Snatch

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After dipping a toe into mainstream electronica forms with 1997's Turn the Dark Off, producing U2's Pop, and mixing Björk, veteran sound stylist Howie B has floated away again into the familiar, primordial warmth of Eno-inspired ambient ooze. The muted, stunted compositions on Snatch--which refers less to sexy and satisfying femaleness than to quick grabs of asexual what not--are largely static, one-cell, single-purpose organisms. They're much too primitive to survive a trip across the dance floor, with the exception of "Anniversary"--but then only the first half of that cut. Clubbing just isn't in these songs' DNA (not that that is necessarily the apex of evolution). Like 1996's Music for Babies, this is a collection of ambient lullabies, though the baby may be having nightmares of shapeless dread. The DJ Shadow-style drum & bass loveliness of "I Can Sing but I Don't Want To" drains through a warbling filter that sounds like something gurgling under the bed. The filmic "She Called Again" seems to reference DJ Muggs's handiwork on Cypress Hill's "How I Could Just Kill a Man." More compelling are the jazz tonic fizzing in "Sniffer Dog," which conjures Coltrane's "My Favorite Things," and the soul-fusion break that lifts "To Kiss You." On repeated listening, one wishes the experiments and one-directional codes exposed here would be grown into an organic, orchestral whole worthy of his work with the Bristol Soul II Soul gang. Maybe next time. --Dean Kuipers

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Howie's third solo album shapes its found sounds and pilfered licks according to a surreal structural logic.

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Average customer rating: Bruce's Review More than a Soundtrack One more time... Great Music It works in so many circumstances!

Snatch (2001 Film) Bobby Byrd , Madonna , The Specials , The Herbaliser , Massive Attack , Oasis , and Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns Manufacturer: Tvt ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels: Music From The Motion Picture Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998 Film) Fight Club: Original Motion Picture Score Ocean's Eleven Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B000056JZJ Release Date: 2001-01-09

Tracks:

1. Kuasehfgaiurgh (Dialogue From Film) - Brad Pitt
2. Diamond - Klint
3. Supermoves - Overseer
4. Hernando's Hideaway - The Johnston Brothers
5. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
6. Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc
7. Hava Nagila - John Murphy
8. Avi Arrives (Dialogue From Film) - Dennis Farina
9. Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back) - Maceo & The Macks
10. Disco Science - Mirwais
11. Nemesis (Dialogue From Film) - Alan Ford
12. Hot Pants (I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming) - Bobby Byrd
13. Lucky Star - Madonna
14. Ghost Town - The Specials
15. Are You There - Klint
16. Sensual Woman - The Herbaliser
17. Angel - Massive Attack
18. F**kin' In The Bushes - Oasis
19. Don't You Just Know It - Huey 'Piano' Smith & The Clowns
20. Avi's Declaration (Dialogue From Film) - Dennis Farina

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Though a well-publicized marriage did much to raise his celebrity profile, Guy "Mr. Madonna" Ritchie's claim as one of the world's most promising young filmmakers was already secure. Extending the gambit he began on Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the English director's handpicked collection of pop songs for his jewel heist romp Snatch is a dizzying delight that eschews era and genre concerns in favor of flavorful character and loopy fun. Though his musical sense is one of the elements that have inspired Tarantino comparisons, Ritchie is clearly a league of one here. With a little fresh input from musical ally Klint, this anthology score ranges from the electro club mixes of Overseer and Mirwais to the vintage R&B workouts of Maceo Parker, Huey "Piano" Smith, and Bobby Byrd, with some pop kitsch of the 1970s (Johnston Brothers' "Hernando's Hideaway") and '80s (the missus's "Lucky Star") to keep the proceedings ever fresh and askew. Ritchie's pop choices are no less inspired, from Oasis and Massive Attack to the Specials' classic, "Ghost Town," and The Stranglers' own underrated jewel, "Golden Brown." --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Written and directed by Guy Ritchie, who wrote and directed, 'Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels'. In the same vein as Trainspotting and Pulp Fiction, the soundtrack covers a spectrum of musical hipness that is essential to the tone ofthe film artists included are Massive Attack, Madonna, Mirwais, Oasis, The Stranglers and The Specials. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

Bruce's Review.......2007-02-02

Some of the tracks were somewhat disturbing so I skipped them when I recorded this album from CD to cassette. Overall, the tracks were eclectic and energetic. Listening to them definitely reminded me of specific scenes from the movie, which I own on VHS format. Down with digital and up with analog!

More than a Soundtrack.......2007-01-05

Not typically a fan of soundtracks. This one is awesome! Great collection of songs with great choice of dialogue mixed in. Listen to this one all the way through.

One more time..........2006-07-01

I have watched this movie so many times, and it is still great. I love Guy Richie's creactivity. An all star cast mixed with a great plot and that sly under the door humor make all much better than your normal hit man comedy.

Great Music.......2006-02-25

I mainly bought this to get the Mirwais - Disco Science track, but the whole cd is good. If you love the movie, you'll definately enjoy the cd.

It works in so many circumstances!.......2006-01-16

What a great soundtrack! For me, the soundtrack is the make or break point in some movies. In Snatch, it just enhanced the coolness of the movie. Dennis Farina was magnificent, and the sound clips of him are great on the CD.
There are many highlights. "Supermoves" by Overseer is a very in your face, distorted techno track. Works great on an expressway of some sort.
"Cross the Tracks" by Maceo and the Macks is the best song on the CD, nuff said. Really funky groove, adequate vocals, great backup instruments.
"Disco Science" has a nice throbbing bass throughout, and it culminates with musical insanity. Great.
The instrumental "F*cking in the Bushes" by Oasis worked great in that fight scene.
"Lucky Star" by Madonna... whipped. JK. I guiltily enjoyed this.
"Don't you just know it", the last track, was a superb way to round out the soundtrack, and the whole movie for that matter.
What else can I say? BUY IT!!!

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan An American Voice of the Century An Essential Barber Disc Price sings songs and arias written for her!!! Fab voice, OK music

Leontyne Price Sings Barber Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Price, Leontyne | ( P ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Barber, Samuel | A to B | Featured Composers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Sopranos | Voices | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Price, Leontyne | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915/Dover Beach/Hermit Songs/Adromache's Farewell Leontyne Price: The Ultimate Collection R. Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos / Schwarzkopf · Seefried · Streich · Schock · Prey · PO · Karajan Hermit Songs: High Voice In Concert ASIN: B000003FNF Release Date: 1994-05-10

Tracks:

1. Hermit Songs, Op.29: At Saint Patrick's Purgatory
2. Hermit Songs, Op.29: Church Bell At Night
3. Hermit Songs, Op.29: Saint Ita's Vision
4. Hermit Songs, Op.29: The Heavenly Banquet
5. Hermit Songs, Op.29: The Crucifixion
6. Hermit Songs, Op.29: Sea-Snatch
7. Hermit Songs, Op.29: Promiscuity
8. Hermit Songs, Op.29: The Monk And His Cat
9. Hermit Songs, Op.29: The Praises Of God
10. Hermit Songs, Op.29: The Desire For Hermitage
11. Sleep Now, Op. 10, No. 2
12. The Daises, Op. 2, No. 1
13. Nocturne, Op. 13, No. 4
14. Nuvoletta, Op. 25
15. Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
16. Antony And Cleopatra: Give Me Some Music
17. Antony And Cleopatra: Give Me My Robe

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Early in her career, Leontyne Price formed an artistic liaison with Samuel Barber that resulted in his composing the female lead in Antony and Cleopatra for her. The disastrous premiere of that opera prevented Price from making a complete recording--a tragic loss in my opinion. She did record excerpts, however, and we at least have this disc to document these and the many other Barber works that she performed with incomparable artistry. Opera singing being what it is, Price didn't often have the chance to sing in English, so these performances are not only historically important, they are uniquely communicative as well. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-02-28

Samuel Barber(1910-1981), an American composer who studied piano, composition and singing at the prestigious Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. His works adhered largely to a lyrical, Romantic style within a loosely Classical framework. He left a rich legacy of more than 100 songs(only 37 published) and 3 operas in addition to many instrumental works...
Only a few of Barber's song texts come from American sources; more often he chose the work of Irish or English writers. He was drawn to 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915', a reflection of the American poet James Agee, because for him it vividly evoked his own childhood. With hints of blues and gently shifting rhythms, "Knoxville" is a mature expression of Barber's artistry as a musical poet and a master of orchestral color.
"The Hermit Songs" were first performed by Leontyne Price, soprano, with the composer at the piano at the Library of Congress, Washington,D.C..pn October 30, 1953. They are a setting of anonymous Irish texts of the eighth to thirteenth centuries written by monks and scholars. They are small poems,thoughts or observations, some very short, and speak in straightforward, droll, and often surprisingly modern terms of the simple life these men led, close to nature, to animals and to God.
I think a brief quote from one of my favorite of these Hermit songs sums up the kind of prose contained in most all of them: from 'The Monk and his Cat' :Pangur, white Pangur, How happy we are Alone together, Scholar and cat. Each has his own work to do daily; for you it is hunting, for me study......'
The music on this disc is well executed, and if you are a Barber advocate, it's a great collection of his song material. I happen to like MOST of his music, but it's for me a 'mood ' thing. He was born very close to where I live, so I guess I feel a kinship of sorts. I do think that he is one of the 'greats' in contemporary music!

An American Voice of the Century.......2005-10-09

While there is no question that Leontyne's opulent voice - here young and lustrous in the "Hermit Songs" recital (1953!) would have been a magnet for any composer, her affinity for Barber is clear, and his for her. The studio recording of the "Hermit Songs" has a better acoustic, but this one is just as thrilling in interpretation, and a bit less studied - and it has the two James Joyce settings, as well.
The "Knoxville" is beautifully judged - soft and swinging to start, then opening up into the drama and poetry of the middle and late sections. The Eleanor Steber original commission will always set the standard, but Price expands it that much farther, with longer phrases, and an ineffable langour that both she and Steber identified as the "Southern" stamp on this music. It's universal, as far as I am concerned, but it exalts and breaks the heart at the same time. Agee and Barber drink from the same fountain here.
I have never heard the entire "Anthony & Cleopatra", again written for Price, so I can't judge the work as a whole, just these two numbers. I have a special affection for the first scene, however - "Give Me Some Music" shows Price, in her absolute vocal prime, complete mistress of color and mood, and the motive, "My man of men" reappears in her final, regal, death scene. When she sings "O happy horse/ who bears the weight of Antony!" - I swear, my hair curls, no matter how many times I hear it.
In short, gotta have it.

An Essential Barber Disc.......2002-03-13

What a fabulous collection of music by Samuel Barber. Leontyne Price is at her absolute best in the songs. The entire Hermit Songs are here with four others. These recordings are of particular interest since Ms. Price performs with Samuel Barber at the piano. It is interesting to compare these recordings to the latter ones sung by Cheyrl Studer with John Browning at the piano for tempo changes.

The recording of Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is arguable the best of those available. Ms. Price sings with great sensitivity and Thomas Schippers and the New Philharmonia provide excellent support. Ms. Price said that Knoxville reminded her of her own childhood, and her commitment to the music comes through. I have the recording of Knoxville sung by Eleanor Steber, who commissioned this work, but I have always regarded the Price recording as the one to have.

The two excerpts from Antony and Cleopatra are of great interest since Ms. Price sang the role of Cleopatra at the premiere in 1966. Her performance here, also conducted by Schippers, is wonderful. The transfer to CD of these recordings is excellent. Perhaps the only down side is that the Hermit Songs were performed before an audience so there is applause between each song. After a while, this becomes monotonous. This disc is a must for anyone interested in Barber's music, and in particular for Knoxville.

Price sings songs and arias written for her!!!.......2001-12-05

This CD on which Leontyne Price memorializes many of the songs and arias composed by Sam Barber with her in mind should be in every collection of those who appreciate Barber's vocal music and the magnificent voice of one of the world's greatest singers of the 20th century. The collaboration of Barber and Price on the "Hermit Songs" and others reveals the composer's affection for the singer and the singer's understanding of the dramatic intent of the word and music. Alone, Price's interpretation of "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" is worth the price of the CD; it is singularly exquisite and cannot be matched! Price brings unmatched beauty, power, and understanding to the arias from "Anthony and Cleopatra" -- an opera composed with her voice in mind. It is indeed sad that Price never recorded "Vanessa," nor the song cycle "Despite and Still," nor the hauntingly beautiful "Sure on this Shining Night." You will not be disappointed if you buy this CD.

Fab voice, OK music.......2001-08-07

What is it that everyone seems to adore about Samuel Barber's music for voice. The man clearly wrote some absolutely divine orchestral pieces, there's no disputing that. But his vocal work seems to be lackluster. Hermit Songs is an example of modern classical music at it's worst. Disjointed, unmelodic, and difficult to follow. Price who's diction is fabulous on the later Knoxville piece is mushy durin the Hermit Songs, her voice is young and fresh, but not particularly glorious. She does deserve praise however for her promotion of American Music

Knoxville 1915 is a much better piece than Hermit songs and has more lyrical moments, but it still sounds so modern. If it has just been an orchestral piece it might've been fabulous but that is unfortunately not the case. It's almost as if Barber wrote a piece for orchestra and wrote a seperate piece for voice and just joined them, whether they made sense together or not. Unlike Hermit Songs, Price's performance more than makes up for the lack of brilliance in the music. Her diction is amazingly clear, even Callas would be jealous and her voice soars, where the music allows her to at least.

The selections from A+C are worty enough, another unreal performance by Price, one wonders if there was a better interpretor of American Music ever, maybe Steber. These works are more traditional sounding and thus go over better, but they seem a bit bland, without Price infusing them with energy this listener would have lost interest

Average customer rating: The best soundtrack out there!!!!! UK issue of snatch cd different to US issue but.... Love it!

Snatch: Stealin' Stones & Breakin' Bones Original Soundtrack Manufacturer: Umvd Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (1998 Film) Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels: Music From The Motion Picture Snatch (2001 Film) Snatch (Widescreen Edition) Layer Cake ASIN: B00004YTY1 Release Date: 2000-10-31

Tracks:

1. Diamond - Klint
2. Vere Iz da Storn? - Benicio Del Toro
3. Supermoves - Overseer
4. Hernando's Hideaway
5. Zee Germans - Jason Statham
6. Golden Brown - The Stranglers
7. Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc
8. Kosha Nostra Theme
9. Avi Arrives - Dennis Farina
10. Cross the Tracks (We Better Go Back) - Maceo & the Macks
11. Disco Science - Mirwais
12. Nemesis - Alan Ford
13. Hot Pants (I'm Coming Coming I'm Coming) - Bobby Byrd
14. Lucky Star - Madonna
15. Come Again - Alan Ford
16. Ghost Town - The Specials
17. Shrinking Balls - Vinnie Jones
18. Sensual Woman - The Herbaliser
19. Angel - Massive Attack
20. RRRRR... Rumble
21. Fuckin' in the Bushes - Oasis
22. Avi's Declaration - Dennis Farina
23. Don't You Just Know It - Huey "Piano" Smith

Album Description

Soundtrack to new film by UK director Guy Ritchie (Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels) and starring Brad Pitt. Features irresistably eclectic mix of new and old and includes classic tracks by The Specials, Massive Attack, Madonna, Oasis, Mirwais and The Stranglers among others.

Album Details

Soundtrack to the 2000 film from director Guy Ritchie. Features tracks from the Specials, Oasis, Madonna, Massive Attack and the Stranglers.

Customer Reviews:

The best soundtrack out there!!!!!.......2002-09-04

Mirwais, Oasis, Massive Attack, Overseer, Klint, Madonna, even some of the grreaat one-lines from the movie. "Do you know what nemesis means?" Well get this soundtrack either way. Mirwais' "Disco Science" is awesome, as is "Fuckin in the Bushes" by Oasis (and I am NOT an Oasis fan). "Angel" by Massive Attack...incredible. Just get it.

UK issue of snatch cd different to US issue but...........2001-01-23

that doesn't stop that from being one cracker of a cd. the UK edition has 15 songs and 8 quotes from the film making a total of 23 tracks in all. the tracks are very cool the stranglers golden brown and 10cc's dreadlock holiday and overseer's supermoves being my faves but the cd as a whole is pucker. if there is one cd soundtrack you need to get this year is the one. one quick note the US tracklisting differs slightly in terms of running order i do believe in closing if you enjoyed the film (i know i did i saw it twice) you will dig the music on this disc.

Love it!.......2000-11-23

It reflects the different states u pass by when watching this movie! Great as a "car drive" cd.

Average customer rating: Great, but no prize Xena;Warrior Princess volume six Great Collection Exceptional A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING

Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Four - Original Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire: Original Television Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Two Xena: Warrior Princess - The Bitter Suite: A Musical Odyssey - Original Television Soundtrack ASIN: B00005LMK2 Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

1. With the Angels
2. Battling Archangles
3. Go to Them
4. Body Snatch
5. Resistence
6. Gab's Trial
7. They're Coming
8. Back from the Dead
9. She'll Be Here
10. Callisto in Hell
11. Way of Pain
12. Kee Coming
13. End of Coming
14. Ring
15. Valhalla
16. On a Cow
17. Up the Rhein
18. Rhein Maidens
19. Out of Options
20. Kiss
21. Return of the Rheingold
22. Pas de Deux Femmes
23. You Will Dance

Tracks:

1. Sounds of War
2. To the Rising Sun
3. Sounds of Life and Death
4. Snow Falling on Cedars
5. Burning Higuchi
6. Die Demon
7. Reality of Dreams
8. Xena Vs. Yodishi
9. Return to Chin
10. Power of the Book
11. Secret of the Powder
12. Haulin' to the North
13. Mausoleum
14. It's Over
15. Love Is a Weapon
16. United in Love
17. Joxer the Mighty
18. Play's the Thing
19. Woman's a Natural Thing/Miss Known World
20. Day in the Life
21. Catching Fish
22. Up in the Trees
23. Things in Common
24. Down the Valley
25. Neighbor Lady
26. Smelling Mortality
27. Chasin' Chickens
28. Quill Is Mightier
29. Here Girl
30. Xena Main Title

Customer Reviews:

Great, but no prize.......2002-03-31

The selections from the Ring trilogy, Friends in need and Fallen Angel were excellent, however, some of the special request such as joxer the mighty, seemed a little bit rushed. Wasn't that song on Volume 2 already? Where was M'Lila's song from Destiny, or the music played During the first Kiss in "The Quest"
The cd has its good points, personally "It's Over" from "THAB" with its haunting melodies portraying the consequences of war.

Xena;Warrior Princess volume six.......2002-01-09

I am so happy that the last and final cd has come out, now my collection is complete. I am very sad for the show ending, but I am glad to still collect things.

Great Collection.......2001-12-25

Well, I have them all by now, but this last one is a great collection, with the added bonus of the music from A Friend In Need.
Just another fine addition to my Xena collection!

Exceptional.......2001-11-30

I am a fanatic and devoted Xenite.I have a huge problem:i can't stop listening to that cd,since the first time i listened to it,which means 1 month!That cd is really exceptional and i think that every true and genuine Xenite should buy it!It's really good!I was moved when i heard the Fallen Angel part.I was passioned when i heard the Ring Trilogy!I was astonishing when i heard the bonus cues that were included,especially the cue from The Quill Is Mightier(fishin part),oh,i was completely satisfied!
Though,there is a complain:i can't understand,why after 6 cd's,the producers don't do a cd including cues like:M'laila's song,the cues from the Bacchaen festival,music from Deja Vou All Over Again,where in the end,Gabrielle says to Xena those wonderful words,or even the scene of the kiss in The Quest!That,i can't understand it!
Last, i believe that whoever likes LoDuca's music style,should buy this cd.
Pay attention to the 22 cue:Pas De Deux Femmes.It is one of a something and whoever remembers what's the scene of this song,will agree with me!Mmmm!

A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING.......2001-11-29

To all truly Xena fans this CD is a must-have but have some lacks... Fun (comedy episodes music) scores destroy the the great combination of FALLEN ANGEL, THE RHEINGOLD TRILOGY AND I FRIEND IN NEED. In the first selections LoDuca creates spectacular high level music good enough to be played in a Symphony orchestra concert. The others selections have easy-to-fill-space western cowboy music instead of put M'Lilas song of DESTINY, Amazon's climbing trees of ADVENTURES IN THE SIN TRADE and NAJARA vs XENA music that would be gladly accepted by us. I doubt the company will launch a next CD but if they'll do this track and another valuable more must be there and the adittion of some famous characters quotes like "I have many skills" from Xena.

Average customer rating: Two 5-star albums, re-released as one How can you possibly go wrong... One of a kind And it's about time! Buy It To Hear Shuggie!

Cold Shot / For Adults Only Johnny Otis , and Snatch & Poontangs Manufacturer: Ace Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Shuggie's Boogie: Shuggie Otis Plays the Blues The Chronological Johnny Ace: 1951-1954 Mississippi Blues: Rare Cuts 19 Rock 'n Roll Gumbo Hooker 'n Heat ASIN: B00006IQEQ Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

1. The Signifyin' Monkey (Part 1)
2. Country Girl
3. I Believe I'll Go Back Home
4. High Heel Sneakers
5. Sittin' Here Alone
6. C C Rider
7. You Better Look Out
8. Goin' Back To LA
9. Bye Bye Baby (Until We Meet Again)
10. Cold Shot
11. The Signifyin' Monkey (Part 2)
12. That's Life
13. The Great Stack A Lee
14. The Pissed-Off Cowboy
15. Hey Shine
16. Two Time Slim
17. John Jeeter
18. Two Girls In Love (With Each Other)
19. It's Good To Be Free
20. The Dirty Dozens

Product Description

1. The Signifyin' Monkey Part 1 (3:06) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
2. Country Girl (2:35) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
3. I Believe I'll Go Back Home (2:41) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
4. Hi Heel Sneakers (2:43) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
5. Sittin' Here Alone (3:18) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
6. C C Rider (2:31) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
7. You Better Look Out (2:37) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
8. Goin' Back To L A (2:51) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
9. Bye Bye Baby (Until We Meet Again)(3:05) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
10. Cold Shot (2:41) - Cold Shot - The Johnny Otis Show
11. The Signifyin' Monkey Part 2 (3:59) - Snatch And The Poontangs
12. That's Life (2:27) - Snatch And The Poontangs
13. The Great Stack A Lee (6:14) - Snatch And The Poontangs
14. The Pissed-Off Cowboy (2:25) - Snatch And The Poontangs
15. Hey Shine (3:27) - Snatch And The Poontangs
16. Two Time Slim (4:54) - Snatch And The Poontangs
17. Big John Jeeter (5:22) - Snatch And The Poontangs
18. Two Girls In Love (With Each Other)(4:31) - Snatch And The Poontangs
19. It's Good To Be Free (3:25) - Snatch And The Poontangs
20. The Dirty Dozens (3:35) - Snatch And The Poontangs

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Two 5-star albums, re-released as one.......2007-01-11

The scene: Oakland, 1970. Eighth grade, woodshop. Our substitute teacher confessed at the beginning of class that he knew nothing about wood or tools. Did we know what we were doing enough to continue on with our projects? Okay, then. He'd brought his record player, he'd be DJ. Toward the end of class he wound up playing a few tracks from Cold Shot, and those of us who'd been paying attention enthused: this was real feeling! Well, teacher said, stay after when the bell rings. There's a track I can't play for the class. I still remember Fabius Jones' grin to me in that moment.
The bell rang, we stayed. Needle dropped on vinyl. "The Signifyin Monkey told the Lion one day, there's a bad motherf***er comin down yo' way..." Goodness! I went out that weekend and bought the album.

Shuggie Otis, Johnny's son, got a lot of press for being precocious on this album; he played all the guitars and bass tracks, plus harmonica (Johnny played drums, piano and vibes; this was a two-man band, courtesy of overdubs, plus Delmar Evans on vox). And he does do an amazing job for a kid; but you can't listen to him as a kid. What he does is a very good job for ANYONE, regardless of age. Cold Shot, all these years later, is one of my top 4 blues albums (B.B.King 'Completely Well', Muddy Waters 'Hard Again', John Lee Hooker 'Serve You Right To Suffer' are the others). The songs are great, the arrangements are straightforward and clean, and the performances excellent throughout.
What you don't tend to hear about is the singer. Nicknamed "Mighty Mouth", Delmar Evans gives us real gifts throughout this disc. He has a strong, reedy falsetto and a low growl, and he bounces from one to the other, and in between, with great facility. Listen to the clip of "Sittin Here All Alone". It's a voice that truly deserves to be better known than it is, and this disc is a great way to get familiar with it. Listen to him cracking himself up in "That's Life", unable to continue on about the guy from Podunk who woke up in a bunk full of funk, he laughs, "Aw, f*** it, y'all play me sump'm, sh**!!" I still can't hear that without smiling wide.

Okay, now I've referenced profanity twice, let's get to the difference between the two albums contained here. "Cold Shot" was a legitimate release by the Johnny Otis Show, comprised of the musicians mentioned. It opened with "Signifying Monkey", a musical treatment of a traditional 'toast' (an african-american oral tradition, see Roger Abrahams [...])
From there it continues with straight up high-quality 1969 L.A. Blues. This album could be found in record stores.
"For Adults Only", on the other hand, was an entirely anonymous production. My guess is, that's because the cover art alone, let alone the songs, could have landed anyone involved with the project in jail on obscenity charges. Though the band is clearly the same, and F.A.O. even opened with the same track as Cold Shot, no real person's real name appeared anywhere on the original album. This album could be found in Adult Bookstores.

After Signifyin Monkey, "Snatch" continued with other examples of classic toasts Poolshootin Monkey, (here as "Signifyin Monkey part 2"), Shine and the Titanic (here, to a Bo Diddley beat and the melody of Otis' own "Willie and the Hand Jive, as "Hey, Shine") and Stack a Lee; plus anything else, it seems, they could find or put together, that had a whole lot of swearing in it. Two-Time Slim, an I'm-the-baddest-motha-you-ever-seen rant, incorporating some parts of "Who Do You Love" (walk 99 miles of barb'wire, wear a cobra snake for a necktie, etc.) has parts that are hilarious, and other parts that are unfit to be played in company (I'm the type that'd crawl over 50 good ***** to get to one fat boy's...WHAT?? Sorry I can't quote that here, just buy the album).

The last three songs are the weakest. "Two Girls" was on the original, but is stupid and embarrassing and 4 1/4 minutes too long. "It's Good..." is a protest song, not bad but not a shining success either. "Dirty Dozens" (aka "Yass Yass Yass") is a classic, done well.

Note: the original version of "Sittin Here Alone" ended with the lines "Oh, I ain't gonna do it no more/Cause every time I do it, you see/It makes my little wee-wee sore". Nothing about the song up to that point was anything but serious and heartfelt; in fact I never noticed the total non-sequiteur until I'd owned the album for a number of months. Unfortunately, that ending has been cut from this remastered release. Too, bad, it was (like a whole lot of this music) unique and hilarious.

Note 2: The original albums were "Cold Shot": tracks 1-10 here, in order; "For Adults Only": track 1, then tracks 11-18 (track 1 was the opening track for both albums); tracks 19-20 were not on either original record.

Note 3: Looks like R. Crumb did the artwork, doesn't it? Nope. Johnny O. himself.

How can you possibly go wrong..........2006-02-16

...With a title like "Snatch and Poontangs?"

I picked up this dusty old Johnny Otis title after stumbling on and freaking out over the Johnny Otis compilation Watts Funky - highly recommended as well. Enthusiastic reviews and some curiosity took care of any possible indecision. And, true to form, there should be none. So long as you have a sense of humor and a little stomach.

And perfectly complimenting the liberal does of raunch here are the serious blues chops and groove hounding going on with this unnamed house band. You'll also notice that proto-blues guys like George Thorogood were definitely keenly aware of The Johnny Otis Show.

Not sure another album like this exists. 3 Words: Big John Jeeter.

One of a kind.......2005-04-23

I hadn't heard this in thirty years,im glad they finally re-released it! Outrageous music and lyrics.lots of extra songs too.

And it's about time!.......2003-09-09

Back around 1987, I was working as a guitar tech for The Replacements. Billy (the stage mgr) had a beat up cassette copy of the Snatch & The Poontangs album. It was a huge hit on the bus. I don't think a day went by w/out one of us popping it into the deck for a listen.

I dubbed a copy shortly before the tour ended, and brought it home w/me -- where it became an instant favorite with my friends. Somewhere along the line, I lost the tape. I searched high and low, but was never able to find another copy.

About a week ago, I was washing some dishes and "Two Time Slim" popped into my head. As soon as I finished, I did a web search and was pleased beyond words to see that it's been re-released on CD.

It's every bit as good as I remember it... =o)

Buy It To Hear Shuggie!.......2003-01-04

There are a lot of reasons to recommend this CD. First, it's a double CD featuring Johnny Otis' 1968 comeback release "Cold Shot" combined with Johnny Otis' 1969 "Snatch and the Poontangs". Second, it contains two previously unreleased tracks, "It's Good To Be Free" and "The Dirty Dozens". Third, the music is excellent and shows that there is a lighter and humorous side to the blues and last but not least, it features some funky rhythms and wicked lead licks by Johnny's then 13-year-old son Johnny Shuggie Otis Jr. Not much material is available from Shuggie who retired at the ripe age of 22 and it's a real shame. Today, Shuggie is in his early 40's and is starting to resurface, lets hope he comes back and lives up to his potential. X-rated? Well, maybe in 1968. However, if this were released today, it may warrant an R rating solely for some of the language used in the later half of the CD.

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan The greatest American bass Good, but one dimensional Primo basso assolutto!!

Samuel Ramey: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye: Songs of Barber, Samuel Barber , Stephen Foster , Charles T. Griffes , George Gershwin , Edwin Gerschefski , Paul Bowles , Cole Porter , Samuel Ramey , and Warren Jones Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | 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 Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Date With the Devil Samuel Ramey - Operatic Arias Samuel Ramey on Broadway - So in Love No Tenors Allowed: Famous Duets for Baritone and Bass The Very Best of Thomas Hampson ASIN: B000002C08 Release Date: 1996-10-01

Tracks:

1. No. 6 from Hermit Songs, Op. 29: Sea-Snatch
2. I Hear An Army
3. Sure On This Shining Night
4. Bessie Bobtail
5. If You've Only Got A Moustache
6. Gentle Annie
7. Don't Bet Your Money On The Shanghai
8. Evening Song
9. An Old Song Re-Sung
10. No. 1 From Three Poems, Op. 11: The Lament Of Ian The Proud
11. Song Of The Dagger
12. A Damsel In Distress: Nice Work If You Can Get It
13. Shall We Dance?: They All Laughed
14. Girl Crazy: Embraceable You
15. The Goldwyn Follies: Just Another Rhumba
16. They Cannot Stop Death - Blue Mountain Ballads
17. Heavenly Grass
18. Lonesome Man
19. Cabin
20. Sugar In The Cane
21. Anything Goes: Blow, Gabriel Blow
22. Jubilee: Begin The Beguine
23. Seven Lively Arts: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
24. FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN: The Tale Of The Oyster

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2007-02-26

This is such a great collection of 20th century songs, that it behooves me to say something brief about each composer on this disc. I think that by doing so the listener gains more insight and thus more appreciation of all aspects of the song material.

The music of Samuel Barber (1910-1981), whether his symphonies, concertos,operas, chamber music or songs, is notable above all for a pronounced and refined lyricism. Barbr wrote songs thruout his career, and his published vocal output, though relatively small, is perhaps the most distinguished of an American composer. He preferred lyrical , romantic poetry, and his word-setting was perfect.
Stephen Foster (1826-1864) published his first song when he was 18 and by dint of hundreds more became, in the words of Aaron Copland,"our own national hero (who) had a naturalness and sweetness of sentiment that transformed his melodies into the equivalent of folk song." He was truly a songwriter rather than a composer, for he wrote no concert works or operas.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920) assimilated Debussian impressionism and,somewhat later, Oriental exoticism. During his brief career, he composed 64 songs, including four song-cycles.
George Gershwim(1898-1937) began his career in Tin Pan Alley and eventually, with works such as 'Rhapsody in blue' for piano and orchestra and some other works, brought Jazz into the concert hall.
Paul Bowles (1910- ) has long enjoyed celebrity status as an author,a writer of novels, short stories and essays. After a brief study with Aaron Copland, he made a considerable reputation as a composer of incidenal music. Virgil Thompson once described Bowles's songs as "enchanting for their sweetness of mood, their lightness of texture, for in general their way of being wholly alive and right".
Cole Porter (1891-1964) had the rare ability to invent superior catchpenny tunes; deceptively simple, often elegant melodies that stay in the ear. Consequently,he became one of the most successful American songwriter of his era.

As to Samuel Ramey's performance of these songs, one can only say 'business as usual', and that means great sound, great diction, great interpretation and always with that extra something that only a few bassos have!!!!The variety of works is varied and interesting and, if you please, is NOT a cross-over album. There are too many songs that denote the classical element. He was wise enough to vary his selection to avoid that particular situation. I really like this disc!!!!!

The greatest American bass.......2007-01-10

Ramey fans will not be disappointed by this charming collection of vocal gems.

Good, but one dimensional.......2000-04-26

Samuel Ramey is undoubtedly one of the finest and most versatile opera singers of his generation. However, these songs do not show his voice off at his best. One of Ramey's main faults is a lack of variety and vocal colour which is ABSOLUTELY needed in a song recital. This lack of colouring means that most of the songs come out sounding the same. The other major concern is that Mr Ramey's vibrato is quite pronounced. Most opera singers can get away with this when singing with an orchestra, but when he just has piano accompaniment it is much more noticeable. Still, it is good to have a recording of some of these lesser known songs and it is still an enjoyable cd.

Primo basso assolutto!!.......1998-11-17

Having attended Mr. Ramey's recent recital in Chicago where he sang a number of the songs on this recording, I can say that there is simply no bass today to rival him for sheer vocal glory. Whether it is the bel canto repetoire, baroque decorations, or as here, the American literature, Ramey is THE bass of the day. Unlike the former days when bassos were relagated to either buffoon, rich uncle, or some other supporting role, Ramey has almost single-handedly elevated the basso to star status. Roles that languished for years because there was no one up to their demands are now staples of Ramey's catalogue. Warren Jones is a sensetive and intelligent accompanist. In fact he played the entire recital from memory.

Average customer rating: Howie B's Finest Album, of Minimal Electronic excellence Simple Brilliance A minimalist masterpiece

Snatch Howie B Manufacturer: Palm Pictures (Audio ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Experimental | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Turn the Dark Off Music for Babies Drum & Bass Strip To The Bone By Howie B Mayonnaise I Care Because You Do ASIN: B00000I9KT Release Date: 1999-03-16

Tracks:

1. Gallway
2. Sniffer Dog
3. Cook For You
4. Trust
5. Cotton High
6. Anniversary
7. To Kiss You
8. Maniac Melody
9. Black Oak
10. I Can Sing But I Don't Want To
11. She Called Again

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After dipping a toe into mainstream electronica forms with 1997's Turn the Dark Off, producing U2's Pop, and mixing Björk, veteran sound stylist Howie B has floated away again into the familiar, primordial warmth of Eno-inspired ambient ooze. The muted, stunted compositions on Snatch--which refers less to sexy and satisfying femaleness than to quick grabs of asexual what not--are largely static, one-cell, single-purpose organisms. They're much too primitive to survive a trip across the dance floor, with the exception of "Anniversary"--but then only the first half of that cut. Clubbing just isn't in these songs' DNA (not that that is necessarily the apex of evolution). Like 1996's Music for Babies, this is a collection of ambient lullabies, though the baby may be having nightmares of shapeless dread. The DJ Shadow-style drum & bass loveliness of "I Can Sing but I Don't Want To" drains through a warbling filter that sounds like something gurgling under the bed. The filmic "She Called Again" seems to reference DJ Muggs's handiwork on Cypress Hill's "How I Could Just Kill a Man." More compelling are the jazz tonic fizzing in "Sniffer Dog," which conjures Coltrane's "My Favorite Things," and the soul-fusion break that lifts "To Kiss You." On repeated listening, one wishes the experiments and one-directional codes exposed here would be grown into an organic, orchestral whole worthy of his work with the Bristol Soul II Soul gang. Maybe next time. --Dean Kuipers

Customer Reviews:

Howie B's Finest Album, of Minimal Electronic excellence.......2004-04-06

Having never been familiar with Howie's work, I'm reviewing this with no prior reference to his previous albums. Although It's fair to say that this is something of a minimalist masterpiece, with his experiments into electronic music subtly incorporating elements such as the stripped down beat arrangement of Dj Krush's finest moment on tracks like "Cotton High", the Cut & Paste sample aesthetic of Dj Shadow on "Anniversary" that recalls the more serene / melodic moments of Shadow's "Endtroducing". While the Downbeat Electronic-Dub of "To Kiss You" recalls early `Mouse on Mars'. It's an album that takes a myriad of ideas (and Samples) and blends them together to make something resolutely Leftfield and teasingly playful. In fact it wouldn't be completely unfair to say that some of this album owes a small nod to acts such as `Coldcut, Tricky' & the Scratchy beat arrangements of `Portishead', but you'll find the artists that immediately springs to mind with his album are both "Dj Spooky's" selection of Ambient Breaks & Atmospheric sampling, along with the Quirky Electronica of "'Wagon Christ', in that some tracks seemingly combine a rare fusion of crisp Jazz, IDM soundscapes, coupled with easy-listening instrumental Hip-Hop.

Although It must be noted that this is no weak pastiche of other albums, as Howie B slows the tempo down and reigns back on the quirkiness and layers this with elegant strings and Synth sections with some sublime production lifting him out of the many excellent Trip-Hop / Electronica albums out there, and to comfortably rub shoulders with the likes of `Mouse on Mars, Wagon Christ, Dj Krush, Dj Spooky'. If you really want to enjoy this album's true potential then stick it on very late at night, with minimal distractions & enjoy a decidedly abstract Electronic masterpiece.

Simple Brilliance.......2000-03-03

"Cook For You" may very well be the best electronic song that I have heard...Howie B proves that minimal sound can equate to brilliance

A minimalist masterpiece.......1999-07-23

I have to say one needs to have a well-developed ear to be able to appreciate such minimalism!!! A friend recently shared a quote with me and it goes like this: "Collage is the paintbrush of post-modernism". This album is a perfect example of sonic collage. When listening to "Snatch" I experience an artist who can only be honest with himself and not compromise his artistic integrity. I give it ten stars.

Average customer rating: Exciting footmoving pop sensabilities

Snatch It Back and Hold It Model Rockets Manufacturer: Cz Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000009S2A Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

1. She's On The Cover
2. Maybe Now
3. Flame On
4. Candy Carving
5. World Won't Let Me
6. Don't Get It
7. Hung Around To Se
8. Stick It Out
9. Tired (Of Hanging Out)
10. Leaves Of Time
11. Cul De Sac

Customer Reviews:

Exciting footmoving pop sensabilities.......1999-07-15

The sounds from this outstanding album have the same effect on me as the rare smell of an elementary school lunch room, the meshing of chocolate milk and bologna always makes my feet move. The Model Rockets take me there!

Average customer rating: Barber's wonderful, beautiful music A broad survey of Barber's wonderful music

Capricorn-The Samuel Barber Collection Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001SJA Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

1. Capricorn Concerto For Flute, Oboe, Trumpet & Orchestra: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
2. Capricorn Concerto For Flute, Oboe, Trumpet & Orchestra: Allegretto
3. Capricorn Concerto For Flute, Oboe, Trumpet & Orchestra: Allegro Con Brio
4. Canzone
5. Fadograph Of A Yestern Scene
6. Cave Of The Heart: Media's Dance Of Vengeance
7. Adagio For Strings
8. Souvenirs: Hesitation Waltz
9. Hermit Songs: St. Ita's Vision
10. Hermit Songs: The Heavenly Banquet
11. Hermit Songs: The Crucifixion
12. Hermit Songs: Sea-Snatch
13. Hermit Songs: Promiscuity
14. Hermit Songs: The Monk And His Cat
15. Hermit Songs: The Praises Of God
16. Hermit Songs: The Desire For Hermitage
17. To Be Sung On Water
18. The Lovers: Tonight I Can Write
19. Summer Music

Customer Reviews:

Barber's wonderful, beautiful music.......2001-11-21

This is a collection of 19 works by Samuel Barber. It contains some very popular Barber works (Adagio for Strings, Medea's Meditation), some lesser known (Summer Music, The Lovers) and many I'd never heard before. All are beautiful.

This album's version of Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance is surprisingly slow tempoed. It caught me off balance for a bit but it was a nice change of pace. The Hermit Songs were all instrumental only -- also nice for a change of pace. One song, "To Be Sung on Water" performed by the Oregon Repertory Singers, was absolutely glorious. "Hesitation Waltz", a piano duet, is an unusual work with emotional undercurrents that I didn't notice at first listen.

It's almost impossible these days to find an album which contains something other than the four or five most popular Barber works. This one showcases 17 of those hard-to-find pieces. What a great album!

A broad survey of Barber's wonderful music.......2001-04-05

In the history of 20th century classical music, Samuel Barber is a well-loved, if not "revolutionary", figure. His skill with the craft of melody is justly famous, and his work reflects elegance and craft; however, he was also a master of contrapuntal composition ("Adagio for Strings", aka the second movement of his String Quartet, could be used in advanced composition classes as a masterpiece of counterpoint) and a great orchestrator. His Capricorn Concerto is a jewel-like triple concerto (trumpet, flute and oboe with strings), full of rhythm, movement and light-- the second movement is especially brilliant, with delightful interplay among the solo instruments and a lovely slow section (soft strings and an exquisitely melancholy short oboe solo). The rest of the selections are also well-done and welcome (if the "Adagio" is overplayed, the "Hermit Songs" are just not performed enough!). A nice collection of Barber's high-quality oeuvre.

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Snatch & Grab Julia Lee Manufacturer: Indigo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005YUDO Release Date: 2006-08-14

Tracks:

1. Do You Want It
2. King Size Papa
3. Julias Blues
4. Dont Come Too Soon
5. Ugly Papa
6. Back Street
7. Come On Over To My House
8. Trouble In Mind
9. Snatch And Grab It
10. My Man Stands Out
11. Dream Lucky Blues
12. I Didnt Like It The First Time
13. I Was Wrong
14. Tell Me Daddy
15. Young Girls Blues
16. Thats What I Like
17. Lotus Blossom
18. If Its Cool
19. Take It Or Leave It
20. Decent Woman Blues
21. Dont Save It Too Long
22. Tonights The Night
23. Shoe Me Missouri Blues
24. Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got

Album Description

Known as 'Kansas City's Sweetheart of Song' & 'The Empress of Kansas City', Lee was the leading female big band R&B singer of the late 40s. She specialized in risque material, laden with double-entendres, which she described as 'the songs my mother taught

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