Cafe Society

1. This Can't Be Love

2. Too Close for Comfort

3. From This Moment On

4. April in Portugal

5. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

6. Will You Still Be Mine?

7. All of You

8. Taking a Chance on Love

9. You're the Cream in My Coffee

10. My Baby Just Cares for Me

11. Darktown Strutters' Ball

12. Button up Your Overcoat

13. I Can't Get Started

14. Puttin' on the Ritz

15. Way You Look Tonight

16. Ana Me E Core

17. Something's Gotta Give

18. That Old Black Magic

19. Third Man Theme

20. Best Things in Life Are Free

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Cafe Society,Charles Holden Orchestra,RKO / Unique,Contemporary Jazz,Jazz,Pop

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Average customer rating: Our greatest contemporary lyricist? Lorraine Feather is the REAL deal Some Magnificent Musical Moments Terrific It should be compulsory to purchaser this CD

Café Society Lorraine Feather Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Such Sweet Thunder: Music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra New York City Drag Dooji Wooji The Body Remembers Easy To Love ASIN: B00008J2IC Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

1. CAFSOCIETY
2. WE'RE ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM
3. THE SPEED OF LIGHT
4. JUNGLE RHYTHM
5. LOVE CALL
6. THE RIGHT IDEA
7. SOMETHING LIKE MY OWN
8. BIG FUN
9. HOT COFFEE
10. DAYS OF OLD
11. THE GREEN FLASH
12. THE WAY WE SAY GOODBYE

Customer Reviews:

Our greatest contemporary lyricist?.......2007-01-27

This music on Café Society is shimmering, sophisticated and delightful. Lorraine Feather gets kudos for assembling top west coast talent (Mike Lang, Peter Erskine, Oscar Bashear, etc.) and producing music that is always interesting to the ear. Ms Feather writes stunning lyrics for songs from various collaborators and for a couple Ellington compositions as well ("Rockin' in Rhythm" and "Creole Love Call"). Songs are mostly in a classic, pre-bop jazz style with acoustic instrumentation, although a few lean toward the sounds of soft, contemporary jazz.

Lorraine Feather is the daughter of Jane (former big band singer) and Leonard Feather, famous jazz critic, record producer and pianist/lyricist/composer. After some early theater jobs, Ms Feather sang with various jazz and rock bands. In the 1980's she sang with the vocal trio Full Swing and began writing lyrics. Her works were recorded by Patti Austin, David Benoit, Diane Schuur, Eric Marienthal and Cleo Laine, among others. In the 1990's, her lyrics for the songs of various television shows earned her seven Emmy nominations. More recently, Lorraine wrote the lyrics of songs in the movies Jungle Book II and Princess Diaries 2.

Ms Feather's vocal dexterity, clarity of diction and purity of tone will win over nearly anyone. She has the agility to tackle intricate passages at an insane pace, yet every word is easily understood. She has an unmannered sound. Her voice is not big and showy, but her range is large and her upper register in particular has purity and warmth. She reminds me of Susannah McCorkle in her attention to the lyric, but she uses almost no vibrato.

Album favorites? "We're Rocking in Rhythm" has speed and good cheer. "The Right Idea" has a delicate interplay with saxophonist Don Higgins. "Big Fun" is a rhythm driven number that I could image Peggy Lee singing. My appreciation for the slower paced numbers increased with each playing, in part because the arrangements are so well conceived.

Lorraine Feather is my candidate for today's best jazz lyricist. Her four CDs from 2001 to 2005 have set a new standard for intelligence and wit. Feather's inventive and sometimes humorous lyrics make her a worthy successor to Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg. Like Jon Hendricks, she oftentimes composes words to challenging jazz instrumentals; however, unlike Hendricks, she usually writes her lyrics to pre-bop classic jazz. (Visit her website to download lyrics.)

Café Society contains superb singing, accompaniment and arrangements. Ms. Feather sings so well and attracts such strong collaborators that you might at first miss the brilliance of her lyrics. (I also highly recommend Feather's "New York City Drag" featuring the music of Fats Waller and "Such Sweet Thunder: Music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.")

Lorraine Feather is the REAL deal.......2007-01-16

We live in an age of packaging, of falsified claims and of half-thuths and there is nowhere that this is any more evident than popular music. One need only look at the Billboard charts (remember when they meant something?) to see the lack of true talent that is pushed at us as the "real thing". It's almost as if writing intelligent lyrics and establishing memorable melody lines are a lost art. Well, thank goodness the art has not been lost. Lorraine Feather is keeping it alive and for those willing to step off the path to the top 40, it's quite well.

I first saw Lorraine in the 80's when she was a member of FULL SWING. It was on a long-lost PBS program that showcased the group in a period piece that had dancers dressed in WWII era garb and digging the music of the group. I was digging it right along with them. I became an instant fan. Since then, I've bought everything that I can get my hands on that Lorraine has had anything to do with. The music of Lorraine Feather is never out of my CD player for long.

Cafe Society ranks as one of my favorites, but frankly, all of her albums could be described as favorites. All feature Lorraine's voice - one of the best of our age - lyrics like you just don't hear anymore that are smart and set on melodies that make you want to sing along. You need not be a fan of jazz, or swing, or of big bands. If you're a MUSIC fan --- a music LOVER --- then you should own the music of Lorraine Feather. Cafe Society is a marvelous place to start. So, click on the "add to cart" button and soon you'll be groovin' to some of the best music you can find, no matter what kind of music fan you consider yourself.

Some Magnificent Musical Moments.......2005-02-22

After listening to the magnificent lyrical moments in Lorraine Feather's "Such Sweet Thunder" and "New York City Drag", I looked forward to more of the same with this album. But this one is a bit of a surprise: this album is likewise magnificent, but its magnificence is in the musical moments.

This is the best album I can think of for background vocals. The team of Morgan Ames, Randy Crenshaw, Michael Mishaw, Shelby Flint, Carmen Twillie, and Ms. Feather herself sounds gorgeous, and is perhaps the highlight of the entire album. They enhance the title cut, "Love Call", "Jungle Rhythm" (Ms. Feather's entry into the Disney tune sweepstakes, from "The Jungle Book II", and a very worthy one) and "Days of Old", and turn these into very special songs. Yet, the voices truly accompany Ms. Feather, rather than overpower her and steal her thunder. Good thing, because Ms. Feather is a terrific singer in her own right, and one who needs to be heard.

The whole album is full of subtle delights like that. I loved Ms. Feather's wordless vocalese on "Love Call", evoking the title of the song. "Something Like My Own" is a gorgeous duet with pianist David Benoit, which evokes that "I'm on the Outside Looking In" feeling beautifully. Equally as gorgeous is the "the more I see you, the more I want to see you" feeling of the set-ender, "The Way We Say Goodbye," complete with some beautiful fills by trumpeter Oscar Brashear. And the tom-tom beat with the voices and instruments bring an almost feral feeling to "Jungle Rhythm" and "Big Fun." Finally, this album has original Feather vocalese to my favorite Duke Ellington tune of all time, "Rockin in Rhythm", and for me is worth the price of the album alone.

Between the three albums, I'm very slightly partial to "Thunder" and "Drag." But that's like saying I'm slightly partial to amesthysts and rubies over tanzanite. If you like tanzanite at $12.95, I recommend this album to you. For that matter, I recommend all three. Lorraine Feather is just a terrific artist, and one who is criminally underrated to date. RC

Terrific.......2003-07-03

I tend to take chances on CDs - and almost always am disappointed. There may be one or two good tracks, but after listening to the CD all the way through, I'm done with it - I don't want to play it again.

Not so with this CD.

I bought "Cafe Society,", put it on the CD player - and now play it daily. It's such a true joy to listen to a singer and think to myself "Wow - this girl knows what she's doing." And she does.

Instantly, you zero into her pitch. Her pitch is awesome - always accurate, never falters. Her vocal tone brilliantly clear. Her phrasing is intelligent - while still being emotional. Lorraine Feather is clearly someone who understands the female voice - and enjoys "playing" with it. She is someone - to put it simply - who loves "making music."

Her lyrics are also terrific. There's plenty on this CD to adore & recommend - but my personal favorites: "Something Like My Own," "Love Call," "The Right Idea," & "Cafe Society."

This is a wonderful, wonderful CD. In two words: Buy it!

It should be compulsory to purchaser this CD.......2003-06-25

This is quite possibly the best contemporary Jazz/Pop vocals album ever made. Anybody who enjoys quality pop and has always wanted to pursue an interest in Jazz, but has felt intimidated from so doing, should listen to this album. It captures all the best features of both musical styles and in the perfect entree to the Jazz genre. This lady should be a huge star !! I cannot recommend this CD highly enough.

Average customer rating: Ecclectic and Serene fantastic fantastic Soothing soundrack of passion

Europa John Gentry Tennyson Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SQWP Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

1. Preludio
2. Citta Vecchia (Per Mirella)
3. Fortunato
4. Milonga Sinistra
5. Europa
6. Vesna E Zorica
7. La Mer A Monaco
8. La Principessa
9. Preghiera Di Vita E Della Morte
10. Vesna E Zorica (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

Ecclectic and Serene.......2002-09-17

John Gentry Tennyson is my half-brother, and just the most talented jazz pianist to hit the US in a decade. He takes his music directly to heart, and expresses his feelings and emotions thru every note. Sometimes I feel and think he is too serious, but his complexity and depth to his music gives credence to his love for his music.
I wish him well, love him very much as my brother, and hope everyone will look forward to an upcoming 3rd CD from him soon.
Since he travels all over the US and Europe, it's very rare that we get to meet up in the same city, but he will always be my little brother, and the sweetest guy in the World.

fantastic.......2001-04-17

When listening to this CD,I've actually gotten up and danced around my living room. But don't tell anyone. I've bought tapes for all my family and closest friends.

fantastic.......2001-04-17

When listening to this CD,I've actually gotten up and danced around my living room. But don't tell anyone. I've bought tapes for all my family and closest friends.

Soothing.......2000-05-30

An amazing CD with a melancholy flavor that soothes and calms any spirit

soundrack of passion.......2000-04-27

listening to this CD, I am transported from my living room or car, to some small town in Sicily, walking down cobblestone streets. It evokes emotions from all extremes and takes you on a different journey from one track to the next. Where did this artist come from. He is amazing.

Average customer rating: Nice dark soundtrack in 1940s setting

The Public Eye (1992 Film) Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008JNI Release Date: 1992-10-13

Tracks:

1. Public Eye
2. Nightime Developments
3. Meat Market
4. Flying Home
5. Artist Once
6. Bureau at Night
7. Pictures in the Dark
8. Topsy
9. Great Bernzini
10. Many Questions
11. Cafe Society Blues
12. Portrait Fo an Artist
13. Waiting, Then Calling
14. Undecided
15. Waiting, Then Hiding
16. You Would Have Been Surprised
17. Massacre
18. Kiss
19. Public Eye (End Credits)

Customer Reviews:

Nice dark soundtrack in 1940s setting.......2000-10-15

In The Public Eye photographer Leon Bernstein or the Great Berzini is always the first at crime scenes in New York to shoot some pictures for the main newspapers. Filmed in a 1940s setting, Mark Isham uses a dark but beautiful melody, played mostly by piano, in this film. Strings and trumpet play also a major role. Isham knows exactly how to create the feeling for the "dark brown" New York in the 1940s with the Italian mob chasing each other and the jazzy pubs where the sigar smoking high society meets each other.

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Jazz at the Cafe Society, N.Y. in the 40's Manufacturer: Commodore ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CKEFRM

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At Birdland and Cafe Society Charlie Parker Manufacturer: Cool & Blue ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000050RQ1 Release Date: 2004-11-16

Tracks:

1. Ornithology
2. 52ND Street Theme
3. How High the Moon
4. Embraceable You
5. 52ND Street Theme
6. Just Friends
7. April in Paris
8. Bewitched
9. Summertimr
10. I Cover the Waterfront
11. Gone with the Wind
12. Easy to Love
13. 52ND Street Theme
14. Lover Come Back to Me

Average customer rating: Bird on Fire!

At Café Society Downtown and Birdland Charlie Parker Manufacturer: Ember ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bebop | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000059T6J Release Date: 2001-03-13

Tracks:

1. 52nd Street Theme/Introduction
2. Just Friends
3. Introduction/April In Paris
4. Night In Tunisia
5. 52nd Street Theme/Introduction
6. Just Friends
7. April In Paris
8. Medley: Bewitched/Summertime
9. Medley: I Cover The Waterfront/Gone With The Wind
10. Medley: Easy To Love/52nd Street Theme
11. Medley: Moose The Mooche/52nd Street Theme
12. Medley: Lover Come Back To Me/52nd Street Theme

Tracks:

1. Ornithology
2. 52nd Street Theme
3. How High The Moon
4. Embraceable You
5. 52nd Street Theme
6. Cool Blues
7. Star Eyes
8. Moose The Mooche
9. Lullaby Of Birdland
10. Broadway
11. Lullaby Of Birdland
12. Moose The Mooche
13. Cheryl
14. Lullaby Of Birdland
15. Dance Of The Infidels
16. The Bluest Blues
17. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
18. What Is This Thing Called Love
19. Repetition
20. Easy To Love
21. East Of The Sun

Customer Reviews:

Bird on Fire!.......2003-06-07

Charlie Parkerýs is the quintessential jazz tragedy. Immensely gifted and immensely self destructive, Parkerýs spark burned bright for a little over 14 years before being snuffed out by drugs and hard living at the age of 35. This has made for some dramatic jazz legends and romanticizing about Bird, that in a sense makes it hard to appreciate his true genius outside of the hype. Also, the fact that so much of his wildly improvised music was confined to three-minute cuts in the studio, makes it hard to realize the spark and fire of Parker live. So anything that documents the saxophonist live is to be treasured.

These recordings were done live at the Cafe Society in downtown New York, and at Birdland on 52nd St. They are extremely important documents of this time in jazz history. Bird almost always played well, particularly when he was clean. But in front of an audience, he was truly amazing. The fluency of his lines never cease to amaze a listener. And there is a fire, an edge to the playing that was missing in his many imitators, and indeed is still missing in neo-bop to this day. Listening to Parker play live is as exciting and revolutionary as listening to anything by more avant-garde musicians, because at heart, Bird WAS avant-garde.

Birdýs back up bands on these discs are varied, but include many of the usual suspects, Miles, Dizzy, Bud Powell, Red Rodney, Max Roach. The only down side is that often, the sound is so primitive that, other than Bird himself, you canýt hear much else on the disc, particularly the bass and drums. There has been an extraordinary effort on the part of the producers to right this imbalance, but be warned....this is not high fidelity by any stretch of the imagination. Still, if you are a jazz fan, this will not matter, as you will want as much live Parker as you can get your hands on. This is as good as any live set Iýve heard of Bird, and as such, highly recommended.

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Cafe Society Don Gomes ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000G8PFME Release Date: 2006-05-02

Tracks:

1. Masquerade Is Over
2. One for My Baby (And One More Fore the Road)
3. Why Did I Choose You?
4. Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
5. Everything Happens to Me
6. Imagination
7. Blame It on My Youth
8. You Don't Know What Love Is
9. How Insensitive (Insensatez)
10. Very Thought of You
11. We'll Be Together Again

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Cafe Society Live Manufacturer: Convergence Inc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002DQTW8

Average customer rating: Our greatest contemporary lyricist?

Café Society Lorraine Feather Manufacturer: Sanctuary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dooji Wooji ASIN: B0007TKH6Q Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. Cafociety
2. We're Rockin' in Rhythm
3. Speed of Light
4. Jungle Rhythm
5. Love Call [Vocal Version of Duke Ellington's Creole Love Call]
6. Right Idea
7. Something Like My Own
8. Big Fun
9. Hot Coffee
10. Days of Old
11. Green Flash
12. Way We Say Goodbye

Customer Reviews:

Our greatest contemporary lyricist?.......2007-01-27

This music on Café Society is shimmering, sophisticated and delightful. Lorraine Feather gets kudos for assembling top west coast talent (Mike Lang, Peter Erskine, Oscar Bashear, etc.) and producing music that is always interesting to the ear. Ms Feather writes stunning lyrics for songs from various collaborators and for a couple Ellington compositions as well ("Rockin' in Rhythm" and "Creole Love Call"). Songs are mostly in a classic, pre-bop jazz style with acoustic instrumentation, although a few lean toward the sounds of soft, contemporary jazz.

Lorraine Feather is the daughter of Jane (former big band singer) and Leonard Feather, famous jazz critic, record producer and pianist/lyricist/composer. After some early theater jobs, Ms Feather sang with various jazz and rock bands. In the 1980's she sang with the vocal trio Full Swing and began writing lyrics. Her works were recorded by Patti Austin, David Benoit, Diane Schuur, Eric Marienthal and Cleo Laine, among others. In the 1990's, her lyrics for the songs of various television shows earned her seven Emmy nominations. More recently, Lorraine wrote the lyrics of songs in the movies Jungle Book II and Princess Diaries 2.

Ms Feather's vocal dexterity, clarity of diction and purity of tone will win over nearly anyone. She has the agility to tackle intricate passages at an insane pace, yet every word is easily understood. She has an unmannered sound. Her voice is not big and showy, but her range is large and her upper register in particular has purity and warmth. She reminds me of Susannah McCorkle in her attention to the lyric, but she uses almost no vibrato.

Album favorites? "We're Rocking in Rhythm" has speed and good cheer. "The Right Idea" has a delicate interplay with saxophonist Don Higgins. "Big Fun" is a rhythm driven number that I could image Peggy Lee singing. My appreciation for the slower paced numbers increased with each playing, in part because the arrangements are so well conceived.

Lorraine Feather is my candidate for today's best jazz lyricist. Her four CDs from 2001 to 2005 have set a new standard for intelligence and wit. Feather's inventive and sometimes humorous lyrics make her a worthy successor to Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg. Like Jon Hendricks, she oftentimes composes words to challenging jazz instrumentals; however, unlike Hendricks, she usually writes her lyrics to pre-bop classic jazz. (Visit her website to download lyrics.)

Café Society contains superb singing, accompaniment and arrangements. Ms. Feather sings so well and attracts such strong collaborators that you might at first miss the brilliance of her lyrics. (I also highly recommend Feather's "New York City Drag" featuring the music of Fats Waller and "Such Sweet Thunder: Music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra.")

Average customer rating:

Let's Dance The Harry Goldson Cafe Society Orchestra. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000SES1M2

Product Description

2004. Weatherbird. 14 songs. 60 min.

Jazz Music:

1. Caravan of Dreams
2. Cheek to Cheek
3. Clarke-Boland Big Band: Handle With Care
4. Compact Jazz: Charlie Parker
5. Devil in a Blue Dress [Soundtrack]
6. Doing the Classics
7. Generation Ago [Import] [Original recording remastered]
8. Giants of the Big Band Era
9. Golden Classics
10. Golden Legends

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