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| 2. In The Wee Small Hours Of |
| 3. Chicago |
| 4. The Night We Called It A |
| 5. Sometimes I'm Happy |
| 6. Whisper Not |
| 7. Billy Boy |
| 8. The Lonesome One (Bonus T |
| 9. Gravy Waltz (Bonus Track) |
| 10. Woody N You (Bonus Track) |
| 11. Soon |
| 12. Daahoud (Bonus Track) |
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20bit Limited Japanese Release Including Five Bonus Tracks.
What a pity to have all but forgotten him, so. If Les Paul (or Mary Ford) is still alive (I realise they would be a little old if they still were) I wish they could know that I and my wife haven't forgotten them and now that I have this excellent re recording, we never will.
Within each of these 2-3 minute masterpieces Les manages to impress as a solo guitar master as well as a tasteful, expressive musician and an ensemble player of the first order. There's no electronic trickery on these recordings from 1947--simply a level of artistry and flawless execution that's all the more striking because of the limited space given each player to say his piece. The tempos include a couple of ballads and medium tempos along with the predominantly up-tempo tunes.
No less impressive than the solos is the inventiveness of the compositions and the glittering tightness of the ensemble playing. Much of the time Les is heard playing blazingly fast melodic lines in harmony with a nameless piano virtuoso who is on the same level as Les if not even more fluent and imaginative. In fact, the single downside of this collection is the absence of dates, musicians' names, and all other potentially useful information about the recordings (some research suggests that the pianist is Paul Smith).
Admittedly, Les frequently resorts to "canned licks" rather than risking extemporaneous improvisation on the chords (the pianist is usually given the more adventurous role). Nevertheless, this is challenging, exhilarating music, full of surprises and played to perfection.
This collection concentrates on Les Paul's early carrer and as the title implies, it is his trio of guitar, bass and piano. The recordings were made in the 1940's and are mono, but the sound is crisp and clear.
Definitely a great buy at the price. Larry's review pretty much sums it up.
The 21 cuts are circa 1947, which means the recordings are pre-Gibson Les Paul model guitar. Since he's playing a jazz box, his tone is really warm and smooth, compared to the brighter tone of his later solid body work,(1950's - 60's) but his sense of humor and wicked licks are here nonetheless.
In fact, the CD is an excellent, equally mixed collection of slow sultry tunes, medium paced bops, and flat-out, high-speed ripping. The significance is that many of Les' CD's are not specifically aimed at appreciating his mastery of the instrument, but instead are fixated in content either on his association with Mary Ford, or his inventive marvels like multi-tracking and echo. As a result, much of Les' pure technique winds-up being buried and taking a back seat to either Mary's vocals, or his own signal processing.
Even worse, some manufacturers are releasing discs entitled "Guitar Wizard" for example, that are cleverly using the title as a marketing gimmick only, and with no intent to include tracks that showcase Les' incredible fretting agility and monster technique.
Pathetic.
Not the case here though.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the other stuff he has done, but there is just so damn much of it, and hardly any CD's exist to the contrary that prove "Les is More" - without the multi-tracking or signal processing.
I do know that he is known for his "new sound", and it is a wonderful part of music history, but by fixating ONLY on that, record companies have shorted us the pleasure of enjoying Les as the phenomenal guitarist that he truly is, in his purest form. Personally I believe that a collection CD featuring Les' best guitar work is not only badly needed, but actually OWED to him, considering what he has done for the electric guitar specifically, and the music industry in general.
Whether or not you like his music, one fact remains...
This is the man that "discovered electricity" for guitar players, and multi-track recording for the record industry.
Until someone releases something worthy, this CD is an excellent, excellent effort.
My hat's off to it's manufacturer (Laserlight) and am hoping for more...
L.LaBallister
There aren't any political statements here, just good, solid rocking fun. If you haven't heard them, start with this CD.
Sometimes the marriage of rock `n roll and social and environmental injustices either smacks of self-righteousness or ceases to be graceful and fluid. For the most part, Mr. Butler sidesteps those hindrances yet he does stumble a bit on the awkward, even embarrassing second track Daniella.
But it's pretty easy to put those sorts of moments in the rearview mirror when the JBT hits full throttle on Funky Tonight, the kind of song that energizes the inner whirling dervish in us all.
If I were to sum it up in two words, I would offer eclectic and energetic.
McLaughlin's concerns may have been a bit extraneous-- the live performance has its flaws, to be certain (Jaco wanders off key briefly on "Dark Prince", "Are You the One, Are You the One?" threatens to fall apart), but there's a rare energy and power to the performance that really can't be underestimated, starting with Williams brief drum solo intro that sets the mood for high tension before welcoming his band mates on a racing "Dark Prince". For me, as a Jaco fan, the highlight is "Continuum", performed with grace as Pastorius and Williams stick true to the studio recording and McLaughlin offers a superb commentary that sounds both new and natural.
The studio material, particularly when presented next to the live takes sounds a bit sterile. "Dark Prince" probably best illustrates this-- live, it has an energy and urgency to it, McLaughlin's guitars sound dirty and fierce, Pastorius and Williams explode full of energy. In the studio, McLaughlin's tone, while still overdriven, cleans up and the rhythm section gets a bit too lockstep.
All of the material has been remastered and sounds fantastic-- the live material in particular is notable, clearly the source tapes were in good shape, this could have been recorded yesterday. The set is augmented by brief liner notes by McLaughlin and an essay discussing the performance and subsequent studio session.
This recording is difficult to rate-- the sentimental part of me wants to give it five stars and an endlessly positive, glowing review, but in all honesty, while this is a great recording and one that I'm ecstatic to have, it's not exactly the sort of jaw-dropping performance you'd hope it'd be. Fans of any of the three artists will want this, but don't expect something that'll shake the world.
All and all if you are looking for some different John Mayer stuff and you already like him this would be a great addition to your collection.
This album has a blusey feel to it much like his latest album has.
There are old favorites here, but again- he never sings the same song twice, and has a lot of fun with his music! His music is so dam good people buy cd's with the same tracks just to hear them a different way!
Maybe I should have gotten it for 99c from I-tunes
Not a bad album, but not GREAT imho.
Joshua Redman starts off with an old warhorse, "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" and freshens it up a little by chopping up the rhythm. Most of the rest of the songs have an Asian reference in their title, and to a lesser extent in their music. I'm not sure how "I'm An Old Cowhand" and "Wagon Wheels" fit in with the theme, since they're western songs . At any rate, the standards are nicely played, and the new compositions are also good. It's simply a top-notch album, and is highly recommended. This will be one of the better CD's of 2007. The last song doesn't have Joshua on it, but has Dewey Redman playing for his granddaughter. It's interestingly free-jazzy, and perhaps a suitable capstone to Dewey's long and interesting career.
It's impossible to write this review and not drop the name Sonny Rollins, since a full third of the tracks here are tunes that Newk explored within the very same trio constraints back in the late 50's, and you know that Josh loves his Newk. He doesn't try to sound like Rollins here - he just invokes Sonny's powerful visage. The name and the sound, both invoked and actually present, which "Back East" *is* suffused with is that of Joshua's late father, Dewey Redman. My first exposure to the music of Dewey Redman came in the mid 70's when he was part of Keith Jarrett's incendiary American combo that made recordings for Impulse!, but I have to confess that most of it went way over my head at the time. What really made me pay attention to Dewey was his significant contribution to Pat Metheny's ECM double-album 80/81, right there next to Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden (also a vet of that Jarrett unit), Metheny, and the late Michael Brecker. What a free-emotive ear-opening revelation Dewey was on those tunes! Next came my awareness of the outfit known as "Old And New Dreams" with Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, and Haden again, which really convinced me that it was Miles Davis who was "all messed up inside" and not Ornette Coleman. And in the midst of all this great music came a Dewey Redman album for the ages - 1983's "The Struggle Continues" on ECM. Search hard in used vinyl shops for it - or even harder for a CD copy.
So what does any of this have to do with Joshua Redman's new self-produced title on Nonesuch? The answer is: everything. Josh has some of the biggest ears on this planet - don't go thinking for a minute that any of this stuff from the late 70's and 80's was lost on him, even if he tells you that he had to "come back" for some of it (he grew up apart from his dad with his mother in the Bay Area). Once Josh made the commitment to music over law school, *all* the great tenors who came before him contributed something to his jurisprudence of jazz degree. And with this latest offering, Redman (the younger) continues to show off his very sponge-like abilities even further. If there were just a few more tracks like the Josh original "Indonesia" (which isn't exactly gamelan, but sure ain't no 12-bar blues either) or the Coltrane gem "India" (performed in 4tet with father Dewey), or the Shorter jewel "Indian Song" (4tet with Joe Lovano, tune lifted from Wayne's o.o.p. 1965 album "Etcetera") this review would be attached to a 5-star rating. But 4 stars is still pretty darned good, and "Back East" is worth extra spins just to reflect on the incredible musical legacy left to us by Dewey Redman, who not so incidentally gets the last dance all to himself (in a trio) for the set closer. Salaam, Dewey. Great album, Josh.
Nonetheless, this is not to say that their music is lackluster. The trio displayed in their previous albums Changing Places and the Ground, their abilities to compose such beautiful yet not abstract jazz in a discipline which Gustavsen puts, "inspired by a love of spaces". In jazz, sometimes playing a riff in between notes might be easy, but leaving it blank takes up imagination. Tord Gustavsen Trio definitely has this imagination.
Releasing their third album in five years, Being There, as part of a trilogy, the trio has taken their restraint way of utterance to a new territory. When you start listening to the album, the sense of déjà vu will dominate you even if you have never heard of their previous albums. Yet as the music goes on, it will be clear to even long-time listeners that you are not in a familiar place at all. Tunes like Blessed Feet (a Jarrett-like funky tune) and Where We Went (an up-tempo Spanish dance) sing a more assertive but not aggressive kind of lyrics, while the music is still kept as simple and uncanny as it possibly can. The way trio instruments are approached, especially by drummer Jarle Vespestrad, whose plays are being felt rather than heard for most of the time, meshes delicate whispers altogether in modest tempi and continuous rubato. This un-trio-like instrumental integration makes the music feel like dream flows in a constantly changing vista, which finally resolves back to the same place where it started when the album ends with the peaceful tune Wide Open.
All About Jazz reviewer John Kelman put the trio's distinctive character beautifully: "As silence can sometimes speak as loudly as thunder, and insofar as careful elaboration of melody can be just as compelling as more vivid expansion, Gustavsen's trio makes a clear case for the elusive power of restraint." Gustavsen phrases it romantically, that his music is "about loving every note". It is this very tendency of playing what you like, rather than what you ought to play between passages, together with the elaborated yet elegant lyrics of the tunes, that creates this unique aesthetic and the kind of feeling you will not have very often in reality, but in dreams.
Speaking of "My Shining Hour," let me not be guilty of the same Charlap-centered commentary I lamented earlier. As the liner notes point out, "the incandescent playing captured here is made possible by trust," a trust which in turn is only possible thanks to the rock-solid foundation provided by Peter Washington on bass and the combustible energy released by Kenny Washington on drums. Although I feel that Peter has not yet been ideally captured on recording, it is quite evident from this album and others that Kenny sets the fire under the band and leads them to "Shining Hour" heights. The very swinging feel of a potentially square tune like "Rocker" and potentially static arrangement of "While We're Young," as well as "Last Night While We Were Young's" magical coda, owe much to Kenny's fire, too.
It should be no surprise, then, that numbers like "Lady is a Tramp" cook when the Charlap Trio plays `em, and ballad arrangements like "All Across the City" are so good they almost hurt. But "While We're Young" also provides indisputable proof that this group can play in 3. So let's hear some more waltzes, and more of that glorious ebb and flow that another pianist named Bill inspired at the same Village Vanguard :) How about more bass and drum solos too?!? (come now, 2 bass solos and 1 drum solo really are not enough for a whole album). Then, consider the possibilities of straight 8, Latin, funk, mixed meter...you know these guys can do it. To me, this would make a visit to see them at the Vanguard or Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola that much more memorable - and their group that much better.
In all, this is a most welcome document of an exceptional group in action. It is also long overdue, so let's hope that volume two will follow in short order!
A truely great gift for new parents, or if you have a sleepless little one at home. Turn on the cd, turn down the lights and let it sooth them to sleep.
The selections on this CD are all excellent and represent a nice range of Mozart's compostions, emphasising those that are ideal for creating a pleasant backdrop for leisure, dining and social occasions ("divertimentos"). The recordings are from the creme of musicians famous for their Mozart. Few works are as elegant and soaring as the Serenade #10 for winds - an astonishingly beautiful tune made famous from the early scenes of the movie, "Amadeus." Mozart supreme gifts of music are even seen in such humble "background music" as these pieces. And such continuity of warm, leisurely tones as these over 70 minutes is ideal for inspiring the baby to-be if that is why you are considering this CD. Better to expose a baby to the gentile, lyrical music of Mozart than to the dissonant, loud and disturbing tones of some classical music written well after Mozart.
As the reviewer below rightfully notes, compilation CD's of various unrelated works like this one is not quite how classical music is best meant to be heard. But in a way it is better for many to start with such collections like this - especially for those who just want the more quiet selections that are unintrusive. In that respect, this collection can be satisfying for most anyone (not just moms or babies). I have a huge classical music collection, but still really enjoy listening to one full CD of similar-temperament music like this one that flows easily and smoothly that doesn't demand my attention but only seeks to delight. And, in the end, that was the simple and primary goal of many of Mozart's compositions - to be purely enjoyed and delighted.
Allen Strange
It is to bad the songs in this cd are sad and kinda depressing but the music is great.
BJF
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ASIN: B000008JBE Release Date: 1991-06-06 |
Tracks:
- Lazy River
- Short Circuit
- Wasted Tears
- Melodic Meal
- Swance River
- Hand Picked
- Danger, Men At Work
- Embraceable You
- I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me
- Indeed I Do
- (Back Home Again In) Indiana
- Dance Of The Kordies
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- My Melancholy Baby
- At Sundown
- I Found A New Baby
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Great collection.......2007-07-12
Something Great From The Man Who "Invented" The Electric Guitar.......2007-05-14
What a pity to have all but forgotten him, so. If Les Paul (or Mary Ford) is still alive (I realise they would be a little old if they still were) I wish they could know that I and my wife haven't forgotten them and now that I have this excellent re recording, we never will.
Treasure trove of scintillating miniatures.......2005-11-17
Within each of these 2-3 minute masterpieces Les manages to impress as a solo guitar master as well as a tasteful, expressive musician and an ensemble player of the first order. There's no electronic trickery on these recordings from 1947--simply a level of artistry and flawless execution that's all the more striking because of the limited space given each player to say his piece. The tempos include a couple of ballads and medium tempos along with the predominantly up-tempo tunes.
No less impressive than the solos is the inventiveness of the compositions and the glittering tightness of the ensemble playing. Much of the time Les is heard playing blazingly fast melodic lines in harmony with a nameless piano virtuoso who is on the same level as Les if not even more fluent and imaginative. In fact, the single downside of this collection is the absence of dates, musicians' names, and all other potentially useful information about the recordings (some research suggests that the pianist is Paul Smith).
Admittedly, Les frequently resorts to "canned licks" rather than risking extemporaneous improvisation on the chords (the pianist is usually given the more adventurous role). Nevertheless, this is challenging, exhilarating music, full of surprises and played to perfection.
Laserlight Comes Through Again.......2005-08-02
This collection concentrates on Les Paul's early carrer and as the title implies, it is his trio of guitar, bass and piano. The recordings were made in the 1940's and are mono, but the sound is crisp and clear.
Definitely a great buy at the price. Larry's review pretty much sums it up.
MORE of Les!.......2003-02-25
The 21 cuts are circa 1947, which means the recordings are pre-Gibson Les Paul model guitar. Since he's playing a jazz box, his tone is really warm and smooth, compared to the brighter tone of his later solid body work,(1950's - 60's) but his sense of humor and wicked licks are here nonetheless.
In fact, the CD is an excellent, equally mixed collection of slow sultry tunes, medium paced bops, and flat-out, high-speed ripping. The significance is that many of Les' CD's are not specifically aimed at appreciating his mastery of the instrument, but instead are fixated in content either on his association with Mary Ford, or his inventive marvels like multi-tracking and echo. As a result, much of Les' pure technique winds-up being buried and taking a back seat to either Mary's vocals, or his own signal processing.
Even worse, some manufacturers are releasing discs entitled "Guitar Wizard" for example, that are cleverly using the title as a marketing gimmick only, and with no intent to include tracks that showcase Les' incredible fretting agility and monster technique.
Pathetic.
Not the case here though.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the other stuff he has done, but there is just so damn much of it, and hardly any CD's exist to the contrary that prove "Les is More" - without the multi-tracking or signal processing.
I do know that he is known for his "new sound", and it is a wonderful part of music history, but by fixating ONLY on that, record companies have shorted us the pleasure of enjoying Les as the phenomenal guitarist that he truly is, in his purest form. Personally I believe that a collection CD featuring Les' best guitar work is not only badly needed, but actually OWED to him, considering what he has done for the electric guitar specifically, and the music industry in general.
Whether or not you like his music, one fact remains...
This is the man that "discovered electricity" for guitar players, and multi-track recording for the record industry.
Until someone releases something worthy, this CD is an excellent, excellent effort.
My hat's off to it's manufacturer (Laserlight) and am hoping for more...
L.LaBallister
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ASIN: B000N3ST4S Release Date: 2007-03-27 |
Tracks:
- Better Than
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- Funky Tonight
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- Used To Get High
- Gov Did Nothing
- Groovin' Slowly
- Devil Running
- Losing You
- Nowhere Man
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The pigeonholes that exist have long been a bad fit for John Butler anyway. Roots band, protest band, jam band, groove band . . . these labels may or may not have applied in the past, but the John Butler Trio of 2007 has come too far and seen too much to sit in anybody else's niche. "GRAND NATIONAL" is more about love than injustice, more about ass-shaking than finger-pointing, and more about maintaining the funk than any particular hairstyle. It's an album of sharp focus and wide variety that matches and surpasses monumental expectations.Customer Reviews:
Totally grand.......2007-06-21
Could they really have gotten better? .......2007-06-01
There aren't any political statements here, just good, solid rocking fun. If you haven't heard them, start with this CD.
Great CD! Why haven't I heard of these guys before?.......2007-05-28
This album is definitlet JBT's BEST!.......2007-05-18
Eclectic and energetic.......2007-05-15
Sometimes the marriage of rock `n roll and social and environmental injustices either smacks of self-righteousness or ceases to be graceful and fluid. For the most part, Mr. Butler sidesteps those hindrances yet he does stumble a bit on the awkward, even embarrassing second track Daniella.
But it's pretty easy to put those sorts of moments in the rearview mirror when the JBT hits full throttle on Funky Tonight, the kind of song that energizes the inner whirling dervish in us all.
If I were to sum it up in two words, I would offer eclectic and energetic.
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Tracks:
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- Para Oriente (Live)
- Are You the One, Are You the One? (Live)
- Dark Prince (Studio)
- Continuum (Studio)
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Recorded at the 1979 Havana Jazz Festival, this short and powerful set, with Miles Davis alumni, drummer Tony Williams and guitarist John McLaughlin, and Weather Report bassist Jaco Pastorius, was one for the ages. The previously unreleased selections, one through five, are explosive, but mis-miked live tracks. Williams' "Drum Improvisation" segues into McLaughlin's fuzz-toned "Dark Prince," which does not swing in a silent way. Pastorious' theme song "Continuum" is scaled down to its essential twilight textures, while the drummer's "Para Oriente" - which later became a stable in V.S.O.P's book, and was recast as "Angel Street" - is rendered here in a funky, pre-grunge mode. The guitarist's "Are You the One, Are You the One?" previews the jam band craze. The rest of the cuts were recorded a week later in a New York studio, But the warts-and-all original sides are unmatched for their primal power. --Eugene Holley, Jr.Customer Reviews:
Trio Of Delight.......2007-07-18
Glad to hear it finally make it from the vault.......2007-07-12
unrealized potential (and other thoughts).......2007-07-11
Trio of Doom vs Havana Jam 1/2.......2007-07-07
Legendary meeting, a bit less than legendary performance........2007-07-05
McLaughlin's concerns may have been a bit extraneous-- the live performance has its flaws, to be certain (Jaco wanders off key briefly on "Dark Prince", "Are You the One, Are You the One?" threatens to fall apart), but there's a rare energy and power to the performance that really can't be underestimated, starting with Williams brief drum solo intro that sets the mood for high tension before welcoming his band mates on a racing "Dark Prince". For me, as a Jaco fan, the highlight is "Continuum", performed with grace as Pastorius and Williams stick true to the studio recording and McLaughlin offers a superb commentary that sounds both new and natural.
The studio material, particularly when presented next to the live takes sounds a bit sterile. "Dark Prince" probably best illustrates this-- live, it has an energy and urgency to it, McLaughlin's guitars sound dirty and fierce, Pastorius and Williams explode full of energy. In the studio, McLaughlin's tone, while still overdriven, cleans up and the rhythm section gets a bit too lockstep.
All of the material has been remastered and sounds fantastic-- the live material in particular is notable, clearly the source tapes were in good shape, this could have been recorded yesterday. The set is augmented by brief liner notes by McLaughlin and an essay discussing the performance and subsequent studio session.
This recording is difficult to rate-- the sentimental part of me wants to give it five stars and an endlessly positive, glowing review, but in all honesty, while this is a great recording and one that I'm ecstatic to have, it's not exactly the sort of jaw-dropping performance you'd hope it'd be. Fans of any of the three artists will want this, but don't expect something that'll shake the world.
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- Out of My Mind
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- I Got A Woman
- Somethings Missing
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Longtime listeners have seen it coming: it was only a matter of time before John Mayer dropped the pop star pretense and proved he could really bring it. Chalk it up to one too many Dave Matthews comparisons, or the cupcake-sweet residue stuck to his image after the success of "Your Body Is a Wonderland"--but something convinced Mayer it was time to take him game to the next level. With help from studio pros Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino, he succeeds on Try. If the muscled-up covers of Jimi Hendrix's "Wait Until Tomorrow" and Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman" don't scream "no more Mr. Nice Guy" loud enough, the brawn of blues-rock opener "Who Do You Think I Was" does for sure. Mixed in with the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton-esque stuff are a few mellow numbers--"Daughters," most notably, returns from Heavier Things alongside "Something's Missing"--but even those songs seem hopped up on rock-God hormones. This newfound sizzle can't fix everything; that segment of the music-buying public that would accuse the singer of having a voice like "a whispering midget" (to quote a customer review of Mayer's work) won't want to add this disc to their collection. The good news for Mayer, though, is that anybody with an ear for genuine rock'n'roll chops will. --Tammy La GorceCustomer Reviews:
Good album if you like live music and John Mayer.......2007-07-19
All and all if you are looking for some different John Mayer stuff and you already like him this would be a great addition to your collection.
This album has a blusey feel to it much like his latest album has.
Better than expected.......2007-05-30
There are old favorites here, but again- he never sings the same song twice, and has a lot of fun with his music! His music is so dam good people buy cd's with the same tracks just to hear them a different way!
Live Album.......2007-05-26
Eh.......2007-05-13
Maybe I should have gotten it for 99c from I-tunes
Not a bad album, but not GREAT imho.
Loved it!.......2007-05-13
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Back East
Joshua Redman Trio Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General
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ASIN: B000N4S95Q Release Date: 2007-04-24 |
Tracks:
- The Surrey With The Fridge On Top
- East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
- Zarafah
- Indian Song
- I'm An Old Cowhand
- Wagon Wheels
- Back East
- Mantra No.5
- Indonesia
- India
- GJ
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Sonny Rollins's 1957 release Way Out West established the pianoless bass-sax-drum configuration. The Berkeley-raised tenor/soprano saxophonist Joshua Redman's geographically reversed tribute was recorded in New York, where his career began. It features three sets of trios, with drummers Brian Blade, Eric Harland, and Ali Jackson and bassists Rueben Rogers, Christian McBride, and Larry Grenadier. Redman's sure-headed, serpentine, and sensual saxlines upgrade the two WOW tracks "I'm an Old Cowhand" and "Wagon Wheels" with Afro-Asian rhythmic motifs. Joe Lovano, Chris Cheek, and the leader's late father Dewey Redman lend their sax sounds to selections by Redman's horn influences: "Indian Song" by Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane's "India," and the Stan Getz-associated ballad "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)." Redman's compositions--"Mantra #5," the tantric-tempoed "Indonesia," the title track, and "GJ," a touching dedication from Joshua Redman's dad to his grandson--complete the thrilling project from this future saxophone colossus. --Eugene Holley, Jr.Album Description
Joshua Redman mixes originals with standards in tribute of the great sax players before him, on his new album Back East. But Redman doesn't just pay homage with these tunes, he makes them his own, adding a different sort of "eastern" feel to both the covers and his original compositions. With many special guest performers, including his own father, Redman has created a eloquent gift for the music world.Customer Reviews:
Surprisingly good.......2007-07-12
Fair cd.......2007-06-25
How to navigate the perils of a saxophone trio.......2007-06-21
Joshua Redman starts off with an old warhorse, "Surrey With The Fringe On Top" and freshens it up a little by chopping up the rhythm. Most of the rest of the songs have an Asian reference in their title, and to a lesser extent in their music. I'm not sure how "I'm An Old Cowhand" and "Wagon Wheels" fit in with the theme, since they're western songs . At any rate, the standards are nicely played, and the new compositions are also good. It's simply a top-notch album, and is highly recommended. This will be one of the better CD's of 2007. The last song doesn't have Joshua on it, but has Dewey Redman playing for his granddaughter. It's interestingly free-jazzy, and perhaps a suitable capstone to Dewey's long and interesting career.
Always Open Ears For Josh - Always Time For Dewey.......2007-06-03
It's impossible to write this review and not drop the name Sonny Rollins, since a full third of the tracks here are tunes that Newk explored within the very same trio constraints back in the late 50's, and you know that Josh loves his Newk. He doesn't try to sound like Rollins here - he just invokes Sonny's powerful visage. The name and the sound, both invoked and actually present, which "Back East" *is* suffused with is that of Joshua's late father, Dewey Redman. My first exposure to the music of Dewey Redman came in the mid 70's when he was part of Keith Jarrett's incendiary American combo that made recordings for Impulse!, but I have to confess that most of it went way over my head at the time. What really made me pay attention to Dewey was his significant contribution to Pat Metheny's ECM double-album 80/81, right there next to Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden (also a vet of that Jarrett unit), Metheny, and the late Michael Brecker. What a free-emotive ear-opening revelation Dewey was on those tunes! Next came my awareness of the outfit known as "Old And New Dreams" with Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, and Haden again, which really convinced me that it was Miles Davis who was "all messed up inside" and not Ornette Coleman. And in the midst of all this great music came a Dewey Redman album for the ages - 1983's "The Struggle Continues" on ECM. Search hard in used vinyl shops for it - or even harder for a CD copy.
So what does any of this have to do with Joshua Redman's new self-produced title on Nonesuch? The answer is: everything. Josh has some of the biggest ears on this planet - don't go thinking for a minute that any of this stuff from the late 70's and 80's was lost on him, even if he tells you that he had to "come back" for some of it (he grew up apart from his dad with his mother in the Bay Area). Once Josh made the commitment to music over law school, *all* the great tenors who came before him contributed something to his jurisprudence of jazz degree. And with this latest offering, Redman (the younger) continues to show off his very sponge-like abilities even further. If there were just a few more tracks like the Josh original "Indonesia" (which isn't exactly gamelan, but sure ain't no 12-bar blues either) or the Coltrane gem "India" (performed in 4tet with father Dewey), or the Shorter jewel "Indian Song" (4tet with Joe Lovano, tune lifted from Wayne's o.o.p. 1965 album "Etcetera") this review would be attached to a 5-star rating. But 4 stars is still pretty darned good, and "Back East" is worth extra spins just to reflect on the incredible musical legacy left to us by Dewey Redman, who not so incidentally gets the last dance all to himself (in a trio) for the set closer. Salaam, Dewey. Great album, Josh.
Impressive!.......2007-05-24
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Being There
Tord Gustavsen Trio Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000NVL4EM Release Date: 2007-06-05 |
Tracks:
- At Home
- Vicar Street
- Draw Near
- Blessed Feet
- Sani
- Interlude
- Karmosin
- Still There
- Where We Want
- Cocoon
- Around You
- Vesper
- Wide Open
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Such is the arresting beauty of Tord Gustavsen's sound, it's no surprise that his albums have captured a significant following, surpassing even those of other rarified artists on the ECM label. But the Norwegian pianist doesn't live on beauty alone. His sculpted playing, which draws strongly on his church background with its tidy gospel voicings while also incorporating Spanish and South African accents, has a kind of liquid weight that brings to mind Ethan Iverson of the icon-bashing Bad Plus, as markedly different as they are stylistically. Beyond that, it's the remarkable shift-shaping qualities of Gustavsen's trio that make Being There so compelling. Gustavsen has talked about being influenced artistically by "the psychology of relationships." The psychology of the relationship among him, bassist Harald Johnsen, and drummer Jarle Vespestad is made compelling not only by standard interactive effects, but also by the unique shape-shifting that occurs through continual shifts in how much voice each player has in relation to the others, how much lightness or darkness, how much intensity. A notable advance over the trio's first two albums, on which being deliberate sometimes translated into dull, Being There rarely loses its grip. There are stories being told here, with endings that change with each spin. --Lloyd SachsAlbum Description
One of the great success stories of jazz in the last five years, the Tord Gustavsen Trio follows up their first two hit albums with the eagerly-anticipated Being There. The new release finds the trio continually opening up the music in new and lyrical ways. Along with Gustavsen's infectious music (both ballads and up-tempo) drummer Jarle Vespestad and bassist Harald Johnsen make considerable contributions to the new album. Johnsen lends his compositional skills with the graceful tango "Karmosin," and Vespestad is often as much a front-line voice in the music as Gustavsen himself.Proving that sensual, spiritual jazz can come from even icy Norway, the Tord Gustavsen Trio stormed onto the jazz scene in 2003 with their debut recording, Changing Places. 2005's The Ground took the band one step further and even topped the pop charts in Norway, an unprecedented achievement. The restraint of Gustavsen's approach and the allure of his simply drawn melodies has spoken to an audience that does not normally concern itself with improvisation.
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takes more than a listen to................2007-06-29
Dreamlike Adagio.......2007-06-12
Nonetheless, this is not to say that their music is lackluster. The trio displayed in their previous albums Changing Places and the Ground, their abilities to compose such beautiful yet not abstract jazz in a discipline which Gustavsen puts, "inspired by a love of spaces". In jazz, sometimes playing a riff in between notes might be easy, but leaving it blank takes up imagination. Tord Gustavsen Trio definitely has this imagination.
Releasing their third album in five years, Being There, as part of a trilogy, the trio has taken their restraint way of utterance to a new territory. When you start listening to the album, the sense of déjà vu will dominate you even if you have never heard of their previous albums. Yet as the music goes on, it will be clear to even long-time listeners that you are not in a familiar place at all. Tunes like Blessed Feet (a Jarrett-like funky tune) and Where We Went (an up-tempo Spanish dance) sing a more assertive but not aggressive kind of lyrics, while the music is still kept as simple and uncanny as it possibly can. The way trio instruments are approached, especially by drummer Jarle Vespestrad, whose plays are being felt rather than heard for most of the time, meshes delicate whispers altogether in modest tempi and continuous rubato. This un-trio-like instrumental integration makes the music feel like dream flows in a constantly changing vista, which finally resolves back to the same place where it started when the album ends with the peaceful tune Wide Open.
All About Jazz reviewer John Kelman put the trio's distinctive character beautifully: "As silence can sometimes speak as loudly as thunder, and insofar as careful elaboration of melody can be just as compelling as more vivid expansion, Gustavsen's trio makes a clear case for the elusive power of restraint." Gustavsen phrases it romantically, that his music is "about loving every note". It is this very tendency of playing what you like, rather than what you ought to play between passages, together with the elaborated yet elegant lyrics of the tunes, that creates this unique aesthetic and the kind of feeling you will not have very often in reality, but in dreams.
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Live at the Village Vanguard
The Bill Charlap Trio Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General
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ASIN: B000PC6FP2 Release Date: 2007-05-22 |
Tracks:
- Rocker
- Autumn In New York
- Godchild
- The Lady Is a Tramp
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- My Shining Hour
- All Across the City
- While We're Young
- Last Night When We Were Young
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You are there realism.......2007-07-19
4 ½ stars.......2007-06-04
Speaking of "My Shining Hour," let me not be guilty of the same Charlap-centered commentary I lamented earlier. As the liner notes point out, "the incandescent playing captured here is made possible by trust," a trust which in turn is only possible thanks to the rock-solid foundation provided by Peter Washington on bass and the combustible energy released by Kenny Washington on drums. Although I feel that Peter has not yet been ideally captured on recording, it is quite evident from this album and others that Kenny sets the fire under the band and leads them to "Shining Hour" heights. The very swinging feel of a potentially square tune like "Rocker" and potentially static arrangement of "While We're Young," as well as "Last Night While We Were Young's" magical coda, owe much to Kenny's fire, too.
It should be no surprise, then, that numbers like "Lady is a Tramp" cook when the Charlap Trio plays `em, and ballad arrangements like "All Across the City" are so good they almost hurt. But "While We're Young" also provides indisputable proof that this group can play in 3. So let's hear some more waltzes, and more of that glorious ebb and flow that another pianist named Bill inspired at the same Village Vanguard :) How about more bass and drum solos too?!? (come now, 2 bass solos and 1 drum solo really are not enough for a whole album). Then, consider the possibilities of straight 8, Latin, funk, mixed meter...you know these guys can do it. To me, this would make a visit to see them at the Vanguard or Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola that much more memorable - and their group that much better.
A Great Snapshot of an Excellent Trio.......2007-06-01
In all, this is a most welcome document of an exceptional group in action. It is also long overdue, so let's hope that volume two will follow in short order!
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Mozart for Mothers-To-Be: Tender Lullabies for Mother and Child
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ASIN: B0000041EV Release Date: 1996-04-09 |
Tracks:
- Divertimento In B-Flat (Adagio)
- Cassation (Final-Musik) In G - Adgio
- Divertimento In G Minor (Andante)
- String Quartet No. 12 In B-Flat - Adagio
- Divertimento In D, KV 131 - Adagio
- 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' - Romance (Andante)
- Divertimento In D, KV 136 - Andante
- Serenade In B-Flat 'Gran Partita' - Adagio
- Prelude No. 3 In F
- String Quartet No. 1 In B-Flat - Adagio
- Violin Concerto In D - Andante cantabile
- Divertimento In B-Flat - Adagio
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Wonderful.......2007-06-26
Great for putting kids to sleep!.......2007-06-08
Very Relaxing.......2007-04-10
A Must Have for all Parents of Little Children !!!.......2006-11-25
A truely great gift for new parents, or if you have a sleepless little one at home. Turn on the cd, turn down the lights and let it sooth them to sleep.
Inspire the baby-within.......2005-12-13
The selections on this CD are all excellent and represent a nice range of Mozart's compostions, emphasising those that are ideal for creating a pleasant backdrop for leisure, dining and social occasions ("divertimentos"). The recordings are from the creme of musicians famous for their Mozart. Few works are as elegant and soaring as the Serenade #10 for winds - an astonishingly beautiful tune made famous from the early scenes of the movie, "Amadeus." Mozart supreme gifts of music are even seen in such humble "background music" as these pieces. And such continuity of warm, leisurely tones as these over 70 minutes is ideal for inspiring the baby to-be if that is why you are considering this CD. Better to expose a baby to the gentile, lyrical music of Mozart than to the dissonant, loud and disturbing tones of some classical music written well after Mozart.
As the reviewer below rightfully notes, compilation CD's of various unrelated works like this one is not quite how classical music is best meant to be heard. But in a way it is better for many to start with such collections like this - especially for those who just want the more quiet selections that are unintrusive. In that respect, this collection can be satisfying for most anyone (not just moms or babies). I have a huge classical music collection, but still really enjoy listening to one full CD of similar-temperament music like this one that flows easily and smoothly that doesn't demand my attention but only seeks to delight. And, in the end, that was the simple and primary goal of many of Mozart's compositions - to be purely enjoyed and delighted.
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Crazy Rhythm
Les Paul & His Trio Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000AA4GXW Release Date: 2005-08-23 |
Tracks:
- Whos Sorry Now?
- You Took Advantage Of Me
- For You
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- I Never Knew
- Wont You Tell Me
- Its Only A Paper Moon
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- I Cant Believe That Youre In Love With Me
- The Man I Love
- Crazy Rhythm
- Deed I Do
- Lazy River
- Melodic Meal
- It Had to Be You
- My Future Just Passed (featuring Kay Starr and Joe Venuti)
- Theres A Lull in My Life (featuring Kay Starr and Joe Venuti)
- What A Difference A Day Made (featuring Kay Starr and Joe Venuti)
Album Description
Les Paul turned 90 this June, and to celebrate this great event, Varese Sarabande is pleased to release a wonderful collection of early recordings by one of the most important names associated with the electric guitar!Les Paul and Mary Ford was one of the hottest selling duos in the early to mid 50s, charting over 40 hits during that period.
This collection showcases his abilities as a jazz guitarist, with a focus on the more sultry romantic side of Les Paul and His Trio, performing standards written by such notables as Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, and George and Ira Gershwin, among others.
Three tracks also feature the great vocalist, Kay Starr, who herself had over two-dozen hits in the 1950s.
All selections were recorded in 1944-45, when Les was at the peak of his considerable guitar prowess. These excellent studio recordings made for transcription companies, were sent to radio stations throughout North America for airplay.
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Les Paul Trio- this is the one!.......2006-01-12
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Trio
Dolly Parton , Emmylou Harris , and Linda Ronstadt Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000002LAC Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- The Pain Of Loving You
- Making Plans
- To Know Him Is To Love Him
- Hobo's Meditation
- Wild Flowers
- Telling Me Lies
- My Dear Companion
- Those Memories Of You
- I've Had Enough
- Rosewood Casket
- Farther Along
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"Appalachia circa 1907" is the way they described it in the postgame interviews. It wasn't, of course, but it was as close as you could come in 1987 and still hope to sell the million copies that this ended up selling. The "Three Tenors" of country music juggle leads, complement each other to often haunting effect, and subjugate their egos to a greater cause. The songs run the gamut from primordial country favorites like "Rosewood Casket" and "Hobo's Meditation," to '50s pop (a rather anomalous "To Know Him Is to Love Him"), and mainstream country. The instrumentation is restrained, the vocals are unfailingly lovely, and the result is a trio that is more than the sum of its parts. --Colin EscottCustomer Reviews:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - Anniversary release????.......2007-05-23
Trio.......2007-03-12
Good Harmony.......2007-03-09
It is to bad the songs in this cd are sad and kinda depressing but the music is great.
Gift.......2007-01-09
Only Somewhat Impressed.......2006-08-10
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