Strayhorn - Lush life
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New. With Every Breath I Take
Cécile McLorin Salvant (vocals), David Wong (bass), Kush Abadey (drums), Sullivan Fortner (piano), Metropole Orkest, Jules Buckley
Jazz tends to reinvent such material to suit its own musical conventions, so allowing its dramatic function to reassert itself makes for engaging listening (as does the occasional vocal equivalent... —
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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Jazz 100, Top 100 Jazz Albums, Top 100 (Post-1980)
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Always elegant, never effete, Frisell is on great form and is well-served by the arrangements and by the performances of his trio and the orchestras. The album is an utter delight, from the... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Jazz Choice
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John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman
Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison (double bass), Elvin Jones (drums), McCoy Tyner (piano)
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1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Jazz Recommendation
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Duke Ellington Songbook 1
RecommendedSarah Vaughan (vocalist), Grady Tate (drums), Mike Wofford (piano), Bucky Pizzarelli (guitar), Andy Simpkins (bass), Jimmy Rowles (piano), Joe Pass (guitar), Waymon Reed (trumpet), Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone)
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Performance
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This is the second recorded outing for this duo and a fine demonstration of the fact that minimal resources can be liberating rather than restricting…Frisell and Morgan are perfectly at ease... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Jazz Choice
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Above all this new work is a significant encounter across generations as 83-year-old Shepp and 45-year-old Moran have had different life experiences and career paths. Yet they negotiate the... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, April 2021
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Lovesome Thing
Anaïs Reno, Emmet Cohen (piano), Russell Hall, Kyle Poole, Tivon Pennicott (saxophone), Juliet Kurtzman
It’s astonishing to think that Billy Strayhorn was just 16 when he began to write what was to become his signature tune, ‘Lush Life’ – a song whose chromaticism and large leaps make it one of... —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Penguin Guide to Jazz, 4 Star
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