Pacific Coast Highway

1. Black Garden View

2. Mountain Heights

3. Lontano Mystery

4. Big Sur Romance

5. Driving into Blue

6. Purple Waves

7. Malibu Avenue

8. Cinnamon City Cliff

9. Wheels on Beach Park

10. Sunset Destination

11. Crystal Tree

12. Electric Becomes Eclectic

Pacific Coast Highway,Christopher Franke,Sonic Images,Adult Alternative,Minimalism,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Popular Music,Progressive Electronic

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Average customer rating: Nice addition to your collection... Creative energy under smooth jazz `s service! Zer Gut!! lovely just perfect Perfect

Pacific Coast Highway Nils Manufacturer: Baja Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Love Coloured Soul The City Ready to Play It's on Tonight Looking Up ASIN: B00070H9XO Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. Pacific Coast Highway
2. Back Pocket
3. Georgy Porgy
4. Coming Home
5. You've Got A Friend
6. Cruisin'
7. Sneakin'
8. Summer Nights
9. Hey Ya
10. Keep Rollin'
11. Kona Girl
12. Baja California

Customer Reviews:

Nice addition to your collection..........2006-12-12

You've got to get this CD from this guy. Every cut is bangin' and soooo smooth! All you need is some California wine and you can feel the West Coast groove. Please don't confuse him with Nils Loefgren or whoever. At first I had my doubts about an axe man playin' jazz on a Fender Stratocaster but he pulls it off with flying colors. You will not be disappointed if you purchased this CD. I wish I could find out more about him like when he is touring, etc...

Creative energy under smooth jazz `s service!.......2006-08-08

Nowadays the musical scene in the smooth jazz genre has visibly enhanced with the presence of true legends of the guitar; the instrument of major relevance in the Nineties decade and still on.

Nils is actually one of the great promises in this genre. He displays creativity, rhythm and vitality in every single track you randomly choose.

A wise option under any perspective.

Zer Gut!!.......2006-03-10

This CD is great all the way through. Most CD's, like this one, have one or two songs that are worth mentioning, but this CD has many great "toe-tapping" tunes. Get it, you won't be sorry!

lovely just perfect.......2005-12-20

i love nils i just hope he comes out with more stuff like this my favorites are pacific coast highway and summer nights

Perfect.......2005-10-24

I haven't heard this group before but I can tell you one thing this is one of the best jazz music I've heard for quite awhile.

Average customer rating: An Awesome CD!! The best LAGQ cd. Period. A successful marriage between classical guitar & pop forms. Exciting music won't let you keep still.

Labyrinth Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sousa | Sousa, John Philip | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: For Thy Pleasure Best of L.A.G.Q. L.A.G.Q. LAGQ's Guitar Heroes L.A. Guitar Quartet: Evening In Granada ASIN: B0000006ZK Release Date: 1995-05-30

Tracks:

1. Quiccan
2. Labyrinth: Part I. Theme: 'Friends'
3. Part II. L'istesso tempo; Adagio
4. Part III. Tempo 1
5. Part IV. Quasi Passacaglia
6. Part V. Lento ma sempre stringendo; Tempo 1-Quasi Fugue
7. Part VI. Conclusion
8. Pacific Coast Highway (Pch)
9. Shenandoah
10. Simple Gifts
11. Corral Nocturne
12. Hoe-Down
13. Bantu
14. Jumpin' at the Woodside
15. Red, White, Black 'n' Blue: Black 'n' Red
16. Red, White, Black 'n' Blue: Black 'n White
17. Red, White, Black 'n' Blue: Black 'n' Blue
18. Black Horse Troop

Tracks:

1. Quiccan
2. Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part I. Theme: 'Friends' By J. Page & R. Plant
3. Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part II. L'istesso tempo; Adagio
4. Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part III. Tempo 1
5. Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part IV. Quasi Passacaglia
6. Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part V. Lento ma sempre stringendo; Tempo 1-Quasi Fugue
7. Labyrinth (On A Theme Of Led Zeppelin): Labyrinth: Part VI. Conclusion
8. Pacific Coast Highway (PCH)
9. Shenandoah
10. Simple Gifts
11. Corral Nocturne
12. Hoe-Down
13. Bantu
14. Jumpin' at the Woodside
15. Red, White, Black 'n' Blue: Black 'n' Red
16. Red, White, Black 'n' Blue: Black 'n White
17. Red, White, Black 'n' Blue: Black 'n' Blue
18. Black Horse Troop

Customer Reviews:

An Awesome CD!!.......2004-01-03

the first thing that you must understand is that i am a metalhead to begin with. One of the bands that I like is a metal band by the name of Opeth, they are very heavy and dark, but they have accoustic classical guitar all throughout their music, with metal. I decided that it might be cool to check out some classical guitar because I love how they do it in their music. So I bought this CD and loved it! I love their mideival sound that they produce, wonderful!
(Pacific Coast Highway is the coolest track(8)!!)

The best LAGQ cd. Period........2000-04-09

This was and is such a remarkable disk, nothing has yet come close to match it's mix of styles and songs. It definitively marked the quartet's goal to step beyond the traditional classical into an adventurous realm of jazz, rock, african, americana, and even tossing in a little humor, without becoming "crossover" or "world music" as they now have. York's compositions "Quiccan" and "Bantu" move convincingly/decisively, unlike his drifting, overly subtle style of late. "Labyrinth" is such a great piece, I wish Ian Krouse would compose an entire cd for the group (his "Folia Variations" on their Evening in Granada" cd is also great). The Copland arrangement is full of energy and the Basie and Sousa pieces are just plain fun. This was the reason everyone started talking about this group, which makes it all the more sad they're going the direction they are now. Come back! Come back!

A successful marriage between classical guitar & pop forms........2000-02-23

The L.A.G.Q.'s wide ranging abilities are well represented in this eclectic collection of twentieth century music. Ian Krouse's Labyrinth is a striking, intense homage to Led Zeppelin. His characteristic use of hammering dissonances resolve masterfully into fun, driving, bluesy rock passages. Andrew York's Bantu is a perfect platform for the quartet's ability to utilize the guitars extended techniques. The piece opens with all four members playing different rhythms and timbres on the body of the guitar. Each member then drops out of his rhythmic pattern and into a harmonic framework, one at a time, until all four members are doing so. The piece is concluded in a retrograde of the same pattern. One may question a guitar quartet's ability to do justice to the dynamic nature of Aaron Copland's Simple Gifts, but this outstanding performance should put such concerns to rest. Each piece on this disc is executed with the kind of exuberance and taste for which the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet has become known.

Exciting music won't let you keep still........1999-04-14

The first song in this album has a strong, repetitive driving arpegio that is thrilling to a classical guitar lover.

Average customer rating: Marvelous solo debut but do beware. SIMPLY OUTSTANDING A small, light, beautiful and elegant album A rather featureless ride Essential recording (Genre: electronic)

Pacific Coast Highway Christopher Franke Manufacturer: Sonic Images ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Minimal Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Epic Celestine Prophecy The London Concert The Emerald Way ASIN: B00000636M Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

1. Black Garden View
2. Mountain Heights
3. Lontano Mystery
4. Big Sur Romance
5. Driving Into Blue
6. Purple Waves
7. Malibu Avenue
8. Cinnamon City Cliff
9. Wheels On Beach Park
10. Sunset Destination
11. Crystal Tree
12. Electric Becomes Eclectic

Customer Reviews:

Marvelous solo debut but do beware. .......2006-10-01

"Pacific Coast Highway" was recorded in January of 1991 and was released shortly thereafter. Those who enjoyed his music with Tangerine Dream can forget about getting any of the dynamics. Instead, expect a very beautiful adventure with haunting, almost romantic sounds ranging from the sunny Pacific Mood of "Wheels on The Beach Park", "Big Sur Romance" and "Driving Into Blue". On the other hand, the album takes a much more dramatic direction with "Lontano Mystery", "Black Garden View" and "Cinnamon Park".

This album though was re-issued a few years later as "Enchanting Nature" with some of the tracks moved there and others altered, and the remaining actually unchanged except in their titles. If you have "Enchanting Nature", you decide if it is necessary to purchase "Pacific Coast Highway". I happen to have both and have no regrets about it then again it may as well be more of a completist mentality on my part.

SIMPLY OUTSTANDING.......2003-09-10

This has quite simply got to be one of the best new age recordings ever made. Chris Franke's experience working with Tangerine Dream until 1987 is very evident in this album. But, that is not to take away the credit for all the extraordinary compositions. Purple Waves is without doubt the best track on this CD. Others are equally impressive. It's high time that Chris forgets his film work & returns to some quality studio work. A sequel to this album would be ideal in the 21st century.

A small, light, beautiful and elegant album.......2002-01-20

Recorded in January 1991, "Pacific Coast Highway" is the first studio album of Christopher Franke solo. Exactly at that time, Tangerine Dream burned out as an ensemble, and Franke has already tasted freedom from the band, having scored a few films on his own with the help of Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra he founded. A studio album was due, and Chris was full of ideas as to where he might travel in the sound space. He was always associated with the heavier touch within Tangerine Dream - he was the man behind the rhythmic section, he operated the sequencers, he provided the arpeggiated pulsating background, and did much of the underlying compositional work in the 80s. Thus I am not exactly surprised that for his first album, an album by which he would be judged, he chose something completely different, undertook a different musical path - the lightness of touch. Indeed, "Pacific Coast Highway" is a very light album, almost easy listening, one might say. With an ossacional guitar and orchestral touch, this album is mostly a selection of light electric piano songs. Every song has its own soul, and is perfectly executed, and let's face it - pleasurable to listen to. Millions of Tangerine Dream fans bought this album either expecting him to continue where he broke off at Tangerine Dream (and thus failed in their assumption), or expecting him to create something new, explore new lands with his music; take a step further. "Pacific Coast Highway" does just that. It's a small beautiful album, which to this day is a sweet collection of light songs that brighten my life so much. It bears the compositional stigma of Christopher Franke, and yet it's completely new. When I first heard this album, and the following live album, "The London Concert", I felt close to getting wet. Great music is alive again.

'Black Garden View' provides a short overview of the garden where Franke roams with his musical ideas. Excited, we move to 'Mountain Heights', which with a light touch of basso continuo, introduces us to the mysteries of the green land. The third composition, 'Lontano Mystery', is one of the most beautiful electronic ballads ever composed. Harpsichord-like oscillating melody, pulsating, but delicate bass, and electric violin synthesizer. 'Big Sur Romance' is a miniature for piano. Just piano. And I have always thought that only Schmoelling can compose small pearls for piano... I strongly associate this music with America - perhaps this was intended? Driving into Blue is another, syncopated piano tune, this time more cheerful and more dynamic, a classic Franke composition, which hints at his later exploration on "The Celestine Prophecy" of 1996. The sixth track, 'Purple Waves' is a comeback to the times of heavier compositions. In his concert later in the year, Purple Waves was expanded and augmented with a long dynamic arpeggio which tore at our hearts, and convinced the reich of Tangerine Dream fans that the music is alive, that Franke is in fact the sole carrier of Tangerine Dream tradition. 'Malibu Avenue' is another piano song, with electric flutes providing the rhythm. Franke is fond of dynamic piano songs, where like a butterfly, the sounds vibrate in the sunny air. 'Cinnamon City Cliff', recorded with the help of his orchestra, is a sad composition, which hints at his later soundtrack work (at the time we were unaware of his continuing efforts in this arena). Violins provide the desired suspense, and then the bass metronome measures the remaining time to the finale, just like on "Force Majeure" or "Near Dark". After that brief adventure with orchestration and the past, Franke delivers 'Wheels on Beach Park', another light piano song, this time accompanied by the delicate percussion rhythm. After two minutes of a dreaming variation on a theme, 'Sunset Destination', we are treated to 'Crystal Tree', a classic Franke composition, as it later turned out. This track summarizes what "Pacific Coast Highway" is about, and what Franke mostly wanted to achieve. Hinting at his electronic roots, not forgetting his inspirations of the past, he created something completely new, a concept album with a very bearable lightness of being, so to speak. A fascinating collection for summer listening. The album ends with 'Electric Becomes Eclectic', where a misty flute melody waves us goodbye, much like on Tangerine Dream's 1973 album "Phaedra". Goodbye, and see you soon!

A rather featureless ride.......2001-12-19

This 1991 release was Chris Franke's first CD as a solo musician, after splitting from Tangerine Dream in 1988. I have to say that each time I hear it, I continue to be disappointed by it. It is easy to see why Chris Franke went his own way, if this was the direction he was trying to pull the band.

"Pacific Coast Highway" is far lighter in both tone and texture than anything you'll hear from the TD stable. Gone are the powerful sequencer and synthesiser arpeggios and driving drum-machine rhythms characteristic of Franke's work with Tangerine Dream. Gone, indeed, is everything that might be categorised as electronic. Instead, we have lilting piano and (synthesised) acoustic guitar lines, over an innocuous (and often tedious) percussion kit `swish'. And while there is nothing at all unpleasant about the album, it definitely lacks the creative energy and variety - or even just plain sparkle - that might be expected from such an accomplished performer and composer.

The album starts out harmlessly enough but after a while my ears started to crave something more varied. This is eventually supplied towards the end of the album, when Franke's own Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra steps in to lend a hand relieve the monotony. Unfortunately, the effect of this is terribly hackneyed, with both textures and harmonies straight out of the Hollywood Film-score Writers' Handbook. Even the more hopefully titled `Electric Becomes Eclectic' ultimately fails to deliver anything much out of the ordinary. Maybe this is the how the scenery around the Pacific Coast Highway actually is but if it really does offer nothing more interesting than this, I'm afraid I'll be staying home, thanks all the same.

This album is poles apart from the material that Tangerine Dream were releasing round about the same time, so if you absolutely hate the heavy rock route that TD's music took, you may well like what's on offer here. It is certainly no worse than post-Franke TD at their particular nadir ("Rockoon", released the same year as this) but neither, in all honesty, can it be said to be any better. It is merely different. And it certainly cannot hold a candle to the material produced by the remnants of Tangerine Dream immediately beforehand on "Optical Race", "Lily on the Beach" or even "Miracle Mile".

In summary, then, this may be worth a listen if you're an old-style Tang fan looking for an alternative to what that band has been producing over the last ten years or so. But don't expect anything too stunning.

Essential recording (Genre: electronic).......1999-12-24

Marvellous sound pictures. (My wife lived not far from the real-life PCH.) Forget the stupid "New age" label in this case: this is just very colorful and accessible electronic music, at least as good as anything he ever did with Tangerine Dream and a good deal more tuneful. The best parts in "The London Concert" and most of "Enchanting Nature" are actually live versions/repackaging of this album. If you're going to buy one Chris Franke album, this is it. If you can't get it, buy "Enchanting Nature" which has most of the good tracks from PCH, or "The London Concert" as a last resort.

Average customer rating: Track listing

Pacific Coast Highway Christopher Franke Manufacturer: Private Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Minimal Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008FM4P Release Date: 1991-11-12

Tracks:

1. Black Garden View
2. Mountain Heights
3. Lontano Mystery
4. Big Sur Romance
5. Driving into Blue
6. Purple Waves
7. Malibu Avenue
8. Cinnamon City Cliff
9. Wheels on Beach Park
10. Sunset Destination
11. Crystal Tree
12. Electric Becomes Eclectic

Customer Reviews:

Track listing.......2005-11-28

1. Black Garden View
2. Mountain Heights
3. Lontano Mystery
4. Big Sur Romance
5. Driving Into Blue
6. Purple Waves
7. Malibu Avenue
8. Cinnamon City Cliff
9. Wheels on Beach Park
10. Sunset Destination
11. Crystal Tree
12. Electric Become Eclectic

Average customer rating: Evocative Classical Masterworks Meld Nicely for the Scenic Open Road

Pacific Coast Highway Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Hovhaness, Alan | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Nielsen | Nielsen, Carl | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Torke | Torke, Michael | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cleveland Orchestra | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Blue Ridge Parkway Autobahn Route 66 Serenity (Widescreen Edition) Firefly - The Complete Series ASIN: B0009OUB1A Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

1. Symphony No. 6 - Pastoral (I. Awakening Of Cheerful Feelings Upon Arrival In The Country) - Cleveland Orchestra
2. From Holberg's Time Suite, Op. 40 (I. Prelude) - London Festival Orchestra
3. Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 (I. Allegretto) - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
4. Symphony No. 2 - Mysterious Mountain (I. Andante Con Moto) - London Symphony Orchestra
5. Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio) - David Burgess
6. Javelin - Boston Pops Orchestra
7. Symphony No. 3 - Sinfonia Espansiva (II. Andante Pastorale) - Olle Persson
8. Symphony No. 5, Op. 82 (III. Allegro Molto) - London Symphony Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Evocative Classical Masterworks Meld Nicely for the Scenic Open Road.......2006-09-20

I'm all for repackaging great music under the guise of something more digestible to the general public. That's why Sony Classical's Drive Time series is an intriguing marketing idea which groups classical pieces of a similar subgenre using a world-renowned roadway as the unifying theme. This one uses the Pacific Coast Highway as the constant imagery, and Gilbert Hetherwick (credited with the concept) and reissue producer Richard King have chosen pieces that have a pastoral, often Nordic feeling to them. Various world-class orchestras from London to the Boston Pops play the pieces impeccably under the batons of Lorin Maazel, John Williams and Sir Colin Davis among others.

The program opens appropriately with Beethoven's pastoral Symphony #6 (1808), which was actually subtitled "Recollections of Country Life", a stunning melding of woodwinds and strings somewhat similar in tone to Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons". Then we get music from a brethren of Scandinavian masters. Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is well represented here with two pieces from his symphonies, the introductory Allegretto movement of #2 (1902) and the concluding Allegro Molto movement of #5 (1915), both of which show a strong sense of his dramatic use of folk melodies. There is the famous "Holberg's Time Suite" (1869) by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg with its fanciful opening flourish, as well as Danish composer Carl Nielsen's Symphony #3 (1911), which works beautifully within the sonata form.

There are three modern pieces, tonally compatible with the other compositions - Joaquín Rodrigo's beautiful piece for classical guitar and orchestra, "Concierto de Aranjuez" (1939) - my personal favorite of the entire disc, Alan Hovhaness' contemplative 1955 "Mysterious Mountain" (Symphony #2), and Michael Torke's exciting "Javelin" composed for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. All together, this is well over an hour of splendid music, and to Sony's credit, they do evoke the fog and cold breezes coming from the Pacific. Marketed as "specially mastered for the car audio experience", it is well worth keeping in your car CD case. Other CDs in this series include Route 66, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Autobahn.

Average customer rating:

Pacific Coast Highway Christopher Franke Manufacturer: Sonic Images ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Minimal Techno | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000E89T Release Date: 1996-07-23

Tracks:

1. Black Garden View
2. Mountain Heights
3. Lontano Mystery
4. Big Sur Romance
5. Driving Into Blue
6. Purple Waves
7. Malibu Avenue
8. Cinnamon City Cliff
9. Wheels On Beach Park
10. Sunset Destination
11. Crystal Tree
12. Electric Becomes Eclectic

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Beach Circus Manufacturer: Sun Dazzle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAGF48 Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

1. Miracle
2. Love Of My Life
3. Into U
4. Holiday
5. Beach Circus
6. I'd Give Anything
7. Top Of The Night
8. Cool By THe Moon

Average customer rating: First Rate Compilation Album !!

Pacific Coast Highway: Take a Journey ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004T14O Release Date: 2000-05-22

Tracks:

1. P C H (Pacific Coast High
2. Fleme
3. For The Love Of You
4. Ever Changin Times
5. 88 Ways To Love
6. Can't Let You Go
7. Le Restaurant
8. Lisa
9. Miles Away
10. African Sunrise
11. Achiles
12. My Brother & Me
13. Pick Up The Pieces
14. Theme From Hill Street Bl
15. Pch (Pacific Coast Highwa
16. Give Love A Chance
17. Good Medicine
18. Blue Sky Day
19. Moomba
20. Saulsalito Calling
21. Children At Play
22. Sweet Thing
23. Highway One
24. Off The Hook
25. Rock With You
26. Noctumal Maneuvers
27. Joy & Pain
28. Olio

Album Details

Jazz/soul. This New Album features a Mix of Some of the Most New, Popular Tracks from the Jazz FM Playlist and is the First Release in a Three Part Series, which Will all Be Released During 2000.

Customer Reviews:

First Rate Compilation Album !!.......2001-09-11

If your as passionate about smooth jazz as I am then this has got to be a pretty strong recommendation. A worthy collection of some of the greatest names in the industry this album really does the spirit of smooth jazz proud. Produced by one of the greatest promoters in the UK jazz scene this recording really does instil the spirit of driving down the Californian highway in an open top, breeze in your hair, sun on your face and not a care in the world. I'm not normally a fan of compilation cds and I'm not really sure what compelled me to buy this one but I'm sure glad I did. The value for money cds pack in great names like Marc Antoine, Candy Dulfer, Dave Koz, Basia, Roger Smith and Chuck Leob. My personal favourites are Aretha Franklin's Ever Changin' Times, Candy Dufler's For The Love of You and that all time classic The Theme from Hill Street Blues. Did I mention Richard Elliot's passionate rendition of Moomba? Ahhh so much talent, so little time ...

If you enjoyed this album then a must is the later release entitled 101 Eastbound. Another excellent double album bursting at the seams with names such as Fourplay, Euge Groove, Acoustic Alchemy, David Sanborn and The Rippingtons.

Encore!!

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Memorise This Moment Pacific Coast Highway Manufacturer: Dts ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005LMXU Release Date: 2000-01-04

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Pacific Coast Highway-Take a Journey ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A2975M Release Date: 2003-04-08

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