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  Sun Ra - Spaceship Lullaby (1954-60)

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  Jazz find

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  Jan 25, 2012

  jerzijazz  from Orlando, Rating:5.0

  Great buy for jazz fan. It is a classic for any collector.

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  • How accurate was the on site description of the product? VERY
  • Please tell us about the quality of the product. The cd is excellent.
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  Jexper Holmen - Oort Cloud

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  Take the Journey

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  May 26, 2011

  dbrierly  from Studio City, CA, Rating:5.0

  Wikipedia tells us that the Oort cloud is “a hypothesized spherical cloud of comets which may lie roughly 50,000 AU, or nearly a light year, from the Sun.” It’s also the inspiration for Danish composer Jexper Holmen’s new release, titled (what else?) Oort Cloud. The nearly hour-long piece is comprised of continuous sustained notes played on two accordions, punctuated by seemingly random sound fragments emitted via soprano saxophone. Holmen is not the first experimental composer to write for the accordion (think Charles Ives and Howard Skempton), but he might be the first to utilize the instrument to create weird, electronic-sounding tonalities. His composition unfolds in a droning, trance-like form that initially seems to situate it in an ambient mode. But if this is ambient music, it’s of a strangely aggressive variety, as the massed tones vary in pitch and intensity in ways that demand one’s full attention. Partly this is due to the kind of radioactive sonic aura generated by the acc...
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  Steve Lacy - Live at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz *

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  Lacy in a Monkish Mood

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  Mar 3, 2011

  dbrierly Rating:5.0

  It’s no secret that Steve Lacy had a special affinity for Thelonious Monk. When asked what initially drew him to Monk’s music, Lacy replied that it was “a way to go through something and reach another stage.” That’s a pretty apt description of the late soprano saxophonist’s lifelong approach to the art of jazz improvisation. Throughout the course of his career, Lacy proved himself as arguably the best interpreter of Monk’s off-center compositions, without, however, surrendering his own musical personality. This was especially evident on this live 1981 solo recital at Germany’s Jazzwerkstatt Peitz. Lacy leads off the set with four consecutive Monk tunes, and delivers wonderfully searching and affecting renditions that open up new directions while remaining faithful to Monk’s spirit. Lacy follows up with four of his own compositions, whose angular yet lyrical contours are a perfect complement to Monk’s. The absence of a rhythm section in no way inhibits Lacy’s ability to swing, even whil...
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  Medeski, Martin & Wood - End Of The World Party (Just In Case) [Digipak]

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  Jan 30, 2006

  Anonymous  from west chester, PA, Rating:5.0

  This album is awesome. MMW never lets you down. A must buy