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Artist: Amy Winehouse

Album: Back to Black (2007)

 

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Artist: Andreas Scholl

 

Album: O Solitude - Songs and Arias of Henry Purcell [Decca 2010]

 

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album: Bad As Me

artist: Tom Waits

 

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Artist: Vagabond Opera

 

Album(s): Sing For Your Lives [2011] / The Zeitgeist Beckons [2009]

 

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Artist: David Byrne

Album: The Catherine Wheel

 

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Artist: Nina Simone

 

Album: Wild Is The Wind

 

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Artist: Esperanza Spalding

 

Album: Chamber Music Society

 

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Jeff Beck: Emotion & Commotion

 

 

 

 

 

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@woodcans - Thanks for this one (Natalie Merchant: Tigerlily). I even enjoyed it greatly at 16/44. I had mostly forgotten about Natalie since 10,000 Maniacs (besides I was mostly listening to Brian Eno and Talking Heads and others in the 80s). Then a year or so ago heard an NPR piece about her Leave Your Sleep album and was impressed, but never dug into some of her other solo stuff until I saw your post. Borrowed Tigerlily from a friend and was able to hear it as one of two Albums of (My) Evening last night ...

 

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Tiger Lillies & Kronos Quartet: The Gorey End

 

will have to elaborate on this in my blog pages ...

 

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Artist: The Specials

Album: The Specials

 

[1980 - produced by Elvis Costello]

 

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Artist: Shelby Lynne

Album: Revelation Road

 

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Artist: B.B. King & Eric Clapton

Album: Riding With The King

 

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Artist: Art Blakey

Album: Ken Burns Jazz Collection

 

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Artist: Yusef Lateef

Album: Eastern Sounds

 

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Portico Quartet: Isla

 

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Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain

 

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

 

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Warda Al-Jazairia: Batwanes Beek

 

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Yo-Yo Ma and various tango artists: Soul of the Tango - Music of Astor Piazzola

 

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Artist: The Consort of Musicke

Album: John Dowland - Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations 1597 Psalmes & Sacred Songs [L'OISEAU-LYRE LP, 1978]

 

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Artist: Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Album: Penguin Cafe Orchestra [LP, 1981]

 

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Artist: Bettye LaVette

Album: Interpretations - The British Rock Songbook

 

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Artist: Pink Martini

Album: Sympathique

 

more on this

 

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whoops, dupe

 

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Artist: Lynn Baker Quartet

Album: Azure Intention

 

Listened to this album last night immediately after experiencing a live performance by Denver-based Lynn Baker at the local (exactly one block from our home!) university's concert hall (where I picked up the CD). Pretty darn good stuff. Baker was totally new to me, but turns out to be a former classmate of the university jazz program head. More here: http://lynnbakerjazz.com

 

About Azure Intention ...

 

Livewire's Top Jazz Albums of 2010 - #25

Jazzchicago.net Best Jazz Albums of 2010 - Honorable Mention

W. Royal Stokes - Notable CD's of 2010

Tom Hull - On the Web - Azure Intention B+(*)

 

SIDEBAR: Being a block away from a major regional university's main concert/theatre venue (and being a senior) means that we average at least one live music/opera/theatre event each week. In the past ten days it has been Richard III, Beethoven's Sixth, Vivaldi's Credo RV 591, our African Drumming Ensemble and now Lynn Baker. And there are always the FLAC and vinyl libraries at home. Life is good.

 

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