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Title: an excellent contemporary jazz album...
Review: Alex Bugnon's "Love Season" still sets a standard for modern jazz improvization and good prodcution even though it was made in the late 1980s. Along with the obvious jazz influence, there is a strong R&B dynamic, including covers of Brenda Russell ("Piano in The Dark") and Gap Band ("Yaerning for Your Love") songs. For the most part, the songs are beautifully crafted and don't drag on past their usefulness like many of the pop-jazz albums that followed this release.Granted, everything on this album did not age well ("Magie Noir" and "Going Out" bookend this CD, and are as insipid as anything you would hear in a department store elevator) but it still is highly worthwhile. The title track and the R&B covers alone are impressive.
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