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Album: Mali Koura /  Artist: Issa Bagayogo /  11 tracks / Contemporary West African (World Music)

The powerful music on this, Bagayogo’s fourth album, is a fusion of West African, electronica and jazz, and as it transformed me, the music extended an invitation to both a sense of serenity and to dance.

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Album: Lifelines/  Artist: Bruno Raberg /  2 CD Set / Jazz Instrumental  

Album: An Open Letter To Thelonious /  Artist: Ellis Marsalis Quartet  /  11 tracks / Jazz Standards

* Tribute albums can limit creativity, but the Ellis Marsalis Quartet respects these songs and brings them firmly into a more modern construct.  The Quartet’s readings demonstrate that these works are not museum pieces, but remain vibrant and alive.

 

Album: Lust Lust Lust /  Artist: The Raveonettes /  14 tracks / Rock

* The tracks on the CD Lust Lust Lust, explode through your speakers and earbuds with the same passion that The Raveonettes display on stage.

 

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I am very pleased to say that I was given a beautiful new two-disc set to vet, none other than Lifelines, the new album from Swedish doublebassist Bruno Råberg and his excellent band of impressionistic jazzers.

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Album:  This Kind of Love / Carly Simon / 13 tracks

The day has arrived.  After an eight-year hiatus, Hear Music announced that Carly Simon has released a highly anticipated follow up to 2007’s Into White titled This Kind of Love.  Simon is the latest artist to sign with Hear Music’s rather renowned list of talent including Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, and James Taylor, and lucky for us, the label requested originals.

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Album: Tuscan Prelude, Jazz Under Glass / Jay D'Amico / 11 tracks

After making a splash on the jazz scene with the 2001 release of his album Ponte Novello, composer and pianist Jay D’Amico is back with an ode to Italy, Tuscan Prelude.

 

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Album: Creolepatra / Artist: Nikkole / 17 tracks

Although it is the blinged out “E-X-OTIC,” from her CD released on August 12th, which is garnering all the attention as her first single, the album is a treasure trove of songs, which range from the soulful love song, “I Really Need You,” to the urban dance number, “Are You Satisfied.”

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Album: Angels and Eagles /  Artist: Eve Selis /  14 tracks / Country--Americana

* Her vocals are rich and possess just enough grit to add authenticity to her earthy lyrics.

* If you enjoy two-stepping then you should try on for size the eighth track, “One Day At A Time,” which is a good working woman or man’s song.