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DownBeat’s 73rd Annual Critics Poll: One for the Record Books
You see before you what we believe is the largest and most comprehensive Critics Poll in the history of jazz. DownBeat…
An expanded and remastered two-disc collector’s edition of Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Rhino) will be released April 22.
The first disc features a remastered version of the original album in mono expanded with previously unreleased alternate mixes of “Respect,” “Ole Man Trouble” and “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” as well as remastered tracks from Redding’s live album Live At The Whisky A Go Go.
The second disc contains a remastered version of the original album in stereo expanded with a version of “Respect” recorded in 1967, plus five songs recorded live in Europe the same year featuring Redding backed onstage by Booker T. and The MG’s and horn players Wayne Jackson, Joe Arnold and Andrew Love.
The 11-song album features a version of Solomon Burke’s “Down In The Valley,” B.B. King’s “Rock Me Baby,” William Bell’s southern soul ballad “You Don’t Miss Your Water” and covers of The Temptations’ “My Girl” and The Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction.”
More info: rhino.com
James Brandon Lewis earned honors for Artist of the Year and Tenor Saxophonist of the Year. Three of his recordings placed in the Albums of the Year category.
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Chuck Mangione on the cover of the May 8, 1975, edition of DownBeat.
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