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By 1965 Miles Davis had gone through a handful of stages, from the Birth of the Cool nonet's multihued orchestrations to the development of a hard-bop sound keeled on Davis's midregister wooziness and the band's driving backbone in the "first" great quintet (featuring John Coltrane), to the modal freedom of Kind of Blue. So when the solidly established Davis convened a new quintet, known as his "second" great one, and hired youngsters Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, it seemed a skewed move. These six CDs show just how creatively and intelligently skewed the move really was. The material here, which has also been reissued on expanded single CDs of the main full-length original LPs (E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky), is immediately and unceasingly startling. Davis & Co. were quickly discarding their live performance practice of playing loads of standards and were further discarding traditional melodic structures for more rigorous harmonic exercises. Shorter in particular, at times the most prolific composer in the band, was advancing his tunes and his solos in equal proportion. The tunes are increasingly sharp-edged and, with Williams driving the band with a categorical balance of abandon and control, loopily energized. Miles blows with tighter and tighter control of his tone even while the band seems to be finding all kinds of expressive freedoms that easily elongate into lengthier studies. Toward the end of this box, you'll hear the seeds of the Miles that went on to unloose Bitches Brew. Even though the roots of the aggressively electric Miles are in these sessions, there are uncategorizable points of beauty strewn all over the tunes. --Andrew Bartlett
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This box set chronciles the bands starting, up to its monarch like ascent and then to its fall when Bonzo died. All the albums are here in a 10 Box Set. Dazed and Confused, Ramble On, Misty Mountain Hop, Black Dog, Rock n'Roll, Stairway To Heavan, Achille's Last Stand, Candy Shop Rock, Kashmir, and Ozone Baby all those juicy bits are here a song for each mood. Led Zep's influences are easily seen here, garage rock, psychedelia, progressive, Rockabilly, country and of course the greatest influence the Blues. I often wonder if there is in any truth in the myth the band sold their souls to the Dark One because such mind numbing talent is almost beyond the pale of reality. I'm telling you get this set no music lover will be disapponited. Absolutely Awesome. Has 4 bonus tracks never released "Baby Come On Home", "Travelling Riverside Blues", "White Summer/Black Mountain Side", and "Hey Hey What Can I Do?" all songs in the blues vein and take their place besides the other greats. There is also a book of liner notes written by Cameron Crowe that have bits of interviews with the band and info on some of the songs. All in all this is a must have for any Zep head or person who apperciates good music.
My only problem with this set is that my red aussie cattle dog ate the slipcase for Led Zeppelin III and IV and I cannot replace it. So I have a nice set with nice double slipcases and one eaten by my dog. At least she has taste huh? P.S. The cds are still good.
That's how you spell chicken!
This won't be a particularly helpful review because I don't "know" music. All I can say that ever since seeing The Blues Brothers, I have enjoyed listening to blues without knowing much about it. Favorites include Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson... and John Hurt.
He had a great voice. Cool vocals + cool lyrics = really listenable music. I am so greatful to my Yahoo!Music player for introducing me to him. :)
The recorded legacy of MJH falls into roughly five categories.
(1) his early 1928 recordings on the OKEH label which comprise around 20 tracks. Although they are quite listenable and of historical interest and importance they are not the most enjoyable of his recordings. (2) recordings from 1963 that are available on the Rounder label. The sound quality of these recordings is somewhat disappointing. For that reason alone I don't listen to them much except for the fact that they were heavily relied upon by people who transcribed his songs for instructional materials. (3) The Library of Congress recordings (also from 1963). These are perhaps the best. The sound quality is excellent and there is an informality to the sessions which makes it like having MJH as a house guest for the weekend determined to play you every song he knows. (4) The (these) Vanguard Recordings, which I think were recorded between 1967 and 1969. These rival and sometimes surpass the Library of Congress Recordings as far as the material goes. There is also a palpable sadness as you can detect a man near the end of his life aware of the fact that he may very well be making his final recordings. The audio engineers did a terrible job at Vanguard for a good deal of these recordings. How can you screw up recording just one guy with a guitar? If you try hard enough you can set the levels WAY off. That is how. (5) there is also a Live MJH CD from Vanguard. It's sound quality is pretty good and it is endearing to hear MJH talk to an audience, but I find it less compelling material wise than the studio recordings.
Listening to MJH makes you want to piick up the guitar and learn to play like him. The good thing about this is that if you really want to you probably can. Many of his songs have been transcribed and broken down in intructional books and DVDs. After going through a "beginning fingerpicking" DVD by Stefan Grossman you are probably ready to take on MJH.
Go for it!
And now for my question:
It's not obvious to me from the Vanguard website whether the boxed set is actually a newer digital remaster than the original digital re-masters from the mid 80s. As far as digital remasters go those ones were a bit of a disaster. When you put the disc into your player you would have to crank the volume on your stereo. As you might expect, the careless lack of attention to levels setting in the remastering process resulted in a mushy sounding guitar. I seem to remember that was also a problem with the vinyl Vanguard LPs, particularly the first one. Hopefully these CDs really are *new* remasters because most CDs re-mastered these days are remastered quite well.
My music management software for encoding MP3s has the capability of looking up CDs in an online database. Whenever I present it with copies of the old mid 1980s vanguard CDs it recognizes them as possibly being from the boxed set, so I hesitate to spring for the "new remasters" without really knowing if they are indeed recently remastered. Perhaps someone else could clear this up.
If any of those four is missing from your collection (and especially if you only have a greatest-hits CD), this is worth picking up. All four of the MCA albums featured at least one great song that hasn't turned up on any of her live albums or compilations. "Lone Star State of Mind," "Never Mind," "Love Wore A Halo," "San Diego Serenade," and "You Made This Love A Teardrop" have all aged just as well as concert staples like "Gulf Coast Highway" or "I Wish It Would Rain" (which are, of course, here as well).
For the completists, there are three previously unreleased (or nearly-unreleased) songs here. Of these, the bouncy "Tumble and Fall" is definitely a keeper, and "Stand Your Ground" is also pretty good. The third, a cover of "Wooden Heart," is just about identical to every other version of that song I've ever heard, so if you liked those, you'll like her version too.
This "Complete Recordings" double-CD set is a good value, and anyone who loves Nanci Griffith will appreciate that this appears to be a complete collection of recordings from a period in the artist's life.
4 albums on 2 cd's..
couldn't have come at a better time since I just now discovered this inviting angelic heart warming voice.
she is a beautiful lady
these are her beautiful songs
Highly Recommended!
is great music.
Fantastic baritone singing from Ian with soaring harmonies from Sylvia.
In working through the collection one is offered a rather poignant reflection of the separation of their relationship and their music. The latter recordings are sad but subtract nothing from their early achievements.
However, these recordings have a strength of their commiment to music that has the bite, the twang, the strength, and the snap of real folk music and of folk originated blues and country music. The standards of production particularly their work with the great guitarists Johnny Herald and Monte Dunn, not to mention Ian Tyson's own developing skill with the guitar, and the tastefulness of the ensembles has not been matched since in acoustic music.
Ian and Sylvia's music works now even when the pop folk sensibility that surrounded them has deservedly withered away. I spend a lot of time talking with, playing with, hanging out with people who treasure completely traditional folk music which is not at all what Ian and Sylvia ever pretended to play, although especially at the beginning it was one of their most important sources. I have found even three or four decades after the duo ended, that a tremendous respect and a lot of listening goes on to Ian and Sylvia which is not true for other folkies like Joan Baez or Bob Dylan.
Of course, Ian Tyson continued a great career of his own, longer and actually larger than what happened with Ian and Sylvia as a writer of songs rooted in his Canadian Western origins. The skills unveiled in songs like "You were on my mind" and "Four strong winds" have won Ian a bunch of Grammies and Junos (the Canadian equivalent). He is still out there performing, making great albums and being who he has always been, a straight shooter, a no bs artist.
Sometime in the 1980s, an urban legend appeared that is still strong that Sylvia Fricker had died, killed herself, or otherwise left this life. She is very much alive, still singing, and over the years has done great folk oriented shows for the CBC.
Oh, one thing I forgot.
Aside from all this analysis, Ian and Sylvia are just so darned good that anyone with ears desperately needs to have as much of their music as they can either afford or steal!
In my opinion, this is the definitive set to have. The remastering is vibrant and rejuvenates the music. The packaging (cd sized original lp jackets with original inner sleeves) has allowed me to store my old lps for safe keeping. Talk about "desert island records"... get a second copy "for the road".
I think the medicore feeling you get from this recording comes from the medicore cast. Jonathan Pryce's MC cannot compare to Joel Grey's. Maria Friedman is also incomparable and medicore to the 1966 Sally and Liza Minnelli.
The only real standout performers here are Dame Judi Dench as Frau Schnider and the lyricist extraordinaire, Fred Ebb as Herr Schultz.
I'd recommend the 1966 Original Cast Album and the movie soundtrack over this.
'Definitive'? Certainly! Fred Ebb sings Herr Schulz and you can be sure he would not have let his name and reputation be attached to an inferior product.
The cast is stupendous. Not only has Dame Judie Dench graduated from her West End role of Sally but the marvellous Maria Freidman (Woman in White) and Jonathan Pryce (Miss Saigon) head an all star cast of mainly British artistes. Among the Kit-Kat girls alone are Gay Soper, Claire Moore, Jacqueline Dankworth and Clare Burt.
Pryce may be no Joel Grey but who is? He is perfectly acceptable and in the end it is the totality of performance that should be judged and here this set stands as high as the original cast recording yet it is so much more complete. If we can never have a top live production on DVD (where is that Sam Mendes Donmar production of 1994?) then this is a more than acceptable substitute.
Step into the world of master artist Thelonious Monk, and embrace the melody and mystique that was his to command. For those who've gotten a solid taste of The High Priest via Blue Note's acclaimed Carnegie Hall Concert release featuring Monk and John Coltrane, I'll just say that MONK ALONE is the musical epitome of what constitutes a full-course meal!
A complete collection of his Columbia Records studio recordings for solo piano, the 2 CD collection is a stunning portrait of a genius at work. At once relaxing to the soul and a challenging call to the heart and ears, this 1962-1968 journey is a cavalcade of timeless ballads and standards
-many of them Monk's own- which the pianist plays with ringing authority and consummate touch.
One would expect marvelous renditions of "'Round Midnight" and "Ruby My Dear", and Monk delivers; granting us a precious view into the emotional dexterity of a great composer's mind. Equally precious are the performances of lesser-known original gems such as Introspection and "Ask Me Now", and the bravura renditions of standard-bearers such as "I'm Confessin' That I Love You", "Dinah", and the immortal ballad "Body and Soul".
Puckish rumination fires up the stride of "Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", which proves a wry summation of how most Americans view Monk (and most of Jazz, for that matter!), to say nothing of how The High Priest dealt with much of the world, in turn. For sheer heartache and irresistible imploring, try "Everything Happens To Me", and perhaps the times in which we live will become a tad more tangible.
To gain a sterling peek into the master's roots, pull up a chair and just breathe in the humble spirituality of the devoutly-rendered "This Is My Story, This Is My Song", the wistful chestnut breeze whistling through Eubie Blake's "Memories Of You", or the sunny afternoon testimony of "I Love You Sweetheart (Of All My Dreams)".
Always, throughout this priceless, tuneful journey strolls the supple,
steady walk of The Blues, posing
an affirming grasp upon all to be
sung, and all to come...
A lot has been said about this music, and about its value and appeal. I think most critics miss the point. You can't compare this to solo recordings by Bill Evans or Oscar Peterson. There's no point of reference. This is thick, heavy music. It isn't meant to be played for an hour, straight through. It's something else.
Sit down with a pair of headphones, and play two or three tracks. Come back tomorrow, and play a couple more. That's the only way to listen to this music. There's incredible depth and dimension here, and you'll discover new beauty on each pass. This isn't water, and it sure as hell isn't beer. It's Blue Label scotch. It's meant for slow sipping.
Monk was unique. He was a genius, but he was also on a completely different wavelength. I would never disparage albums like the It Club -- but there's no question Monk was at his best when sitting alone at a piano, unfettered by the burden of bandmates. The result was his vision, pure and unfiltered, and music which easily stands beside Bach and Beethoven.
Some reviewers have said that this stuff doesn't catch Monk during his peak period, that he doesn't have the spark he possessed during his Riverside period. And I would totally agree with that. But at the same time, I find that the limitations and obstructions he faced deepen this music to a degree. If one wants snap and polish, I think "Alone in San Francisco" is the choice to make (and, to my knowledge though I could be completely wrong, that's the only Riverside album currently available that's composed entirely of solo performances). If one wants an introduction to Monk's music, I'd suggest "Plays Duke Ellington" or one of the Blue Note releases.
But if you want to hear what becomes of a master, and you have the patience to let a big collection of music grow on you, "Monk Alone" is worth the time and effort.
It took me a while to fit into this collection. But I think it's good music to be alone with, it's just you and him. I like to work and write to this music, it's intense but quiet. It's the sound of an artist laboring by himself.
By 1965 Miles Davis had gone through a handful of stages, from the Birth of the Cool nonet's multihued orchestrations to the development of a hard-bop sound keeled on Davis's midregister wooziness and the band's driving backbone in the "first" great quintet (featuring John Coltrane), to the modal freedom of Kind of Blue. So when the solidly established Davis convened a new quintet, known as his "second" great one, and hired youngsters Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, and Tony Williams, it seemed a skewed move. These six CDs show just how creatively and intelligently skewed the move really was. The material here, which has also been reissued on expanded single CDs of the main full-length original LPs (E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky), is immediately and unceasingly startling. Davis & Co. were quickly discarding their live performance practice of playing loads of standards and were further discarding traditional melodic structures for more rigorous harmonic exercises. Shorter in particular, at times the most prolific composer in the band, was advancing his tunes and his solos in equal proportion. The tunes are increasingly sharp-edged and, with Williams driving the band with a categorical balance of abandon and control, loopily energized. Miles blows with tighter and tighter control of his tone even while the band seems to be finding all kinds of expressive freedoms that easily elongate into lengthier studies. Toward the end of this box, you'll hear the seeds of the Miles that went on to unloose Bitches Brew. Even though the roots of the aggressively electric Miles are in these sessions, there are uncategorizable points of beauty strewn all over the tunes. --Andrew Bartlett
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- Out On The Tiles
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- That's The Way
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As Basil Bunting wrote about Ezra Pound's Cantos, "There are the Alps... you will have to go a long way round/if you want to avoid them." Led Zeppelin's work is the central fact of 1970s rock & roll; in its loving homage to and shameless piracy from the blues, its glorious and wretched excess, its transformation of hippie and folk-rock graces into a foundation-shaking kaboom, and its offhanded myth-making, the band turned everything caught in its wake into a reaction to it--or against it. The three non-album tracks the box includes are grace notes rather than lost jewels, but the point of the set is to be a Rosetta stone of album rock, the stairway to a gaudy paradise that they constructed. --Douglas WolkCustomer Reviews:
Your one-stop Zep shop!.......2007-05-01
Glorious that just doesn't cut it, Speechless is more like it........2007-03-07
This box set chronciles the bands starting, up to its monarch like ascent and then to its fall when Bonzo died. All the albums are here in a 10 Box Set. Dazed and Confused, Ramble On, Misty Mountain Hop, Black Dog, Rock n'Roll, Stairway To Heavan, Achille's Last Stand, Candy Shop Rock, Kashmir, and Ozone Baby all those juicy bits are here a song for each mood. Led Zep's influences are easily seen here, garage rock, psychedelia, progressive, Rockabilly, country and of course the greatest influence the Blues. I often wonder if there is in any truth in the myth the band sold their souls to the Dark One because such mind numbing talent is almost beyond the pale of reality. I'm telling you get this set no music lover will be disapponited. Absolutely Awesome. Has 4 bonus tracks never released "Baby Come On Home", "Travelling Riverside Blues", "White Summer/Black Mountain Side", and "Hey Hey What Can I Do?" all songs in the blues vein and take their place besides the other greats. There is also a book of liner notes written by Cameron Crowe that have bits of interviews with the band and info on some of the songs. All in all this is a must have for any Zep head or person who apperciates good music.
Can't Get Any Better Than This.......2007-01-20
My only problem with this set is that my red aussie cattle dog ate the slipcase for Led Zeppelin III and IV and I cannot replace it. So I have a nice set with nice double slipcases and one eaten by my dog. At least she has taste huh? P.S. The cds are still good.
LED ZEPPELIN Collection.......2007-01-10
The best rock band of all time.......2007-01-09
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Gentle, graceful, subtle, sweet--these aren't descriptions generally applied to the blues, but they offer a sense of Mississippi John Hurt's uniqueness and enduring legacy. Rediscovered during the 1960s folk boom after last recording in the late 1920s, Hurt cut the three albums compiled here when he was in his early 70s. His conversational phrasing sounds as natural as breathing, while his ragtime-tinged fingerpicking on acoustic guitar reveals more complexity the closer you listen. Beyond blues classics like "Candy Man" (the sly sensualist wasn't referring to lollipops), Hurt's range encompasses everything from folkish narratives ("Talking Casey," "Spike Driver Blues") to Southern spirituals ("Nearer My God to Thee," "Farther Along"). Though Hurt died in 1966, shortly after the last of these sessions, the music still sounds so fresh, you can almost hear the twinkle in his eye. --Don McLeeseCustomer Reviews:
One of the great American musicians.......2007-03-22
Chicken is one amazing song.......2006-11-11
That's how you spell chicken!
This won't be a particularly helpful review because I don't "know" music. All I can say that ever since seeing The Blues Brothers, I have enjoyed listening to blues without knowing much about it. Favorites include Howlin' Wolf and Robert Johnson... and John Hurt.
He had a great voice. Cool vocals + cool lyrics = really listenable music. I am so greatful to my Yahoo!Music player for introducing me to him. :)
Classic Blues.......2006-02-28
A review and a question.......2005-12-27
The recorded legacy of MJH falls into roughly five categories.
(1) his early 1928 recordings on the OKEH label which comprise around 20 tracks. Although they are quite listenable and of historical interest and importance they are not the most enjoyable of his recordings. (2) recordings from 1963 that are available on the Rounder label. The sound quality of these recordings is somewhat disappointing. For that reason alone I don't listen to them much except for the fact that they were heavily relied upon by people who transcribed his songs for instructional materials. (3) The Library of Congress recordings (also from 1963). These are perhaps the best. The sound quality is excellent and there is an informality to the sessions which makes it like having MJH as a house guest for the weekend determined to play you every song he knows. (4) The (these) Vanguard Recordings, which I think were recorded between 1967 and 1969. These rival and sometimes surpass the Library of Congress Recordings as far as the material goes. There is also a palpable sadness as you can detect a man near the end of his life aware of the fact that he may very well be making his final recordings. The audio engineers did a terrible job at Vanguard for a good deal of these recordings. How can you screw up recording just one guy with a guitar? If you try hard enough you can set the levels WAY off. That is how. (5) there is also a Live MJH CD from Vanguard. It's sound quality is pretty good and it is endearing to hear MJH talk to an audience, but I find it less compelling material wise than the studio recordings.
Listening to MJH makes you want to piick up the guitar and learn to play like him. The good thing about this is that if you really want to you probably can. Many of his songs have been transcribed and broken down in intructional books and DVDs. After going through a "beginning fingerpicking" DVD by Stefan Grossman you are probably ready to take on MJH.
Go for it!
And now for my question:
It's not obvious to me from the Vanguard website whether the boxed set is actually a newer digital remaster than the original digital re-masters from the mid 80s. As far as digital remasters go those ones were a bit of a disaster. When you put the disc into your player you would have to crank the volume on your stereo. As you might expect, the careless lack of attention to levels setting in the remastering process resulted in a mushy sounding guitar. I seem to remember that was also a problem with the vinyl Vanguard LPs, particularly the first one. Hopefully these CDs really are *new* remasters because most CDs re-mastered these days are remastered quite well.
My music management software for encoding MP3s has the capability of looking up CDs in an online database. Whenever I present it with copies of the old mid 1980s vanguard CDs it recognizes them as possibly being from the boxed set, so I hesitate to spring for the "new remasters" without really knowing if they are indeed recently remastered. Perhaps someone else could clear this up.
John Hurt recordings should be a Schedule One drug.......2005-07-08
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ASIN: B00009PJPQ Release Date: 2003-06-17 |
Tracks:
- Tumbel And Fall
- Lone Star State Of Mind
- Cold Hearts/Closed Minds
- From A Distance
- Beacon Street
- Nickel Dreams
- Sing One For Sister
- Ford Econoline
- Trouble In The Fields
- Love In A Memory
- Let It Shine On Me
- There's A Light Beyond These Woods
- Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool
- I Knew Love
- Never Mind
- Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War)
- So Long Ago
- Gulf Coast Highway
- Little Love Affairs
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Outbound Plain
- I Would Change My Life
- Sweet Dreams Will Come
- Wooden Heart
Tracks:
- I Don't Want To Talk About Love
- Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights
- You Made This Love A Teardrop
- Brave Companion Of The Road
- Storms
- It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go
- If Wishes Were Changes
- Listen To The Radio
- Leaving The Harbor
- Radio Fragile
- It's Just Another Morning Here
- Late Night Grande Hotel
- It's Too Late
- Fields Of Summer
- Heaven
- The Power Lines
- Hometown Streets
- Down 'N' Outer
- One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge
- The Sun, Moon, And Stars
- San Diego Serenade
- Stand Your Ground
Customer Reviews:
All the wheat and not much chaff.......2006-02-20
If any of those four is missing from your collection (and especially if you only have a greatest-hits CD), this is worth picking up. All four of the MCA albums featured at least one great song that hasn't turned up on any of her live albums or compilations. "Lone Star State of Mind," "Never Mind," "Love Wore A Halo," "San Diego Serenade," and "You Made This Love A Teardrop" have all aged just as well as concert staples like "Gulf Coast Highway" or "I Wish It Would Rain" (which are, of course, here as well).
For the completists, there are three previously unreleased (or nearly-unreleased) songs here. Of these, the bouncy "Tumble and Fall" is definitely a keeper, and "Stand Your Ground" is also pretty good. The third, a cover of "Wooden Heart," is just about identical to every other version of that song I've ever heard, so if you liked those, you'll like her version too.
Early Efforts.......2006-02-06
This "Complete Recordings" double-CD set is a good value, and anyone who loves Nanci Griffith will appreciate that this appears to be a complete collection of recordings from a period in the artist's life.
A Must - Have for Griffith Fans!.......2005-12-02
Nice Remastering Job! Excellent Nanci - Great Box Set.......2005-03-08
4 albums on 2 cd's..
couldn't have come at a better time since I just now discovered this inviting angelic heart warming voice.
she is a beautiful lady
these are her beautiful songs
Highly Recommended!
4 albums for the price of 2. Nanci is brilliant........2004-12-14
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The Original: Complete Studio Recordings
Chico Hamilton Quintet Manufacturer: Lone Hill Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000ERU98C Release Date: 2006-03-06 |
Tracks:
- Nice Day
- My Funny Valentine
- Blue Sands
- Sage
- Morning After
- Jonalah
- Chrissie
- Wind
- Gone Lover (When Your Lover Has Gone)
- Ghost
- I Want to Be Happy [Live][*]
- Spectacular [Live][*]
- Free Form [Live][*]
- Walking Carson Blues [Live][*]
- Buddy Boo [Live][*]
- Stella by Starlight [Live][*]
- Bark for Barksdale [Live][*]
Album Description
The original Chico Hamilton Quintet was one of the last significant West Coast jazz bands of the cool era. Consisting of Buddy Collette on reeds (flute, clarinet, alto, and tenor), guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Carson Smith, and the drummer/leader, the most distinctive element in the group's identity was cellist Fred Katz. The band could play quite softly, blending together elements of bop and classical music into their popular sound and occupying their own niche. Most of these performances were formerly quite rare and never reissued before. Highly recommended to jazz historians and to listeners who enjoy classic cool jazz. Packaged in a Digipak. Lone Hill Jazz. 2006.Customer Reviews:
Fresh from the fifties.......2007-05-10
Great Jazz .......2007-03-21
A Neglected Master and his greatest group.......2007-03-09
A great set of tunes.......2007-01-22
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The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings
Ian & Sylvia Manufacturer: Vanguard Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00005NHNG Release Date: 2001-09-11 |
Tracks:
- Rocks And Gravel
- Old Blue
- C.C. Rider
- Un Canadien Errant
- Handsome Molly
- Mary Anne
- Pride Of Petrovar
- Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad
- Rambler Gambler
- Down By The Willow Garden
- Got No More Home Than A Dog
- When First Unto This Country
- Live-A-Humble
- Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
- Tomorrow Is A Long Time
- Katy Dear
- Poor Lazarus
- Four Strong Winds
- Ella Speed
- Long Lonesome Road
- V'la L'bon Vent
- Royal Canal
- Lady Of Carlisle
- Spanish Is A Loving Tongue
- The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)
- Every Night When The Sun Goes Down
Tracks:
- You Were On My Mind
- Moonshine Can
- The Jealous Lover
- Four Rode By
- Brave Wolf
- Nova Scotia Farewell
- Some Day Soon
- Little Beggarman
- Texas Rangers
- The Ghost Lover
- Captain Woodstock's Courtship
- Green Valley
- Swing Down, Chariot
- Come In, Stranger
- Early Morning Rain
- Nancy Whiskey
- Awake Ye Drowsy Sleepers
- Marlborough Street Blues
- Darcy Farrow
- Travelling Drummer
- Maude's Blues
- Red Velvet
- I'll Bid My Heart Be Still
- For Lovin' Me
- Song For Canada
Tracks:
- Short Grass
- The French Girl
- When I Was A Cowboy
- Changes
- Gifts Are For Giving
- Molly And Tenbrooks
- Hey, What About Me
- Lonely Girls
- Satisfied Minds
- Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
- Friends Of Mine
- Play One More
- Circle Game
- So Much For Dreaming
- Wild Geese
- Child Apart
- Summer Wages
- Hold Tight
- Cutty Wren
- Si Les Bateaux
- Catfish Blues
- Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies
- January Morning
- Grey Morning
Tracks:
- The Mighty Quinn
- Wheels On Fire
- Farewell To The North
- Taking Care Of Business
- Southern Comfort
- Ballad Of The Ugly Man
- 90 Degrees x 90 Degrees
- She'll Be Gone
- London Life
- The Renegade
- House Of Cards
- Every Time I Feel The Spirit
- Keep On The Sunny Side
- Rocks And Gravel
- Je T'aime Marielle
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Of all the young lovers smitten by folk music in the '60s, Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker cut the most striking couple, and--as a couple--many of the most striking sides. Over seven Vanguard albums, recorded between 1963 and 1968, Ian & Sylvia lent their vibrato-heavy voices to traditional folk and country songs with strenuous and studied results. However, on indisputably classic Tyson tunes such as "Summer Wages" and "Four Strong Winds," and well-chosen (and, at the time, obscure) ballads by peers such as Bob Dylan ("Tomorrow Is a Long Time") and Steve Gillette ("Darcy Farrow"), their ethereal harmonies and uncluttered acoustic arrangements go a long way towards explaining the duo's popularity and influence. Hard-core fans may frown over the sole previously unreleased track (a toss off called "Je T'aime Marielle"), but they will also cherish Vanguard's sparkling remastering and packaging (a delightfully written appraisal by Colin Escott is included) of this much-needed collection. No better overview of Ian & Sylvia's art can be located. Although you won't find their best album (1970's country-rock gem Great Speckled Bird) here, you will find a cache brimming with the strengths and weaknesses of the folk revival. --Roy KastenCustomer Reviews:
The Best from the the Best.......2007-05-13
Great Folk Singers.......2006-11-06
is great music.
Great Anthology.......2006-10-18
Fantastic baritone singing from Ian with soaring harmonies from Sylvia.
In working through the collection one is offered a rather poignant reflection of the separation of their relationship and their music. The latter recordings are sad but subtract nothing from their early achievements.
For anyone with ears.......2006-04-24
However, these recordings have a strength of their commiment to music that has the bite, the twang, the strength, and the snap of real folk music and of folk originated blues and country music. The standards of production particularly their work with the great guitarists Johnny Herald and Monte Dunn, not to mention Ian Tyson's own developing skill with the guitar, and the tastefulness of the ensembles has not been matched since in acoustic music.
Ian and Sylvia's music works now even when the pop folk sensibility that surrounded them has deservedly withered away. I spend a lot of time talking with, playing with, hanging out with people who treasure completely traditional folk music which is not at all what Ian and Sylvia ever pretended to play, although especially at the beginning it was one of their most important sources. I have found even three or four decades after the duo ended, that a tremendous respect and a lot of listening goes on to Ian and Sylvia which is not true for other folkies like Joan Baez or Bob Dylan.
Of course, Ian Tyson continued a great career of his own, longer and actually larger than what happened with Ian and Sylvia as a writer of songs rooted in his Canadian Western origins. The skills unveiled in songs like "You were on my mind" and "Four strong winds" have won Ian a bunch of Grammies and Junos (the Canadian equivalent). He is still out there performing, making great albums and being who he has always been, a straight shooter, a no bs artist.
Sometime in the 1980s, an urban legend appeared that is still strong that Sylvia Fricker had died, killed herself, or otherwise left this life. She is very much alive, still singing, and over the years has done great folk oriented shows for the CBC.
Oh, one thing I forgot.
Aside from all this analysis, Ian and Sylvia are just so darned good that anyone with ears desperately needs to have as much of their music as they can either afford or steal!
Ian & Sylvia - The Real Deal.......2004-03-20
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The Complete Studio Recordings
The Doors Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00002NDBC Release Date: 1999-11-09 |
Tracks:
- Break On Through (To The Other Side)
- Soul Kitchen
- The Crystal Ship
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
- Light My Fire
- Back Door Man
- I Looked At You
- End Of The Night
- Take It As It Comes
- The End
Tracks:
- Strange Days
- You're Lost Little Girl
- Love Me Two Times
- Unhappy Girl
- Horse Latitudes
- Moonlight Drive
- People Are Strange
- My Eyes Have Seen You
- I Can't See Your Face In My Mind
- When The Music's Over
Tracks:
- Hello, I Love You
- Love Street
- Not To Touch The Earth
- Summer's Almost Gone
- Wintertime Love
- The Unknown Soldier
- Spanish Caravan
- My Wild Love
- We Could Be So Good Together
- Yes, The River Knows
- Five To One
Tracks:
- Tell All The People
- Touch Me
- Shaman's Blues
- Do It
- Easy Ride
- Wild Child
- Runnin' Blue
- Wishful Sinful
- The Soft Parade
Tracks:
- Roadhouse Blues
- Waiting For The Sun
- You Make Me Real
- Peace Frog
- Blue Sunday
- Ship Of Fools
- Land Ho!
- The Spy
- The Queen Of The Highway
- Indian Summer
- Maggie M'Gill
Tracks:
- The Changeling
- Love Her Madly
- Been Down So Long
- Cars Hiss By My Window
- L.A. Woman
- L'America
- Hyacinth House
- Crawling King Snake
- The WASP (Texas Radio And The Big Beat)
- Riders On The Storm
Tracks:
- Hello To The Cities (Live)
- Break On Throught (Live)
- Roadhouse Blues
- Hyacinth House (Demo)
- Who Scared You
- Whiskey, Mystics And Men
- I Will Never Be Untrue
- Moonlight Drive (Demo)
- Queen Of The Highway (Alternative Version)
- Someday Soon (Live)
- Hello, I Love You (Demo)
- Orange County Suite
- The Soft Parade (Live)
- The End (Live)
- Woman Is A Devil
- CD-Rom Track
Customer Reviews:
This is the one!.......2004-05-21
In my opinion, this is the definitive set to have. The remastering is vibrant and rejuvenates the music. The packaging (cd sized original lp jackets with original inner sleeves) has allowed me to store my old lps for safe keeping. Talk about "desert island records"... get a second copy "for the road".
Light My Fire!!!.......2004-04-12
Good but incomplete.......2004-04-09
PROS:
-All six of the band's classic studio albums are available in this set - The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting for the Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel, and L.A. Woman.
-The compilation features an essential rarities disc, including an ultra-rare track, Woman is a Devil.
-The box includes a handy booket with a ton of useful and interesting liner notes.
-Buying this set is a better value than buying all of the band's material separately.
CONS:
-The band wasted a lot of CD space - they could easily have condensed this material to take up LESS THAN six discs.
-If you're a die-hard Doors fan, there's probably nothing here that you don't already own.
-As another reviewer stated, this IS NOT the Complete Studio Recordings - the albums that the band created after Jim Morrison's death aren't here. Also, the American Prayer album and many other previously unreleased studio sessions (such as Celebration Of The Lizard) aren't available here.
OVERALL:
Overall, despite minor flaws, this is an excellent box set for one of America's greatest rock and roll bands. If you're a classic rock fan, don't bother with hits compilations - be a man and shell out the cash for this set. It's a set worthy in the collection of every fan of classic rock.
Awesome Box set.......2004-03-29
The Doors As They Were Meant To Be Heard.......2003-08-15
For example, in "Break On Through To The Other Side," instead of Morrison singing "She gets . . . she gets . . . she gets . . ." as in the original version I've heard a million times, he now sings "She gets HIGH, she gets HIGH, she gets HIGH," and the manner in which Morrison unexpectedly _screams_ "high" creates a strange new effect, so that the song really gains something through remixing.
Also, in the digital remix of "The End," you can now _clearly_ hear Morrison's repeated use of the "F" word during the song's climax, just as you can hear it in the "Apocalypse Now" soundtrack; it's not buried under the music like on the original album.
There seem to be three or four Doors "best of" CDs out there, but if you have to get one repackaged collection, this should be it!
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Cabaret (1999 Studio Cast) (First Complete Recording)
John Kander , Fred Ebb , Maria Friedman , Judi Dench , and Jonathan Pryce Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B00000I132 Release Date: 1999-02-09 |
Tracks:
- Act One: Willkommen - Jonathan Pryce/Michael Cantwell/Nicholas Colicos/Kate Copstick/Jackie Crawford/Dominic Curtis...
- Act One: So What - Judi Dench
- Act One: Don't Tell Mama - Maria Friedman/Louise Gold/Gay Soper/Claire Moore/Jacqueline Dankworth/Caroline O'Connor...
- Act One: Telephone Dance - Gregg Edelman/Michael Cantwell/Nicholas Colicos/Kate Copstick/Jackie Crawford/Dominic Curtis...
- Act One: Perfectly Marvellous - Maria Friedman/Gregg Edelman
- Act One: Two Ladies - Jonathan Pryce/Louise Gold/Claire Moore
- Act One: It Could Not Please Me More - Fred Ebb/Judi Dench
- Act One: Tomorrow Belongs To Me - German Youth/Men
- Act One: Why Should I Wake Up? - Gregg Edelman/Maria Friedman
- Act One: Sitting Pretty - Jonathan Pryce/Louise Gold/Gay Soper/Claire Moore/Jacqueline Dankworth/Caroline O'Connor...
- Act One: Married - Fred Ebb/Judi Dench
- Act One: Fruit Shop Dance - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Act One: Meeskite - Fred Ebb/Maria Friedman/Michael Cantwell/Nicholas Colicos/Kate Copstick/Jackie Crawford...
- Act One: Tomorrow Belongs To Me (Reprise) - Caroline O'Connor/Marcus Allen Cooper/Michael Cantwell/Nicholas Colicos/Kate Copstick...
Tracks:
- Act Two: Entr'acte - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Act Two: Kick Line - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Act Two: Married (Reprise) - Fred Ebb
- Act Two: If You Could See Her - Jonathan Pryce
- Act Two: What Would You Do? - Judi Dench
- Act Two: Sally's Revolt - Gregg Edelman/Maria Friedman
- Act Two: Cabaret - Maria Friedman
- Act Two: Break Up - Maria Friedman/Gregg Edelman
- Act Two: Finale Ultimo - Gregg Edelman/Jonathan Pryce/Fred Ebb/Judi Dench/Maria Friedman/Kate Copstick/Jackie Crawford...
- Act Two: Curtain Calls - Michael Cantwell/Nicholas Colicos/Kate Copstick/Jackie Crawford/Dominic Curtis/Geoffrey Dallamore...
- Act Two: Exit Music - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Money '87 - Jonathan Pryce/Micheal Cantwell/Nicholas Colicos/Kate Copstick/Jackie Crawford/Dominic Curtis...
- Don't Go - Gregg Edelman/Maria Friedman
- I Don't Care Much - Jonathan Pryce
- Mein Herr - Maria Friedman/Louise Gold/Gay Soper/Claire Moore/Jacqueline Dankworth/Caroline O'Connor...
- Maybe This Time - Maria Friedman
- Money Money - Jonathan Pryce/Maria Friedman
- Tiller Girls - Louise Gold/Gay Soper/Claire Moore/Jacqueline Dankworth/Caroline O'Connor/Clare Burt
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This 1999 entry in JAY's Masterworks Edition series captures Kander and Ebb's Cabaret in an excellent two-disc release that preserves the complete Broadway score with its original orchestrations and vocal arrangements, as well as an addendum of four songs written for the 1972 motion picture (including "Maybe This Time" and "Money, Money") as well as three written for the 1987 Broadway revival--111 minutes in all. Jonathan Pryce might be too similar to his most famous role as Miss Saigon's Engineer, but Oscar-winner Judi Dench (who shined as Desiree in a London version of Sondheim's A Little Night Music) and lyricist Fred Ebb himself are excellent as the older couple, Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz. Also good are Gregg Edelman as Cliff and Maria Friedman (best known for her role in the video production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Sally Bowles. This production may not have the authenticity of the original Broadway cast, the Liza-led star power of the film soundtrack, or the grit of the 1998 revival, but it's a highly enjoyable reading, and the completeness of the score makes it a must for the voracious Cabaret listener. --David HoriuchiCustomer Reviews:
Documented Well, However Very Medicore.......2006-01-02
I think the medicore feeling you get from this recording comes from the medicore cast. Jonathan Pryce's MC cannot compare to Joel Grey's. Maria Friedman is also incomparable and medicore to the 1966 Sally and Liza Minnelli.
The only real standout performers here are Dame Judi Dench as Frau Schnider and the lyricist extraordinaire, Fred Ebb as Herr Schultz.
I'd recommend the 1966 Original Cast Album and the movie soundtrack over this.
Redress the balance.......2005-12-07
'Definitive'? Certainly! Fred Ebb sings Herr Schulz and you can be sure he would not have let his name and reputation be attached to an inferior product.
The cast is stupendous. Not only has Dame Judie Dench graduated from her West End role of Sally but the marvellous Maria Freidman (Woman in White) and Jonathan Pryce (Miss Saigon) head an all star cast of mainly British artistes. Among the Kit-Kat girls alone are Gay Soper, Claire Moore, Jacqueline Dankworth and Clare Burt.
Pryce may be no Joel Grey but who is? He is perfectly acceptable and in the end it is the totality of performance that should be judged and here this set stands as high as the original cast recording yet it is so much more complete. If we can never have a top live production on DVD (where is that Sam Mendes Donmar production of 1994?) then this is a more than acceptable substitute.
Good Reference; Mediocre Recording.......2002-07-03
Any director, choreographer, and music director mounting a production of the 1987 revision really should listen to this as it is the only recording of Cliff's new solo "Don't Go" (but if you have a choice - use "Why Should I Wake Up?" instead), and the 1987 "Money Song" as published by Tams-Whitmark.
Judi Dench is marvelous in her solos, but to be honest, the rest of the performances fell flat for me. I felt the energy was low, and the dialects and diction left much to be desired.
If you are a Cabaret collector, a Judi Dench fan, or a music director or other such production team member, this recording will interest you greatly. However, for listening pleasure, stick to the original Broadway and Broadway Revival cast recordings. The only tracks unique to the recording are "Don't Go", the 1987 "Money Song" and some dance and incidental music. All other tracks can be found on the Original Cast, Revival Cast, and Film soundtracks, and with the exception of Dench's numbers, all are performed better on those recordings.
Cabaret out of the closet!.......2001-07-27
This version of ýCabaretý is a real special gem for Cabaret fans. It has a number of pushing and pulling factors. The C.D. is essentially utilising the original book, music, lyrics and orchestrations as conceived by the authors, performed on double C.D.
This Studio Cast has recorded the majority of the music featured in the original Vocal Score, including the much loved, and sometimes much missed Telephone Dance, Fruit Shop Dance and Sitting Pretty, despite missing a few incidentals but including Sallyýs Revolt and the Break Up (with dialogue!). All of the music is in its original orchestrations and played by the National Symphony Orchestra; large and well rehearsed! They performed the technically difficult Telephone Dance and Sitting Pretty with great, noticeable enthusiasm, as well as the Kick Line being very good- sometimes throughout the C.D. there are uncertainties with the tempo. There was an over-exaggerated reverb throughout, although one gets used to the echo after a while!
I particularly wanted to buy this C.D., instead of the original Broadway version, because of the performers: Dame Judi Dench (playing Fraulein Schneider); the lyricist Fred Ebb (playing Herr Schultz); Maria Friedman (playing Sally Bowles but best known for ýThe Witches of Eastwický and the ýJosephýý video); Jonathan Price (playing M.C.); Gregg Edelman (playing Cliff); and many other well-known faces!
Although I say that the performances were generally well-judged, I must admit that I was a little unsure of the standard of some of the singing, especially the Jewish shopkeeper with the broad American accent! At least he knows his words quite well! I was pleasantly surprised at Dame Judiýs performance. Although not a singer, her acting and accent are just perfect for the part and gains almost top marks (50 marks to be precise!). Some people say that Maria Friedman plays Sally a little over the top. I canýt help but notice that Friedman found some of her songs a little bit too hard to sing for her range and that she lost a lot of emotion in ýCabaretý itself. She plays her, in some places, over the top, yes, but I agree with some that this is how Sally is supposed to be. Her eccentric performance got me laughing!
Another reason why I bought this C.D. was because they included many bonus tracks. They added some of the ýCut Songs.ý These include ýDonýt Goý and ýI Donýt Care Much.ý They also added ýSongs especially composed for the movieý (ýMoney, Moneyý, ýMein Herrý, ýMaybe This Timeý etcý) as well as a very interesting merge of ýSitting Prettyý and ýMoney, Moneyý as arranged for the 1987 revival. These being preformed, I think, by the Studio Cast. Excellent!
The written commentary with it is also interesting (simple yet detailed synopsis and information regarding the genesis of the show). The booklet also contains photos of the performers recording the C.D.
In summary: While singing isnýt admittedly the best, this package is a library of entertainment for the Cabaret fan especially, and would be advisable to buy if you, e.g. knew the performers and would like to take advantage of the bonus tracks and variety of music, as well as if you want a more up-to-date recording (1993-2000).
So complete.......2001-06-16
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Monk Alone: The Complete Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk 1962-1968
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ASIN: B000007NAC Release Date: 1998-06-09 |
Tracks:
- Body And Soul (Remake Take 2)
- Just A Gigolo (Take 1)
- Don't Blame Me (Remake Take 1)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (Take 3)
- Memories Of You (Take 1)
- I Love You Sweetheart Of All My Dreams (Take 2)
- I Surrender, Dear (Take 1)
- Sweet And Lovely (Take 2)
- Everything Happens To Me (Take 3)
- I Should Care (Take 1)
- North Of The Sunset (Take 1)
- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (Take 3)
- I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Take 4)
- Dinah (Take 2)
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (Take 2)
- Monk's Point (Take 1)
- Ask Me Now (Take 2)
- Ruby, My Dear (Take 3)
Tracks:
- 'Round Midnight (Take 2)
- Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Take 1)
- This Is My Story, This Is My Song (Take 1)
- Introspection (Take 4)
- Darn That Dream (Take 1)
- Body And Soul (Remake Take 3)
- Body And Soul (Take 3)
- Don't Blame Me (Take 1)
- I Love You Sweetheart Of All My Dreams (Take 1)
- Sweet And Lovely (Take 1)
- Everything Happens To Me (Take 1)
- Everything Happens To Me (Take 2)
- I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Take 2)
- Dinah (Take 1)
- I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (Take 1)
- Ask Me Now (Take 3)
- Everything Happens To Me (Take 3)
- Introspection (Take 3)
- Ruby, My Dear (Take 1)
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Fact: Thelonious Monk is one of the most important composers--jazz or otherwise--of this century. Not only did Monk help invent the music we now call be-bop, but he also introduced jazz music to the avant-garde, setting the table for a tradition unmatched in American music. Monk's legacy is unquestioned and his melodies echo through almost every genre of music to this day. Yet one thing Thelonious never got enough credit for was his piano playing. Monk developed a halting, stop-start style as unique and singular as his compositions. While melodies seemed to drop from Monk's fingers, he also spiced his tunes with left-field plinks and plunks, blistering right-handed runs and thunderous left handed slams.On Monk Alone: The Complete Solo Studio Recordings of Thelonious Monk 1962-1968, a two-CD collection, the genius of Monk is plainly evident. Monk can ache with what he called "ugly beauty" while also adding his own inventions to standards. The highlight of this collection, besides the wonderful liner notes and detailed discographic info, are 14 previously unreleased tracks, including alternate takes of Monk masterpieces like "Ruby, My Dear," "Introspection," and "Ask Me Now." A must-have. --S. Duda
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Most Expressive........2005-11-07
Step into the world of master artist Thelonious Monk, and embrace the melody and mystique that was his to command. For those who've gotten a solid taste of The High Priest via Blue Note's acclaimed Carnegie Hall Concert release featuring Monk and John Coltrane, I'll just say that MONK ALONE is the musical epitome of what constitutes a full-course meal!
A complete collection of his Columbia Records studio recordings for solo piano, the 2 CD collection is a stunning portrait of a genius at work. At once relaxing to the soul and a challenging call to the heart and ears, this 1962-1968 journey is a cavalcade of timeless ballads and standards
-many of them Monk's own- which the pianist plays with ringing authority and consummate touch.
One would expect marvelous renditions of "'Round Midnight" and "Ruby My Dear", and Monk delivers; granting us a precious view into the emotional dexterity of a great composer's mind. Equally precious are the performances of lesser-known original gems such as Introspection and "Ask Me Now", and the bravura renditions of standard-bearers such as "I'm Confessin' That I Love You", "Dinah", and the immortal ballad "Body and Soul".
Puckish rumination fires up the stride of "Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", which proves a wry summation of how most Americans view Monk (and most of Jazz, for that matter!), to say nothing of how The High Priest dealt with much of the world, in turn. For sheer heartache and irresistible imploring, try "Everything Happens To Me", and perhaps the times in which we live will become a tad more tangible.
To gain a sterling peek into the master's roots, pull up a chair and just breathe in the humble spirituality of the devoutly-rendered "This Is My Story, This Is My Song", the wistful chestnut breeze whistling through Eubie Blake's "Memories Of You", or the sunny afternoon testimony of "I Love You Sweetheart (Of All My Dreams)".
Always, throughout this priceless, tuneful journey strolls the supple,
steady walk of The Blues, posing
an affirming grasp upon all to be
sung, and all to come...
Blue Label.......2005-05-22
A lot has been said about this music, and about its value and appeal. I think most critics miss the point. You can't compare this to solo recordings by Bill Evans or Oscar Peterson. There's no point of reference. This is thick, heavy music. It isn't meant to be played for an hour, straight through. It's something else.
Sit down with a pair of headphones, and play two or three tracks. Come back tomorrow, and play a couple more. That's the only way to listen to this music. There's incredible depth and dimension here, and you'll discover new beauty on each pass. This isn't water, and it sure as hell isn't beer. It's Blue Label scotch. It's meant for slow sipping.
Monk was unique. He was a genius, but he was also on a completely different wavelength. I would never disparage albums like the It Club -- but there's no question Monk was at his best when sitting alone at a piano, unfettered by the burden of bandmates. The result was his vision, pure and unfiltered, and music which easily stands beside Bach and Beethoven.
Solo Piano....By MONK!.......2005-04-07
Great and sometimes difficult music that grows on you........2004-10-13
Some reviewers have said that this stuff doesn't catch Monk during his peak period, that he doesn't have the spark he possessed during his Riverside period. And I would totally agree with that. But at the same time, I find that the limitations and obstructions he faced deepen this music to a degree. If one wants snap and polish, I think "Alone in San Francisco" is the choice to make (and, to my knowledge though I could be completely wrong, that's the only Riverside album currently available that's composed entirely of solo performances). If one wants an introduction to Monk's music, I'd suggest "Plays Duke Ellington" or one of the Blue Note releases.
But if you want to hear what becomes of a master, and you have the patience to let a big collection of music grow on you, "Monk Alone" is worth the time and effort.
It took me a while to fit into this collection. But I think it's good music to be alone with, it's just you and him. I like to work and write to this music, it's intense but quiet. It's the sound of an artist laboring by himself.
Sparse setting, but haunting beauty that grows on you..........2003-07-04
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The Miles Davis and Gil Evans: Complete Columbia Studio Recordings
Miles Davis , and Gil Evans Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz
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ASIN: B0002199H2 Release Date: 2004-05-11 |
Tracks:
- Springville
- The Maids Of Cadiz
- The Duke
- My Ship
- Miles Ahead
- Blues For Pablo
- New Rhumba
- The Meaning Of The Blues
- Lament
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)
- Springsville (Remake Take 7)
- The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 1)
- The Duke (Take 11)
- My Ship (Take 1)
- Miles Ahead (Take 4)
- Blues For Pablo (Take 1)
- New Rhumba (Take 5)
- The Meaning Of The Blues (Rehearsal Take)
- Lament (Rehearsal Take)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 8)
- Pause Track
Tracks:
- Buzzard Song
- Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- Gone
- Gone, Gone, Gone
- Summertime
- Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
- Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)
- Fishermen, Strawberry And Devil Crab
- My Man's Gone Now
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Here Come De Honey Man
- I Loves You, Porgy
- There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York
- Gone (Take 3)
- Summertime (Take 2)
- Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus) (Take 2)
- I Loves You, Porgy (Take 1, Second Version)
- There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (Take 2)
- Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess (Take 5)
- Gone (Take 4)
- Pause Track
Tracks:
- Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)
- Will O' The Wisp
- The Pan Piper
- Saeta
- Solea
- Song Of Our Country (Issued Take)
- Saeta (Full Version Of Master)
- The Pan Piper (Take 1)
- Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Part One, Alternate Take)
- Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Part Two, Alternate Take)
- Song Of Our Country (Take 14)
- Pause Track
Tracks:
- Song No. 2
- Once Upon A Summertime
- Ads Pes Da Cruz
- Song No. 1
- Wait Till You See Her
- Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
- Blue Xmas
- Nothing Like You
- Devil May Care
- The Time Of The Barracudas
- Falling Water (Take 4)
- Falling Water (Take 6)
- Falling Water (Take 8)
- Falling Water (Take 9)
- Springsville (Take 5)
- The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 11)
- The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 11, Insert 1)
- Lament (Medley: Take 2)
- The Duke (Take 1)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (53225 Issued Version)
Tracks:
- Springsville (Rehearsal Sequence)
- Springsville (Rehearsal With Piano)
- The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 9)
- The Maids Of Cadiz (Take 10)
- The Maids Of Cadiz (Rehearsal Sequence)
- Count Off For The Duke (Take 3)
- The Duke (Take 8)
- The Duke (Piano Take 3)
- My Ship (Take 6)
- Miles Ahead (Rehearsal Sequence)
- Miles Ahead (Take 12)
- Miles Ahead (Take 15)
- Studio Discussion
- My Ship (Take 7)
- Miles Ahead (Piano Insert-Mono)
- Blues For Pablo (Rehearsal Sequence)
- New Rhumba (Take 2)
- Lament (Take 1)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 5)
- Studio Discussion
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You)
- Pause Track
Tracks:
- Studio Discussion
- Springsville (Take 8 Without Overdubs)
- Studio Discussion
- Miles Ahead (Take 11 Without Overdubs)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Take 3 Without Overdubs)
- Springsville (Overdubs Take 1)
- Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 4-5)
- Springsville (Overdubbed Solos 6-9)
- Springsville (Issued Overdubbed Solo)
- Miles Ahead (Issued Overdubbed Solo)
- Miles Ahead (Overdubbed Solo)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 2)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You (Overdubbed Solo 9)
- I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 19 & 19c)
- Miles Ahead (Mono Master)
- Gone (Rehearsal Sequence)
- Gone, Gone, Gone (Rehearsal Sequence)
- Studio Discussion
- Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
- I Loves You, Porgy (Rehearsal Sequence)
- There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York (Remake)
- My Man's Gone Now (Remake Take)
- Song Of Our Country (Take 9)
- Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Rehearsal)
- Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) (Alternate Ending)
- Pause Track
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From their first work together on the Birth of the Cool sessions in 1949, Miles Davis and Gil Evans forged a unique relationship as great soloist and brilliant arranger. The real opportunity to explore their shared vision didn't come until 1957, however, when Davis had forged a relationship with a major record label able to support it. Though a product of the big-band tradition, Evans was never limited by sectional voicings and riffs. He had an interest in unusual instrumentation and a talent for creating subtle mixes of distinct voices, adding French horns, oboe, bassoon, and harp to the conventional big band and thinning its saxophone, trumpet, and trombone sections. His arrangements for Davis are like settings for the finest jewels, whether he's creating rich, brass chords or adding only light percussion to the trumpeter's solitary lament. Together Davis and Evans produced three orchestral masterpieces: Miles Ahead (1957), Porgy and Bess (1958), and Sketches of Spain (1960). They're all here, along with less-inspired, later projects like the Quiet Nights bossa nova album. What most distinguishes the box set is the archival work of Phil Schaap, who has compiled a wealth of alternate takes. They reveal much about the processes that went into these works, including extensive editing and even some overdubbing. As early as 1957, Evans and Davis were already beginning to use the studio itself as an integral part of their music. --Stuart Broomer
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Complete 1950-1954 Studio-Issued Recordings
The Four Freshmen Manufacturer: Jazz Factory ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B0001J3VJC Release Date: 2004-04-05 |
Tracks:
- Then I'll Be Happy
- Mr. B's Blues
- Now You Know
- Pick Up Your Tears (And Go Home)
- It's a Blue World
- Tuxedo Junction
- Stormy Weather
- Day Isn't Long Enough
- Baltimore Oriole
- Poinciana
- It Happened Once Before
- Holiday
- Tenderly - The Four Freshmen, Stan Kenton
- I'll Be Seeing You - The Four Freshmen, Stan Kenton
- Seems Like Old Times
- Over the Rainbow
- Circus
- Crazy Bones
- Please Remember
- Love Turns Winter to Spring
- After You
- Mood Indigo
- We'll Be Together Again
- My Heart Stood Still
- Nearness of You
- Street of Dreams
- Laura
- Basin Street Blues
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
Album Description
This fabulous release includes all the recordings made by this top vocal quartet in the first half of the fifties.Album Details
Digitally Remastered Anthology of Recordings from the First Half of the 1950's by the Popular Vocal Group Whose Harmonies Inspirted the Arrangements that Brian Wilson Prepared for the Beach Boys and Other Vocal Groups that Followed in their Footsteps.Jazz Music: