Six Strings II - The Burning Sessions

Tracklist:

1. Hole Diggin' - Scott Henderson	Listen
2. Kiss My Axe - The Al Di Meola Project	Listen
3. Amazonas - Strunz And Farah	Listen
4. Acoustic Fun(k) - Peppino D'Agostino	Listen
5. West Side Serenade - Avenue Blue Featuring Jeff Golub	Listen
6. Lolita - Andy Summers And John Etheridge	Listen
7. Rockin Gypsies - Willie And Lobo	Listen
8. Moyo - Vincent Nguini	Listen
9. The Big Wave - Tribal Tech	Listen
10. Selva - Strunz And Farah	Listen
11. Paradisio - Al Di Meola	Listen
12. On The Border - Al Stewart Featuring Peter White	Listen
13. The Fighting Ducks - Richard Smith	Listen

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John Williams - The Great Paraguayan: Guitar Music of Barrios

1. Waltzes for guitar, No. 3 in D minor, Op. 8/3
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
2. Preludio for guitar in C minor
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
3. Cueca for guitar
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
4. Maxixe for guitar
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
5. La Catedral, for guitar
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
6. Julia Florida for guitar
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
7. Waltzes for guitar, No. 4 in D major, Op. 8/4
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
8. Una Limosna Por el Amor de Dios for guitar
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
9. Mazurka Appassionata for guitar
   Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
   with John [guitar] Williams
   
   
10. Las Abejas (The Bees) for guitar
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams
    
    
11. Medallon antiguo
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams
    
    
12. Chôro da Saudade (A Lament) for guitar
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams
    
    
13. Air de Samba
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams
    
    
14. Aconquija, for guitar
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams
    
    
15. Prelude for guitar in G minor, Op 5/1
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams
    
    
16. Un Sueño en la Floresta, for guitar
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams
    
    
17. Villancico de Navidad for guitar
    Composed by Agustin Barrios-Mangore
    with John [guitar] Williams

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Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

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This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Coltrane's astringency on tenor is counterpoised to Adderley's funky self on alto, with Davis moderating between them as Bill Evans conjures up a still lake of sound on which they walk. Meanwhile, the rhythm partnership of Cobb and Chambers is prepared to click off time until eternity. It was the key recording of what became modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms of pop songs. In Davis's men's hands it was a weightless music, but one that refused to fade into the background. In retrospect every note seems perfect, and each piece moves inexorably towards its destiny. --John Szwed

Tracklist:

1. So What	Listen
2. Freddie Freeloader	Listen
3. Blue In Green	Listen
4. All Blues	Listen
5. Flamenco Sketches	Listen
6. Flamenco Sketches (Alternate Take)	Listen

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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (2 CD's)

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The revolution was recorded: in 1969 Bitches Brew sent a shiver through a country already quaking. It was a recording whose very sound, production methods, album-cover art, and two-LP length all signaled that jazz could never be the same. Over three days anger, confusion, and exhilaration had reigned in the studio, and the sonic themes, scraps, grooves, and sheer will and emotion that resulted were percolated and edited into an astonishingly organic work. This Miles Davis wasn't merely presenting a simple hybrid like jazz-rock, but a new way of thinking about improvisation and the studio. And with this two-CD reissue (actually, this set is a reissue of the original set plus one track, perfect for the fan who's not so overwhelmed as to need the four-CD Complete Bitches Brew box), the murk of the original recording is lifted. The instruments newly defined and brightened, the dark energy of the original comes through as if it were all fresh. Joe Zawinul and Bennie Maupin's roles in the mix have been especially clarified. With a bonus track of "Feio"--a Wayne Shorter composition recorded five months later that serves both as a warm-down for Bitches Brew and a promise of Weather Report to come--this is crucial listening. --John F. Szwed

Tracklist:

Disc: 1
1. Pharaoh's Dance	Listen
2. Bitches Brew	Listen
Disc: 2
1. Spanish Key	Listen
2. John McLaughlin	Listen
3. Miles Runs The Voodoo Down	Listen
4. Sanctuary	Listen
5. Feio	Listen

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