The Invisible Ray

About the Artist
Mark Marquis profesional musician for 25 years has performed numerous concerts clubs, colleges , tv, radio,also teaching jazz improvisation .ect

Product Description
original compositions with jazz, classical, eastern, rock,funk ,alltogether .

The Invisible Ray,Mark Marquis

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Average customer rating: Invisible Ones... Sum of the parts... cool stuff It's pretty good.

Invisible Ones Orenda Fink Manufacturer: Saddle Creek ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Having Different Stars We Walked in Song Witching Hour Set Yourself on Fire ASIN: B000A2H80S Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

1. Leave It All
2. Invisible Ones Guard the Gate
3. Bloodline
4. Blind Asylum
5. Invisibles
6. Miracle Worker
7. No Evolution
8. Dirty South
9. Easter Island
10. Animal
11. Invisible Ones [Short Film]
12. Bloodline [Multimedia Track]

Customer Reviews:

Invisible Ones..........2006-08-04

The other singer of Azure Ray, Orenda Fink has a high a beautful voice, Maria Taylor being the other singer of Azure Ray. My favorite song being Leave It All, Orenda Fink has a voice, a nice melodic voice thats greats to listen to when your on a farm. The music is soothing and some of it is really upbeat. This CD is highly recommended, along with Maria Taylor's album 11:11.

1. Leave It All 5/5
2. Invisible Ones Guard the Gate 4/5
3. Bloodline 5/5 (Has A Beat!)
4. Blind Asylum 4/5
5. Les Invisibles 4/5
6. Miracle Worker 5/5
7. No Evolution 3/5
8. Dirty South 4/5
9. Easter Island 4/5
10. Animal 3/5
11. Invisible Ones [Short Film]
12. Bloodline [Multimedia Track]

If you liked this, you may like
1. 11:11~ Maria Taylor
2. The Devil Wears Prada original soundtrack
OR
3. Azure Ray~ Azure Ray

Hope you enjoy!

Jordan
Overall grade* B+

Sum of the parts..........2006-05-26

I never understood how that saying went, like...is it the sum of the parts is greater the whole meaning, A and B are better separated than they are as AB? Or is it like peanut butter ain't peanut butter without the jelly? I don't know. But all I'm saying is this: I know the point of Orenda Fink is that its NOT Azure Ray, so it's silly to long for it. But I think...I think...Orenda did something really ambitious and adventurous here, which gets all the kudos I can muster. But it feels a little phoned in. And a little...I don't know. Born again kind of thing? Like...Hello, my name is Orenda Fink, I enjoy breathy songs about bittersweet love...but wow, I totally just spent a couple weeks in Haiti and now I'm Orenda Fink, voodoo sex creature and indie folk troubadour for the downtrodden, delivering their heartwrenching untold tale to wishy-washy post-scenesters.

That was harsh and unfounded, sorry. I really do adore Orenda Fink, but:

The strides she has taken with instrumentation seem more like gimmicks than actual musical maturation or experimentation. Here we have: tribal sounding backup vocals, some extra percussion and lots and lots and lots of Haitian imagery(I mean, the music video, the facepaint.)

On the other hand, Orenda seems to have pushed herself to another level vocally. She adopts a raspier tone, a little less ethereal and a bit more expressive. I like that.

I don't know what my problem with this cd is. I saw them live, and was pretty impressed. The CD is solid. I don't think any tracks stand out as dead weight. But for some reason, I find the whole thing kind of forgettable. Yes, it is something different for the more ambitious half of Azure Ray, but it isn't really all that different for music in general. I've heard female-centric indie bands. The thing that made Azure Ray so alluring is their sound, how stripped down and honest it seemed, it was gritty sometimes, but always inspired, and definitely unique.

So, for Orenda stepping out of her element and doing a great job, I give her a B+. For presenting something memorable to the music community, I give a C.

cool stuff.......2006-01-19

it's good. i like maria's record better but this is still good. a little too deep and political for me at times but she really did good things with 'blind asylum' ...and 'bloodline' is ultra-catchy. on first listen it sounds kind of poetic and wistful but the album is really much darker than you'd think... borderline existential at times..

i saw her in concert this summer. such a warm, humble person. this is the kinda stuff more people should support..

It's pretty good........2005-08-26

Okay, I'm not a fancy music critic who knows how to impress with big, incomprehensible, seemingly made up words when it comes to music but I do know good music when I hear it, and this is it. While, I hold the opinion that Orenda's album is not quite as good as her work with Azure Ray, nor is it as good as her fellow Azure Ray Bandmate, Maria Taylor's debut solo album, it still holds enough merit on it's own. Personally, I'd say it's a good album best to be listened to from beginning to end, but If I were to name my personal favorite of the album, it would have to be "Blind Asylum". Whenever I see four stars on Amazon.com I tend to think that it's probably a really bad album because seeing anything less than four stars is a rare thing for me. So if you're reading this, just know my intention is to give it four and a half stars, because while it's not quite deserving of five stars, it's an attempt I recognizing as almost there.

Average customer rating: This broke down barriers..... Way too country ! Amazing just amazing

Invisible Birds Will Ray Manufacturer: Pharaoh ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mojo Blues Essential Listening 1 Franco-American Swing ASIN: B00000JBDY Release Date: 1999-06-29

Tracks:

1. When The U-Haul Pulled Away
2. That's History
3. Folsom Prison Blues
4. Invisible Birds
5. Lucky Man
6. Bless Me Father
7. Gaylord's Dock
8. Nagged To Death
9. East Of Jesus - Will 3Ay
10. Changes
11. Wishful Thinking
12. Flamethrower
13. Come Dance With Me
14. Slippery When Wet
15. Track 15
16. Track 16
17. Track 17
18. Track 18
19. Track 19
20. Track 20
21. Track 21
22. Track 22
23. Track 23
24. Track 24
25. Track 25
26. Track 26
27. Track 27
28. Track 28

Customer Reviews:

This broke down barriers............2001-07-07

Country music has never been my thing, but what Will Ray has done with Invisible Birds is something fantastic! The lyrical humor and Will's ever amazing guitar licks make this a pleasure to listen to time and time again. Much more than just a 'country album', it is also a mixture of blues and jazz. It makes me smile every time I listen to it, and that is what great music is all about!

Way too country !.......2000-07-24

When your expecting something like The Hellecasters you will be realy disappointed with this C.D. Only a couple of songs sounded like the Casters the rest was Way Too Country !

Amazing just amazing.......1999-06-19

Who new someone could pair world class musicain ship and whit into one album. This album is amazing. It has the feel of the beatles "Maxwells Silver Hammer" with the flare and spice of the Hellecasters. I'm am in awe at what Mr. Ray has acheived on this album.

Average customer rating: ALL THE RAY CONNIFF'S SINGERS FULL ENERGY!! Invisible is irresistable! Great! Typical Conniff: All Jazzed Up! But "Marianne"'s Good...

Invisible Tears Ray Conniff Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Speak to Me of Love So Much in Love ASIN: B0000024SB Release Date: 1994-07-19

Tracks:

1. Invisible Tears
2. Honeycomb
3. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
4. I Walk The Line
5. S'posin
6. Oh Lonesome Me
7. Everybody Loves Somebody
8. Singing The Blues
9. Waitin' For The Evening Train
10. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
11. Far Away Places
12. Marianne

Customer Reviews:

ALL THE RAY CONNIFF'S SINGERS FULL ENERGY!!.......2006-03-28

I recently bought this cd, and I enjoyed it! for me this is the "Ray Conniff Country Album", because it captures the energy of the old western spirits, and I think every country fan will be delightfull with this; the best songs for me in this disc are "Everybody Loves Somebody" and "Singing The Blues", but the rhythm touch of "Walk The Line" is excellent (is as excellent as the original Johnny Cash version); another very good one is "Marianne" (very good final for a very good cd), It's impossible to listen "Oh Lonesome Me" and "Waitin'for the Evening Train" without the wish of dance and clap hands (these are wonderful and terrific country-style songs); because is another excellent work of the master Conniff, YOU HAVE TO BUY IT!! YOU ARE GOING TO DANCE AND SHOUT WITH THIS CD!!

Invisible is irresistable!.......2004-07-03

Perhaps Ray Conniff's best album.
Clever arrangements that heighten the
appeal of the already catchy material.
Definative versions of the Dean Martin
classic "Everybody Loves Somebody"
and Elvis' "Are You Lonesome Tonight."
If you like how the Conniff Singers sound
on his first two Christmas albums, then you
will love this cd!

Great!.......2000-08-01

When I first bought the lp when it was first published I thought is was great , and now on CD it sounds even greater, it differs a bit with the traditional Ray Conniff sound but still great.

Typical Conniff: All Jazzed Up! But "Marianne"'s Good..........1998-10-02

Ray Conniff, etcetera, are great singers, but they DO have a very unfortunate tendency to "jazz things up"; thus songs on this album which would otherwise be excellent (such as "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine") end up downright ruined, a thing I can unhappily say of just about every song here.

However, if you don't mind buying an entire CD for just one song, "Marianne" is EXCELLENT (and saves this CD from an ignominious rating of 1 star). This is the traditional song -- "All day, all night, Marianne / Down by the seaside, siftin' sand..." -- done very well indeed. This is probably more in SPITE of the "jazzing up" than as a result of it, for the song itself, with its Calypso beat, lends itself very nicely to the "Singers" style. At any rate I find it well worth the price I paid for it.

One word of warning: although "Marianne" is certainly very catchy, it may prove offensive to some people -- it was written in a different age, and the person supposedly courting Marianne first insults her mother (twice!), and then expects her to marry him and become a baby factory!!! To be fair, however, this is the fault of the *song*, not the singers. All the same I thought I'd better mention it. Forewarned is forearmed!

Average customer rating:

Invisible Boy Manufacturer: 2 Bedroom ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA3GOK Release Date: 2002-12-03

Average customer rating:

Invisible Birds Will Ray Manufacturer: Dixiefrog ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008EXSW Release Date: 1996-05-28

Tracks:

1. When the U-Haul Pulled Away
2. That's History
3. Folsom Prison Blues
4. Invisible Birds
5. Lucky Man
6. Bless Me Father
7. Gaylord's Duck
8. Nagged to Death
9. East of Jesus
10. Changes
11. Wishful Thinking
12. Flame Thrower
13. Come Dance With Me
14. Slippery When Wet

Average customer rating:

Invisible Birds Will Ray Manufacturer: Dixiefrog ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008UII Release Date: 1999-10-01

Tracks:

1. When the U-Haul Pulled Away
2. That's History
3. Folsom Prison Blues
4. Invisible Birds
5. Lucky Man
6. Bless Me Father
7. Gaylord's Duck
8. Nagged to Death
9. East of Jesus
10. Changes
11. Wishful Thinking
12. Flame Thrower
13. Come Dance With Me
14. Slippery When Wet

Average customer rating: The mystery of the Invisible Ray

The Invisible Ray ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005853V Release Date: 2000-12-20

Tracks:

1. Can I Go?
2. Only One
3. The Funeral of Atala
4. Improvisation
5. Sun Table
6. The Invisible Ray
7. Carlos
8. Prelude
9. Not As Is
10. Alternative Reality
11. Erratic Behavior
12. Walk With Me

Album Description

original compositions with jazz, classical, eastern, rock,funk ,alltogether .

Customer Reviews:

The mystery of the Invisible Ray.......2001-04-14

I'm not limited to musical style or category. I love music that is painstakingly composed and well executed.

Marquis'"Invisible Ray" has been in my player for months now. Is it jazz? Is it classical? Is it rock? Is it pop? I've been trying to figure it out. I do know this: the recording is growing on me--almost to the point of dependence.

This is a gem of a cd. Wonderful songs with beautiful hooks and swirling melodies. It's wild, playful, passionate and intelligent.

Great musicians. There's fine integration here and Mark plays with a blend of conviction and restraint.

There's something about the sequence of the tunes- a natural progression gives one the sense that a story is being told here. It's an adventure in music. So what's it all about? On some level, it's a bit mysterious. I suppose that's why I find myself listening over and over again.

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6. Twelve Minor
7. Two Feet in the Gutter [Import]
8. Up Up with the Jazz Convention [Import]
9. Wake Up in the Sun [Import]
10. Walking With the King

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