The quartet clearly demonstrates there is life in tradition yet.
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Music Review: Storm Large – ‘Le Bonheur’
This eclectic collection proves that even with her rough attitudinal edges, this vampy blues singer is an interpreter of the top rank.
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Three new albums in different styles all hark back to the 1970s in different ways.
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McIntosh, with a little help from his friends (including Ronnie Wood and John Scofield), delivers a six-string master class.
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Callaway’s Sarah Vaughan tribute album is no attempt at cheap imitation.
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The legend of John Coltrane begins here.
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This is hard-rocking jazz played by musicians with real chops.
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Kadleck’s 'Around the Horn' is another in the spate of very fine big band albums released in recent months.
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This recording represents a tribute to the live spirit that was the essence of the '60s vibrant soul jazz era.
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This collection is a beautifully varied selection of original compositions with something significant to offer all types of jazz listeners.
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