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Billie Holiday Remixed and Reimagined
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Billie Holiday gets another remix treatment on August 7 with Billie Holiday: Remixed and Reimagined. It’s Sony/Legacy’s follow-up to last year’s Nina Simone: Remixed and Reimagined. Remixers and artists include Tony Humphries, DJ Logic, Charles Feelgood, DJ Swingsett, Nickodemus, Jazzy Nice, Organica, trumpeter Fabio Morgera (from Groove Collective) and Lady Day Mecca (from Digable Planets)….
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Re-Bop: The Savoy Remixes and a Miles Davis Remix Project
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Remix mania continues with two new compilations. Last week, Savoy Jazz’s Nu Groove imprint released Re-Bop, The Savoy Remixes. Quantic, DJ Spooky, DJ Smash, King Britt, and the ubiquitous DJ Logic are some of the top-notch remixers. Among the artists from Savoy’s catalog that receive the new rub are Charlie Parker (who was remixed in…
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Big Band Remixed + Reinvented!
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The welcome trend of remixing the old to make it new continues with Big Band Remixed + Reinvented. Not all remix compilations are a success but, after listening to the samples of this 17-track release, this one is worthy of notice. There was not a miss in my sampling of the samples. With accomplished mixers…
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Impulsive! Track Listing
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Here is the lineup of songs, original artists, and reworkers for the forthcoming Impulsive! release: “A Helluva-Town” George Russell // SA-RA “Go” Remix “II B.S.” Charles Mingus // RZA’s Mingus Bounce Mix “Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac” Dizzy Gillespie // Gerardo Frisina remix “Spanish Rice” Chico O’ Farrill and Clark Terry // DJ Dolores remix “Mizrab”…
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Billie Holiday Remixed Hits
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Billie Holiday is receiving a good amount of press as she would have celebrated her 90th birthday this month. Among other things, she’s on the cover of the May issue of JazzTimes and an acclaimed 2-CD+DVD retrospective has been released. Nnenna Freelon is releasing a tribute to Lady Day this fall, which I’m looking forward…