| 1. Anything Goes (Tony Bennett) |
| 2. Georgia On My Mind (Mildred Bailey) |
| 3. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Dean Martin - Live) |
| 4. Here In My Arms (Doris Day) |
| 5. Cheek To Cheek (Fred Astaire) |
| 6. Blue Skies (Perry Como - Live) |
| 7. Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall In Love (Bing Crosby) |
| 8. Manhattan (Rosemary Clooney) |
| 9. Come Rain Or Come Shine – (Judy Garland -Live) |
| 10. Will You Remember (Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald) |
| 11. It’s Raining Sunbeams (Deanna Durbin) |
| 12. Thanks For The Memory ( Bob Hope with Shirley Ross) |
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***BONUD DVD - ‘Til The Clouds Roll By***
The story of beloved composer Jerome Kern, begins as he tries to peddle his ditties to disinterested Broadway producers. Musical contributions are made by Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, Lena Horne, Cyd Charisse, Frank Sinatra, and so many more…(1946)
You can't go wrong if you purchase this cd. Diana Krall at her best!!!
(Cute too.)
Buy this one. If you like jazz, it is a Must in your portfolio/collection.
Diana executes her songs with her strong, yet mellow voice.
The "back-up" band is a great asset to this CD, so between Diana singing and the band playing, you feel like you're "In Concert!"
Everyone HAS to hear it to believe it!
Mike
This wonderful album finds Jane branching a bit...several Latin numbers, but don't worry; she does them beautifully, while still giving us some of the standards that she has always done to absolute perfection. What would a jazz album be without Johnny Mercer?
Jane is a treasure...we have other great [and gorgeous] jazz singers [yes, I love Diana Krall, too], but Jane is a total joy...grab this, grab ALL her recordings, and prepare to enjoy.
Her vocals are framed cheaply by "canned" instrumental (especially the string) arrangements that sound like some of the worst Muzak or "elevator music" ever recorded. Jane Monheit and crew are creating audio mannequins on "Surrender"--lifelike but bloodless songs that remind me of puddles of standing water on a city pavement at night, reflecting light, but flowing nowhere. And that's the once-potent Jane Monheit on vocals, lazily poking at the puddles with a twig. If "Never Never Land," her debut album, suggested a young vocalist on the rise, budding like a rose, "Surrender" features the same singer, clueless, compromising, and on her knees. "Surrender" indeed.
I have listened to this album on and off at work for two weeks now and I find it, at best, quite touching and sensual, and, at worst, undemanding. I think one could use this album as background music. But if one turns up the volume we are presented with some very stylish interpretations of some standards. If I was in a piano bar and hearing this music, I would be very satisfied.
Jane Monheit has quite a powerful and expressive voice. Here basic timbre is very attractive and she has a good tessitura and she sounds unforced from the top to the bottom of her range. Id est: she can sing.
Her instrumental accompaniment is colourful enough and never overwhelms the voice. If I had any criticism of this album it would be that it is a trifle unadventurous - it is clear to me that Monheit is capable of doing many things in music.
I would enjoy listening to this album juxtaposed Gabriela Anders's album "Last Tango In Rio".
Her voice is lush and exquisite but she overdoes the breathiness - to the point that one wonders if a ventilator is required - and sticks too much to indistinguishable, slow bossa novas and ballads.
The result is a florid and bland album that washes over the listener.
My favourite tracks are : "So Tinha De Ser Com Voce" and "So Many Stars".
Madeline's personal problems have been well documented. They don't matter here. She is also said to be one of those singers who are better on disc than in person. Apparently, she has severe stage fright. Moot point. So does Carly Simon, and so did Rosa Ponselle, who was the greatest singer who ever lived.
This is a fabulous album. A reviewer once wrote "If you like Norah Jones, try this". Amen. I love Norah Jones, and listen to her frequently. But, Madeleine is in a different league.
The whole CD is great. Each song makes me feel like I am in some European tavern. This is music that just makes you feel good. My teenagers listened to it and I got them to quit listening to their R&B long enough to ask who she was. One resumed playing the guitar that she'd given up a few years ago.
The CD is haunting and stays in your mind long after you turn it off.
Those of you looking for an option from all of that top 40 sewage that plagues our airwaves nowadays, look no further than Madeleine. I have heard just about all of her stuff and this particular recording is my personal favorite. This is also perfect music for many of you out there looking to simply wade into the world of jazz music, rather than diving in head first. Jazz is like fine wine, you don't develope a taste for it overnight, however, once you do start developing that taste, well... then it's all over for you. Trust me, I know from experience.
Enjoy this one!
If you bought this album for the sexy photo, and never listened to it, you REALLY shortchanged yourself. Sex may sell one record, but repeat business has to come from artistic merit; I have all of Diana [and Carly's] records. Carly is sexy, and she can sing; Diana is one of the most beautiful girls on earth, BUT, she's also one of the jazz voices of the ages. The specific songs don't need discussion; their value was settled years ago. Diana was anointed by God to sing this music, and she does it with grace and style that simply have to be heard to be believed.
Buy this for the jacket if you wish, but listen to it. I promise you'll be hooked. Indeed, 'S Wonderful!!!!
Diana studied extensively with Jimmy Rowles and seemed to be on the inside early on when she was very young. With so much assistance and encouragement, she learned to play. She worked hard at it and it shows - you can only applaud that. However, the playing, IMHO, is not distinctive. It sounds like good jazz piano but there is no unmistakable sound. There is nothing that separates her playing from the fold. Great jazz musicians develop a sound, a trademark approach, something unique and new. You can easily tell Bill Evans apart from Monk or Peterson for example. This is very competent playing but there is no signature concept or sound yet in her still young career. Her singing can sound nice also, but she has no show stopping voice, nor show stopping style.
I do believe she will continue to develop and perhaps someday I'll eat these words. I truly hope so! In the meantime she is still in search of her own sound. Again, simply one mans opinion and I encourage you to take a listen. We need more women in jazz and the piano - voice one two punch she possesses could still be a poignant force in the future.
S. Washington
Greenbelt, MD
While her hits have generally called on her to be very angry or very sad, these classic songs allow her to be at turns gentle, sassy, reflective, happy and wry. The productions and arrangements are reminiscent of the golden era of era of Billie, Sarah, Dinah and others, but contain enough surprises to keep them from sounding old-fashioned.
Deborah - who shifted from pop siren to Broadway star with Aida, further expands her range to include jazz, blues and big band. Cox and her backing musicians were recorded live in the studio, playing and singing in real time. The effect pays off as Cox accurately renders each song with her own textures.
No one expects Cox to abandon the dance-floor (she just released a new dance track with Tony Moran), but her latest offering "Destination Moon" allows her to explore another musical landscape with glowing results.
Deborah takes the jazz route on "Destination Moon", a tribute to one of her all-time heroines, Dinah (The Queen) Washington. Whether you view it as a tribute album, a jazz debut or just a collection of good music, this album succeeds on all levels. From the swinging big-band to piano-voice ballads, Cox captures the essence of Washington, yet adds her own touches. Washington's milestone recordings are here. Cox gives "What a Difference a Day Makes" a mid-tempo turn with strings, getting the Queen's innocent voicing, but injecting more feeling into the lyrics.
"Baby, You've Got What It Takes" comes at us as a fast shuffle. Cox fills "This Bitter Earth" with Washington tics - the up-speak at the end of phrases, the self-satisfied "mmh-hmmm" after a line. Washington first made her name as a blues singer, and Cox lays the blues on in "Misery" and "New Blowtop Blues", that classic mean-woman lament where she sings of her run-in with a jealous ".45-packin' mama."
On "Destination Moon", focusing on Washington, the jazz singer, dishing out several of the standards most closely associated with her career, Deborah also wraps her powerful pipes around gems like "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "September in the Rain" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes".
Producer/arranger Rob Mounsey pulled out all the stops for these sessions, surrounding Cox with a 40-piece orchestra that laid down a gorgeous foundation for her to build on. And she did just that.
In an interview conducted to promote her new album, , Cox said she recorded this record for two reasons -- to pay tribute to an artist who had so inspired her and to show that she, like Washington, was capable of doing a lot more musically than some people might have expected.
She succeeded on both counts. It's very nice work.
Think long, rainy afternoons, dinners for two and early mornings on the patio.
Also check out Amel Larrieux new CD its the same kind of music. I love it!
Enjoy and reccomend!
Aside from some essential listening ("Coo Coo Bird," "Stackalee," "Mississippi Boweavil Blues," "I wish I Was a Mole in the Ground," etc. etc.), the package has some great supplementary material. It's very interesting to learn about the song information and performer information that Smith collected with his anthology, but it's also interesting to get a glimpse into his project, seeing how he relentlessly collected and chose which songs to represent. He was a true lover of music, and that love is reflected in his project.
Please don't come to this compilation expecting pristine sound quality--it was assembled in the 50's, which means that the recordings come from then as well as much earlier--it's about the music and performers anyway, and a little bit of scratch really doesn't detract that much from the organic, down home experience. It IS a bit of a shame that there are 6 CDs, but really only about 4 full CDs worth of music--it would have been OK with me if the Ballad/Social Music/Songs organization was not cleanly divided between discs to save space, since the division isn't very efficient, but I suppose the reissuers wanted to emulate the original vinyl collection. I don't really find the material to be homogeneous like the second spotlight reviewer does, although I do agree that Roots and Blues: A Retrospective is also a great compilation--I'd recommend getting both for a great complementary experience.
Hopefully this set never goes out of print, as it's a great piece of art that any music fan or musician can learn a lot from--and enjoy, too! It's a shame that Smith had to preserve this music as it was beginning to die out even as he was collecting it, but it's also heartwarming that such classic sounds can be preserved for us to hear so many years later and keep the tradition alive. Enjoy the living history!
Listening to many cuts on this album you can hear the source of much material for folk groups as diverse as the New Lost City Ramblers and The Holy Modal Rounders, rock groups like Canned Heat, and The Grateful Dead. Some of the melodies will be familiar to fans of Dylan, others to Jorma Kaukonan listeners. There are otehrs -- many many others.
This set is the source, the headwaters of reissues, and revivals. An essential part of any folk music collection.
This is the greatest mix tape ever made, and an essential cultural artifact, not only of the vernacular music of the hills & highways of pre-electrification America, but also of the folk movement ofthe fifties and sixties (the primer fromwhic all else was derived) and by extension of the hippy movement following closely thereafter.
SOme of this music is really wild...
Incredible voice though.
Now, five years later, Austin takes on the music of the Ira and George Gershwin, who along with Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, were possibly the greatest songwriters of all time, not just the twentieth century. Backed by a full band and recorded live last year in Germany, Austin lets it all out as she interprets songs that will stand the test of time long after the current chart-toppers have turned to dust.
Austin's vocal instrument is so flexible that she is able to be poignant yet sassy, seductive yet saintly, trashy yet classy, and provocative yet conservative.
She can do it all and really pours it on thick with the opening twelve-minute long "Gershwin Medley" and the equally impressive "Porgy and Bess Medley." Even the remaining songs are lustrous and provide a venue for one of the great songstresses of the last and this century.
Austin is just hitting her prime and, besides her singing, she has a new look, having shed some pounds and getting a makeover.
When one looks at the singer, glamorously decked out and coiffed on the back cover, one can only exclaim, "D**N! She looks just as good as she sounds."
Using the Gershwin songbook as a springboard, Patti and the amazing WDR Big Band/Orchestra (under Michael Abene's brilliant direction) compliment each other all the way. I loved the unique approach taken by both vocalist and arranger, and the live audience recording was right on the mark!
Patti, the music was amazing - and so were the photos!
***BONUD DVD - ‘Til The Clouds Roll By***
The story of beloved composer Jerome Kern, begins as he tries to peddle his ditties to disinterested Broadway producers. Musical contributions are made by Judy Garland, Dinah Shore, Lena Horne, Cyd Charisse, Frank Sinatra, and so many more…(1946)
American Standards,Various Artists,St. Clair Records,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop Collections,V/a Compilations
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From This Moment On
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ASIN: B000GG4KTU Release Date: 2006-09-19 |
Tracks:
- It Could Happen to You
- Isnt This A Lovely Day
- How Insensitive
- Exactly Like You
- From This Moment On
- I was Doing All Right
- Little Girl Blue
- Day In Day Out
- Willow Weep For Me
- Come Dance With Me
- You Can Depend On Me
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This album appears in the footsteps of 2004's The Girl in the Other Room but doesn't sound like a follow-up. Whereas The Girl saw the pianist-singer abandon the Great American Songbook for more personal pastures, From This Moment On sees her working out on standards done in traditional arrangements. Although the tracks here are by the likes of Cole Porter, Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn, and the Gershwins, Krall sounds more at ease than ever before; perhaps digging deep inside on The Girl loosened her up. Backed by the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra on seven tracks, Krall sings off the big band with ease. On the title track, she keeps up with a galloping bass and explosive brass arrangements and even ventures into scatting toward the end of the song. Her voice has also acquired a wonderfully worn texture in the past few years, and it works wonders on the ballads (just listen to "Isn't This a Lovely Day" and "Little Girl Blue" for instance). When standards are done like this, there's just nothing like 'em. --Elisabeth VincentelliAlbum Description
From This Moment On is an 11-song collection that captures the Canadian-born sensation in full swing, in great company, and at the top of her game. It could also be called her strongest, most cohesive release to date. Krall--for the few still unknowing--is the 41-year old sensation whose cool, heavy-lidded vocals and strikingly sensitive piano-playing has helped her transcend barriers of genre to become a popular artist of the first order who has carved herself a permanent position at the top of the jazz charts. In songs, mood, and delivery, From This Moment On reveals Krall's personal ardor for that golden era of song-making, when Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and (especially) Nat "King" Cole were in their prime. It's musical territory that Krall has often explored, but this album was certainly not a case of simply repeating past formulas: Krall's A-team of support--producer Tommy LiPuma, engineer Al Schmitt, and arranger/bandleader John Clayton--were on hand to ensure that inspiration was kept on an edge, unhindered by the studio environment.
More Diana Krall
All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio |
Live in Paris |
Love Scenes |
The Girl in the Other Room |
Christmas Songs |
Stepping Out |
Customer Reviews:
Best Jazz singer around.......2007-07-28
You can't go wrong if you purchase this cd. Diana Krall at her best!!!
Cover Artist.......2007-07-19
Diana Krall Excells!.......2007-06-27
(Cute too.)
Buy this one. If you like jazz, it is a Must in your portfolio/collection.
"From This Moment On" ~ Diana Krall.......2007-06-26
Diana executes her songs with her strong, yet mellow voice.
The "back-up" band is a great asset to this CD, so between Diana singing and the band playing, you feel like you're "In Concert!"
Everyone HAS to hear it to believe it!
Mike
From This Moment On.......2007-06-10
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Duets: An American Classic
Tony Bennett Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000H0MKGU Release Date: 2006-09-26 |
Tracks:
- LULLABY OF BROADWAY duet with Dixie Chicks
- SMILE duet with Barbra Streisand
- PUT ON A HAPPY FACE duet with James Taylor
- THE GOOD LIFE duet with Billy Joel
- THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE duet with Juanes
- RAGS TO RICHES duet with Elton John
- THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU duet with Paul McCartney
- COLD, COLD HEART duet with Tim McGraw
- IF I RULED THE WORLD duet with Celine Dion
- THE BEST IS YET TO COME duet with Diana Krall
- FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE duet with Stevie Wonder
- ARE YOU HAVIN ANY FUN? duet with Elvis Costello
- BECAUSE OF YOU duet with k.d. lang
- JUST IN TIME duet with Michael Bubl
- THE BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS duet with Sting
- I WANNA BE AROUND - duet with Bono
- SING, YOU SINNERS duet with John Legend
- I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
- HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING? duet with George Michael
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At this point, who else but Tony Bennett would have the clout to round up stars on the scale of Elton John, Paul McCartney, Bono, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand for some duets? (Note also that unlike some similar projects, all the parties involved on this CD were alive when it was recorded!) The material consists of relatively obvious classics in standard big-band arrangements, and Bennett himself is in top form at age 80, so much so that he doesn't need anybody else to handle "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." But the fun comes from checking out how his collaborators fare. The Dixie Chicks provide wonderful Andrews Sisters-type harmonies on the percolating version of "Lullaby of Broadway" that opens the festivities. The best songs tend to be the ones where Bennett's slightly craggy voice is juxtaposed to smooth female ones, like Diana Krall on "The Best Is Yet to Come," familiar accomplice k.d. lang on the sultry "Because of You" and Streisand—-perhaps Bennett's only equal in stature at this point—on "Smile." Among the less expected guests, soulman John Legend is a revelation on the hard-swinging "Sing, You Sinners," while George Michael confirms he's quite the crooner on "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Elvis Costello, Celine Dion or Juanes don't sound as comfortable, and sometimes it feels as if they overdo it to compensate, but overall this collection is among the best of its kind, with most guests rising to the occasion. --Elisabeth VincentelliAmazon.com
Perfecting the art of excellence for over six decades, with 105 albums selling over 50 million copies, Tony Bennett has come to represent the essence of elegance, tradition and artistic accomplishments. Tony celebrates his 80th birthday recording Duets of his greatest hits with today's greatest artists: Bono, Michael Bublé, Elvis Costello, Celine Dion, Dixie Chicks, Billy Joel, Elton John, Juanes, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, John Legend, Paul McCartney, Tim McGraw, George Michael, Sting, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, and Stevie Wonder.More from Tony Bennett
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Better than it ought to be.......2007-07-24
I'm gonna wear this one out.......2007-07-19
Tony Bennett.......2007-07-16
It really swings.......2007-07-14
Not bad but the voice is going--sorry.......2007-06-27
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Surrender
Jane Monheit Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B000N0U2UA Release Date: 2007-04-24 |
Tracks:
- If You Went Away
- Surrender
- Rio De Maio
- Like A Lover
- So Tinha De Ser Com Voce
- So Many Stars
- Moon River
- Overjoyed
- Caminhos Cruzados
- A Time For Love
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Jane Monheit has a lovely voice, one that in its purest, most lilting form reminds you of the young Barbra Streisand, with the show-stopping qualities that suggests. Her haunting rendition of Sergio Mendes'"So Many Stars," the runaway highlight of Surrender, is also one of the best things she's ever done. (Mendes arranged and produced the track and plays keyboard on it.) Since she stopped trying so hard to be a jazz singer and found her mark as a popular vocalist specializing in Brazilian music (there are also guest turns by singer Ivan Lins and harmonica great Toots Thielemans), Monheit has sounded more at home with herself. The problem is, as delectable as her instrument is, her performances, more often than not, have a perplexing emptiness to them: they're like romantic settings with candles providing the requisite glow but no real warmth. She's only 29, which means she has plenty of time to deepen as an artist. But it could also be that what you hear now is what you're going to get in the future. --Lloyd SachsCustomer Reviews:
BEAUTIFUL.......................2007-07-22
This wonderful album finds Jane branching a bit...several Latin numbers, but don't worry; she does them beautifully, while still giving us some of the standards that she has always done to absolute perfection. What would a jazz album be without Johnny Mercer?
Jane is a treasure...we have other great [and gorgeous] jazz singers [yes, I love Diana Krall, too], but Jane is a total joy...grab this, grab ALL her recordings, and prepare to enjoy.
Monheit excels again.......2007-07-14
Jane Monheit Surrenders to Mediocrity.......2007-06-25
Her vocals are framed cheaply by "canned" instrumental (especially the string) arrangements that sound like some of the worst Muzak or "elevator music" ever recorded. Jane Monheit and crew are creating audio mannequins on "Surrender"--lifelike but bloodless songs that remind me of puddles of standing water on a city pavement at night, reflecting light, but flowing nowhere. And that's the once-potent Jane Monheit on vocals, lazily poking at the puddles with a twig. If "Never Never Land," her debut album, suggested a young vocalist on the rise, budding like a rose, "Surrender" features the same singer, clueless, compromising, and on her knees. "Surrender" indeed.
I rather like it.......2007-06-17
I have listened to this album on and off at work for two weeks now and I find it, at best, quite touching and sensual, and, at worst, undemanding. I think one could use this album as background music. But if one turns up the volume we are presented with some very stylish interpretations of some standards. If I was in a piano bar and hearing this music, I would be very satisfied.
Jane Monheit has quite a powerful and expressive voice. Here basic timbre is very attractive and she has a good tessitura and she sounds unforced from the top to the bottom of her range. Id est: she can sing.
Her instrumental accompaniment is colourful enough and never overwhelms the voice. If I had any criticism of this album it would be that it is a trifle unadventurous - it is clear to me that Monheit is capable of doing many things in music.
I would enjoy listening to this album juxtaposed Gabriela Anders's album "Last Tango In Rio".
Pleasant........2007-06-15
Her voice is lush and exquisite but she overdoes the breathiness - to the point that one wonders if a ventilator is required - and sticks too much to indistinguishable, slow bossa novas and ballads.
The result is a florid and bland album that washes over the listener.
My favourite tracks are : "So Tinha De Ser Com Voce" and "So Many Stars".
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Careless Love
Madeleine Peyroux Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B0002NRRAG Release Date: 2004-09-14 |
Tracks:
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Don't Wait Too Long
- Don't Cry Baby
- You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
- Between The Bars
- No More
- Lonesome Road
- J'ai Deux Amours
- Weary Blues
- I'll Look Around
- Careless Love
- This Is Heaven To Me
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When Madeleine Peyroux's debut, Dreamland, was released in 1996, its success threw her for a loop. She's taken eight years to create this follow-up, and, at age 30, she brings a confidence and resilience to this dozen-song set. She's able to move seamlessly between songs by writers as diverse as Elliott Smith and W.C. Handy, whose title track was popularized by Bessie Smith. Though American-born, Peyroux absorbed the language and culture of France growing up in Paris with her French-teacher mother. On her debut, she covered Edith Piaf, and this time out she wraps herself around "J'ai Deux Amours," which Josephine Baker sang to the Allied troops during World War II. --David GreenbergerAlbum Description
Boasting an enthralling voice many have regarded as reminiscent of Billie Holiday's, Madeleine Peyroux burst onto the music scene eight years ago with the extremely successful release of Dreamland. Championed by major publications such as The New York Times and Time Magazine, Peyroux was immediately recognized as a remarkably talented singer with a promising future. With the release of her long awaited follow-up album Careless Love, Peyroux's potential as an artist is truly realized. Her smoky voice and knowing delivery make each song her own, whether she's singing vintage tunes by W.C. Handy and Hank Williams, or contemporary songs by Leonard Cohen and Elliott Smith. Producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin) weaves strands of acoustic blues, country ballads, classic jazz, torch songs and pop into a vibrant fabric that is both timeless and thoroughly up to date, with Peyroux's arresting vocals always front and center.Customer Reviews:
Give Us More. Please.............2007-06-16
Madeline's personal problems have been well documented. They don't matter here. She is also said to be one of those singers who are better on disc than in person. Apparently, she has severe stage fright. Moot point. So does Carly Simon, and so did Rosa Ponselle, who was the greatest singer who ever lived.
This is a fabulous album. A reviewer once wrote "If you like Norah Jones, try this". Amen. I love Norah Jones, and listen to her frequently. But, Madeleine is in a different league.
Fondness for Careless Love.......2007-06-08
Careless Love by Madeleine Peyroux.......2007-06-02
Spent my Last $20 on this Album with no Regrets!.......2007-06-01
The whole CD is great. Each song makes me feel like I am in some European tavern. This is music that just makes you feel good. My teenagers listened to it and I got them to quit listening to their R&B long enough to ask who she was. One resumed playing the guitar that she'd given up a few years ago.
The CD is haunting and stays in your mind long after you turn it off.
Madeleine the Magnificent.......2007-05-24
Those of you looking for an option from all of that top 40 sewage that plagues our airwaves nowadays, look no further than Madeleine. I have heard just about all of her stuff and this particular recording is my personal favorite. This is also perfect music for many of you out there looking to simply wade into the world of jazz music, rather than diving in head first. Jazz is like fine wine, you don't develope a taste for it overnight, however, once you do start developing that taste, well... then it's all over for you. Trust me, I know from experience.
Enjoy this one!
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The Look of Love
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ASIN: B00005N9CV Release Date: 2001-09-18 |
Tracks:
- S'Wonderful
- Love Letters
- I Remember You
- Cry Me A River
- Besame Mucho
- The Night We Called It a Day
- Dancing In The Dark
- I Get Along Without You Very Well
- The Look Of Love
- Maybe You'll Be There
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The Look of Love doesn't tamper with Diana Krall's ongoing success, continuing the emphasis on romantic ballads and embracing them with lush string arrangements. At the core, of course, is Krall's voice. She's developing into one of the great torch singers, with an approach that's both direct and subtly nuanced, true to the song and yet deeply personal. There's a combination of restraint and drama here, as Krall ranges from the confident to the wistful, from loss to playful insinuation, as each song requires. "Cry Me a River" is bittersweet triumph, while "Love Letters" and "Maybe You'll Be There" maintain the most tenuous emotional hold, at once fragile and resilient. "Besame Mucho" and "Dancing in the Dark" are sultry romances wafted on light Latin beats. The songs develop their intimacy in the setting of Krall's quartet, which usually includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Peter Erskine and several fine guitarists, most frequently Russell Malone. They're a superb complement to her voice and piano, and the close communication carries through the depth and sheen added by Claus Ogerman's rich orchestrations. --Stuart BroomerCustomer Reviews:
Sex Sells...................2007-07-27
If you bought this album for the sexy photo, and never listened to it, you REALLY shortchanged yourself. Sex may sell one record, but repeat business has to come from artistic merit; I have all of Diana [and Carly's] records. Carly is sexy, and she can sing; Diana is one of the most beautiful girls on earth, BUT, she's also one of the jazz voices of the ages. The specific songs don't need discussion; their value was settled years ago. Diana was anointed by God to sing this music, and she does it with grace and style that simply have to be heard to be believed.
Buy this for the jacket if you wish, but listen to it. I promise you'll be hooked. Indeed, 'S Wonderful!!!!
Diana's Brazilian Sound.......2007-07-20
Cover Artist.......2007-07-19
The Look of Love.......2007-07-01
Almost great........2007-06-21
Diana studied extensively with Jimmy Rowles and seemed to be on the inside early on when she was very young. With so much assistance and encouragement, she learned to play. She worked hard at it and it shows - you can only applaud that. However, the playing, IMHO, is not distinctive. It sounds like good jazz piano but there is no unmistakable sound. There is nothing that separates her playing from the fold. Great jazz musicians develop a sound, a trademark approach, something unique and new. You can easily tell Bill Evans apart from Monk or Peterson for example. This is very competent playing but there is no signature concept or sound yet in her still young career. Her singing can sound nice also, but she has no show stopping voice, nor show stopping style.
I do believe she will continue to develop and perhaps someday I'll eat these words. I truly hope so! In the meantime she is still in search of her own sound. Again, simply one mans opinion and I encourage you to take a listen. We need more women in jazz and the piano - voice one two punch she possesses could still be a poignant force in the future.
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Destination Moon
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ASIN: B000ND91U4 Release Date: 2007-06-19 |
Tracks:
- Destination Moon
- What A Difference A Day Made
- Misery
- Baby, You've Got What It Takes
- This Bitter Earth
- Squeeze Me
- New Blowtop Blues
- Blue Skies
- I Don't Hurt Anymore
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- September In the Rain
- Look To the Rainbow
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Those who don't know any better are apt to dismiss Deborah Cox as another R&B/dance diva determined to cling to the spotlight by whatever means necessary, including a giant genre-leap. Those who've been listening carefully, though, will check their doubts at Destination Moon's door. On this, her fourth disc, Cox sidles up to jazz--the jazz of her role model Dinah Washington--with subtlety and surefooted grace; along the way, she makes something of a masterpiece. From classics such as the title track to lesser-known but deeply felt compositions such as "I Don't Hurt Anymore," she avoids the temptation to rub a modern sheen over these songs and settles contentedly into the mood Washington carved for them instead. "This Bitter Earth" gets the "mm-hmm" treatment Dinah delivered so well, and "Misery" and "New Blowtop Blues" don't dream of belying their blueswoman roots. Best of all are the more delicate tracks: "Look to the Rainbow" captivates with a contemplative sadness, and "Blue Skies" is a natural wonder as beautiful as a dose of pure azure on a cloudless day. --Tammy La GorceAlbum Description
Platinum-selling recording artist Deborah Cox reinterprets the classic songs of Dinah Washington on her Decca debut, Destination Moon. Destination Moon thrusts the R&B/dance diva into whole new territory, showcasing her range and scope as an artist capable of tackling jazz, blues and "big-band" with ease and confidence. Deborah Cox's first exposure to Washington came very early, when she was a little girl. "I first became aware of Dinah when I was growing up, when I was about 8 or 9 years old" she says. "A lot of jazz was played about the house. I heard my mother playing a 45 of "This Bitter Earth" -- this first song I had ever heard from Dinah. It was the richness and the tonality of her voice that I gravitated to." For the arrangements and the production, Deborah turned to the highly-versatile New York-based music man Rob Mounsey, whose credits with such diverse performers include Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin and Tony Bennett to name a few. The record was made live in the studio, with 40 musicians in the same room with her, playing and singing in real time under Mounsey's direction. "I'm doing this to broaden people's awareness of what I can do and also for the sheer love of her music." As a result, Deborah's homage to Dinah Washington does not lean overwhelmingly toward one particular style. It was designed from the beginning to be a compendium of several of Dinah's idioms - the big-band swing of "All Of Me" and "Destination Moon," swaggering R&B ("I Don't Hurt Anymore)," the blues that earned her the misleading nickname "Queen of the Blues" ("Misery," "New Blowtop Blues"), the lush ballads that put her on the jukeboxes of Middle America ("What A Diff'rence A Day Made," "This Bitter Earth").Customer Reviews:
Fantastic CD.......2007-07-21
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Love her voice.......2007-07-18
Deborah Shines.......2007-07-05
Jazz & Blues with Deborah !.......2007-06-25
While her hits have generally called on her to be very angry or very sad, these classic songs allow her to be at turns gentle, sassy, reflective, happy and wry. The productions and arrangements are reminiscent of the golden era of era of Billie, Sarah, Dinah and others, but contain enough surprises to keep them from sounding old-fashioned.
Deborah - who shifted from pop siren to Broadway star with Aida, further expands her range to include jazz, blues and big band. Cox and her backing musicians were recorded live in the studio, playing and singing in real time. The effect pays off as Cox accurately renders each song with her own textures.
No one expects Cox to abandon the dance-floor (she just released a new dance track with Tony Moran), but her latest offering "Destination Moon" allows her to explore another musical landscape with glowing results.
Deborah takes the jazz route on "Destination Moon", a tribute to one of her all-time heroines, Dinah (The Queen) Washington. Whether you view it as a tribute album, a jazz debut or just a collection of good music, this album succeeds on all levels. From the swinging big-band to piano-voice ballads, Cox captures the essence of Washington, yet adds her own touches. Washington's milestone recordings are here. Cox gives "What a Difference a Day Makes" a mid-tempo turn with strings, getting the Queen's innocent voicing, but injecting more feeling into the lyrics.
"Baby, You've Got What It Takes" comes at us as a fast shuffle. Cox fills "This Bitter Earth" with Washington tics - the up-speak at the end of phrases, the self-satisfied "mmh-hmmm" after a line. Washington first made her name as a blues singer, and Cox lays the blues on in "Misery" and "New Blowtop Blues", that classic mean-woman lament where she sings of her run-in with a jealous ".45-packin' mama."
On "Destination Moon", focusing on Washington, the jazz singer, dishing out several of the standards most closely associated with her career, Deborah also wraps her powerful pipes around gems like "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "September in the Rain" and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes".
Producer/arranger Rob Mounsey pulled out all the stops for these sessions, surrounding Cox with a 40-piece orchestra that laid down a gorgeous foundation for her to build on. And she did just that.
In an interview conducted to promote her new album, , Cox said she recorded this record for two reasons -- to pay tribute to an artist who had so inspired her and to show that she, like Washington, was capable of doing a lot more musically than some people might have expected.
She succeeded on both counts. It's very nice work.
Think long, rainy afternoons, dinners for two and early mornings on the patio.
This is one of the top CD of this Year!!!.......2007-06-20
Also check out Amel Larrieux new CD its the same kind of music. I love it!
Enjoy and reccomend!
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Ken Burns's Jazz: The Story of American Music
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ASIN: B000050HVG Release Date: 2000-11-14 |
Tracks:
- Star Dust - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' in My Room0 - Mississippi
- Memphis Blues - Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band
- Livery Stable Blues - The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
- Charleston - James P. Johnson
- Chimes Blues - King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
- Back Water Blues - Bessie Smith
- The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton
- Dead Man Blues - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
- Wild Cat Blues - Clarence Williams's Blue Five
- Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) - Clarence Williams's Blue Five
- Sugar Foot Stomp - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
- Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
- Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
- West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
- The Mooche - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
- Black Beauty - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- Mood Indigo - The Jungle Band
- There Ain't No Sweet Man (Worth The Salt Of My Tears) - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke
- Singin' The Blues - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke
- Riverboat Shuffle - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke
- Hotter Than 'Ell - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
- I Got Rhythm - Ethel Waters
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- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- Echoes of Harlem - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- Moten Swing - Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
- St. Louis blues - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
- King Porter Stomp - Benny goodman & His Orchestra
- Rose Room - The Benny Goodman Sextet
- Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) - Benny Goodman Sextet
- Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie & His Orchestra
- Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today - Count Basie & His Orchestra
- Lester Leaps In - Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
- Oh, Lady, Be Good! - Jones-Smith Incorporated
- Without Your Love - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
- Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
- God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra
- Three Little Words - Art Tatum
- Rebecca - Pete Johnson & "Big" Joe Turner
- Harlem Congo - Chick Webb & His Orchestra
- A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Chick Webb & His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald
- Shine - Django Reinhardt & Le Quartet du Hot Club de France
- Dear Old Southland - Noble Sissle & His Orchestra
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- Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins
- Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- Take the 'A' Train - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
- In The Mood - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
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- Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
- Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet
- Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
- Ko-ko - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers
- Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker Quintet
- Enbraceable You - Charlie Parker Quintet
- Get Happy - Bud Powell Trio
- Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
- Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
- Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
- Moon Dreams - Miles Davis Nonet
- Just Friends - Charlie Parker
- Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong
- They Can't Take That Away From Me - Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio
- Walkin' Shoes - Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan
- Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday
Tracks:
- Doodlin' - Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers
- I Get A Kick Out of You - Clifford Brown & Max Roach
- St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
- Django - The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
- So What - Miles Davis Sextet
- Giant Steps - John Coltrane
- Rick Kick Shaw - Cecil Taylor Trio
- Chronology - Ornette Coleman
- Original Faubus Fables - Charles Mingus
- Acknowledgment - John Coltrane Quartet
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- Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong
- Desafinado - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
- In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Tourist Point of View - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
- E.S.P. - The Miles Davis Quintet
- Spanish Key (single version) - Miles Davis
- Birdland - Weather Report
- Mister Magic - Grover Washington, Jr
- Rockit - Herbie Hancock
- Un Ange en Danger - M.C. Solaar & Ron Carter
- Tanya - Dexter Gordon
- Soon All Will Know - Wynton Marsalis
- Death Letter - Cassandra Wilson
- Take The "A" Train - The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
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This five-CD box set soundtrack to filmmaker Ken Burns's 10-part, 19-hour documentary Jazz spans nearly a century of jazz styles, from the martial rhythms of James Reese Europe to the soul-jazz of Grover Washington Jr. It includes time-tested classics like Benny Goodman's 1938 classic, "Sing, Sing, Sing"; John Coltrane's chanting 1965 immortal track, "A Love Supreme"; Billie Holiday's blue-ember ballad, "God Bless the Child"; and Ella Fitzgerald peeling off "A-Tisket A-Tasket." Bebop is represented by Charlie Parker's orchestral bop version of "Just Friends"; Thelonious Monk's nocturnal calling card, "'Round Midnight"; and Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" and "Groovin' High."The jazz-instrumentalist-as-singer comes to life on Coleman Hawkins's "Body and Soul" and Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers' "Doodlin'." Clifford Brown and Max Roach's "I Get a Kick out of You" epitomizes the hard-bop era, while Miles Davis's "So What" stands as the modal masterpiece. The cool school is in session with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan dishing out "Walkin' Shoes," and the Modern Jazz Quartet's soulful elegy "Django" straddles all the above musical orbits. As for Django Reinhardt, he's featured on "Shine" with the justly famed Le Quartet du Hot Club de France.
Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues" and "Potato Head Blues" and Duke Ellington's rousing rendition of Billy Strayhorn's anthem, "Take the A Train," and his moody "Solitude" show why they are the Olympian masters of this art form--and the most frequently featured artists in the series. Although Ken Burns tries bringing the music up-to-date with Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, and two jazz-hip-hop-influenced tracks--Herbie Hancock's robotic "Rockit" and the French-language "Un Aige en Danger" by MC Solaar and bass legend Ron Carter--there are significant holes here. After Cecil Taylor and Ornette Coleman, the avant-garde period from the late 1960s to the 1980s is lacking. And aside from the bossa nova hit "Desafinado," Latin jazz is also missing. It's a tough task summarizing jazz in five CDs, and Burns has given us a vibrant and vivid multicolored aural portrait of the music. --Eugene Holley Jr.
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A Good Selection, An Odd Accompaniment to the Documentary.......2007-04-25
Great Intro to Jazz.......2007-03-23
Ken Burn's Jazz CD.......2007-01-14
A must have.........2007-01-05
Good starter set for jazz beginners.......2006-02-22
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Great Records Of The Decade: 40's Hits, Vol. 1
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ASIN: B000000CVK Release Date: 1990-08-20 |
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- Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
- On The Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer
- (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - Nat 'King' Cole
- Manana (Is Soon For Me) - Peggy Lee
- Slippin' Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
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- That Lucky Old Sun - Louis Armstrong
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- Personality - Johnny Mercer
- A Tree In The Meadow - Margaret Whiting
- Rum and Coca Cola - Andrews Sisters
- Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
- Baby It's Cold Outside - Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting
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1940's-Romantic Decade.......2007-07-27
Thank You.......2007-05-14
Love it.......2007-04-05
Romantic tunes.......2006-11-05
a real winner.......2006-10-11
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Anthology of American Folk Music (Edited by Harry Smith)
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ASIN: B000001DJU Release Date: 1997-08-19 |
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- Henry Lee - Dick Justice
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- House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley
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- Old Lady And The Devil - Bill & Belle Reed
- The Butcher's Boy - Buell Kazee
- The Wagoner's Lad - Buell Kazee
- King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O - Chubby Parker
- Old Shoes And Leggins - Uncle Eck Dunford
- Willie Moore - Richard Burnett And Leonard Rutherford
- A Lazy Farmer Boy - Buster Carter And Preston Young
- Peg And Awl - Carolina Tar Heels
- Ommie Wise - G.B. Grayson
- My Name Is John Johanna - Kelly Harrell
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- Bandit Cole Younger - Edward L. Crain
- Charles Giteau - Kelly Harrel
- John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - Carter Family
- Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand - Williamson Brothers And Curry
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
- White House Blues - Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- Engine 143 - Carter Family
- Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
- Down On Penny's Farm - Bently Boys
- Mississippi Boweavil Blues - Masked Marvel
- Got The Farm Land Blues - Carolina Tar Heels
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- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
- The Wild Wagoner - Jilson Setters
- Wake Up Jacob - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
- La Danseuse - Delma Lachney And Blind Uncle Gaspard
- Georgia Stomp - Andrew And Jim Baxter
- Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson
- Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers
- Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Saut Crapaud - Columbus Fruge
- Acadian One-Step - Joseph Falcon
- Home Sweet Home - Breaux Freres
- Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band
- Moonshiner's Dance (Part One) - Frank Cloutier And The Victoria Cafe Orchestra
Tracks:
- You Must Be Born Again - Rev. J.M. Gates
- Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting - Rev. J.M. Gates
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- Present Joys - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- This Song Of Love - Middle Georgia Singing Conv. No. 1
- Judgement - Sister Mary Nelson
- He Got Better Things For You - Memphis Sanctified Singers
- Since I Laid My Burden Down - Elders McIntorsh & Edwards' Sanctified Singers
- John The Baptist - Rev. Moses Mason
- Dry Bones - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- John The Revelator - Blind Willie Johnson
- Little Moses - Carter Family
- Shine On Me - Ernest Phipps & Holiness Singers
- Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee
- In The Battlefield For My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice And Congregation
Tracks:
- The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
- East Virginia - Buell Kazee
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- I Woke Up One Morning In May - Didier Hebert
- James Alley Blues - Richard 'Rabbit' Brown
- Sugar Baby - Dock Boggs
- I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Mountaineer's Courtship - Ernest And Hattie Stoneman
- The Spanish Merchant's Daughter - Stoneman Family
- Bob Lee Junior Blues - Memphis Jug Band
- Single Girl, Married Girl - Carter Family
- Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme - Cleoma Breaux & Joseph Falcon
- Rabbit Foot Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Expressman Blues - Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell
Tracks:
- Poor Boy Blues - Ramblin' Thomas
- Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- 99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- Prison Cell Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- C'est Si Triste Sans Lui - Cleoma And Ophy Breaux And Joseph Falcon
- Way Down The Old Plank Road - Uncle Dave Macon
- Buddy Won't You Roll Down The Line - Uncle Dave Macon
- Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Train On The Island - J.P. Nestor
- The Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard
- Fishing Blues - Henry Thomas
Amazon.com
This impressive--and frankly, fun--musical document is still sending out shock waves almost 50 years after its original 1952 vinyl release. The Smithsonian's six-CD reissue is painstakingly researched, annotated, and packaged (even boasting an enhanced disc for the techno-capable). Unlike field recorders, eccentric filmmaker/collector/musicologist Harry Smith assembled the Anthology from commercially released (though obscure) 78 rpm discs issued between 1927 and 1935. Its broad scope--from country blues to Cajun social music to Appalachian murder ballads--was monumentally influential, setting musicians like Bob Dylan down the path to folk fandom. The White House started its own national music library with the Anthology; anyone with more than a passing interest in American roots music should do the same. --Michael Ruby
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Album Description
This deluxe 6-CD collector's boxed set contains a 96-page book featuring Harry Smith's original songbook framed by essays by Greil Marcus and other noted writers, musicians, and scholars. Play the enhanced sixth disc on your CD-ROM drive and access historic video footage, rare photos, artist interviews, and additional background information. Edited by Harry Smith. Reissue compiled by the staff of Smithsonian Folkways. Reissue liner notes by Greil Marcus, Neil Rosenberg, Jeff Place, Jon Pankake, Luis Kemnitzer and others. "...the missing link in rock's official history." -Newsweek ***** (five stars) -Rolling StoneCustomer Reviews:
THE Chronicles.......2007-07-12
totally essential listening.......2007-02-15
Aside from some essential listening ("Coo Coo Bird," "Stackalee," "Mississippi Boweavil Blues," "I wish I Was a Mole in the Ground," etc. etc.), the package has some great supplementary material. It's very interesting to learn about the song information and performer information that Smith collected with his anthology, but it's also interesting to get a glimpse into his project, seeing how he relentlessly collected and chose which songs to represent. He was a true lover of music, and that love is reflected in his project.
Please don't come to this compilation expecting pristine sound quality--it was assembled in the 50's, which means that the recordings come from then as well as much earlier--it's about the music and performers anyway, and a little bit of scratch really doesn't detract that much from the organic, down home experience. It IS a bit of a shame that there are 6 CDs, but really only about 4 full CDs worth of music--it would have been OK with me if the Ballad/Social Music/Songs organization was not cleanly divided between discs to save space, since the division isn't very efficient, but I suppose the reissuers wanted to emulate the original vinyl collection. I don't really find the material to be homogeneous like the second spotlight reviewer does, although I do agree that Roots and Blues: A Retrospective is also a great compilation--I'd recommend getting both for a great complementary experience.
Hopefully this set never goes out of print, as it's a great piece of art that any music fan or musician can learn a lot from--and enjoy, too! It's a shame that Smith had to preserve this music as it was beginning to die out even as he was collecting it, but it's also heartwarming that such classic sounds can be preserved for us to hear so many years later and keep the tradition alive. Enjoy the living history!
The grandfather of the reissue records.......2005-02-21
Listening to many cuts on this album you can hear the source of much material for folk groups as diverse as the New Lost City Ramblers and The Holy Modal Rounders, rock groups like Canned Heat, and The Grateful Dead. Some of the melodies will be familiar to fans of Dylan, others to Jorma Kaukonan listeners. There are otehrs -- many many others.
This set is the source, the headwaters of reissues, and revivals. An essential part of any folk music collection.
Necessary........2003-05-28
Essential.......2002-11-30
This is the greatest mix tape ever made, and an essential cultural artifact, not only of the vernacular music of the hills & highways of pre-electrification America, but also of the folk movement ofthe fifties and sixties (the primer fromwhic all else was derived) and by extension of the hippy movement following closely thereafter.
SOme of this music is really wild...
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Avant Gershwin
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ASIN: B000IOM0UQ Release Date: 2007-03-06 |
Tracks:
- Medley: Overture/Gershwin Medley
- I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
- Who Cares
- Funny Face
- Medley: Love Walked In/Love Is Sweeping The Country
- Swanee
- Porgy & Bess Medley
- Lady Be Good
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In this decade of twin musical obsessions--for fond revisits to classic American composers and for all things '80s--it's a wonder Patti Austin hasn't stolen the show with a Great American Songbook set sooner. Her '80s duets--"How Do You Keep the Music Playing" and "Baby Come to Me" among them--remain indelible, and she's already proved she's a worthy interpreter with 2002's justly praised For Ella. Plus, her voice on Avant Gershwin, rich and to the rafters, suggests she's been ready to give this material a spin for decades. From the first moments of "I Got Rhythm," part of the opening "Overture/Gershwin Medley," Austin swings through these songs with the ease and exuberance of a born showman; you can practically see her onstage in a slinky evening gown, arms outstretched, head back, eyes squeezed shut, surges of electric sound all around her. Her "Porgy & Bess Medley" benefits from a manufactured breeziness that suits "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" and "Summertime" especially well, and her "Swanee" saunters closer to modern sensibilities by replacing the "mammy" of the original with a simple "momma." In addition to Austin's energy, the spirit of jazz gives these numbers juice. The WDR Big Band, which Austin has worked with previously, comes at a tune with a blend of boisterousness and sophistication, and Austin has a way of melting right in. She convincingly makes a case that she may have been born a bit late, but she was made to sing these songs. --Tammy La GorceCustomer Reviews:
Sorely Disappointed!.......2007-06-27
Could have been better........2007-06-16
Incredible voice though.
Austin may have just found her niche!.......2007-06-10
Now, five years later, Austin takes on the music of the Ira and George Gershwin, who along with Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, were possibly the greatest songwriters of all time, not just the twentieth century. Backed by a full band and recorded live last year in Germany, Austin lets it all out as she interprets songs that will stand the test of time long after the current chart-toppers have turned to dust.
Austin's vocal instrument is so flexible that she is able to be poignant yet sassy, seductive yet saintly, trashy yet classy, and provocative yet conservative.
She can do it all and really pours it on thick with the opening twelve-minute long "Gershwin Medley" and the equally impressive "Porgy and Bess Medley." Even the remaining songs are lustrous and provide a venue for one of the great songstresses of the last and this century.
Austin is just hitting her prime and, besides her singing, she has a new look, having shed some pounds and getting a makeover.
When one looks at the singer, glamorously decked out and coiffed on the back cover, one can only exclaim, "D**N! She looks just as good as she sounds."
Gershwin done right!.......2007-06-09
Using the Gershwin songbook as a springboard, Patti and the amazing WDR Big Band/Orchestra (under Michael Abene's brilliant direction) compliment each other all the way. I loved the unique approach taken by both vocalist and arranger, and the live audience recording was right on the mark!
Patti, the music was amazing - and so were the photos!
She is a swinger!.......2007-06-03
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