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Carlos Franzetti—The Jazz Kamerata (Chesky) [SACD]
Adrienne Maxwell  |  Jun 26, 2005  | 
By mere coincidence (or perhaps not), I sat down to review this new hybrid SACD on the rare rainy day in Los Angeles (although not quite as rare this winter). The two were a perfect fit. The Jazz Kamerata has a comfortable warmth about it, inviting you to wrap yourself in it and settle in for a lazy afternoon.
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Dave Mathews: Everyday
Parke Puterbaugh  |  Jun 10, 2001  | 

The first time I heard Everyday, I thought it was terrible, a train wreck of Led Zeppelin, fusion, and grunge. The material seemed contrived, formless, and prickly. And then I kept listening, adapted to it, and rather grew to like it.

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Horn of Plenty: Miles Davis
Francis Davis  |  Oct 16, 2001  | 

Clichés are truisms, Jack Kerouac once reasoned, and therefore true. But maybe not always - or at least not completely. One of the many clichés about Miles Davis is that beginning with cool in the late 1940s and ending with fusion 20 years later, he anticipated nearly every significant movement in jazz after be bop.

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The 20th Century’s Greatest Hits
Robert Ripps  |  Dec 10, 2001  | 

Tune in a classical FM radio station or attend a symphony orchestra concert, and chances are you'll hear very little music composed after 1900.

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The Rolling Stones: Remastered Series
Ken Richardson  |  Oct 21, 2002  | 
THE ROLLING STONES Remastered Series ABKCO Music: SACD Sound: SACD Series:
We interrupt our program of covering multichannel music to take you back to the days of stereo-and even mono! But this isn't just any old stuff, it's the (one-time) greatest rock & roll band in the world, the Rolling Stones.
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Northwest Passages
Ken Richardson  |  Feb 11, 2003  | 

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Jam Transmissions
Andrew Nash  |  Mar 10, 2003  | 
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Art for Rock's Sake
Ken Richardson  |  Mar 10, 2003  | 
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Your Garage or Mine?
Ken Richardson  |  May 05, 2003  | 
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MUSIC REVIEWS: September New Releases
Billy Altman  |  Sep 14, 2005  | 
Fountains Of Wayne Out-of-State Plates Virgin
Music •••• Sound ••••
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MUSIC REVIEWS: Audioslave
Brett Milano  |  Sep 14, 2005  | 
Out of Exile Interscope/Epic
Music •••½ Sound ••••½
It's difficult to say whether the band or the pro
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MUSIC REVIEWS: System of a Down
Jeff Perlah  |  Sep 14, 2005  | 
Mezmerize American/Columbia
Music •••• Sound ••••½
We won't know the full extent of System of a Down's third
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MUSIC REVIEWS: The Black Eyed Peas
Jeff Perlah  |  Sep 14, 2005  | 
Monkey Business A&M
Music •••• Sound ••••½
The purists who once adored them might dis them now, but the Black Ey
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MUSIC REVIEWS: Sleater-Kinney
Ken Richardson  |  Sep 14, 2005  | 
The Woods Sub Pop
Music •••• Sound ••
Whereas All Hands on the Bad One was a "crossover" album to love and <
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MUSIC REVIEWS: Riddle of Steel
Ken Richardson  |  Sep 14, 2005  | 
Got This Feelin' Ascetic
Music •••½ Sound •••
These guys share their name with a pen-and-paper role-playing game
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