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Two Classic Albums From Mad River is a 2000 CD by Mad River. Released by Collector's Choice Music, it compiles two of the albums Mad River released for Capitol Records: 1968's Mad River and 1969's Paradise Bar And Grill. The band were David Robinson, Greg Dewey, Lawrence Hammond, Rick Bockner, and Tom Manning. They were a Berkeley band (with roots in Ohio) who played the Bay Area scene in the late 1960's before breaking up, with some members moving on to other bands.

This second of two Nina Simone compilations issued in 2005 (and third in two years), For Lovers focuses on Simone's crucial tenure on the Verve imprint. It's not a thorough examination of her career by any stretch, but it does feature what many consider to be ideal performances of two of her most well-known songs: "I Loves You, Porgy" and "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair."

Two Classic Albums From Mad River is a 2000 CD by Mad River. Released by Collectors' Choice Music, it compiles two of the albums Mad River released for Capitol Records: 1968's Mad River and 1969's Paradise Bar And Grill. The band were David Robinson, Greg Dewey, Lawrence Hammond, Rick Bockner, and Tom Manning. They were a Berkeley band (with roots in Ohio) who played the Bay Area scene in the late 1960's before breaking up, with some members moving on to other bands.

Joe Pass was pretty much the undisputed king of jazz guitar during the last two decades of his life, and the appearance of yet one more set of previously unreleased material is cause for celebration. These unaccompanied performances come from a two-day engagement in 1990 at the Vine Street Bar & Grill in Hollywood, with the guitarist in fine form throughout, (though liner note writer Jim Ferguson notes a "surprise" chord by Pass in frustration at having missed a note near the end of "What Is There to Say?").

"Missing Element - Live at Upstairs" is the first effort by the Alex Francoeur as a leader. Alex has composed all of the music, with the exception of one jazz standard, ''I Hear a Rhapsody''. The goal of this record was to capture the energy and spirit of live jazz music; exciting, unpredictable and daring. His quintet, comprised of Chris Edmondson on alto saxophone, Gentiane MG on piano, Levi Dover on bass and Louis-Vincent Hamel on drums, do justice to this objective in brilliant fashion, with each of their individual voices shining through while conserving a concise group sound.

She was one of the most extraordinary artists of the twentieth century, an icon of American music. She was the consummate musical storyteller, a griot as she would come to learn, who used her remarkable talent to create a legacy of liberation, empowerment, passion, and love through a magnificent body of works. She earned the moniker ‘High Priestess of Soul’ for she could weave a spell so seductive and hypnotic that the listener lost track of time and space as they became absorbed in the moment. She was who the world would come to know as Nina Simone.