Pictures and Paintings is the album that
jazz-loving Charlie always had within him but for so long kept tucked
away from his record buying public. It resonates from his soul. Peter
Guralnicks liner notes say it best: "This is a music of
transformations. Every one of the songs is beautifully played, but
fundamentally each depends upon almost naked expression of emotion,
combining joy and melancholy in an expressive setting that resonates
with both triumph and pain." Pictures and Paintings is
essential.
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