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Scandinavian Classics 2 1942-1952 (2CD)
First CD release of rare historic recordings featuring the Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra under Erik Tuxen and Launy Grøndahl. This follows on from the highly acclaimed release of Scandinavian Classics vol 1 and represent recordings from one of the most admired radio orchestras in Western Europe.
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ELLINGTON, DUKE / JOHNNY HODGES
Back to Back + Side by Side
One of the most thoroughly relaxed, conversational jazz sessions have recorded. Ellington fanciers will be well rewarded for there are many passages of Duke' s unusual and charming solo improvisations.
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R&B Spotlight'59 -60 Rhythm & Blues Hits US chart 1959 (2CD)
R&B Spotlight ‘59 combines 60 tracks by various artists selected from the US charts of 1959. The artists include such legends as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, the Coasters, Ruth Brown, Lavern Baker, Nat “King” Cole and Sarah Vaughan.
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JUMA, ISSA & SUPER WANYIKA STARS
World Defeats Grandfathers - Swinging Swahili Rumba 1982-86
Key tracks – including hits, rarities & download exclusives – from one of Kenya’s most popular musicians
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Classic Appalachian Blues
Born in the racially mixed mines & railroad camps of the Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian blues features a blend of African & European musical traditions & a rich variety of styles.
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LEWIS, JOHN
Improvised Meditations & Excursions
A rare occasion to hear the 1950’s John Lewis in a trio format : John Lewis’ complete 1959 album “Improvised Meditations and Excursions”, in which the pianist abandoned his typical MJQ line-up to play relaxed trio pieces.
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WOLFGANG RIHM - String Quartets Vol. 2 |
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"this weekend -- Wolfgang Rihm total immersion at the Barbican"
Here is the second volume in col legno's series devoted to the complete string quartets by Wolfgang Rihm (Volume 1 appeared last September, on WWE 1CD 20211), once again expertly performed by the Minguet Quartet in close collaboration with the composer. First recording of the massive 6th quartet. more >> |
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on Mon-15-Mar-2010 10:26:17am +0100 | | Mar 15 | Sam Hopkins is born in Piney Woods, Centerville, Texas. He will find fame as blues star Lightnin’ Hopkins. (1912)
Lightnin’ Hopkins : My family, we come up in Leona County. It's just a little old country where they farm and raise cotton and corn and peas and peanuts, things like that. So that's where I grew up to know myself - back out from Centerville about twelve miles back in the country.
I heard my brother playing a guitar. It was the first one I ever seen. He wouldn't let me play his guitar. I wanted to play it, so at last one day they come in and caught me with the guitar 'cause I couldn't hang it back up - see, I had to get in a chair to get it down. So he caught me fair.
He said, 'Boy, I done told you - don't fool with that guitar.' He says, 'Can you play this guitar?' I say, 'Yeah, I can play it some.' He said, 'Well, go ahead and let's see what you can do.' I went ahead and played him a little tune, and he liked it. So he said, 'Yeah, he can play some. Where you learn that from?' I said, 'Well, I just learned it.'
So I went ahead and made me a guitar. I got me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in the middle of it, take me a little piece of plank, nailed it onto that cigar box, and I got me some screen wire and I made me a bridge back there and raised it up high enough that it would sound inside that little box, and I got me a tune out of it. I kept my tune, and I played from then on. So I got me a guitar of my own when I got to be eight years old.
Tom Waits : When I was about sixteen I saw Lightnin’ Hopkins in a little club called the Candy Company. What was it like? It was like watching birds land on a wire and take off again. Simple and very moving. |
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