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Laura Smith
Volume 1 / 1924-1927 [ CD ] |
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Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Miss Smith To You [ Fat Note Records / CD - released 2/Nov/2009 ] |
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Leo Smith
Divine Love [ ECM Touchstones / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Wadada Leo Smith's Divine Love is one of ECM's most tantalizing jewels, the result of many years ignoring the label's advances. I can only speculate this was because the immediacy of his craft might have been adversely affected by the interventions... |
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Lightnin' Slim/Whispering Smith
High & Low Down/Over Easy [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Seven String Quartets The Lindsays (Peter Cropper / Ronald Birks / Robin Ireland / Bernard Gregor-Smith) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Aug/2005 ] G :- In 2004, while in residence at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland, the Lindsay String Quartet recorded seven of the quartets written by Haydn. "Their playing has a human scale and involvement that make it ideal for Haydn." Guardian |
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Little George Smith
Harmonica Ace [ Ace Records U.K. / CD ] |
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Lonnie Liston Smith
Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds [ Beat Goes Public / CD - released 16/Nov/2012 ] |
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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
Expansions (Gatefold LP) [ Ace / LP - released 5/Jun/2020 ] Lonnie's 1975 jazz-funk masterpiece is released on 180g black vinyl in a nice thick card gatefold sleeve. Former Miles Davis and Pharoah Sanders keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith saw all his musical ideas coming together for this, his third album.... |
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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
Reflections Of A Golden Dream [ CD - released 15/Jan/2016 ] Lonnie Liston Smith's final album on Flying Dutchman. A cosmic jazz masterpiece featuring contributions from Dave Hubbard, Patti Austin, Jon Faddis and Donald Smith. US Top 5 jazz album, includes club classics ''Get Down Everybody (A Chance For... |
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Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
Renaissance [ BGP / CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] After the success of "Expansions", Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes were riding high, with Lonnie at the height of his creative powers and his brother Donald's vocals adding to the cosmic jazz sound. |
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J.S. BACH / HANDEL
Lorraine at Emmanuel: Celebrating the lives of Craig Smith and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Lorraine Hunt Lieberson / Orchestra of Emmanuel Music / Craig Smith [ Avie / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "This is a superb disc that all admirers of this much-missed singer will want to have. And if you've not heard Lorraine Hunt Lieberson before, buy this disc and discover for yourself what all the fuss is about." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month July... |
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Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Louis And Keely! [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] Louis Prima and wife Keely Smith released several collaborations, but this 1960 import reissue showcases one of their very best. Recorded for Dot Records in 1960, Louis & Keely features the duo performing swinging romantic tunes such as... |
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Louis Prima & Keely Smith
On Stage [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/1994 ] Another one of Dot Records released on to CD , this recording was made at Wilbur Clark's Desert Hotel Inn. Surprisingly, it features Prima's trumpet playing more than anything, we only hear two short songs from Keely... |
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Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Return Of The Wildest [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/1994 ] This re-issue from the near end of the Prima/Smith combination is definitely a good one. Originally released in 1961 by Dot records, this album has all the original features that made the Prima/Smith/Butera crew a hit... |
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Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Together [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Sep/1993 ] I first heard these two artists on this recording (record) years and years ago when first released. I was hooked! Have been a fan of theirs all my life since then. This is the first chance I've had to buy it in CD format. Can't wait to receive it! |
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Keely Smith & Louis Prima
Twist With Keely Smith / Doin' The Twist With Louis Prima [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Nov/1996 ] This danceable CD is a re-issue from Jasmine Records from 1962. Originally released as two separate LP's on Dot Records, these two albums feature Keely backed by H.B. Barnum and his Combo and Louis with Sam and the Witnesses... |
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Louis Prime & Keely Smith
That Old Black Magic - The Very Best of Louis Prima & Keely Smith [ Jasmine / CD - released 12/Feb/2021 ] Bandleader/singer/trumpeter LOUIS PRIMA, who'd enjoyed huge successes in the 1930s and '40s, mounted a major comeback in the 1950s alongside his new wife KEELY SMITH, and their band, Sam Butera & The Witnesses. |
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PAUL LINCKE
Lincke: Frau Luna Maria Leyer, Rene Kollo, Kathrin Smith [ CPO / CD - released 7/Apr/2023 ] Every operetta buff will want this, and I suspect everyone else will simply be swept along by the joie de vivre and sheer melodic flair of this underrated - but unarguable - classic of its genre. - Gramophone Magazine, September 2023 |
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CARL MILLOCKER / CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER / STRAUSS FAMILY
Vienna Premieres, Vols 1-3 Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / Johan Strauss Orchestra / Jack Rothstein [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Sep/2011 ] Perhaps no composer is more associated with a city than Johann Strauss II with Vienna. Indeed it is hard to consider Vienna without thinking of the waltz, and the waltz empire is dominated by the Strauss family. |
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ZIEHRER / JOHANN STRAUSS II / OSCAR STRAUSS / KALMAN / MESSAGER / etc
Treasures of Operetta (Music from Casanova, Veronique, Merry Widow, Maid of the Mountains, Floradora, Arcadians, White Horse Inn, etc) Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / Peter Morrison (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers / The Chandos Singers / The Chandos Concert Orchestra / Barry Knight [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2004 ] 'This is a terrific compilation, because the singers cover a huge range of operetta, from 1890s Paris and Vienna confections... up to such London Sweetmeats as Old Chelsea....' - American Record guide |