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Transgressive Records
Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Transmissions: The Music Of Beverly Glenn-Copeland
$45.00
vTransgressive Records
Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Transmissions: The Music Of Beverly Glenn-Copeland
$45.00
Visit product page →Following a crowd-sourced documentary in 2019 which took his story wider still, Transmissions is the first formal attempt to gather works from across Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s career in one place. The physical copy spans just nine tracks and 47 minutes (although the digital edition extends past the hour mark), which appears slight for an artist who could easily command double the runtime. Given the wide variety of styles and moods across the compilation, as well as the potential for emotional overload, a gentle introduction might be an act of mercy. At numerous points, it can seem as if you’ve flipped over to a different record entirely.
While the sequencing on Transmissions does fortify a greater understanding about Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s gift, the comp essentially ties a bow atop an established feel-good story. The same themes recur with every review, interview, and radio special: joy, acceptance, redemption, magic. What does it say about us that we’re all lusting after hope? It’s inevitable, perhaps: the coalescence around his music is a welcome unifier in an ugly age. From his belated emergence on the world stage in the wake of Keyboard Fantasies, through feature-length films and right up until this compilation’s release, people have jostled non-stop to place their hand upon this beacon of light. Glenn-Copeland has obliged each one. – PitchforkLabel: Transgressive Records – TRANS463
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album,. Vinyl, 7"
Country: Europe
Released: 02 Oct 2020
Genre: Jazz, Folk, World, & Country
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Verve Records / Ume
Ella Fitzgerald – The Lost Berlin Tapes
$48.00
Visit product page →The First Lady of Song returns to Berline, Home of Her Legendary Concerts. Recorded in 1962 but never released, hear the most popular Jazz singer of all time deliver an iconic performance at Sportpalast Berlin for the first time. Thie recording finds Ella and her band at the top of their game recorded in High Fidelity Stereo.
Label: Verve Records – B0032589-01, UMe – B0032589-01
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 02 Oct 2020
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop, Swing, Vocal
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Capitol Records
Nat King Cole – Ultimate
$45.00
Visit product page →Capitol/UMe’s celebration of the great entertainer Nat King Cole’s centennial year, with the direct participation of his estate, will begin with the 15 March of two new compilations by Cole. On the same day, an expanded edition of Marvin Gaye’s tribute album to the storied singer will be available. All three releases are part of the array of special events, projects and programmes that will mark the 100th anniversary of Cole’s birth on 17 March 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Ultimate Nat King Cole will be released on CD and digital formats, with a 2LP vinyl edition to follow on 14 June. The collection includes such signature hits as ‘Unforgettable,’ ‘Mona Lisa,’ ‘Straighten Up And Fly Right,’ ‘L-O-V-E,’ ‘The Very Thought Of You,’ ‘Stardust’ and ‘Nature Boy.’ – Udiscover
Label: Capitol Records – 00602577335556
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Mono
Country: Europe
Released: 13 Jun 2019
Genre: Jazz, Pop
Style: Vocal, Swing
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Jazzland Records
Ellen Andrea Wang – Blank Out
$48.00
Visit product page →Three years after her critically acclaimed debut, "Diving" (2014), Ellen Andrea Wang returns with "Blank Out" on Jazzland Recordings.
Her accompanists on this sonic adventure are Erland Dahlen (drums) and Andreas Ulvo (Keyboards), while Wang provides vocals, bass and some keys. The music that pours out of this trio is eclectic, fearlessly dipping into different pools of genre to create a potent sound cocktail that moves between minimalist-inflected jazz funk pop (acid jazz meets Haim), Nordic atmospherics (insert Nordic ECM album of choice), 70s singer-songwriter (think Joni Mitchell or Rickie Lee Jones), and hip-hop (moving in an Outkast direction). Wang's vocals are pure, clean, and expressive, and are in total contrast to some of the down-and-dirty basslines she conjures, while Dahlen and Ulvo weave a sonic tapestry that never puts a note, beat or texture wrong. A key example is the lead single "Change of Heart" a song that is bubbling over with Erlend Dahlen's driving drums and Wang's own grooving bass topped with Andreas Ulvo's chattering electric piano lines, and crystalline synths and pads. It bristles with an energetic optimism, perfect for long summer evenings and soundtracking memories. – Jazzland Records
“Wang mixes terseness and a spooky ethereality on the immigration-interview satire Peace Prize, hops registers above the heavy groove of Bad Blood, wittily tone-bends her way through Electric (“I’ve got an electric conscience / I’ve got an electric mind / I’ve got an electric boyfriend”). But her majestic Charlie Haden-like bass intro to chorister-vocal atmospherics on Accord De Paris is a reminder of the talented Wang’s jazz-bass power. She is a real find.” – The Guardian
Item description:
Artist:
Ellen Andrea Wang
Title:
Blank Out
Label:
Jazzland Recordings
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Transparent Orange
Pressing:
Norway
Release Date:
15 Sep 2017
Genre:
Jazz, PopStyle:
Vocal
Catalog No:
377 919 9
Condition:
New
