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• 2008 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech by brooklynvegan

  "? Spank Rock, Santogold, Kid Sister, Amanda Blank, The Cool Kids, & Flosstradamus playing Rock the Bells too | Main | Scarlett Johansson's Tom Waits album has a website ? Posted in music | tour dates on April 22, 2008 2008 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech Orchestra Baobab..."

• Benny Golson... Blind Willie Johnson... Cecil Taylor... by wordsandmusic

  "Bennie Golson arranged and conducted – but did not play on - his 1962 album 'Just Jazz. A selection of classic jazz themes, from which I have selected the old Basie number 'Moten Swing.' A stately, crisp theme statement, counter-pointed by some sharp comping from Bill Evans. Shorter takes the..."

• No One Wants To See The Fonz @ Covent Garden by ANALOG blog

  "* More Reaction to the Royal Opera's makeover: "Every rebranding of this sort involves, sooner or later, a DJ and the artist Julian Opie, and this one goes along with the general tendency in an almost parodic way.""...any self-respecting "buzzy, cool" youth knows when they're being served half-baked ideas instead..."

• Jane Ira Bloom - Mental Weather (2008) by Dablog by DaSLOB

  "photo by Jack Vartoogianby PicoThe first thing that is usually said about Jane Ira Bloom is that she is the rare jazz saxophonist who plays the soprano sax...exclusively. With so many prominent forebears who made made memorable music on the straight horn ranging from John Coltrane to Dave Liebman, it..."

• My All-Star CD's of 2007: The Best Of The Rest by Dablog by DaSLOB

  "by PicoEither it's been a strong year music-wise, or I've simply been listening to more new releases than I usually do. It's probably a combination of both but regardless, there was a lot of good chaff left on the floor by the time I finalized my All-Stars Starters and Alternates..."