Birds of a Feather

1. Star Eyes

2. Goodbye Mr. Evans

3. Petite Chanson

4. Summer Night

5. My Old Flame

6. Nica's Dream

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Average customer rating: IT'S ABOUT THE BIRDS!! Too many birds Excellent COME FLY WITH CARMEN!

Birds of a Feather Carmen McRae Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Torchy/Blue Moon The Sound of Silence/Portrait of Carmen Sings Lover Man and Other Billie Holiday Classics With Mat Mathews and Tony Scott Quartets Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart ASIN: B0000631DA Release Date: 2002-05-21

Tracks:

1. Skylark
2. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)
3. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
4. Mister Meadowlark
5. Bye Bye Blackbird
6. Flamingo
7. The Eagle And Me
8. Baltimore Oriole
9. When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
10. Chicken Today And Feathers Tomorrow
11. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
12. His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Customer Reviews:

IT'S ABOUT THE BIRDS!!.......2004-07-10

Who'd have thought an entire album dealing with our fine feathered friends could be this excellant? I think Carmen & Sammy Davis outshined the rest of the Decca artists during the 50s. Technically, Carmen's voice was richer during that decade; it was always dramctic throughout her career. Having both characteristics in full force, Mcrae was able to interpret evergreens as A NIGTINGALE SANG IN BERLKELY SQUARE with a vigor unmatched by even Mel Torme; only Manhatten Transfer's 4 part harmony could rival her version. All 12 songs are of note & so varied which should have been hard to accomplish considering the album's theme. CHICKEN TODAY & FEATHERS TOMORROW, & MISTER MEADOWLARK are 2 novelty songs that would sound trite & dated by any one else but Carmen. Here the 2 are interesting parables. BALTIMORE ORIOLE is the neccessary blues song, RED RED ROBIN super optimistic, EAGLE & ME extremely philosophical, & HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW very faithful. This is a must own with every song belonging on it. Ps. Johhny, America's most beloved lyricist, is represented with SKYLARK, BOB WHITE, & MISTER MEADOWLARK. I like Carmen's version of SKYLARK the best of all I own.

Too many birds.......2004-03-29

This is the first Carmen McRae CD that I have bought. Initially, I liked the idea of a theme CD where all the songs are about something. However, after listening to it, I find that there is a real "so what" quality about it. So they're birds. Big deal. There's nothing here that really stirs the emotions. And Carmen's voice lacks depth, although she has a good range.

Excellent.......2002-12-22

As someone who has been collecting Carmen McRae albums for thirty years, I find this production a welcome addition to my shelves. I have to say the first impression that hit me was the stunning sound. "Clear as a bell" and "sharp as a tack" are two hackneyed phrases that are fairly accurate in this case. It's hard to believe this album was recorded back in the late 1950's. Whoever did the digital remastering of the material certainly knew their business.

With these songs you get a Carmen McCrae who is very much in her prime and absolutely in control of her voice. Both her singing and her backup instrumentals are right on target. The songs are "musical" in every sense of the word.

I share these thoughts with you as someone who has admired Miss McRae's work for several decades. In all honesty, for those who are just becoming acquainted with her, there may be other albums to try first.

COME FLY WITH CARMEN!.......2002-06-18

and the rest of the swingin' birds in this collection that could have been called "All The Best In One Crazy Nest" or "The Tweet-est Sounds You'll Ever Hear". Oh yes, this was one concept album that one would have thought couldn't fly, but enough of the topical remarks, as you can see I'm a music lover, not a comedian. Often overlooked, this is another one of those Carmen Mcrae gems that finally gets its initial CD release via the new LP style packaging from Universal/Verve. Carmen's Decca years
were something of a success, but she was often tied down with material that did not do her justice. She still made it work.
Here is such an example; a spirited but somewhat unusual concept, and 12 tracks of pure Carmen magic. Special mention and hats off to the elite in the orchestra, impeccably arranged and conducted by the great Ralph Burns, among them the immortal Ben Webster on sax. The plaintive prose in Johnny Mercer's SKYLARK has been sung by everyone, but never as sweetly as Carmen here. The swingin' BOB WHITE is also a winner, showing Carmen's fondness to jump around and even a clever tag on the ending which might remind one of the famous big band outros (particularly "In The Mood") The lovely NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE is taken a shade slower than usual here, but Carmen's vocals still glow over sparse backings. The sultry FLAMINGO, scarcely released before, is a warm and heartfelt outing by Carmen and the band, with Webster's solo taking flight at the break. But perhaps the most telling of all the tracks is Carmen's reading of the good ol' chestnut, WHEN THE RED RED ROBIN COMES BOB BOB BOBBIN' ALONG. Carmen jots and jams her way through this one, showing of some of the skills she'd hone for us to enjoy years later, that somewhat off-key, but yet right on time departure from printed notes only to end up right on target. The album closes with a spiritual, strangely enough, but nonetheless heartfelt and important to the package, HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, complete with chorus. This long forgotten album will be a welcome addition to your collection. Thank you UMV/Verve for this long out of print title on CD!

Average customer rating: Truly a Yardbirds family album British Blues Rock at its Very Best The really IS a 'best of'

Yardbirds Family Tree-Birds Of A Feather The Yardbirds Manufacturer: Mooreland St Records LLC ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Precious Little The Yardbirds Experience: British Thunder Live at the BBC V Steel ASIN: B000GG4K7C Release Date: 2006-07-04

Tracks:

1. Shapes of Things-British Invasion All-Stars
2. Mona
3. Gimme Some Lovin
4. Shakin All Over
5. Green Onions
6. I'm A Man
7. Wang Dang Doodle-The Ambulators with Pete French
8. Sitting On Top of The World
9. Outside Woman Blues-Jim McCarty Band
10. How Many More Times
11. Framed
12. I Go Crazy
13. How Blue
14. Dont Start Me Talkin-The Ambulators with Dave Walker
15. 9 Below Zero
16. Bring It On Home
17. Keep It To Yourself
18. Help Me
19. The Jimi Hendrix Trilogy-The Yardbirds Experience

Product Description

The 'best of' Mooreland St Records featuring The British Invasion All-Stars, The Jim McCarty Band, The Yardbirds Experience, The Ambulators with Dave (Savoy Brown) Walker and Pete French (Cactus/Atomic Rooster)

Customer Reviews:

Truly a Yardbirds family album.......2007-03-14

This is truly a Yardbirds family album. Compiled from the Best of from The Jim McCarty band etc... you will not be disappointed with this release. Good solid down to earth music blues rock a fun sort a album. The really nice thing is that the album was helped put together by fans for fans.

British Blues Rock at its Very Best.......2006-07-29

If you enjoyed Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues, where he gives you a glimpse of British Blues, you will LOVE Mooreland Street Records' Yardbirds Family Tree-Birds of a Feather CD. This compilation captures the true defintion of British Blues by some of the best blues musicians and vocalists on the planet. The quality of music provided on the CD deserves more than a 5 star rating...it's that good!

The really IS a 'best of'.......2006-07-11

Most of the tracks on this album come from three different albums released on the Mooreland St Records label over the past few years. 'Outside Woman Blues' by The Jim McCarty Band, The British Invasion All-Stars (which has been getting some regular airplay on XM Radio) and the tribute album to blues man Sonny Boy Williamson 'Mostly Sonny' by The Ambulators with vocals by former Savoy Brown front man Dave Walker. Two tracks are brand new and feature Pete French (Cactus/Atomic Rooster) doing the vocal honors on 'Wang Dang Doodle' and 'Sitting On Top Of The World' ....there is also a long out of print track by The Yardbirds Experience (with Noel Redding, Jim McCarty, Eddie Phillips etc) that ends the collection nicely.
The cool thing is that there isnt a bad track on the entire disc.

Average customer rating:

Birds Of A feather (Best Of) IMPORT Manufacturer: True North/Columbia, Canada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Transcend Far Away in Time ASIN: B000AMN6RM

Product Description

Tracks: 1.Birds Of A Feather-3:52 2.High School Confidential-3:12 3.All Touch-3:33 4.Weapons-3:44 5.Up Against The Wall-3:42 6.Insatiable-3:58 7.Fashion Victim-4:00 8.Crimes Of Passion-3:54 9.Territorial-4:42 10.Shaking The Foundations-3:57 // Canadian import compilation, long out of print, RARE.

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Birds of a Feather Phil Woods Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008CMA Release Date: 1991-11-19

Tracks:

1. Star Eyes
2. Goodbye Mr. Evans
3. Petite Chanson
4. Summer Night
5. My Old Flame
6. Nica's Dream

Average customer rating: Good CD

Best of Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather Manufacturer: Native Language ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Newport Nights Pacific Coast Highway Playin' Favorites On the Mark Peace of Mind ASIN: B0002IQLGC Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

1. Head To Toe
2. View From Here
3. Only You
4. When Truth Speaks
5. Heaven Sent
6. Saturday Afternoon
7. See You Soon
8. Above The Clouds
9. Stand Together
10. Moonlight Drive
11. The Time Is Right
12. Waiting

Product Description

1. Head To Toe
2. View From Here
3. Only You
4. When Truth Speaks
5. Heaven Sent
6. Saturday Afternoon
7. See You Soon
8. Above The Clouds
9. Stand Together
10. Moonlight Drive
11. Down For The Count
12. Waiting

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Good CD.......2005-01-27

This a a very jazzy cd.This cd is definetely the BEST of Birds of a Feather.The song "Head To Toe" is a beautifully composed song which is very funky in a way.It is a fast song, very upbeat and happy."View From Here" is a very coooooooolll, slow jazzy song as well and it has some nice piano features and guitar sounds as well.Both these songs have been played on The Weather Channels Local Forecast Segment.

I recommend buying this cd, mainly because this is a good jazz group and it has all their all time best jazz songs ever!!!

Average customer rating:

Birds of a Feather The Ravens Manufacturer: Proper Pairs ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Doo Wop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: 1947-1955 Very Best of Billy Ward & Dominoes 1950-1953 The Very Best of the Ravens The Chicken Shack Boogie Man ASIN: B000099O4G Release Date: 2003-05-26

Tracks:

1. Lullaby
2. Out of a Dream
3. Bye Bye Baby Blues
4. My Sugar Is So Refined
5. Honey
6. Mahzel (Means Good Luck)
7. Ol' Man River
8. Summertime
9. Searching for Love
10. Be I Bumble Bee or Not
11. Fool That I Am
12. Together
13. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
14. September Song
15. It's Too Soon to Know
16. I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do
17. White Christmas
18. Always
19. Deep Purple
20. Leave My Gal Alone
21. Rickey's Blues
22. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
23. Careless Love
24. Marie
25. I'm Gonna Take to the Road

Tracks:

1. Oh Babe
2. Walkin' With the Blues
3. Time Takes Care of Everything
4. Don't Look Now
5. My Baby's Gone
6. I'm So Crazy for Love
7. Midnight Blues
8. You Don't Have to Drop a Heart to Break It
9. You're Always in My Dreams
10. Gotta Find My Baby
11. You Foolish Thing
12. Honey I Don't Want You
13. Whiffenpoof Song
14. I Get All My Lovin' on a Saturday Night
15. That Old Gang of Mine
16. Everything But You
17. There's No Use Pretending
18. Wagon Wheels
19. Mam'selle
20. Calypso Song
21. Begin the Beguine
22. Looking for My Baby
23. Chloe
24. Write Me One Sweet Letter
25. Rock Me All Night Long

Album Description

Import exclusive compilation for the pioneering post-World War II R&B vocal group features over two hours of music & a substantial booklet with biographical notes & rare photos. 50 tracks with a slipcase. Proper Records. 2003.

Album Details

This 50 Track CD Covers all Styles, Tracing the Group's Career from their First Recordings in 1946 Through their Late 40's Heyday to 1952.

Average customer rating: A Bird of a Feather Don't overlook these guys!

Birds of a Feather Caribbean Jazz Project Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Here and Now: Live in Concert Gathering Paraiso Caribbean Jazz Project: New Horizons Caribbean Jazz Project: Island Stories ASIN: B0000AKCLZ Release Date: 2003-08-26

Tracks:

1. Birds Of A Feather
2. On The Road
3. Turnabout
4. Against The Law
5. Tell Me A Bedtime Story
6. Valencia 1
7. Picture Frame
8. Blue
9. Weird Nightmare
10. Minor Mood

Customer Reviews:

A Bird of a Feather.......2004-02-08

The words Caribbean Jazz Project got me to put on the headset at Borders and listen to this the first time. I love this CD. It communicates freedom, precision and passion.

I was instantly immersed in the first cut-I felt like I was flying. When saw that the title of the piece was Birds of a Feather I knew I was one. Their Gathering CD is highly acclaimed though I felt its taste to lean toward New Age Jazz.

But Birds of a Feather is decisively Afro-Cuban and movin'. Rhythms rhyme, their motifs morph, building interest and keeping the pieces fresh as their fires burn. Over the drums tasty bass dances and I perceived an economy of notes that have intellectual appeal as well as eliciting an appreciative acknowledging grunt at certain places.

CJP understands the psychology of the listener demonstrated in their arrangements of rhythms, melodies, the element of surprise yet being predictable, being constantly new and still maintaining continuity. If you don't get a chance to hear this CD before you buy it, just buy it anyway. You are going to love it too.

Don't overlook these guys!.......2003-09-14

Dave Samuels, one of the original founders of The Caribbean Jazz Project (with Andy Narell and Paquito D'Rivera), has emerged as the sole survivor of a band that has always been a brilliant idea but has not always lived up to its conceptual genius: He's the only one pictured on the jewel box insert; he's the producer; half the tunes are his; and his name appears under the band's name on the cover of the jewel box insert.

I thought CJC's last disc, The Gatherting, was something special. This one continues their arc of greatness and even tops it.

I was skeptical about this disc. After all, it is missing most of the players that made the previous CJP discs work: Paquito, Andy, and, more recently, Dave Valentin and Steve Kuhn. Moreover, it contains no woodwinds--nary a flute or sax to be heard. Instead, it is billed as an investigation into the role of the trumpet in Afro-Cuban jazz music. Well, I'm not the world's biggest trumpet fan; I've had my fill of retro-maestros, upper-register pyrotechnic practitioners, and brass bad boys. Plus, my own feeling is that the piercing sonics of the trumpet generally need to be balanced by the earthiness of a sax.

So I came to this disc with a good deal of skepticism. But not to worry. The CJP seems to have come together very nicely, thank you, with the departure of its most heavyweight players. Those remaining--Dario Eskenazi on piano, Rueben Gonzales on e-bass, Dafnis Prieto on drums, and Roberto Quintero on congas and percussion--have gelled very nicely. They work together seemlessly as an ensemble, and each is becoming a very fine soloist. Eskenazi, especially, strikes me as an emerging piano giant in Latin jazz. And Prieto really knows how to make things cook. You know how a good deal of Latin jazz comes across as a lot of fast notes without much soul? Well, these guys can burn when they need to, but they they're also awfully tuned in and conversational.

Also, the inclusion of some very tasty guest appearances by Randy Brecker (trumpet), Romero Lubambo (guitar), Mark Walker (surely one of the very finest Latin drummers on the scene), and Cafe on percussion notch things up to a higher level.

Again, I almost didn't pick this one up, but I'm glad I did. This is a truly hot band, one that just keeps getting better and better.

Average customer rating:

Birds of a Feather Gene Parsons Manufacturer: Sierra ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Melodies Pressure Drop El Rayo-X ASIN: B000008N4D Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

1. Don't Miss Your Water
2. Birds of a Feather
3. Lookin' for Trouble
4. California Blues
5. Lily's Hotbread
6. No, You're Not Broken
7. Swing Low
8. Spoon River
9. Wind & Rain
10. Catch the Wind
11. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood

Average customer rating:

Stand Together Birds of a Feather Manufacturer: Playfull Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Above the Clouds Clairvoyance ASIN: B000006KRR Release Date: 1997-07-08

Tracks:

1. City Life
2. View From Here
3. In The Shade
4. Stand Together
5. Only You
6. Heaven Sent
7. Someday Soon
8. Thickets
9. Rendezvous
10. Hollywood Way

Average customer rating:

Family Tree: Birds of a Feather The Yardbirds Manufacturer: Voiceprint ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000N3AXC4 Release Date: 2007-06-18

Tracks:

1. British Invasion All-Stars
2. Mona
3. Gimme Some Lovin
4. Shakin All Over
5. Green Onions
6. I'm A Man
7. Wang Dang Doodle
8. Sitting On Top Of The World
9. Outside Woman Blues
10. How Many More Times
11. Framed
12. I Go Crazy
13. How Blue
14. Don't Start Me Talkin
15. 9 Below Zero
16. Bring It On Home
17. Keep It To Yourself
18. Help Me
19. Jimi Hendrix Trilogy

Album Description

2007compilation that features music from the various musicians and related musicians who played with legendary British Blues rockers The Yardbirds over the years and includes performances from Jim McCarty Band, Yardbirds Experience, British Invasion All-Stars, Pete French, The Ambulators with Dave Walker. and others. 19 tracks. Voiceprint.

Album Details

2007 that features Music from the Various Musicians and Related Musicians who Played with the Yardbirds Over the Years and Includes Performances from the Following Artists Jim Mccarty Band, Yardbirds Experience, British Invasion All-stars, Pete French, the Ambulators with Dave Walker. The Yardbirds Remain One of the Truly Legendary and Influential Bands of the Sixties. Responsible for Hit Records Such as "Still I'm Sad", "Shapes of Things", "Heart Full of Soul" and "For Your Love" Not to Mention the Classic Albums "Five Live Yardbirds" and "Roger the Engineer" the Band is also Remembered for the Three Guitarists who Graced the Band Between the Years 1963 and 1968. Eric Clapton Followed by Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page all Recorded and Performed their Guitar Magic with this Band.

Jazz Music:

1. Body and Soul
2. Buckshot LeFonque
3. Carryin' On
4. Charlie Ventura in Concert Featuring the Charlie Ventura Septet [Live]
5. Cleo's Choice
6. Constellation
7. Cool Running
8. Cool Saturdays
9. Dear Mr. Basie
10. Distant Dreams

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