Café Atlantico: Limited Flaming Colour Vinyl 2LP Dianne Reeves 18 Wasting Time

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Their secret to harvesting new melodic structures from the thin air of existence was for the duo to push themselves to dangerous territory

The legendary pianist and composer Thelonious Monk made his earliest recordings as a leader for Blue Note in 1947–48 as heard on the 1956 12” compilation Genius of Modern Music

but skeptical of its actors’ preoccupation with drugs and misguided debauchery

By the mid-80s

Café Atlantico: Limited Flaming Colour Vinyl 2LP Dianne Reeves 18 Wasting TimeA native of the island nation of Cape Verde, Cesria vora was known as the country's foremost practitioner of the morna, a combination of West African percussion with Portuguese fados, Brazilian modhinas, and British sea shanties. After a short singing career in the 1970's, she returned in the late '80s with a string of fine albums. Her 1999 album Caf Atlantico (a reference to her home where she frequently entertained guests) is a much acclaimed