It Don't Mean a Thing

1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

2. Stompin' at the Savoy - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

3. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Amos Milburn

4. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan

5. In the Mood - The Modernaires

6. Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie

7. Last Call for Alcohol - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends

8. Sing, Sing, Sing - Louis Prima

9. Them There Eyes - Anita O'Day

10. Caldonia - Woody Herman

It Don't Mean a Thing,Various Artists,EMI Special Markets,Big Band,Big Bands,Jazz,Jump Blues,Pop,Swing,Traditional Pop

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Average customer rating: Pops Stoppers

Pops Stoppers: Greatest Hits of the Boston Pops Orchestra Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Boston Pops | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music of the Night: Pops on Broadway 1990 The Very Best Of The Boston Pops That's Entertainment: Pops on Broadway Unforgettable Swing Swing Swing ASIN: B0000041CP Release Date: 1995-05-16

Tracks:

1. Sophisticated Ladies (Medley) - A Tribute to Duke Ellington:: Sophiscated Lady - Take the 'A' Train - Mood Indigo - It Don't Mean A Thing
2. When The Saints Go Marchin' In

Customer Reviews:

Pops Stoppers.......2007-05-06

Thank you for sending this--excellent recording. Great music, and enjoyed by all generations in our family...from 19 yrs.....to 90 yrs....We all have enjoyed it so much.....Thank you...

Average customer rating: buy this for nancy only 5 Stars for Nancy I HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS CD, BUT...

It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing John Williams & the Boston Pops , and Nancy Wilson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Swing Swing Swing Night & Day Unforgettable The Very Best Of The Boston Pops That's Entertainment: Pops on Broadway ASIN: B000002AQ6 Release Date: 1994-11-01

Tracks:

1. Don't Be That Way
2. Cherokee
3. I Can't Get Started
4. One O'Clock Jump
5. Marie
6. Sing, Sing, Sing
7. Frenesi
8. Imagination
9. Little Brown Jug
10. Back Bay Shuffle
11. Trumpet Blues And Cantabile
12. Green Eyes
13. Chattanooga Choo Choo
14. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
15. It Don't Mean a Thing

Customer Reviews:

buy this for nancy only.......1999-09-02

i bought this album because i love jazz and because i love nancy wilson. if you want to hear some great big band jazz music, try the classic stuff -- ellington, basie, ray, wilson (gerald, that is); the jazzy performance of the pops orchestra is not anything to write home about. nancy, however, does it again. she shines on her performances here, especially "i can't get started" -- although, she may have been outmatched during the scatting session on "it don't mean a thing." if you like to get your hand on anything nancy sings, then buy this album. also, i imagine this album will appeal to true fans of the boston pops....

5 Stars for Nancy.......1999-08-30

Thank you Nancy for finally recording standards again! Nancy Wilson breathes life into 3 old standards, I Can't Get Started, It Don't Mean a Thing, and Imagination, as hardly any singers can nowadays. This is clearly the kind of music her voice was made to sing.

I HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS CD, BUT..........1999-04-02

OVER THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN HIGHLY ENTERTAINED BY THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA. THIS TIME WITH THIS CD WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. ON FIRST LOOKILNG AT THE VARIOUS TRACKS OF THIS CD I WAS EXCITED. IT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT BE A GREAT CD. AFTER PURCHASING THIS CD AND PLAYING IT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED. THE ARRANGEMENTS DID NOT SEEM TO BE MASTERFUL. OUT OF 15 SONGS ALL I COULD FIND WAS 6 SONGS I TRULEY LIKED. I KNOW IT MUST HARD TO ALWALYS DEVELOP A GOOD PROJECT.

Average customer rating: Elly Ameling now more available Delight in every note While they last... Treasures From a Treasure More than fully earned praise for an exceptional singer.

Artistry of Elly Ameling (Coll) Elly Ameling Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Elly Ameling ~ Schubert · Schumann - Songs Philips and Decca Recordings, 1961-1979 (Limited Edition) Fauré - Mélodies / Souzay · Ameling · Baldwin Ave Maria--Lieder The Very Best of Lucia Popp ASIN: B00007KMSJ Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

1. Matthaus-Passion
2. Johannes-Passion
3. Weihnachts-Oratorium
4. Juditha Triumphans
5. Messiah
6. Crudel Tiranno Amor
7. Die Schopfung
8. Orlando Paladino
9. 7 Lieder
10. Le Nozze Di Figaro
11. Exsultate, Jubilate Ch'io Mi Scordi Di Te, K505
12. Misera! Dove Son! K369
13. 18 Lieder
14. Frauenliebe Und- Leben
15. 11 Lieder
16. 20 Morike-Lieder

Customer Reviews:

Elly Ameling now more available .......2007-03-07

I had a 33 rpm album of Elly Ameling singing Schubert lieder accompanied by piano and clarinet at times. It was one of my all time favorite albums so I have been disappointed that I have not been able to find it anywhere on CD.

Now I can just buy this excellent collection. So much music in one place! Since I confess that I am far from an expert on the rest of her records, I look forward to hearing her sing many other styles and composers.

I think it is silly to criticize her for not singing Wagner, for example, since her version of many songs, especially lieder, are nothing short of sublime. I would like to hear how many Wagnerians sing Schubert or Mozart.

I doubt if they could approach the skill and soul with which Elly Ameling sings lieder.

Delight in every note.......2006-03-10

To speak as briefly as possible about this superb collection from an equally superb singer, what can I say but that Ms Ameling possessed a voice that shone with radiant warmth and star-like shimmer? And unlike many another light lyric soprano, Elly Ameling was possessed of a very high standard of musicianship, considerable intelligence, and a sort of immediate charm that captivates the listener.

So many of her recordings have still to be released on CD, but this 5CD-set goes some way towards remedying the situation. The repertoire spans a wide variety - French mèlodies, Lieder, light-hearted "sentimental" songs, Bach, etc. - and in each piece, Ms Ameling shows that quality of pearl-like beauty. It is a beauty which is also extremely pretty - a beauty of voice that is never overbearing and over-ripe, but perfectly blossoming upon the tree of inspiration.

I recommend this set unequivocally. It truly is sheer delight.

While they last..........2005-05-17

Elly Ameling held the quiet stage for recitals of great artistry and dignity for several decades and sadly most of the enormously successful CDs of her long career output are now unavailable. For those who have little access to the documentation of this very special artist, this box set is a must. It is a compilation of many of her recordings with differing accompanists, conductors, orchestras and composers. And while not all of the choices for inclusion here would be considered her greatest moments, there are enough works that sustain the warm memories of the little Dutch hausfrau who quietly and simply paid homage to composers with her clear and intelligent musicianship and radiant voice.

Ameling was known to schedule recitals of Schubert cycles and songs and in the afterglow of her performance answer the demand for curtain calls with additional Schubert melodies: she gifted her audience with the dignity of honoring a composer's works by maintaining the focus on that composer rather than milk the audience with the usual encore applause-getting favorites. And special moments such as quietly and pensively strolling through the orchestra during the Mahler 4th symphony to arrive at front stage, unapplauded, just in time for the opening line of her singing - those simple homage to composers and collaborators made her selfless manner endearing to audiences.

Despite the fact that Ameling's voice was on the small side she was always able to muster the projection to carry her message solidly in context with an orchestra. Yes, other more famous singers have recorded Ravel's quintessentially French SHEHERAZADE, but few have the perfection of diction and aura of mystery that Ameling maintained. Whether singing with piano or orchestra, or interpreting Bach, Mozart, Handel, and Vivaldi with the same degree of involvement as Brahms and Schumann and Schubert, Elly Ameling spanned a career that engendered passionate commitment from her fans. And this boxed set is a pocket full of memories to be treasured. Buy it before this too becomes unavailable. Grady Harp, May 05

Treasures From a Treasure.......2004-09-25

Treasures from a Treasure.

Ameling, one of the world's most beloved recitalists is captured here in a 5 CD collection offering some of her most beautiful recordings of song. While we are used to her perfection in songs of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Faure and Hahn, an added joy is her "pop" side, tackling - without a whiff of pretension, Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Ellington, et al.

What an absolute joy it is listening to this amazing artist sing these songs with an almost uncanny natural ease. There is no resorting to a "pop" voice and yet most of these pop standards songs sound as though they could have been written for her. Clean attacks, sometimes a bit of the pop technique of hanging on to a consonant longer than a classical artist normally would shows an appreciation and understanding of the style. Still, there is never once a compromise of her vocal beauty.

I like the way the songs have been arranged for her voice in that she sort of sings them clean, unaffected in the first half and then lets loose and kinda "swings" with it adding embellishments but never really changing her voice (Price, von Stade and other favorite singers of mine seem to have always added a breathy quality to much of their crossover material.)

Ameling doesn't resort to trying to "let her hair down" or get down and dirty, but rather the honest with which she approaches every one of these songs shows how much she enjoys singing them and her style is as refreshing as stumbling onto a cool spring on a sweltering summer's afternoon. A wonderful surprise.

More than fully earned praise for an exceptional singer........2003-07-15

As I had the privilige of hearing this outstanding Lied-singer during her long career in Holland and being the proud possessor of almost all her recordings, I cannot but fully agree with the professional and joyful review of Mr. Robert Holliston from Victoria, B.C. Canada.
Yes, it is unbelievable that of about the 150 recordings Mrs. Ameling made during her long career (for the greater part of course on the 'oldfashioned' LP's, as well as the innumerable Dutch live-recorded radio-concerts), so few CD's have been released.
Speaking of tradition: it was the page-turner of the Wigmore Hall in London who told Mrs. Ameling after her first recital in this hall, that she reminded him of Elisabeth Schumann. (And he certainly didn't mean her looks only!)
For those who are eager to hear her singing Ravel's Shéhérazade (just one example of stirring imagination combined with her Art of Singing) I can tell you that Philips released a 2-box CD of this work in 1999, combined with Debussy's La Damoiselle élue and a compilation of French mélodies, i.e. Debussy, Fauré, Duparc, Satie. One of the gems is Caplet's Le Corbeau et le Renard which even make children, who know the fables of La Fontaine, revel in the singing of the quarrelsome birds....
Her brilliant accompanyist is Rudolf Jansen. Let us cherish great artists in their art!

Average customer rating: Buddy Bregman is AMAZING!!! Buddy Bregman is an awsome arranger...

It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Buddy Bregman , and Steve Orich Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Swinging Standards The Picasso of Big Band Jazz ASIN: B00000DHZ6 Release Date: 1998-11-03

Tracks:

1. In The Mood
2. Chattanooga Choo Choo
3. Leap Frog
4. Big Nose From Winnetka
5. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
6. Sing, Sing, Sing
7. Opus #1
8. The Mooch
9. One O'Clock Jump
10. Moten Swing
11. Take The 'A' Train
12. Jumpin' At The Woodside

Customer Reviews:

Buddy Bregman is AMAZING!!!.......2001-04-21

I am proud to own this CD...Buddy Bregman's arrangements of the great big band hits of the 30's and 40's are wonderfully fresh, with a modern twist. In my opinion, Buddy is one of the best big-band arrangers in the business, bar none. Buddy, I'd love to hear a follow-up CD in the near future!!!!!

Buddy Bregman is an awsome arranger..........1999-10-22

He is very underrated but is on the same level as Nelson Riddle Marty Paich and Billy May. Suport him & buy this gem

Average customer rating: A very nice SACD

Got Swing! Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Leonard Bernstein / West Side Story Suite / Joshua Bell ASIN: B00008KIZN Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

1. String of Pearls
2. Stompin' at the Savoy
3. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, The Manhattan Transfer
4. Straighten Up and Fly Right - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, John Pizzarelli
5. Sugar - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, The Manhattan Transfer
6. Skyliner - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, The Manhattan Transfer
7. Blues in the Night
8. Avalon - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, John Pizzarelli
9. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
10. Clouds, Adapted from Nuages - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, The Manhattan Transfer
11. Jumpin' at the Woodside
12. Flying Home
13. I'll Be Seeing You - Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, Janis Siegel
14. Sweet Georgia Brown

Customer Reviews:

A very nice SACD.......2004-06-09

This is a very enjoyable album. The sound quality is absolutely amazing! The first time I heard the clarinet solo on track #2, my jaw dropped at the amazing sound quality.

The soloists on the album include John Pizzareli, and the Manhattan Transfer. They are great musicians that bring a bit of variety to this album.

There is only one bad thing that I could say about this album is pretty minor. The hybrid SACD is supposed to be able to play on all CD players. I have had problems playing this on regular CD players.

Average customer rating: Duke & Teresa Swing

It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Duke Ellington with Teresa Brewer Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | 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 ASIN: B000008AUB Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
2. I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
3. Satin Doll
4. Mood Indigo
5. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
6. I'm Beginning to See the Light
7. I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter
8. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
9. Tulip or Turnip (Tell Me, Tell Me, Dream Face)
10. It's Kind of Lonesome Out Tonight
11. Poco Mucho

Customer Reviews:

Duke & Teresa Swing.......2003-04-29

This set of 11 original arrangements contain several gems. I especially recommend the title song with an explosive reprise.

Average customer rating:

It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Fred Wesley & Swing 'N Jazz All-Stars Manufacturer: Sons of Sound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Funky Good Time: The Anthology Teranga Dizzy's Business Wuda Cuda Shuda Taking Chances: Live at the Dakota ASIN: B000FGFUN6 Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

1. Wicked Walk
2. Dream Catcher
3. Eventually
4. Body & Soul
5. Missin' RB Blues
6. Emily
7. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
8. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)
9. Par Three
10. Acirfa
11. Head Start

Average customer rating: Pavarotti swoons The Big Apple... A wonderful experience

Pavarotti in Central Park Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leoncavallo | Leoncavallo, Ruggiero | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mascagni | Mascagni, Pietro | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works Featuring Luciano Pavarotti | Pavarotti, Luciano | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Donizetti, Gaetano | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Denza, Luigi | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Capua, Eduardo di | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Curtis, Ernesto de | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cilea, Francesco | C to G | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Mascagni, Pietro | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Massenet, Jules | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Puccini, Giacomo | M to P | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anonymous | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Bixio, Cesare Andrea | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Vocal Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | U to Z | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Pavarotti in Hyde Park Pavarotti at Carnegie Hall Carreras · Domingo · Pavarotti ~ the three tenors in concert / Mehta Amore: Romantic Italian Love Songs Romantica: The Very Best Of Luciano Pavarotti ASIN: B00000426X Release Date: 1995-03-07

Tracks:

1. I Vespri Siciliani: Overture
2. Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido
3. Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poco a me ricovero
4. L'arlesiana: Il lamento di Federico
5. Mattinata
6. Serenata
7. La mia canzone al vento
8. It Don't Mean A Thing
9. I Can Go To God In Prayer
10. Chitarra romana
11. La Girometta
12. Occhi di fata
13. Fantasie brillante sur Carmen
14. Rondine al nido
15. Non ti scordar di me
16. Werther: Pourquoi me reveiller?
17. TOSCA: Recondita armonia
18. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
19. 'O sole mio
20. Turandot: Nessun Dorma

Customer Reviews:

Pavarotti swoons The Big Apple..........2007-06-04

A stand out from a career of remarkable achievements, Luciano Pavarotti
historically performs before a half a million in NYC's Central Park. The digital true to life live recording of June 26th. 1993 preserves that evening for posterity. Besides superb engineering he has the support of the world class NY Philharmonic that savors the occasion. The carefully selected program includes a few opera arias, but the majority are beautifully arranged Italian songs. Throughout, Pavarotti's voice is consistently up to the task, sweet and distinct, and he really lets it rip when required. The crowd pleaser, over played "Nessa Dorma" has come off better elsewhere! However, the overall program is captivating, exhibiting why Pavarotti has popularized opera to greater audiences.
Andre Griminelli(solo flute)on a Carmen Fantasy and The Boy's Choir of Harlem capablely keeps the crowd amused during Pavarotti's rest breaks. I was amazed how disciplined and what little crowd chatter there was during the performance, further emphasising the respect Luciano Pavarotti commands.

A wonderful experience.......2000-12-23

What other opera singer besides Luciano Pavarotti could attract half a million people to Central Park to watch him in concert? This concert of June 1993 was truly special. From the opening Verdi Overture "I Vespri Siciliani" played by the New York Philharmonic, you know you're in for a treat. Pavarotti sings an assortment of well-loved Arias, but what you don't really expect is the Duke Ellington classic "It don't mean a thing" sung by The Boys Choir of Harlem and also the traditional gospel number, "I can go to God in prayer". As out of place as they may seem in this context, they fit in perfectly. A wonderful album...anyone who loves Pavarotti will love this.

Average customer rating: This is my idea of a fine saxophone quartet!!!

Anything Goes Frederick Loewe , Victor Young , Ludwig van Beethoven , Cole Porter , Anonymous , Traditional , Edward , Robert Schumann , Ben Bernie , George Gershwin , Igor Stravinsky , Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov , David B. Stambler , Jule Charlap Mark / Styne , Mark Lanz Weiser , Lee Harline , and Capitol Quartet Manufacturer: Summit(Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stravinsky | Stravinsky, Igor | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Bagatelles | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Capitol Quartet: American Sketches ASIN: B000056OE9 Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. Camelot
2. Stella By Starlight
3. Fur Elise
4. Night And Day
5. Begin The Beguine
6. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
7. Simple Gifts
8. It Don't Mean A Thing
9. Traumerei
10. Sweet Georgia Brown
11. Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
12. Pastorale
13. Flight Of The Bumble Bee
14. Fugue Well-Tampered
15. Neverneverland
16. Song For Margot
17. Anything Goes
18. When You Wish Upon A Star
19. My Foolish Heart

Customer Reviews:

This is my idea of a fine saxophone quartet!!!.......2004-07-01

A superb recording in every respect, from the perfect intonation, blend, and balance to the unique style and sound of this talented group! An array of tunes to delight the casual listener and music critic alike. Perhaps my best recording...certainly a favorite! As a saxophonist and teacher, I would like all my students to hear this fine recording.

Average customer rating: ron carter ron carter ron carter

Monk Suite Manufacturer: Savoy Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Kronos Quartet | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Music of Bill Evans Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra ASIN: B0002BO0L2 Release Date: 2004-07-06

Tracks:

1. Well, You Needn't
2. Rhythm-A-Ning
3. Crepuscule with Nellie
4. Off Minor/Epistrophy - Ron Carter, The Kronos Quartet
5. 'Round Midnight
6. Misterioso
7. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
8. Black and Tan Fantasy - Chuck Israels, The Kronos Quartet,
9. Brilliant Corners

Customer Reviews:

ron carter ron carter ron carter.......2007-02-03

i'm not sure why amazon lists this cd under chuck israels's name, a bass player who appears with a drummer on 2 or 3 numbers.

i'm also not sure why the kronos quartet took hits for recording the music of monk. monk's music works well with a string quartet.

ron carter's playing is definitively superb on the monk suite composition. very lucid. his playing is worth the price of the cd.

Jazz Music:

1. Jam Montreux (1977) [Live]
2. Know What I Mean? [Enhanced]
3. Light in the Village
4. Live: 20 Novembre 1968 [Live] [Import]
5. Live at the Carlyle [Live]
6. Live: Olympia 5-13-61, Pt. 1 [Live] [Import]
7. Live Olympia Vol. 2 03/20/1960 [Import] [Live]
8. Love Explosion
9. Makin' Whoopie
10. McLean's Scene

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