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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.94) - Ranked #13 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "This painterly masterpiece is one of the most important, influential and popular albums in jazz..."Q (4/99, p.129) - Included in Q's list of "The Best Jazz Albums of All Time."Q (3/95, p.116) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "Widely considered the greatest album in jazz history, Miles Davis' 1959 masterpiece is a collection of exquisitely melodic and deceptively simple modern jazz..."Down Beat (1959) - "This is a remarkable album. Using very simple but effective devices, Miles has constructed an album of extreme beauty and sensitivity. This is not to say that this LP is a simple one--far from it. What is remarkable is that the men have done so much with the stark, skeltal material.JazzTimes (8/97, p.106) - "...The absolutely beautiful Coltrane solo on the `Flamenco Sketches' alternate is alone worth the price....The restoration of the sound to the correct pitch makes enough of a difference to recommend repurchasing this classic even without the jazz track of the year aboard..."Vibe (12/99, p.158) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th CenturyBlender (Magazine) (p.67) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Its ageless cool now seems intertwined with its backstory: Just months after making the album, Davis and most of his sidemen would spin off in different directions, founding entire schools of jazz."Paste (magazine) (p.61) - "[T]he music draws you in with seductively gentle restraint. It's a recording with a pristine elegance."11.02436
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Q (5/02 SE, p.143) - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums".Q (9/95, p.140) - 3 Stars - Good - "...hectically and harmlessly fun...the Subs were the basic model, smash and grab punks, whose gruffly executed, misfit singalongs captured the commercial end of the late '70s post-Pistols upsurge..."NME (Magazine) (8/12/95, p.43) - 6 (out of 10) - "...bounces senselessly from the brainless pogo-fodder of `I Live In A Car' to the chartbusting proto-oi `Stranglehold', and is consequently pretty top..."11.01784
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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.94) - Ranked #13 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "This painterly masterpiece is one of the most important, influential and popular albums in jazz..."Q (4/99, p.129) - Included in Q's list of "The Best Jazz Albums of All Time."Q (3/95, p.116) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "Widely considered the greatest album in jazz history, Miles Davis' 1959 masterpiece is a collection of exquisitely melodic and deceptively simple modern jazz..."Down Beat (1959) - "This is a remarkable album. Using very simple but effective devices, Miles has constructed an album of extreme beauty and sensitivity. This is not to say that this LP is a simple one--far from it. What is remarkable is that the men have done so much with the stark, skeltal material.JazzTimes (8/97, p.106) - "...The absolutely beautiful Coltrane solo on the `Flamenco Sketches' alternate is alone worth the price....The restoration of the sound to the correct pitch makes enough of a difference to recommend repurchasing this classic even without the jazz track of the year aboard..."Vibe (12/99, p.158) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th CenturyBlender (Magazine) (p.67) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Its ageless cool now seems intertwined with its backstory: Just months after making the album, Davis and most of his sidemen would spin off in different directions, founding entire schools of jazz."Paste (magazine) (p.61) - "[T]he music draws you in with seductively gentle restraint. It's a recording with a pristine elegance."11.0021
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Down Beat (p.65) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Using 'Caravan' as a platform, he moves across the full range of his horn in sliding, loopy phrases."JazzTimes (p.108) - "A JAZZ LIFE is full of vitality....Scott has a deep, gravelly voice, and he talks and scats through his 'Low, Down, Dirty, Good for Nothing Blues,' which is as fine a blues as you'll hear."10.7046
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Down Beat (p.83) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "His stunning technique and adventurous attitude are front and center as his virtuosity is put in the service of a selection of choro jazz selections..."10.63461
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Mojo (Publisher) (12/02, p.116) - "...Elegant but swinging..."10.63461
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Down Beat (p.66) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'Get Out Of Town' -- featuring Liebman on flute, some chatty bass from Swallow and a sultry, slow tempo -- is played true to form."10.63461
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JazzTimes (p.68) - "Bassist Thomas Morgan and piano Russ Lossing round out the ensemble on this intriguing, unconventional outing."10.63461
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Mojo (Publisher) (8/03, p.112) - 5 out of 5 stars - "...This fully-loaded (18 tracks!) reissue proves the influence King held over his compatriots..."10.16458
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Rolling Stone (p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "King is front and center, with a killer backing band....King is heartbreakingly intimate on standards like Blind Lemon Jefferson's 'See That My Grave Is Kept Clean' and John Lee Hooker's 'Blues Before Sunrise.'"Rolling Stone (p.91) - Ranked #17 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "America's most famous bluesman lived his version of the stories in these standards."Down Beat (p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "ONE KIND FAVOR returns B.B. King to the studio setting of the '50s, complete with a true stereo sound and an intimate, first-take ambiance. It's back-to-the-basics B.B., and it's his best album in years..."Living Blues (pp.34-35) - "[O]ne of his strongest in decades....B.B.'s vocals and guitar skills are still top rate."Mojo (Publisher) (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "He and Lucille are still as one and the guitar licks come exquisite and often."Paste (magazine) (p.58) - "Elegiac by intent, the record is awash in poignancy, radiating from the deeply felt guitar and vocal performances of the 83-year-old King and his supporting band and from the carefully chosen material."Record Collector (magazine) (p.84) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The song choices are all outstanding....[The songs] give King lots of room for his road-weary, half-shouted vocals and bent-note adorned guitar work..."10.09599
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Living Blues (7-8/02, p.51) - "...Davis really hits his stride, taking material from the likes of Mississippi Fred McDowell, Sleepy John Estes, and Big Bill Broonzy and twisting it like musical taffy, pulling and stretching the songs until they fit his eclectic postmodern style..."Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.108) - "...You are in the hands of a musician fascinated by older music but too independent to replictae it..."10.05821
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Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.94) - Ranked #13 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "This painterly masterpiece is one of the most important, influential and popular albums in jazz..."Q (4/99, p.129) - Included in Q's list of "The Best Jazz Albums of All Time."Q (3/95, p.116) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "Widely considered the greatest album in jazz history, Miles Davis' 1959 masterpiece is a collection of exquisitely melodic and deceptively simple modern jazz..."Down Beat (1959) - "This is a remarkable album. Using very simple but effective devices, Miles has constructed an album of extreme beauty and sensitivity. This is not to say that this LP is a simple one--far from it. What is remarkable is that the men have done so much with the stark, skeltal material.JazzTimes (8/97, p.106) - "...The absolutely beautiful Coltrane solo on the `Flamenco Sketches' alternate is alone worth the price....The restoration of the sound to the correct pitch makes enough of a difference to recommend repurchasing this classic even without the jazz track of the year aboard..."Vibe (12/99, p.158) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th CenturyBlender (Magazine) (p.67) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Its ageless cool now seems intertwined with its backstory: Just months after making the album, Davis and most of his sidemen would spin off in different directions, founding entire schools of jazz."Paste (magazine) (p.61) - "[T]he music draws you in with seductively gentle restraint. It's a recording with a pristine elegance."9.662813
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JazzTimes (p.77) - "Henderson's playing is warm and fluid throughout the disc. He's airy and spacious..."8.529953
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JazzTimes (p.84) - "The rich, incisive sound is a plus, and so is the presence of bassist Brian Bromberg, whose chops are getting famous and whose quick-on-quick solos are always fun."8.529953
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Down Beat (12/01, p.63) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...A fine new band...uses hints of themes from 'The Nutcracker' as send-offs for percolating jazz treatments..."8.520412
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JazzTimes (p.112) - "[S]tandards are in plentiful supply on this session, and Woods attacks them with energy and verve....There's plenty of solo space for all concerned, and Lynch's fine horn solos are especially strong."8.507692
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JazzTimes (p.89) - "Cables, Reid and Lewis are in total synch throughout, and the love all three feel for Gordon and his music shines through on every cut."8.507692
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Down Beat (p.53) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Pereira's arrangements are filled with drama and movement, most evident on a flowing suite of three Baden Powell songs that concludes with a heard-driving take on 'Deixa.'"JazzTimes (p.106) - "The music on ESSENCE is very melodic and mostly romantic, played with understated emotion and technical brilliance."8.507692
$13.85
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Down Beat (p.71) - "The tasty twists keep coming: a fresh and angular presentation of the theme, a snatch of melody played unexpectedly by Patitucci and so on."JazzTimes (p.126) - "ONE HOPEFUL DAY, pianist Mark Soskin's eighth album as a leader, hits with an urgency that many jazz sessions seek but few find."8.507692
$10.24
Down Beat (p.75) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] breezy blowing session of the highest order....The quartet brings expert ease to every track."JazzTimes (p.108) - "Taken together, the results surprise and delight. Duke Ellington's gospel-based 'Come Sunday' becomes a gentle road song, Wayne Shorter's 'Footprints' a snazzy romp....It's a fine ride that encourages repeated listening."8.507692
$13.74
Down Beat (p.53) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "On 'I Hear A Rhapsody,' Abercrombie spins a complex skein of notes over a meandering bass pattern by Anderson and increasingly assertive accompaniment by Nussbaum."8.507692
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JazzTimes (pp.60-61) - "[The arrangements are] fresh and surprisingly designed, they're free of rote exchanges and dutiful soloing."8.507692
$13.44
JazzTimes (p.106) - "[A] delicate, dreamy affair. The music floats along sublimely and sweetly."8.507692
$12.88
JazzTimes (p.110) - "Ziegler's groups remain among the best interpreters of his mentor Piazzolla's creation 'new tango', that wonderful blend of tango, classical and jazz elements."8.507692
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