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CHARLIE HADEN/Rambling Boy: Really, the guy has been a progressive jazz bass player since the invention of dirt, who knew about his roots in country music and how deep they ran. Here, he gathers up family and friends (quite the all star lot all the way around) and let’s fly on a set you wouldn’t expect from one who has spent so much time around the likes of Carla Bley et al. And it works. How his jazzbo followers will react to this is anybody’s guess, but it’s dandy he made this heartfelt set with such a supportive crew in tow. His professionalism is never in question and if you are ready, willing and able to enjoy a hit to the opposite field, this charmer will certainly reward you.
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McCOY TYNER/Guitars: A much worthier experiment than his Burt Bacharach album, this outing finds Tyner in a trio with Ron Carter and Jack deJohnette, which would have been a fine record right there, but then they add a rotating cast of guitarists that each bring something different to the table. Quite a forward thinking set for someone approaching 70. With a variety of challenging axmen in the guest chair, everyone is out to keep everyone else sharp and the tune mix is a real ear opener for long time Tyner fans. This wild and wooly set comes with a DVD that shines a light on the making of it all. Heady, first class music throughout.
(McCoy Tyner Music)
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MARTIN TAYLOR/Double Standards: Hang on to your hat for a pure listening date by a stellar ax man, back with his first solo set in five years and wanting to make sure you don’t forget him if you did forget him. Multi-tracking himself on some standards and jazz classics, this is full on treat for the ears of guitar fans and people that are looking for some simple but meaty music. Hot stuff that says it all without any help from us.
DVD SUPPLEMENT
CULT EPICS
BETTIE PAGE COLLECTION: A three disc collection that includes “Bettie Page Pin Up Queen”, “Bettie Page Bondage Queen”, and “100 Girls by Bunny Yeager”, this is a sweeping look at the grandma of all the goth girls, Suicide Girls and the rest of the over the top babes we know and love. Things were a lot different 50 years ago in that things were undercover since what was going on now was going on then and the furtiveness of it all is what gives this stuff the erotic charge that it has. Collecting all kinds of features, shorts and loops that is a look at the girl behind the bangs that warped several generations. Incredibly fun stuff from a time when America was going completely nuts and no boundary couldn’t be pushed.
SLOGAN: The film that might have been called “When Serge Met Jane” in that the plot fairly closely relived the real life coupling between Gainsbourg and Birkin. The place that was the launch pad for their trend setting French lite porn pop, you have to wonder how our taste in spivs has slid from Gainsbourg to Kfed. This is very much an essential slice of the swinging 60s caught on film in a way that “Swingtown” can never come close. You almost have to suspend disbelieve in the way you would for “Star Wars”, but it’s a load of fun that seems to be missing from a lot of contemporary cinema. So, if you were wondering why you’re parents (the college kids of this era) are always prattling on a foreign films…..
Volume 31/Number 327
September 22, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
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Lake Zurich, IL., 60047
CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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