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Night Train -- Remastered CD The Oscar Peterson Trio 1963/1997 Verve Master Edition Outstanding and essential jazz piano, July 12, 2002 By Jon Warshawsky "Sinatra Guru" Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Night Train (Audio CD) Night Train is one of the best jazz piano...

Today's work truck music... Classics Volume 8 -- CD Joan Baez 1990 A&M Records Album notesThis 1987 best-of compiles the work from A&M efforts that marked a stylistic change from her Vanguard years, yet a pretty consistent level of success. Relying on the work of other artists seemed to be...

New Moon Daughter -- CD Cassandra Wilson 1996 Blue Note Records Amazon.com essential recording Her luscious alto has the depth and texture of a great tenor saxophonist, but Cassandra Wilson's defining asset is a postmodern song sense that enables her to surf through Son House, Neil Young...

Today's work truck music... Hard Rain -- CD Bob Dylan 1976 Columbia Records Very underrated October 4, 2003 By Docendo Discimus Format:Audio CD If you sometimes find yourself shouting "Judas" at the radio when Bob Dylan comes on playing something band-backed, this record is probably not...

Today's work truck music... Workingman's Dead -- CD Grateful Dead 1970/1990 Warner Bros. Records The Grateful Dead were already established as paragons of the free-form, improvisational San Francisco psychedelic sound when they abruptly shifted gears for the acoustic Workingman's Dead, a...

For Hamp, Red, Bags and Cal -- CD Gary Burton 2001 Concord Records It is only logical that Gary Burton, the modern master of the vibraphone, should pay tribute to the giants of his instrument in the past. With this set, Burton offers homage to Lionel Hampton (Hamp), Red Norvo, Milt Jackson...

Red Clay -- 24 bit Remastered CD Freddie Hubbard 1970/2002 CTI/Epic Legacy Before Freddie Hubbard signed with CTI Records in 1970, he was already considered one of the most brilliant jazz trumpeters in the world. RED CLAY, his debut album on the label, is an exceptional set of plugged-in hard...

Straight Life -- CD Freddie Hubbard 1971/1997 CTI/Epic Legacy Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, George Benson and Jack DeJohnette helped this trumpet titan record the 1970 LP that countless critics and fans hold up as Freddie's very best. Leading to his beautiful duet with Benson...

Today's work truck music.... CSN -- CD David Crosby, Stephen Still & Graham Nash 1977/ 1995 Atlantic Records Adult music, March 21, 2000 By A Customer This review is from: CSN (Audio CD) Some people prefer the youthful flash of this trio's first album, some the rocknroll flash of the...

Jazz In The Garden -- CD The Stanley Clarke Trio with Hiromi & Lenny White 2009 Heads Up Records The "GENTLE" side of Stanley...., July 8, 2010 By Joseph W. Szilagy "Joe Szilagy" (Mississauga, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) This review is from: Jazz in the Garden (Audio CD) A truly...

For Ellington -- Remastered CD The Modern Jazz Quartet 1988 East West Records The Modern Jazz Quartet: John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraphone), Percy Heath (bass), Connie Kay (drums, percussion).Recorded at RCA Studio, New York on February 1-3, 1988.Includes liner notes by Leonard...

Side By Side -- Remastered 24-bit CD Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges, Plus others 1959/1999 Verve Master Edition The sound of Johnny Hodges's alto saxophone--a tone of ethereal smoothness combined with slyly familiar blues phrasing and a capacity for both wit and romance--may be the most...

Happy Monday everyone... Back To Back -- Remastered 20 Bit CD Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play The Blues 1959/1997 Verve Master Edition The Duke is most often remembered leading his large orchestras, yet throughout his career he would take "breaks" to record many fine small-group...

Stardust - The Music of Hoagy Carmichael -- SACD Bill Charlap 2002/2003 Blue Note Records Amazon.com With his elegant lyric sensibility and use of classic harmonics, which might best be characterized as equal parts Hank Jones and Bill Evans, pianist Bill Charlap manages to suggest something...

Happy Sunday and Happy Holidays everyone.... 'S Wonderful -- SACD Bill Charlap Trio 1998/2014 Venus Records (Import Japan) Breakthrough Album from Jazz Pianist Bill Charlap and His Trio! Before the talented pianist Bill Charlap went "major" with the Blue Note label, he was discovered by...

Today's work truck music... Legend - The Best of -- Remastered CD Bob Marley and the Wailers 2002 Def Jam Records Amazon.com essential recording Even as greatest hits packages go, this is an utter gem. Every song is inspired, in a class of its own, whether the real version of "I Shot the...

Today's work truck music... August and Everything After -- CD Counting Crows 1993 Geffen Records Crows Fly High, December 21, 2000 By Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) This review is from: August & Everything After (Audio...

Today's work truck music... Souled Out -- CD Tower Of Power 1995 Sony Music My fave of all TOP recordings, December 25, 1998 By A Customer This review is from: Souled Out (Audio CD) I am a long time (20 plus years) fan of Tower. I saw the original band (Lenny Williams, Brent Byers, Mic...

Today's work truck music... One of a Kind Love Affair - Anthology -- 2 CD Box Set The Spinners 1991 Atlantic Records Amazon.com Despite hailing from Detroit, the Spinners had only sporadic success as a Motown act, most notably with the Stevie Wonder-produced "It's a Shame." But with the...

Today's work truck music... The Wall -- 2 CD Set Pink Floyd 1979 Pink Floyd Music/Columbia Amazon.com essential recording The Wall is less a collection of songs than a single work, which is sometimes frustrating; the plot lacks enough coherence to hold the snippets of music together...