At the Pershing: But Not for Me | Ahmad Jamal
Avant-garde by accident.
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Buddy Holly album review
You’re so square, baby I don’t care.
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Black, Browns and Beige
Duke Ellington’s 1958 update of his 1943 concert suite is a complete reimagining.
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Please Please Please
James Brown’s debut puts most other R&B of the era to shame.
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Relaxin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet
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Something Else!!!!
Ornette Coleman’s difficult debut still sounds ahead of its time.
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Ascenseur pour l’échafaud
Miles Davis’ haunting soundtrack helped kick off the French New Wave.
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Somethin’ Else
Cannonball Adderley’s most famous album is far more than a warm-up for Kind of Blue.
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Have ‘Twangy Guitar’ Will Travel
An early instrumental rock LP that is raunchy in all the right places.
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Thelonious Himself
Thelonious Himself provides an intimate setting for Monk to paint some of his moodiest pictures.
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Mulligan Meets Monk
One of Thelonious Monk’s minor collaborations; one of Gerry Mulligan’s major works.
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After School Session
Chuck Berry’s electrifying debut.
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