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...jazz guitar was mostly a rhythm instrument. In his hands, it emerged as a brilliantly lyrical solo voice, one that echoes in virtually every electric guitarist who has followed. Christian's death from tuberculosis at 25 made him one of jazz's greatest might-have-beens. This four-disc package--largely his 1939-41 appearances as a precocious star of Benny Goodman's combos--proves that he was one of jazz's greatest, period...
...exuberant, inspired, irresistible. His ringing, soaring trumpet improvisations in the 1920s not only established him as jazz's first pre-eminent and pervasively influential soloist but also propelled jazz from a shambling, collective folk music into an art form. Many versions of these indispensable sides are available; the four-disc set from London-based JSP offers the best remastered sound...
...Arkadin” was taken away from Welles during post-production; many of the available cuts were butchered versions of his original intent. The Criterion Collection has just released the film in a three disc set that contains the best known versions of the film, a new cut stitched together from all known prints and more special features then you could ever be able to watch. “Mr. Arkadin” is, as the titular character is described in the film, “a phenomenon of an age of disillusionment and crisis.” It?...
...CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM The Chili Peppers have always been proud hedonists, so their decade of musical coasting has seemed less a squandering of talent than an example of character as fate. But with producer Rick Rubin pushing their buttons, the Peppers summoned up two discs and 28 tracks' worth of ambition, and sure enough, they can still write hits. The first disc, subtitled Jupiter, is wall-to-wall melodies that bob and weave on Flea's bass playing and Anthony Kiedis' vocal cords. (Lyrically he's still concerned with the abstract fantasia that is his California life...
...guitar solos. “Mess With Time” is both heavier and more unique, blending flamenco-style instrumentation with hard rock. And yet, Built to Spill does not go out with a bang. Though many half-hearted listeners may not make it to the end of the disc, those who do will be greeted with the unbearably redundant “The Wait.” Ultimately, while “You In Reverse” has many admirable points—and certainly reestablishes the fluid musicianship of the group—the album fails to amount...