Mark Whitfield

Mark Whitfield

ASIN: B000002MIK

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This nimble-fingered guitarist follows in footsteps of mentor Georg Benson on a third album that smoothly moves from jazz ("Freddie Freeloader") to R&B ("Sweet, Sweet Love"). --Jeff Bateman

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Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock
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Thoughts from a jazz student...

Slamming Tribute Herbie Hancock

May be the best recording I've heard this year!

Outstanding!

Spectacular!

Fingerpainting: The Music of Herbie Hancock
Christian McBride , Nicholas Payton , and Mark Whitfield
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000047FK
Release Date: 1997-09-09

Tracks:

Fingerpainting
Driftin'
Chameleon
Tell Me A Bedtime Story
The Eye Of The Hurricane
The Kiss (From Blow-Up)
Speak Like A Child
The Sorcerer
Dolphin Dance
Chan's Song
One Finger Snap (From 'Round Midnight)
Sly
Oliloqui Valley
Jane's Theme (From Blow-Up)

Customer Reviews:

Thoughts from a jazz student..........2007-03-06

This album is a big part of what turned me on to jazz. If you haven't given jazz a serious chance yet, or if your a big fan already... you owe it to yourself to BUY THIS ALBUM!

Slamming Tribute Herbie Hancock.......2003-02-04

all I have to say is that this Set truly pays Herbie Hancock a Huge amount of Respect&doesn't let up from start to finish."Chamelon" alone will knock your socks off Here at how it's covered.

May be the best recording I've heard this year!.......2002-04-16

Wow! I wasn't sure what to expect with such a strange combination
as bass, guitar, and trumpet, but after one listen I was floored!
What an incredible interpretation of Hancock's work! It's one thing to have three of the top jazz musicians in the world playing together, but then to also have them playing with such inspiration, mastery, and cohesion (in a rather unorthodox setting)...what more can a listenter ask for? Drums? Piano? Not needed. Whitfield, McBride, and Payton have all the rhythms and melodies taken care of in a unique and fresh way. Normally I wait 1 year to review a cd, but this was like discovering gold that had already been excavated and polished.

Outstanding!.......2001-11-03

This is an inspired work of a masters music performed by young masters of our time. A must have.

Spectacular!.......2001-01-07

I bought this CD for two reasons, Herbie Hanock and Nicholas Payton. Hancock's music has been done a zillion different ways by a zillion diffrent people but Peyton, McBride and Whitfield do Herbie's music proud. Imagine some of Herbie's best compositions unplugged with just a bass, guitar and trumpet. It's like hearing the music again for the first time. Their version of the classic 'Chameleon' is brilliant and is darn near better than the original.

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His best work yet !!!!!!
Still one of my favourite jazz guitarists.

7th Ave. Stroll
Mark Whitfield
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B00000470D
Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

Washington Square Thoroughfare
Harlem Nocturne
7th Ave. Stroll
A Brooklyn Love
Businessman's Bounce
Spring In Manhattan
Sunday In New York
The Bowery Blues
Sunset At Waterside
Headin' To The Wes' Side
Autumn In New York

Customer Reviews:

His best work yet !!!!!!.......2004-08-26

Mark's nickname is QuickPic. This project demonstrates why. Every song is a treat. FRankly I have been waiting for something to rival this CD. From my standpoint, his career and musci took a different direction after this project. it is so good it is a must own for any lover of the Wes Montgomery/George Benson type sound. With no disrespect intended, he takes it to the next level (Now if he could only sing as good or better than Benson, he would have the whole package).

Still one of my favourite jazz guitarists........2002-12-16

Excellent album! Mark Whitfield is an amazing guitarist in the Wes Montgomery / George Benson tradition. His technique is flawless, his tone soft and clear and he's got a knack for spinning lyrical, bluesy lines that you can actually hum along to after a few listens.

I'd be hard pressed to pick any highlights on this album, because I like all of the tunes. Bowery Blues is one of my faves, along with Washington Square Thoroughfare.

His music draws heavily on the blues and although influences from Wes & Benson are apparent, he's still got a sound of his own.

Tracks:

The Marksman
The Blues, From Way Back
In A Sentimental Mood
Long Way From Home
Medgar Evers' Blues
Little Digi's Strut
The Very Thought Of You
Namu
There Is No Greater Love

Customer Reviews:

Groovy jazz guitar.......2002-04-19

Aleady here in 1990 one can say without any exxageration that Whitfield was a true groove master with no real technical restrictions and with what Wes Montgomery use to say."a very nice definition" in his single note lines.Whitfield is mostly using "down picking" that is what gives this nice definition..you can hear every note clearly even hwn he plays at the "speed of lightning".It refreshing to hear how Whitfield constructs his lines...like when he start of the dom 7th scale on the 6 th..it gives a nice lyrical touch to his playing.
Even though Whitfield at times can be perceived as a "speed demon" he clearly comes out of the Grant Green-George Benson school" where groove and swing was the essential thing, quite different to more modern players of today.
Otherwise I ref to the very insightful review below by Tyler Smith.

Tasteful tunesmith.......2001-03-21

Those first coming to "The Marksman" will note a few words to the listener from none other than George Benson, who speaks warmly of Mark Whitfield by way of introduction. That's appropriate for this fine 1990 release in that Whitfield's warm, tuneful and swinging sound proudly descends from Benson's. Like Benson before him, Whitfield has in recent years, dipped more than a toe into the more commercial pop market, although obviously with less success than his mentor has enjoyed.

That said, "The Marksman" is a thoroughly enjoyable set of performances, a straight-ahead session that simmers along nicely with nary a false note.

Not that the music lacks an edge. For example, the title tune, as well as "Medgar Evars' Blues," and "Little Digi's Strut" all swing tightly, pushed along by three Wynton Marsalis cohorts, Marcus Roberts (piano), Herlin Riley (drums) and Reginald Veal (bass). All three had already cut their teeth with Marsalis and (in Roberts' case) on their own, but they play tightly with Whitfield, and the date sounds like a quartet rather than a stale get-together of session musicians.

There is also an unforced tribute to the blues, "The Blues, From Way Back," on which Whitfield stretches out with a mellow tone that still manages to retain a touch of grit. A follow-up release, "True Blue," reiterated that Whitfield comes to the blues -- and gospel as well -- naturally, not as an affectation. Veal's walking bass on this cut is a delight.

Whitfield registers one more very strong impression for me on "The Marksman." When he takes on the standard "The Very Thought of You," he approaches the melody of the tune -- which is lovely -- with straight, nearly unembellished single notes. He's "singing" the tune. That's great when a jazz musician feels the confidence to let the tune speak for itself and set aside his chops for a couple of minutes. His solo performance on "Namu" and interpretation of "In a Sentimental Mood" show a similar willingness to favor melody and tunefulness over flash.

One often finds Whitfield's releases (including this one,unfortunately) in bargain bins these days, and I'm not sure why. Certainly "The Marksman" and several of his other releases deserve a better fate.

Mark Whitfield
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A Little Bit of Something for Every Jazz Taste

Fantastic but not Mark's best

Pop and straight-ahead jazz in one package

Smooth Jazz as it's best

Schizophrenic offering

Mark Whitfield
Mark Whitfield
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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ASIN: B000002MIK
Release Date: 1993-04-13

Tracks:

Strollin'
Freddie Freeloader
That Girl
You Know What I Like
The Joy Of Love And Peace
Sweet, Sweet Love
Maya
More Than You Know
Salvation Of Mrt
Bb's Journey
What's New
Runnin' With The Ooze

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This nimble-fingered guitarist follows in footsteps of mentor Georg Benson on a third album that smoothly moves from jazz ("Freddie Freeloader") to R&B ("Sweet, Sweet Love"). --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

A Little Bit of Something for Every Jazz Taste.......2004-12-25

I came across this CD at a discount music store after hearing one of the tracks blasting through the in-house system. Caught by the crispness and appeal of the cut played, I decided that nothing ventured, nothing gained. Why not buy it? I am a fan of contemporary jazz.

The disc turned out to be much better than my expectations. With an unfamiliar artist, one is often taking a chance that a complete CD may not measure up. However, this one does.

Whitfield and his production staff crafted a disc that covers the wide range that is today's jazz. Of course, the album is eleven years old now, but times have not changed that drastically and it sounds as "tight" today as it did then.

Two cuts represent the "fusion" movement of jazz, R & B, and pop: "Strollin'" and "Sweet, Sweet Love," while "You Know What I Like" would fit in any radio programmer's "quiet storm" format. The guitarist gives Stevie Wonder's "That Girl" gets a fresh facelift. "Maya" is heavy on the pop influence while "The Joy of Leave & Peace" melds jazz with a bossa nova beat. "More Than You Know" allows Whitfield to do the "accoustic thing," doing it solo sans accompaniment.

The remaining cuts are more traditional and should satisfy those that long for the days of smoke-filled, cool nightspots where Miles and Dizzy and Charlie played into the wee hours of the morning.

Whitfield would fit right in with these legends.

Fantastic but not Mark's best.......2004-08-26

I am biased. It is hard for me to look at Whtifield's music and be disappointed. This project is heavy on instrumetnal guitar jams. Another effort in Whitfield distinguishing himself from themany others in this area. If you are debating betweenthis and others by Whitfiled, buy 7th Avenue Stroll.

Pop and straight-ahead jazz in one package.......2000-08-31

On this cd Mark Whitfield exhibits versatility that very few guitarists have. I mean, who would be so compelling in all of Pop,RnB and straight jazz? He swings like Wes Montgomery on the bluesy "Freddie Freeloader", even takes a 'bite' of George Benson's "Breezin'" on "The joy of love & peace". All the Jazz tracks produced by Matt Pierson can stand out on their own CD and I'll be very satisfied. The same with the Pop sounding Chris Walker productions. It's a little frustrating moving from "Freddie Freeloader" to "That girl" and from "The joy.." to "Sweet, Sweet Love". The music just doesn't belong in the same CD. Mark is allowed to shine much better on the jazz tracks and I think that's because of the excellent rhythm section behind him(esp. Roland Guerin on bass). Still this CD will satisfy the musical taste buds of a wide variety of listeners. This is definitely not an average CD.

Smooth Jazz as it's best.......2000-07-30

Well, some Jazz purists will make a destroying comment, as you can see at this page. But follow my advice, never trust a comment of a Jazz purist about Smooth Jazz. Just listen to the samples and decide yourself. You will not regrett it. Mark Whitfield's album Mark Whitfield is a true gem of Smooth Jazz.

HBH

Schizophrenic offering.......2000-03-07

I happen to think Mark is one of the best young guitarists out there, but this is his weakest recorded offering. The problem is not so much in his playing as in the selection of material, which may leave you wondering how many cooks contributed to this particular broth.

The first cut, "Strolling," gets the CD off to an inauspicious beginning. From its opening synthesized strains, we are in "smooth jazz" territory: the music lacks an edge, the drum beat is robotic, and the bland, colorless keyboard provides little drive for Whitfield to play off of.

Things improve with the second cut, a cover of Miles' "Freddy Freeloader." The backing loosens up, allowing Whitfield to construct a freely flowing solo that winds up with some Wes Montgomery-flavored chording. Just as quickly, however, we get a tepid cover of Stevie Wonder's "That Girl." Later, there's an embarrassment entitled "Sweet, Sweet Love," complete with inane lyrics warbled by Chris Walker.

And that's the pattern for the rest of the CD: empty blandishments followed by the kind of smart, tightly played jazz that we expect from Whitfield.

Why the dichotomy? A glance at the producer credits explains it all. The jazz cuts are produced by Matt Pierson, who has served ably in that role for Joshua Redman. The empty pop offerings were produced by Chris Walker. Pierson executive-produced, so I guess he has to take some of the blame for the final offering.

If you are looking for a CD by Whitfield, skip this mixed bag and pick up any or all of the following: "The Marksman"; "True Blue"; or "Seventh Avenue Stroll," all of which are very satisfying, very listenable CDs that don't sacrifice jazz integrity for a lukewarm effort at pleasing everybody.

Raw
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Mark is a genius

Stay Away

Not the one to miss

Raw
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ASIN: B00004YR6E
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

Ducktones
A Beautiful Intuition
Alone Together
A Brooklyn Love
Tell Me A Bedtime Story

Customer Reviews:

Mark is a genius.......2006-02-09

When I saw Mark playing with Dr. Lonnie Smith, I was stunned by the way he kept things going. He was so energic the whole time. He's got wonderful technic, but still he uses his skills with taste, unlike so many others. A few months later I got this cd and I was blown away again. The band is just great and they're playing intresting tunes. In a way Raw reminds me of the Coltrane's Love Supreme... there's lots and lots of energy.

If you want to relax by listening to good music, this is a great choice but don't waste your money on this one if you want a cd which you can listen to in your car.

Stay Away.......2005-05-21

I don't know why Mark Whitfield recorded this CD. He achieved success as a straight-ahead player, and it's been written that he genuinely enjoys playing more commercial, smooth jazz. This is indeed a "raw" session, aiming almost for the avant garde, for which Whitfield shows little interest and no aptitude. Maybe he wanted to prove something. Maybe he lost a bet.

Whitfield is backed by Robert Glasper (piano), Brandon Owens (bass), and Donald Edwards (drums). Each of the five tracks is an extended jam, the shortest lasting 10:27. There's a lot of music here, some of it very fast and some of it very loud. It's aggressive music. It just doesn't say anything.

I like late Coltrane as much as anyone. In fact, I'll go one better: I like Charles Gayle and David S. Ware. I've got most of their records, and I think their solo work is profound. So when I say that "Raw" is basically noise, it's not because Whitfield stretched outside the blues. There's simply no substance to anything happening on this record. It's a lot of talk with absolutely nothing to say.

Whitfield's career has had some bright moments. "True Blue" is as good as any of the Young Lions records. The playing is top-notch, and Whitfield's original tunes are solid. He was an asset to Jimmy Smith's two Verve all-star CDs. And if he's truly gone down the smooth jazz path, I wish him well. But this CD was an unfortunate and ill-advised diversion. Don't waste your time.

Not the one to miss.......2000-11-08

For some reasons unknown, everytime I listen to this latest Mark Whitfield's live sets I always feel like I am listening to Grey Osby's "Banned In New York". Raw is quite different from what Mark Whitfield did in the past. As the title suggests, the music in there often gives you a sense of "raw" feeling which is missing in other Mark Whitfield's albums. He did well in what he accomplished thus far, and the direction he approaches in there definitely makes this live dates worth listening over and over again.

Soul Conversation Featuring Mark Whitfield & JK

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great music, but horrible audio-engineering!
Jazz purists BEWARE..this isn't smooth jazz either
please god, dont make me like this...its smooth jazz!
Soulsantional!

Soul Conversation Featuring Mark Whitfield & JK
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ASIN: B00004TFE6
Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

Whatever It Takes
Talk To Me
Reflections Of You
Miami Sunset
Visions
Hand To Mouth
Secrets
In The Backseat
69th Street
On The Edge
Unzipped

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At first listen, it wouldn't appear that guitarists Mark Whitfield and JK would have much to talk about musically. Whitfield absorbed the influence of jazzers like Wes Montgomery, then went on to work with the likes of Betty Carter and Carmen McRae. JK has been a top R&B producer and session guitarist. It turns out that the two share a love for classic soul music. That makes Soul Conversation as bright and lively a duet idea as George Benson and Earl Klugh's 1987 CD, Collaboration. The real joys of this project come when the two go point-counterpoint, statement and echo, as on "Talk to Me." The two spend the moody, wah-wah enhanced tune negotiating the subtle edges of a thick groove through improvisational trade-offs. At the end of each passage, they join and wind down the melody like two leaves falling directly on top of each other. Two's company most of the time here, but that tune and the shuffle-jam "Vision" feature a third who's worthy of opinion in the form of Herbie Hancock and his Fender Rhodes. --Jonathan Widran

Customer Reviews:

great music, but horrible audio-engineering!.......2005-03-06

this is a great funky "smooth"-jazz album, unfortunately it is not listenable to good ears.
the audio-engineer must have been deaf! i've never heard anyhting like that, only with some single tracks (e.g. on george michael's patience) but in this case the whole album is polluted by some high-frequency noise around 16KHz that makes listening to the music a real torture, he must have used some exciter or other high-frequency enhancer that added this horrible noise.
i get headache from it.

Jazz purists BEWARE..this isn't smooth jazz either.......2004-10-14

I must confess I love Mark Whitfield's music. I have everything. Some is better than others. I had never heard of JK. Frankly I dont know (or much care) who JK has produced. I do care about this project. Flat out, every track is solid. I don't beleive it had much commercial success but then most gems remain undiscovered. There are several special artists but the whole point of this project was to bring different people of different backgrounds together for their common love of solid grooves. It Worked and check out the DVD of the same title. I own it too!!!!

please god, dont make me like this...its smooth jazz!.......2001-08-11

...i really dislike "smooth" jazz. most of it is not really as smooth or as jazzy as it is just plain old boring. this is the one category of music i get burned on the most whenever i purchase any...especially the ones that claim to be "the greatest combination of hip-hop and jazz". there's no hip-hop at all on this cd, but the tracks here are all a shade shy from being funky and laid-back enough without being drowsy. whether you "sittin back in the cut", "jus' chillin'" or "jus' gon' marinade"-this is good pre- and post-date music to conversate over...or WHATEVER it is you do.

Soulsantional!.......2000-06-15

Great Album, a definite keeper for the smooth jazz list. I've only heard the "Whatever It Takes" song on the radio recently and was hooked, so I checked them out to see if they were as good as they sounded. It's true, they are even better than they sounded! A MUST HAVE for the smooth jazz fan!

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Randy B
Very good effort focusing on his blues and jazz roots.

Patrice
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ASIN: B000002LQ7
Release Date: 1991-09-17

Tracks:

Go Down Moses
Dear Father
Lady Of The Day
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Baby M's Bayou Blues
Patrice
Midnight Sun
David's Theme
Bee's Blues
Brother Jack
Trouble At The South Bend
We'll Be Together Again

Customer Reviews:

Randy B.......2001-06-29

This is one of Mark Whitfield's earlier albums. I became an instant fan of his when I saw him perform live with Jimmy Smith. His rendition of the old torch song "Midnight Sun" in this performance made me rush out to find it on one of his albums. It turns out it was on "Patrice". I subsequently found the recorded version, on acoustic guitar (rather than the electric acoustic used in the live performance) fell far short of the live performance. I'm tempted to write him and tell him to re-record it for a new album. The remainder of the album is fair to good. It's clear his expertise has improved since he recorded "Patrice"

Very good effort focusing on his blues and jazz roots........1998-10-21

This is a very good effort by the sometimes brilliant Mark Whitfield. He has the unfortunate situation of being the supposed heir to George Benson and has already been forced to put out some lame material on the self-titled "Mark Whitfield". This session finds him playing it straight for the most part with an emphasis on the blues. The liner notes make mention that Wynton Marsalis recommended he concentrate more on what he's playing rather than how he's playing it. This was sound advice as the "Marksman", Whitfield's debut, featured too much overplaying. The personnel of Kenny Barron, Alvin Batiste, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, and Manolo Badrena adds credibility to the recording before you even start listening. Fortunately, the personnel lives up to the expectations of the listener. "Go Down Moses" is a good blues tune that finds Whitfield adding more space to his melody and solo. He sounds a lot like Kevin Eubanks on "Lady of the Day". Alvin Batiste's clarinet adds a nice flavor to the group's sound on "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen". "Baby M's Blues" is a down-home blues played with the bottleneck sound. The vocals on "Patrice" are pleasant enough, as is Whitfield, but it seems out of place here. Whitfield puts in a fine solo performance on "Midnight Sun", but he is doesn't sound completely comfortable in this setting. "David's Theme" is the definitive Whitfield song on the album. He truly has his own sound and style and this performance is the best example of why you should pay attention to this musician. "Bee's Blues" is another fun romp led by Batiste's clarinet again. Whitfield plays a great solo on this tune. "Brother Jack" is the mandatory tribute to Wes, which every young guitarist seems to feel is necessary. "Trouble at the South Bend" is the most edgy tune here. The most interesting thing about it is the fusion-style head combined with the jazz feel. DeJohnette's drumming here is supreme and reminded me of how great he is. Oh yes, let us not forget the great support here from Ron Carter as well. The session closes out on another pretty, but slightly uncomfortable solo performance of "We'll Be Together Again". Perhaps I'm biased from listening to Joe Pass for so many years. Mark Whitfield continues the great jazz guitar tradition and if able to stay focused on jazz, will be a musician whom our children will study about.

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Competent but corny
For all those romantic nights and days...

Forever Love
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ASIN: B0000047DP
Release Date: 1997-03-04

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Some Other Time
My One & Only Love
Nature Boy
It Never Entered My Mind
Some Other Spring
Early Autumn
Forever
I Wanna Talk About You
Only The Lonely

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Mark Whitfield is a gifted guitarist with a quick-fingered but elegant knack for phrasing. Unfortunately, this gift has been sabotaged by a weakness for sentimentality that dominates Forever Love. Nine of the 10 selections were inspired by a famous jazz vocal by the likes of Dinah Washington, Tony Bennett, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. Only two have actual vocals (by guest Diana Krall), but Whitfield always supplies the lead voice, whether playing electric guitar with a combo or orchestra or playing acoustic guitar alone. Unlike his famous models, though, Whitfield never undercuts the mushy melodrama with a sobering dose of realism, and becomes as cloying as Earl Klugh or George Benson. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Competent but corny.......2007-01-22

Dull and uninspired, this is precisely the type of music true jazz fans will want to stay away from, although more general audience might fall for it.
If you like Diana Krall, she is a guest on this CD (surprise, surprise!), singing on two songs.

For all those romantic nights and days..........1999-06-07

Forever Love is incredible. White light filtered down through the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Situated on a blanket between two holly trees, a young couple sat enjoying the cool spring breeze of early April, a picnic lunch with champagne, and the music of Forever Love from a CD player. I held her in my arms and kissed her closed eyes, cheeks, and nose with the soft petals of a rose. Mark Whitfield's guitar was like a film soundtrack, one that fits so perfectly you almost don't notice the subtle effect it's having on you. This is a must for fans of Diana Krall who supplies vocals on two of the tracks and hints at her transition from "Love Scenes" to "When I Look in Your Eyes." Mark Whitfield was the background for many romantic nights and days with the greatest love of my life. I know this album would mean as much to you, too.

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7th Ave. Stroll
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Purr

Manufacturer: Tzadik
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ASIN: B0000CABI0
Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

Cloud Walking
Chen Dah at Large
Purr
Wogen-Brandung-Wonne
Fuse Box, Pt. 1
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