Stolen Moments

Stolen Moments

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With her impeccable musicianship and consummate taste, Alison Brown takes the banjo far from its rural traditions. If this is roots music, it no longer has any dust on its boot heels, as she engages in sophisticated interplay with Stuart Duncan's soaring fiddle on "The Sound of Summer Running," takes a Celtic romp with Sam Bush's sprightly mandolin on "The Magnificent Seven," and fashions a tone poem of atmospheric impressionism in "The Pirate Queen." Though instrumentals dominate, guest vocalists include the Indigo Girls on a revival of Simon and Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound," Beth Nielsen Chapman on a spiritually radiant rendition of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel," Andrea Zonn on the folk ballad "One Morning in May," and Mary Chapin Carpenter--billed as "Thigdalia Boomchick"--backed by a female chorus of Boomchicks on Boo Hewerdine's "Prayer Wheel." Brown's eclectic synthesis of bluegrass/jazz/classical/folk/new age is closer to NPR than Grand Ole Opry, more fitting for Sunday brunch than a Saturday night hoedown. --Don McLeese

Product Description
Stolen Moments showcases the Grammy winning banjoist, Alison Brown at the peak of her abilities. Drawing from a myriad of influences, there is a fluid musicality to her genre-bending album. In Brown's estimation, it's her most musically successful record to date. "For the first time, I feel like I've created a true hybrid sound that suggests its influences -bluegrass, jazz, Celtic music - but when taken as a whole isn't any one of these things. It may not be easy to put a label on it, but that's fine with me since that's the musical world I live in as a musician and with Compass records. To my ear, Stolen Moments comes off as a very accessible and listenable record with a consistent sound from track to track."

Anchored by Brown's technically rich and highly musical banjo, instrumental tracks range from the odd meter newgrass hoedown of The Magnificent Seven to the more delicate jazz-hued sensibility of The Pirate Queen and the Gregorian-chant inspired Carrowkeel. Playmates include bluegrass greats Sam Bush (mandolin), Stuart Duncan (fiddle) and Mike Marshall (mandolin) as well as Irish mavericks John Doyle (guitar) and Seamus Egan (flute), ex-Pretenders and Paul McCartney Band guitarist Robbie McIntosh and long time band mate John R. Burr (piano) as well as Nashville legend Kenny Malone (drums).

Brown also features an all-female cast of vocalists on four of the album's tracks. The Indigo Girls appear on a neo-bluegrass arrangement of Homeward Bound, Compass label mate Beth Nielsen Chapman delivers a delicate version of the Jimi Hendrix's classic Angel, and Mary Chapin Carpenter and Andrea Zonn are both Brown's co-conspirators from the Boomchicks (also including Sally Van Meter and Sally Truitt) an in-your-face all-female group formed for the Telluride Bluegrass festival four years ago. "The Boomchicks are such a unique bunch and I thought the Boo Hewerine song Prayer Wheel would be a great vehicle for Chapin's singing and everyone's playing - as well as having the right vibe for a band that came together in the Colorado mountains." Finally, fiddler/vocalist Andrea Zonn, who tours regularly as a featured guest with the Alison Brown Quartet, offers a sweet version of the folk classic One Morning in May, artfully arranged to feature John Doyle and Brown's twin guitars stylings.

Tracks:

Real Fine Love
Seven Little Indians
Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder
Back Of My Mind
Stolen Moments
Bring Back Your Love To Me
The Rest Of The Dream
Thirty Years Of Tears
Rock Back Billy
Listening To Old Voices
Through Your Hands
One Kiss

Customer Reviews:

If You Have To Pick Just One .......2006-04-04

John Hiatt fans are, if nothing else, opinionated. I can certainly see how the hard-core faithful who love "Slow Turning" and "Bring the Family" might find "Stolen Moments" a bit too commercial. But like earlier reviewer Sherry Lazaroff, "Stolen Moements" was my first Hiatt album (I heard it at a party and asked "Who is THAT??")and I've been a fan ever since. You might say that since "Stolen Moments," I've "grown" into "Slow Turning," "Bring the Family," "Perfectly Good Guitar" and the nice get-together on "Little Village." That said, I never tire of coming back to "Stolen Moments." It remains a staple of both my "road trip music" and my "kicking back at home" music. Well-expressed sentiments, nice licks, and clean production work. Without taking anything away from what are commonly deemed the Hiatt "classics," if you've never bought a John Hiatt album, this is a heck of a good place to start.

Must Biatt Hiatt.......2005-10-18

If you had to pin me down over my favorite Hiatt album than this would very narrowly win from all the others. Most sheep would have you believe Bring the Family or Slow Turning are Hiatt's definitive albums but I think this album is Hiatt reaching perfect balance. Combining, country, blues and rock with John's vocal at it's best and to my mind some of his strongest lirics. This album is It!! Buy It!!

Stolen Moments.......2005-10-10

This was the first CD I heard from John Hiatt. I've bought every CD since. He's like your best buddy, your brother, the nice guy you wish you'd meet, etc. Great music. Great lyrics.

Premium Hiatt in His Prime.......2003-12-19

John Hiatt is AWESOME baby! And this album is one of those albums that continues to grow on you every time you listen. Its why I never grow tired of listening to it. It is so diverse and has so many musical elements in it. It's nearly impossible to put in words the bare essence of this eclectic performer and how his raw and broad talent is captured... Probably, one of the most overlooked albums ever made period! Buy this damn album NOW!!!

Not quite on par with its predecessor.......2003-07-30

This album, which became John Hiatt's highest-charting at the time, came right after his two masterpieces "Bring The Family" and "Slow Turning".
And it does feature its share of fine songs, especially "Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder", "Back Of My Mind", and the lovely ballad "Bring Back Your Love To Me".

The title track is okay, too, although it does feel a little bit monotonous after a while. But too many of these twelve songs lack that little extra something that would have made them truly memorable...the hook, that special "groove". One really misses the superb, muscular rhythm section of Hiatt's best-ever backing band, Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe and veteran drummer Jim Keltner.

Not that "Stolen Moments" is a bad album, far from it. It may not be consistent or accessible enough to rank among Hiatt's best, and it is not a good place to start if you're new to John Hiatt's music (that would be "Bring The Family" or one of his compilation albums). But it is certainly not one to be avoided, either.

Stolen Moments
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Highly Creative Masterpiece

Their Best Yet

Proficient & aqueous banjo ... pleasurable aural experience

Groundbreaking Blend Of Banjo, Jazz & Celtic Folk - Surperb

Stolen Moments
Alison Brown
Manufacturer: Compass Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

The Sound Of Summer Running
The Magnificent Seven
Homeward Bound (featuring the Indigo Girls (Amy Ray, Emily Saliers)
The Pirate Queen
Carrowkeel
Angel (featuring Beth Nielsen Chapman)
McIntyre Heads South
One Morning In May (featuring Andrea Zonn)
(I'm Naked And I'm) Going To Glasgow
Prayer Wheel (featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter)
Musette For A Palindrome

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With her impeccable musicianship and consummate taste, Alison Brown takes the banjo far from its rural traditions. If this is roots music, it no longer has any dust on its boot heels, as she engages in sophisticated interplay with Stuart Duncan's soaring fiddle on "The Sound of Summer Running," takes a Celtic romp with Sam Bush's sprightly mandolin on "The Magnificent Seven," and fashions a tone poem of atmospheric impressionism in "The Pirate Queen." Though instrumentals dominate, guest vocalists include the Indigo Girls on a revival of Simon and Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound," Beth Nielsen Chapman on a spiritually radiant rendition of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel," Andrea Zonn on the folk ballad "One Morning in May," and Mary Chapin Carpenter--billed as "Thigdalia Boomchick"--backed by a female chorus of Boomchicks on Boo Hewerdine's "Prayer Wheel." Brown's eclectic synthesis of bluegrass/jazz/classical/folk/new age is closer to NPR than Grand Ole Opry, more fitting for Sunday brunch than a Saturday night hoedown. --Don McLeese

Album Description

Stolen Moments showcases the Grammy winning banjoist, Alison Brown at the peak of her abilities. Drawing from a myriad of influences, there is a fluid musicality to her genre-bending album. In Brown's estimation, it's her most musically successful record to date. "For the first time, I feel like I've created a true hybrid sound that suggests its influences -bluegrass, jazz, Celtic music - but when taken as a whole isn't any one of these things. It may not be easy to put a label on it, but that's fine with me since that's the musical world I live in as a musician and with Compass records. To my ear, Stolen Moments comes off as a very accessible and listenable record with a consistent sound from track to track."

Customer Reviews:

Highly Creative Masterpiece.......2005-11-27

Stolen Moments presents an eclectic variety of ballads and instrumentals with a seamless fusion of jazz, celtic, bluegrass and folk. It is an interesting mix of Alison's compositions, traditional music and contemporary folk ballads. Alison feels she has successfully achieved a synthesis of the elements and has produced the most blended musical showcase of her career.

The CD contains 11 cuts with four ballads featuring all woman vocalists, two distinctly celtic influenced instrumentals, a delightful musette, and four jazzy bluegrass influenced instrumentals. One Morning in May is a hauntingly beautiful traditional ballad featuring vocalist Andrea Zonn. The tempo, lyrics and vocals all work to stay with you long after the piece has finished.

Musically, four instrumental pieces stand out above the others. Composed while Alison was pregnant, Musette for a Palindrome is a tribute to her daughter, Hannah. Its simplicity delivers a very uplifting and beautiful melody. (I'm Naked and I'm) Going to Glasgow is heavily influenced by the Celtic tradition and brilliantly overlayed with bluegrass styling with a cheerful down home Appalachian hoedown feel to it. The Celtic influenced Carrokeel is based on a Gregorian Chant that Alison had studied while at Harvard. She had loved the melody and pulse which she felt layed out nicely on the banjo. Her interpretation is wonderful. The Magnificent Seven is Alison's personal favorite and the most complex piece on the CD.

As a female banjoist, Alison has disregarded the conventional wisdom of the banjo's role in music. Her imagination and talent has explored the possibilities in a number of realms not traditionally considered for the banjo and in doing so has created an intriguing eclectic collection of compositions. Stolen Moments is not just a collection of banjo cuts, it is a highly creative masterpiece with enough variety in tone, tempo and melody to keep you listening and listening and listening again. With each new listening, you are sure to hear something new, something exciting.

Their Best Yet.......2005-06-19

The previous two reviewers have covered everything much better than I can, so I just wanted to say that I believe the material on this album is the ABQ's best to date. The instrumentals are still very melodic and catchy yet more sophisticated with more intricate arrangements. The vocal tunes are as good, if not better than, those on the Grammy winning "Fair Weather" album.

Also, see ABQ live if you get a chance because it really showcases the musicians and songs better than any recording.

Proficient & aqueous banjo ... pleasurable aural experience.......2005-06-08

Playing Time - 50:35 -- Individualism in music is a goal for many musicians who enjoy the challenge of pushing their technical skills into realms of innovation and adventure. The impressively virtuosic Alison Brown has a broad base of experience to draw upon. Her travels have taken her from Connecticut to California to Tennessee. From her earliest bands (The Stringbenders, Gold Rush), the 1991 IBMA Banjo Player of the Year went on to play, record or tour with the likes of Northern Lights, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Michelle Shocked, New Grange, and others. She owns her own record company (Compass Records), and in 1996 formed her Alison Brown Quartet. A bit of trivia is that her tune, "Girl's Breakdown" (from her Grammy-nominated "Fair Weather" album) was used in early 2000 as the official wake up music for the crew of the U.S. Space Shuttle Destiny on their mission to the International Space Station. So what next for someone whose music has reached the depths of outer space?

"Stolen Moments" is an astounding display of melodic invention that continues to characterize this one-of-a-kind player. Her expressive musicality incorporates elements of many genres from Celtic (her own "Carrowkeel") to pop (Jimi Henrix's "Angel" or Paul Simon's "Homeward Bound" or Jim Rooney/Bill Keith's "One Morning in May"). These pop numbers include some superb vocals that make the album whole (courtesy of folks like Amy Ray, Emily Saliers, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Andrea Zonn). Mary Chapin Carpenter also appears. While credits aren't clear, I assume that she's one of the four singing "Boomchicks" (Thighdalia, Aureola, Ovaria, and Fallopia) who appear on "Prayer Wheel." Instrumental new acoustic jazz is well represented in cuts like "The Sound of Summer Running" and "The Magnificent Seven" (written with John Doyle) that has a seven-beat meter in the tune's head.

With the exception of "One Morning in May," arranged without banjo, the 5-string finds itself laying just right into the greater ensemble mix while piano, bass, guitar, fiddle, drums, and even a little mandolin create the kaleidoscope of sound. Some of the luminaries picking along include Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Sam Bush and Mike Marshall (mandolin). Mike seems right in his element on Brown's playful "Musette for a Palindrome." Seamus Egan plays an emotive low whistle on one track, "Carrowkell," while the similarly Cletic-flavored "(I'm Naked and I'm) Going to Glasgow" includes Solas guitarist John Doyle. John R. Burr's gives us some superior, jaw-dropping piano accompaniment that evokes a more smooth jazz sound. As much as I dislike drums in acoustic music, Kenny Malone's percussion is downright tasty in this particular context. Alison's husband, Garry West, plays bass.

Alison Brown is a confident musician who continues to make creative and courageous statements with her music. She's a daring stalwart whose proficient and aqueous banjo playing leaves us with pleasurable aural experiences that know few borders. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

Groundbreaking Blend Of Banjo, Jazz & Celtic Folk - Surperb .......2005-06-04

I love Alison Brown's progressive bluegrass banjo sound! It's a sophisticated mix of jazz, pop, classical, Celtic folk music, bluegrass, new-grass and Latin. Ms. Brown is a jazz-influenced, highly creative composer whose intricate playing demonstrates virtuoso ability. This Harvard University grad, (with an MBA from UCLA), has been named Banjo Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association, and has recorded six solo albums, including the 2001 Grammy winner "Fair Weather" and Grammy-nominated "Simple Pleasures." She has just come out with, what I think, is her best album to date, "Stolen Moments."

This 11 track CD, a combination of instrumentals and vocals, includes such diverse tracks as: "The Magnificent Seven," a Celtic medley, with Sam Bush on mandolin and Andrea Zonn on fiddle. The "seven" in the title refers to the seven-beat meter of the main theme; "Carrowkeel," which was based on a Gregorian chant, and includes both Seamus Egan's Irish-sounding pennywhistle, as well as the distinct sound of John R. Burr's piano; "Prayer Wheel," is highlighted by Mary Chapin Carpenter's extraordinary contralto; the cover of Jimi Hendrix's 1960's "Angel," with Beth Nielson Chapman on lead vocal, is simply gorgeous; and Paul Simon's "Homeward Bound, features the Indigo Girls singing harmony. Fiddler/vocalist Andrea Zonn sings with Alison Brown on the lovely folk ballad "One Morning In May." "Musette For A Palindrome," the self-penned conga/mandolin/banjo piece, is one of the albums most special tracks, as is the medley "I'm Naked and I'm Going to Glasgow," which begins with the traditional jig then goes off into three original reels.

Accompanying musicians include: Sam Bush (mandolin), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Mike Marshall (mandolin), as well as John Doyle (guitar) and Seamus Egan (flute), ex-Pretenders and Paul McCartney Band guitarist Robbie McIntosh, and long time band mate John R. Burr (piano), as well as Nashville legend Kenny Malone (drums).

This is a wonderful CD, which I predict will be a big hit and, quite possibly, win a Grammy!
JANA

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Hip-hop, Acid Jazz and Coltrane music
Serious Stuff With a Serious Message
Superb

Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool
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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...

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Not so hot
The Prodigy Returns
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Stanley Jordan -- I'm impressed!!

Stolen Moments
Stanley Jordan
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Release Date: 1991-11-12

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Album Description

This trio set with bassist Charnett Moffett and drummer Kenwood Dennard features the tapping guitarist Stanley Jordan during a typical live show from 1990 playing many songs that he had previously recorded. While "Stairway to Heaven" is treated as very credible rock and "Lady in My Life" gets funky, "Autumn Leaves" really cooks and Jordan fares well on "Stolen Moments" (during which he does a strong imitation of a keyboard) and "Impressions." Jordan's lone original, the rockish "Return Expedition" is at 15 minutes way too long and serves primarily as an opportunity for his two fine backup players to take lengthy solos. Jordan's unaccompanied display on the concluding "Over the Rainbow" finishes an interesting program.

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Customer Reviews:

Not so hot.......2006-11-04

I recently saw Stanley Jordan perform in person. Some of the songs he performed were the same as on this album. However, in person they were much better. There is too much departing from the melody on the songs on this album, so they often wind up being more about Stanley's virtuosity with his guitar than about capturing the song.

The Prodigy Returns.......2006-01-03

Stanley Jordan has been treated pretty roughly by the critics over the years. After breaking out in 1982 with virtousic performances on the streets of New York (and a highly unusual guitar technique), Jordan was feted by the New York jazz critics and educated elite, and his records and reviews soared as he signed onto Blue Note and embarked on a tremendous career.

Then something happened along the way. The critics found his extraordinary sound "boring," his material "lightweight," he was dropped by Blue Note, couldn't get any of his new records reviewed, and the critics and public lost interest. He is now rarely mentioned when jazz guitarists are discussed, and his records now come out on small, indie labels to little fanfare and no media or critical attention.

What happened? I don't know -- he sounds as great as he did when he was the toast of New York in the early 80s, except his sound has deepened and broadened. Take this mid-career 1990 set, recorded live in Japan in a crack trio setting. Jordan gives a Michael Jordan-like display of dizzying guitar wizardry, opening up and swallowing whole the rock warhorse "Stairway to Heaven" in the opening number. That's just the start -- he then unpacks Coltrane's "Impressions," reinvents "Autumn Leaves," funkifies "Lady in My Life," and, as you gasp for breath from the commanding control of their sound this trio has -- he comes onstage for the closer: a solo, heartbreaking version of "Over the Rainbow."

Anyone listening to this recently would have to agree the dude deserves a second look. An impressive set.

Somethin Else.......2001-06-07

If you like jazz and/or guitar you will love Stanley Jordan. He is one of the most unique players out there. Playing nearly everything in touch-tap technique and sometimes playing as many as three guitars at once. You can hear Jordan playing both the rhythm and the melody at the same time. His speed and precision are amazing.

Stolen Moments is recorded live at the Blue Not in Tokyo in 1990. He opens with a cover of the Led Zeppelin classic, "Stairway to Heaven". This instrumental version provides a new twist, which brings life into a very overplayed song. He follows with a very moving rendition of Coltrane's "Impressions". A very fast tempo piece in which each of the band mates gets to take a chance in the spotlight with a solo. The only original score of his that appears on this album is "Return Expedition" which explores an opportunity for each member to solo, and they do for more than four minutes each. He ends this flawless album with his version of "Over the Rainbow." It's all great music from beginning to end.

Giants Kenwood Dennard on drums and Charnett Moffett on acoustic bass (he only picks up an electric bass for "Lady In My Life") complete this very small, very tight band. This album has more of a jazz feeling than some of his other studio albums. Like so many talented artists, when Jordan takes to the stage he turns it up. His studio albums are great, but this is somethin' else.

If you're a Bruce Willis fan, you can catch a glimpse of Jordan in Blake Edwards' 1987 movie "Bind Date" with Kim Basinger.

Stanley Jordan -- I'm impressed!!.......1998-08-24

I heard Stanley Jordan in concert recently and couldn't wait to get his CD! Stolen Moments had some of my favorites tunes which he performed, and its so great! If you love to mellow out with his incredible guitar playing, you've got to get this!!!!

Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings Jazz & Blues

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What a wonderful mistake
DIANA ROSS DOES BLUES, JAZZ & POP...Live! Up Close & Personal
excellent

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Customer Reviews:

What a wonderful mistake.......2007-01-05

I thought I was ordering the "Lady sings the blues" soundtrack and wound up getting this. I listened to it and really loved it. It is a very intimate performance Diana did at some point. Let me tell you if you are any kind of fan of Ms Ross' you will love this CD. Don't pass it up. There will probably never be another one like it.

DIANA ROSS DOES BLUES, JAZZ & POP...Live! Up Close & Personal.......2006-09-06

Should have been the title, it was surely "Stolen Moments". Diana in front of small crowd (An intimate setting of course), and a very relaxed, but well put together band (including some top name jazz musicians) all put together by the one and only Gil Askey!

So in short you have free-flowing arrangements, a relaxed Diana Ross doing Blues, Jazz and Pop songs (A few from the "Lady Sings The Blues" soundtrack), an amazed crowd, and the recording tape that caught it all...What more could you ask for??? This is worth buying an expensive botle wine (Or the better stronger stuff)...Sit back relax, enjoy and wish you were right there with what I call a Treasured Moment with Diana Ross!!!

excellent.......1997-09-05

this was one of the best books I've ever read. The movie only covers a small part of Lady Day. She lead an interesting life. the movie only touched a small portion of her drug addticted life. I read this book in the 1970's and still remember how it touched my life as an adult. this book I highly recommend. END

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2 for 1

Stolen Moments
Kenny Burrell
Manufacturer: Concord Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000067UKQ
Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

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Old Folks
Have You Met Miss Jones
I Remember You
The Common Ground
If You Could See Me Now
I Hadn't Anyone Till You
La Petite Mambo

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Moon And Sand
My Ship
For Once In My Life
U.M.M.G.
Blue Bossa
Stolen Moments
Love For Sale
Lost In The Stars

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2 for 1.......2005-04-20

Disc 1: Burrell (g) Reggie Johnson (b) Carl Burnett (d) 3/23/77
Disc 2: Burrell (g) John Heard (b) Roy McCurdy (d) Kenneth Nash
(perc) 12/79.

This 2-CD set contains 2 Concord Jazz LPs: TIN TIN DEO and MOON AND SAND. MOON has a little bit more going on on it, with the added percussion and Burrell switching to accoustic guitar on some tracks, and is the better CD. Burrell has always had a warm, swinging sound, rich in tone - all of which is on display on both these discs. Not absolutely essential, but this set will give repeated pleasure.

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Rit playing seriously
This and Rit's House - his best work
Memories
Flawless renditions of timeless tunes
Beautiful Guitar Work, Very Classy.

Stolen Moments
Lee Ritenour
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000001R3
Release Date: 1990-03-29

Tracks:

Uptown
Stolen Moments
24th Street Blues
Haunted Heart
Waltz For Carmen
St. Bart's
Blue In Green
Sometime Ago

Customer Reviews:

Rit playing seriously.......2006-07-08

This is the serious album from Rit. Probably the one to passed to history as a player of serious music and not only as the one who invented "elevator Jazz" which is not really something to be proud of. Rit is a very good player. He has a trademark sound and this is the utmost important thing for a musician. He has chops, creativity, melodic control, harmonic knowledge. He has all these gifts. Unfortunatly very often in search for commercial success (that he had plenty of) he traded his musical gifts for money and did record a lot of boring stuff good for elevator people. Music for malls. Frankly he released in all those years few albums that are worthy the ticket price (Rit, Festival, Color Rit, Larry and Lee, Alive in LA, Wes Bound, Earth run, Stolen Moments.. ). This is the most serious album from Rit. The music is pure jazz and Rit plays here the Jazz idiom very well. The Montgomery fascination is evident but nevertheless Rit stll managed to sound like himself and no other. He plays standards in a very convincing way here. The sound that come out of his 1949 L5 is very good. If this album was released by another more serious record company (think to Blue Note etc) probably this album now would be considered memorable. But unfortunatly things never go the way we think they should. No jazz enthusiast now would consider a Rit album from GRP a serious album (serious album are such things as Kind of blue, Trane's Ballads, brubeck's Time out etc). But it is. It is a very good serious Jazz album and from a man who recorded tons of futile music (even if very well played) I think it is a great effort. Uh, I remember this album has been one of the first "real jazz" albums I did purchase, something like ... 16 years ago. Sometimes, I still listen to this music even if I know these songs and solos by memory.

This and Rit's House - his best work.......2003-01-16

I remember buying Stolen Moments after its release in 89 or 90 and thinking - "Good grief, Rit, how boring. Why play that 'old sounding' jazz?"

My, has time ever changed my opinion of this album! How anyone could listen to this album as well as his latest release, Rit's House", and not count Rit as a pure jazz great is beyond belief. With both these releases Rit clearly defends the thesis that there is the Rit "signature" sound that distinguishes him from other players. His octave playing is astounding - funky, melodic and soulful - and clearly demarks his own sound and style.

A true jazz guitar treasure.

Memories.......2000-09-03

This albumn is, without a doubt, an example of how well an album can be put together. A very "mood" diverse and entertaining selection that represents the talents of the artist at his best. This will be the fourth time that I have purchased this item in the last 10 years. Most of the time it has been borowed and never returned. I think that I have actually worn out one of the purchases. (originally bought as a cassette)

Flawless renditions of timeless tunes.......2000-04-29

Not a fan of Rittenour's fusion music, I was astounded to hear his rendition of Stolen Moments on the radio. This tune, and the rest of the album, is a great example of the finest of today's instrumental perfectionists, playing some great tunes of the heyday of jazz, with production values pleasing to both jazz aesthetes and casual listeners.

The tunes are recorded straight and clean without overdubbing. Unlike many direct-to-disc recordings, the playing is unrestrained, yet it achieves the perfection one expects from overdubbed construction. Best of all, these guys really groove together.

A nice range of styles and tempos, from the sultry Blue In Green and reflective Haunted Heart, to the lively Uptown and the strident St. Barts. Certainly not "ear candy", but still very pleasing, and therefore an excellent album to help guide one into the deeper waters of jazz. And the rendition of Stolen Moments is a must-listen to any serious jazz afficionado.

Beautiful Guitar Work, Very Classy........2000-02-04

This CD is really worth having if you like jazz and especially if you like fine guitar playing in the mix. The whole band is top notch and his guitar playing is absolutely flawless. To me this is what a Jazz album should be. Saying that all of the songs are good would be a great understatement. A nice glass of wine and this CD playing make for a very special occasion. Enjoy!

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Stolen Moments
Gap Mangione
Manufacturer: Josh Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Diana In The Autumn Wind
Family Holidays
Together Forever

ASIN: B0000E6NKG
Release Date: 2003-09-30

Tracks:

Happy Together
The Fool On the Hill
And I Love Her
Knock On Wood
Big P
Stolen Moments
With a Little Help of My Friends
The Gap (1960)
Moon River
The Need To Be
Dance Ballerina Dance
Something
Scarborough Fair
The Gap Theme
Golden Slumbers
The End

Album Description

Gap Mangione and the Big Band reunite with members of his past groups on a collection of new treatments of treasured tunes in Gap's unique style. The Big Band revisits favorites by The Beatles, The Turtles, Simon and Garfunkel, Oliver Nelson, and Henry Mancini among others.

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Problematic recording, so order with care.
Good---and it gets better!
Little Girl Blue Captured Live In New York City
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Fabulous album, especially for summertime listening

Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz & Blues
Diana Ross
Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Blue
Lady Sings the Blues
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Lady Sings the Blues, Vol. 2

ASIN: B0000639AA
Release Date: 2002-03-19

Tracks:

Fine And Mellow
Them There Eyes
Don't Explain
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Mean To Me
Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)
Little Girl Blue
There's A Small Hotel
I Cried For You
The Man I Love
God Bless The Child
Love Is Here To Stay
You've Cried
Strange Fruit
Good Morning Heartache
Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
My Man
Fine And Mellow (Reprise)

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Problematic recording, so order with care........2007-03-16

I rated the recent Ross release "Blue" five stars, on the strength of the deeply felt, dead-on Billie Holiday-haunted readings of songs like "But Beautiful" and "Easy Living." Some of the same qualities are in evidence on this recording, which suffers from some programming miscalculations and production problems or mis-judgments. Using "Fine and Mellow" as a flag-waver, first as an opener, then as a finale reprise, is just plain, well, ridiculous. Billie Holiday sang few 12-bar blues songs, and "Fine and Mellow" was always delivered effortlessly, intimately, and "naturally"--like the flowering of a gardenia. Whoever selected the song for its present position in the program and moreover encouraged Diana to adopt a "blues-belting" form of elocution ("Gimme a Pigfoot" is another example) must have been born yesterday.

The former R&B diva reveals her strengths on the ballads, all of them, with the exception of the two R&H tunes, right out of Lady Day's prime-time repertoire. Moreover, not only is she accompanied by the A Team, but she generously recognizes the contribution of each soloist--Roy Hargrove, Ralph Moore, Urbie Green, Jon Faddis.

I ordered this CD on the strength of "Blue," but it appears not to be a remastered edition. If the latest edition somehow managed to give more "presence" to Diana's voice (she sounds like she's singing in Madison Square Garden to a listener in the nose-bleed seats), and if some of the audience noise was reduced or eliminated (especially when the outbursts seem to bear no relation to what is heard and are intrusive on a song's meaning), then this disk rates 4 stars.

Lesson: Order with care (mine was even a brand new, sealed copy), and don't order this one ahead of "Blue."

One last quibble: Where in the world did the title "Stolen Moments" come from? To any knowledgeable listener it's the title of Oliver Nelson's classic jazz standard. But since the song doesn't appear on the program, the title (one of three on the album cover) appears to be another fumble by a clueless team with too many players on the field.

Good---and it gets better!.......2004-05-31

Diana takes on Billie Holidays's works in this live set, and she acquits herself well. The audience seems particularly receptive, Diana sounds like she's having a good time and the results are pleasant. But then, after Ross does "God Bless the Child," soon followed by "Strange Fruit," done virtually accapella, the mood changes and, suddenly, things become absolutely superb. She starts to dig deep into the songs, she swings more, and the set becomes touching, beautiful and moving. There is a little too much echo on Ross's voice, but the band sounds great and there is a delightful short solo by Ron Carter, to boot. This is a heck of a collection.

Little Girl Blue Captured Live In New York City.......2003-11-16

"Diana Ross is a fine singer. All you have to do is listen to her Billie Holiday stuff! It's marvellous!" (Marvin Gaye).
With time - two decades after the film - these songs have matured wonderfully in Diana's voice and touching reading. The concept is like good wine - it just gets better with time.
She is still the greatest and most prominent performer of Holiday's songs and the Lady Sings the Blues segment remains an emotionally and artistic highlight in any concert she does. However, this is a rare chance to hear all the songs performed and recorded exclusively in a one-night-only concert at The Reds nightclub in New York City. The songs are really comfortable in N.Y. and they are certainly comfortable with Miss Ross and her great band. This is a fine and very wholesome CD - highly recommanded to any fan of Diana Ross and Jazz/Blues/Standards.

Chasing Natalie Cole.......2002-08-21

I waited until 2002 to pick this up because I guessed Ms. Ross was jealous of Natalie Cole's Grammy winning jazz performanc. (I have the remastered version) However, I could tell Ms. Ross really enjoyed doing this live performance and I give it 5 stars because the technical recording is stellar. Otherwise Ross brings a delightfully dainty mood to these selected Billy Holliday tunes. Curiously the CD follows Holliday history. The arrangements are oddly melodic as if they took on Ross'light approach to each song. It took a lot of nerve to push up on "Strange Fruit" with little to no initial acompaniment, but she pulls it off with grace and magnificence; and, I agree Ross is not Billie (who is???) but she is definitely the Boss. This musical project was very well done with Roy Hargrove et al in her band blazing away. I think the arranger, Gil Askey, and the engineers deserve much credit because this is a splendid effort. You may not like Diana Ross but denying her talent as a singer (this was really beautiful) and, and, and as a producer will no longer sit with me without an argument. Being an avant garde jazz fan that last line sounds strange, even to me!!!

Fabulous album, especially for summertime listening.......2002-07-15

Let me start by saying that I have never been a Diana Ross fan. In her days with the Supremes she often sang flat, and her 1972 "Lady Sings the Blues" film was a disaster in attempting jazz style. Yet in this 1992 live recording, she almost makes up for that earlier faux pas completely. To quote Jim Ignatowski from "Taxi," she "musta took lessons!" Her voice here rides the beat in a beautiful, relaxed, velveteen manner; her phrasing is flawless and her back-up band equally relaxed and in the groove (though trumpeter Jon Faddis seems bent on showing off his chops, not following her moods very well). Most of the all-star jazz musicians who back her, including Roy Hargrove and Urbie Green, sound fabulous, the layout and pacing of the concert is superb, and Ross delivers what I feel is the performance of her lifetime. Granted, she still sounds a little shallow singing "Strange Fruit" next to Billie, but what the heck. Long before this set is over you will be caught up in the mood of the evening and swaying along with her relaxed, on-the-mark singing. This is one for the ages.

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Nice Murph, If You Can Get It.
Hipster's Paradise

Stolen...And Other Moments
Mark Murphy
Manufacturer: 32. Jazz Records
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ASIN: B000005BEZ
Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

I'm Glad There Is You
Lookin' For Another Pure Love
Empty Faces
Young And Foolish
Waters Of March
Like A Lover (O Cantador)
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Long Ago And Far Away
I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
Two Kites
Someone To Light Up My Life
Until The Real Thing Comes Along/Baby, Baby All The Time
Don't Let Your Eyes Go Shopping
Lord Buckley
Ding Walls
Where You At?
Time On My Hands

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Moody's Mood
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Stolen Moments
Beauty And The Beast
Canteloupe Island
The Odd Child
Be-Bop Lives (Boplicity)
Bongo Beep
Parker's Mood
Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
San Francisco
November In The Snow
Blood Count
Eddie Jefferson/Take The A Train

Customer Reviews:

Nice Murph, If You Can Get It........2003-11-26

This is a great collection, but sadly, it is out of print and doesn't seem to be available ANYWHERE (though, I guess that could change at any time). I'm sure a copy will surface at some point on E-b**, so you might want to check there regularly. But I'm pretty sure everything here is at least available through Murphy's other CDs, and there are far worse investments than buying all the individual Murphy CD's you'd need to collect these same tracks. Not a bad track in the bunch, and an electic variety, as another reviewer indicated.

Hipster's Paradise.......2000-07-29

Mark Murphy has been a top-notch purveyor of hip jazz vocals for over four decades, reaching an early high-water mark with the fantastic "Rah" LP for Riverside in 1961. This unbelievably great 2-CD set contains gem after gem culled from his Muse Records period throughout the 70s and 80s. There is SO MUCH incredible material here! Straight-ahead jazz, samba/bossa, superior pop, excellent fusion, incomparable cabaret renditions that bring new shading to material you've heard perhaps too many times, always done with impeccable taste. I mean, you really need this package: "I'm Glad There Is You," "Moody's Mood," "Two Kites," "On The Red Clay"...oh yeah, "Boplicity," "Lookin' For Another Pure Love," everything here is just incredible. Forget the man's hairstyle, ignore that moustache, it's all irrelevant. Here is one of the indisputably coolest jazz-pop singers of them all. BUY THIS ALBUM! Because every time you listen to it, you'll have a new and different revelation. For mature listeners of all persuasions.

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