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February 07, 2008 · 0 comments
Weekend Track Review Roundup
Jazz.com published it 1,500th review earlier this week, but we are not slowing down. We continues in our quixotic but noble pursuit of reviewing all the great - and even not-so-great – jazz tracks recorded since those ancient days before Preservation Hall required preservatives.
Here is a round-up of a few of the reviews published during the last two weeks. As always, we provide incisive 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 advice or dissent in the 'comments' section at the bottom of every review.
Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie: Caravan
Stan Getz & Kenny Barron: Night and Day
Freddie Hubbard: Mirrors
Phineas Newborn Jr.: Lush Life
Ralph Towner: Nimbus
Dave Holland: Jugglers Parade
Art Pepper: Over the Rainbow
Count Basie: The King
Booker Ervin: A Lunar Tune
Paco De Lucia: Casa Bernardo
Blossom Dearie: Tea for Two
Mark Murphy: On Green Dolphin Street
J.J. Johnson: Carolyn in the Morning
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Peace
Circle: Song for the Newborn
Geri Allen: Lush Life
Maynard Ferguson: Love Locked Out
Henry “Pucho” Brown: Georgia On My Mind
Jane Ira Bloom: Mental Weather
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: My Romance
Art Tatum: Willow Weep for Me (studio version 1949)
Steve Coleman: Easy Living
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin: Modul 42
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin: Modul 45
Mel Tormé: The Way You Look Tonight
Mark Elf: Tea Cup
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Open Country Joy
Ran Blake & Jaki Byard: Tea for Two
Stan Kenton: Bogota
Frank Kimbrough: Wig Wise
You can search through all 1,500 reviews in our large (and constantly growing) database by using the search engine in the left sidebar on our Music page. (A new and improved search engine will be added during the course of the weekend – I will have more to say on that soon.)
This blog entry posted by Ted Gioia
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