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Barnes and Noble

Interplay

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Interplay
Interplay

Barnes and Noble

Interplay

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stands as some of ' most enigmatic and unusual music in makeup as well as execution. It was recorded in July 1962 with a very young from , guitarist , bassist , and drummer performing five veteran standards. has a more blues-based approach to playing: harder, edgier, and in full flow, fueled in no small part by , who is at his very best here, swinging hard whether it be a ballad or an uptempo number. 's playing, on the other hand, was never so restrained as it was here. Using a mute most of the time, his lyricism is revealed to jazz listeners for the first time -- with it was a blistering attack of hard bop aggression. On this program of standards, however, slips into them quite naturally without the burden of history -- check his reading and improvisation on "When You Wish Upon a Star." Ironically, it's on the sole original, the title track, where the band in all its restrained, swinging power can be best heard, though the rest is striking finger-popping hard bop jazz, with stellar crystalline beauty in the ballads. ~ Thom Jurek

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Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 720 Barnes & Noble superstores (selling books, music, movies, and gifts) throughout all 50 US states and Washington, DC. The stores are typically 10,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. and stock between 60,000 and 200,000 book titles. Many of its locations contain Starbucks cafes, as well as music departments that carry more than 30,000 titles.

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