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	2009: The Claudia Quintet - Royal Toast	Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz » Avantgarde
	Artist: Claudia Quintet Album: Royal Toast Label: Cuneiform Records Year: 2009, release: 2010 Time: 69:14 Size: 117 mb AMG Rating Throughout the decade of the 2000s, the Claudia Quintet recorded, toured, and became one of the top five progressive jazz units in the U.S. and the world. For 2010 they continue with Royal Toast, implying elegance and a golden brown, perfectly prepared, even buttery music. Percussionist/composer/bandleader John Hollenbeck has retained saxophonist and clarinetist Chris Speed, the piquant subtle vibraphonist Matt Moran, accordion specialist Ted Reichman, and the great bassist Drew Gress, adding special guest Gary Versace, not on organ but acoustic piano. The resulting music is surprising low-key, less complex and intricate, but still bold, groundbreaking, and spread across numerous colorful sonic palettes. Many of these performances have solo preludes from individual bandmembers, with Hollenbeck's drums preceding the more involved funk of "Keramag," the pithy bass of Gress leading into the driven and heavy fast march "Sphinx," and Speed's counterpoint overdubbed saxes as an intro for the sideways title track, recalling recent efforts of David Binney. The stand-alone "Crane Merit" lives up to its title in the lugubrious but dignified persona of the near extinct bird, while "Paterna Terra" is free to soulful and the tandem "Ideal/American Standard" is mysterious to insistent. Versace's role is that of shading or propping up these melodies, and one should listen closely to his contributions here. It's another extraordinary musical experience from the Claudia Quintet, who deserve all the high marks they receive as an innovative, thought-provoking, singularly unique contemporary ensemble. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

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	2009: The Claudia Quintet - Royal Toast	Music » Jazz » Modern Jazz
	Artist: The Claudia Quintet Album: Royal Toast (Cuneiform, 2010) Label: Cuneiform Year: 2009, release: 2010 Format: MP3; 320 kb/s Size: 112 mb Time: 69:14 AMG Rating: Throughout the decade of the 2000s, the Claudia Quintet recorded, toured, and became one of the top five progressive jazz units in the U.S. and the world. For 2010 they continue with Royal Toast, implying elegance and a golden brown, perfectly prepared, even buttery music. Percussionist/composer/bandleader John Hollenbeck has retained saxophonist and clarinetist Chris Speed, the piquant subtle vibraphonist Matt Moran, accordion specialist Ted Reichman, and the great bassist Drew Gress, adding special guest Gary Versace, not on organ but acoustic piano. The resulting music is surprising low-key, less complex and intricate, but still bold, groundbreaking, and spread across numerous colorful sonic palettes. Many of these performances have solo preludes from individual bandmembers, with Hollenbeck's drums preceding the more involved funk of "Keramag," the pithy bass of Gress leading into the driven and heavy fast march "Sphinx," and Speed's counterpoint overdubbed saxes as an intro for the sideways title track, recalling recent efforts of David Binney. The stand-alone "Crane Merit" lives up to its title in the lugubrious but dignified persona of the near extinct bird, while "Paterna Terra" is free to soulful and the tandem "Ideal/American Standard" is mysterious to insistent. Versace's role is that of shading or propping up these melodies, and one should listen closely to his contributions here. It's another extraordinary musical experience from the Claudia Quintet, who deserve all the high marks they receive as an innovative, thought-provoking, singularly unique contemporary ensemble. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

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	2009: Blue Note Trip DJ Maestro - My Music	Music » Jazz » Mainstream
	Artist : VA Album : Blue Note Trip 8 Compiled By DJ Maestro Label : Blue Note / EMI Holland Release: 2009 Quality : VBR @ 194kbit Size : 202MB Total : 2 tracks (CUE) 2009 two CD set, the eighth installment in this popular series of classic Blue Note compilations. Recent volumes have been mixed by a diverse group of Jazz aficionados including Jazzanova, but Volume 8 sees the return of DJ Maestro, his first Blue Note Trip title in three years. Features 29 tracks including cuts from Buscemi, Les McCann, Cannonball Adderley, Jimmy McGriff, Soulive and many others. ~ Blue Note.

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	2007: Van Morrison & John Lee Hooker - Together	Music » Blues » Modern electric blues » Blues-Rock
	Artists: Van Morrison & John Lee Hooker Album: Together Label: Bootleg(?) Quality: mp3; 192 kb/s Size: 84 mb Blues dean John Lee Hooker and Belfast cowboy Van Morrison, together again...

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	John Lee Hooker - House of the Blues	Music » Blues
	Artist: John Lee Hooker Album: House of the Blues Label: Verbatim /Chess Records Years:1951-54, release: 1998 Quality: MP3 ;320 kBit/s Size: 76 MB, incl. 10% recovery record. Total time: 32:42 AMG rating Verbatim CD reissue of a 1959 Chess album that collected 1951-1954 efforts by the Hook. Some important titles here: an ominous "Leave My Wife Alone," and the stark "Sugar Mama" and "Ramblin' by Myself," and with Eddie Kirkland on second guitar, "Louise" and "High Priced Woman." ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

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