Dark Before the Dawn

1. Sentimentalia

2. Steps of Trane

3. Mirrored Window

4. Baroque Impressions

5. Rare Gem

6. Call Me Later

7. Wright's Rolls and Butter

8. It Is Well With My Soul

9. Kattin'

10. Lovers' Paradise

11. My Funny Valentine

12. Dark Before the Dawn

Dark Before the Dawn,Cyrus Chestnut,Atlantic / Wea,Contemporary Jazz,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop,Post-Bop

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Average customer rating: A young master y'gotta be kiddin'. . . Great Cuts - Cyrus All The Way

Dark Before the Dawn Cyrus Chestnut Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Earth Stories Revelation Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Soul Food ASIN: B000002J3G Release Date: 1995-02-14

Tracks:

1. Sentimentalia
2. Steps Of Trane
3. The Mirrored Window
4. Baroque Impressions
5. A Rare Gem
6. Call Me Later
7. Wright's Rolls and Butter
8. It Is Well (With My Soul)
9. Kattin'
10. Lovers' Paradise
11. My Funny Valentine
12. The Dark Before The Dawn

Customer Reviews:

A young master.......2000-08-04

There are so many great young jazz pianists out there right now, that's it's easy to take them for granted. Cyrus Chestnut is one of the very best, and he shows that with "The Dark Before the Dawn," his best release for my money.

Chestnut features shimmering single-note runs and thunderous chords. There's some McCoy Tyner in his playing, strong blues and a lot of church, but he's put it all together to create a sound that is his own. One of the great strengths of this CD is its variety, but you always hear Cyrus's distinctive voice.

In the course of this set, for example, he gives us the Tyneresque "Steps of Trane," the classical/jazz blend "Baroque Impressions," the standard "My Funny Valentine," and the bluesy "Wright's Rolls and Butter." There's also spiritualism ("It Is Well with My Soul") that doesn't even get near being trite. Despite all the musical bases that he touches, Chestnut never seems unfocused, nor is his attack forced. He seems genuinely comfortable no matter what he chooses to play.

We can all look forward to the many years of playing that Chestnut hopefully has. I think we'll find that this fine pianist has inexhaustible wells of inspiration from which to draw. What a treat for us to be able to listen.

y'gotta be kiddin'. . ........2000-07-07

rate Cyrus Chestnut? Have you heard his BAROQUE IMPRESSIONS on the PBS-TV special? I wouldn't presume to "rate" Cyrus Chestnut. It would be inadequately respectful. His was the best thing in the entire two hours, diminishing even Dave Brubeck and Billy Joel in their company. I got onto the net right away and ordered the CD the same night. Honestly! rate Cyrus Chestnut?

Great Cuts - Cyrus All The Way.......2000-03-25

I came upon Cyrus Chestnut several years ago at a listening station at a record store - Haven't turned back since. Cyrus has what it takes to be a truely great jazz pianist. I have been collecting his cd's since that time. I particularly enjoy Sentimentalia, Baroque Impressions, Call Me Later, and the title track. I glad I was turned on to this great artist. You will feel that way too once you experience his artistry.

Average customer rating: Lovely, lovely MUSIC A Living Music

Just Before the Dawn Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Song ASIN: B0000030IU Release Date: 1995-07-27

Tracks:

1. Spirit Of JAH
2. Thickets
3. Mudpie Anthem
4. Dance No. 1
5. Flight
6. The Folksinger
7. Side By Side
8. Underground/Overground
9. Eliahu

Customer Reviews:

Lovely, lovely MUSIC.......2005-04-24

How many albums do have you have dear music lover that you have played but once? How much did that collection of once played albums cost you? I am not immune. I too have many played but once. This is not one of them, In Mr Ehrlich's 50th year it must be acknowledged he has left us a body of quite beautiful work. This album is one such. Sample his flute work on the track THE FOLKSINGER and give way to the spell of his manifest musicianship and talent in the company of some the music's best. One of New York's finest artists. An album worth at least $350 and you can get it for less than 18 bucks. Grab it while you can.

A Living Music.......2000-10-23

If all musicians had the integrity of Marty Ehrlich, we wouldn't be stuck listening to diluted rehashes of hard bop. With his Dark Woods Ensemble, Ehrlich breathes new life into improvised music. The album has a folksy, bluesy element heard best in the lowdown swing of "Dance No. 1" and beautiful flute/cello/percussion trio of "The Folksinger." Yet there is more advanced material as well in the chamber music of "Thickets" or the very abstract "Flight." The album opens with "Spirit of JAH," dedicated to Ehrlich's late employer Julius Hemphill. It's an ecstatic duet between Ehrlich's wood flute and Don Alias' percussion. A highlight for me is the wistful, purely American "Mudpie Anthem," one of the only numbers to feature Ehrlich's trademark alto sax (he mostly sticks to clarinet and bass clarinet). His opening bass clarinet solo on the complex "Eliahu" is probably one of the best things done on the challenging instrument. The combination of cellist Erik Friedlander and bassist Mark Helias is simply inspired, while Don Alias shows he can do much more than back Herbie Hancock on congas. This is a must-have.

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Dark Before the Dawn Ronnie Mathews Manufacturer: Diw Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000001C20 Release Date: 1991-04-29

Tracks:

1. End of a Love Affair
2. Dark Before the Dawn
3. Don't Explain/You Don't Know What Love Is
4. Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)
5. Meaning Something
6. One for Trane
7. You Leave Me Breathless

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Boomerang Shellhouse Manufacturer: Dark Before Dawn Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA3IUW Release Date: 2004-03-30

Tracks:

1. Dynamo Girl
2. Down in New York City
3. Boomerang
4. Sightseeing in Paradise
5. Autumn Lament
6. Tightrope Walker
7. Knowing
8. Hudson Mud (A Viking Tale)
9. Photo of You, Yesterday
10. Week Off
11. Believe in You (A Lullaby)
12. Savin' It Up

Average customer rating: Intelligent and Deep Music

Uroboros Richard Ashe Manufacturer: Ten Dances ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0007YA2CK Release Date: 2005-03-04

Tracks:

1. The Turn
2. Blues for a Blue World
3. Things that Change
4. Y.K.W.I.S
5. The Turnstile
6. World Remembering
7. Uroboros
8. Walking in your Shadow
9. Rain
10. Quebec
11. Isis
12. Ten Dances
13. The End is the Beginning

Product Description

Uroboros is Richards 5th CD release.Both poetic and visual,Uroboros is Richards most ambitious project yet and will take you on imaginative musical ride that will intrigue you in its mystery.Both dark and illuminated like the moment before dawn that changes into something unexpected.

Customer Reviews:

Intelligent and Deep Music.......2005-04-05

I first heard this CD late at night while working on a painting in my studio.I was at once transformed to a different time and place.This CD is very visual and unique.It is one of the most interesting new discs I have heard in a very long time.Highly recommended!

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Darkest Before Dawn Manufacturer: Nigh Eve Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA3NQG Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. Meadowlands;Down To Elephantine;Letters From The Dead
2. Darker Days
3. Shod With Boots Of Ether
4. In Sickness And In Health (The Broken Vow)
5. The Haunted Child (Wales' Whales' Wails)
6. Lost In The Shuffle
7. Giantess (The Old Ones Come Home)
8. The Disappearance
9. Wheel Whirl-Thing (Little Snails In The Big Woods)
10. Equestrian (The Trojan Horse)
11. Pedestrian (Heads Will Roll)
12. Rise To Fall (Finding The Fountain Of Youth)
13. Heroine (Coronation Of The Queen Of The Cannibal Isles)

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Dark Before the Dawn The McCabes Manufacturer: Themccabes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA34CO Release Date: 2005-06-15

Tracks:

1. Paddy's Day
2. Nice to Be Here
3. Where's My Baby Gone?
4. Reely Funky
5. Better Future in London
6. Melo
7. Coney Island Train
8. Fields 0f Athenry
9. Reels: Lucy Campbell's, The Tempest, Tam Lin
10. Dreaming of You
11. Dark Before the Dawn
12. Lost and Lonely
13. Who Is This Man?
14. Reely Jammin'
15. New York
16. Wish I Didn't But I Do

Jazz Music:

1. Digital At Montreux
2. Doin' Allright
3. Domino [Import]
4. Don't Mess With Mister T. [Original recording remastered]
5. Duke with a Difference
6. Duke with a Difference
7. Eight String Religion
8. Empyrean Isles
9. Explosions
10. Featuring Joe Thomas And Vic Dickenson

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