Noticeable by their absence from the list are U2 and Craig David and there is also no room for any folk, jazz or classical albums.

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One finding: The "Sound Charge" shirts collected more energy with dance music than jazz or classical, says Mat Sears, a spokesman for Orange parent company Everything Everywhere.

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Even in New York City, however, you are hard pressed to find country music or classical music or really good jazz programming other than on National Public Radio.

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Soon Mr. Virelles grew more expansive, issuing phrases voiced with a classical pianist's pristine touch, with a jazz player's edge, or just as pure percussive force.

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The emphasis on improvisation reminded him of jazz and the depth of feeling recalled older blues, but the overall effect was closer to blues arranged or a classical orchestra.

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Lewis, who went on to mastermind the music of the Modern Jazz Quartet for much of the next forty years or so, was only just starting his experiments with baroque and other classical forms, and this piece is probably well enough titled.

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