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Kenny Burrell |
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In A Sentimental Mood |
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Jazz |
This sentimental journey stirs the heart and soothes the soul with lilting and nimble guitar licks; the band’s gentle touch collectively caresses the tender melody with the kind of care that absolutely embodies the title it’s been given.
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Sandbox Trio |
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Nocturnalis III |
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Jazz |
This aptly named instrumental is a virtual soundtrack set against the mysteries of nightfall and darkness. Sparse percussion and eerie melody are ominous and intriguing, yet strangely alluring.
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Oscar Peterson & Benny Green |
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Limehouse Blues |
LiquidAudio |
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Jazz |
Twenty talented fingers smoke, not tickle the ivories on this straight-no-chaser jazz jam.
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Donald Byrd |
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That's All There Is To Love |
PlayJ |
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Jazz |
Forget da funk! This Byrd flight heads straight for the heart, as the famed trumpeter soars above the sounds of an old-fashioned jazz standard.
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Chick Corea |
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Brazil |
LiquidAudio |
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Jazz |
A quick pick from Chick, this solo piano take on the standard “Brazil” is brief but sometimes brilliant.
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Sonny Stitt |
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Steamroller |
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Jazz |
Saxman Stitt sits comfortably in Bird’s roost to deliver this Parkerlike hard bopper.
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Vandermark 5 |
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The Cooler |
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Jazz |
No Kenny G fans allowed for this sax-and-clarinet freakout from the Windy City’s avant-jazz darlings!
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John Pizzarelli |
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Kisses In The Rain |
LiquidAudio |
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Jazz, Pop |
It’s worth braving the storm for this gentle jazz smooch from John Pizzarelli & Co. Let the sweet singing and six-stringing be your umbrella, baby!
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Ella Fitzgerald |
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Tain't What You Do |
LiquidAudio |
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Jazz, Pop |
Ella’s pretty stellah on this ‘30s pop jam from the vaults. Still just a kid, her pipes were nearly ripe, and she shows she knows how to swing!
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Artie Shaw |
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You Do Something To Me |
LiquidAudio |
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Jazz |
The King of Swing seems to have some lead in his pants on this rote recording from 1945 – mercifully, “The Velvet Fog,” Mr. Mel Torme, pulls this one out of the doldrums.
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