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• 6 Gil Evans-Out of the Cool: His Life and Music

  For anybody who has heard the lush orchestral dreamscapes that Evans' built for Miles Davis, or his own experiments in arranging on his solo albums (the most famous of which was the source of Crease’s title), Out of the Cool may be the closest they'll come to understanding the man who created them.

  in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 23, 2002

• 5 The Many Lives of Les Paul

  Les Paul recently celebrated his 87th birthday doing what he's done for the past fifty years: entertaining audiences by playing his namesake electric guitar.

  Interview in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 22, 2002

• 4 Inside Classic Rock Tracks

  Just as New Shimmer is both a desert topping and a floor wax, Inside Classic Rock Tracks is both a handy tool for songwriters and producers seeking inspiration, and a nice guide for listeners, providing new insights into songs heard on the radio every day.

  in Books — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 22, 2002

• 3 Superfly

  So much of gangsta rap begins with Superfly. Too bad the people who saw the movie listened to Curtis Mayfield's strongly moral score with their eyes instead of their ears.

  in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 16, 2002

• 2 Review: Rollerball soundtrack

  Elegiac.

  Review in Music — by Ed Driscoll — on Aug 12, 2002