Although vibraphonist Steve Nelson had been on the jazz scene for some time, Full Nelson marked his debut as a leader. Accompanied by two fine musicians, the highly sought-after bassist Ray Drummond and pianist Kirk Lightsey (who, like Nelson, is still deserving of wider recognition), he put together a thoughtful program of standards, great jazz compositions, and a pair of originals, though his playing is much softer than on typical recordings which followed. This session evolved f...   [ read more ]

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Willie Nelson recorded for many labels during the course of his lengthy career, but his greatest commercial success arrived during his time on Columbia during the late '70s and early '80s, which is one of the reasons that the career-spanning double-disc collection The Essential Willie Nelson appeared on Columbia/Legacy in 2003. The other reason, of course, is that during the first part of the 2000s, Legacy had been turning out cross-licensed, multi-label compilations of artists who hopped...   [ read more ]

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On first listen, the songs on The Very Best of Nelson Rangell don't sound any different than the kind of smooth, lite-jazz/easy listening pop that one would find on a Spyro Gyra record, and certainly this album fits comfortably in that oft-maligned genre. What makes Rangell different from, say, David Sanborn or Kenny G is not his arrangements, which tend to be pedestrian and colorless (you've heard these MIDI synthesizers and George Benson-influenced guitars dozens of times befor...   [ read more ]

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