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Hues of BluesHues of Blues by Walter Norris Duo featuring George Mraz
Buy used from: $5.42
Jazz piano/bass duets of the highest order with bassist George Mraz
Hits from the Silver ScreenHits from the Silver Screen by Robert Farnon & His Orchestra
Hear why Andre Previn calls Farnon greatest living string arranger
Starring Henry the Human FlyStarring Henry the Human Fly by Richard Thompson
Buy used from: $11.32
Richard Thompson brilliantly plays, sings, composes and arranges
Widescreen-The Collector's EditionWidescreen-The Collector's Edition
Buy used from: $69.26
Producer Holmes plays, sings, composes and arranges with pop, lyrical and visual panache
The Day The Earth Stood Still: 20th Century Fox Film Scores - The Classic SeriesThe Day The Earth Stood Still: 20th Century Fox Film Scores - The Classic Series
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Find out why you the movie got to you emotionally -- sci-fi film trendsetter
The First SongsThe First Songs by Laura Nyro
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18-year old sets singing and songwriting standards in 1966 debut album
Kites Are Fun: The Best of the Free DesignKites Are Fun: The Best of the Free Design by The Free Design
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Teenager does it all and so well in the late 60's -- tops in vocals and arranging
Stone FlowerStone Flower by Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Jobim's best album was arranged by the super-talented and uncategorizable Deodato
Satie: Piano WorksSatie: Piano Works
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Superb classical pianist plays compositions that inspired Debussy and jazz piano
Songs: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3Songs: The Art of the Trio, Vol. 3 by Brad Mehldau
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Young jazz pianist with Bill Evans' touch, touches us with jazz standards and Nick Drake's River Man
Terra BrasilisTerra Brasilis by Antonio Carlos Jobim
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Jobim and arranger Ogerman stretch out on virtually a greatest hits album redone
Viva!: The Music of Mexico/Exotic StringsViva!: The Music of Mexico/Exotic Strings by Percy Faith
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No arranger consistently put out more albums of superb quality so often and for so long
The Young Lions (1958 Film) / This Earth Is Mine (1959 Film)The Young Lions (1958 Film) / This Earth Is Mine (1959 Film)
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One of the forgotten great arrangers -- Korngold used him exclusively for years
Kings Row (1979 Re-recording)Kings Row (1979 Re-recording) by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Superb fidelity and musically as good as the original (check out other Gerhardt re-creations)
Dancing in the DarkDancing in the Dark by Dave McKenna
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Unfairly categorized "dixieland" pianist swings like mad
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 22Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 22 by Ellis Larkins
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Slowest playing, yet swinging pianist -- excellent technique and time
Interaction/Sing Me Softly of the BluesInteraction/Sing Me Softly of the Blues by Art Farmer Quartet
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Art Farmer's dreamy trumpet relaxes all on ballads - extraordinary
Nilsson Sings NewmanNilsson Sings Newman by Harry Nilsson
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Greatest singer sings greatest songwriter's songs (at least during the Engilsh invasion)
Lonesome On'ry & MeanLonesome On'ry & Mean by Steve Young
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Great songwriter and great singer -- ask Waylon and Willie about him
Breezy StoriesBreezy Stories by Danny O'Keefe
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Chilling - singing his pictures songs with Arif Mardin arrangements
Four SiderFour Sider by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
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Good sampling - had best musicians and arrangers on classy A&M label - still touring for fun!
Song for My FatherSong for My Father by Horace Silver
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Blue Note label was the most rehearsed jazz label and it shows
ChristmasChristmas by Singers Unlimited
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This inspires the Manhattan Transfer and Take Six - it's half of the HiLo's plus Bonnie Herman
I Have a PonyI Have a Pony by Steven Wright
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His brilliant conceptual humor worshipped by other comedy writers
Sullivan's Travels - Criterion CollectionSullivan's Travels - Criterion Collection
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Masterful writer/director was run out of Hollywood like Orson Welles - extraordinary pacing