The Bud & Travis Latin Album

The Bud & Travis Latin Album

Track Listings

1. En de Que Te Ví

2. Sin Ti

3. Así Canta Mi Patria

4. Anna

5. Malagueña Salerosa

6. Abandonado

7. Guantanamera

8. Alma Llanera

9. Noche de Ronda

10. No Me Quieras Tanto

11. Caminate del Mayab

12. Bamba

Tracks:

The Crush Collision March
Combination March
Harmony Club Waltz
Original Rags
Maple Leaf Rag
Swipesy Cakewalk
Reacherine Rag
Sunflower Slow Drag
The Augustan Club Waltz
The Easy Winners
Cleopha
A Breeze From Alabama
Elite Syncopations

Tracks:

The Entertainer
The Strenouous Life
March Majestic
Something Doing
Weaping Willow
Patr Leaf Rag
The Favorite
The Sycamore
The Cascades
The Chysanthemum
Bethena
Bink's Waltz
The Rosebud March

Tracks:

Leola
Eugenia
Antoinette
The Ragtime Dance
Searchlight Rag
Gladiolus Rag
Lily Queen
Rose Leaf Rag
Heliotrope Bouquet
The Nonpareil
Fig Leaf Rag
Sugarcane
Pineapple Rag

Tracks:

Wall Street Rag (1909)
Solace (1909)
Pleasant Moments (1909)
Country Club (1909)
Euphonic Moments (1909)
Paragon Rag (1909)
Stop-Time Rag (1910)
Felicity Rag (1911)
Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)
Kismet Rag (1913)
Magnetic Rag (1914)
Reflection Rag (1917)
Silver Swan Rag (1917)

Customer Reviews:

Great collection of Scott Joplin's piano rags.......2007-08-02

John Arpin delivers excellent performances of Joplin's rags. Not too much interpretation and not a flat presentation exhibited by piano rolls. Perfect for me. I believe Arpin has truly captured Joplin's essence.

The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin.......2007-06-08

John Arpin does a great job with these pieces. The songs carry a consistent sound and are played very close to as-written, which comes and goes with old ragtime pieces. The stamping on Stop-Time Rag doesn't have a consistent sound to it, can be a little distracting. Everything else is great, overall I think that it's a great buy, I'm very happy with it.

Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces.......2007-05-31

Once again, another performer feels the need to rewrite the music of the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin spins in his grave each and every time this recording is played.

Again, to those who believe that concert music is meant to be rewritten by each and every performer I ask, is the same treatment also acceptable for Chopin's and Rachmaninoff's music? Would "Moonlight Sonata" sound better if played at twice the tempo and with a reprise of the first Adagio movement thrown in at the end? Obviously, the answer to these questions is a resounding NO!, so why does one of America's greatest composers get such disrespect?

Interpretation is an integral part of every performance. Adding one's own notes, phrases and chords where none should be is not. Randomly changing the structure of the piece is not. Playing a piece at twice the indicated tempo is not.

One the plus side, the depth of this collection is outstanding. Joplin's lesser known pieces like "Harmony Club Waltz" really shine. The recording is decent in quality, although a bit bassy in places.

While its been stated before, I feel its worth repeating: Buy Joshua Rifkin's performances of Joplin in order to hear how the Master intended his pieces to sound.

complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's.......2007-02-14

Although all of the music is terrific it is rather a lot of a similar sound. I think I would have preferred 2 CD's of selected piano works of Scott Joplin. But I did get the music at a good price.

Ragtime Marvel.......2005-10-09

This collection of Scott Joplin's piano music is outstanding. As a lover of ragtime which was a prelude to jazz, I am thoroughly enjoying this collection. If you are not a lover of jazz, you may be a lover of ragtime. Jazz can sometimes be grating on the nerves, whereas ragtime lifts the spirit.

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

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A good value
The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann
Good mix of film music
A mixed collection of movie music
Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens

Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

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Paramount 90th Anniversary Collection: Scores
In Session: Film Music Celebration
The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection
Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music
Music In Film (National Public Radio Milestones Of The Millennium)

ASIN: B00008WI90
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
Witness (Maurice Jarre)
Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
The Fly (Howard Shore)
RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
The Dead (Alex North)
Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
Babe (Nigel Westlake)
The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

To Die For (Danny Elfman)
The Player (Thomas Newman)
Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
2001 (Alex North)
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
The Crow (Graeme Revell)
Blade (Mark Isham)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Scream (Marco Beltrami)
The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
Rounders (Christopher Young)
The Score (Howard Shore)
The Replacements (John Debney)
Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
XXX (Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
Cleopatra (Alex North)
Life As A House (Mark Isham)
Emma (Rachel Portman)
In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Ice Age (David Newman)
Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

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Digging for Treasure
Fantastic
Amazing, and Quite Possibly Divine
2 sides of Bud.
Amazing!!

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1
Bud Powell
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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Speak No Evil
Song for My Father
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ASIN: B00005LANK
Release Date: 2001-07-17

Tracks:

Bouncing With Bud
Wail
Dance Of The Infidels
52nd Street Theme
You Go To My Head
Ornithology
Bouncing With Bud (Alternate Take #1)
Bouncing With Bud (Alternate Take #2)
Wail (Alternate Take)
Dance Of The Infidels (Alternate Take)
Ornithology (Alternate Take)
Un Poco Loco
Over The Rainbow
A Night In Tunisia
It Could Happen To You
Parisian Thoroughfare
Un Poco Loco (Alternate Take #1)
Un Poco Loco (Alternate Take #2)
A Night In Tunisia (Alternate Take)
It Could Happen To You (Alternate Take)

Album Description

Bud's first two Blue Note dates are here in complete form. The 1949 session features the horns of Fats Navarro and Sonny Rollins (making his recording debut) on such be-bop anthems as "Bouncing With Bud" and "Dance Of The Infidels". This 1951 trio session with Curly Russell and Max Roach introduced "Un Poco Loco" and "Parisian Thoroughfare". Personnel: FATS NAVARRO, trumpet; SONNY ROLLINS, tenor sax; BUD POWELL, piano; TOMMY POTTER, bass; ROY HAYNES, drums (#1-11). BUD POWELL, piano; CURLY RUSSELL, bass; MAX ROACH, drums (#12-20).

Customer Reviews:

Digging for Treasure.......2007-04-13

I'm fairly new to jazz and still hunting for treasures. Bud Powell influenced my hero Bill Evans and came recommended by jazz piano guru Mark Levine, so he deserved a listen. First impressions of this CD (before listening) were mixed. Expecting just piano trio cuts, I found the presence of quintet cuts disappointing (until I heard them). Alternate takes are scattered about on the CD, so listening straight through original album cuts requires conscious effort. On the bright side, the liner notes are interesting and frank, unlike some of the gushing in some CD's. If anything, they linger too long on the sensational details of Bud's troubled personal life.

The CD has been digitally re-mastered and white noise hiss is virtually absent. The great horn players bury the piano a bit on the quintet tracks. The trio tracks sound brighter, with more prominent piano. Bud's moaning is particularly noticeable on the trio cuts.

Bud was an innovator of style and a master of technique, yet more tasteful to my ears than Monk, Gillespie and Parker when pushing the envelope. He kept a coherent attitude throughout a song, whether playing a simple ballad, a harmonically rich original, or an over-the-top standard interpretation. Whereas Monk might use dissonances to "startle", Bud seems to use them throughout a song to set a mood. On the twelve quintet cuts, Bud has great give-and-take with Rollins and Navarro. The Russell/Roach rhythm section takes up the slack from the horns in the trio selections. The trio tracks venture well beyond bop into some interesting new territory. Powell runs the gamut of styles and emotions, whether swinging with Parker or Gillespie tunes, settling into a sweet ballad, or pulling out all the stops for a positively manic Somewhere Over the Rainbow solo. This CD is a joy from start to finish - definitely a treasure.

Fantastic.......2006-11-02

The opener, "Bouncing with Bud" is one of my top 5 favorite jazz tunes. It's absolutely infectious, as is this entire album. Powell is in great form and with sidemen like Sonny Rollins(only 19 at this time)and the great(and severely underrated)Fats Navarro on horns you just can't lose.

Because of his mental problems Bud had a scattered recording career. This cd is full of highlights and not to be missed. Get it.

Amazing, and Quite Possibly Divine.......2005-05-21

If you plan to invest in the complete "Amazing" series, then this is the place to start. Bud is the matrix of modern jazz piano, the Bird of the piano, the reason pianists began to speak about "blowing piano" rather than "playing" it.

On the other hand, if this is going to be your only disc representing Powell's inarguable genius, you may wish to consider a representative anthology. "The Definitive" and "The Ultimate Bud Powell" (compiled by Chic Corea) are both worthy collections, but the best bet is still the oop "The Best of Bud Powell: The Blue Note Years." Once you hear "Bud on Bach" you'll have a better understanding of the sublime baroque design of Bud's inventiveness at its apex.

I hesitate to suggest why Powell is so important--especially after reviewing another Powell recording and being chastized by subsequent reviewers for stopping short of complete idolatry of every aspect of his playing (maybe I'm monotheistic--jazz has traditionally recognized Art Tatum as the "God in the House"). Without commenting on his harmonic progressions and left-hand voicings, I feel safe in making the following claim: no pianist's right hand has combined such a lightning-fast, limitless melodic imagination with an equally impressive, dazzling yet flowing, rhythmic complexity. To listen to the brilliance of the playing on "Parisian Thoroughfare," only to have the self-critical Powell stop mid-stream and instruct the engineers to "cut it," is a supremely insightful moment into the mind of a superior creative being.

If the above is controversial because it's insufficient in its praise, I'm cheered that there are still listeners who care enough about Bud to insist on his deification. His music is certainly deserving of continued respect if not reverence.

2 sides of Bud........2005-01-05

Tracks 1 - 11: Fats Navarro - trumpet, Sonny Rollins - tenor sax, Bud Powell - piano, Tommy Potter - bass, Roy Haynes - drums. Recorded in 1949.

Tracks 12 - 20: Bud Powell - piano, Curley Russell - bass, Max Roach - drums. Recorded in 1951.

What can really be said about this album? It's almost easier to write about bad music than it is about great music. The whole higher purpose of music (with or without lyrics) is to express that which words cannot do justice, so how can anyone truly do any justice to great music by talking about it? I can't, but I try... if only for the sake of helping other people buy (or not) this or that disc.

Bud and friends are absolutely killin here! One the one hand, the larger band tracks have a certain lovelyness to them simply because everyone shines. Having Fats and Sonny there adds a whole different feel to the music, and more variety. You know there is a whole lot of melody going on with Fats and Sonny there! Of course there is also something to be said for the lean trio format of the later tracks. Being the featured soloist, Bud has more time and room to work with and stretch out, and he certainly knew how to make the most of it. This trio is brilliant, to put it bluntly.

On a later disc like Time Waits, Bud is a little off. Not off-off, really, but more like... Ragged but Right. He could still do it, but you can tell he was having to work for it. Here though, on Amazing Powell Volume 1... it doesn't sound like he's working for anything. He just has it. All of it. It's just flowing out of him like sweat.

Bud was a brilliant musician and it's dripping out of him on this disc.

Amazing!!.......2004-08-31

I had heard Powell before on the Massey Hall concert and on the Mingus Antibes CD's. I was not impressed, so I bought this one just because it was on sale. I'm so glad I did. Bud Powell was one of those guys that had plenty of bad to average recording dates. But when he was at his best, he was untochable. Well, these sessions find him at his best and most historic. Every track is a highlihgt. His 1949 bop session is one of the best bop sessions I have heard, up there with the best of Bird, Dizzy and Monk.

Pops Stoppers: Greatest Hits of the Boston Pops Orchestra

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Pops Stoppers

Pops Stoppers: Greatest Hits of the Boston Pops Orchestra

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ASIN: B0000041CP
Release Date: 1995-05-16

Tracks:

Sophisticated Ladies (Medley) - A Tribute to Duke Ellington:: Sophiscated Lady - Take the 'A' Train - Mood Indigo - It Don't Mean A Thing
When The Saints Go Marchin' In

Customer Reviews:

Pops Stoppers.......2007-05-06

Thank you for sending this--excellent recording. Great music, and enjoyed by all generations in our family...from 19 yrs.....to 90 yrs....We all have enjoyed it so much.....Thank you...

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Testing the Boundaries of Jazz
Bud Powell in transition
I can't believe that this record was made 48 years ago

The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2
Bud Powell
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ASIN: B00005LANL
Release Date: 2001-07-17

Tracks:

Autumn In New York
Reets And I
Sure Thing
Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
I Want To Be Happy
Audrey
Glass Enclosure
I've Got You Under My Skin
Autumn In New York (alternate take #1)
Autumn In New York (alternate take #2)
Reets And I (alternate take #1)
Reets And I (alternate take #2)
Sure Thing (alternate take)
Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas (alternate take)

Amazon.com

Following the first brilliant flowerings of his talent from 1945-51, Bud Powell's recording sessions always hung in a delicate balance between his awe-inspiring creativity and his fragile psyche. This trio date from August 14, 1953--following a year-and-a-half stay in an institution--has always stood out as one of the best of his later recordings, an essential document of modern jazz piano. Accompanied by bassist George Duvivier and drummer Art Taylor, his working trio, Powell is in a comfortable setting and exceptional form, transforming a series of standards and bop tunes into profoundly personal creations alive with dynamic contrasts. Both "Autumn in New York" and "Sure Thing" assume classical dimensions in Powell's reworkings, from the fantasia that introduces the first to the quirky, near-baroque dimension that the latter assumes. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" takes on somber depths, while "I Want to Be Happy" is pure, kinetic invention. The bop blues of "Collard Greens and Black-Eyed Peas" emphasizes the empathy and relaxed flow of the trio, while Powell's "Glass Enclosure"--inspired by the apartment where the pianist was held virtual prisoner by his manager--is a tense complex of shifting moods. The new Rudy Van Gelder edition adds immeasurably to the experience of this music. The remastering restores the expressive life of Powell's piano sound, and there are five previously unreleased tracks, a version of "I've Got You Under My Skin" and four unreleased alternate takes, each revealing another aspect of Powell's genius. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Testing the Boundaries of Jazz.......2007-04-18

Bud Powell was not one to shy away from testing the boundaries of jazz, and in some instances, disregarding them completely. Even Ornette Coleman's wildest creations still sound like jazz to me, while Powell's work takes occasional detours far and deep into uncharted waters. While I am inspired and occasionally awestruck by his unorthodox interpretations of Autumn in New York and Sure Thing, I find myself drawn to his more conventional renditions, like I Want to Be Happy and Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas. I recommend Amazing Vol. 1 over this for sheer listening pleasure, but Vol. 2 gave me an even deeper appreciation for deep talent of the truly amazing Bud Powell.

Bud Powell in transition.......2002-07-20

With all due respect to critics like Stuart Broomer (who wrote the review for Amazon), this legendary Blue Note set is not "late" Powell (the use of the word assumes that his career ended around the time of this recording, which is false; Powell continued to pioneer his sound up until his death in 1965), nor are Powell's much-ballyhooed mental and health problems so important in evaluating this music. As Carl Smith wrote in his "Bouncing with Bud: All the recordings of Bud Powell", this is Powell "at a crossroads between the early and the late, with most of the strengths of both periods"---consciously transforming, experimenting and evolving. The quicksilver bop Bud Powell of the early Verve and Roost sessions is long gone. "Un Poco Loco" is an extremely advanced number that is modern by today's standards. "Glass Enclosure" is a near-classical composition. There is also a subtle and by-design paring-down/focus of style beginning here. You can hear how Bud begins to play fewer, and different (but still right)notes even in his most fleeting solos. I am less enamored of Powell's overly ornate and almost schmaltz treatment of "Autumn In New York" and "Over the Rainbow", regardless of the wonderful playing that can be compared to Art Tatum (this is a personal opinion). "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" is fine, but this brighter, more regular treatment is not as interesting as the version recorded by Prestige (Jazz at Massey Hall v2).

I can't believe that this record was made 48 years ago.......2001-11-11

Near half a century has passed since Bud Powell,George Duvivier and Art Taylor recorded this outstanding session of pure bop, and it's incredible.The music is always as fresh,surprising,and as passionnate as if it had just been played.This music will never be old.The great Rudy Van Gelder remastered the tracks for this new edition,and for the first time,the tunes appear in the order of the recording session.There are a lot of alternate tracks and unissued tracks.And great tunes : beautiful standards like "autumn in New York","I've got you under my skin",Oscar Pettiford's blues "collard greens and blackeyed peas",Little Benny Harris' "Reets and I", and Bud's own compositions,including the famous "glass enclosure",and the beautiful "Audrey".As a child,Bud was fascinated by Bach's music,and this is obvious in his playing.Too bad he never had the opportunity of recording Bach's repertoire,Glenn Gould would have been frightened ! What is there more to say about this album ? That it's one of the most important in the history of jazz ? Yes,of course.Bud was at his best at that time, and mastered all kinds of playing : fast boppish tunes, and very slow tempos on ballads.This is a record you'll play again and again.

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Available at retailers for about $18
A classic compilation
A dis-service to Joplin
Unique
Great set

Scott Joplin: His Complete Works

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Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin: Piano Rags
Entertainer: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls
Joplin: Treemonisha
Joplin: Piano Rags

ASIN: B000001RR2
Release Date: 1994-07-19

Tracks:

Please Say You Will - Richard Zimmerman
A Picture Of Her Face - Richard Zimmerman
The Great Crush Collision March - Richard Zimmerman
Harmony Club Waltz - Richard Zimmerman
Combination March - Richard Zimmerman
Original Rags - Richard Zimmerman
Maple Leaf Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Swipesy - Cake Walk - Richard Zimmerman
Sunflower Slow Drag - Richard Zimmerman
Peacherine Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Augustan Club Waltz - Richard Zimmerman
The Easy Winners - Richard Zimmerman
Cleopha - Richard Zimmerman
The Strenuous Life - Richard Zimmerman
I Am Thinking Of My Pickanniny Days - Richard Zimmerman
The Ragtime Dance - Richard Zimmerman
A Breeze From Alabama - Richard Zimmerman
Elite Syncopations - Richard Zimmerman

Tracks:

March Majestic - S. Joplin
The Entertainer - S. Joplin
Something Doing - S. Joplin
Weeping Willow - S. Joplin
Little Black Baby - S. Joplin
Palm Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
The Favorite - S. Joplin
The Sycamore - S. Joplin
The Cascades - S. Joplin
The Chrysanthemum - S. Joplin
Rosebud March - S. Joplin
Bethena - S. Joplin
Leola - S. Joplin
Sarah Dear - S. Joplin
Binks Waltz - S. Joplin
Eugenia - S. Joplin
Antoinette - S. Joplin
Snoring Sampson - S. Joplin

Tracks:

Gladiolus Rag - S. Joplin
Searchlight Rag - S. Joplin
The Nonpareil (None to Equal) - S. Joplin
When Your Hair Is Like The Snow - S. Joplin
Rose Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
Heliotrope Bouquet - S. Joplin
School Of Ragtime - S. Joplin
Fig Leaf Rag - S. Joplin
Sugar Cane - S. Joplin
Pine Apple Rag - S. Joplin
Wall Street Rag - S. Joplin
Solace - S. Joplin
Pleasant Moments - S. Joplin
Country Club - S. Joplin
Paragon Rag - S. Joplin
Euphonic Sounds - S. Joplin
Stoptime Rag - S. Joplin
Felicity Rag - S. Joplin

Tracks:

Highlights From Treemonisha - Richard Zimmerman
A Real Slow Drag - Richard Zimmerman
Prelude To Act 3 - Richard Zimmerman
Frolic Of The Bears - Richard Zimmerman
Lovin' Babe - Richard Zimmerman
Scott Joplin's New Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Kismet Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Magnetic Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Reflection Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Silver Swan Rag - Richard Zimmerman
Lily Queen - Richard Zimmerman
Sensation - Richard Zimmerman

Customer Reviews:

Available at retailers for about $18.......2006-12-21

Excellent collection - but there are re-sellers listed here that are selling this for as much $50 or $60. Yikes, most major retailers are selling this complete set for $18 - so beware.

A classic compilation.......2006-10-07

This collection is one of my most treasured possessions. (My father gave me the original 5-album set in the 70's when it was originally released on vinyl.)

This is the definitive collection of Scott Joplin's work. Richard Zimmerman provides wonderful performances that accurately reflect Joplin's intentions. (As evidence beyond my personal opinion, I submit the recent releases of digital recordings made from Joplin's piano rolls.)

A few points to consider regarding negative comments you may encounter in other reviews:
* This is a digital recording from an analog master. Lack of quality in the recording does not imply a lackluster performance.
* This is a complete collection. Some similarity is due to Joplin re-exploring melodic themes. But some is due to the fact that these are "rags". One might as well complain that all 50's doo-wop (or all 70's disco) sounds the same.
* Many pieces of the period exhibit formal musical structures, such as the marches of John Phillips Sousa. (Both Sousa and Joplin performed at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.) Actually, Joplin is responsible for extending the formal boundaries of ragtime to concert waltzes (Bethena) and opera (A Guest of Honor, Treemonisha)
* This is probably one of the few collections which will include selections from "Treemonisha". It is my understanding that after the initial release, one of Joplin's descendants made a copyright claim that was upheld in court. (I presume the issue was that Joplin had to finance "Treemonisha" himself, and therefore the customary performance clearances did not cover those selections.)

For ragtime students and enthusiasts, this is a "must-have" collection at a very affordable price.

A dis-service to Joplin.......2006-02-01

Sadly, the only virtue this set possesses is completeness.

The pianist does not play Joplin's pieces "as written", the piano is of poor quality, and not properly in tune.

This is emphatically NOT the set to buy. A far better set, beautifully annotated and well played on a good concert grand piano, is the complete works played by Guido Nielsen on the Basta Label.

This set is a dis-service to Joplin and his music. He deserves better, and gets it elsewhere.

Unique .......2004-10-19

I have several cd sets of Joplin's music: Rifkin, Arpo, Nielsen, and Zimmerman. All have their excellent qualities. What sets Zimmerman's set apart is the inclusion of excerpts from Joplin's opera, Treemonisha---especially "A Real Slow Drag." Why the other sets do not include excerpts from Treemonisha, I don't know---because they are some of his most beautiful and joyful pieces of music. Of course, you can hear the orchestrated version of Treemonisha in the Houston Grand Opera recording, and it is spectacular. But Zimmerman's piano version, especially of "A Real Slow Drag," is not to be missed.

Great set.......2001-10-16

I guess this will be a rather one sided review. I have been a fan of Scott Joplin since I first learned to play a piano.

I was shocked to see that one reviewer thought it all sounded the same. How silly. All of Frank Sinatra's music sounds like Frank Sinatra. All of Led Zeppelin sounds like Led Zeppelin. So, if the songs were drastically different, I would question if the same author composed them. As it is, though, each song on this set is fantastic!!

I don't know that I have heard of Richard Zimmerman, and I was a little leary as to what I would be getting, I certainly was impressed. Without a doubt the best renditions of "Weeping Willow" and "Bethena" I have heard, and at least a dozen songs I didn't know Joplin wrote.

Without a doubt, this album is fantastic. A very good price, as well.

The Best of Bud & Travis
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Wonderful surprise!

Good selection, but lacking some hits

Excellent!

These Guys are Close To The Best!

Finally!

The Best of Bud & Travis
Bud & Travis
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IIT9
Release Date: 1999-04-20

Tracks:

Rayito De Luna
Los Dos
Myra
They Call The Wind Maria
Cloudy Summer Afternoon
Guess I'll Go Home
La Vaquilla Colorado
Bonsoir Dame
Malaguena Salerosa
Come To The Dance (Vamos Al Baile)
Mexican Wedding Dance (La Bamba)
Sloop John B
Golden Apples Of The Sun
Haiti
Joey, Joey, Joey
Cielito Lindo Son Juasteco
So Long, Stay Well
Amor De La Calle
Better Than Anything
Sin TI
No Me Quieras Tanto
Caminante Del Mayab
Angelico
South Wind

Product Description

1. Rayito De Luna
2. Los Dos
3. Myra
4. They Call The Wind Maria
5. Cloudy Summer Afternoon
6. Guess I'll Go Home
7. La Vaquilla Colorado
8. Bonsoir Dame
9. Malaguena Salerosa
10. Come To The Dance :: Vamos Al Baile
11. Mexican Wedding Dance (La Bamba)
12. Sloop John B
13. Golden Apples Of The Sun
14. Haiti
15. Joey, Joey, Joey
16. Cielito Linda Son Juasteco
17. So Long, Stay Well
18. Amor De La Calle
19. Better Than Anything
20. Sin Ti
21. No Me Quieras Tanto
22. Caminante Del Mayab
23. Angelico
24. South Wind

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful surprise!.......2007-01-28

We had never heard them before and only learned of them by doing a background search on someone of interest - which search turned up a review by them on the Bud & Travis website. We bought it on Amazon to learn more about our person of interest. What a strange turn of events - we absolutely love the album!

Good selection, but lacking some hits.......2007-01-26

The Best of Bud & Travis gave me a chance to hear their renditions of certain songs, renditions I hadn't heard for years. I rejoiced particularly at Bonsoir Dame and Malagueña Salerosa. Wish it had also included I Talk to the Trees and Carmen Carmella.

I'm not familiar with most of the Latino numbers, but they were generally pleasing. To my non-Hispanic ears, there two Anglo guys sounded very authentic in their renditions. I liked the spontaneous improvisations in La Bamba: probably the most lively rendition I have heard of the original, non-Ritchie Valens version.

But as sometimes happens, hearing too many similar songs at one setting can get boring. For me, anyway, I can take only so much uninterrupted folk music at a time. Spread out, the numbers are more pleasing to the ear.

Excellent!.......2006-11-10

A Marvelous Variety and Presentation of some of the Best Work of Bud and Travis
and including some wonderful Spanish songs . . . ! Inspiring and Joyful!
~ S. Izod

These Guys are Close To The Best!.......2006-09-05

I bought this CD based on some of the other rave reviews. At first I kept comparing the singers to other superb groups like Ian and Sylvia, The Kingston Trio, The Limeliters, The Weavers, and Peter Paul & Mary. But, finally during one listening session with this CD, I was able to forget about these other groups so as to be able to enjoy these guys on their own terms as musicians and singers. And, I had to admit, "yes, they are very good." Get this CD for great guitar playing and the beautiful voices. I enjoy listening to this CD and you will also! Email address is gourmet72141@yahoo.co

Finally!.......2002-10-29

Absolutely superb! We finally have a cd of this terrific duo, masterful and powerful music. Some of their best cuts. The only downside [if there is one], is the absence of one of their very finest pieces: Raspberries, Strawberries.

Tracks:

Atabaque
Amor Flamengo
Stairway To The Stars
Acertate Mas
Terra Seca
Speak Low
Speak Low (Alternate Take)
Inquietacao
Baa-Too-Kee
Carinoso
Tocata
Hazardous
Nono
Noctambulism
Blue Baiao

Customer Reviews:

BEFORE BOSSA NOVA.......2006-10-06

BEFORE THERE WAS JOBIM, GILBERTO, OR GETZ, THERE WAS THIS MUSIC, WHICH WOULD LATER BE COINED BOSSA NOVA MUSIC. RECORDED IN 1953, THIS RECORDING WAS AT LEAST TEN YEARS AHEAD OF ITS' TIME. GREAT ALBUM, IF YOU LIKE THIS YOU HAVE TO GET VOLUME TWO AS WELL.

Not only musicly great but also a historic recording.......2005-01-07

As the other reviewer says, this is an awesome recording. Whats worth noting also is that this is also probably the first bossa nova recording ever done (or at least a recording of brasilian songs that most closely match bossa nova and what it will be). These were recorded long before (7 years or so) Jobim and Joa gilberto recorded and 10 years before the great getz/gilberto recording wich started the bossa nova craze. Truly great for bossa nova or brazil music collectors.

After 55 years I'm still dazzled by this album.......2000-09-27

My very first Bossa Nova album, I bought this while in high school on 10-inch LPs. Effervescent, light, joyous, romantic -- everything you dream Rio de Janeiro could be. It's more of a precursor to the Antonio Carlos Jobim Bossa Nova explosion a few years later. But Bud Shank and Laurindo Almeida picked up on the potential for fusing jazz and the samba early on. I'm not a musician, but I know this album is pure genius. The soft sax and vibrant guitar will dazzle you. The interwoven rhythms of sax, guitar and drums go on and on. My favorite track is "Stairway to the Stars." Still gets me dreaming. They tried to follow up with a second album -- Braziliance II -- but it never achieved that spark of divine fire the first one did.

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Bud yes, but what a Sonny !!!
Transcendent Bud
A True Classic
BUD POWELL!
A gem

Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson
Sonny Stitt , Bud Powel , and J.J. Johnson
Manufacturer: Ojc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000Y0C
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

All God's Chillun Got Rhythm - Bud Powell
Sonny Side - Bud Powell
Bud's Blues - Bud Powell
Sunset - Bud Powell
Fine And Dandy (Take I) - Bud Powell
Fine And Dandy (Take 2) - Bud Powell
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I Want To Be Happy - Bud Powell
Taking A Chance On Love - Bud Powell
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Teapot (Take I) - John Lewis
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Blue Mode (Take I) - John Lewis
Blue Mode (Take 2) - John Lewis

Customer Reviews:

Bud yes, but what a Sonny !!!.......2004-08-09

Bud played some of his best music here that's for sure and I say this thing too just to clarify that I agree with other reviewers who tribute the genius of Bud Powell on this particular recording. But the other guys' review lack words about Sonny who was the main actor of this music. Here he was in his tenor period so his playing is somewhat different from what we are used to hear from him. Personally I prefer his alto playing simply because with the alto Sonny was almost unreachable. With the alto he had an incredibly shining sound and he was able to blow chorus after chorus with tons of ideas. The tenor slowed him a little bit, he was forced to play differently, still in the bop idiom but with lesser "turns" and "curves" .. still he remained the boppest tenorman out there! In my opinion a lot better than a lot of celebated tenorman of the sixties .. Some, probably non-parker aficionados like him most with the tenor, I don't agree because I'm a parkerian, but Sonny Stitt remains Sonny Stitt even if you left him only his whistle .. It is true that what matters here are the first nine tracks and that the J.J.Johnson session are less important, altought still splendid recordings too. But the titans encounter between Stitt and Bud is something that every jazzcat should own in his collection! Just in case you forgot how bad those two were!!!

Transcendent Bud.......2004-04-19

It's really the Powell-Stitt tracks that matter, and they contain some of the most inventive and articulate piano playing in the entire history of jazz. On "All God's Children," Bud's choruses build on each other with dizzying creativity; the flow of ideas at such an astounding tempo is almost too much to grasp.

Bud's solo on "Strike Up the Band" begins as if he had already been playing silently for a chorus (of course, he'd been comping for Stitt to good effect!): you have to catch up with the ideas, and when you do, he doesn't disappoint; the musical narrative is both moving and surprising. Moreover, the way he backs Stitt, with highly syncopated chord punctuations, brings out the best in Sonny.

Often overlooked is the incredible subtlety in Bud's playing, in addition to the astonishing tempos, and this sets him apart from other jazz pianists. His incisive yet elegant touch is almost classical: he forces the listener to concentrate on how he shapes musical ideas and on the ways he manipulates notes with distinctive "trills" and arpeggios. I can never hear these tracks enough, and each time I listen I hear something new. This is pure Bud, pure genius, and Bud is boss!

A True Classic.......2002-12-07

What can anyone say? Powell's playing is PERFECT. Not only no bad notes whatsoever, but not even any remotely QUESTIONABLE notes. The rest of the gang are amazing, but Bud is PERFECT. I don't even listen to the non-Bud tracks.

I can't wait to get my live in NY 1944-49 CD.

BUD POWELL!.......2002-01-05

Unquestionably tracks 1 to 9 contain the best uptempo modern jazz piano playing on record. The piano must have been still smoking after he finished this assault!

Great playing from Sonny Stitt, but even he's left looking a bit flat-footed by the dazzingly incisive work of Bud Powell. I first heard this when I was quite young and unfortunately everything else I've heard since then by him or by anyone else for that matter was bound to seem a little second-rate by comparison. It's amazing music!

A gem.......2001-07-12

This essential-to-own recording captures every one of the players at the top of their form. Powell and Stitt at their very best, wonderfully complementing each other. Speed, articulation, creativity, soul, tight group, bebop at its very best. Don't even ask, just own it.

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A Forgotten Masterpiece
A Must Have (Especially for those who LOVE the guitar) !!!

The Bud & Travis Latin Album
Bud & Travis
Manufacturer: Folk Era Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00029RTNK
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

En de Que Te V
Sin Ti
Asanta Mi Patria
Anna
Malaguealerosa
Abandonado
Guantanamera
Alma Llanera
Noche de Ronda
No Me Quieras Tanto
Caminate del Mayab
Bamba

Customer Reviews:

A Forgotten Masterpiece.......2006-04-16

Between 1958 and 1966, Bud & Travis-Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson to be exact-gathered up and perform their Folk magic. Exquisite harmonies and deft guitar picking abounded in their own songs as well as those they chose to cover, and became their Folk trademark.

Among those songs that they did not write, their love of all Latin American tunes was palpable and profound, and the source of what would be their last studio album: The Bud & Travis Latin Album.

What distinguishes these two artists, and this particular album, from many of their contemporaries in the early Sixties-a time when many singers were beginning to find market appeal for Latin music-is their faithful respect for the original songs.

If you, like me, grew up in Latin America in those days, you are sure to remember most if not all of these tunes. Many were even old songs by then and, mainly the music your parents or grandparents enjoy, yet they cast a spell on all of us who were younger and already crazy about The Beatles.

Another thing you may remember were records by Trini Lopez and Eddye Gorme with Los Panchos-and later Jose Feliciano and Herb Alpert-all people I learned to appreciate yet at times limiting Latin songs to manicured or watered down renditions of the classics, lacking on the vibrant soul that made them so popular in their countries of origin.

Most of these tunes-specially "La Bamba," "Guantanamera," "Malague?a Salerosa" and "Noche de Ronda"-as much as they are obvious choices represent an unique challenge. Being practically ingrained in the Latin American "collective unconscious," so to speak, they may doom those who may sing them casually or for the sake of a quick buck.

Well, The Bud & Travis Latin Album is a gorgeous example of pure beauty and deep respect. I'm feel very fortunate that the store where I purchased this gem was set up to preview CDs, otherwise I would have deprived myself and my friends from this forgotten masterpiece, prey to my own prejudices.

In addition to the renditions of those songs mentioned before, it is worth directing your attention to a few more jewels in this collection. "Abandonado," "Asi Canta Mi Patria," and "Caminante Del Mayab" are absolutely beautiful, and the rest of the songs that complete this set do not fall behind.

Do yourself a favor and buy this album immediately. You might learn, or at least it may remind you, that North American Folk already had an early eye on the rest of the world and was attending to a trove of great music, alongside the great work of Woodie Guthrie and Pete Seeger and before Joan Baez or Bob Dylan took Folk by a storm.

A Must Have (Especially for those who LOVE the guitar) !!!.......2005-08-16

What can I say folks...This is a true treasure from the past! One listen and you will be mesmerized at how a couple of guys can interpret classic Spanish songs, boleros with such perfection and ease. The catch is that neither one of these guys were ever born in Mexico or are from Spanish descent. Truly goes to show that music knows no color or boundaries...Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson came together in the mid to late 50's and continued with their success in the 60's producing rich pop-folk music but sometimes with a strong Latin influenced flair.Think Kingston Trio(minus the trio and more like a duo) with sometimes the subtlety of later groups like Peter, Paul and Mary and then influencing the Smothers Brothers and possibly Simon and Garfunkel. Now, cross this with the Spanish/Latin great muscial artists like Trio Los Panchos,Trio Calavera, a dash of Trini Lopez ! At times, their vocal harmonies compliment each other so well that you often forget it's just two guys singing and will think there are three (trio?).You will definitely feel and hear these guys singing from the gut, lungs, and heart---but most importantly, the soul or spirit! Their guitar playing skills are pure masterful artistry ! Sadly, MOST of their albums are completely out of print (as I have obtained rare vinyl pressings from the 50's and 60's at various used record stores). The Latin Album really put Bud & Travis on the map in the early 60's with this release !

What's intriguing about the original vinyl pressings is that you could buy the album in either the monaural (non-stereo) version or the stereophonic version. The stereophonic version, as with most early stereo pressings, tended to exaggerate the soundfield/soundstage. Often resulted in an "unnatural" playback experience(the singer on the left speaker and the entire band or other artists on the right speaker). The mono version had more bass, clarity and less tape source noise and vinyl record surface noise. The limited cd pressing (currently available as of this writing),while it sounds clear and void of all the record pops and ticks, reveals some annoying tape hiss (don't know if it's in the remastering process or an anomaly of the digital medium). I can tell you that the vinyl monaural pressing sounds awesome and clear out of the 3 pressings !

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