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Title: Donald Shirley - Tonal Expressions
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1955, Jazz, Chamber Jazz, New York City
Matrix #: CLP-1001
Condition: VG+ (VZ)
Cultural Facts:
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Personal Struggle Shirley was blocked from a straight classical career by racism, so he built his own hybrid lane between concert music and jazz.
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Studio Lore His first LP as leader, it used just piano and bassist Richard Davis, keeping the whole record intimate and exposed.
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Media Narrative It reached No. 14 on Billboard’s pop album chart, a rare crossover move for a record this formal and piano-centered.
