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Posts tagged: Jazz
#98 - This Year’s Model (Elvis Costello)
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Elvis Costello. His music sounds like his look. A bit unassuming, with a quirky style and slight eccentricity. This Year's Model is his second album with The Attractions backing him up, a 1978 release that has been critically acclaimed. As usual, my first...
#102 - Giant Steps (John Coltrane)
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I struggled with this album, and I've been listening to it off and on for a few weeks now. Finally, I just decided to write about it. Giant Steps is considered to be a jazz standard and is especially well known for...
#104 - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Ray Charles)
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I haven't written an entry for two weeks now, and its been mostly because I haven't been sure what to do with this album. I've listened to it start to finish a few times, and was a little caught...
This Fall (Big Tree)
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I discovered this groovy tune and immediately loved it. I love the guitar effects on this track - the smoothness and silkiness of every riff. Its like this buttery, plush pillow to let the pain and confusion of the lyrics bounce with a...
#111 - Court And Spark (Joni Mitchell)
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Until I listened to Court And Spark, Joni Mitchell's sixth studio album, I think the only two songs of hers that I consciously knew were "Big Yellow Taxi" and the 2002 version of "Both Sides Now" - I didn't even know the original! Still, this Canadian singer-songwriter is infamous for her contributions...