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February 21, 2008 · 0 comments
Weekend Track Review Roundup
Jazz.com continues its quixotic but noble pursuit of reviewing all the great - and even not-so-great – jazz tracks recorded since those ancient days when Kenny G’s grandfather played with Louis Armstrong in Congo Square.
Here is a round-up of a few of the reviews published during the last two weeks. As always, we provide pithy assessments, and a ranking based on our proprietary 100 point scale. We also include, whenever possible, links for fast (and legal) downloading. And site visitors can offer their own rebuttals in the 'comments' section at the bottom of every review.
Lester Young: All of Me
Frank Sinatra: Summer Wind
Wes Montgomery: Four on Six
Uri Caine: Blackbird
Sonny Rollins: There Is No Greater Love
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie: A Night in Tunisia (live at Massey Hall)
Vince Guaraldi: Fenwyck’s Farfel
Stan Kenton: Fascinating Rhythm
John Scofield: Let’s Say We Did
Arkady Shilkoper: Alpine Sketch
Greg Osby: Indiana
Louis Sclavis: Napoli’s Walls
Weather Report: Mr. Gone
Steve Lacy; Evidence
Max Roach: Blues Waltz
Michel Godard: C’era Una Strega, C’era Una Fata
Oscar Peterson: When Lights Are Low
Sylvain Luc: Brazil
Chris Anderson: Where or When
John McLaughlin & Carlos Santana: Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord
Maria João & Mário Laginha: Há Gente Aqui
Jim Hall: Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
Chick Corea & Return to Forever: After the Cosmic Rain
Diana Krall: I Was Doing Alright
Jorge Pardo: Caravan
Billy Cobham: The Pleasant Pheasant
Ganelin Trio: Conversation III
McCoy Tyner: Giant Steps
Daniel Humair: Blanc Cassé
Enrico Rava: Cromosomi
Bojan Z: The Mohican and the Great Spirit
Richard Gallano: You Must Believe in Spring
Larry Young: Testifying
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin: Modul 39_8
You can search through all of the reviews in our large (and constantly growing) database by using the (recently enhanced) search engine in the left sidebar on our Music page.
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