Warner Bros. Loss Leader Series: The Big Ball (1970)
adminThe Big Ball, Warner Brothers’ 1970 Loss Leader Series release, turned up on a recent vinyl run and got us deep into the Warner groove.
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Read MoreJohn Coltrane: A Love Supreme
A Love Supreme has always been John Coltrane’s most popular album, occupying a special place in listener’s hearts almost since the day it was released. Thus it should come as…
Read MoreChet Baker: Chet
It’s clear from the new set of liner notes to Chet that Orrin Keepnews does not have fond memories of the time he spent working with Chet Baker on his…
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How Wendy Carlos created the groundbreaking soundtrack for A Clockwork Orange
Read MoreBill Evans/Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Writing about a recording such as Everybody Digs Bill Evans can seem like an exercise in futility. Even at this early point in his recording and performing career, Evans seems…
Read MoreBill Evans/Sunday at the Village Vanguard
The Bill Evans trio had been playing together for nearly two years by the time these dates for Sunday at the Village Vanguard were recorded, but the group was under-recorded…
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