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| Blues for Aficionados Buddy GuyTHE COMPLETE D.J. PLAY MY BLUES SESSIONJSP 1981Notes: "When this was recorded Buddy was neither the young lion as he was in the sixties or the elder statesman figure he is today-- just the toughest and best Blues guitarist around. This... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Franz Liszt 6 HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIESGewandhausorchester LeipzigKurt MasurPhilips Classics 1984Notes: "Simply, he overestimated the role of the gipsies at the expense of older native Hungarian folk-musics, this later being corrected by Kodály and... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Anson Funderburgh and the Rocketsfeaturing - Sam MyersRACK ’EM UPBlack Top Records 1989Notes: "Anson was born in Plano, Texas, in 1955, and grew up hearing Blues records at an early age. By the time Anson was sixteen years old he was playing profe... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Floyd DixonWAKE UP AND LIVEAlligator Records 1996Notes: "A musical genius excelling at vibrant and exuberant jump Blues, rockin' piano boogie and sophisticated West Coast Blues...impeccable piano technique, fabulous timing, and a voice like a fog... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLESarah Chang (violin)Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraCharles DutoitEMI Classics 1995Notes: "It was a new virtuosity that required new music, music that demanded of a composer more than a casual awareness ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersTHREE BLIND MICE VOL.1Freddie Hubbard(trumpet), Curtis Fuller(trombone), Wayne Shorter(tenor sax), Cedar Walton(piano), Jymie Merritt(bass), Art Blakey(drums)Blue Note 1962Notes: "...The Jazz Messengers moved... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Jimmy DawkinsKANT SHECK DEES BLUZEEarwig Music Company 1991Notes: "There are no Jimmy Dawkins imitators. The man's guitar playing is relentless and intense, combining piercing sustain and staccato attack with a phrasing unique to him. Not only... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Clifford CurryTHE PROVIDERAppaloosa 1993Notes: "Clifford Curry is truely a living legend. Walking, talking Rhythm & Blues history. For nearly forty years he has been a mainstay in the Southern music scene. From the chitlin circuit of the 5... | |
| Blues for Aficionados James CottonLIVE AT ANTONE'S NIGHTCLUBAntone's records & Tapes 1988Notes: "Tunica, Mississippi sits about halfway between Helena, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. During the Great depression, when James Cotton was growing up there, all thre... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Gustav Holst - Edward ElgarTHE PLANETS - ENIGMA VARIATIONSLondon Symphony OrchestraLondon Philharmonic OrchestraSir Adrian BoultWarner Classics 1970 / 2002Holst: I. Mars, the Bringer of War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtCNUEAVXbMElgar: ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Joseph HaydnHAYDN - SYMPHONIESOrpheus Chamber OrchestraDG 1994Symphony in D major, No.73 "La Chasse"I. Adagio - Allegrohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0z7Ba8s8s0 II. Andante https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKYyxHq-bcU III. Menuetto https://... | |
| Jazz for aficionados George BensonWEEKEND IN L.A.Warner Bros 1978 Notes: "A Philadelphia native, George Benson's extraordinary career began at age four when he won an amateur singing contest. By age ten he had signed his first recording contract and by 18 was alre... | |
| Jazz for aficionados George BensonTENDERLYWarner Bros 1989George Benson(guitar, vocal), McCoy Tyner(piano), Ron Carter(bass), Herlin Riley(Drums), Al Foster(Drums), Lenny Castro(percussion)No notes to speak of, just track info.Tenderlyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Johnny CopelandTEXAS TWISTERRounder Records 1986Notes: "Johnny Copeland moves people in Mobile and he moves people in Manhattan. He has won the American Blues Foundation's W.C. Handy Award as Entertainer of the year, and copped Europe's Grand ... | |
| Blues for Aficionados Johnny CopelandCATCH UP WITH THE BLUESVerve - Gitanes 1993 John Clyde Copeland was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. In 1983, he was named Blues Entertainer of the Year by the Blues Foundation. He is the father of blues singer Shem... |