Kula Shaker Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (1999, Columbia # Col 493142 2)

Kula Shaker - Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts
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Label/Cat#: Columbia # COL 493142 2 | Country/Year: UK 1999
Genre: Rock | Style: Indie Rock, Brit Pop

"…ou wouldn't know that from the grand, theatrical sound of Peasants, however. The record comes on as a blockbuster, deluging the listener with layers of psychedelic effects, swirling guitars, appropriated chants, Indian instruments, Deep Purple jams, Beatles references, and mystical babble. On a purely sonic level, it's easy to admire what Kula Shaker achieve. They have no shame in recreating the summer of love in a '90s studio and, with Ezrin's help, they've created some enticing, sugary Technicolor treats…"

Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke - The Insider (Music from the Motion Picture) (1999) {Columbia}
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© 1999 Columbia | COL 496458 2
Alternative Pop / Alternative / New Age / Soundtracks

Michael Mann is an unconventional director, so it's entirely appropriate that the score for The Insider, his meditation on tobacco whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand, doesn't play by the rules either. The bulk of the album is comprised of collaborations between Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke, with three tracks from Graeme Revell and equally atmospheric contributions from Gustavo Santaolalla, Jan Garbarek, and Massive Attack. The result is eerie and haunting, somewhere between ambient and new age, but always evocative and cinematic. This may be a strange choice for a seemingly dry journalism tale, but it works terrifically and gives a good sense of how unusual and unpredictable The Insider is.

Jimmy Rowles & Michael Moore - Profile: The Music Of Henri Renaud (1981) {Columbia COL 474556 2 rel 1993}
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© 1981, 1993 Columbia / Sony Music | COL 474556 2
Jazz / Piano / Bass

Henri Renaud was a Parisian jazz pianist in the 1940s and '50s who never lost his French touch. Outgoing, charming and a delightful composer, he was a natural point person for American musicians on tour in Paris in need of local sidemen, venues and recording opportunities. In addition to recording in the early 1950s in Paris with Bobby Jaspar, the Belgian saxophonist and flutist, Renaud recorded with Sandy Mosse, Nat Peck, Lee Konitz, Gigi Gryce, Tony Ortega, Art Farmer, Clifford Brown and many others American jazz greats. In early 1954, Renaud was in New York briefly to record with American jazz musicians for the French Swing label, a subsidiary of France's Vogue Records. For the balance of the 1950s, Renaud recorded steadily as the leader of a trio or small orchestra, writing a wide range of beautifully composed songs rich in melody and mood. In 1964, he began a long second career as head of CBS France. Renaud died in 2002.

Teddy Wilson - The Complete Piano Solos 1934-1941 (1991) {2CD Set Columbia COL 467690 2}
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© 1934-41, 1991 Columbia / Sony Music | COL 467690 2
Jazz / Swing / Piano

Wilson was born in Austin, Texas, on November 24, 1912. He studied piano and violin at Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. After working in the Lawrence "Speed" Webb band, with Louis Armstrong, and also understudying Earl Hines in Hines's Grand Terrace Cafe Orchestra, Wilson joined Benny Carter's Chocolate Dandies in 1933. In 1935, he joined the Benny Goodman Trio (which consisted of Goodman, Wilson and drummer Gene Krupa, later expanded to the Benny Goodman Quartet with the addition of Lionel Hampton).

A friend of mine went to college a couple days ago with a t-shirt that read Koka Kola, of course she has never heard about The Clash or this rock milestone, and probably there's still a lot of people who have yet to hear this amazing album, so I hope this helps a little. Nice sounding unremastered version, this was shared a long time ago in demonoid by ironluke, so great thanks to him. The covers were taken from another source since this wasn't originally shared with scans.

Miles Davis - In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall (1972) {2CD Set Columbia COL 476910 2}
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© 1972 Columbia / Sony Music | COL 476910 2
Jazz / Fusion / Jazz Funk / Jazz Rock / Trumpet

Of the myriad double-live sets Miles Davis recorded in the early '70s, In Concert: Live at Philharmonic Hall is the only one documenting his On the Corner street-funk period, which is immediately obvious from the cover art. Actually, in terms of repertoire, the material from Get Up With It, Big Fun, and A Tribute to Jack Johnson each takes up a greater percentage of space, but the hard-driving rhythms and plentiful effects make it clear which of Davis' fusion aesthetics applied. In Concert begins to move Davis' live work even farther away from jazz tradition, as he largely forgoes concepts of soloing or space.

Ornette Coleman and Prime Time - Virgin Beauty (1988) {Columbia COL 489433 2 rel 1998}
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© 1988, 1998 Portrait Records / Columbia / Sony Music | COL 489433 2
Jazz / Fusion / Free Funk / Avant-Garde Jazz / Saxophone

After making a comeback to the world of recording in 1987 with In All Languages, Ornette and Prime Time return a year later with this substantially different recording, Virgin Beauty. Fortunately on Beauty Ornette and his producer son Denardo quit trying to sound so 'modern' and dispose of the huge gated snare sound and the sampled 'hits' that made Languages a bit clumsy. The result is a return to a more natural and relaxed sound that fits Ornette's playing much better than all that forced trendiness.

Duke Ellington and The Buck Clayton All-Stars - At Newport (1956) {Columbia ‎COL 477320 2}
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© 1956 Columbia / Sony Music | ‎COL 477320 2
Jazz / Big Band / Mainstream Jazz / Swing

I do not have the musical skills to do a real review of Jazz. I just like to listen to it. If your musical interests are like mine this is a great choice.It has great rhythm sections and traditional swing jazz to make it appealing to most listeners whether they are well schooled in music or just enjoy the arrangements as Ellington presents them. I recommend this album for anyone to add to a collection.

Branford Marsalis Trio - The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1991) {Columbia COL 468896 2}
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© 1991 Columbia / Sony Music | COL 468896 2
Jazz / Post Bop / Neo-Bop / Saxophone

This set is one of Branford Marsalis' strongest of the 1990s. Marsalis really stretches out on eight numbers including six of his originals (the other two songs are by bassist Bob Hurst). There is one guest appearance apiece from brother-trumpeter Wynton and tenor saxophonist Courtney Pine but otherwise Branford is accompanied only by Hurst and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts. His playing is often reminiscent in style (but not really sound) of John Coltrane, he is more concise and disciplined than in some of his early-'90s concert appearances and Marsalis is at his most explorative on this inventive blowing session.