Planet Jazz [Import]

1. I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee

2. That's A Serious Thing

3. She's A Great, Great Girl

4. My Kinda Love (One Way To Paradise)

5. Tailspin Blues

6. Never Had A Reason To Belive In You

7. Looking Good But Feeling Bad

8. Fare-Three-Well To Harlem

9. Nobody's Sweetheart

10. Blue Lou

11. Blues

12. St Louis Blues

13. St. James Infirmary

14. Jack-Armstrong Blues

15. Jack Hits The Road

16. There'll Be Some Changes Made

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Average customer rating: This is one of my favorit Bela Fleck records! A Rarity... Hair Raising Outstanding CD! If I could recommend only one CD to anyone, this would be it.

The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 Béla Fleck Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Bluegrass Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Eccentrics | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tales From the Acoustic Planet Perpetual Motion The Telluride Sessions Drive Live Art ASIN: B00000JC6D Release Date: 1999-06-22

Tracks:

1. Blue Mountain Hop
2. Buffalo Nickel
3. When Joy Kills Sorrow
4. Spanish Point
5. Polka On The Banjo
6. Clarinet Polka
7. The Over Grown Waltz
8. Ode To Earl
9. Home Sweet Home
10. Valley Of The Rogue
11. Plunkey's Lament
12. Maura On A Bicycle, Stout And Molasses, Way Back When
13. Dark Circles
14. Old Jellico, Puddle Jumper, Dead Man's Hill
15. Katmandu
16. Do You Have Room?
17. Foggy Mountain Special
18. Major Honker

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In a jaw-dropping return to his roots, banjoist Béla Fleck led a stellar lineup (Jerry Douglas, Earl Scruggs, Tony Rice, and Sam Bush, to name a few) through one of his finest albums. With incredible musicianship and a smidgen of Fleck's genre-hopping personality ("Polka On The Banjo"), The Bluegrass Sessions is fun, nostalgic, and inspiring. --Jason Verlinde

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Béla Fleck, the banjo-wizard leader of the fringe-jazz quartet the Flecktones, returns to more-bluegrass-oriented concerns with this 18-song outing, a complement to 1988's Drive and a more-traditional follow-up to 1995's fusion-leaning Tales from the Acoustic Planet. Most of these songs are instrumentals boasting Drive's core group of Sam Bush on mandolin, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Tony Rice on guitar, Jerry Douglas on Dobro, and bassist Mark Schatz; they're augmented in spots by fine guest players such as Vassar Clements, John Hartford, and the incomparable banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs. Fleck's spidery, tasteful plucking style lends originals like "Major Honker" and "Katmandu" an ever-so-slightly offbeat air, while he gives classics like Scruggs's "Foggy Mountain Special" and "Polka on the Banjo" traditional readings that wouldn't be out of place at the Opry. Flecktones fans will find much to like in Fleck's rootsy playing, and so will bluegrass purists. --Gregory McNamee

Customer Reviews:

This is one of my favorit Bela Fleck records!.......2007-01-10

I love this CD, i think it is one of the best bluegrass collections Bela has produced, with a host of different styles and artists.

A Rarity..........2006-07-19

It's rare when a sequel exceeds the original. This album, though, exceeds the first "Acoustic Planet" effort by Fleck.

Why? Well, the playing is better technically, if you can believe that. And the energy and drive is stronger here than in Acoustic Planet 1.

You also get treated to a greater number of original compositions on this CD. I've come to appreciate this dimension of Fleck's artistic gifts even more as time has passed. While he does do a lot of variations on derivative music, his original compositions are memorable, too.

Hair Raising.......2006-04-12

I've had this album for two years now and it still sometimes makes my hair stand on end when I listen to it and I don't even consider myself a SERIOUS bluegrass fan. Absolutely amazing!

Outstanding CD!.......2006-02-25

Bela Fleck is arguably the premeir banjo player in the world and he does not disappoint on this CD. His music and that of the musicians he has gathered to play with him is superb. If your feet aren't tapping to the music in short order, then you probably have a few disconnnected nerves leading to them.

If you enjoy Americana/Bluegrass/Country, then you'll love this CD!

If I could recommend only one CD to anyone, this would be it........2005-11-20

This is the CD that was singlehandedly responsible for revealing my long-hidden love of bluegrass music to me. I can listen to it in any season or mood and at any time of day. Each performer on the CD has moved beyond mastery of his instrument to fusion with it, and the results are incredible to hear. My favorite track on the CD is "Buffalo Nickel," which combines a gorgeous wistful melody with a constantly shifting meter and an undercurrent of satisfaction. Other favorites include the rollicking opening track of "Blue Mountain Hop," the well-titled "When Joy Kills Sorrow," the lullaby favorite "The Over Grown Waltz," the deliciously fast ending track "Major Honker"...well, who am I kidding? The entire CD is amazing. It gets my highest recommendation. Don't waver. Buy it. You'll be glad you did.

Average customer rating: Classic! Bluegrass Fusion Lives! Master of Many Genres Definitely Different From Good to Great?

Tales From the Acoustic Planet Béla Fleck Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Bluegrass Jam Bands | Jam Bands | Rock | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Bluegrass | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2 Perpetual Motion The Telluride Sessions Live Art Drive ASIN: B000002MWU Release Date: 1995-04-11

Tracks:

1. Up And Running
2. First Light
3. The Great Circle Route
4. Circus Of Regrets
5. Three Bridges Home
6. The Landing
7. Arkansas Traveler
8. Backwoods Galaxy
9. In Your Eyes
10. System Seven
11. Cheeseballs In Cowtown
12. Bicyclops
13. Jayme Lynn
14. For Sascha

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Bela Fleck has completely transcended any and all expectations we have for the banjo. Having spent the better part of five previous years exploring a variety of formal and improvised designs with his virtuoso ensemble, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, this banjo innovator chose to celebrate a variety of musical friends and influences on this homey, elegant, immaculately recorded aural novella--one that clearly links him to such progressive jazz/fusion forebears as Return to Forever and Oregon (not to mention Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys). While a manic hoe-down like "Cheeseballs in Cowtown" illustrates his command of post-modern bluegrass, his freeform duet "Bicyclops" (with mentor Chick Corea) is indicative of this great musician's astonishing technical and emotional range. Elsewhere tunes such as "Up and Running," "The Great Circle Route," and "System Seven" seem to reconcile his complex rhythmic inclinations with stately folkish themes, mixing traditional bluegrass instrumentation with the likes of electric bass, drums, piano, and oboe. And on extended forms such as "Circus of Regrets" and "Jayme Lynn," Fleck showcases his ever-expanding breadth and range as a modern composer. --Chip Stern

Customer Reviews:

Classic!.......2007-01-25

This is the first Bela Fleck record I ever purchased (April '95). Have been a huge fan from then on. This is still on of my favorite Bela records. Excellent songwriting, playing etc... The Landing and System Seven are two of my favorite songs ever. Both are very moving in different ways.

Bluegrass Fusion Lives!.......2007-01-11

Along with mates such as Jerry Douglas (dobro), Sam Bush (mandolin), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Chick Corea (piano), Edgar Meyer (bass) and others, virtuoso banjoist Bela Fleck here recreates another CD of his masterful approach to acoustic bluegrass fusion.

With this remarkable CD, Americana has a new infusion of creative energy!

Master of Many Genres.......2007-01-05

Few musicians qualify as "master" of any genre. Bela Fleck joins Benny Goodman as one who qualifies as a master of many -- Blue Grass, Jazz, Classical. Any album associated with the name "Fleck" is worth your time.

Definitely Different.......2006-10-29

One of the nicest things about this CD is that it doesn't particularly sound like most other banjo albums. Sometimes I want the excitement of flying down gravelly roads in a hillbilly truck chasin badguys but usually by the end of the chase I'm tired and ready for something else or passed out. It gets old pretty quick but this CD doesn't! This is one of the most interesting titles featuring the banjo that I've ever heard in that it crosses into fields of bluegrass, pop, jazz, folk, fusion and back effortlessly. The recording itself is excellent too. No overamplified instruments or unbalanced sound anywhere.

Of course if you're looking for a sountrack to a Dukes of Hazzard, Sheriff Lobo or Smokey and the Bandit flic this probably isn't gonna do it fer ya but it's easily one of the most played instrumental CDs in my place.

From Good to Great?.......2006-07-19

The songs on this album are memorable and powerful. It's hard not to appreciate the sheer originality of Fleck's work.

However, the sparkle and energy of the earlier "electric" works are not evident here, and I miss them too much. While he is a virtuoso player, he cannot sustain as much interest as what I came to like so much in the amplified and synthsized works.

The album is very listenable, and I do prefer it for background music when working, etc. But it cannot sustain my interest.

Average customer rating: Their first and best in my opinion. Pretty good CD. jamiroquai are soo cool!!!!! Forget the Stevie Wonder comparisons.... Unexceptional

Emergency on Planet Earth Jamiroquai Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Dance | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Return of the Space Cowboy A Funk Odyssey Synkronized Travelling Without Moving Dynamite ASIN: B00000295A Release Date: 1993-08-10

Tracks:

1. When You Gonna Learn (Digeridoo)
2. Too Young To Die
3. Hooked Up
4. If I Like It, I Do It
5. Music Of the Mind
6. Emergency On Planet Earth
7. Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop
8. Blow Your Mind
9. Revolution 1993
10. Didgin' Out

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In the liner notes to Jamiroquai's debut album, lead singer and mastermind Jason Kay delivers a sincere, if oversimplified, screed about distributing the wealth and saving the rainforests. The lyrics follow suit: except for a single love tune ("Blow Your Mind"), Kay bemoans war, greed, racism, and conformity, or extols the power of music as a drug ("Hooked Up") or as a catalyst for social revolution. This is not Jamiroquai's most eloquent album, nor their strongest musically, what with most songs structured as long-form, open-ENDed jams weighing in at six minutes or more. Though interesting as a chronicle of Kay's musical vision taking shape, overall it's a document that will appeal most to Deadheads and jam-band fans. --Suzanne McElfresh

Customer Reviews:

Their first and best in my opinion........2006-02-27

I own all of Jamiroquai's cd's and i think most of them are great. This is absolutely my favorite to listen to straight through. I think the horns are amazing especially on "Hooked Up", and the percussion always ends up pushing the pace in a subtle way. This album just makes me move and I think JK and co. have so much raw energy. Stuart on Bass is sick sick sick straight through. "Revolution 1993" has become my favorite song by Jamiroquai -- love the lyrics, the message, the excitement, the tension/release, its just put together so well. "Music of the Mind" is a great instrumental track and shows off the jazz-rock-funk roots of what became the later disco-enhanced Jamiroquai. Sweet solos too, the keys are great. Also love "Too Young To Die" and "Emergency On Planet Earth". Impressive debut from a band, and it stands as one of my favorite discs.

Pretty good CD........2006-01-10

This CD is not bad. It's not Jamiroquai's best, but it is highly listenable. I enjoyed a lot of the songs on there, with that unique, funkadelic sound, especially "Emergency on Planet Earth", "Blow Your Mind" & "Whatever It Is, I Just Can't Stop". If you are a die hard fan, get this one, otherwise, skip it.

jamiroquai are soo cool!!!!!.......2005-11-08

this album is my first from jamiroquai, and i think this album is great!!! "when you gonna learn" and " too young to die" are great songs and "music of the mind" too. if you love and like funk music buy this cd!!

Forget the Stevie Wonder comparisons...........2005-07-05

Jamiroquai, as it stood in 1991, was one of the freshest sounds to come out of the Acid Jazz movement. This record, though uneven at times was overshadowed only by it's ambition. 10 tracks, none under 4:50, and most well over 5 minutes all the while creating a conscious VIBE. That right that was something that the kids were not getting on the radio back in 1991, especially here in America where Hip Hop had finally pierced the brains of record executives as a financial reality. However, for those in search of something just as viable with musicianship to boot, how much did it feel like Christmas Day after just one listen? Yes, in the years since they have had better records, "Space Cowboy" & "Travelling Without Moving", also worse ones "A Funk Odessey", but for what it was worth they have been well worth following just for the music alone. No Jay Kay is no Stevie but who the hell is? If you should choose to listen to this record just listen as a fan of music and in the context of it being 1991 and what was going on musically at that time. Now if you pick up their other CD's you will find that as time passes and the original band starts to splinter that the music also suffers. In particular, when Stuart Zender's bass leaves prior to Synkronized, the band goes to a more Disco influenced direction. This, in my mind, is why Jamiroqual has never had the success stateside that Sony had gambled on back in '90-'91.

Unexceptional.......2005-06-13

I like "Too Young to Die," but the rest of this disc is mostly just filler to me. The band channels the Stevie Wonder of the 70s and does a good job of emulating that funky vibe, but they don't really do anything original with it. In addition, most of the songs go on way too long, turning into jam sessions that become background music, unable to command my attention.

Average customer rating: Tight MIserable title, magnificent disc Strange title but great tracks of

The Man from Planet Jazz Buddy Rich Manufacturer: Fivefour ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Rich in London Plays & Plays and Plays Buddy Rich - Live in '78 (Jazz Icons) No Funny Hats Maynard Ferguson's Horn, Vol. 6: Live at Ronnie's ASIN: B000NVLEWO Release Date: 2007-04-30

Tracks:

1. Intro/Beulah Witch
2. Grand Concourse
3. Blues a la 88
4. Saturday Night
5. Slow Funk
6. Good News

Album Description

First time on CD for this long-out-of-print title, a scintillating, characteristically fiery set from the Buddy Rich Big Band, recorded at Ronnie Scott's Soho club in 1980. Buddy Rich was to drums, what Hendrix was to electric guitar and Charlie Parker to saxophone. He remains the greatest of the great. The popularity of Buddy Rich spans the globe. Over the decades, his works have been issued everywhere and he toured vigorously in support of those releases. Buddy Rich completists alone will want this startling album. Fivefour. 2007.

Customer Reviews:

Tight.......2007-06-29

This is typical, amazing Buddy. I'm not convinced about his Funk/Rock playing but he is still brilliant.
The best part of this CD for me, is the "machine-like" tightness of the band playing "shot" note figures in the swing tunes. Unbelievable!!!

MIserable title, magnificent disc.......2007-06-02

As R. Viehdorfer points out, this is not new. The release I refer to is titled Live at Ronnie Scott's and contains exactly the same charts in exactly the same order, with the same cover photo. The title trickery aside, it is a terrific album, full of the usual power and energy we expect from Rich's bands. This version of Good News also features solo and counterpoints between Rich and bass man Wayne Pedziwiatr, about 2 minutes of give and take leading up to a powerful wrap (including annoying Star Wars-like sound effects, the signs of the times, I guess). I imagine the new title release will be as popular as the last.

Strange title but great tracks of .......2007-05-16

"First time on CD for this long-out-of-print title"... well, not exactly, as I have a copy of the U.S. release, arguably the original domestic CD release, in my hand as I write this. Recorded live in March 1980 at Ronnie Scott's and released in the U.S. by DRG Records years ago, this has indeed been long out-of-print and hard to find, so it's good to see this available once again. The biggest disappointment on the date is Saturday Night by Bob Mintzer, but he redeems himself with four (!) other arrangements, including an early version of Slow Funk and Good News, later released on the forgotten and gone-without-a-trace MCA album simply named Buddy Rich Band - produced, if memory serves, by Joel Dorn. Added bonus, for those of you who know who Ronnie Scott was, is his spoken introduction at the top, just like Rich In London. One last note: Grand Concourse, a Rich staple written by Bob Kaye, is sharp as a tack and arguably the best track on the date, taken at a (very) slightly slower tempo, with Buddy and Wayne Pedziwiatr on fender bass soloing briefly before leading the band out. Anyway, sound quality is good, Buddy sounds great, the band cooks, what else is there to say? If you don't have this get it before it too disappears.

Average customer rating: Where is the bass Maceo? Ooooh, what's that you're doin'? Sure looks good to me! If for nothing else, to rock your party The greatest way to discover Maceo Parker Maceo needs a crown - he'e the king.

Life on Planet Groove Maceo Parker Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Live Albums | R&B | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Funk Overload Mo' Roots School's In! Roots Revisited Southern Exposure ASIN: B0000046OI Release Date: 1992-10-20

Tracks:

1. Shake Everything You've Got
2. Pass The Peas
3. I Got You (I Feel Good)
4. Got To Get U
5. Addictive Love
6. Children's World
7. Georgia On My Mind
8. Soul Power '92

Customer Reviews:

Where is the bass Maceo?.......2005-06-15

After reading the many 'rave' reviews about this album (and having the odd album of Maceo's already) I promptly followed suit and ordered my own. I must say that after listening to it I was fairly unimpressed.

Yes there is definitely some great funk on here and virtuoso playing. But, and here's a few butts for ya!

1) Where is the bass??? - I have a high end audio system and I would have to say that this is about the most anemic disc I have ever heard! The one very thing that funk needs is a solid backbeat and bottom end and this disc just doesn't have any. With any luck you can crank on the bass control on your system but why do we have to do this? The recording/mastering engineers should have known better.

2) Candy Dulfer - might be pretty but she doesn't add anything funky to this disc. Reminiscent of Kenny G and would have been better off this album.

3) Maceo's singing (assuming its him) - better spent wrapping his lips around a reed. Sweet Georgia is a tired old tune, not much for funk either and basically is a big lead sinker.

4) 'So Good' sped up wasn't very inspiring either and the original James Brown version (which he obviously would have played on also) just wipes it by comparison. Nothing inspiring with this selection.

I could go on, but these were the main beefs...

I'm sure the guy is great live, but this record, judged on its merits (rather than some memory of a concert of years ago that others seem to be recalling) is only average.

Cheers, Kendrick

Ooooh, what's that you're doin'? Sure looks good to me!.......2005-04-06

This is the best live performance ever recorded, EVER. I'd give my right leg to have been there.

Any drummers here? There's enough tight licks to send you to the woodshed to practice for a decade. Almost every backbeat sends chills down my spine.

This album is truly a testament to instrumental musicians. Everybody plays their part, nobody steps on anyone else, each musician inspires the others to play their best, and the result is a sublime collective whole. Machines will never groove as hard humans, and this album is proof.

I'm on my third copy in over a decade, the CDs just can't seem to hold up to the amount of times I play them.

If for nothing else, to rock your party.......2005-02-12

This album is great and in heavy rotation from my collection. The version of "Shake Everything You Got" will bring any room full of loungers and chatters to their feet and really get the party rolling.

The greatest way to discover Maceo Parker.......2004-12-30

Undoubtedly the greatest way to discover Maceo Parker. This live recorded at Cologne in 1992 bring together Maceo, Fres Wesley, Pee We Elis and more guest (Kim Mazel, Candy Dufler...).
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Maceo needs a crown - he'e the king........2004-10-05

Maceo Parker was always James Brown's right-hand man, and for good reason. He is one smokin' sax player. But he's more than that. He's one of very few icons in the world of funk. Ask anyone. It just doesn't get as good as Maceo. He's raw, powerful and sooooo soulful. Like some of the other reviewers, I've had the good fortune of seeing him live a few times, and he never disappoints. Most people his age are kicking back in their Lazy-Boys and collecting their retirement checks. Maceo is out there blowin' his horn so hard the roof could fly off the building. And like few live albums out there, this album is actually able to capture a lot of that vibe. Played through some good speakers, "Life On Planet Groove" is liable to get the dead up and dancing.

Average customer rating: A TRAILBLAZING GUITARIST bizzare and beautiful A watershed An authentic original. Sadly missed. Accurate for the Era

Live on the Double Planet Michael Hedges Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Aerial Boundaries Oracle Beyond Boundaries: Guitar Solos Taproot Breakfast in the Field ASIN: B000000NGZ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. All Along The Watchtower
2. Because It's There
3. Silent Anticipations
4. Ready Or Not
5. A Love Bizarre
6. Breakfast In The Field
7. Rikki's Shuffle
8. Woman Of The World
9. The Double Planet
10. The Funky Avocado
11. Come Together
12. Two Days Old

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Michael Hedges hardly needed to prove that he was an astonishing performer in person as well as in the studio, but Live on the Double Planet does the job nonetheless. Hedges features a number of songs from his brilliant Breakfast in the Fields release, including that album's title track and the acrobatic "Silent Anticipation." He throws a few vocal numbers into the mix as well, including standard-issue covers like Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," the Beatles' "Come Together," and one from far out in left field, Sheila E's (courtesy of Prince) "A Love Bizarre." The album shows off Hedges's sense of humor as well, as he interpolates a vocal riff from the Rolling Stones' "Miss You" into "The Funky Avocado." --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

A TRAILBLAZING GUITARIST.......2006-09-04

This is a wonderful cd but just hearing him does not fully depict how amazing of an artist he was.

If you are here, then you must be a guitar nut. Go all the way and get the dvd "WIndham Hill Live" where Hedges plays 3 or 4 songs.

He is not only phenomenal but also you can see the physicality of his playing. It puts his music in a totally different light! That dvd is the absolutely best work by this tremendous musical visionary.

bizzare and beautiful.......2006-02-10

this being the only Micheal Hedges album that i own and the only one that i have heard, i cannot comment in much detail about how this compares to his other recordings; but Live On The Double Planet is an extraordinary listen. full of inventive and creative playing that is beautiful and mind-boggling. the cover songs are amazing and really break out of the mold of the original...some are almost unrecognizeable until the vocals begin. the quiet pieces are the most effective compositions on here... the mood is very reflective and the beauty in his playing is astonishing.

A watershed.......2004-11-23

Unaware of how into the genre I had become, a friend of mine, one day, told me that if I combined the words new and age it would be read "newage." That, he went on to say would rhyme with sewage, a word perhaps best describing the former. I laughed at the little quip. But in the back of my mind I tried to search for an example of genius in the genre which might turn the tide in his thinking should it come up again. My conclusion was Michael Hedges and specifically this album. "Live on the Double Planet" is a snapshot of the full range Hedges' genius.

An authentic original. Sadly missed........2003-11-26

You ever had that feeling after deciding to be adventurous and plunking down $17, that you wished you'd played it safer? I had this feeling with this CD--for a day or two at most. It grew on me like few CDs have, until it became THE CD of the summer in which I bought it, and one of my very favorites of all time. It's original without being self-indulgent, technically astounding without losing the music, full of different moods, a great live ambience, and even humor. I adore it. I missed hearing Michael Hedges in person, and now I'll never get the chance (it was one black morning indeed when I heard he'd died). Don't you miss this CD.

Accurate for the Era.......2003-09-03

I was fortunate to see many of Michael's shows around the time this was recorded and also got to sit down a few times and talk with him about what he was trying to accomplish with the live recordings. His previous studio album (Watching My Life Go By) had been the first to include vocals, which had not overly impressed the bosses at Windham Hill. So they sent him on the road to do some live recordings, hopeing it would be a learning experience that would eventually yield better studio vocal performances.

For those of you that didn't listen to Michael at the time, many fans seriously disliked Watching My Life Go By, much in the way ardent Dylan fans revolted when he went electric at Newport. Hedges fans just wanted to hear Michael play his Savage Myth Guitar and keep the vocal parts trimmed down to the introductions. But Michael had a vision for his future and a big part of it included singing to compliment his Heavy Mental approach.

I guess I wasn't the typical Hedges fan - I enjoyed his singing, mostly because of the spirit of joy that he experienced while singing. Some of the songs on this set are not my favorites, but they were staples for his concerts in this era. To me, this disc is like sitting through the first half of one of Michael's shows, complete with the crowd energy he was capable of generating with ease.

Also included here are two cover tunes (Love Bizarre and Come together). His live shows often included three or so cover tunes such as the above or possibly Pinball Wizard, Emminence Front, Let's Get It Up, She Drives Me Crazy or Sofa, among others. I always got a kick out of hearing him cover tunes - I mean, think about how many solo acoustic acts have successfully covered AC/DC, Prince, the Who and Frank Zappa? But this just goes to show how versitile and gifted Michael was. I'm so happy to have had (and to have taken) the opportunity to see so many of his shows early in his career. His later tours were also excellent, but these were before the loss of innocence, while he was very hungry for success. That hunger also meant that the negative feedback he got about his vocals was difficult for him to take. But rather than receeding into a shell and reverting back to all-acoustic material, he continued to sing. I believe that this was the right decision. Singing while playing live gave excellent counterpoint to his instrumental works and, in his own words: "Gave me a few minutes to relax, then to focus more intensely on the instrumentals".

Average customer rating: You can't go another day without it... So soothing, calming, a sense of peaceful joy! Forest Rain: Beautiful, relaxing music Beautiful nature music that will lull you to dreams. Absolutely beautiful and calming

Forest Rain Dean Evenson Manufacturer: Soundings of Planet ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Healing | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ocean Dreams Healing Waters Healing Sanctuary Tao of Healing Dreamstreams ASIN: B0000017QZ Release Date: 1993-09-18

Tracks:

1. Thunder Intro
2. Thunder Streams
3. Clearing In the Air
4. To Tree Or Not To Tree
5. Deep Forest
6. Mossing Around
7. Heart Of the Forest
8. Future Stock
9. Branching Out
10. Joy, Rain, Tree
11. Eagle, Salmon, Swirl
12. Leaf Well Enough Alone
13. Prayer For the Ancient Trees

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A warm, reflective paean to North American temperate rainforests, Forest Rain from flautist-keyboardist Dean Evenson stands as one musician's interpretive soundtrack of the moods, subtleties, and cycles inherent in the few remaining stands of such forests. Recorded in 1993, a few of Evenson's synthesizer textures may sound faintly dated (appearing a bit too shiny in places), but this is a minor distraction in an otherwise well-executed recording notable for its sense of calm and its elevated degree of musicianship. More than tree-huggers playing simplistic melodies, Evenson and company (d'Rachel and wife Dudley Evenson on harp, Jonathan Kramer on cello) create gentle atmospheres (some with keyboards, some without) that eschew overt melodicism in favor of evocative soundscapes that capture the quiet majesty of grand trees. Highlights: Evenson's softly searching flute passages in the 10-minute "Deep Forest"; the glowing, Suzanne Ciani-like "Branching Out"; and the closer, "Prayer for the Ancient Trees," featuring the drumming and chants of a Lummi Nation member. The disc's attractive packaging includes an educational insert outlining the benefits humans derive from a healthy temperate rainforest. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

You can't go another day without it..........2006-11-08

This is one of Dean Evenson's best albums. If you want to play music while performing energy work, meditation, or just to relax...this music will help. I recommend this CD highly, I listen to it a lot. The flute will just take you away. But of course, how can you go wrong with any of Dean's music? Happy Healing.

So soothing, calming, a sense of peaceful joy!.......2006-06-06

I bought this CD about 5 years ago and still have it and play it for my clients. I can't tell you how many times I have them ask who's cd this is and special requests to have this cd playing while I do their spa service! I enjoy and get such a sense of happiness and calm from it that I even play it before I go to sleep at night sometimes. This is a must have if you are looking for a special cd to create atmosphere, happiness, serenity fro yourself and your spa clients!!! LOVE IT!

Forest Rain: Beautiful, relaxing music.......2005-11-23

Dean Evenson is a very interesting person. After earning a Master's Degee in the 60's in molecular biology, he decided to follow his other interests of art and music. We all won out on that decision. I have heard several of Dean's albums and so far, this is my very favorite.

Dean uses his music to promote knowledge and reverence for the Earth. He incorporates ambient sounds of nature and the voices and music of the people indigenous to the area. This CD includes recordings of rain falling in the rainforest. These, along with the native and silver flutes, keyboards, harp (by his wife Dudley Evenson) and other musicians combine to make a beautiful sound.

The music is uplifting and restful.

Beautiful nature music that will lull you to dreams........2001-12-04

I bought this CD years ago, and its one of the few that I've had for so long. This is new age at its best. The music is so calming, and so peaceful, and will put you at ease and to rest quietly and quickly. I know you can find lots of 'nature sounds' CDs out there, but nothing I have encountered compares to this one. Dean Evenson is the best, and I would highly recommend this as well as 'Ocean Dreams.' He is the master at his task, and while I have lots of other New Age CDs, this one is a genuine favorite.

Absolutely beautiful and calming.......2000-04-15

this is one ofthe best i have ever heard for nature-type new age music. some gentle rain, flutes, and other instruments. it expresses the gentle beauty and mustique of the forest. i reccommend it to anyone! it's also very relaxing for me and the flow of the music is very pleasing. enjoy!

Average customer rating: Some HONEST music, thank God.

Turn up the Heath Jimmy Heath Manufacturer: Planet Arts Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dizzy's Business Up and Running Eternal Licks and Grooves With Love - Charles Tolliver Big Band Hommage ASIN: B000KRFOTU Release Date: 2006-10-09

Tracks:

1. Big P: 7:07
2. Heritage Hum: 7:18
3. Gemini: 9:26
4. Like A Son: 4:55
5. I m Glad There Is You: 8:59
6. One For Juan: 8:13
7. Project S: 6:32
8. Sources Say: 6:40
9. No End: 8:50
10. Basic Birks: 6:15

Product Description

1. Big P 2. Heritage Hum 3. Gemini 4. Like A Son 5. Im Glad There Is You 6. One For Juan 7. Project S 8. Sources Say 9. No End 10. Basic Birks

Customer Reviews:

Some HONEST music, thank God........2007-05-30

These jaded ears have heard a lotta jazz, & Jimmy is one of the great ones. A real treat to hear large ensemble reprises of numbers like BIG P, ONE FOR JUAN & PROJECT S. You gotta wait awhile to hear something new from Jimmy or the Heath Brothers, but it's always worth it. It's been awhile since I derived so much pleasure from a new recording; Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: Great Driving Music! Chrome robot music not bad actually.... Joureny into the Acoustic Planet Best Jazz Guitar I've heard

Acoustic Planet Craig Chaquico Manufacturer: Higher Octave ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Acoustic Highway A Thousand Pictures Once in a Blue Universe Shadow and Light Four Corners ASIN: B000003Z0W Release Date: 1994-09-20

Tracks:

1. Native Tongue (New At Two)
2. Winterflame
3. Find Your Way Back
4. Gathering Of The Tribes
5. The Greywolf Hunts Again
6. Anejo De Cabo
7. Just One World
8. Center Of Courage (E-Lizabeth's Song)
9. Acoustic Planet

Customer Reviews:

Great Driving Music!.......2005-08-06

That's not all. It is very relaxing. You can listen to it anytime to calm down and cool out. Craig Chaquico is a talented artist, and this is some of his best work. If you like this style of music, I also recommend From The Redwoods To The Rockies by Craig Chaquico and Russ Freeman. Very nice stuff.

Chrome robot music.......2003-12-30

I think beautiful chromed robots would make love to this album.

This album is labelled 'New Age' because of the light synthesizer sound, that there are no lyrics and that some of the songs drift off into spacey tangents. I respect Craig's guitar work, he's an excellent technician. I just find the songwriting to be uninspired. This album feels antiseptic to me, it's not earthy and textured, it's spacey and smooth. If you like light jazz and new age, then this is for you. If you like acoustic guitar with humanizing imperfections then I recommend looking elsewhere.

not bad actually...........2003-11-18

i dont really listen to new age music, but i love any kind of good instrumental guitar, and i had always heard about him so i decided to give him a shot... this isnt too bad actually- Craig has a good, unique style.. its nice relaxing acoustic guitar for when you just want to sit and think. check this cd out if u like Yngwie Malmsteen or other neoclassical guitarists

Joureny into the Acoustic Planet.......2003-02-22

This album was a definant leap for Chaquico as he mastered his sound to the fullest on this album and created something very unique. This album just seems "alive" with flow and feeling. The poems and quotations that highlight the songs really make the album a creative journey (similarly to the previous album ). Acoustic Planet moves and flows through a soundscape of Tribal Native-American, New-Age, and Jazz movements that in the end, show to flow as one and complete the concept of "Acoustic Planet".

Ben.
the 15 year old.

Best Jazz Guitar I've heard.......2002-09-26

Craig just can't be pidgeon-holed. All those years with rock bands. Then he's on the shelves solo as "New Age".
So the "Jazz" radio stations don't play him, and Jazz fans don't know he exists. But to me the last half of the cut "Acoustic Planet" is the best jazz guitar improvization I've ever heard. Enthralling no matter how many times I listen!

Average customer rating: Calming . . . Pure tranquility...deepening our connection to the earth... Wonderful relaxation with beautiful music and sounds Just RELAX! baby whisperer

Ocean Dreams Dean Evenson Manufacturer: Soundings of Planet ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Healing | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Forest Rain Healing Waters Healing Sanctuary Sound Healing Tao of Healing ASIN: B0000017QL Release Date: 1993-09-18

Tracks:

1. Will You Hear Me
2. Lighten Up
3. Far Away Within
4. Native Tongue
5. Deeper Sanctuary
6. Floating On Earth
7. Seasonging
8. Lightly Salted
9. Smooth Drifting

Customer Reviews:

Calming . . ........2005-11-28

Ocean Dreams is the most calming and relaxing cd I have ever owned! It makes you feel as if you're sitting on the beach, just gazing up at the beautiful night sky. If you have trouble falling asleep at night, then I suggest buying this cd. You won't regret it!

Pure tranquility...deepening our connection to the earth..........2005-08-31

This CD was given to me as a gift from a dear friend, and what an amazing gift it was! Evenson's music invites the listener into a deep state of connectedness...at first a gentle beckoning that soons envelopes one in total peace. The meditative (and often joyful) sound of Evenson's flute and the energizing flow of water are punctuated by the enchanting communications of dolphins and whales, inviting us to remember our deepest connection to all of life.

As a Reiki practitioner, I find this CD invaluable to my healing music collection. Evenson's work is unique and inspired and definitely sets a standard in the New Age genre. Even those who don't typically like New Age music should give this a listen. There is much to discover in Evenson's work. His intention to create "Peace Through Music" is evident in every track. Let the joy envelope your heart!

Wonderful relaxation with beautiful music and sounds.......2005-04-20

This was my first Dean Evenson CD and has started a snowballing collection - I love this guy! This CD is *VERY* relaxing and will calm you down right away. I have PTSD and used it during my worst times - it brought me back down to earth and got me relaxed. One note - do not use while driving. It's a little TOO relaxing for that. The ocean and ocean animal sounds are perfect and work wonderfully with the music. Well worth it!!

Just RELAX!.......2004-03-10

Used it during my pregnancy and labor, then to sooth our baby to sleep. Our "baby" (now 9) loves this disc and other Dean Evenson material. We play it every night or as we head to nap time and he happily drops off to sleep. I've bought copies for his pre-school and daycare. It relaxes the kids and was guaranteed to get a room full of toddlers snoring in no time.

This is my favorite baby gift and I've also bought copies for friends and massage therapists. This CD is very special: pure relaxation.

baby whisperer.......2003-10-05

I used this CD to relax during birth and to relax my baby in the first few months and it was a treasure.

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