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    Review: Verve Remixed 3

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    Verve Remixed 3 came out yesterday. It sounds noticeably different from the first two. While the previous two had great diversity in the ways songs were remixed (often I would love or hate a remix), this one sounds more homogenized….

  • Bird Up!: The Charlie Parker Remix Project

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    We’ve heard jazz classics from the Verve and Blue Note catalogs remixed and reworked. Now it’s Bird’s turn. On October 21, Savoy Records will release Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project. Dan the Automator, Me’shell Ndegeocello, Hal Willner, Rob…

  • Review: Verve//Remixed 2

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    Verve has released the second in what I hope will be many more volumes of its Remixed series. Verve//Remixed 2 effectively modernizes music from the Verve catalog that may already be labeled as timeless. As on the first volume, Verve…

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    Dance to Metheny

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    This morning, I heard something familiar yet different. Nick Holder remixed Pat Metheny’s “Slip Away” classic into a danceable, electronica version called “Summer Daze”. The original single is out of print, but you can still get listen to the music without…