MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR, January 15 2024
Reviews of A Charlie Brown Christmas, Women In Revolt! Underground Rebellion In British Music 1977-1985, Light Dark, Light Again
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Vince Guaraldi Trio
A Charlie Brown Christmas
(Craft Recording)
★★★★
THE soundtrack to the December 1965 Peanuts TV special in the US, A Charlie Brown Christmas, has become one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, as well as the best known work of the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
In 2012 it was added to the US Library of Congress National Recording Registry for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”
This reissue contains the original 11-track set, along with 13 studio outtakes. Yes, it’s a Christmas album — the choir-assisted My Little Drum and Hark, The Herald Angels Sing will get you in the festive mood — but much of it suits year-round listening.
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