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So Sad So Sexy (stylised so sad so sexy) is the upcoming fourth studio album by Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li, set to be released on 8 June 2018 by RCA.

This release contains Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ complete recordings from their first Japanese tour in 1961. These consist of two sets, one recorded live at Sankei Hall in Tokyo, and a posterior TV show performed in the same city the following week. Both sets feature an amazing lineup, with the leader on drums, Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymmie Merritt on bass.

Das zwölfte Album von Tocotronic handelt von dem, was war, dem, was ist, und dem, was sein wird. Es heißt Die Unendlichkeit und ist deep! Es ist ein doppeltes Konzeptalbum. Jedes Stück weist spezifische, zeitgebundene musikalische Referenzen auf. Zudem ist es eine Autobiografie. Ein Ansatz, den Tocotronic 15 Jahre lang abgelehnt haben. Aber einmal gefunden, erwies sich die Vorgabe, über das eigene Leben zu schreiben, als äußert produktiv. Wobei das Album keinesfalls eine individualistische Nabelschau geworden ist. Denn es erzählt von allgemein gültigen, wenn nicht existenziellen Erfahrungen: von Angst, Verliebtsein, Einsamkeit und Tod. Mit dieser neuen Art von Songwriting geht eine andere Sprache einher. Eine Sprache, die keine Verklausulierungen duldet. Die Unendlichkeit ist daher auch ein Neubeginn.

Bessie Smith - The Complete Recordings Vol. 3 (1992) {2CD Set Columbia C2K 47474 rec 1925-1928}
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© 1925-28, 1992 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | C2K 47474
Blues / Jazz / Classic Female Blues / Early Jazz / Vaudeville Blues

On the third of five volumes (the first four are double-CD box sets) that reissue all of her recordings, the great Bessie Smith is greatly assisted on some of the 38 selections by a few of her favorite sidemen: cornetist Joe Smith, trombonist Charlie Green, and clarinetist Buster Bailey. But the most important of her occasional musicians was pianist James P. Johnson, who makes his first appearance in 1927 and can be heard on four duets with Bessie, including the monumental "Backwater Blues." Other highlights of this highly recommended set (all five volumes are essential) include "After You've Gone," "Muddy Water," "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," "Trombone Cholly," "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair," and "Mean Old Bed Bug Blues." The power and intensity of Bessie Smith's recordings should be considered required listening; even 80 years later they still communicate.

The music on this four-CD box set is mostly excellent, and this is not a bad sampler of the recordings of the (Jazz) Crusaders, but there are some problems. The 1961-70 group is covered much too quickly in the first disc, and the last two discs jump around chronologically throughout the '70s. The lack of recording dates is rather inexcusable, and the odd programming makes it difficult to trace the popular band's evolution. On the other hand, the extensive liner notes by Quincy Troupe are refreshingly honest, and many of the high points of the group's existence (including "The Young Rabbits," "Freedom Sound," "Eleanor Rigby," "Put It Where You Want It," their classic rendition of "So Far Away," and "Street Life") are included. Worth picking up by beginners, although veteran collectors will prefer to get the more complete original sets instead.

The new CD is a diverse and colourful compilation of 11 newly-recorded tracks, ranging from fresh compositions ("Inflorescence I & II"), to selected songs from our "Mega-Hits" series on Youtube ("Eleanor Rigby"), to grooves accompanied by Zimbabwean rap ("In Da House"), just to name a few.