From the electric guitar, a gentle, easy to hum along ballad theme sparkles into the void. Delicately knit string tapestries...
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Jazz is like a dense forest, where it s easy to overlook something important. Hans Jürgen Schaal points out a...
A comparative appraisal of the in-house audiophile reissues from Blue Note and ECM For some years now, audiophile vinyl reissues...