Urban Jazz Grooves [Import]
Urban Jazz Grooves [Import]
Track Listings
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1. Fingerprints
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2. Hate Or Love-
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3. Revival
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4. Breezin'
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5. 101 Eastbound
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6. Out'a Nowhere
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7. Just The Two Of Us
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8. I'm Only Human
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9. When We Get By
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10. Why You Follow Me
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11. Friendly Pressure
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12. Angela (Theme From Taxi)
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13. On And On
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14. Sisters
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15. Daydreaming
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16. Everyone Love The Sunshine
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17. So What!
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18. Shelter
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19. My Lovin' Will Give You Something
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20. All Night Long
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See all 34 tracks on this disc
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Collection Bringing Together the Very Best of Modern Day Soul, Contemporary Funk Flavas, Smooth Jazz Moods and Classic Old Skool Grooves. Artists Include Jamiroquai, Macy Gray, George Benson, and Grover Washington Jr.
Urban Jazz Grooves,Various Artists,Wea/Warner,Jazz
Average customer rating:
- Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 2...
- For R&B Fans
- Nothing But Back To Back Classic
- Rich and Smooth!!!!!
- This is the best of these CDs (out of all that I own)
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Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Contemporary Blues
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Smooth Jazz
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General
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General
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General
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Soul
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General
| Funk
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Quiet Storm
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1970s
| By Decade
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1980s
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General
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1970-1979
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1980-1989
| Decades
| Compilations
| Miscellaneous
| Styles
| Music
Rhino Records
| Amazon.com Label Stores
| Stores
| Music
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ASIN: B0000033G7
Release Date: 1995-02-14 |
Tracks:
- I Just Wanna Be Your Girl - Chapter 8
- If You Play Your Cards Right - Alicia Myers
- Just Be My Lady - Larry Graham
- Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw
- Am I Dreaming - Atlantic Starr
- I Have Learned To Respect The Power Of Love - Stephanie Mills
- What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
- Tender Love (Extended Vocal Remix) - Force M.D.'s
- Why Have I Lost You - Cameo
- Come Go With Me - Teddy Pendergrass
- As We Lay - Shirley Murdock
- Fire & Desire - Rick James
Customer Reviews:
Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 2..........2007-06-02
The title says it all. A good collection of love songs at any price. My favorites on this disc:
1. I Just Wanna Be Your Girl - Chapter 8
2. If You Play Your Cards Right - Alicia Myers
4. Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw
5. Am I Dreaming - Atlantic Starr
7. What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
8. Tender Love (Extended Vocal Remix) - Force M.D.'s
The aforementioned songs were "serious" cuts back in the day!! Five stars!
For R&B Fans.......2006-11-09
What can I say about this compilation? First this CD has some of the greatest slow jams you will ever find. Chapter 8's I Just Wanna Be Your Girl Featuring Anita Baker, is probably the best song on here. Not to say songs like, If You Play Your Cards Right, Let Me Be Your Angel, Tender Love, What You Won't Do For Love, Come Go With Me, As We Lay and the late great Rick James's Fire & Desire are not great songs. Needless to say if you are a R&B fan you will love this CD.
Nothing But Back To Back Classic.......2006-02-08
Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 2 is a follow up to Volume 1, and like Volume 1, the CD is very constient with the classic slow jams, that may young folks were made of. Standout tracks include the classic and often sampled Tender Love. Other standout tracks include What You Won't Do For Love by Bobby Caldwell ,Come Go With Me by Teddy P and the always heartbreaking classics Am I Dreaming by Atlantic Starr and Fire & Desire by Rick James.
Rich and Smooth!!!!!.......2003-10-22
This is one of the best compilations in this Smooth Grooves Series and of course I would definitely reccommend this album to
anyone who likes old school rhythm and blues, love songs, and good music every track on this album is solid some of the best names in music are on this album. My favorites: Fire and Desire, Am I Dreaming, Just Be My Lady and many other great artists and songs I love this album !!!!!
This is the best of these CDs (out of all that I own).......2002-07-08
I own quite a few from this series.
When you are sitting around the house on a Sunday night and don't want to turn on the television or read a book, this is the apropos solution.
Particularly good are numbers 1, 2, 8 and 12. The difficulty of finding a lot of these songs individually is what makes the CD worth every penny.
This is a good sampling of some of the best muscial ideas from a lot of the bigger names of the 80s.
Average customer rating:
- One of the best albums ever made
- a funky good time!
- Imprescindible si de verdad te gusta la música
- Life On Planet Groove
- Delicious Funk!
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The Urban Grooves: Album II
Down to the Bone
Manufacturer: Q. Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Acid Jazz
| Jazz
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General
| Jazz
| Styles
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| Jazz
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Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo
| Jazz
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ASIN: B00000JCCX
Release Date: 1999-06-29 |
Tracks:
- Long Way From Brooklyn
- The Zodiac
- To The Bone
- Joy Is A Good Groove
- Urban Jazz
- Fusion Food
- Vinyl Junkie
- Yo Man It's Herbie
- Bump 'N' Hustle
- Right On Baby - Yeah!
- A Little Touch Of Soul
Customer Reviews:
One of the best albums ever made.......2003-12-04
Even if you don't even like anything that has to do with Jazz this album will definetly appeal to you. I didn't listen to jazz at all, but mostly electronic and club music like Antiloop or Fatboy Slim. Guess what? Once I put this disc in my cd player it was stuck there for a whole week! I just couldn't stop listening. The songs are so different and they all have strong and good melodies. One of the best albums ever made in my opinion.
a funky good time!.......2003-06-26
everybody go out and buy this and have a funky good time!one of the best jazzfunk groups today!i'm sure the godfather james brown would groove to this!take it to the bridge!j.h.
Imprescindible si de verdad te gusta la música.......2003-01-27
Este cd de Down to the bone es un cóctel perfecto que te da muchos y variados sabores, desde el acid jazz hasta el sonido más funk, sin dejar de lado sonidos latinos y lounge, y por supuesto con ese toque groove que le da un carácter diferente.
Descubrí este disco en un club que destaca porque sus sonidos mayoritariamente son de acid jazz. Estaba escuchando el corte número 8 y me impresionó la calidad de los arreglos, y la mezcla perfecta de ritmo y musicalidad. Si tuviera que resumir este trabajo, diría que es como una orquesta llena de virtuosos, que se deja ver como acid jazz, pero que tiene pizcas muy notorias de funk, incluso house, que le dan muchísimo sabor.
Lógicamente, compré este cd para disfrute personal y debo decir que cuando lo escuché, a principios de 2002, me dí cuenta de que era una de las mejores adquisiciones del año. Lo llevo siempre en el coche y cada vez que alguien se sube y lo oye, me pregunta quiénes son. Enganchan desde el principio, tienen un ritmo agradable y nada estridente, y siendo temas instrumentales, se disfrutan mucho más porque te puedes recrear en la música, no en lo que te cuentan. Yo soy de los que opino que la letra no aporta nada a la música. La música es para oírla, no para que te haga pensar. La música te da sensaciones, no sentimientos.
Creo que si te gusta la música y escapas de lo vulgar, de lo masificado, este cd es una muy buena elección. Yo lo tengo en mi lista de imprescindibles.
Life On Planet Groove.......2003-01-05
I had initially began this review of Down To The Bone's sophmore disc " Urban Grooves II " with the title heading " Music for the Tragically Hip " but thought far better of it. While bearing in mind other Amazon.com reader's obvious enjoyment of this CD this listener had a rather difficult time digesting this disc in one sitting/listen. Well, beyond the obvious misguided attempt to present themselves in an overly urban/oh-so-cool manner this disc simply gets on my nerves perhaps more than any recent CD that I've purchased.
Don't misunderstand me....I too have been a long time fan of this style of jazz for many years. Musicians such as Donald Byrd, Herbie Mann or the early Crusaders practiced this style of jazz with mixed results but it was very enjoyable and ultimately rewarding in bringing in listener's to this genre. That being said I found the majority of what's to be heard on this disc patently phony in it's all too eager desire cast iself as 'urban chic' and in trying to maintain some type of street-creed amongst younger listener's. You can call it 'jazz lite' or anything else you please but simply by virtue of having saxophone, flute or any other wind instrument in your song's does not a jazz CD make. The tunes to be found here go on far too long i.e." The Zodiac " clocking in at a lengthy, mind-numbing 8 minutes. Which, in most cases would be fine if the song actually went somewhere but sadly it just constantly repeats itself on and on ad naseum until it mercifully dies off. And, after attempting to listen to the other tracks to be found, all of them rewarding the buyer with the same self-absorbed thumping groove and heavy
bass beat on song after song....after song I found myself throwing up my hands. Leaving this listener exhausted and looking for his stereo's on/off switch...plus the nearest bottle of Excedrin.
I, as a rule, would never cast aspertions of any other listerner's taste in music but I have to wonder how so many music lover's could find this style of rehashed, overly produced and, at times, even child-like melodies more than just slightly entertaining. Do Stuart Wade and Chris Morgans, the Brit duo who produce DTTB and are it's source of inspiration, truly have their fingers on the pulse of what young jazz listener's really enjoy or are they just market savvy enough to be able to promote their product to young suburban white consumer's who share in some misguided longings in their desire to be "hip" " cool" or even "urban." Make no mistake, like it or not, just like anything else in the vast world, this is simply a product and knowing how to market and thusly promote that product is sadly just as important as the contents to be found therein. And, again sadly, that also pertains to today's music business as well. And this duo has done an admirable job of fobbing off to any unsuspecting listener/consumer a product that is neither fresh or, for that matter, even truly current in today's music industry.
Ultimately, while " Urban Grooves II " may appear to perhaps be paying hommage to the jazz greats mentioned above I suspect that is simply not the case. Disguising yourself as some type of jazz afficionado is bad enough but when you attempt to market that enthusiasm to susceptible, at times even impressionable young music lover's, not only is that disengenuous but even reprehensible as well. (But apparently it is profitable seeing how well this duo's CD's are flying off the shelf.) Trying to associate yourself, simply by having photograph's of the Crusader's, Airto and other jazz giants in this field on the back cover of your disc, simply won't grant you entry into the field of jazz. That's like stating that Sade ( a fine singer in her own way ) is this generation's answer to Ella or Billie Holiday. It's going to take more than just recycled grooves and a few photo's of urban record stores plus the occassional jazz lick here and there to truly grant you that entrance. When 'Down To The Bone' has done some homework, payed some dues and learned some real chops perhaps I'll be back. 'Tragically hip' who's to say. But for now I think I'll pass.
Delicious Funk!.......2002-04-14
Yes, I'll add my voice to the chorus -- the disk rocks from start to finish. If not for a visit to the States one day and fortunately hearing them on the radio (a college station specialising in jazz) and then luckily catching the artist's name -- I'd never have known about these guys. This is one of today's music's best kept secrets, but hopefully not much longer. For those who've yet to hear them, it's very difficult to compare this sound to anything else I've heard. A jazzy feel with a strong danceable bottom -- Brass Construction or Wood, Brass and Steel (from the 70's) come close, but not quite.
If asked to pick favourite tracks, I'll go with "Long Way from Brooklyn", "The Zodiac", "Joy Is a Good Groove", and "Bump 'n' Hustle". Some of them are so good you just want to put the player on repeat -- but don't, because the next track is just as good. Pretty rare these days to get a disk where you like every cut, but this is it. I also now own the follow-up disk Spread the Word, but it's not quite so consistently strong. I await their newest release (coming in May) with enthusiasm!!
There aren't too many disks that I and my 19-year-old daughter both like, but this is one of them. When others her age ask what she likes, and she mentions Down to the Bone, she draws stares and "WHO?" She simply says, "check 'em out..." You should too.
Average customer rating:
- One of my favorite's in the series
- A Must
- awesome!
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Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
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ASIN: B0000033G9
Release Date: 1995-02-14 |
Tracks:
- Float On - Floaters
- You Are My Starship - Norman Connors
- Voyage To Atlantis - Isley Brothers
- 'Cause I Love You - Lenny Williams
- It's Been A Long Time - New Birth
- Hey Love - Delfonics
- Stop To Start - Blue Magic
- Break Up To Make Up - Stylistics
- Willing To Learn - Tower Of Power
- Something He Can Feel - Aretha Franklin
- Special Lady - Ray, Goodman & Brown
- You Don't Have To Cry - Rene & Angela
Customer Reviews:
One of my favorite's in the series.......2006-12-11
Smooth Grooves: A Sensual Collection, Vol. 3 continues a great trend in the series of providing sensual listening experiences. The listener is a hit with a quadruple TKO with the first four tracks on the CD. First you get the extended mix of Float On by The Floaters. The song is eleven minutes and 49 seconds of slow jam bliss. The second song You Are My Starship by Norman Connors is another winner as is # 3. Voyage To Atlantis by The Isley Brothers . Track 4. 'Cause I Love You by Lenny Williams has become an everlasting slow jam that is one of the most heartfelt songs a man ever sung to a woman. Two of my other tracks on the CD are # 10 Something He Can Feel by Aretha Franklin & # 12 You Don't Have To Cry by Rene & Angela. Something He Can Feel" is a startling showcase for Curtis Mayfield's empathetic skills (he said that he tried to imagine how a woman feels when she loves a man) and serves as one of Franklin's best '70s sides while You Don't Have To Cry showcases everlasting love.
A Must.......2000-06-20
This Disc Starts off with Two Great Songs.Float On By The Floaters is Incredible alone.a true TImeless SOulful gem.You are My Starship By Norman COnnors is a Classic for the ages.Voyage to Atlantis By The Isley Brothers is very Essential.SO Many Great Artists Here Setting The Mood up Right.A Must Have.
awesome!.......1998-09-04
I'm in my early twenties and haved loved older music all my life. This CD is a great collection of old slow songs. I listen to it constantly!
Average customer rating:
- Romanticizing The Grit of the City
- street,well produced,need more of!!
- ON Point
- It "JAMS" The House of Urban Grooves Jazz
- Cool Jams!
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The House of Urban Grooves: THUG Jazz
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Peak Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Acid Jazz
| Jazz
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| Jazz
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- The Slow Jamz Album
ASIN: B0002HNL7A
Release Date: 2004-07-27 |
Tracks:
- Hey Shorty
- Vanelli
- Jak Ghetto
- Howard's In
- Enemy
- Da Truth
- Deringa
- Kaos
- Sump'n Else
- T.H.U.G. Theme
- Vicious Vamp
Customer Reviews:
Romanticizing The Grit of the City.......2006-08-03
This isn't daiseys and clover but it has a pulse of its own. I love all kinds of music (but not all music). This is a nice blend of hip hop, smooth jazz, with a little touch of up tempo lounge music. There is a lot of variety of groove here. I stumbled on this CD. Sometimes you find great things when you aren't really looking for it. Add this one to your collection. You will find it will work in a lot of settings from Saturday afternoon, a lead in to an evening that will eventually get quiet and romantic, to something to listen to in the car coming home from work.
street,well produced,need more of!!.......2006-03-09
this is coming from a soldier in iraq and we do not get that much music from the states.well this is one of the best i've heard in a while! ronnie-aka/da r-tist!
ON Point.......2006-01-24
i had randomly bought the CD in the store and when i got it home & put it in the CD player i had never been so pleaseantly surprised with a Jazz CD before. I usually don't buy jazz because to me it's normally a long drawn out process but i really liked this album and it encouraged me to buy more jazz albums like it.
It "JAMS" The House of Urban Grooves Jazz.......2005-11-14
It hits that "RHYTHM" for inner city feeling and movement. The kind of music you want to "groove" with while you're driving are thinkiing about the cosmopolitan things of life. If you like "hip" buy it.
Cool Jams!.......2005-04-14
I bought this on a whim and it was the best purchase I have made in years! Some songs are sexy, some relaxing and smooth, others are ultra funky and fun! Some have vocals and some don't. The songs flow into one another. "Howard's In" should be in a movie (maybe it was?) with its changing moods - starting with a flowing piano over a strong beat that continues until that funky sax takes its turn, finally ending with the quiet beat blending into the next song. It makes me think of a psychological thriller! Love this!
Average customer rating:
- Great R&B Sounds 'N' Jazz
- Smooth Jazz At It's Best
- Pleasurable to the ears
- Don't think this is a knockoff
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Smooth Urban Grooves
Soul Providers
Manufacturer: Fastlife
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
General
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
General
| Funk
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rap & Hip-Hop
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ASIN: B000F5FS98
Release Date: 2006-07-11 |
Tracks:
- Encore
- Through The Wire
- Ordinary People
- Let Me Love You
- We Belong Together
- Lovers And Friends
- Hate It Or Love It
- Charlene
- Diary
- My Place
- 21 Questions
Customer Reviews:
Great R&B Sounds 'N' Jazz.......2007-04-05
A must have for all jazz lovers. Superior instrumental sounds of R&B tunes. Get it ASAP.
Smooth Jazz At It's Best.......2006-12-14
I recently picked up Smooth Urban Grooves by Soul Providers and if you're a fan of Smooth Jazz then this is a CD for you. The hip-hop tracks Encore, Through The Wire, Hate It Or Love It and 21 Questions are very smooth and have a Chicago steppin feel to it. However I'm a slow jam type of guy and the slow jam jazz covers on here Let Me Love You, We Belong Together, Lovers & Friends and Diary all stand out. The Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris composition titled "Lovers and Friends" retains its soulful ballad ways, while the addition of certain jazz elements delivered from Baldwin's keyboards and the soulful horn charts played to the hilt by Nelson Rangell and Marion Meadows. The same can be said for My Place which becomes a even smoother slow jam when the sax is added to it. If you get a chance pick this one up.
Pleasurable to the ears.......2006-11-16
I would recommend this CD if you are a pop/contemporary jazz type listener. I selected this CD because of the producer [Bob Baldwin] behind the music. Although not quite to the soulful jazz standard of his own compositions, this CD none the less is enjoyable to listen to. Tracks 1, 4 and 8 are particularly note worthy.
Don't think this is a knockoff.......2006-09-14
I picked this up by chance. I saw that Bob Baldwin was associated with the group and thought that it would be interesting knowing that Baldwin is one of the better jazz artists. That being said, those expecting a jazz interpretation like the Hidden Beach Unwrapped series might be expecting a little too much. They stay true to form on most songs and they don't disappoint. Some tracks I can see as being a jazzy cover of hip hop without straying away too much. Nevertheless, it's a cool cd to play that would entertain and appeal to everyone.
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Inflight Instrumentals
Presto
Manufacturer: Concrete Grooves
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Cool Jazz
| Jazz
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ASIN: B0002A708I
Release Date: 2004-02-10 |
Tracks:
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- Space Walk
- Avenues
- Trip to Brazil
- Fade to Black
- The Chase
- No Way Back
- Bring It Live
- Dazed
- Reminisce
- Lost in Rhodes
- As Time Pushes On
- Pianoscape
- Relax Your Mind
- To the Music
Album Description
You can hear his track "Relax Your Mind" on DJ Mark Farina's "Mushroom Jazz 3" compilation on OM Records. He also has a track featuring MC Lowd and DJ Haul called "Breath Control", which is on the compilation "Deep Concentration 4" on OM Records. The jazz influenced sound Presto is known for is summed up on his latest CD release "Inflight Instrumentals". This is a 16 song discography of all of his previous vinyl-only releases and unreleased tracks all on one CD with 2 hidden bonus tracks. If you're a fan of acid jazz or hip-hop you should definitely check this CD out!
Average customer rating:
- As smooth as could be...
- A great investment!!!
- Excellent compilation.
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Smooth Grooves: Jazzy Soul, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00003OT6I
Release Date: 2000-01-18 |
Tracks:
- Nights Over Egypt - The Jones Girls
- So Many Tears - Regina Belle
- Sweet Sticky Thing - Ohio Players
- Making Love In The Rain - Herb Alpert
- Song For You - Rodney Franklin
- Can You Feel What I'm Saying? - Minnie Riperton
- The Lady Wants To Know - Michael Franks
- Every Generation - Ronnie Laws
- I've Been A Fool For You - Miles Jaye
- No One Else Will Do - Cheryl Lynn
- Soft And Easy - The Blackbyrds
- Good Combination - Peabo Bryson
Customer Reviews:
As smooth as could be..........2006-04-11
This is REAL music--MUSIC that will nourish your heart, soul and spirit. Unlike today's watered-down and soul-less "Urban Contemporary"v souns this is great music from beginning to end. The songs by Cheryl Lynn, The Jones Girls, Rodney Franklin and Peabo Bryson are sure to please.
A great investment!!!.......2005-08-19
I have the first three volumes, but this is by far the best. I have had it in my car since the first day, and it has been in my cd player every day since then!!! I can not get enough of this cd, it is well worth the money.
Excellent compilation........2000-02-19
This tryptich is well worth spending your money on. It is a great compilation of the finest and styliest music that was en vogue in the 70 s and 80 s. I bought this one because I actually have most of the songs on the other two, and because I wanted to listen to the "Nights over Egypt" song performed in its original version (Incognito has done its own version in its latest "No time like the future"). You will also find one of the greatest songs from the Ohio Players (one of the emblematic bands of what I call "heavy funk", playing it cool here), a great song from the late Minnie Ripperton, two extraordinary tracks from Rodney Franklin (Howard Smith on vocals sounding just like Al Jarreau) and Ronnie Laws. Plus the mythical "the lady wants to know", from one of Michael Franks's best albums. The sleeve reminds the "I want you" (Marvin Gaye), and there is a lot of interesting information inside the booklet.
If you like soft sounds, high quality things that were done 20 years ago, these three albums are for you and will help you to discover or rediscover artists and sounds from that period.
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- Will Power, it should say "Will Passion"!
- silky horn
- Great smooth jazz.
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Will Power
Will Donato
Manufacturer: Generation Records Online
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Smooth Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
General
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
General
| Soul
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
General
| Jazz
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
General
| R&B
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
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ASIN: B0009VX96M
Release Date: 2005-02-14 |
Tracks:
- Earthshakin'
- Will Power
- The Goddess
- Drowning in your Eyes
- New Life
- Italia
- Espana
- X-Factor
- Illuminata
Customer Reviews:
Will Power, it should say "Will Passion"!.......2005-09-13
Will releases his true passion and power of love for his music here. My husband and I enjoy listening to this CD, we have it cranked to play all through the house...we would love to see him live...come up to Seattle Will! Thanks for sharing your love of music with us, you truly are a gifted and blessed musician!
silky horn.......2005-07-17
Yeah, I found it and it was worth it. This is a very nice smooth jazz cd. Very easy to listen to. It should not take 2 to 3 weeks to get this cd. A lot of people are missing out on some really nice music. This guy is silky smooth and he lays down a really nice groove. Check it out.
Great smooth jazz........2005-07-08
This is truly great smooth jazz. I had a difficult time finding this CD, and you will too as it seems to be either out of print or there is a distribution problem for this unknown record label, Generation Records. Its classic smooth jazz that borrows some licks from quite a few R&B artists of the '70s like The Brothers Johnson. Also, you can hear Steve Reid's influence quite well. This is very easy to play and listen to, and its never distracting as the music is quite pleasant. I give this CD my highest recommendation. Its hard to find, but you'll be rewarded with some great smooth jazz if you do find it.
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Steel Drum Grooves
Steel Drum Artist Doug Walker
Manufacturer: Panman Productions, Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| International
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| Music
General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
International Jazz
| Jazz
| Indie Music
| Stores
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ASIN: B000085J96
Release Date: 2002-02-06 |
Tracks:
- Angel
- Dock of the Bay
- Feel Like Love
- Under the Boardwalk
- Besame Mucho
- Elements
- Stand By Me
- Maria, Maria
- Is This Love
- Spanish Eyes
- It Wasn't Me
- Day-O
- Guantanamera
- Ain't No Sunshine
Album Description
This fun and upbeat CD includes contemporary hits in the Steel Drum style including Shaggy's "Angel" and "It Wasn't Me".
Average customer rating:
- One of the best albums ever made
- a funky good time!
- Imprescindible si de verdad te gusta la música
- Life On Planet Groove
- Delicious Funk!
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The Urban Grooves: Album II
Down to the Bone
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Acid Jazz
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Smooth Jazz
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ASIN: B0000241Z7
Release Date: 1999-05-04 |
Tracks:
- Long Way From Brooklyn
- The Zodiac
- To The Bone
- Joy Is A Good Groove
- Phat City Hustler
- Urban Jazz
- Fusion Food
- Vinyl Junkie
- Yo Man It's Herbie
- Bump 'N' Hustle
- Right On Baby - Yeah!
- A Little Touch Of Soul
Customer Reviews:
One of the best albums ever made.......2003-12-04
Even if you don't even like anything that has to do with Jazz this album will definetly appeal to you. I didn't listen to jazz at all, but mostly electronic and club music like Antiloop or Fatboy Slim. Guess what? Once I put this disc in my cd player it was stuck there for a whole week! I just couldn't stop listening. The songs are so different and they all have strong and good melodies. One of the best albums ever made in my opinion.
a funky good time!.......2003-06-26
everybody go out and buy this and have a funky good time!one of the best jazzfunk groups today!i'm sure the godfather james brown would groove to this!take it to the bridge!j.h.
Imprescindible si de verdad te gusta la música.......2003-01-27
Este cd de Down to the bone es un cóctel perfecto que te da muchos y variados sabores, desde el acid jazz hasta el sonido más funk, sin dejar de lado sonidos latinos y lounge, y por supuesto con ese toque groove que le da un carácter diferente.
Descubrí este disco en un club que destaca porque sus sonidos mayoritariamente son de acid jazz. Estaba escuchando el corte número 8 y me impresionó la calidad de los arreglos, y la mezcla perfecta de ritmo y musicalidad. Si tuviera que resumir este trabajo, diría que es como una orquesta llena de virtuosos, que se deja ver como acid jazz, pero que tiene pizcas muy notorias de funk, incluso house, que le dan muchísimo sabor.
Lógicamente, compré este cd para disfrute personal y debo decir que cuando lo escuché, a principios de 2002, me dí cuenta de que era una de las mejores adquisiciones del año. Lo llevo siempre en el coche y cada vez que alguien se sube y lo oye, me pregunta quiénes son. Enganchan desde el principio, tienen un ritmo agradable y nada estridente, y siendo temas instrumentales, se disfrutan mucho más porque te puedes recrear en la música, no en lo que te cuentan. Yo soy de los que opino que la letra no aporta nada a la música. La música es para oírla, no para que te haga pensar. La música te da sensaciones, no sentimientos.
Creo que si te gusta la música y escapas de lo vulgar, de lo masificado, este cd es una muy buena elección. Yo lo tengo en mi lista de imprescindibles.
Life On Planet Groove.......2003-01-05
I had initially began this review of Down To The Bone's sophmore disc " Urban Grooves II " with the title heading " Music for the Tragically Hip " but thought far better of it. While bearing in mind other Amazon.com reader's obvious enjoyment of this CD this listener had a rather difficult time digesting this disc in one sitting/listen. Well, beyond the obvious misguided attempt to present themselves in an overly urban/oh-so-cool manner this disc simply gets on my nerves perhaps more than any recent CD that I've purchased.
Don't misunderstand me....I too have been a long time fan of this style of jazz for many years. Musicians such as Donald Byrd, Herbie Mann or the early Crusaders practiced this style of jazz with mixed results but it was very enjoyable and ultimately rewarding in bringing in listener's to this genre. That being said I found the majority of what's to be heard on this disc patently phony in it's all too eager desire cast iself as 'urban chic' and in trying to maintain some type of street-creed amongst younger listener's. You can call it 'jazz lite' or anything else you please but simply by virtue of having saxophone, flute or any other wind instrument in your song's does not a jazz CD make. The tunes to be found here go on far too long i.e." The Zodiac " clocking in at a lengthy, mind-numbing 8 minutes. Which, in most cases would be fine if the song actually went somewhere but sadly it just constantly repeats itself on and on ad naseum until it mercifully dies off. And, after attempting to listen to the other tracks to be found, all of them rewarding the buyer with the same self-absorbed thumping groove and heavy
bass beat on song after song....after song I found myself throwing up my hands. Leaving this listener exhausted and looking for his stereo's on/off switch...plus the nearest bottle of Excedrin.
I, as a rule, would never cast aspertions of any other listerner's taste in music but I have to wonder how so many music lover's could find this style of rehashed, overly produced and, at times, even child-like melodies more than just slightly entertaining. Do Stuart Wade and Chris Morgans, the Brit duo who produce DTTB and are it's source of inspiration, truly have their fingers on the pulse of what young jazz listener's really enjoy or are they just market savvy enough to be able to promote their product to young suburban white consumer's who share in some misguided longings in their desire to be "hip" " cool" or even "urban." Make no mistake, like it or not, just like anything else in the vast world, this is simply a product and knowing how to market and thusly promote that product is sadly just as important as the contents to be found therein. And, again sadly, that also pertains to today's music business as well. And this duo has done an admirable job of fobbing off to any unsuspecting listener/consumer a product that is neither fresh or, for that matter, even truly current in today's music industry.
Ultimately, while " Urban Grooves II " may appear to perhaps be paying hommage to the jazz greats mentioned above I suspect that is simply not the case. Disguising yourself as some type of jazz afficionado is bad enough but when you attempt to market that enthusiasm to susceptible, at times even impressionable young music lover's, not only is that disengenuous but even reprehensible as well. (But apparently it is profitable seeing how well this duo's CD's are flying off the shelf.) Trying to associate yourself, simply by having photograph's of the Crusader's, Airto and other jazz giants in this field on the back cover of your disc, simply won't grant you entry into the field of jazz. That's like stating that Sade ( a fine singer in her own way ) is this generation's answer to Ella or Billie Holiday. It's going to take more than just recycled grooves and a few photo's of urban record stores plus the occassional jazz lick here and there to truly grant you that entrance. When 'Down To The Bone' has done some homework, payed some dues and learned some real chops perhaps I'll be back. 'Tragically hip' who's to say. But for now I think I'll pass.
Delicious Funk!.......2002-04-14
Yes, I'll add my voice to the chorus -- the disk rocks from start to finish. If not for a visit to the States one day and fortunately hearing them on the radio (a college station specialising in jazz) and then luckily catching the artist's name -- I'd never have known about these guys. This is one of today's music's best kept secrets, but hopefully not much longer. For those who've yet to hear them, it's very difficult to compare this sound to anything else I've heard. A jazzy feel with a strong danceable bottom -- Brass Construction or Wood, Brass and Steel (from the 70's) come close, but not quite.
If asked to pick favourite tracks, I'll go with "Long Way from Brooklyn", "The Zodiac", "Joy Is a Good Groove", and "Bump 'n' Hustle". Some of them are so good you just want to put the player on repeat -- but don't, because the next track is just as good. Pretty rare these days to get a disk where you like every cut, but this is it. I also now own the follow-up disk Spread the Word, but it's not quite so consistently strong. I await their newest release (coming in May) with enthusiasm!!
There aren't too many disks that I and my 19-year-old daughter both like, but this is one of them. When others her age ask what she likes, and she mentions Down to the Bone, she draws stares and "WHO?" She simply says, "check 'em out..." You should too.
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