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Seth MacFarlane - Songs From Home
Seth MacFarlane & Liz Gillies
Songs From Home
2021 • LP
83
Apr 8
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings
Chet Baker
Chet Baker Sings
1954 • LP
87
Mar 26
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
A Night in Tunisia
1961 • LP
90
Mar 25
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um
1959 • LP
93
Mar 25
Various Artists - Urinetown The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Broadway Cast
Urinetown The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
2001 • Soundtrack
84
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Tame Impala - Currents
Tame Impala
Currents
2015 • LP
78
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Tame Impala - Lonerism
Tame Impala
Lonerism
2012 • LP
72
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Tame Impala
InnerSpeaker
2010 • LP
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Recent Reviews

Seth MacFarlane - Songs From Home
83

1. It’s A Good Day - 7.5/10
2. Ain’t We Got Fun? - 10/10
3. Calcutta - 8.5/10
4. Drinking Again - 7/10
5. Come To The Mardi Gras - 8/10
6. Better Than A Dream - 9.5/10
7. It Doesn’t Cost A Dime To Dream - 9/10
8. This Could Be The Start Of Something Big - 9.5/10
9. That Holiday Feeling - 9/10
10. Happy Holiday - 7/10
11. Peachtree Street - 7.5/10
12. Cozy - 7.5/10

TOTAL SCORE: 100/120 = 83/100
FAVORITE TRACK: "Ain't We Got Fun?"

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings
87

1. But Not for Me - 10/10
2. Time After Time - 8.5/10
3. My Funny Valentine - 7.5/10
4. I Fall in Love Too Easily - 10/10
5. There Will Never Be Another You - 10/10
6. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) - 8/10
7. The Thrill Is Gone - 7/10
8. Look for the Silver Lining - 8.5/10

TOTAL SCORE: 69.5/80 = 87/100
FAVORITE TRACK: "I Fall in Love Too Easily" & "But Not for Me"

John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
99

1. My Favorite Things - 10/10
2. Everytime We Say Goodbye - 10/10
3. Summertime - 9.5/10
4. But Not for Me - 10/10

TOTAL SCORE: 39.5/40 = 99/100
FAVORITE TRACK:

Coltrane's soprano redefines cool jazz. Solos so wonderful, and accompaniment that never seems overbearing, and a variety of themes and feels in a short album. A cool jazz classic.

Dave Brubeck - Time Out
84

1. Blue Rondo à la Turk - 9/10
2. Strange Meadow Lark - 8.5/10
3. Take Five - 10/10
4. Three to Get Ready - 8/10
5. Kathy's Waltz - 9/10
6. Everybody's Jumpin' - 7/10
7. Pick Up Sticks - 7/10

TOTAL SCORE: 58.5/70 = 84/100
FAVORITE TRACK: "Take Five"

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
90

1. A Night in Tunisia - 9/10
2. Sincerely Diana - 10/10
3. So Tired - 9.5/10
4. Yama - 8/10
5. Kozo's Waltz - 8.5/10

TOTAL SCORE: 45/50 = 90/100
FAVORITE TRACK: "Sincerely Diana"

Blakey's take on "A Night in Tunisia" is interesting... definitely not my favorite here. Still fantastic, but surprisingly too fast. "Sincerely Diana" takes the cake for my favorite on this - perhaps Diana Bingley is the Diana in question?


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