," "Tammy (From Tammy and the Bachelor)," "Luck ...
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My Foolish Heart
(1993)
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Nancy Lamont
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Last First Kiss
(2007)
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Tony DeSare
Last First Kiss builds nicely upon vocalist/pianist Tony DeSare's superb 2005 debut album, Want You. A charming presence on the microphone with classic silver-screen good looks and a singer/songwriter's soul, DeSare not only updates such classic American popular song standards here as "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" and "How Deep Is the Ocean?," ...
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Diane: Chet Baker and Paul Bley
(1985)
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Chet Baker with Paul Bley
Chet Baker recorded at every opportunity during the last decade or so of his tragic life, with widely varying results due to his drug addiction. But this surprising duo session with pianist Paul Bley is one of his better efforts from this period, focusing primarily on standard ballads by top composers. Bley's playing in the mid-1980s usually was ...
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Greatest Hits
(1940)
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Frank Sinatra
For this entry in RCA Victor's Beginner's Guide to Jazz series, 15 selections featuring Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra are reissued. All are available in more complete series but, despite the somewhat random programming (which is far from chronological) and the omission of a personnel list, this is a fine introductory set. Sinatra is ...
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Shout!
(1959)
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The Isley Brothers
"Shout" is like a tent revival gone haywire, with the merest scraps of a song -- a groove and a few phrases -- igniting a soul explosion the likes of which had never been heard on record. The song was only a minor hit, but has been granted immortality for its exuberance and influence. The album of the same name, the Isley Brothers' full-length ...
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Alive
(1991)
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Chick Corea's Akoustic Band
To the surprise of some, the Elektric/Akoustic association between Chick Corea, John Patitucci, and Dave Weckl now matched Return to Forever in longevity and productivity (five years, six albums). And the live (though no venue is given) Alive shows the giant steps made by Patitucci and, more so, Weckl during that time. In fact, at this juncture in ...
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Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday
(1994)
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Etta James
The popular Etta James usually performs raunchy single-entendre blues so this surprisingly subtle outing is a real change of pace. She sounds quite laidback on a set of ballads associated with Billie Holiday and utilizes a jazz rhythm section led by pianist Cedar Walton plus three horn players including the great Red Holloway on tenor and alto. ...
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Liza Minnelli at Carnegie Hall (The Complete Concert)
(1987)
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Liza Minnelli
Having set a record by selling out 11 concerts at Carnegie Hall in 1979, Liza Minnelli bettered her own mark when she spent three weeks at the prestigious venue in 1987, and Telarc issued a two-disc version of "the complete concert" later in the year. (A one-disc highlights version followed in 1989.) Though Minnelli was successful on Broadway and ...
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Interplay
(2007)
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John Coltrane
When the Concord Music Group took ownership of the Fantasy catalog that included labels like Riverside, Prestige, Milestone, and New Jazz, there was great trepidation as to what they would actually do with that historically treasured store of some of the most important music in the jazz canon. One of the first things they did was to issue a box ...
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Lonesome Echo
(1955)
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Jackie Gleason
Gleason's 1955 chart-topper Lonesome Echo features more lush interpretations of standards such as "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows," "The Thrill Is Gone," "Deep Purple," and "How Deep Is the Ocean." The album also features striking cover artwork by surrealist master Salvador Dali; Collector's Choice's 2000 reissue also includes three bonus tracks, ...
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Timeless Tales (For Changing Times)
(1998)
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Joshua Redman
Picking up on Herbie Hancock's "New Standards" idea, borrowing some old standards, and splitting the total down the middle, Joshua Redman lends his warm fatback tone, arching skyward passages and a post-bop quartet concept to ten popular songs of the 20th century. Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and the Gershwins share ...
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Gold Collection [Retro]
(1998)
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Dean Martin
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Cheek To Cheek
(2006)
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Beegie Adair
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A Walk in the Park
(2005)
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Dena DeRose
Equally talented as a pianist and singer, Dena DeRose performs a wide range of material on A Walk in the Park. Possibly the biggest surprise is the obscure and touching Al Jolson ballad "All My Love." Other highlights include a swinging "How Deep Is the Ocean," her revival of Duke Ellington's obscure "The Lonely Ones," and a fine rendition of "I ...
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No Strings
(1993)
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Sheena Easton
In 1993, Sheena Easton took a detour from the R&B, Prince-flavored dance music that kept her near the top of the charts through the mid- to late 1980s and early 1990s and recorded a superb standards album. Easton's voice has never sounded so clear, and this stellar set truly allows the singer to shine, as she subtly wraps her pipes around these ...
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Love Songs [Rhino]
(1999)
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles has sung thousands of songs and many of them were love songs. For the compilers of Rhino's Love Songs, the ones that mattered are classics. Yes, there are a couple of unexpected inclusions that are thrilling, such as Leon Russell's "A Song for You," but for the most part it's standards like "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Come Rain or Come ...
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Ballads and Blues
(1950)
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Miles Davis
What a treat! An incredible compilation for those Davis fans who love his cooler bluesy/modal material. The brilliant producer Michael Cuscuna has combed through the early Davis "Birth of the Cool" sessions (1950), several Blue Note sessions in 1952 and 1954, plus one cut from the classic Adderley/Davis album Somethin' Else to create a cool blues ...
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A Jazz Romance: A Night in With Verve
(2001)
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Various Artists
In jazz, ballads have a way of separating the men from the boys and the women from the girls. They show what an improviser is made of emotionally. On ballads, technique for the sake of technique doesn't cut it -- you have to bring some genuine feeling and honest-to-God emotion to the table. And there is plenty of honest-to-God emotion on this four ...
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Northsea Nights
(1979)
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Joe Pass with Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen
Guitarist Joe Pass and bassist Niels Pedersen, a pair of talented virtuosi, are typically outstanding on this live set of standards. With the exception of their ad-lib "Blues for the Hague," all of the material would qualify as overdone through the years (such as "'Round Midnight" and "Stella by Starlight") but the duo makes these veteran pieces ...
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