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...At first they tried recording standards, but Gordy shelved those tracks, wanting something suitable for the R&B market. “We was disappointed,” Fakir says. “And we let him know....
...soca beats; Golding references young Sonny Rollins, Boyd inserts whipcrack rimshots into press rolls that are as smooth as glass....
...A well-chosen cast of guest vocalists appears from the worlds of R&B (Solange, Anderson.Paak) and underground rap (Denzel Curry, Tierra Whack, Shabazz Palaces)....
...The set closed with UK alto saxophonist Soweto Kinch joining the trio for a cover of Sonny Rollins’ warhorse blues “Tenor Madness”....
...It will present the drummer in a “new urban jazz” strand that also includes American jazz supergroup R+R=NOW and British saxophonist Nubya Garcia....
...Booker Ervin The Good Book — The Early Years 1960-62 (Acrobat) Booker Ervin’s unique tenor sax voice was forged out of road-trip necessity and the hollers and moans of chittlin-circuit R&B....
...An impressive roster of guests shows the bass-player’s sway in LA’s resurgent hip-hop and jazz scenes, such as Kendrick Lamarr’s incisive rap over the woozy R&B of “Walk on By”....
...For the next 90 minutes, Dave and his quartet juxtaposed, jumbled up and bent out of shape half a century of jazz, funk and R&B without pause for breath....
...Aged 42, he is still an inveterate jammer – recent recorded guest spots include Sonny Rollins – fronts his own big band when in New York, and frequently adds gloss to the classier end of R&B....
...Swearing on stage can land you in jail, and the American R&B singer’s generous use of Eddie Murphy’s favourite expletive led to a small audience walkout and threats of police intervention....
...But Loose is smashing: high-tech R&B beats, blaring Latin pop and one of the singles of the year, the mighty “Maneater”....
...R de Rimauresq 2004 Côtes de Provence Cellar Door £16.50, The Vineyard £15.99 Fine and delicate and very pale with some herbycharacter and a dry finish. This is a “proper” Provençal pink....
...HP, which spends about $1bn annually on printing R&D, has long argued its more expensive ink provides the best colour quality, does not clog printer nozzles and resists long-term fading....
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