Pacha Massive calls itself a "groove collective," but they are also groove collectors. The 15 tracks on the duo's torrid debut are, like the Bronx that they call home, a melting pot, where beats and accents combust into multiple, diverse flavors, the attitude is both tough and sweet, and each layer reveals sensations that are at once familiar yet utterly new. It's a group effort, populated by a sizable guest list, but the prime movers here are the Dominican-born producer/keyboardist Nova and the Colo...   [ read more ]

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Ramsey Lewis staked his claim to fame with The In Crowd, the instrumental version of Dobie Gray's Top 40 hit. He also was one of the first soul-jazz icons of the mid-'60s, based on the strength of the sales of this recording, done over three days during a club date at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington, DC. Over the years, the biggest question about this effort was why it was so short, clocking in at a mere thirty-three-minutes-and-forty-seconds, when the engagement was so much longer than that...   [ read more ]

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Ramsey Lewis staked his claim to fame with The In Crowd, the instrumental version of Dobie Gray's Top 40 hit. He also was one of the first soul-jazz icons of the mid-'60s, based on the strength of the sales of this recording, done over three days during a club date at the Bohemian Caverns in Washington, DC. Over the years, the biggest question about this effort was why it was so short when the engagement was so much longer than that. A limited repertoire, flawed recordings, or the band just not...   [ read more ]

CD $35.13