Soul Mosaic

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The longtime staple of the Ubiquity family, Southern California's DJ Greyboy crashed the scene a decade ago as a leading purveyor of what was then called acid jazz. That term may have fallen quickly out of favor, but Greyboy's music never has. As the title implies, Greyboy offers a kaleidoscope of hip-hop beats and scratches, funk grooves, smooth R&B, and jazzy flourishes. Greyboy has always shown an amazing ability to weave these kinds of sounds together in cohesive fashion, and Soul Mosaic is certainly no exception. This time out, however, he's upped the ante by bringing in a wide range of singers, MCs, and turntablists, and by focusing more intently on creating stand-alone songs. Many of the best cuts are straight-up soul songs with full vocal arrangements and irresistible hooks--a bit of a departure from previous CDs, but no less effective. That it all flows together magnificently should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with this underappreciated talent. --Marc Greilsamer

Product Description
For the first time, Greyboy releases full vocal songs, adding a new soulful dimension to his music. Contains sold out singles "To Know You" and "Genevieve", and many new and exclusive cuts, including remixes by Paul Nice and Quantic.

Soul Mosaic

Soul Mosaic,Greyboy,Ubiquity,Acid Jazz,Club/Dance,Dance Music,Neo-Soul,Pop,Rock/Pop

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Intimate Patti Austin Patti Austin Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Avant Gershwin for Ella Street of Dreams Love Is Gonna Getcha Body Language ASIN: B000OONPJK Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

1. Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
2. Island
3. Baby, Come to Me - Patti Austin, James Ingram
4. If I Believed
5. Summer Is the Coldest Time of Year
6. Cry Me a River
7. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
8. Any Other Fool - Patti Austin, Sadao Watanabe
9. In My Life
10. Through the Test of Time
11. If This Is the Last Time
12. Love's Been Kind to Me Lately

Average customer rating: The Real George Benson!

Beyond the Blue Horizon George Benson Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Good King Bad Bad Benson The New Boss Guitar Shape of Things to Come In Concert-Carnegie Hall ASIN: B000OONPJU Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

1. So What
2. Gentle Rain [From the Gentle Rain]
3. All Clear
4. Ode to a Kudu
5. Somewhere in the East
6. All Clear [Alternate Take][*]
7. Ode to a Kudu [Alternate Take][*]
8. Somewhere in the East [Alternate Take][*]

Customer Reviews:

The Real George Benson!.......2007-06-14

I've been a George Benson fan for almost three decades now (though not so much in recent years) but for most of that time I was also a pretty ignorant one in that I used to believe his career began with 1976's Breezin'. I know better now of course. Fine an album as that one was (and still is) though, a few albums preceded it that were far superior, especially in terms of his jazz guitar playing. I'm thinking about White Rabbit, (also released in 1971), 1973's Body Talk and 1974's Bad Benson, and even after all this time, these are still some of my favourites.

This one I missed though. Recorded in 1971, I recently learned that it's considered by many to be one of his best. The sticker label on the front of the CD proclaims it as "the legendary musician's most brilliant guitar recording. A breathtakingly burning finger-bursting jazz guitar classic!" and after just one listen I have to say I totally agree. There are no vocals at all on this one, not even Benson's trademark background scatting, which alone marks it out. The guitar playing is mesmerisingly interesting.

There were five tracks on the original album, produced by Creed Taylor and it features other legends like Ron Carter on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums, with Clarence Palmer on organ, and Michael Cameron & Albert Nicholson on percussion. This (probably remastered) reissue has three extra tracks; alternate takes of "All Clear", "Ode To A Kudu" and "Somewhere In The East". These alternate takes are not quite as tight are the original versions and lean towards the smoother jazz Benson was to later become renowned for. No surprise there, I suppose.

I've always loved Benson's guitar improvisations but some of the stuff he does here - on the Bonfa/Duble tune "The Gentle Rain" and the exotic, worldly "Somewhere In The East" especially - is just crazy. The percussion on the tune is almost worth the price of the CD all on its own. "All Clear" has been one of my favourite tracks by Benson for the longest time ever since a friend put it in a compilation tape for me back in the old days. It's only recently I decided to find the album the song came from. I may have left it rather late but better late than never, no?

If you ever wanted to have an idea of how George Benson might have turned out if he hadn't tried to be a jazz guitarist AND a pop singer at the same time, this CD is definitely worth checking out. Personally, I love every minute of it.

Average customer rating: Certified Gem for him or her DE LA RETURNS Doesn't get old! Where to begin? Better, Stronger, Faster...?

Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump De La Soul Manufacturer: Rhino / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: AOI: Bionix The Grind Date The Love Movement Beats, Rhymes and Life Midnight Marauders ASIN: B00004U45L Release Date: 2000-08-08

Tracks:

1. Intro/Say R.
2. U Can Do (Life)
3. My Writes - featuring Tash & J-Ro
4. Oooh - featuring Redman
5. Thru Ya City - featuring D.V. Alias Khrist
6. I.C. Y'All - featuring Busta Rhymes
7. View
8. Set The Mood - featuring Indeed
9. All Good? - featuring Chaka Khan
10. Declaration
11. Squat! - featuring Mike D and Ad Rock
12. Words From The Chief Rocker - featuring Busy Bee
13. With Me
14. Copa (Cabanga)
15. Foolin'
16. The Art Of Getting Jumped
17. U Don't Wanna B.D.S. - featuring Freddie Foxx

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The first of their three-album Art Official Intelligence series, Mosaic Thump is a likable album, full of inspired moments. It's also the closest thing De La Soul have ever come to making a less-than-stunning LP. Maybe it's the contemporary production style that weakens songs like "U Can Do" and "I C Ya'll." Maybe it's the (far too) many cameos by bigwigs like Busta Rhymes and Redman and not enough by dark-horse newcomers like Indeed (who comes off nice on "Set the Mood"). De La haven't muzzled their intellectual bite on songs like "Declaration" and "View," and they can still get that rear in rotation with groovers like "With Me," and the funkalistic "Thru Ya City." But where they once left no doubt as to their status as hip-hop's brightest and most innovative group, De La now seem less extraordinary and more merely mortal. --Oliver Wang

Album Description

Features guest appearances by Redman-'Oooh', Chaka Khan-'All Good', Beastie Boys-'Squat', Busta Rhymes-'I.C. Y' All', and Tash & J-Ro of the Alkaholiks and Xzibit on 'My Writes' and much more. Packaged in a Digipak. (Tommy Boy Records)

Customer Reviews:

Certified Gem for him or her.......2007-01-17

Apparently a lot of reviewers took a star away from their rating on this album due to guest appearances by Redman and Busta Rhymes. I guess they forgot that Busta was originally a native tonguer (remember "Scenario") and Redman's first album sparked an entirely new era of east coast hip hop. Not to mention the fact that both songs are certified head nodders (in a good way) especially "Ooooh". "It Ain't All Good" was another banger. My favorite song has to be the 'set the mood' with Indeed, her style is so vivid and effortless you feel like you were next to her when the altercation she described is happening waiting on her to puff and pass. I think other raters are penalizing De La bcuz this is probably their most commercial album as both 'Ooooh' and 'It ain't all good' got major airplay and this album has the most guest appearances from established artists than all of their other albums (busta, redman, black thought, phife, pharoah monch, chaka khan, 2/3 of the beastie boys, etc). I guess hardcore de la fans, many of which are not necessarily hip hop or rap fans, my find that I turn off. The album also seems to be a little more funk influenced than their other albums. Personally, I can replay this whole album 5 times in a row before I even begin to get tired of it. If that's not a classic I don't know what is.

DE LA RETURNS.......2005-09-27

after a hiatus from releasing albums De La Soul returned with this. and believe me it does not dissapoint. I dont understand why all of yall are talkin ---- on this joint its pretty dope there are really only a few tracks that I find myself skipping through and it is about equal with the BIONIX record. Prince paul didnt produce on this one but the beats still bump bear in mind this isnt the second coming of DE LA SOUL IS DEAD but it is still better than 90% of the attempted comebacks by most Hiphop artists today. My favorite song is SET IT OFF with INDEED it is the hottest track I have heard in a while. I think that if you are looking at this CD and you see some bad reviews dont listen to them this is not a classic but it is definetly worth your time. 4 mics

Doesn't get old!.......2005-08-23

I have been listening to this CD by de la for months and it still has not gotten old! My personal favorites are "Thru ya city" and "copa cabana" but there are a lot of other good ones. The trademark de la sideshow freestyles are also classic. Pick this one up for sure, ya won't be dissapointed.

Where to begin?.......2004-07-13

I'm kinda sick of readin all these reviews sayin how it's not as good as their old stuff or there are too many guests. If you like their old stuff you gotta be 30 years old. Thats not really a dis but it's true. If you like hip-hop from '89 your old. period. The beats from then are different from the mid to late 90's and i think you would have had to grow up then to like stuff from then. "Newer" hip-hop started around the time of The Chronic. Thats when the beats started changing to what the kids listen to today. As for the record. Good. Not great, not bad, but good. Like many said there are a handful of standout tracks but the others are still listenable. It's not like theres only 3 cuts and then i take the cd out. I can listen to almost the whole thing. Theres also only like 2 or 3 "skits" out of 17 tracks which is good (I can't stand albums where like half the material are skits). Overall it's got fresh beats and is a good listen and worth having in your collection.

Better, Stronger, Faster...?.......2003-06-16

The first installment of De La Soul's album Trilogy Art Official Intelligence is quite frankly not upto De La's usuall exceptional standards but does not fail to impress in parts.

Originality is not a major theme here, especially with a computer generated female narrator; identical to that used by A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Marauders. Along with other recognisable Bass lines and samples.

However the album does "shine" with tracks like "Thru Ya City", "Set The Mood" feat. Indeed and "With Me".

However, these good efforts are overshadowed by tracks including the commercialised Redman, Busta Rhymes and even the likes of The Beastie Boys: which most definitely puts a slight downer on the album as a whole.

Not a great album, but not a bad album and probably worth a listen if you really don't have any other good music to buy.

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Patti Austin Patti Austin Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Beauty & Crime Ms. Kelly Planet Earth I Am Carry On ASIN: B000PAAI6G Release Date: 2007-08-14

Tracks:

1. It's Gonna Be Special
2. Rhythm of the Street
3. All Behind Us Now
4. Hot! In the Flames of Love
5. Change Your Attitude
6. Shoot the Moon
7. I've Got My Heart Set on You
8. Fine Fine Fella (Got to Have You)
9. Starstruck
10. Any Way You Can

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Inseparable Natalie Cole Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000PAAI6Q Release Date: 2007-08-14

Tracks:

1. Needing You
2. Joey
3. Inseparable
4. I Can't Say No
5. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
6. Something for Nothing
7. I Love Him So Much
8. How Come You Won't Stay Here
9. Your Face Stays in My Mind
10. You

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Vol. 12-Mondo Porno ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001GARJW Release Date: 2007-06-12

Album Description

Italian pressing various artists collection features 12 tracks from The Climax, The Blow Jobbers, Bill Cosby, Paramour, Man, Chakacha and more. Hitland.

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Mosaic Select: Duke Pearson Duke Pearson Manufacturer: Mosaic Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mosaic Select: Art Pepper Mosaic Select: Dizzy Reece Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill ASIN: B0006L5EK4 Release Date: 2005-01-04

Tracks:

1. Phantom
2. Blues for Alvina
3. Bunda Amerela (Little Yellow Streetcar)
4. Ojos Alegres
5. Say You're Mine
6. Moana Surf
7. Theme from Rosemary's Baby
8. I Don't Know
9. Captain Bicardi
10. Dialogo
11. Xibaba
12. Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz)

Tracks:

1. Gira Girou (Round and Round)
2. Hermeto
3. Lost in the Stars
4. It Could Only Happen With You
5. Stormy
6. Book's Bossa
7. Emily
8. Bloos
9. I Don't Care Who Knows It
10. Beautiful Friendship
11. Horn In
12. Canto Ossanha
13. Sandalia Dela
14. Tears
15. Lamento
16. Upa Neguinho

Tracks:

1. Stella by Starlight
2. Clara
3. Give Me Some Love
4. Christo Redentor
5. Little Song
6. My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)
7. How Insensitive (Insensalez)
8. Sleigh Ride
9. Little Drummer Boy
10. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
11. Jingle Bells
12. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
13. Go Tell It on a Mountain
14. Wassail Song
15. Silent Night
16. O Little Town of Bethlehem
17. Old Fashioned Christmas

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Zawinul Joe Zawinul Manufacturer: Mosaic Contemporary ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Austria | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pilgrimage ASIN: B000O77L1A Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

1. Doctor Honoris Causa
2. In a Silent Way
3. His Last Journey
4. Double Image
5. Arrival in New York

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Mosaic Select: Big John Patton Big John Patton Manufacturer: Mosaic Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mosaic Select: Bob Brookmeyer ASIN: B0006L50MQ Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

1. Silver Meter
2. I'll Never Be Free
3. Spiffy Diffy
4. Along Came John
5. Gee Gee
6. Pig Foots
7. Rock
8. Way I Feel
9. Jerry
10. Davene
11. Just 3/4

Tracks:

1. Fat Judy
2. Oh Baby
3. Each Time
4. One to Twelve
5. Night Flight
6. Good Juice
7. String Bean
8. I Want to Go Home
9. Early A.M.

Tracks:

1. Dirty Fingers
2. Minor Swing
3. Daddy James
4. Ding Dong
5. Congo Chant
6. Alfie's Theme
7. Soul Man
8. Understanding
9. Chitlins con Carne

Album Description

Jazz reissue from the Mosaic Select series is a numbered limited-edition release that focuses on the artist's important but neglected work, including some unreleased repertoire. 3 CDs in jewel cases with slipcase and separate CD-size booklet restored and remastered 24-bit.

Average customer rating: A collection of Patton's rare groove albums

Mosaic Select: Big John Patton Big John Patton Manufacturer: Mosaic Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B00028G086 Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

1. Silver Meter
2. I'll Never Be Free
3. Spiffy Diffy
4. Along Came John
5. Gee Gee
6. Pig Foots
7. Rock
8. Way I Feel
9. Jerry
10. Davene
11. Just 3/4

Tracks:

1. Fat Judy
2. Oh Baby
3. Each Time
4. One to Twelve
5. Night Flight
6. Good Juice
7. String Bean
8. I Want to Go Home
9. Early A.M.

Tracks:

1. Dirty Fingers
2. Minor Swing
3. Daddy James
4. Ding Dong
5. Congo Chant
6. Alfie's Theme
7. Soul Man
8. Understanding
9. Chitlins con Carne

Customer Reviews:

A collection of Patton's rare groove albums.......2006-12-14

This set is a must to those who love the sound of John patton's blue note sound but firstly let me point out that john Patton is John patton not the legendary Jimmy Smith, Smith has popularised the organ and has developed his own distinct sound and style, Patton might have been influenced by Smith but as I have pointed out above, he was at home when playing and dishing out soulful blues and groovy organ solos as well as when he was backing his sidemen.
The set contains tracks from 5 albums recorded for blue note records which are " Along came John, The way I feel, Oh baby, That certain feeling and Understanding". On all the albums Patton was on top of his game, his playing was fluid with the backing of cats like Harold Vick, Ben Dixon, Grant Green and Blue Mitchell amongst other great artists. The set contains 3 CD's comprising 29 tracks, the quality of the remastered music is superb on almost all the tracks except on 1 or 2 tracks where there are minor glitches which are acknowledged in the infrmation booklet, the information booklet contains essays, discography as well as each album session details, the quality of CD is apparently, materially different from the quality of well established jazz labels, this observation is based on the look and feel of the CD but be that as it may be,I encourage John Patton lovers to buy this CD because it contains some of the the best albums by the artist, its a collector's item

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1. Soulshine
2. Southern Soul Showcase: Cryin' in the Streets
3. Star Kitty's Revenge [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Staring into Space
5. Stealing of a Nation [Enhanced]
6. The Best of Mica Paris [Import]
7. The Golden Years [Import]
8. The Magical Sounds of Banco de Gaia
9. The World of Italian Hits of the 90's [Import]
10. They Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]

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Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"; Horn Concerto No. 2

Partir Revenir

Music: Spirit of the Wild

Powderburn

Nobody Said It Was Easy

Shades of Al Green [Import]

Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik/Haffner Serenade

Red Dirt

Pedro el Escamoso [Soundtrack]

Maroon [Extra tracks]

Night in Casamance

Soul Kitchen V.2 [Import]

Verdi - La Traviata / Lucia Aliberti, Dvorsky, Bruson, Tokyo PO, Paternostro

Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series