Yes Indeed!! | Ray Charles Album Review
Ray Charles is always worth listening to.
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Category: Music
Ray Charles at Newport | Album Review
Ray Charles’ first live album features a very close-to-the-mic performance.
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Dance Mania | Tito Puente | Album Review
One sentence about Tito Puente’s 1958 mambo best-seller.
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A Night at the Village Vanguard | Sonny Rollins
The hardest hard bop ever recorded.
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Jerry Lee Lewis | Album Review
A review of Jerry Lee Lewis’ scorching debut LP.
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Cool Struttin’ | Sonny Clark Album Review
One sentence about Sonny Clark’s seminal 1958 LP.
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Come Fly With Me | Frank Sinatra Album Review
“Come Fly With Me” isn’t one of Frank Sinatra’s masterpieces, but it still gets the job done.
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Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
Album review of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk.
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Thelonious in Action | Album Review
Album review of Thelonious in Action, a 1958 live LP by Thelonious Monk.
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Misterioso | Thelonious Monk Album Review
Album review of Misterioso by Thelonious Monk. Originally released in 1958.
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One Dozen Berrys | Chuck Berry Album Review
Chuck Berry delivers 12 solid tunes.
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At the Pershing: But Not for Me | Ahmad Jamal
Avant-garde by accident.
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