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Sylvester - Step II

Sylvester - Step II

Step One: be comfortable with who you are. Step Two: show the world how to follow suit. That’s exactly what Sylvester did with Step II,...

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John Coltrane Lush Life

John Coltrane Lush Life

Before emerging as a bandleader in his own right, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane had played a key role in rising trumpeter Miles Davis’ group (from...

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Thelonious Monk  Brilliant Corners

Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners

More than a masterpiece, Brilliant Corners was the culmination of a carefully devised plan to reintroduce Thelonious Monk as modern jazz’s preeminent composer. Immediately hailed...

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Ray Barretto Acid

Ray Barretto Acid

1968 was a wondrous year of creativity and reinvention for Latin music in New York. Fania Records was at the epicenter of this musical revolution,...

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JOAN BAEZJOAN BAEZ

JOAN BAEZ
JOAN BAEZ

By the time of the release of 19-year-old Joan Baez’s eponymous debut album in 1960, folk music had become firmly established as part of the...

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THE STAPLE SINGERSBE ALTITUDE: RESPECT YOURSELF

THE STAPLE SINGERS
BE ALTITUDE: RESPECT YOURSELF

In ways that few gospel-based groups could have imagined, the music of the Staple Singers broke barriers of genre and popularity, first with folk-leaning songs...

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THE MUSIC MACHINE(TURN ON) THE MUSIC MACHINE

THE MUSIC MACHINE
(TURN ON) THE MUSIC MACHINE

Sixties garage-rock history is littered with one-off albums and standalone singles whose creators burned bright before fading into obscurity. Collectively, they’re now the invigorating evidence...

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HANS ZIMMER THE HOLIDAY: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

HANS ZIMMER
THE HOLIDAY: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

Few film composers have the range and scope of Hans Zimmer. As comfortable scoring epic, atmospheric soundtracks for moody blockbusters (The Dark Knight, Inception) and...

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GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS

GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS
GEORGE THOROGOOD AND THE DESTROYERS

There’s a scene in Wayne’s World in which erstwhile metalheads Wayne and Garth find themselves in front of a blue screen, pretending to travel through major...

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