Saint-Germain-Des-Prés Café, Vol. 6 [Import]

1. Devil May Care - Jamie Cullum

2. Struck on Jazz

3. Get a Move On - Mr. Scruff

4. Playground Games [Diesler Mix] - TM Juke

5. Feeling Good

6. All I Need

7. Good & Bad - Povo, Ed Thigpen

8. Flat Foot

9. Get There - Benny Sings

10. This Is What You Are

11. Roughneck - Eddie Roberts

12. 1958 - Skalpel

13. Monostéréologie [Riding Giant Mix] - Minigroove Orchestra

14. Keep You Kimi

15. In the Still of the Night - Stacey Kent

16. Back in Your Own Back Yard - William Galison, Madeleine Peyroux

17. One Day (Song for Jared) - Two Banks of Four

18. Cantaloop Island - DJ Cam, ,

Tracks:

Devil May Care - Jamie Cullum
Struck on Jazz
Get a Move On - Mr. Scruff
Playground Games [Diesler Mix] - TM Juke
Feeling Good
All I Need
Good & Bad - Povo, Ed Thigpen
Flat Foot
Get There - Benny Sings
This Is What You Are
Roughneck - Eddie Roberts
1958 - Skalpel
Monostologie [Riding Giant Mix] - Minigroove Orchestra
Keep You Kimi
In the Still of the Night - Stacey Kent
Back in Your Own Back Yard - William Galison, Madeleine Peyroux
One Day (Song for Jared) - Two Banks of Four
Cantaloop Island - DJ Cam, Naturel,

Customer Reviews:

Not St. Germain's best, but worthy ..........2006-10-24

First off, I love the St. Germian compliation series by Wagram Distronic. The problem is keeping the first listeners interested before the product becomes mediocre and redundant. Congratulate Wagram Music for making it up to their 5th series.

Because the 6th series needs some explaining...

I loved Jamie Cullum's 'Devil May Care' because it is true, real, and wholesomely real vocals with a modestly cool beat. Mr. Scruff's 'Get a Move On' is a worldwide commercial success. The Might Bop's 'Feeling Good' leaves you just that. Spurprise to me was Skalpel's '1958', with real deep jazz/soul I had to listen to 3 times to appreciate. Wow, that was cool! Hird's 'Keep You Kimi' is another really cool song.

The problem is where are the bountiful, cutting-edge hits many expect from this series? The remainders are lacking in both beat and persona. Cookie-cutter songs that do nothing to motiviate nor exacerbate the St. Germain audience who have bought the series only to come to this questionable CD.

I recommend this CD solely for the Wagram faithful who know the Wagram music scene. Not a good CD for newbies or wannabies to the Nu-Jazz movement.

Hey, you can't win them all ...

-Steve

Jazzy, but not what I expect from Saint Germain.......2006-10-06

I have come to expect Saint Germain to be a nice blend of Jazz, soul, and techno. This CD is heavy on the jazz, but that's about it. If I want jazz I know how to spell Coltrane.

Getting back to the Jazz!.......2005-08-15

If you enjoyed des Pres Cafe II, you're gonna love this CD. The past couple of volumes seemed to be trying a bit too hard to create something where wasn't anything. However, this CD is fantastic... good mix of jazz, and some beat.

Another Great Album from Wagram Music.......2005-07-06

When I knew about the new compilation album of Saint Germain Des Prés Café, I thank that will be another electronic Jazz compilation without any relevant. But is not, it is Great. Like the slogan that Wagram give to the collection, "The Finest Nu Jazz compilation", I really recommend it.

More Energy & some Killer Cuts Mixed in.......2005-07-05

Won't bore you with too much history. I'll just say this is a pretty good series on the Wagram label (Hotel Costes, Buddha Bar, etc.). In general this has nu-jazz and old jazz, both sides sometimes remixed or as is, and some of them given electronic touches to show just how much jazz has changed and evolved through the years.

I certainly liked this one more than the last one because it had what volume 5 was missing - energy and that 'snap!' I liked in the music... what takes you by surprise, and gets your head nodding and thinking: "I gotta hear that again". You've got it from the get-go in this; particularly with Schema's own Doctor Abstract with "Stuck on Jazz". Then you've got a cut pretty much played out by Lincoln-Mercury, Mr. Scruff with "Get a Move On". But it's still a good song and brings some great memories to me. Other stellar tracks were Povo's "Good & Bad" (And what an album their feature release is!!), Horne Singers "Flat Foot" has some cool funk to it, Eddie Roberts "Roughneck" has a neat sound and some swing, and I've been trying to find Hird's album for more than just the great track featured here called "Keep You Kimi" (also called "Keep you Hird" on other LPs). However the top track to me on this was Two Banks of Four's "One Day". Soul singing, deep bass, powerful song. You gotta hear it!

I defininetly recommend this. I was nervous for the series after volume 5 but this is a welcome return to form as it has that 'thing' I loved about the other volumes; a bit of adventure, some random experiments and a spark. I admit that not all of the cuts got me - I was never a huge fan of Was-A-Bee's "This is What you Are"... it just sounds too cheesy to me but some of my friends love it to death. But in the end I think the set's strong and more than worth a good listen. Especially "One Day"... the cut blew me away. If you like this, check the others in the series and Break & Bossa 6 and 7.

Average customer rating:

Vol. 6-Saint Germain Des Pres Cafe

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Average customer rating:

More Energy & some Killer Cuts Mixed in
Another Great Album of Wagram Music
The series saver!

Saint-Germain-Des-Prés Café, Vol. 6
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Wagram Electronic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00099FV10
Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

Devil May Care - Jamie Cullum
Struck on Jazz
Get a Move On - Mr. Scruff
Playground Games [Diesler Mix] - TM Juke
Feeling Good
All I Need
Good & Bad - Povo, Ed Thigpen
Flat Foot
Get There - Benny Sings
This Is What You Are
Roughneck - Eddie Roberts
1958 - Skalpel
Monostologie [Riding Giant Mix] - Minigroove Orchestra
Keep You Kimi
In the Still of the Night - Stacey Kent
Back in Your Own Back Yard - William Galison, Madeleine Peyroux
One Day (Song for Jared) - Two Banks of Four
Cantaloop Island - DJ Cam, Naturel,

Customer Reviews:

More Energy & some Killer Cuts Mixed in.......2005-07-05

Won't bore you with too much history. I'll just say this is a pretty good series on the Wagram label (Hotel Costes, Buddha Bar, etc.). In general this has nu-jazz and old jazz, both sides sometimes remixed or as is, and some of them given electronic touches to show just how much jazz has changed and evolved through the years.

Agree with the other reviews. I certainly liked this one more than the last one because it had what volume 5 was missing - energy and that 'snap!' I liked in the music... what takes you by surprise, and gets your head nodding and thinking: "I gotta hear that again". You've got it from the get-go in this; particularly with Schema's own Doctor Abstract with "Stuck on Jazz". Then you've got a cut pretty much played out by Lincoln-Mercury, Mr. Scruff with "Get a Move On". But it's still a good song and brings some great memories to me. Other stellar tracks were Povo's "Good & Bad" (And what an album their feature release is!!), Horne Singers "Flat Foot" has some cool funk to it, Eddie Roberts "Roughneck" has a neat sound and some swing, and I've been trying to find Hird's album for more than just the great track featured here called "Keep You Kimi" (also called "Keep you Hird" on other LPs). However the top track to me on this was Two Banks of Four's "One Day". Soul singing, deep bass, powerful song. You gotta hear it!

I defininetly recommend this. I was nervous for the series after volume 5 but this is a welcome return to form as it has that 'thing' I loved about the other volumes; a bit of adventure, some random experiments and a spark. I admit that not all of the cuts got me - I was never a huge fan of Was-A-Bee's "This is What you Are"... it just sounds too cheesy to me but some of my friends love it to death. But in the end I think the set's strong and more than worth a good listen. Especially "One Day"... the cut blew me away. If you like this, check the others in the series and Break & Bossa 6 and 7.

Another Great Album of Wagram Music.......2005-06-27

The series saver!.......2005-06-11

Just when I was going to dismiss the Saint Germaine des Pres Cafe series as another great compilation series gone commercial, volume 6 comes out to save the game. This is one step above the previous compilation, which lacked energy and flow from one song to the next.
Volume 6 will keep me waiting for volume 7!
This CD has a little feeling of the second compilation starting with song number 2. It gets a little slow in song 5 and 6 and then picks up again.
I would definitely recommend it.