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Milt Jackson - Olinga (1974) {CTI/CBS Records ZK 44174}
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© 1988 CBS / CTI | ZK 44174
Jazz / Hard Bop / Vibraphone

Originally out on the CTI label, this set features vibraphonist Milt Jackson with some of his favorite musicians (pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Mickey Roker, and Jimmy Heath on tenor and soprano) along with an occasional string section. The performances are pretty straight-ahead for CTI, with Bags and company performing the ballad "Lost April," Dizzy Gillespie's "Olinga," a Walton original, and three recent songs by Jackson. Although Cedar Walton does not sound as formidable on electric piano as on acoustic and the other solos overall are a bit safe, this is a nice album.

When most people think of music from New Orleans, they think of Dixieland (traditional jazz), played in clubs on Bourbon Street by musicians wearing white straw kaddies (hats). But for both Blanchard and Harrison, this is not enough…
…for now, we have "Nascence"; a remarkable record from two remarkable young musicians who, though they probably wouldn't admit it, are a large part of the future of jazz music, and right now.

In 1976, when the cold war was cold indeed, wrote the New York Times, Lazar Berman appeared virtually unannounced from behind the Iron Curtain and provided the West with an exotic glimpse of a secretive Soviet musical life. On his first United States tour, Mr. Berman made an overwhelming impression as a performer who did more than just overcome technical problems; he seemed to crush them into insignificance. Bermans recordings, though relatively few in number, confirmed that impression.

This is the "Masterworks Expanded Edition" of Leonard Bernstein's Quadrophonic 1972 London Symphony Orchestra recording of Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps. It was Bernstein's second go at the work in the studio, the first being made at the tail end of the mono era in January 1958 with the New York Philharmonic. CBS was very heavily into "Quad," and this justified a second recording of Bernstein in Le Sacre du printemps in order to show off the boom and bang of the new system. Whereas the 1972 Sacre is definitely exciting in spots and is a wildly colorful performance, it is also inconsistent in tempo, orchestral balance, and intonation.

Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier (1980) {2CD 2016 Deluxe Edition Columbia-Sony Music 88875119742}
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© 1980, 2016 CBS / Columbia / Sony Music | 88875119742
Rock / New Wave / Pop / Alternative / Post Punk

Back in the ’80s, Adam Ant was a giant UK Pop star with ten top charting singles in the UK between 1980 and 1983. His second album, Kings Of The Wild Frontier, released in 1980 helped to start that historical run for Adam Ant. Curated and remastered by Adam Ant, this new Legacy edition includes the original 12 track UK album, B sides, previously unreleased studio demos and rough cuts, a previously unissued live recording and rarities all fully remastered from original tape by Adam Ant.

Tony Bennett - At Carnegie Hall June 9th, 1962 [Sony Music, 1991 Special Products]
With Ralph Sharon and His Orchestra
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Sony Music, 1991 Special Products | WK 75012
One Disc, 28 Tracks | Total Time 74.58
Original Released as CBS Records CS 8077

Recorded on June 9, 1962, one week before the release of the I Left My Heart in San Francisco album that would catapult Tony Bennett’s career into the stratosphere,this concert album effectively sums up his accomplishments so far.
Some of the hits — “Stranger in Paradise,” “Rags to Riches,” “Because of You” — are still on the set list (although drastically rearranged);but clearly he has found his true repertoire in reinventions of older material like “All the Things You Are” (the version here is exquisite) and good choices of new songs - he champions the team of Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, and introduces “San Francisco,” which some in the audience already know.
(Released as a single in advance of the San Francisco album, it was in the charts already.)…

Daryl Braithwaite is an Australian pop singer. Best known as the lead vocalist of Sherbet, Braithwaite has also sustained a successful solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including the No. 1 hits "You're My World" and "The Horses". In 2013 Braithwaite released his first album of new material since 2005 titled "Forever the Tourist". It featuring the lead single "Not Too Late".

Dark Magus is a live double album by American jazz composer and trumpeter Miles Davis. It was recorded on March 30, 1974, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Davis' group at the time included bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Al Foster, percussionist James Mtume, saxophonist Dave Liebman, and guitarists Pete Cosey and Reggie Lucas. He also used the show to audition saxophonist Azar Lawrence and guitarist Dominique Gaumont. Dark Magus was produced by Teo Macero and featured four two-part recordings titled after Swahili names for the numbers one through four.

After two LPs with little or no energy, Sade demonstrated some intensity and fire on her third release. Whether that was just an attempt to change the pace a bit or a genuine new direction, she had more animation in her delivery on such songs as "Haunt Me," "Give It Up," and the hit "Paradise." Not that she was suddenly singing in a soulful or bluesy manner; rather, Sade's dry and introspective tone now had a little more edge, and the lyrics were ironic as well as reflective. This was her third consecutive multi-platinum album, and it matched the two-million-plus sales level of her debut. ~ Ron Wynn