Category: Listen
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A bizarre album from actor Peter Wyngarde that was completed, released, then yanked from shelves almost immediately in an air of blistering controversy. more ›
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Clora Bryant only recorded one album, but you can hear her trumpet alongside some of the greatest to ever take the stage: Billie Holiday, Josephine Baker, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong,… more ›
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Hittin’ the Ramp documents the early jazz trio days of Nat King Cole, and After Midnight looks back upon them more ›
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Soul Discharge was one of the first Japanese “noise” records to find distribution in the United States, and it served as the gateway for a lot of people who, like me,… more ›
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There’s who you’ve heard. There’s who you’ve heard of. And then there’s the rest. Small, local, and one-off bands who maybe cut a 45, maybe survived for a while as… more ›
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1979’s Feets Don’t Fail Me Now isn’t as bad as “the worst thing Herbie Hancock ever did,” but I’m still not sure I’d call it good. Or would I? more ›
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Charles Mingus, Max Roach, and Duke Ellington are in a studio together. That sounds like the set-up for a particularly intense one-set drama a la Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom or One Night in… more ›
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For fans of lounge music, cocktail jazz fusion, exotica, and pop that occupies a dreamy space between psychedelia and easy listening, Conversations With The Silhouettes is an absolute gem waiting to be… more ›
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Outside of official James Bond film scores, there was a lucrative cash-in industry of record labels releasing Bond and spy-themed albums not connected to any actual movie—at least not officially. more ›
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In the late 1960s, pretty much every studio arranger was putting together an album of baroque pop influenced by Sgt. Pepper. Some were good. Some, less so. A lot of them… more ›
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Les Baxter’s “Music out of the Moon” exemplifies early space-age pop, blending diverse styles and showcasing innovative sounds, marking his rise as a pioneering composer and conductor. more ›
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Leipzig-born pianist Jutta Hipp may seem an odd artist to be the first woman signed to Blue Note, but it reflects the Eastern European roots of the label’s founders. more ›
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