Maggie's Back in Town

1. Demon Chase

2. Willow Weep for Me

3. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

4. Sunset Eyes

5. Maggie's Back in Town

6. Summertime

7. Brownie Speaks

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Average customer rating: At least he was back for a little while anyway . . . One Trick Pony McGhee Beyond Bebop

Maggie's Back in Town!! Howard McGhee Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wardell Gray Memorial, Vol. 1 Landslide Together Again On the Trail Jay Hawk Talk ASIN: B000000YWJ Release Date: 1992-02-17

Tracks:

1. Demon Chase
2. Willow Weep For Me
3. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
4. Sunset Eyes
5. Maggie's Back In Town
6. Summertime
7. Brownie Speaks

Customer Reviews:

At least he was back for a little while anyway . . ........2002-05-31

Don't pay ANY attention to the drivel written by "punkviper." He loses all credibility when he refers to Lou Donaldson as a hard-bop TRUMPET player. I laughed so hard at this pretentious drivel I almost fell out of my chair!

This is a cookin' session with a killer rythym section by a true master of the bebop trumpet. A really terrific album.

One Trick Pony.......2002-05-18

I would file this right next to Donald Byrd's 1960 "Byrd In Flight" and Lou Donaldson's 1958 "Blues Walk" as solid yet unspectacular 2nd tier hard-bop albums. The playing is fairly standard for the era, and strays very little from the formula. Granted, this recording was made 10+ years after McGhee's famous heyday, so maybe it should be judged on an appropriately lesser scale. There's not much wrong with it, except for the fact that very little of it stands out as memorable. Okay for a beginner, but a bit stale for the initiated.

For better hard bop of the same period, might I suggest Kenny Dorham's 1961 "Whistlestop" or Blue Mitchell's 1960 "Blue's Moods." And how could we forget Lee Morgan's brilliant 1963 "The Sidewinder."

McGhee is best heard in his prime late 1940's material. And if that era is your cup of tea, you shouldn't miss Fats Navarro's contributions in the same time-frame.

McGhee Beyond Bebop.......2000-06-22

Before buying this disc I was guilty of pidgeon-holing Howard McGhee as strictly a bebop trumpeter based on his earlier associations with Fats Navarro and others. But this recording from 1961 shows his range and versatility. Sure, there's a bop-influence here but there's also plenty of driving swing (hard to miss with Manne & Vinnegar as the engine) and ballads to make us "mainstreamers" happy. The charts are tight, the playing excellent and the recording first rate. I was surprised and delighted by this CD and have yet to tire of it.

Average customer rating: One of the greatest female singers.

Maggie's Back in Town Margaret Whiting Manufacturer: Pair ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008M95 Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Far Away Places
2. It Might as Well Be Spring
3. My Romance
4. Tree in the Meadow
5. But Beautiful
6. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Johnny Mercer, Margaret Whiting
7. For You, for Me, for Evermore
8. Now Is the Hour
9. Moonlight in Vermont
10. My Ideal
11. Wonderful Guy
12. Younger Than Springtime
13. Look for the Silver Lining
14. You Do
15. Guilty
16. He's Funny That Way

Customer Reviews:

One of the greatest female singers........2003-04-27

Margaret Whiting's father was a successful composer and she grew up in and around the music business. In doing so, she absorbed the essence of popular singing. Fortunately, she also had an outstanding voice and an innate sense of artistry. Consequently, she became one of the greatest female singers of the 20th century -- although, regrettably, not one of the most famous. Maggie never really sought fame, she just delivered great performances. Although most of her recordings date from the 1940s and 1950s, as delivered by Maggie they are timeless classics. If you're not yet familiar with this outstanding artist but like the great old songs, please give this CD a try.

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