Bill Orcutt - How To Rescue Things"Charlie Parker's first album with a string section landed in 1950, ten years after his debut recordings. Although the overtly lush arrangements of Charlie Parker with Strings were Parker's idea, the record must've been something of a relief to producer Norman Granz, especially when the sides went on to become Bird's best seller, by a long shot. The record (and its follow up) sparked something of a jazz strings virus, infecting Nina Simone, Paul

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She did not record with them until later -- not long before she'd begin her Devil Dogs project -- but even she knew she was beyond No Wave at the point of Eight Eyed Spy

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Work on the album was interrupted to make way for what turned out to be Wings’ last tour

with music that varied between minimal jazzy chording

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but it does achieve what should be the goal of all good art: to make us feel less alone

We Have Dozens of Titles restrikes the iron of Gastr del Sol

a radio-friendly groove for last dance lovers clinging together in an effort to save themselves before the end of the night

and how essential collaboration and improvisation are for accessing the indescribable

Robert Plant) sees The Psychedelic Furs emerge sounding as fresh as ever with the unforgettable vocal/lyrical talents of Richard Butler at the fore…they have never sounded better

they captured the spirit of those travels with spontaneity and trust