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Two excellent jazz box sets

Thanks to my affiliation with Blogcritics, I’ve listened to a couple jazz box sets the last several weeks. Both are worthy enough to be considered for any jazz fan’s libarary.

The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, Bill Evans Trio — On Sunday, June 15, 1961, pianist Bill Evans, bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian […]

CD short takes: Legends edition

Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1, Jackson Browne — If you’ve missed Jackson Browne’s recent series of solo acoustic tours over the last couple, including a stop here in Sioux Falls in November 2003, this CD brings a slice of it into your living room or vehicle. Released on Browne’s own independent label, Inside Recordings, the disc […]

Springsteen sans me

Okay, sadly I’m not at this moment sitting in Northrup Auditorium listening to Bruce solo on the Devils & Dust tour for a second time. The sitting restrictions from my back surgery just seemed to make a trip to and from the Twin Cities a bit too much.

Had I not seen the St. Paul […]

Born to Run anniversary set announced

From an e-mail from Bruce Springsteen’s official site:

Columbia Records will release the ‘Born To Run 30th Anniversary Edition’ box set on November 15. Personally supervised by Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau, the box set includes “Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75,” an astonishing film of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s legendary 1975 concert at […]

CD Previews: Crow, Santana, Young

I’ve had the opportunity to hear previews of these forthcoming CDs and here’s my initial reactions:

All That I Am, Santana — Like his prior two Arista label releases, including the Grammy-winning Supernatural, this is largely Carlos as session guitarist extraordinaire. He brings in people like Michelle Branch, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and will.i.am of […]