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Esperanza

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by: Esperanza Spalding

Release Date May 20, 2008
Esperanza Spalding and her group made great success at the Stockholm Jazz
Festival in july 2008 and I was curious to listen to some of her recordings.
The record "Esperanza" is most interesting and enjoyable and she brings
a new pleasant spectrum in the jazz scenery.

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Kind of Blue

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Postbebop
by: Miles Davis

Release Date March 25, 1997
I'll keep this short and sweet,this is an all time jazz classic,hands down!!! This awesome reissue features incredible remastered sound,a treat to listen to!!! A must for any serious music collection!!! Recommended!!! Timeless!!! A+

CD-Charts Position 3
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Ear Food

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Postbebop
by: The Roy Hargrove Quintet

Release Date July 29, 2008

I usually don't care for Hargrove's albums - but this one is amazing. A diamond. Well recorded and rehearsed. Everything is on time and on target.

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Getz/Gilberto

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by: Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto

Release Date May 20, 1997
Paying $3.99 for a jazz masterpiece that you don't own is a gift. Grab it!

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Miles from India (TWO CD SET)

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Postbebop
by: Various Artists

Release Date April 15, 2008
I am usually ambivalent of this genre of music.Fusion albums can be either superb or very banal.For example compare this release with "Floating Point" the latest album by John Mclaughlin.I was utterly disapponted.It has absolutely no new ideas and is banal at it's best.Interestingly, both albums have a lot of musicians in common - Luiz Banks,Ranjit Barot, Shankar Mahadevan...

This album is a totally different cup of tea.It works and like how.Of course the premise to begin with, is brilliant.And then the musicians are on fire and you can actually feel that on every track.

All the songs on the album are superb, but if I have to pick a favourite it would be Jean-Pierre, the last track on the first CD.

Highly recommended. ... Read More:

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Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing: But Not for Me

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by: Ahmad Jamal

Release Date October 17, 1990
I was there when this was recorded. I was a senior in high school then, and I bought the record when it was released not knowing it had been recorded that night. I went through at least 2 LP's and love it to this day. Hope you enjoy it also.
Lee Mascarello

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The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Postbebop
by: Bill Evans

Release Date September 13, 2005
Even though I had the two original Riverside LP's and two later CD's purporting to contain remastered essentials from the session, Amazon's price for the latest three-disc collection was too attractive to pass up. After listening to the three discs in sequence, I now question if I even heard what was on the previous recordings. This is at once stunning and immeasurably satisfying music, LaFaro and Evans "in the moment" as never before, their empathy, individual genius, and shared quest of discovery brought to vivid realization for the listener. Not until his final trio with bassist Marc Johnson would the pianist again approach such a level of artistry, but there would be no possibility of a return to the moment of incipient splendor. This may be the greatest value on Amazon, ... Read More:

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A Love Supreme

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by: John Coltrane

Release Date August 19, 2003
I have a small but highly acclaimed jazz collection. This is the jewel, my favorite, only tied by kind of blue in quality. An essential, not for jazz lovers, but rather music lovers.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Day Trip

CD-Charts > Music > Modern Postbebop
by: Pat Metheny Trio

Release Date January 29, 2008
This is amongst Pat Metheny's finest releases to date. To begin with, this trio is amazing, and I would go as far as to say that it's my favorite Metheny trio.

Antonio Sanchez's drumming perfectly contemplates Metheny's fluid, beautiful, and deeply articulate post-bop phrasing with such artful cleverness. He plays quietly, hanging in the background to allow Metheny to have his say, while making perfect elaborations with heavy cymbal use, but also not being afraid to speak up when the time is right, and exploding into drumming reminiscent of hard-bop Art Blakey.

Bassist Christian McBride is solid and is the glue that holds this magnificent trio together. He stays low and constant underneath Metheny's speedy and precise phrasing, while also keeping perfect rhythm ... Read More:

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Live

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by: Brad Mehldau Trio

Release Date March 25, 2008
I began with Largo and have not stopped... 2 CD's of scary chops and all of it LIVE !