Michael Fremer

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Impassioned Lovers Wrestle As One (Pianist)!
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 22, 2015  |  7 comments
Igor Stravinsky was the original rock'n'roller and if you don't think so, you don't know rock'n'roll or Stravinsky!

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News
Impex Announces multi-Format Release of Patricia Barber’s Clique
Michael Fremer  |  Jun 10, 2021  |  First Published: Jun 10, 2021  |  1 comments
Thursday, June 10th: Impex Records today announced the multi-format release of Patricia Barber’s new album Clique. It will be available as both 33 1/3 and 45rpm LPs, an “Ultra High Definition Permanent Download (stereo and 5.1), High Definition Streaming, MQA CD, SACD (stereo and 5.1) and Reel to Reel analog tape.

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Album Reviews
Impex Dips Into Rich Bernstein Columbia Catalogue
Michael Fremer  |  Dec 01, 2011  |  2 comments

You'll never confuse Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 composed in 1957 with piano concertos composed during the romantic era, except when you get to the squooshy center where the composer goes all Rachmaninoff on you. The cinematic first movement sounds both ominous and light-hearted like a Hitchcock chase scene and it's easy to hear how Bernard Herrmann may have been influenced by this rousing first movement. It will get your heart pounding. 

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Album Reviews
IMPEX Reissues Ellington Columbia Classic AAA
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 27, 2012  |  10 comments
Starting in 1954 the late veteran DJ William B. Williams hosted a long-running radio show on WNEW-AM called "Make Believe Ballroom" (a name, coincidentally, we also used at summer camp for kids who prematurely wore jock straps before they really had a need to).
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Album Reviews
IMPEX Reissues Miles Davis' E.S.P.  AAA on 180g
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 30, 2014  |  10 comments
Though the first studio effort by Miles Davis’ “second great quintet” may not be the group’s finest, it is nonetheless a groundbreaking and very satisfying record, especially considering the backdrop.

Around 1963 Miles’ rhythm section of Wynton Kelly on piano, Jimmy Cobb on drums and Paul Chambers on bass left Davis to form their own group.

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News
IMPEX To Issue "Belafonte Sings the Blues" As Double 45rpm Set
Michael Fremer  |  Aug 02, 2012  |  4 comments
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IMPEX to Issue on 180g Vinyl "Famous Blue Raincoat" From Jennifer Warnes' Analog Mix Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 21, 2015  |  First Published: Jul 21, 2015  |  24 comments
IMPEX Records recently announced the forthcoming reissue of Jennifer Warnes' classic album Famous Blue Raincoat cut by Bernie Grundman from using Warnes' own personal analog mix master tapes.

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AAA VinylNews
IMPEX To Release "Tony Bennett/Dave Brubeck The White House Sessions Live 1962"
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 01, 2016  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2016  |  6 comments
IMPEX Records has just announced The White House Sessions, Live 1962 a historic collaboration between Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck and his quartet.

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Impulse! Records Celebrates 60 Years With Year-Long Campaign
Michael Fremer  |  Feb 16, 2021  |  First Published: Feb 16, 2021  |  11 comments
Impulse! Records, founded in 1960 by Creed Taylor and home to some of the greatest jazz artists of all time including John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and Quincy Jones, among many others, this year celebrates its 60th anniversary.

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Thailand 2017
In a Bangkok Street Market
Michael Fremer  |  Jul 28, 2017  |  First Published: Jul 28, 2017  |  4 comments
Okay, I'm not Anthony Bourdain but while in Bangkok I figured you might like to experience some of the local color.
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