2011 December 31 — Something Else! Reviews

Archive for December 31st, 2011

One Track Mind: Nancy Wilson, “What Are You Doing New Year’s?” (1963)0
/ December 31, 2011 9:27 am

One Track Mind: Nancy Wilson, “What Are You Doing New Year’s?” (1963)

A lot of singers have sung this one, from Nat “King” Cole and Johnny Mathis to Diana Krall and the Orioles, the post-war R&B vocal quartet. For me, though, Nancy Wilson’s has always been the definitive reading.

Southside Johnny with LaBamba’s Big Band – <i>Grapefruit Moon: Songs of Tom Waits</i> (2008)0
/ December 31, 2011 8:51 am

Southside Johnny with LaBamba’s Big Band – Grapefruit Moon: Songs of Tom Waits (2008)

This release had been a rumor for years. There would be occasional mentions on the Internet from the man himself, first about how LaBamba was working on the charts, then about the sessions that had to be fit in between the busy schedules

Jimmy Owens – <i>The Monk Project</i> (2012)0
/ December 31, 2011 8:14 am

Jimmy Owens – The Monk Project (2012)

I was struck, time and again, by the considered, almost slow-motion attention to detail here, as trumpeter Jimmy Owens and Co. tease out every blues-soaked nuance from the oft-heard music of Thelonious Monk.

On Second Thought: Led Zeppelin – <i>How The West Was Won</i> (2003)0
/ December 31, 2011 7:39 am

On Second Thought: Led Zeppelin – How The West Was Won (2003)

It is impossible to deny Led Zeppelin their right to the moniker “kings of rock ‘n roll.” Twenty-plus years after their demise, all they had to do was release a giant new live box.

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