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Careless Love
~Madeleine Peyroux
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Universal Jazz (Audio CD) - October 25, 2004 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
When Madeleine Peyroux's debut, Dreamland, was released in 1996,
its success threw her for a loop. She's taken eight years to create this
follow-up, and, at age 30, she brings a confidence and resilience to
this dozen-song set. She's able to move seamlessly between songs by
writers as diverse as... |
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Dreamland
~Madeleine Peyroux
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Atlantic (Audio CD) - April 4, 2005 |
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music fan, Winsford, Cheshire United Kingdom, July 2, 2005
An outstanding debut album
This is unquestionably the best debut album I have ever heard, and I
have been collecting records for over forty years. Yes, Madeleine's
voice is reminiscent of Billie Holiday, and it is apparent that she has
been listening to Bessie Smith and the great blues divas, but she has a
shining talent of... |
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The Definitive Ray Charles
~Ray Charles (Artist)
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Wsm (Audio CD) - August 13, 2001 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
All Ray Charles fans will want to check out The Definitive Ray
Charles, because it's the first time a compiler has been able to
combine the chart-topping hits from his Atlantic and ABC-Paramount years
into one package. This means that we get the Genius's hits from 1953's
"Mess Around" right through.. |
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Catching Tales [LIMITED EDITION]
~Jamie Cullum (Artist)
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Not yet released
Ucj (Audio CD) - September 26, 2005 |
Album
Description
This Deluxe Limited Edition features 15 tracks plus bonus DVD containing
"Telling Tales", an exclusive 20 minute behind-the-scenes documentary
following Jamie throughout recording, mixing, the video shoot and on the
road across Europe - includes a fabulous interview. 28-page booklet
contains... |
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Come Away with Me
~Norah Jones (Artist)
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Parlophone (Audio CD) - March 4, 2002 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
In Come Away with Me, it is not just the timbre of Norah Jones's
voice that is mature beyond her years. Her assured phrasing and precise
time are more often found in older singers as well. She is instantly
recognisable, blending intimations of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone
without sounding like... |
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Greatest Hits
~Nina Simone (Artist)
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Rca (Audio CD) - July 14, 2003
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music fan, Truro, Cornwall, November 1, 2003
inspiring
This in my opinion is the best Nina Simone album. It is a great mixture
of both old jazz and blues classics and covers of more modern songs.
Totally inspiring, I would recomend this to any Simone fan. You will not
be dissappointed! |
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Dreaming Wide Awake
~Lizz Wright (Artist)
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Verve (Audio CD) - June 6, 2005 |
Album
Description
On this album the singer/songwriter embraces the history of jazz,
gospel, and R&B. Her collaborations with some of the most gifted artists
make this record tagged as one of the most original albums of the year.
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Feels Like Home
~Norah Jones |
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Blue Note (Audio CD) - February 9, 2004 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
With Feels Like Home, the follow-up to her eight times Grammy
winning debut, Come Away With Me, easy listening's 24 year-old
poster girl Norah Jones has a staggering weight of expectation to live
up to.
However, anyone expecting to be wowed from the start stands to be
disappointed. At face value.. |
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Held on the Tips of Fingers
~Polar Bear (Artist)
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Babel (Audio CD) - March 7, 2005 |
Observer Music Monthly, (Paul Morley) 2005
"This is not nu jazz, acid jazz, Parky jazz, Brit jazz, beardo jazz,
post-jazz or twee jazz. It's dream jazz." |
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Twentysomething [Special Edition]
~Jamie Cullum (Artist)
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Universal Jazz (Audio CD) - November 15, 2004 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Twentysomething is a stunning second album. After rising to
prominence with his debut album Pointless Nostalgic, Jamie Cullum
signed to Verve in spectacular fashion with a million pound deal. If
there was any pressure involved, Cullum certainly doesn't let it show on
his first album for the label.... |
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Gold - All Her Greatest Hits
~Ella Fitzgerald (Artist)
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Universal Jazz (Audio CD) - February 3, 2003 |
Leo P
Crossfield, Huntingdon,, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom, August 15, 2005
Ella is just so amazing
I have been putting my CDs onto my iPod - have been listening to Heifitz
- Bach on Violin and Cello - Bob Dylan Albums and Dire Straits and loads
of others - but the only album that stopped me dead in my tracks and
forced me to listen - and brought me to tears was this one.
Ella's voice is like gold... |
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Gold
~Nina Simone (Artist)
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Universal Jazz (Audio CD) - June 9, 2003 |
Ms J J
Smith, Essex, UK, April 23, 2004
Thanks Nina
A friend once told me that if God existed and had a voice, this is what
itwould sound like. Nina Simone has an androgynous, omnipotent sound.
Iwould argue that her voice is untouched by ideology - by notions of
class,race, and gender - but it's not really true. She's obviously
aworking-class... |
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Philtre
~Nitin Sawhney (Artist)
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V2 (Audio CD) - May 2, 2005 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Philtre, the latest album from Nitin Sawhney, is certainly cause
for celebration. More rounded and palatable than his previous efforts,
this doesn’t quite surpass the benchmark set by his celebrated Beyond
Skin album, though in its own right it’s a remarkably accomplished
piece of work. |
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Genius Loves Company
~Ray Charles, Various
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Liberty (Audio CD) - August 30, 2004 |
Album
Description
Even as Ray Charles' heath waned, the consummate musician always managed
to dazzle. Genius Loves Company would be his last studio album,
but is a fitting legacy for his remarkable career. Charles recorded his
last song for Genius Loves Company in March 2004. The CD of duets
with old friends and... |
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Bittersweet and Blue
~Gwyneth Herbert (Artist)
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Ucj (Audio CD) - September 27, 2004 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Gwyneth Herbert is the latest female singer-songwriter peddling gentle
easy-listening music, but from two very different angles. Bittersweet
and Blue is a collection of thirteen songs, ten of which are covers,
in either a jazzy folk style a la Eva Cassidy and Norah Jones;
the other three are... |
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Possibilities
~Herbie Hancock (Artist)
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Wea (Audio CD) - August 29, 2005 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
Possibilities by jazz piano/keyboard legend Herbie Hancock, with
songs by Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, and Leon Russell, is a
multigenerational masterpiece. Rock's "it boy" John Mayer leads off the
CD with the spare, bouncy opener, "Stitched Up." Brit-born soul girl
Joss Stone and bluesman Johnny Long... |
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Kind of Blue
~Miles Davis (Artist)
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Sony Jazz (Audio CD) - April 7, 1997 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz,
and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles
Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing
John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans
(or, on.. |
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Round About Midnight [Legacy Edition]
~Miles Davis (Artist)
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Sony (Audio CD) - June 27, 2005 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
If anybody ever wonders what jazz is all about, knowledgeable souls will
always push them towards Kind Of Blue as a starting point. Fair
enough; it’s the perfect album, jazz or otherwise. However, as with all
things musical, the journey is just as interesting as the destination,
and.. |
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Under Milk Wood
~Stan Tracey (Artist)
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Trio (Audio CD) - August 23, 2004 |
Amazon.co.uk Review
This 1965 recording is perhaps the most highly regarded jazz album ever
made by British artists. Since its first release by Columbia it has been
reissued numerous times on various labels, growing in stature and
critical acclaim on each occasion. The suite of eight pieces was
inspired by... |
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Nat King Cole - The Ultimate Collection
~Nat King Cole (Artist)
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Emi (Audio CD) - November 8, 1999 |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the finest singers of his--or any--age, Nat "King" Cole performed
the definitive versions of many vocal standards. This collection gathers
22 of the velvety-voiced crooner's most popular favourites: "Let There
Be Love", "Mona Lisa", "Unforgettable", "Let's Face The Music And
Dance", to name a...
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