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It was the cool jazz of Miles Davis that got him hooked on the trumpet. But when his own career...
With the release of the final edition of Jennifer Warnes’ Famous Blue Raincoat, Impex Records has gone all-out on the...
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A comparative appraisal of the in-house audiophile reissues from Blue Note and ECM For some years now, audiophile vinyl reissues...