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Here is a new album by the fantastic Mike Stern:

 

 

Guitar virtuoso Mike Stern already proved his talents in the last three decades, being not only as an incredibly talented player, but also as a composer, bandleader and recording artists. What I admire about this great musician is his ability to maintain an incredible consistency and dedication to keep up a highly artistic standard. With this, his 16^th album as a leader, Stern does it again, again all odds. Full of excellent new compositions (all of them his own) and brilliant instrumental work, this album is also a melting pot of ideas and musical directions. Stern invited many of his peers to take part in the recording and the final list of participants reads like a who's who of modern Fusion: guitarists Steve Vai and Eric Johnson, keyboardist Jim Beard, drummers Dave Weckl and Terri Lyne Carrington and even the entire trio of Medeski, Martin & Wood – and this is only a partial list. In spite of the multitude of participants, the album presents a remarkable consistency and makes perfect sense by any standard. There's really no point in explaining again and again how good this stuff is – simply listen to it and you'll know. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant stuff!

 

 

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Here are a couple of reissues by the legendary Blues hero Muddy Waters:

 

 

By the end of the 1970s Blues Emperor Muddy Waters, the man who modernized and reinvented the Blues decades earlier by composing numerous of the genre's standards performed the world over, decided to revitalize his sound, his band and his career. The meeting between Waters and his admirer, Texan guitar virtuoso Johnny Winter, led to a successful cooperation, which lasted for several years. Winter joined the Waters band and became his producer, creating a series of incredible electric Blues albums, which rank among the best material ever recorded, of which this is the second. The cooperation proved extremely fruitful to both Waters and Winter, as both benefited from each other strength: Waters finally had a superb backup band, which was the best vehicle for his incredible compositions and Winter found the ideal setting to play the music he always loved with plenty of space to express his immense talent. Apart from Waters and Winter the band included also harmonica players Jerry Portnoy and Big Walter Horton, pianist Pinetop Perkins, additional guitarist Jimmy Rogers, bassist Bob Margolin and drummer Willie Smith. This is a true classic Blues album by any standard, alive and kicking as if it was recorded yesterday, with everything any lover of the genre should enjoy: great tunes, superb vocals and incredible guitar work – in short a must!

 

 

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Here are a couple of reissues by the legendary Blues hero Muddy Waters:

 

 

By the end of the 1970s Blues Emperor Muddy Waters, the man who modernized and reinvented the Blues decades earlier by composing numerous of the genre's standards performed the world over, decided to revitalize his sound, his band and his career. The meeting between Waters and his admirer, Texan guitar virtuoso Johnny Winter, led to a successful cooperation, which lasted for several years. Winter joined the Waters band and became his producer, creating a series of incredible electric Blues albums, which rank among the best material ever recorded, of which this is the first. The cooperation proved extremely fruitful to both Waters and Winter, as both benefited from each other strength: Waters finally had a superb backup band, which was the best vehicle for his incredible compositions and Winter found the ideal setting to play the music he always loved with plenty of space to express his immense talent. Apart from Waters and Winter the band included also the great harmonica player James Cotton, pianist Pinetop Perkins, second guitarist Bob Margolin, bassist Charles Calmese and drummer Willie Smith. This is a true classic Blues album by any standard, alive and kicking as if it was recorded yesterday, with everything any lover of the genre should enjoy: great tunes, superb vocals and incredible guitar work – in short a must!

 

 

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Here are a few new Israeli additions:

 

 

Almost 30 years after Israeli singer Nurit Galron recorded her brilliant album "Songs In The Middle Of The Night", which included songs written to the wonderful poetry of the iconic Israeli poet Natan Zach, she returns with the same concept on this album. A brilliant set of new songs, composed by some veteran (Ilan Wirtzberg) and some newer songwriters, exquisitely performed by Galron, accompanied by a sympathetic group of excellent musicians. Unfortunately the subtlety and intricate details of the poems in the Hebrew language is lost to all those listeners who lack the knowledge of our language, nevertheless the atmosphere and the quality of this great album is universal and many non-Hebrew speaking people around the globe will undoubtedly enjoy it. An instant classic!

 

 

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4^th album by Israeli singer Gidi Gov, one of the icons of Israeli music since the 1970s, which marks a change in his musical direction towards Rock, as opposed to his early lyrical, Jazz oriented material created in cooperation with Yoni Rechter. Almost all the songs on this album were composed by another Israeli musical icon, Yehuda Poliker, with lyrics supplied by the best local lyricists like Eli Mohar and Meir Ariel. Gov's vocal style changes significantly, with emphasis on the husky Rock intonation and his interpretations of the songs are absolutely brilliant. Accompanied by some of the Rock players on the scene at the time, guitarist Erez Netz, bassist Ehud Inger, keyboardist Moshe Levi and drummer Jean Paul Zimbaris, the album remains as one of the best Israeli Rock recordings of all times. An absolute classic!

 

 

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1^st album by Israel's most enigmatic and creative Rock musician, Ehud Banai, and one of the most important Israeli Rock albums ever recorded. Banai, aged 32 at the time, who tried to find his way in the music business jungle for years, but due to his uncompromising attitude and extremely withdrawn personality failed miserably, finally found the right partners and burst the anonymity bubble with a Big Bang. Combing forces with some of the most eclectic musicians living in Israel at the time, like the brilliant guitarist Yosi Elephent and legendary drummer Jean-Jacques Goldberg, Banai created a masterpiece combining his unique talent for writing memorable music and brilliant texts with the ability of his players to perform outstandingly. In many respects this is one of the pioneering experiments in an attempt to create truly original Israeli Rock, combining the tradition of Rock with Middle Eastern and other World Music influences in a subtle and intelligent way. In retrospect this album stands out as one of the greatest and most influential albums recorded in Israel during the 1980s, and still considered a major influence today. The music sounds completely fresh and contemporary. The new expanded edition includes bonus tracks and a whole additional CD, documenting live performances of the entire album and more. An absolute classic!

 

 

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2^nd album by the Godfather of Israeli Rock, Shalom Hanoch, and one of the best Israeli Rock albums ever recorded. Following years of cooperation with another Israeli legendary Pop / Rock figure, the singer Arik Einstein, which resulted in a series of early Israeli classic Rock albums, Hanoch tried to establish a solo career in Britain, where his debut album "Shalom" (sung in English) was released in 1971 and later moved to the US. Upon his return to Israel in 1973, Hanoch continued his cooperation with other Israeli musicians, which led to the formation of Tamouz, the most important Israeli Rock group of the 1970s. After Tamouz disbanded in 1976, Hanoch embarked on a solo career, which opened with the recording of this superb classic album. Surrounded by the elite of Israeli Rock and Jazz musicians, which included keyboardist Alona Turel, guitarist Haim Kario, bassist Ehud Inger and drummer Alon Hilel, Hanoch recorded seven brilliant new songs, which were meticulously arranged and exquisitely performed by all participants. All the tracks on this album clock at around 7 minutes each, which proves that the album was an ambitious attempt to create serious and intelligent music, full of Prog and Jazz references, with extended instrumental passages and artistic freedom guiding the entire creative process. In retrospect this album presents a milestone of Israeli Rock, which stands the test of time with ease. The new expanded edition includes bonus tracks and a DVD documenting a live TV recording of the entire album and more. An absolute classic!

 

 

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Here is the sensational new album by Jimi Hendrix and two of his classic albums newly reissued:

 

 

2^nd album by the greatest guitar player that ever walked on the face of the earth, Jimi Hendrix, which continued to revolutionized the fate of Rock music as we know it. Following the release of the debut album "Are You Experienced", Hendrix and his British partners: Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, explored the British Underground and Psychedelic scene, which was at its peak at the time, absorbing the influences and incorporating them into their own music. The resulting album, recorded and released just a few months after the debut album, was another stunning excursion. Much more relaxed and contemplative than the debut album, it was the ultimate Psychedelic trip, with Hendrix guitar magic venturing repeatedly into completely uncharted territory. It was of course a nod in the direction Hendrix was to follow in his next and ultimate masterpiece "Electric Ladyland", which took his ever-expanding musical vocabulary way beyond the Blues and Rock sources. This new edition, newly remastered, adds a specially filmed DVD, which explores the process of creating this album. Need I say more?

 

 

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Here is the sensational new album by Jimi Hendrix and two of his classic albums newly reissued:

 

 

1^st album by the greatest guitar player that ever walked on the face of the earth, Jimi Hendrix, which completely revolutionized the fate of Rock music as we know it. Endless writings on the subject already detailed the intricacies of this prophetic music, the unearthly talent of Hendrix and the significance of this album in music history, so I won't bore the reader with my meager explorations on the subject. Suffice to say this was one of the first recordings that truly turned me on and made me realize that Rock can be a creative, meaningful and significant musical experience. I've never stopped to listen to this album in the last 43 years since its release and I have no intention to do so up to my last breath. In retrospect it's interesting to note that this music would have probably never happened if not for the fact that Hendrix was snatched from the American mediocrity and brought over to England, where his genius was appreciated. The support and inspiration Hendrix received from his band members: Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, was a vital component of his breakthrough, as much as the management and support extended by the man, who discovered his genius, Chas Chandler. The European intellectual and artistic Renaissance, which was at its peak in the mid-1960s, with its openness and warm embrace of bold and groundbreaking ideas, music included, allowed Hendrix to find his path and discover his genius, exploring it to the fullest. The result: one of the greatest debut albums ever recorded in music history and an instant classic. This new edition, newly remastered, adds several bonus tracks to the original album's content as well as a specially filmed DVD, which explores the process of creating this album. Need I say more?

 

 

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Here is the sensational new album by Jimi Hendrix and two of his classic albums newly reissued:

 

 

Holding a new album by Jimi Hendrix, released forty years after his death, is surely an once-in-a-lifetime experience for someone, like me, for whom the music of Hendrix has been the soundtrack of his life. Anything I can say here is completely insignificant in comparison to the anticipation and then the excitement of pushing the play button with this album inside the CD player for the first time. The plethora of posthumous Hendrix albums on the market are all live recordings of various quality and often of almost unlistenable quality, so hearing twelve pristine studio recordings, previously unreleased and mostly previously unheard, is a momentous event for any Rock fan on this planet. The legendary status achieved by Hendrix over the years and the influence of his music, most of which was recorded in a brief three years period, is completely unprecedented in music history. Although Hendrix managed to win an immediate acceptance and massive popularity following the release of his debut album in 1967, his true musical genius came to be appreciated over the years with ever increasing intensity. Generation after generation of musicians and listeners realized that his prophetic musical vision, combining cross-genre idioms and breaking established barriers was eons ahead of its time and remains completely exceptional and solitary in contemporary music history. Most of the music included on this album was recorded by the original Jimi Hendrix Experience, with Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, between February and September 1969, in an attempt to assemble material for the follow up album to the "Electric Ladyland" masterpiece released the year before. Three tracks feature bassist Billy Cox, summoned by Hendrix from the US to replace Redding due to a personal drift between the two, which ultimately led to the demise of Experience and the formation of the Band Of Gypsys lineup with Buddy Miles. Some of the songs included here are known to Hendrix followers in their live versions, but these studio recordings present them in a much more precise and solidified form, which were the basis for future expanded and improvised upon live versions. Unfortunately, as we all know, the follow up album never materialized and with Hendrix tragically dead soon after, this is the closest we are ever going to be able to enjoy and cherish. I'm confident that in time, when all this new material truly sinks in, after repeated listening, it is inevitably bound to become an extension of the glorious Hendrix legacy we are privileged to enjoy due to his timeless, extraordinary genius. Thank you God for being able to experience Hendrix!

 

 

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