Hot Cool & Vicious

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One of the first albums to challenge hip-hop's machocratic sovereignty, Salt-N-Pepa's Hot, Cool & Vicious takes as its musical model Run-D.M.C.'s potent distillation of streetwise repartee, hard-ass bluster and beatbox rhythms. Determined to say it loud and say it proud, r-r-r-rappers Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandy "Pepa" Denton wield their womanhood like an urban-jungle machete, busting unfaithful lovers in "Chick on the Side," threatening female competitors "just for spite" in "I'll Take Your Man," dishing distaff disses at Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick in "The Showstopper," and condemning mindless male promiscuity in "Tramp." With its aerobic BPMs and synth-pop hook, the Top 20 hit "Push It" is the album's most obvious--and most effective--bid for dancefloor immortality. --Greg Siegel

Hot Cool & Vicious,Salt-N-Pepa,Polygram Records,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Average customer rating: Best Hip Hop CD EVER Can't Knock A Classic Love it Hot,, Cool, & Vicious debut album from the ladies. ADD THE SEASONINGS .......

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Tracks:

1. Push It (Remix)
2. Beauty And The Beat
3. Tramp
4. I'll Take Your Man
5. It's Alright
6. Chick On The Side (Remix)
7. I Desire
8. The Showstopper
9. My Mic Sounds Nice

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One of the first albums to challenge hip-hop's machocratic sovereignty, Salt-N-Pepa's Hot, Cool & Vicious takes as its musical model Run-D.M.C.'s potent distillation of streetwise repartee, hard-ass bluster and beatbox rhythms. Determined to say it loud and say it proud, r-r-r-rappers Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandy "Pepa" Denton wield their womanhood like an urban-jungle machete, busting unfaithful lovers in "Chick on the Side," threatening female competitors "just for spite" in "I'll Take Your Man," dishing distaff disses at Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick in "The Showstopper," and condemning mindless male promiscuity in "Tramp." With its aerobic BPMs and synth-pop hook, the Top 20 hit "Push It" is the album's most obvious--and most effective--bid for dancefloor immortality. --Greg Siegel

Customer Reviews:

Best Hip Hop CD EVER.......2007-06-08

This is my favorite CD of all time. As soon as I lose it or a friend "borrows" it, I have to get another! Hard to find songs....
If you're a Doug E Fresh fan or even Beastie Boys- you will LOVE this! Check it out! You'll love it a much as I do,fo sho!

Can't Knock A Classic.......2007-03-08

If you "like" SNP, you will "love" this album, particularly if you enjoy the simplicity and creativeness of old school hip hop. The beats are clean, the lyrics are fun, and the variation provided by the tracks keeps the album moving. And of all, knowing the signature track "Showstopper" and how it vaulted SNP's career takes the album up a tier.

Love it.......2007-03-07

Brings me back to high school when these songs were rap anthems for us. So glad to have Amazon to buy these old skool records (as we used to call them!)

Hot,, Cool, & Vicious debut album from the ladies........2006-05-27

When I was young I use to write down all the words to my favorite songs on this album by rewinding the cassette playa numerous times till I got it down pack.

This is one of the first albums to be released by an all-female rap group, Hot, Cool & Vicious is paced by its opening track, "Push It," one of the first rap songs to hit number one on the dance singles charts. Considering how little Salt-n-Pepa actually rap on "Push It," which is all about its instrumental hook, they maintain a surprisingly strong presence over most of Hot, Cool & Vicious.

Written and produced by Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor and recorded by the original Salt-N-Pepa line up -- Cheryl "Salt" James, Sandy "Pepa" Denton and Latoya "Spinderella" Hanson (later replaced by Deidre "Spinderella" Roper) -- HOT, COOL & VICIOUS made Salt-N-Pepa the first female rappers to earn a Grammy nomination.

No, they aren't technical virtuosos on the mic, but their fairly basic raps are carried off with brash confidence and enthusiasm. Some of the other key tracks borrow ideas from outside sources: the single "Tramp" is a rap remake of the Otis & Carla soul classic, and "The Show Stopper" is an answer record to Doug E. Fresh's "The Show." The duo's sass comes across very well on "My Mic Sounds Nice" and "I'll Take Your Man," and they're equally assertive on "Chick on the Side."

If I would have to choose my favorite party tracks would be "Chick on the Side," "My Mike Sounds Nice," "Tramp" and "Push It," which topped the pop charts in 1987.

ADD THE SEASONINGS ..............2005-11-05

SALT N PEP DEFINATELY ARE ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF FEMALE RAP AND HIP HOP PERIOD. STILL TILL THIS DAY HAVE I SEEN OR HEARD A FEMALE GROUP ROCK THE MIC AS MANY YEARS AS THESE WOMEN. I LOVE THIS ALBUM MOST OF ALL. I THINK THEIR SOUND WAS MORE B BOYISH WITH THE 1ST SPIN THAN THE 2ND BUT THEY STILL MANAGED TO MAKE HITS... THEY ARE FEMALE LEGENDS IN THE RAP GAME !!!!!

Average customer rating: Hip-hop, Acid Jazz and Coltrane music Serious Stuff With a Serious Message Superb

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool Various Artists Manufacturer: Grp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music GRP | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Offbeat: A Red Hot Sound Trip America is Dying Slowly Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon ASIN: B0000083QR Release Date: 1994-10-25

Tracks:

1. Time Is Moving On - Donald Byrd
2. Un Ange En Danger - MC Solaar
3. Positive - Michael Franti
4. Nocturnal Sunshine - Me'shell Ndegeocello
5. Flyin' High In The Brooklyn Sky - Digable Planets
6. Stolen Moments - United Future Organization - UFO
7. The Rubbers Song - The Pharcyde
8. Proceed II - The Roots
9. Trouble Don't Last Always - Incognito
10. Rent Strike (DJ Smash Remix) - Groove Collective
11. The Scream - Us3
12. This Is Madness - Umar Bin Hassan
13. Apprehension - Don Cherry

Customer Reviews:

Hip-hop, Acid Jazz and Coltrane music.......2004-03-02

First off let it be known by anyone reading this that I am not a big fan of rap. However, I have dabbled in listening to it as far back as the Run DMC days and like some of it. Certain artists have appealed to me in this genre, most notably Tu Pac and more recently A Tribe Called Quest. With the merging of of jazz and rap I was further intrigued and pleased with such artists as Digable Planets who breathed fresh air into the genre. The immergence of Acid Jazz and groups like Us3 also piqued my interest. That said, there are things I love about this disc and things I have to pass on. Conceptually it is a worthwhile venture as it is part of the Red, Hot + Cool series that benefiits AIDS. If the message in the music saves a few people and the money gets to AIDS organizations world wide than props to the musicians for dedicating their net proceeds. The merging of old school jazz and their musicians with a younger modern urban hip-hop style is innovative and for the most part works. There is enough good on this disc to outweigh the bad. Good stuff includes the international flair given jazz bass legend Ron Carter, who plays double bass here, by MC Solar who raps in a soft French style, Spearheads cool vocals over a jazzy funky beat that asks a question concerning AIDS "How am I gonna live my life if I'm positive , is it gonna be a negative"? in a story like fasion that follows him from being with lovers to going to the clinic and getting his results in the song entitled "Positive." The hip hop nation is represented equally with old jazz musicians for some very interesting results. "Flying High in The Brooklyn Sky" pairs a grey haired veteran Lester Bowie on trumpet with half his age Digable Planets for a smooth song. "Stolen Moments" by UFO is incredible with samples from Oliver Nelson's big band infused with the computer programming of Ayumi Obinata, mixed with some nice vibraphone and violin work spaced between vocals by Time Five all under the guidance of the United Future Organization trio of Tadashi Yabe, Toshio Matuura and Raphael Sebbag. The Roots are coupled with one of the grandfathers of Acid Jazz(before it was called that) Roy Ayers who plays vibes and a variety of other contributions for a song that probably appeals more to the younger hip-hop urbanite. Original funkmaster Bernie Worrel plays with the Groove Collective for a funky jazzy tune that is a multi-layered synthesis of horn interplay that has moments of Middle Eastern flight fancy. Us3 keeps it funky with tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman on "The Scream" with samples from the classic song by Pharoah Sanders(that is him on the cover) entitled "Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt." Not so coincidentally Pharoah Sanders is featured twice more on "This is Madness" and the trip -hop mix of "The Creator Has A Master Plan." Originally the people who made this disc wanted to include "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane and give it the same "modern" treatment but this idea was dropped. Instead Branford Marsalis was asked to play the Coltrane masterpiece suite. Marsalis responded to the task but with the thought that this was his version and that he was not trying to play Coltrane like the original. The result is a beautiful addition to the Coltrane legacy. The second disc includes the Marsalis version of " A Love Supreme" that comes in at just over eighteen minutes for a recognizable version but clearly distinct. Also on the second disc the wife of John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, contributes an untouched "A Love Supreme" taken from her 1971 disc "Alice Coltrane with World Strings Galaxy"(the original Lp featured Peter Max original art) in which she plays various keyboards in a pretty spacey tribute. Pharoah Sanders "The Creator Has A Master Plan" takes on another dimension, full of a world music vibe that barely sounds like the original since it is missing the Leon Thomas vocals and only five minutes in length. The mixing of chaotic urban messages and sounds with the Middle Eastern influenced horn of Sanders is refreshing and beautiful in it's own right. I play the second disc often primarily because of the Marsalis playing of Coltrane and the Sanders classic revamped in a trip -hop manner. There are far more good songs on this two disc set than bad, plenty of music for your money and it all goes for a good cause so therefore I recommend this disc to acid jazz and hip-hop fans alike. A companion disc is also available entitled Red Hot on Impulse.

Serious Stuff With a Serious Message.......2002-01-31

Excellent collaboration of jazz,world and rap artists. Driving beats, heavy rhythms. A must have for any serious collector.
This is a serious cd for a serious disease.

Superb.......2001-04-25

This is my first acid jazz cd ; i give it 4 stars coz there many tunes i don't like it (i prefer funky-jazz but this compilation also contains rap tunes, that probably i can't understand.. they seems to be nonsense :).. anyway tracks like "troble don't last always", "positive" and "nocturnal sunshine" are state of the art in this kind of music.. probably best tunes i ever heard...

Average customer rating: Pretty boring save one standout track Great CD! Still Fresh Nostalgia Nostalgia

Jazz: Red, Hot and Cool Dave Brubeck Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Jazz Goes to College Brubeck Time Jazz at the College of the Pacific Jazz at the College of the Pacific 2 Jazz at Oberlin ASIN: B00005B17R Release Date: 2001-04-10

Tracks:

1. Lover
2. Little Girl Blue
3. Fare Thee Well, Annabelle
4. Sometimes I'm Happy
5. The Duke
6. Indiana
7. Love Walked In
8. Taking A Chance On Love
9. Closing Time Blues

Customer Reviews:

Pretty boring save one standout track.......2004-06-28

This is probably my least favourite Dave Brubeck Quartet recording. Most of the tracks are pretty drab and aren't very exciting. The standout would have to be the first track, 'Lover', which just rocks. It is probably my favourite recording of Paul Desmond and Brubeck together and one of my favourite improvisations. I would buy the cd just for that track. The way he builds his solo - riffs, complex lines, drama, it is like he is telling a story. It just really flows beautifully. The other tracks I have tried to appreciate but they simply bore me, even the upper tempo ones.

Great CD!.......2004-04-19

This was my first Dave Brubeck CD and I fell in love with it the minute I listened to it. Highly recommend it!

Still Fresh.......2003-09-13

This album, a live night club set, is more evidence of the daring, experimentation, and innovation that characterized the Brubeck ensembles of the 1950's (ironically, 1960's "Time Out" and many of the releases subsequent to "Take Five" represented a more programmed and predictable approach for the quartet). "Jazz: Red Hot and Cool" lacks the energy and excitement of "Jazz Goes to College" and the inspired brilliance of "Jazz at Oberlin," but it's an opportunity to hear the quartet playing as much for each other as for a large audience of cheering young fans. The results, if restrained, are consistently stimulating and cerebral, with more emphasis on counterpoint and polyphony than on Dave's thunderous block chords.

One caveat concerning this reissue: Although the instruments have an added "presence" compared to the original vinyl album, the boosting of the bass is frequently overdone if not downright annoying. Even with the bass control on my receiver turned all the way back, the notes played by Bob Bates are dominating the sound, booming when they should be quietly walking. Also, I detect some "wavering" (wow and flutter) of the piano sound, which I don't recall being on the original LP. Indeed, the texture of the group's sound on the original Columbia LP is more ambient, convincing, and in general "wears better."

Nostalgia.......2002-06-19

When I first heard this "album" I was a teeny bopper back in the early '50s and it was an extended 45. I used to play it at nite with a "cool blue light" on and really was impressed with this new sound that I found for the 1st time. Now I'm and old bopper and when I found out that it had been re issued I immediatly bought it. Sure brought back my childhood and good memories.

Nostalgia.......2002-06-19

When I first heard this "album" I was a teeny bopper back in the early '50s and it was an extended 45. I used to play it at nite with a "cool blue light" on and really was impressed with this new sound that I found for the 1st time. Now I'm and old bopper and when I found out that it had been re issued I immediatly bought it. Sure brought back my childhood and good memories.

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Cool, Hot & Swingin' Stan Kenton Orchestra Manufacturer: Tantara Productions, Inc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000RPCEMU Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

1. Opener
2. My Funny Valentine
3. What's New
4. Speak Low
5. Stompin' at the Savoy
6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
7. Intermission Riff
8. September Song
9. Theme and Variations
10. Don't Take Your Love from Me
11. I Remember You
12. Hav-A-Havana
13. Lover Man
14. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
15. Out of Nowhere
16. 23N 82W
17. Street of Dreams/Artistry of Rhythm

Product Description

The beloved 1956 Kenton ensemble struts its stuff in a pulsating concert performance. Previously unreleased performances of always popular Kenton favorites. Among the most swinging of all the Kenton bands and loaded with accomplished soloists like Sam Noto, Carl Fontana, Lennie Niehaus, Bill Perkins, Jack Nimitz, Ralph Blaze, and Mel Lewis.

Album Description

The beloved 1956 Kenton ensemble struts its' stuff in a pulsating concert performance. Previously unreleased performances of always popular Kenton favorites. Among the most swinging of all the Kenton bands and loaded with accomplished soloists like; Sam Noto, Carl Fontana, Lennie Niehaus, Bill Perkins, Jack Nimitz, Ralph Blaze, and Mel Lewis.

Average customer rating: A Phenomenal Treasure-Trove of Amazing Music. Brilliant selections unavailable elsewhere

Hollywood Swing and Jazz: Hot Numbers from Classic MGM, Warner Brothers & RKO Films Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing Jazz & Big Band | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey: Swingin' In Hollywood (Film Soundtrack Anthology) The Lion's Roar: Classic M-G-M Film Scores, 1935 - 1965: Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology Alive And Kickin': Big Band Sounds At M-G-M - Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology Borat - Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B00004S825 Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

1. Hooray For Love: Living In A Great Big Way - Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson/Thomas 'Fats' Waller/Jeni Le Gon
2. Operator 13: Congo Fever (Jungle Fever) (Outtake) - The Mills Brothers
3. Hollywood Hotel: Let That Be A Lesson To You (Alternate Version) - Johnnie 'Scat' Davis/Frances Langford/Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
4. Hollywood Hotel: I've Got A Heartful Of Music - The Benny Goodman Quartet
5. Freddie Rich And His Orchestra: You're An Education - The Three Symphonettes
6. A Day At The Races: All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Partially Unused Version) - Ivie Anderson/Benny & The Chrinoline Choir
7. Going Places: Jeepers Creepers - Louis Armstrong
8. Dancing Co-Ed: Nightmare - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
9. Dancing Co-Ed: Traffic Jam - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
10. Blues In The Night: Blues In The Night (Outtake) - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
11. Six Hits And A Miss: You've Got To Know How To Dance - Six Hits And A Mmiss
12. Cairo: Buds Won't Bud - Ethel Waters
13. Cabin In The Sky: Things Ain't What They Used To Be/Going Up - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
14. Cabin In The Sky: Shine - Buck & Bubbles (Ford Buck & John W. Bubbles)/The Hall Johnson Choir
15. Higher And Higher: Mrs. Whiffen (Outtake) - Mel Torme/Marcy McGuire/Ivy Scott
16. I Dood It: One O'Clock Jump - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
17. Broadway Rhythm: Body And Soul (Outtake) - The Hazel Scott Trio
18. Bathing Beauty: Toot Suite (Outtake) - Harry James & His Orchestra
19. To Have And Have Not: Hong Kong Blues - Hoagy Carmichael
20. To Have And Have Not: Baltimore Oriole - Hoagy Carmichael
21. Thrill Of A Romance: Please Don't Say No (Outtake) - The King Sisters
22. Jammin' The Blues: Jammin' The Blues - Lester Young/Harry 'Sweets' Edison/Illinois Jacquet/Marlowe Morris/Garland Finney/John Simmons...
23. Jammin' The Blues: On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Marie Bryant
24. Romance On The High Seas: It's You Or No One - Doris Day
25. Duchess Of Idaho: You Do Something To Me (Outtake) - Lena Horne
26. I'll Get By (Private Studio Recording) - Lena Horne

Tracks:

1. An American In Paris: Do, Do, Do/Bidin' My Time/I've Got A Crush On You/Love Is Here To Stay - Benny Carter & His Orchestra
2. The Strip: Ain't Misbehavin' (Outtake) - Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars
3. Skirts Ahoy: Hold Me Close To You - Billy Eckstine
4. Remains To Be Seen: Taking A Chance On Love - Dorothy Dandridge
5. Small Town Girl: My Flaming Heart - Nat 'King' Cole
6. High Society: Now You Has Jazz - Bing Crosby/Louis Armstrong
7. High Society: I Love You Samantha - Bing Crosby/Louis Armstrong
8. This Could Be The Night: I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good - Julie Wilson
9. The Subterraneans: Improvisation (Source #1) - Andre Previn Trio
10. The Subterraneans: Red Drum Blues - Andre Previn Trio
11. The Subterraneans: Improvisation (Source #2) - Andre Previn Trio
12. The Subterraneans: Coffee Time - Carmen McRae
13. The Subterraneans: Spaghetti Fantasy - Russ Freeman/Bill Perkins/Gerry Mulligan/Art Pepper/Art Farmer/Bob Enevoldson/Buddy Clark...
14. The Subterraneans: Alarm Clock - Russ Freeman/Bill Perkins/Gerry Mulligan/Art Pepper/Art Farmer/Bob Enevoldson/Buddy Clark...
15. The Subterraneans: Should I? - Andre Previn Trio
16. The Subterraneans: Things Are Looking Down - Russ Freeman/Bill Perkins/Gerry Mulligan/Art Pepper/Art Farmer/Bob Enevoldson/Buddy Clark...
17. The Subterraneans: Bread And Wine - Russ Freeman/Bill Perkins/Gerry Mulligan/Art Pepper/Art Farmer/Bob Enevoldson/Buddy Clark...
18. All The Fine Young Cannibals: God Bless The Child - Pearl Bailey
19. Two Weeks In Another Town: Don't Blame Me - Leslie Uggams
20. Sunday In New York: Sunday In New York - Mel Torme
21. Get Yourself A College Girl: The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto
22. Made In Paris: Skol Sister - Count Basie & His Octet
23. Made In Paris: Goof Proof - Count Basie & His Octet
24. Made In Paris: Lottie - Count Basie & His Octet
25. When The Boys Meet The Girls: I Got Rhythm - Louis Armstrong

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Say what you will about the state of entertainment-conglomerate megamergers, but this ambitious Rhino compilation of jazz in film--combining music selections from three studios--would have been all but impossible without them. More importantly, this satisfying set serves as a virtual primer of jazz's influence on American films and its rich, multihued heritage and diversity--be it the "race music" of the Mills Brothers' 1933 romp "Congo Fever," Duke Ellington and Hoagy Carmichael's elegant classicism, Louis Armstrong's refined Dixieland, the big-band swing of Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman, or even that unlikeliest of jazz chanteuses, Doris Day. Collectors will also be delighted at the generous sampling of stellar outtakes that surface here for the first time, including an Ellington reading of "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm," originally intended for the Marx Brothers' Day at the Races, a smoky Lena Horne rendition of "I'll Get By," originally recorded for Louis B. Mayer's personal collection. And there are no fewer than nine cuts from the 1960 hipster opus The Subterraneans, many featuring Andre Previn, Art Farmer, Gerry Mulligan, and Art Pepper. Painstakingly compiled and lovingly annotated, this set is both great entertainment and joyous history lesson. Regarding history, it bears noting that when much of America's radio and clubs were still strictly segregated, black jazz performers found their broadest public exposure via Hollywood. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

A Phenomenal Treasure-Trove of Amazing Music........2002-06-22

If you're a fan of "traditional jazz", you'll love this incredible collection from Turner/Rhino. If you're a fan of classic musical soundtracks, you will also find this collection essential for your music library. If you're like me, and you have a pechant for both kinds of music, you'll be in utter ecstacy with the selections here.

The list of performers here reads like a who's who of jazz:
DUKE ELLINGTON, COUNT BASIE, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, GERRY MULLIGAN,
LESTER YOUNG, BENNY GOODMAN, CARMEN McRAE, FATS WALLER, the list goes on and on. What really makes this collection sizzle, are the real rarities included. Who knew Duke Ellington had recorded music for A DAY AT THE RACES with the Marx Bros.? No one! Until
the producers here unearthed a track that had been recorded by 'Sir Duke' for that classic comedy that ended up on the cutting room floor. That's just one example of the jewels to be found here. There are several great vocal renditions, with everyone from Ethel Waters to Pearl Bailey, and you even get a whiff of Brazillian Bossa Nova Jazz with Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto doing a version of THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA that is slightly different (but just as incredible) than the famous recording.

Then there's unreleased material from Nat "King" Cole, Billy Eckstine, and even Dorothy Dandridge. My favorite track is a swingin' rendition of "One O'Clock Jump" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra that almost sounds like it's going to explode!

It's too bad that more people don't know about this album. It's one of the most creative assemblages ever released on CD. The album comes with a richly-illustrated booklet and great liner notes, too!

Brilliant selections unavailable elsewhere.......2000-05-21

The only way to approximate this collection would be to turn on your tape recorder while these movies were showing on your TV. Even if you'd managed to do all that, you still wouldn't have the pristine sound quality that Rhino managed to get by using the source material for this collection. Let alone the out-takes that were never included in the released versions of the films.

My favorite examples here are the Bojangles/Fats version of "Great Big Way" (which opens the collection), Ellington's uncut rendition of "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Marx Brothers fans take note - this is different than the hacked version that you'll hear in "Day At The Races"), and the Andre Previn selections on disk 2 - there's some wonderful soloing here, as good as the material that Benny Goodman recorded with him in the late 50's.

Sure, there's a little hokey stuff in here too, like the Mel Torme' selection in disk 1, but it's good-natured and doesn't detract from the real gems of the collection. It's a narrowly better value than Rhino's previous movie nugget compilation, "Alive and Kickin'", and it's fair to say that if you like that one, then you'll love this CD too.

Average customer rating: Sublime! An easy listening classic Desmond, yes; Sebesky, no Cool jazz from the master. Close but no cigar

From the Hot Afternoon Paul Desmond Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Desmond Blue Bossa Antigua Glad to Be Unhappy Take Ten The Paul Desmond Quartet Live ASIN: B00004S95Q Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

1. October
2. Round 'N' Round
3. Faithful Brother
4. To Say Goodbye
5. From The Hot Afternoon
6. Circles
7. Martha & Romao
8. Catavento
9. Latin Chant
10. Crystal Illusions
11. Round 'N' Round (Alternative Take)
12. Faithful Brother (Alternative Take)
13. From The Hot Afternoon (Alternative Take)
14. Catavento (Alternative Take)
15. Latin Chant (Alternative Take)
16. From The Hot Afternoon (Alternative Take)

Customer Reviews:

Sublime!.......2005-03-14

Robertllr reviewer from the united states, you are obviously a heavy metal fan, or a fan of big band crappy (no rhythm) jazz, so don't waste fusion lovers time by rating an album that is obviously not your taste in music. This album by Paul Desmond can be sumed up in one word! SUPERB!!!!

An easy listening classic.......2005-02-06

Many of the comments in the review below (robertllr)are accurate, and perhaps those looking for examples of Paul Desmond's purer jazz style should look elsewhere. The orchestration is very '70s strings, but it was after all recorded in 1969(?), so I believe the review is overly subjective.
All the featured performances are excellent, Paul Desmond's playing is superb, taking a little more of a back seat, but with some beautiful, memorable phrasing. Not mentioned in other reviews are three vocal tracks featuring Wanda de Sa, "To Say Goodbye", "Circles" and "Crystal Illusions". In "To Say Goodbye", she was forced by the recording schedule and low register of the instrumental part to sing well below her normal register, producing a striking and sultry version of this song, a must-have for her fans. Edu Lobo may not be Jobim, but "Crystal Illusions" is perhaps his best known work. He performs on the track and Wanda (his wife) sings it beautifully. The swirling '70s orchestation suits the song very well, the edgy chord shifts provide Paul with a challenging backdrop for his solos; this is probably my favourite version.
I have the original LP, so I haven't heard the alternative takes, these are a bonus for Desmond fans.
This is an easy listening classic which is head and shoulders above others in the genre and has the power to move you with some exceptional performances by several icons of jazz and the '60s "Bossa" sound.

Desmond, yes; Sebesky, no.......2003-01-14

Ostensibly, From the Hot Afternoon is a showcase for a couple of post-Jobim/Gilberto Brazilian song writers and for some new Brazilian instrumental and vocal talent. This sounds like an interesting idea for an album. To be sure, Desmond had a remarkable flair for the bossa nova style. He even recorded an album with Jim Hall in 1962 called Bossa Antigua which contains several of Desmond`s own lovely bossa-style compositions. (This, despite the ruefully punning title, was only two years after Getz and Byrd recorded the ground-breaking Jazz Samba, which introduced American jazz fans to the "new thing" and started a craze in jazz and popular music of the time.)

Anyway, it must have seemed like a good idea to everyone, even as late as 1969, to return for another take on the Brazilian jazz-samba style. Unfortunately, the two featured composers--Milton Nascimento and Edu Lobo--are not remotely in the same league with someone like Antonio Carlos Jobim; nor is the rhythm section (with the exception of Ron Carter on bass) up to the caliber of Jim Hall's guitar and Connie Kay's drums on Bossa Antigua.

But these problems would not alone be enough to completely sink an album featuring the incomparable Paul Desmond.

What does succeed in ruining it, though, is Don Sebesky. For some reason, Sebesky was hired to add light orchestral arrangements ("sweetening" it was called) to many jazz albums that were produced by Creed Taylor in the late 70's-including several other Desmond/CTI releases as well as sessions by other jazz greats. Whether the incorporation of these dreadful over-dubbed orchestrations was a symptom of blatant commercialization, or whether Taylor genuinely thought it constituted some kind of revolutionary pop/jazz/classical fusion, I don't pretend to know.

But I do know the results are, to say the least, un-jazzy. Sebesky's arrangements are so insipid that they make elevator music seem exciting--so pop and goofy that they make new-age music seem hot. Moreover, they are so poorly realized that they even submerge the principal musicians! You have to constantly switch channels just to hear Desmond over all the strings, flutes, French horns, clarinet, oboe, harp, and electric piano. Can it be that some engineer really thought Desmond's alto merited no more prominence that the first violin or the oboe?

The final result, then, is a miasma of muzak, with the ghost of a jazz giant floating around in it.

Still, there is a reason for a diehard Desmond fan (like myself) to own this re-release; and that is for the extra takes that are laid down without the overdubbed orchestra parts, thus giving us a chance to hear Desmond in his natural, small-group setting.

Sad to say, however, these takes seem uninspired at best-especially when compared with the same sort of music and the same sort of instrumentation that resulted in the effort captured on Bossa Antigua. On the Hot Afternoon tracks Desmond sounds like he's spinning his wheels, rather than giving out with the remarkable lyrical invention that graces all of his work prior to and after this lamentable Sebesky period. On most of these cuts, he takes a modal and undirected approach to his improvisations. He seems to be playing almost as if he knew that his voice would be lost in the mixing anyway--playing like an accompanist, rather than like the featured soloist. Moreover, the cuts are all traditional pop-song length (two and a half to four minutes), which is not a format Desmond ever used, or sounds good on, either with the Brubeck quartet or with his own groups.

Desmond once remarked that he was not the type of musician to dominate a session-that his work very much depended on a rapport with his fellow band members. This album seems to prove the point: without a seasoned rhythm section, good material, and room to stretch, even the greatest of alto players found himself far too constrained to produce his best work.

Cool jazz from the master........2002-01-13

Desmond manages to simmer, sizzle, and be sultry all at once with these cuts. He said, I hear, that he wanted to sound like a dry martini. Well..he suceeded on all of his albums. This one is one of the best.

Close but no cigar.......2000-11-15

WAY to many lush violins. A few cuts are ok. Not the best of desmonds albums.

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Even More Mellow Cats 'N' Kittens: Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1945-1951 Various Artists Manufacturer: Ace Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Jump Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music Blues | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: We Got More Soul - The Ultimate Broadway Funk Charlie Louvin ASIN: B000JLQSPG Release Date: 2007-06-25

Tracks:

1. Ride, Ride, Ride - HERB FISHER & HIS TRIO
2. Pitch A Boogie - THE SAUNDERS KING ORCHESTRA
3. My Baby Don't Understand - CLARENCE WILLIAMS
4. A Good Man Is Hard To Find - BUTCH STONE & HIS ORCHESTRA
5. Drop A Nickel In The Slot - THREE BITS OF RHYTHM
6. Mean Ole Gal - JOHNNY OTIS & HIS ORCHESTRA (Vocal by Little Esther)
7. Stop - Skip Four Beats! - JIM WYNN & HIS ORCHESTRA
8. Huggin' The Pillow - WILL ROWLAND & HIS ORCHESTRA
9. B Splat - HAPPY JOHNSON SEXTETTE
10. Pinocchio Blues - AL CAKE WICHARD & HIS SEXTETTE (Vocal by Jimmy Witherspoon)
11. Little Girl - BUTCH STONE & HIS ORCHESTRA
12. Bully Wully Boogie - HADDA BROOKS & HER TRIO
13. The Signifying Monkey - THREE BITS OF RHYTHM
14. The Laziest Gal In Town - HELEN HUMES
15. Thursday Night Blues - JOHNNY OTIS & HIS ORCHESTRA featuring PETE "GUITAR" LEWIS
16. My Feet's Too Big - BUTCH STONE & HIS ORCHESTRA
17. Gee I'm Lonesome - HOWARD McGHEE & HIS SEXTETTE (Vocal by Pearl Traylor)
18. Keep It Hot - SCAT MAN
19. Baby Take Me Home With You - CLARENCE WILLIAMS
20. Living My Life My Way - HELEN HUMES
21. Full House - FELIX GROSS & HIS ORCHESTRA
22. Play Fair - HOWARD McGHEE & HIS SEXTETTE (Vocal by Estelle Edison)
23. Gruen Special - THREE BITS OF RHYTHM
24. Baby Face - BUTCH STONE & HIS ORCHESTRA

Album Description

The third volume in Ace's ongoing series of mostly up-tempo west coast R&B obscurities from the late 1940s and early 1950s upholds the standards of its predecessors and may just be the best one yet.

An incredible 14 of these tracks have never been released before! None of the previously-released items have been available in any format since the advent of CD.

Many major names of the era are featured (Johnny Otis, Little Esther, Hadda Brooks, Jimmy Witherspoon, Helen Humes) alongside favourites from previous volumes (Butch Stone, Three Bits Of Rhythm). All tracks have been painstakingly remastered from the original Modern Records acetates, and sound like they were recorded yesterday rather than 50+ years ago.

Album Description

The third volume in Ace's ongoing series of mostly up-tempo west coast R&B obscurities from the late 1940s and early 1950s upholds the standards of its predecessors and may just be the best one yet. An incredible 14 of these tracks have never been released before! None of the previously-released items have been available in any format since the advent of CD.

Average customer rating: all the cuts are great Letýs see the Yankees pull off something this cool!

Hot Stove, Cool Music, Vol. 1 Various Artists Manufacturer: Fenway Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Covering the Bases Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old Tessie Fever Pitch - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Fever Pitch (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B00015HVNI Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

1. Rock N' Roll Part 2 - Hot Stove All Stars
2. Bu$hleaguer - Pearl Jam
3. Your Summer Baby - Kay Hanley
4. Outta My System - Paul Westerberg
5. Rock N' Roll Part 1 - Hot Stove All Stars
6. Dirty Glass, The - Dropkick Murphys/Kay Hanley
7. Carol - Peter Gammons
8. One, Two, Three - Bill Janovitz/Crown Victoria
9. Hit That - The Gentlemen
10. Desdemona - The Allman Brothers Band
11. Open Yours - Stickfigure
12. Rockin' In The Free World - Trauser
13. Wrapped In The Arms Of Another - Susan Tedeschi
14. Past Due - Sandfrog
15. Hoy Hoy - Little Feat
16. You - Flynn
17. Hi-Fi Killer - American Hi-Fi
18. Summertime Blues - Peter Gammons And The Penetrations (bonus track)

Album Description

This CD, from baseball expert Peter Gammons, is the companion to the annual concert of the same name that takes place each January in Boston. Net proceeds benefit the Jimmy Fund for cancer research and care. Highlights include live performances by Pearl Jam, Dropkick Murphys, The Allman Brothers Band, American Hi-Fi, and Little Feat, plus tracks by Paul Westerberg, Susan Tedeschi, and MLB stars Scott Spiezio and Jack McDowell with their bands. Also included is an all-star version of Gary Glitter's "Rock 'n' Roll Pt. 1/Rock 'n' Roll Pt. 2" featuring Peter Wolf, Dicky Barrett, Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom, Spiezio, Gammons, and about half of the 2003 Boston Red Sox.

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all the cuts are great.......2006-08-21

I guess it helps to know the person who gathered all the artists together to create the cd for a charity fundraiser. That would be Peter Gammons currently on leave due to blood clot in his brain-- - recovering fine- - -he is nicknamed "The Commish" because of the people he knows in baseball- - lead guy for ESPN baseball tonight gang- - super nice guy and can sing a little bit- - -a number of current and past ball players participate on the cd along with friends of Peter's who are musicians & singers- - -it is a good take- - -volume II should be coming out soon- - also note that Peter has his own cd just released July 4th with mostly 50's & 60's style music- - -good fun!!!!

Letýs see the Yankees pull off something this cool!.......2004-01-31

ESPN's Peter Gammons, along with some prominent members of the Boston scene, including Red Sox owner Theo Epstein and some of his players, stage an annual fundraising event at the Hot Stove in Boston. This is the first release from the events, which donate proceeds to the Jimmy Fund and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

It's a great assemblage of talent, brought together to jam, primarily through a love of baseball. Pearl Jam is the "biggest name," but actually contributed the worst song, a rant of political ax-grinding that was out of place on a disc of classic covers, blues-bar jams, straight-ahead college rock and stadium ditties. In addition, it was the least compelling musically.

On a positive note, former Letters to Cleo frontwoman (and Josie vocalist) Kay Hanley offers up the best two songs, Your Summer Baby, and The Dirty Glass, in conjunction with Irish brawlers The Dropkick Murphys. Hanley is a criminally underknown artist, the prime rock chick out there today.

Other standouts include:
- Epstein's band, Trauser, covering the Neil Young classic. Trauser's female vocalist is very good, and put me mindful of Anneke from The Gathering or Cristina from Lacuna Coil, although musically the bands are far apart from these comparisons
- The slower but compelling song from Susan Tedeschi, who reminded me a lot of Norah Jones
-The Thin Lizzy-esque Hit That by The Gentlemen
- Past Due by Scott Spiezio's band Sandfrog, which would be at home on any modern rock radio station
- The funky Hoy Hoy by Little Feat
- The punky Hi-Fi Killer by American Hi-Fi
- And Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2 by The Hot Stove All-Stars (including some Red Sox chanting the familiar "Hey!").

Other non-Sox ballers pitch in as well, and hearing them may be a revelation to casual fans of music or of baseball. This certainly is an interesting menagerie of professional and semi-professional bands covering several genres that fit together fairly well.

On a final note, as a vocalist Gammons makes a very good sportscaster. But his rockabilly-type songs are lots of fun. And that's the idea behind this whole album.

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Cinemadness: Cool Songs From Hot Flicks Original Soundtrack Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B0000488TG Release Date: 2000-03-07

Tracks:

1. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
2. Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood & the Destroyers
3. Heart of Glass - Blondie
4. Show Me Your Soul - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? - Al Green
6. Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures
7. American Pie - Don McLean
8. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Family
9. Pressure Drop - The Specials
10. What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon
11. Tell Him - The Exciters
12. Fool in Love - Ike & Tina Turner

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Voodoo Suite Paul Hanson Manufacturer: Manzanita Ranch Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001YXCMI Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

1. Woods of Red
2. Rite of Scorpio
3. We'll Be Together Again
4. Love for Sale
5. Gold Coast
6. Cynthia
7. Strawberri Prelude
8. Strawberry Suite
9. Voodoo Logic

Dance Music:

1. House Of Funk
2. Humbleizm
3. Hurry Up & Wait...
4. I Die Fo
5. I Feel It
6. I Like It That Way
7. If You Could See Inside Me [Explicit Lyrics]
8. Ironman [Explicit Lyrics]
9. It's Mine [CD-single] [Explicit Lyrics]
10. It Was All a Dream / Clean

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Clifford Curzon, Vol. 2

Christmas Song [Original recording remastered]

We R in Need of a Musical Revolution [EP]

Dave Pearce: 40 Classic Dance Anthems, Vol. 1 [Import]

Departures

Cote Couer

Colossal Head

God Doesn't Care [Clean] [Enhanced]

Bruckner: Mass no. 3 in f / Celibidache, Munich PO, et al

Feline [Import] [Original recording remastered]

Early Years [Import]

Cinco Latinos

Chartbuster 10076 Karaoke CDG

Stealth