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Jacques Schwarz-Bart Quartet - The Art of Dreaming (2012) {Aztec Musique}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 24 Apr 2013 19:12:52 | Comments : 0

Jacques Schwarz-Bart Quartet - The Art of Dreaming (2012) {Aztec Musique}
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© 2012 Aztec Musique / Harmonia Mundi / Naive | DJ 64006
Jazz / Post Bop / Saxophone

“According to Carlos Castaneda, ancient Toltec sorcerers had developed the art of staying aware while dreaming, in order to travel to parallel worlds, and have a better understanding of the human potential. As I was reading Castaneda's book entitled The Art of Dreaming, I immediately drew a comparison with the musician's quest. Except that instead of staying aware during their dreaming, musicians manage to dream while being awake, and share that dream with other musicians and listeners.”
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Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972) {2000 Remaster} + The Complete On The Corner Sessions {2007 Remaster} [combined repost]

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 24 Apr 2013 09:08:01 | Comments : 6

Miles Davis - On The Corner (1972) {2000 Remaster} + The Complete On The Corner Sessions [6CD] {2007 Remaster}
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© 2000, 2007 Columbia / Legacy | CK 63980 / 886970 6239 2
Jazz / Fusion / Jazz Funk / Trumpet

“Could there be any more confrontational sound in Miles Davis' vast catalog than the distorted guitars and tinny double-timing drums reacting to a two-note bass riff funking it up on the first track from On the Corner? Before the trumpet even enters the picture, the story has been broken off somewhere in the middle, with deep street music melding with a secret language held within the band and those who can actually hear this music -- certainly not the majority of Miles' fan base built up over the past 25 years.”
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Jon Raskin and Carla Harryman - Open Box (2012) {Tzadik}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 24 Apr 2013 01:37:55 | Comments : 2

Jon Raskin and Carla Harryman - Open Box (2012) {Tzadik}
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© 2012 Tzadik | TZ 7639
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Experimental

“Three years in the making, Open Box is one of the most exciting and successful collaborations of poetry and music ever made. With meticulous attention to detail, Jon Raskin has set the genre-busting poetry of Carla Harryman to music ranging from rock and metal to jazz and free improv. As radical as the writing, the music is brilliantly arranged, and interacts with the texts in a variety of dynamic ways.”
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Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future (2001) [2 Editions + DVD] {Transparent Music} [combined repost]

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 23 Apr 2013 11:21:28 | Comments : 4

Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future (2001) [2 Editions + DVD] {Transparent Music}
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© 2001, 2002 Transparent Music / MX / Columbia / JVC | 505211 / VICP 61354 / 201812
Jazz / Electronic / Fusion / Piano

“One of Herbie Hancock's greatest attributes is his ability to take a contemporary form of music and add his own unique perspective through his recordings. Future 2 Future is no exception to the rule. Teaming with Bill Laswell, Hancock recruits some of the most forward-thinking musicians in music for Future 2 Future. The contributions of electronic music pioneer Carl Craig, vocal diva Chaka Khan, drum'n'bass producer A Guy Called Gerald, as well as jazz legends Jack DeJohnette and Wayne Shorter make the album feel like a cross between modern electronica and world music.”
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Dave Liebman & Lewis Porter - Surreality (2012) {Enja}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 23 Apr 2013 11:19:48 | Comments : 1

Dave Liebman & Lewis Porter - Surreality (2012) {Enja}
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© 2012 Enja / Yellowbird | enja 7727 2
Jazz / Modern Creative / Saxophone

“David Liebman is considered a renaissance man in contemporary music with a career stretching over forty years. He has played with many of the masters including Miles Davis, Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and others; what makes "Surreality" different from his many other releases is intensity created by the meeting with Marc Ribot, Brad Jones, Chad Taylor and Lewis Porter. Uncompromising tribute to the masters.”
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Frank Foster - Fearless Frank Foster (1965) {2012 Universal Japan Remaster}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 23 Apr 2013 03:36:49 | Comments : 2

Frank Foster - Fearless Frank Foster (1965) {2012 Universal Japan Remaster}
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© 2012 Universal Japan / Prestige | UCCO-90111
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone

“Shortly after leaving Count Basie's Orchestra, tenor saxophonist Frank Foster led this quintet set for Prestige. Foster shows off the influence of John Coltrane (as opposed to his earlier cool-toned style) and matches well with the occasionally fiery trumpet of Virgil Jones, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist Bob Cunningham and drummer Alan Dawson. In addition to Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz," Foster performs five originals, some of which (like "Raunchy Rita") fall into the area of funky hard bop. Spirited music.”
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Oum - Soul of Morocco (2013) {Lof Music}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 22 Apr 2013 15:35:08 | Comments : 2

Oum - Soul of Morocco (2013) {Lof Music}
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© 2013 Lof Music / MDC | MDC011
Jazz / Soul / World Music

“The Moroccan Sahrawi singer Oum announced the release of her new album entitled “Soul of Morocco” in France. With the variety of music styles incorporated in her new album, including Hassany langauge, African beats, Jazz, Soul, Amazigh and Sufi music, Oum sung all her songs in Moroccan dialect with delicateness and artistic talent.”
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Frank Zappa - Finer Moments (2012) [2CD] {ZFT}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 22 Apr 2013 09:46:54 | Comments : 5

Frank Zappa - Finer Moments (2012) [2CD] {ZFT}
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© 2012 ZFT / UMe | ZR 3894
Rock / Experimental Rock

“Finer Moments is a curious but mostly excellent compilation of (mostly) instrumental odds and ends put together by FZ in 1972 that went (mostly) unreleased until 2012. Disc one concentrates on the 1968-1969 Mothers. The first four tracks are from a 1969 Royal Albert Hall show that was partially documented in the film Uncle Meat. "Sleazette" is a great guitar solo, but the Mozart piece loses quite a bit without the "ballet" visuals. "The Wailing Zombie Music" sounds part-composed/part-conducted improvisation. "The Old Curiosity Shoppe" is a nice jam from 1971 featuring some nice wah-wah alto sax from Ian Underwood and wicked soloing from FZ.”
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Various Artists - no99 - No Music Festival 1999 [5CD] {Entartete Kunst}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 13 Apr 2013 23:40:53 | Comments : 1

Various Artists - no99 - No Music Festival 1999 [5CD] {Entartete Kunst}
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© 2000 Entartete Kunst | EK2120
Jazz / Free Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Noise / Experimental

“The second edition of the No Music Festival was held in London, Ontario (home of the Nihilist Spasm Band), from April 8 to 10, 1999. The three-day noise extravaganza was recorded and the label Entartete Kunst Recordings released a five-CD document of the event. That's over six hours of material, accompanied by a 16-page booklet filled with photos and comments from the organizers and some of the participating players, which included that year Ken Vandermark, Fred Van Hove, Borbetomagus, Alan Licht, Michael Snow, Jim O'Rourke, and many more, along with the Nihilist Spasm Band (Bill Exley, Art Pratten, John Boyle, John Clement, Hugh McIntyre, and Murray Favro), of course.”
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Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud. Complete Recordings (1958) {1988 Fontana Remaster}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 13 Apr 2013 23:37:29 | Comments : 7

Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud. Complete Recordings (1958) {1988 Fontana Remaster}
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© 1988 Fontana / PolyGram | 836 305-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Modal Jazz / Trumpet

“Jazz and film noir are perfect bedfellows, as evidenced by the soundtrack of Louis Malle's Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Lift to the Scaffold). This dark and seductive tale is wonderfully accentuated by the late-'50s cool or bop music of Miles Davis, played with French jazzmen -- bassist Pierre Michelot, pianist René Urtreger, and tenor saxophonist Barney Wilen -- and American expatriate drummer Kenny Clarke. These complete recordings, including multiple alternate takes, evoke the sensual nature of a mysterious chanteuse and the contrasting scurrying rat race lifestyle of the times, when the popularity of the automobile, cigarettes, and the late-night bar scene were central figures.”
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Floratone with Bill Frisell - Floratone (2007) {Blue Note} + Floratone II (2012) {Savoy Jazz} [combined repost]

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 13 Apr 2013 11:05:34 | Comments : 2

Floratone with Bill Frisell - Floratone (2007) {Blue Note} + Floratone II (2012) {Savoy Jazz}
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© 2007, 2012 Blue Note / Savoy Jazz | 0946 3 93879 2 2 / SVY17855
Jazz / Post Bop / Modern Creative

“A casual listen might suggest that Floratone is a new Bill Frisell project (and that would be mostly correct), except every indication is that this is a fully collaborative project between Frisell, drummer Matt Chamberlain, and Tucker Martine and Lee Townsend. Composition credits are all shared and they all appear on the front cover. Why is that notable? Because while Frisell and Chamberlain are both credited with "loops" along with their respective instruments, Martine and Townsend receive only "production" credits -- no instruments. That's because on Floratone, the pure elements of sound and space are given as much attention as the music itself.”
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Mstislav Rostropovich - The Complete Decca Recordings [5CD BoxSet] (2012) {Decca Music}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 11 Apr 2013 08:57:32 | Comments : 6

Mstislav Rostropovich - The Complete Decca Recordings [5CD BoxSet] (2012) {Decca Music}
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© 2012 Decca Music / Universal | 0289 478 3577 6
Classical / Cello

“In the early 1960s, when Rostropovich was just beginning his international career, he made a handful of recordings for Decca. This 2012 box -- issued for what would have been his 85th birthday -- brings those albums together. It includes all of the works Benjamin Britten specifically wrote for Rostropovich: the two suites, the sonata, and the Symphony for cello and orchestra, accompanied or conducted by the composer himself, making these definitive versions. There are also other sonatas they collaborated on, including Schubert's "Arpeggione" Sonata, which was apparently one of Rostropovich's favorites of all his recordings.”
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Stephen Stills - Carry On (2013) [4CD BoxSet] {Rhino}

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 09 Apr 2013 08:55:35 | Comments : 12

Stephen Stills - Carry On (2013) [4CD BoxSet] {Rhino}
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© 2013 Rhino / Atlantic / Warner | R2 534539
Rock / Folk Rock / Soft Rock

“Carry On is a four-CD set, spanning 50 years and includes more than five hours of music and includes a 113 page booklet. Produced by Graham Nash and Joel Bernstein with Stephen Stills, Rhino s anthology spotlights the remarkable scope of stills career with essential recordings, live cuts, new mixes, and 25 previously unreleased tracks. The tracks unfold mostly in chronological order, and the anthology leads off with its oldest entry: "Travelin " a previously unreleased recording that Stills made at age 17 in Costa Rica (one of the many places he lived growing up in a military family). The youngest track, recorded only a few months ago, features CSN performing "Girl From The North Country" in New York City during a sold-out five-night run at the Beacon Theater that closed the group s acclaimed 2012 world tour.”
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Camel - The Complete SHM-CD Set (1973 -1984) [12 Albums, 15 CDs] {2009 Japan Mini LP SHM-CD Remaster} [combined repost]

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 08 Apr 2013 11:42:13 | Comments : 5

Camel - The Complete SHM-CD Set (1973 -1984) [12 Albums, 15 CDs] {2009 Japan Mini LP SHM-CD Remaster}
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© 2009 Universal Japan / Deram / Decca | UICY-94130...94145
Rock / Art Rock / Progressive Rock

“Features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD player). Cover artwork faithfully replicates original one. Comes with lyrics and a description. Camel was still finding its signature sound on its eponymous debut album. At this point, Peter Bardens and his grand, sweeping organ dominate the group's sound and Andrew Latimer sounds tentative on occasion.”
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Anne-Sophie Mutter & Herbert von Karajan - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon 1978-1988 [5CD] (2008)

Posted By : ruskaval | Date : 07 Apr 2013 18:20:13 | Comments : 7

Anne-Sophie Mutter & Herbert von Karajan - Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon 1978-1988 [5CD] (2008)
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Classical / Violin

“From 1976, when Herbert von Karajan – already a legend – met the prodigiously gifted 13-year-old Anne-Sophie Mutter until his death 13 years later, she was the only violinist to appear with him in concert and on disc. This 5-CD set contains all the concertos they recorded together for Deutsche Grammophon. It includes the concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bruch and Brahms; but now, for the first time, there is also the Tchaikovsky Concerto, as well as the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Mark Zeltser and Yo-Yo Ma, and the Brahms Double Concerto with Antonio Meneses.”
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