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Andy Partridge - Fuzzy Warbles The Demo Archives Volume 1
Ape House Ape CD01 Reviewed by DD
The first release on Partridge's own label this with it's Volume 2 sibling mark the start of what will become a 10 CD trawl through the off-cuts archive and a serious attempt by Partridge to outdo the bootleggers at their own game. He has succeeded splendidly. This CD is packed with great material, from the puzzlingly unreleased category like the gorgeous 'Born Out of Your Mouth' originally recorded for an interactive website, or 'Wonder Album' Partridge's hymn to female masturbation, to lighter weight stuff like 'Don't Let Us Bug Ya' written before Randy Newman usurped Partridge as the composer for Disney's James and the Giant Peach. There are several numbers that didn't quite make it to formal XTC releases, such as 'Everything' originally bound for 'Oranges and Lemons', and 'Goosey Goosey' (for Nonesuch) which are still highly enjoyable also-rans. Add in a rich mix of early demo's, sonic doodling and part formed versions of more familiar material and you have a delightful smorgasbord (or should that be sideboard) of English pop at its eccentric best. Sound quality of course is variable, but Partridge has done a fine job here too. Better yet, Volume 2 is at least as good which bodes well for the rest of the series (to be released in batches of two), making this the XTC equivalent of the Fabs 'Remastered' sets. Highly recommended.

Martin Stephenson - Collective Force
Force CD001 Reviewed by RP
This is a strong and musically diverse Martin Stephenson album that embraces the kind of material one would not usually associate with Invergordon's adopted son. Catchy Caribbean rhythms for 'Every Little Step Of The Way': Gospel harmonies on a spiritual, 'Time For Jesus': And some cool Latin beats can be heard in the 'Highland Bossa Nova'. There is even time for African styled vocals on the title track and 'Baba Num Sana'. Collective Force, with twenty tracks and over Seventy minutes of music, divides into two disproportionate sections entitled "Thru The Gate" and "In The Garden". Both contain some reworked but familiar tunes. There's sweet female backing vocals added throughout an opening, 'Orange Is The Colour Of Joy', while near the end of the disc there is a cut of the rootsy, 'Rowan Berries', that is given a layered, Clannad-like, treatment. In between these musical excursions, one can pick out a typical Stephenson sound with those comforting and subtle guitar licks that have underpinned his folk songs since the early Eighties. The Redwood Studios production, where Martin shares credits with long-time collaborator, Pete Rawson, is bathed in warmth, and offers a nicely balanced reproduction of these varied vocal and instrumental textures.
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Maria Solheim - Barefoot
KKV FXCD 234 Reviewed by RP
Do you ever have a dream where you find yourself naked in a public place hopelessly exposed and completely vulnerable? Well, this is the visible degree of emotional nakedness that Maria Solheim shows in a thirteen-track debut album. Should we allow her to indulge in this desire for public exhibition? The answer is a resounding "yes". In 'Suspicion', lyrics dealing with commonplace themes like untrustworthiness come at you from a tangent. Here, her perspective and the narrative about the underlying doubts of a newly married woman are developed through the use of a simple but effective lyrical device. From the outset the husband is referred to in a detached and abstract way; "I run along with my suspicion ...l married my suspicion. We have been very happy ever since. If you want to talk to me, talk to my suspicion first." A wry, mischievous delivery of these lines undermines the institution of marriage and continues to raise some awkward and quite searching questions about the basis on which we form relationships in general. Inevitably, this, particular vignette ends in pain and separation. Elsewhere in songs like, 'I once heard a boy', 'The last waltz', 'Lady of my life' and 'Before she goes to bed' Solheim proves that her rare and refreshing observational talent is no fluke.
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Laura Cantrell - When The Roses Bloom Again
Shoeshine Records SPIT 014 Reviewed by RP
Laura Cantrell's weakness for the "Big Apple" is well documented. Here, on a much anticipated follow up to Not The Tremblin' Kind, this is demonstrated through her fondness for the current dynamic crop of New York songwriters like Dave Schramm's 'Conquerors Song', Amy Rigby's 'Don't Break The Heart', Dan Prater's 'Vaguest Idea' and Jay Sherman-Godfrey's 'Wait'. These, together with four Cantrell-penned originals, make up two thirds of another reputation-enhancing album. A lot of this success is of course down to her crystalline voice, which seems to combine the sweetness of Emmylou and the twang of Nanci, with it's own measure of porcelain-like fragility thrown into a lyrical approach that literally ravishes the ears. The canny choice of other vintage country music covers in, 'Yonder Comes A Freight Train' and the closing, 'Oh So Many Years', shows a finely drawn appreciation of those traditions which are likely to appeal to a more conservative section of the audience. The fact that they sit so comfortably alongside Cantrell's own, 'Too Late For Tonight', 'Early Years', Broken Again', and a ballad on the life of hillbilly singer Molly O'Day, 'Mountain Fern' is testimony to the quality of her vision and the strength or this genre as a whole.

Jane Weaver - Like An Aspen Leaf
Bright Star Recordings BSR16V Reviewed by RP
Local Catholic girl Jane Weaver is one of the better kept secrets of the Manchester music scene and this, her debut seven-track mini-album, is a gently pitched showcase for those smooth alternative folk songs that she pens. While her early influences include Kate Bush and Echo & The Bunnymen, it's more the shadow-like presence of a Neil Young or, perhaps even the youthful Tracey Thorn, who lurks behind these dreamy and softly textured melodies. The title track, with it's analogous idea of an aspen tree, whose leaves are noted for their trembling in the breeze, beautifully encapsulates (in a fleeting moment) those pensive and intelligent qualities that can marry the swaying rhythms within the music to a delicate and vulnerable image. The deliberately wobbly instrumentation, and Weaver's stretched vocal, compounds this sense of frailty, which is a theme that is repeated in later songs such as The heart that buckled you', 'Ridiculous' and 'Why don't you smile' A brightly polished production would have been a mistake here. This recording offers simple, yet nicely framed presentations of acoustic guitar, cello, piano, drums and Jane's lightweight (but perfectly pitched) voice. To that end they reinforce the tender naivety of a musician I will be keeping an eye for the future.
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Nora Jones - Come Away With Me
Blue Note / Classic Records JP5004 Reviewed by DD
Like a good chunk of the nation, I was swayed by Jones's appearance on Jools Holland's show: sultry vocals, a jazz vibe and gorgeous looks, and like that same chunk of the nation, I rushed out to buy the CD. My infatuation proved temporary though and it was but a short time 'til the CD had winged it's way to my local second hand record store. Now Classic have released the whole thing on gorgeously pressed 200gram vinyl, winged with deep affection to me by the Editor for my even greater enjoyment. To be fair, it's not a bad album. Jones' has a lovely voice, is a very adept pianist, and is very sensitively backed by some fine musicians including the great Bill Frissell. The whole thing is beautifully produced by Arif Mardin, Jay Newland and by Jones herself and the CD, no sonic slouch, is eclipsed by this LP which gives real weight and presence to the performers, opening out the soundstage and making the whole thing that much more real. It's just that for me at least, it seems that all this lavish attention has come too early in Jones' career. The songs feel too lightweight, the lyrics not justifying the attention merited them here. Take 'Come Away With Me' or 'Don't Know Why' as the two most prominent examples, or better yet Jones' treatment of the standard 'The Nearness of You'. Here her relative inexperience really shows, the words are all there, the vocal inflections, but somehow the feeling, the sense of convincing experience that's essential to bringing a song like this alive just isn't present. Nora Jones is clearly very talented and may well have a great future, but for me this record is a case of too much too soon. If you love the CD however, you owe yourself this album since it trounces the CD in every way.
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Aimee Mann - Lost In Space
Superego Records WR 1020882 Reviewed by RP
Occasionally, despite the tightening jeans and dark roots, yesterday's rock chicks gracefully mature into an "Aimee Mann". Live, Aimee's intelligence is revealed through a wry and self-deprecating stage persona. In the studio, her sweetly worded, witty, probing and frequently ironic lyrics shelter behind a refined musical pigment that's distinctive to all the solo albums. Lost In Space continues this rewardingly familiar trend. The "space" in question is a personal and contemplative one which is sometimes reawakened by a half-remembered tune heard softly late at night. Here, these eleven pensive songs rake through a number of concerns ranging from everyday breakdowns in communication that threaten to pull any relationship apart, 'Invisible Ink', to that outward façade constructed by many of us to disguise the mundane and increasingly treadmill lives we lead, 'It's Not'. Then there are those irresistibly brief and destructively passionate love affairs where The Moth' provides a suitably hypnotic metaphor. Some are prompts; other songs are instructive, or even cathartic in tone, but all are fleshed out with appropriately crafted and melodic solutions. Musically, whether it's a multi-layered string and horn arrangement, or through songs pared back to little more than acoustic and electric guitars, this is another undeniably strong release.
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Audioslave - Audioslave
5101302 Epic / Interscope Reviewed by MC
Audioslave are three parts Rage Against The Machine, one part Soundgarden and all rock. And if that didn't sound cliched to you, then you'll love them. When Audioslave formed they managed to keep the best aspects of each of their previous bands. There's no tricks here, this isn't a concept album, or an experiment in electronics, this is heavy, all American rock. The album is so polished it almost shines: every rift, every hook is timed to the split second, and the whole thing is recorded with particularly warm tones. After the surge of garage bands flooding onto the British music scene it's all a bit of shock. But Audioslave is great. Chris Cornell's vocals are absolutely massive, and Tom Morello's guitar makes a welcome return, seemingly more easily paired with a more traditional singer. And its this relaxed atmosphere that makes the album excellent, with each song sounding natural, as if the whole thing were just some extended jam session. Huge American rock, done by an alliance of the best in the business. Every track could be a single. It's every cliché in the book, but it's good.

Simian - We are your friends
Source CDSOUR 065 Reviewed by MC
Last years Chemistry is what we are was a sinister affair, full of medieval superstition, electronics and strange harmonies. With that album, and a series of gigs set in churches, Simian forged their reputation for originality. In short, Simian are weird. We are your friends is, in many ways, a lot easier to get into, and then again, not. The album is very different from their debut: where Chemistry.. was dark and bare, this album is bold, this album swaggers. Simian have blended their electronics with Beach Boys harmonies and Californian sunshine to create something that is, on the face of it, much more friendly: friendly, like a stalker. Because when all is said and done, Simian are still deeply unsettling. The drum samples are still just as crisp, the analogue samplers still go squelch in a thoroughly satisfying manner, and the vocals still fill the room. But now the four-piece have backed this up with well paced musical direction. Simian continue to push music forward, sounding like no-one else, but this album marks a distinct attempt at mainstream acceptance. The songs are much more traditional in structure and sound, giving an easy introduction for first time listeners. But as before, the deeper you go into Simian's music, the more is revealed.

Sigur Ros - Sigur Ros
Fatcat Records FATCD 22 Reviewed by DA
Sigur Ros come from Iceland, the land of the musically strange, home to Bjork. I don't know what it is about the Icelandic culture that produces artists whose music is set at an oblique angle to the rest of the Western world, but long may it continue if this album is the result. I'm led to believe that, like the Cocteau Twins, Sigur Ros sing in a made-up language, but frankly it could be Icelandic for all I know. What I do know is that the high pitched, somewhat ethereal wailing of the singer fits hand in glove with the vast bleak soundscapes issuing forth from the band. Sigur Ros are a band that eschews obvious melody for stark tone textures, not unlike some of the 1970s avante garde German bands such as Faust and Amon Duul II. The end result is surprisingly effective and captivating, despite the lack of obvious hooks. That's not to say there is no melody to be found, it just doesn't jump out at you; this is not an album that sticks in the memory on first hearing, rather it piques the interest enough to persuade you to have a second listen. Make the effort, it's worth it.

Beth Gibbons and Rustin' Man - Out of Season
Go Beat 066574-1 Reviewed by JH
Out of Season is the first Solo LP from the Portishead front-woman and has garnered some amazingly rave reviews from other publications, Mojo going as far as to say "it's among the best albums ever made". A quick glance at the bottom of this review will tell you that I don't agree with that conclusion. This album marks a change of direction for Beth in many ways and is an opportunity for her to demonstrate her singing talents in a more varied way. This album only sounds Portishead-like on one track, the rest of the time it is far less bleak and more acoustic. Beth does have an excellent voice and she tests its flexibility throughout the album, wielding it like a range of instruments. Each song reveals a different facet to her abilities and in many ways she is like an actor stepping into a role. The music behind the voice is also varied. From simple small-scale accompaniment to orchestral big-band backing it further expands the range of the album. I don't think it is a truly great album because the range of emotion seems muted, lacking an up-lifting quality compared to the very best. Sinatra and Drake are cited as influences and are in evidence but it is a female fragility all its own that makes this album a very good buy. Just don't expect miracles.

Peter Hammill - Clutch
FIE 9127 Reviewed by DA
Although Peter Hammill has now been recording music for thirty-five years, both as a solo artist and as a member of Van Der Graaf Generator, he has rarely achieved critical acclaim or commercial success. Fortunately there are enough people switched on to his intense and lyrical music to enable him to continue working as an artist and putting out CDs at regular intervals. On Clutch we find him returning to a simpler song writing and performing style. All were written and performed on acoustic guitar, with the only additional instruments being violin, viola, saxes, and flutes used sparingly on certain tracks, plus that voice. The effect of this decision is that Hammill has produced once of his most intimate and intense albums in years. Along with this, on certain songs he has gone for a more direct lyrical style than normal: 'This is more than merely wrong, as sin on sin's grotesquely piled. Don't look so surprised when you find yourself reviled. Don't look to me for comfort in your trial - the girl was just a child' from 'Just A Child'. Elsewhere we find a paean to the inevitable growing up and distancing of his daughter, and plea to understand the pains of the anorexic. This isn't light listening, but in my opinion when Hammill is on this form he cannot be bettered.

JJ72 - I To Sky
Laketa Records LAKS095292 Reviewed by MC
Just as I was wondering what had happened to JJ72, along came 'Formulae', their incendiary returning single. And I To Sky proves that this was no one-off. Two years away and the frighteningly young band have grown not just in stature. Mark Greaney's vocals are still stunningly agile, but now come attached to a Bona-fide rock god, rather than a sultry teenager. Hilary's bass riffs have grown into accomplished sexual rumblings and Fergal still hits things, just harder. And with age comes sophistication, so whereas before they just wished it would snow, now they build towering anthems fit to fill a stadium near you. With enough range of material, this album doesn't linger too long on any one level, wisely switching between lumbering rock beasts and more fragile ballads. JJ72 retain some of the naivety that made Snow so compelling, but the solid production has proved to be the death of their glass-like brittleness, a particular natural strength of a three piece band. And so instead there are walls of guitars, the touring second guitarist becoming a reality in the studio as well. An inspiring follow up, I To Sky is, in almost every way, superior to their debut. Another band, doing what they do best, just better.

Beck - Sea Change
Geffen Records Reviewed by MM
Beck could very well be the most diverse musical talent we've seen in many, many years. He has tackled numerous genres throughout his career. Cruising from slack pop single 'Loser' to the tricked out funk of Odelay, and then onto his haunting Mutations, he has covered a vast amount of musical real estate for his audience. Capping it of course with his last disco-infused soiree Midnight Vultures. This time around it seems he wanted to get back to basics. Beck back to singer / songwriter? It's a journey you can not afford to miss. Choosing to work with Nigel Godrich again as producer was certainly his smartest move to date from a creative standpoint. If you're a RadioHead fan, you already know the depths of Godrich's gift. A man capable of squeezing every last drop of soul from each note in the chain, he brings a warmth and texture to his projects that rivals some of the most revolutionary LPs ever released. This tag team spawned one of the best albums of the year by far. While depressing at its core, the music is inviting and vulnerable. The album opens up with a beautifully melodic track 'The Golden Age'. Its floaty guitar rhythms make for fantastic road tripping music. It's easy to imagine yourself behind the wheel of a convertible, sun glaring off the hood, trying to forget all the drama surrounding your life. 'Lost Cause' is an addictive tale of estrangement and frustration. Hovering synths surround the plucks of Beck's guitar, while his despairing vocals expose the core of his seeming depression. This album is orchestrated magnificently. It's full bodied, yet the focus is certainly Beck and his trusty writing tool, the guitar. You just don't get much better than this sonically these days, especially in the pop (snap crackle) world. I was doing some work for a record label executive recently, and he was listening to one of his labels releases on a system I had just finished tweaking. I was worried he was going to complain, as the system sounded a bit anaemic to my ears. He didn't say a word, but when I threw Sea Change in the player the soundstage exploded! He was blown away, and frankly, so was I. The topic of the discussion that followed was; how can he get the same sound from the albums on his release schedule! The depth of this recording is freakin' sublime. The sound is airy and spacious. Subtle musical nuances decay naturally, as they would if the instruments were being plucked in a small hall. There is an organicness (that should be a word) to this CD that enables the listener to experience both the musical and emotional content of this album, though it's not very uplifting (quite the contrary actually). The low end is wildly precise, not overly muddy or washy. Congrats to the both of them for this effort. Do yourself a favor, especially if you seem to be having trouble finding a good album in the rock / pop section these days, buy this record.

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (Cast Your Fate To The Wind)
Fantasy / Acoustic Sounds OJC-347 Reviewed by DD
Black Orpheus the Grand Prize Winner of the 1959 Cannes Film Festival is a wonderful retelling of the Orpheus legend set against the backdrop of Mardis Gras in Rio de Janeiro. It's a great film (available on Criterion Collection DVD), with a fabulous and highly evocative soundtrack available on Verve. Guaraldi, joined here by bassist Monty Budwig and drummer Colin Bailey, recorded this album in '65 riding on the back of the still powerful bossa nova wave launched by Getz / Byrd's Jazz Samba in 1962. The album contains a smash hit in 'Cast Your Fate to the Wind' (so much so that the album became re-titled as this), it's a strong number but no more so than the equally good surrounding tracks. The album which contains four numbers based on the film's music and four additional tracks, is filled with melodic grooves: check out Jobim's 'Samba De Orpheus' which provides with the lovely 'Manha de Carnaval' the leading themes of the film, or their cool-blues version of 'Since I Fell For You'. Maybe it's all a bit 'jazz-lite' but it's a very long way from muzak and as a beautifully played evocation of great film, is a recording to treasure. The Acoustic Sounds pressing is immaculate and the recording is a little 'hard left, centre and right' but otherwise fine.
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Ray Brown and his West Coast All Stars - I'm Walking
GML-XRCD-30331 Reviewed by RG
Taped across two days in 1990 for the GML label, this album brought together the talents of Ray Brown and a team of stellar American players with Japan's premier vibraphone player, Ichiro Masuda. The recording itself is too recent to benefit from minimal miking and the overall stereo coherence that brings, but in its place you get full value in terms of impact and energy, perhaps better suited to this upbeat, swinging set. Brown, of course, needs no introduction, and as well as sharing rhythm duties with drummers Billy Higgins and John Guerin, he contributes seven of the ten compositions as well as helping out with the arrangements. Backed by the likes of Cedar Walton and Jeff Clayton, the results are a tight, cohesive sound full of life and punch, making for an almost big-band dynamic range and impact. Amidst all the energetic blowing, Masuda's subtle vibe playing adds a touch of easy grace, especially on a standout rendition of 'Time After Time', a performance that carries the instrument blessedly clear of my recurring Jazz At The Pawnshop nightmare. Its inventive strands and lines help weave together a superb ensemble performance. With close to 50 minutes of highly enjoyable music making, this is both artistically compelling and great value.
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Johnny Griffin - Introducing Johnny Griffin - Chicago Calling
Blue Note / Classic Records 1533 Reviewed by DD
Nicknamed the 'Little Giant', a little man with a very big sound, this was his debut for Blue Note. After playing with Lionel Hampton's Big Band and a time in the forces, Griffin left his native Chicago for New York, where he really came into his own in 1957 with this album and the even better follow-ups A Blowing Session and The Congregation. Mixing originals with a selection of standards, this is an extraordinarily strong set. Leading a quartet comprising Wynton Kelly, Curley Russell and Max Roach, Griffin has the best possible launching pad and he flies: From the up-tempo self-penned opener 'Mil Dew' propelled by great drumming from Roach, his power is evident from the start. The lighter title track 'Chicago Calling' is a showcase for Griffin's fluidity wringing some great choruses from his horn, with Kelly contributing some particularly lovely piano. The standard 'These Foolish Things' demonstrates a fuller, almost Webster like tone, showcasing Griffin's ability to bring the best from a ballad. Kelly's lyrical contribution here is also a standout. And so it goes, not a weak track on the album, a very fine band on peak form, having what sounds on this evidence like the time of their lives. The pressing is immaculate and the mono recording full bodied and dynamic.
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Jimmy Scott - Falling In Love Is Wonderful
Rhino 8122736432 Reviewed by DD
Denied a proper release for 40 years since it was briefly issued by Tangerine and then withdrawn over label wrangles with Savoy, this 1962 recording is undeniably one of the jazz vocal classics, rated by many as amongst the top three vocal albums ever (with Holiday and Sinatra since you ask). Scott's voice to the uninitiated can seem very strange, a hormonal disorder rendered his adult voice more like a woman's, but once you're used to it he has few peers in wringing emotion from a song. His experience tells from song to song. Just listen to 'If I Should Lose You', or They Say It's Wonderful for two great examples, or indeed to any of the 10 tracks here. Produced by Joe Adams and Ray Charles, with arrangements by Marty Paich and Gerald Wilson, Charles's touch is evident throughout, maintaining consistently slow tempo's he allows Scott to dig deep into the soul of each number. For once the pundits are right and I rate this album up there with Sinatra's Wee Small Hours and Holiday's Lady in Satin (but let's not forget Ella and Sarah). If you like this you should also check out some of Scott's underrated recent releases such as Dream (Warner), or Over The Rainbow (Milestone).

Bill Evans, Shelly Manne and Monty Budwig - Empathy
Speakers Corner / Verve V6-8497 Reviewed by RG
A rare recording and an unusual line-up, the three musicians each contracted to a separate label. But Verve producer Creed Taylor pulled the strings and pulled them together for this August '62 session. The results may not rank as one of Verve's greatest recordings in terms of quality, but the music is simply sublime. Sonically speaking, the spread is too left-right to be really convincing, Evans' piano hard in the left-hand speaker with Manne's drum-kit hard right, Budwig's bass just inside the speaker and behind. But that's as far as the criticism goes. The spatial anomalies do nothing to disturb the musical chemistry between the players. Evans is all sparse chords and counterpoint, leaving plenty of space for Manne's tasteful fills, and when he takes a back seat, Budwig steps forward with fluid, mobile, agile bass lines that walk away before integrating seamlessly back into Evans melodic framework. There's an easy respect and balance between the players that even Manne's characteristic exuberance can't disturb. The weight, colour and relationship between the instruments is beautifully captured, and such is the skill of the players that even a hackneyed standard like 'Danny Boy' comes up anew. This is one of those rare recordings that captures true musical giants at the top of their game. The ghostly quiet surfaces just add to the magic of the experience.

JR Montrose - JR Montrose
Blue Note / Classic Records 1536 Reviewed by DD
J.R. Who? You might ask. Well, this was the tenor players first album under his own name, but just look at the band that Alfred Lion assembled around him for this release: Horace Silver, Wilbur Ware, 'Philly' Joe Jones Et Ira Sullivan. What a start. Montrose, having moved at an early age from Detroit to New York, had initially studied the clarinet but ultimately moved to tenor sax. He'd worked with Buddy Rich, Teddy Charles and Charles Mingus picking up influences from them and from Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins along the way. The album mixes a number of Montrose's own compositions with a couple of numbers by Donald Byrd and Paul Chambers brought in by Silver at Montrose's request since he didn't want the album to be dominated by his own stuff. Stand out numbers are the Donald Byrd composed The Third' where Montrose's Sonny Rollins influence is particularly evident. 'Bobbie Pin' features some great bass soloing from Wilbur Ware, and the frenetically paced 'Marc V really catches fire with the best ensemble playing of the set. This is another very strong Classic/ Blue Note mono re-issue bringing the best from a great recording proving once again that sometimes mono is best!
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