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Rumba Club - "Delta"
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From 1999's Espiritista, recorded early that year and released in spring, Baltimore Latin jazz outfit Rumba Club chugs out this steamy, bluesy rumba guaguanco by trumpeter ...
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Abbey Lincoln feat. Stan Getz - "Up Jumped Spring"
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A lovely recording from 1991's 'You Gotta Pay the Band,' the only collaboration between Lincoln and Getz, who passed away a few months later. They prove to be a perfect pai...
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Nancy Wilson & Ramsey Lewis - "Moondance"
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A sublime, divine take on the Van Morrison classic from 2002's 'Meant to Be,' recorded in Chicago in autumn '01. Ms. Wilson's delicious reading and Lewis' swirling arrangem...
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Evil Genius Orchestra - "Cantina Band" (Cocktails in the Cantina)
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1999 brought pop culture to the apex of the late-'90s swing/lounge revival as well as the peak of Star Wars Fever in the electric months leading to the summer release of Th...
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Manny Oquendo & Libre - "I Want You"
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From 1994's 'Mejor Que Nunca' ('Better Than Ever'), this chugging, hip-slinging, stripped-down Marvin Gaye cover wins. And that's a pretty hellacious trombone solo there, t...
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Mel Tormé - "Send in the Clowns"
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A smashing, hard-swinging big band cover of Stephen Sondheim's tortured love lament from 'A Little Night Music,' this killer Christopher Gunning arrangement was the first t...
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Joey DeFrancesco Trio feat. Houston Person - "Grilled Cheese and Bacon"
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Great simple tenor blues, the leadoff track from 1994's 'All About My Girl.' An original, named for Houston Person's favorite breakfast.
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, En...
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Tito Puente - "Spain"
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A *fabulous* recording of the Chick Corea standard from 1986's 'Sensacion.'
Recorded at Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California in December 1985.
Personnel: Tito Pue...
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Charles Earland - "I Was Made to Love Her"
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From 1971's 'Soul Story,' Hammond B-3 legend Charles "The Mighty Burner" Earland gives this kicking take on Stevie Wonder's classic with a killer band: the great Houston Pe...
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Si Zentner - "The Swingin' Eye"
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1,721 views
Banging title track from 1960's The Swingin' Eye!!!!!!!!, which featured one of the truly great album covers of the '60s. Hard-hitting big band crime jazz in the vein of th...
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