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Song for My Father

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by: Horace Silver

Release Date April 01, 1997
i have met people who actually live without this album. whenever i think about that, i always shake my head in wonder. i don't know how they do it.

CD-Charts Position 92
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Crossing the Field

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by: Jenny Scheinman

Release Date September 16, 2008
i have met people who actually live without this album. whenever i think about that, i always shake my head in wonder. i don't know how they do it.

CD-Charts Position 93
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Spirit Walk

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by: Steve Reid

Release Date October 24, 2005
Spirit Walk is the most sincere, energetic and luminous record i've heard in a long time. Another reviewer on this page has foregrounded the collaboration with Keiren Hebden in his assessment of the album, if you're after that, check out the Exchange Sessions recordings. I've played this out a few times and people always approach me and ask what it is, it's beautifully recorded and produced, and creates an atmosphere in any room - particularly 'which one' and 'lugano', but there are plenty of other highlights. As the sleevenotes attest, Reid understands that groove has reached some kind of ascendency in contemporary music, and his drumming is a refined, idiosyncratic display of that knowledge. The large ensemble format is executed to perfecion ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 94
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Funked Up\Think Twice

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by: Gary Bartz, Donald Byrd

Release Date September 13, 2005
Spirit Walk is the most sincere, energetic and luminous record i've heard in a long time. Another reviewer on this page has foregrounded the collaboration with Keiren Hebden in his assessment of the album, if you're after that, check out the Exchange Sessions recordings. I've played this out a few times and people always approach me and ask what it is, it's beautifully recorded and produced, and creates an atmosphere in any room - particularly 'which one' and 'lugano', but there are plenty of other highlights. As the sleevenotes attest, Reid understands that groove has reached some kind of ascendency in contemporary music, and his drumming is a refined, idiosyncratic display of that knowledge. The large ensemble format is executed to perfecion ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 95
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Trio, Vol. 2

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by: Anthony Davis with James Newton and Abdul Wadud

Release Date October 11, 1989
Spirit Walk is the most sincere, energetic and luminous record i've heard in a long time. Another reviewer on this page has foregrounded the collaboration with Keiren Hebden in his assessment of the album, if you're after that, check out the Exchange Sessions recordings. I've played this out a few times and people always approach me and ask what it is, it's beautifully recorded and produced, and creates an atmosphere in any room - particularly 'which one' and 'lugano', but there are plenty of other highlights. As the sleevenotes attest, Reid understands that groove has reached some kind of ascendency in contemporary music, and his drumming is a refined, idiosyncratic display of that knowledge. The large ensemble format is executed to perfecion ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 96
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The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club

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by: Lou Donaldson

Release Date April 04, 1995
All it takes is to check out Alligator Boogie and really know what soul/funk/jazz is all about, if there is such a thing of course. The lineup speaks for itself! A little organ here, drums there, sax there... You know the drill!

CD-Charts Position 97
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Hot Barbeque

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by: Jack McDuff

Release Date April 26, 1993
This album is 100% uptown. If you dig Jimmy Smith then
this is the next step. With McDuff on keys and a young George Benson on guitar it won't disappoint. Don't be
afraid of the first track, it'll grow on you. This album
is so saucy it demand to be in more collections. The cover art alone is worth the price of admission. If you like this album, check out George Benson's first solo album," Uptown". Later my friends. Hope I did'nt steer you wrong.

CD-Charts Position 98
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Strings!

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by: Pat Martino

Release Date January 01, 1995
The guitar is an often overlooked instrument in the more acoustic jazz setting due to its need for amplification. But when you check out jazz guitarists you will want to own Pat Martino albums. He has this incredible cool, fat sound and his improvisation is soo pleasing to listen to. I often find myself smiling when I hear his solos as in "look how he got round THAT corner.." You can hear how he has influenced later guitarists like G. Benson which is interesting in a sort of academic way but the sound is what takes the cake!

CD-Charts Position 99
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At the Blackhawk

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by: Thelonious Monk Quartet

Release Date April 16, 1995
This recording transports me back to the golden era of jazz. I am there - as it's happening with one of the geniuses of jazz with an incredible group.

CD-Charts Position 100
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The Awakening

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by: Ahmad Jamal

Release Date June 10, 1997
I would put this at or above coltrane's blue train as the best recording of all time.

everyone who has written a review here, has been dead on.

i particularly enjoy stolen moment, but they are all great!