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“Music for the Night” “Une Heure de Slow” Ducretet – Thomson A nice French record of jazz with players including Lucky Thomson, Zoot Sims, Guy Lafitte, etc.
(47 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)
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Shaw sounds good
“P.S. – Tony Pastor Plays and Sings Shaw” Tony Pastor and his Orchestra Everest Records. What did Tony do with all his LP Covers?!
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“It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie” Bell Records.
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“Os Fabulosos Romanticos De Cuba” Musidisc Records
(48 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5) Loading ...Billy’s blues
“The Peaceful Side” Billy Strayhorn United Artists Records 1961. A beautiful, typically smokey Herman Leonard photograph.
This is a little-known and rather melancholy set, virtually Billy Strayhorn‘s only recording away from the world of Duke Ellington. The focus is totally on Strayhorn’s piano throughout his interpretations of ten of his compositions (including “Lush Life,” “Take the ‘A’ Train,” and “Something to Live For”). Three selections have the Paris Blue Notes adding sparse wordless vocals, two other numbers add some quiet playing by the Paris String Quartet, and bassist Michel Goudret is on five of the ten selections (including one apiece with the strings and the voices). “Strange Feeling” and “Chelsea Bridge” are taken as unaccompanied piano solos. Of the ten songs, only “Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin'” hints at happiness; otherwise, Strayhorn’s melodic and concise playing is quite somber, peaceful in volume but filled with inner tension. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
(42 votes, average: 4.26 out of 5) Loading ...F LI CK it!
EL Cigarron Luiz Bittencourt Y Su Conjunto Musidisc
(35 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5) Loading ...“That’s good, hold it right there”
“A Moment of Desire” Jay Clever and his Orchestra. SAGA Records. (UK)
(56 votes, average: 4.05 out of 5) Loading ...Lord have mercy
“Genuss im Stil der neuen Zeit” A record from Lord Extra cigarettes.
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