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Pastel Blues
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Nina Simone
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R180
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Delft Big Band
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Discovery Miles 1 810
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The Delft Big Band, under the musical directorship of Ian Smith, was launched in August 2008 as an initiative by the Department of Social Development, and NGO Cape Outdoor Adventure Service and Training ( COAST ). The objective of the project was to take youngsters off the gang-infested streets of Delft, one of the most violent suburbs on the Cape Flats, and give them a focus in life, in addition to enabling them to contribute to their household income. The band, consisting of 17 musicians and two vocalists, has developed into one of the most exciting big bands in South Africa, with many of the founder members now earning incomes as music teachers and professional musicians, as well as progressing to studies at the UCT College of Music.
Members of the band have undertaken two tours of Sweden, a tour of France, and performances at the Liverpool Brouhaha Festival, the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival and the London Jazz Festival.
The Delft Big Band also performed at the 2015 Cape Town International Jazz Festival, one of the most prestigious festivals of its kind globally.
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Mahavishnu
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
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R340
Discovery Miles 3 400
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This two-in-one disc brings together a pair of releases from 1974
by the Brazilian keyboardist, arranger, and producer Deodato.
ARTISTRY is a live album that finds Deodato conducting a full
orchestra in a set that explores jazz fusion, disco, Latin, and
crossover classical. WHIRLWINDS charts similar territory through a
sequence of Deodato originals and covers of tunes by Glenn Miller,
Steely Dan, and Franz Schubert. Neither album contains the artist's
best-known `70s hit, "Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A
Space Odyssey)," but there's still plenty of evidence of Deodato's
inventive arrangements and impressive keyboard work.
Whether or not the Original Dixieland Jazz Band were the actual
"creators of jazz" as the cover on this West End compilation
asserts is up for serious debate, but one cannot deny the value of
this budget-priced Essential Collection. Here are 49 tracks,
arranged chronologically from 1917 through the early '30s. The band
underwent changes during that time, but the music was the same.
Also of note is how many tunes that are now standards in the New
Orleans repertoire were written by members of this fine outfit:
"Ostrich Walk," "Tiger Walk," "Sensation Rag," and many others.
This double-disc set is essentially a non-remastered reissue of
Avid's earlier collection of the same name that was released in
2001. ~ Thom Jurek
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Double Standards
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Martin Taylor, Andrew Tulloch; Performed by Martin Taylor
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R342
Discovery Miles 3 420
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Special Edition
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Jack De Johnette; Performed by Dejohnette Jack
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R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
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Little Girl Blue
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Yoshika Kitanami
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R540
R478
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Stax Instrumentals
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Various Artists
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R212
Discovery Miles 2 120
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Mr. Hands
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Herbie Hancock, David Robinson; Performed by Herbie Hancock
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R161
Discovery Miles 1 610
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Herbie Hancock's lackluster string of electric albums around this
period was enhanced by this one shining exception: an incorrigibly
eclectic record that flits freely all over the spectrum. Using
several different rhythm sections, Herbie Hancock is much more the
imaginative hands-on player than at any time since the prime
Headhunters period, overdubbing lots of parts from his ever-growing
collection of keyboards. He has regained a good deal of his ability
to ride in the groove. "Calypso" finds him playing synthesized
steel drums and interacting with customary complexity and
ebullience with V.S.O.P. mates Tony Williams and Ron Carter. Disco
rears its head, but inventively this time on "Just Around the
Corner," and in league with Jaco Pastorius' vibrating, interlacing
bass, Hancock gets off some good, updated jazz-funk on "Spiraling
Prism" and "4 AM." There is even a reunion of the original
Headhunters on a rhythmically tangled remake of "Shiftless
Shuffle"; drummer Harvey Mason sounds like a rhythm machine gone
bonkers. Easily the outstanding track -- and one of Hancock's most
haunting meditations -- is "Textures," where he plays all of the
instruments himself. This would be the last outcropping of
electronic delicacy from Hancock for some time, and it was mostly
-- and unjustly -- overlooked when it came out. ~ Richard S. Ginell
This is a hard-edged fusion quartet with guitarist Allan
Holdsworth. ~ Michael G. Nastos
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Live From Paradise
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Neils Jorgen Steen Monday Night Big Band
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R405
R357
Discovery Miles 3 570
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Alternates 3
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holiday;billie
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R260
R230
Discovery Miles 2 300
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