At 77, Dave Brubeck continued to pour forth new music at a clip that was extraordinary even for him. Whether any of it will last or stand up to the famous Brubeck numbers of the past, though, is something to ponder when you sample this quartet session. An all-Brubeck program of never-recorded new pieces (although the piece entitled "Marian McPartland" beat the McPartland/Brubeck duo version by only a couple of months), So What's New finds Brubeck in a friskier mood than in his previous, somewhat autumnal Telarcs, even willing to take us back to the bombs-away block-chorded Brubeck of the '50s and '60s on "It's Deja-Vu All Over Again"…

The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie. The band survived the late-forties decline in big band popularity and went on to produce notable collaborations with singers such as Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald in the fifties and sixties. The group continues to perform and record even after Basie's death in 1984.

One of the truly great Mystic Moods titles, originally released in the 1970's this is the romantic relaxing music you've been missing, now in surround sound you'll enjoy a completly different listening experience all your own. As your transformed from your everday world to a place of relaxation and happy past memories you won't be able to stop smiling… Cosmic force is the same great experience you'd expect with any Mystic Moods title. It's a little jazzier and in surround, but make no mistake, it's the feel good music that relaxes you & takes you outside your everyday life.

Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
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1971 | Genre: Pop/Rock | Label: A&M | SP-4313 | US pressing
Rated 5 out of 5 star by All Music Guide
Peaked #2 at Billboard 200 chart, 1971

Even as a serious-minded singer/songwriter, Cat Stevens never stopped being a pop singer at heart, and with Teaser and the Firecat he reconciled his philosophical interests with his pop instincts. Basically, Teaser's songs came in two modes: gentle ballads that usually found Stevens and second guitarist Alun Davies playing delicate lines over sensitive love lyrics, and up-tempo numbers on which the guitarists strummed away and thundering drums played in stop-start rhythms.

( William Ruhlmann - AllMusic Guide )