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11.Porgy and Bess by: Miles Davis April 07, 1997
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The great thing about Miles Davis was that his trumpet playing was so transcendent. He's probably the only jazz player whose albums frequently appear in top 100 rock lists. I fail to see how anyone could not take the lilting sentiments of 'Porgy & Bess' to heart no matter what your musical tastes. The 'Buzzard Song' opens the album with a grooving bass line by Paul Chambers, cleverly imitated by a tuba that follows suit (how many albums have you heard with a grooving tuba?). Then the lyrical note changes of 'Bess, You Is My Woman', before one of the highlights of the album, 'Gone'. This is something of a departure from Gershwin's opera itself, but the backing players relish the opportunity for some pure jazz playing, topped off ... Read More:

12.The Black Box Of Jazz by: Various Artists March 18, 2008
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This very moderately priced box of extremely interesting and diverse jazz performances doesn't get 5 stars from me only because it is not sufficiently equipped with the recording information... Otherwise, it's a good buy indeed, with music mixing swing, cool, be-bop, hard-bop and other styles very freely, to suite the tastes of the more liberal jazz fans who love challenges.

13.Feeling Blue by: Paul Desmond August 24, 1996
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Every note is a pleasure and the experience of listening to a man so at one with his music is something rarely witnessed elsewhere. Narrowly edges "A Kind of Blue" for sheer class....

14.Combinations: Songs from 1954-1956 by: Shelly Manne July 02, 2007
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Totally agree with Barry McCanna. Yet another superb issue from Avid. To confirm and supplement Barry's comments CD 1 kicks off with the complete "My Fair Lady" session. I had forgotton just how good this was and why it proved so popular (ignore the snotty critics). Tracks 9 to 15 represent 7 of the 12 tracks from "The Three" and "The Two" album. These were new to me and something of a revelation is so far as they were a bit advanced for the time. Tracks 16 to 18 come from the album "Shelly Manne & His Men Vol 2". Once again new to me but wonderful and prompting me to search out the complete album. Without being flash I can say that played to me as a blindfold test I would have recognised Messrs. Rogers, Freeman and Manne. Read More:

15.People Time by: Stan Getz, Kenny Barron March 03, 1992
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Massively recommended. These were Getz's final recordings, three months before his death. A duo performance is never easy. The increased workload must have put tremendous strain on his health but you would never know from listening to this exquisite live double CD. Fourteen tracks, culled from four consecutive nights at the Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen, show Getz at his most majestic. The wonderful Kenny Barron on piano shows complete empathy with Getz, and the interplay between them is perfect. This is exemplified by the ballad 'First Song'. It is a total masterpiece.

16.Together - the Complete Studio Recordings by: Chet Baker April 18, 1994
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I have always been a great fan of both Chet Baker and Paul Desmond as individually fantastic musicians. This album brings them together in what can only be described as remarkable circumstances. Chet was re-inventing himself after a spell in the musical wilderness following his brush with the drugs heavies and Paul was dying of lung cancer. That this recording was made at all is tribute to both men's fight with their personal tragedies. Paul Desmond died shortly after making the final tracks of this recording but to hear him play, who would know. The sidemen include the phenomenal Jim Hall on guitar (The CTI album "Jim Hall Concierto" is basically the same as "Together") Bob James on a (now) dated sounding electric piano, the great Ron Carter on bass ... Read More:

17.Time Out [VINYL] by: Dave Brubeck May 05, 2008
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An Incredible use of rhythm, time and many aspects of other styles of music. In my opinion, this album is the best jazz album i have ever heard. Dave Brubeck is a genius and his quartet is astounding! Any-one who does not like this album, can't like jazz.

18.Stan Getz: The Bossa Nova Albums by: Stan Getz July 28, 2008
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An Incredible use of rhythm, time and many aspects of other styles of music. In my opinion, this album is the best jazz album i have ever heard. Dave Brubeck is a genius and his quartet is astounding! Any-one who does not like this album, can't like jazz.

19.Birth of the Cool: the Complete Birth of the Cool by: Miles Davis June 01, 1998
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There is no going wrong for this man, yet another amazing album that has been put together, this time with his organization; every tune here is crammed with energy and pace, a pleasure to listen to again and again

20.The Best of Gerry Mulligan With Chet Baker by: Gerry Mulligan March 18, 1991
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When I first heard these tracks back in the fifties they were too modern, too West Coast, beyond my understanding and yet now they seem like old friends. Gerry Mulligan was Pacific Jazz's first artist and thank goodness they were there to record this lot. The group only lasted eleven months during which time they recorded all but one of the tracks on this CD. The odd one "Festive Minor" was recorded five years later at a reunion and shows Baker a little more strident than previously. All the old Mulligan favorites are on the CD and demonstrate the empathy that he and Baker had at the time. It is music of the fifties but worth reinvestigating in the 2000s.

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