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Aug 9, 2024 | stereophile.com | Larry Birnbaum |Stephen Francis Vasta |Jason Victor Serinus

Gabriel Fauré: La Bonne Chanson, L'horizon chimériqueStéphane Degout, Alain PlanèsHarmonia Mundi HMM 902382, CD (reviewed as 24/96). 2024. Alban Moraud, prod.; Alban Moraud Audio, eng. Performance ****Sonics ****During the current Fauré Centennial, recordings of the composer's music are appearing at a steady pace.

Jul 11, 2024 | stereophile.com | Larry Birnbaum |Phil Brett |Thomas Conrad

Lizz Wright: ShadowWright, vocals; many othersBlues & Greens 00810069450872 (CD, available as LP). 2024. Chris Bruce, prod.; Ryan Freeland, eng. Performance ****½Sonics ****Lizz Wright's new album recalls the good old days when successful jazz labels bankrolled ambitious projects for big-time singers. Shadow has classy packaging, a large cast of musicians, an established producer, a well-known photographer, fashion designers, and famous guests like Angelique Kidjo and Meshell Ndegeocello.

Jan 8, 2024 | arxiv.org | Tom Hope |Larry Birnbaum |Doug B. Downey

arXiv:2401.04259 (cs) Download PDF HTML (experimental) Subjects: Computation and Language (cs.CL) Cite as: arXiv:2401.04259 [cs.CL] (or arXiv:2401.04259v1 [cs.CL] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2401.04259 Submission history From: Doug Downey [ view email] [v1] Mon, 8 Jan 2024 22:24:17 UTC (660 KB) Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer () Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart...

Nov 9, 2023 | stereophile.com | Robert Baird |Thomas Conrad |Larry Birnbaum

John Scofield: Uncle John's BandScofield, guitar; Vicente Archer, bass; Bill Stewart, drumsECM 2796/97 (reviewed in 16/44.1 WAV; also available as 2 LPs). 2023. ECM. Tyler McDiarmid, eng. Performance ****½Sonics ****½John Scofield is, by broad consensus, one of the three or four most important guitarists in jazz. Unlike so many of today's jazz musicians, he has the humility to play songs written by others.