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Author
Publisher
Blue Note
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Charles Lloyd's new studio album features a newly assembled quartet of four distinctive voices with the legendary saxophonist joined by pianist Jason Moran, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Brian Blade. Recorded around Lloyd's 85th birthday concert, this is a majestic body of work that presents Lloyd originals new and reimagined. The double album finds one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth and 21st centuries still at the peak...
2) SHADOW(CD)
Author
Publisher
Lightyear
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Through an inimitable voice that the New York Times touts as, "a smooth, dark alto possessed of qualities you might associate with barrel-aged bourbon or butter-soft leather," acclaimed vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright sings with a soaring reflection of the cultural fabric of America. Wright is one of the great modern American singers with an illustrious twenty-year career transcending social divides with her focus on love and a deep sense of humanity....
Author
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, immigrated from his shtetl in Lithuania to the United States in 1894 after his father secured a job as a rabbi in Washington, D.C. A poor, Yiddish-speaking newcomer navigating a racially segregated and antisemitic America, young Jolson dreamed of becoming a star, and he did. Thanks to his immense talent and his knack for assimilating into new environments, by the time he reached his twenties he was the most famous and...
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