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jazz beyond jazz essentials

a few albums basic to stretching the definition of "jazz." If you decide to add to your collection, start here and you'll be connected to Amazon's secure server. (and you'll support further research on jazz beyond jazz.)

Synchro System by King Sunny Ade King Sunny Ade has the smoothest voice in West Africa and leads the most multi-layered ensemble in ju-ju rhythms that give Wes...	Music From The Morning Of The World: The Ba... by Various Artists This Nonesuch Explorer classic introduced the gently sparkly and undulating percussive orchestras of Java and Bali to Western ...	Quindembo by Arsenio Rodriguez $34.98 Guitarist Marc Ribot borrowed the idea for his Los Cubanos Postizos from Cuban guitarist Arsenio Rodriguez, founder of the con...

Young, Gifted and Black by Aretha Franklin $13.96 Aretha at her most sophisticated, and worth the rarity of "Let's Get Away" along with "Rock Steady"	New Jazz Conceptions by Bill Evans $11.98 New conception indeed! Pianist Bill Evans' first record may be slightly stiff compared to his later impressionism, but the har...	Sonny Meets Hawk! by Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins $7.99 Many of Sonny Rollins records stretch what the saxophone has and can do, but his encounter with his hero Coleman Hawkins exalt...

Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 by Dizzy Gillespie $13.99 Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach premiere their fresh bright concept -- bebop! Live recording abrim with youthful...	Maria Schneider - Sky Blue [Limited Edition... by Maria Schneider Maria Schneideris currently composing the most elaborate and well-realized music for sensitively improvising ensemble of anyon...	Gil Evans & Ten by Gil Evans $18.98 Arranger Gil Evans was a modest man, and this is one of his modest efforts, so every nuance is transparent, easy to hear and d...
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