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Grover Washington Jr. ‘Inner City Blues’ Album Review

The first soul-jazz album ever is one of the best, both for Grover Washington Jr.’s superb playing and the direction of famed producer Creed Taylor.

Here are 10 phenomenal recordings, to be treasured for their inherent musical performances just as much as for their sound quality.

Maria Callas was the finest singer of the twentieth century, bar none: the finest singer in any language or in any genre of music.

Nina Simone can make you forget that anyone else has ever recorded anything she sang.

Metamodern Sounds – Country Album of the first 25 years of this century? Not just possible, but probable.

The Ebene Quartet proves decisively that they can let loose and with ‘ Fiction’ they created an irresistibly seductive listening experience.