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The Beatles, "I Saw Her Standing There" (Star Club, 1962): Deep Beatles

The Beatles, “I Saw Her Standing There” (Star Club, 1962): Deep Beatles

The Beatles’ Star Club album remains controversial, but a spirited rendition of “I Saw Her Standing There” is worth the price of admission.

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Something Else! sneak peek: Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb and Everette Harp: “Serious Business” from Jazz Funk Soul (2014)

Three contemporary jazz titans have some good, clean fun with their renowned polish left intact.

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Joe Magnarelli – Lookin’ Up! (2014)

‘Lookin’ Up!’ is simply damned good, no-nonsense, straight-ahead jazz carried out with veteran proficiency.

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Steve Lehman Octet – Mise En Abîme (2014)

‘Mise En Abîme’ would be a stunning achievement for just about anybody else; for Steve Lehman, it’s just his still-evolving musical personality racing out beyond jazz’s frontiers and daring anyone to try and catch up.

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Gimme Five: Stanley Clarke, Steve Gadd, Steve Lukather, Dave Mason + Brian Ray celebrate Paul McCartney

Collaborators from across his solo career talk about what McCartney has meant to them.

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Eric Johnson – Europe Live (2014)

‘Europe Live’ illustrates what cutting Johnson loose adds to his studio efforts.

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‘A good toe in the water’: Brian May on Queen’s warm up show with Adam Lambert

Queen pulled out out a deep cut in “Love Kills,” a Freddie Mercury song from 1984.

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‘The chemistry is just incredible’: Ringo Starr on perhaps his best All-Starr Band ever

Ringo, Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie and Todd Rundgren begin a run at the Beacon tonight.

Into the Great Wide Open: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "You're Gonna Get It" (1978)

Into the Great Wide Open: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “You’re Gonna Get It” (1978)

Petty began to take control of his vocal gifts on the second Heartbreakers album.

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Prolific jazz drummer Scott Amendola launches ambitious orchestral project with Nels Cline, Trevor Dunn

Call this one the Nels Cline Singers with strings, with music by Scott Amendola.