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Nat King Cole Songs

Nat King Cole's Greatest Songs Coming on the heels of the big-band era, the Nat King Cole trio proved you didn't have to shout to…

Mosaic RecordsNovember 10, 2021

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Frank Sinatra Songs

9 of Frank Sinatra's Greatest Songs By Billy Vera Already mostly gone from this earth are the bobbysoxers whose shrieks rendered the man they called…

Mosaic RecordsSeptember 27, 2021

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Best Jazz Albums: 1960’s Modern Jazz

Best Jazz Albums: 1960s Modern Jazz Page 1/2 The modern jazz of the 1960s was a crystallization of so many streams in the music. Hard…

Mosaic RecordsJuly 23, 2021

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Free Jazz

Free Jazz Music categories are by definition vague and full of disparate artists. This is especially true with the use of avant-garde in the jazz…

Mosaic RecordsJuly 16, 2021

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Charles Mingus At Carnegie Hall

Charles Mingus At Carnegie Hall Liner note excerpt by Michael CuscunaIn 1970-71, I was doing a morning talk show on WPLJ in New York,…

Mosaic RecordsJuly 7, 2021

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BeBop Jazz

BeBop While in hindsight, bebop is a logical extension of swing, at the time of its sudden emergence in 1945, bebop seemed to many listeners…

Mosaic RecordsMay 17, 2021

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Miles Davis Bitches Brew

Miles Davis Bitches Brew Miles Davis The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Aug. 1969 - Feb. 1970 By Michael Cuscuna After two February 1969 sessions, one…

Mosaic RecordsMay 13, 2021

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Best Jazz Albums: 1960s Classic Jazz Old

Best Jazz Albums 1960s Classic Jazz John Coltrane : Crescent At once serene and exploratory, this exquisite masterpiece by the classic quartet is perfectly constructed…

Mosaic RecordsMay 5, 2021