Beyond the Sky

Beyond the Sky

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Beyond the Sky is the third and finest of the collaborations between Turkish musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek and American guitarist, producer, and composer Brian Keane. This time out, they were inspired by Bernardo Bertolucci's film, The Sheltering Sky, based on Paul Bowles's novel. The arrangements are lusher, the moods are deeper, and Tekbilek's playing is more soulful than ever on this evocative and emotionally charged recording. Even more than Ryuichi Sakamoto's score for The Sheltering Sky does, this music calls up images of the North African desert, the spiraling minarets of Islamic mosques, and the heat of Middle Eastern sensuality.

The two musicians are joined on this album by three other great players. Ara Dinkjian plays the oud and Arto Tuncboyaci is a master of Middle Eastern percussion. Both of these Armenian musicians were members of the group Night Ark. Also climbing aboard this caravan is Hassan Isikkut, a Turkish master of the kanun, a zither instrument. With Keane's subtle synthesizer arrangements, the music is exhilarating in its rhythmic intensity and virtuoso showmanship on a track such as "Imaginary Traveler," and searing and sensual in its spiritual passion on "Kolyami." --John Diliberto

Beyond the Sky,Brian Keane,Celestial Harmonies,Electro-Acoustic,Ethnic Fusion,Folk,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Progressive Electronic,World Music

Average customer rating: pure harmony perfect late night cd. One of most my treasured records sensual I fu like this...

Beyond The Missouri Sky (Short Stories) Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nocturne One Quiet Night As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls Watercolors Land of the Sun ASIN: B0000047EC Release Date: 1997-02-25

Tracks:

1. Waltz For Ruth
2. Our Spanish Love Song
3. Message To A Friend
4. Two For The Road
5. First Song
6. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
7. The Precious Jewel
8. He's Gone Away
9. The Moon Song
10. Tears Of Rain
11. Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme)
12. Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme)
13. Spiritual

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Metheny's acoustic steel-string and classical guitars predominate, but he also applies discreet overdubs (including some delicate synthesizer and keyboard textures) to sculpt orchestral detail. Haden, as always, is both a generous foil and a deft melodist on his own, moving easily into his instrument's upper register as he twines through Metheny's lines. The set's emotional coherence is particularly satisfying in light of the material, which spans Ennio Morricone ("Cinema Paradiso"), Henry Mancini ("Two for the Road"), Jim Webb ("The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"), and Roy Acuff ("The Precious Jewel") as well as affecting originals by both leaders. And giving the project a sense of closure, while commenting obliquely on the generational dialogue it represents, is the luminous "Spiritual" (composed by Haden's son, Josh), an instrumental prayer that exemplifies the balance of concision and deep emotion at the heart of this exquisite triumph. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

pure harmony.......2007-07-07

perfect late night cd........2007-01-16

One of most my treasured records.......2007-01-06

sensual.......2006-12-21

I fu like this..........2006-12-20

Average customer rating: Beyond the Sky Great work by Omar Faruk/Brian Keane!!! WHAT I CALL DESERT MUSIC: TWO GREATS Outstanding Takes you to another place....

Beyond the Sky Brian Keane Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Turkey | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Fire Dance Suleyman The Magnificent: Original Soundtrack 3 Crescent Moon Mystical Garden ASIN: B0000007X1 Release Date: 1992-11-03

Tracks:

1. Beyond The Sky
2. Imaginary Traveler
3. Kolaymi
4. Bridge
5. Chargah Sirto
6. Your Love Is My Cure
7. Selement
8. Nighttime
9. Strange Little Corner
10. Siseler
11. Sweet Trouble
12. Al Fatiha

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The two musicians are joined on this album by three other great players. Ara Dinkjian plays the oud and Arto Tuncboyaci is a master of Middle Eastern percussion. Both of these Armenian musicians were members of the group Night Ark. Also climbing aboard this caravan is Hassan Isikkut, a Turkish master of the kanun, a zither instrument. With Keane's subtle synthesizer arrangements, the music is exhilarating in its rhythmic intensity and virtuoso showmanship on a track such as "Imaginary Traveler," and searing and sensual in its spiritual passion on "Kolyami." --John Diliberto

Album Description

The exceptional interaction of the musicians produce a spontaneous emotion, on both the original pieces they wrote for this recording, and the traditional Middle Eastern melodies they adapted. There is a good deal of improvisation, based on modal and rhythmic cues, updating standard tunes perhaps a thousand years old. Amidst the Middle Eastern harmonies, the listener catches whiffs of Moroccan and even Afro-Cuban styles. Beyond the Sky weaves a Middle Eastern fusion of cultural influences.

Customer Reviews:

Beyond the Sky.......2007-04-09

Great work by Omar Faruk/Brian Keane!!!.......2006-03-27

WHAT I CALL DESERT MUSIC: TWO GREATS.......2005-07-15

Outstanding.......2003-06-10

Takes you to another place...........2003-06-02

Average customer rating: Wonderful Album! One of my favorites of all-time!

Beyond These Shores Iona Manufacturer: Open Sky UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Book of Kells Journey into the Morn Open Sky Woven Cord The Circling Hour ASIN: B0000C84M4 Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

1. Prayer on the Mountain
2. Treasure
3. Brendan's Voyage (Navigatio)
4. Edge of the World
5. Today
6. View of the Islands
7. Bird of Heaven
8. Murlough Bay
9. Burning Like Fire
10. Adrift
11. Beachy Head
12. Machrie Moor
13. Healing
14. Brendan's Return
15. Beyond These Shores

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Album! One of my favorites of all-time!.......2004-07-29

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Beyond the Missouri Sky Charlie Haden , and Pat Metheny Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000EM5W3 Release Date: 2003-10-20

Tracks:

1. Waltz for Ruth
2. Our Spanish Love Song
3. Message to a Friend
4. Two for the Road
5. First Song
6. Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
7. Precious Jewel
8. He's Gone Away
9. Moon Song
10. Tears of Rain
11. Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme)
12. Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme)
13. Spiritual

Tracks:

1. First Song [Live][Multimedia Track]
2. Our Spanish Love Song [Live][Multimedia Track]
3. Interview [Multimedia Track]

Album Details

Average customer rating: AWESOME Calming and Soothing for your little love

Guess How Much I Love You Manufacturer: Baby Genius ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dvorák, Antonín | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Humperdinck, Engelbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Environmental | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Nature | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Children's Music | Box Sets | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 International | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Guess How Much I Love You ASIN: B0000A1OFI Release Date: 2000-04-08

Tracks:

1. "Guess How Much I Love You" (A Special Reading by Sam McBratney)
2. Brahms Lullaby
3. Twinkle
4. Simple Gifts
5. Silver Is The Moonlight
6. The Better Part of Me
7. Over The Moon
8. Hush Little Baby
9. The Water Is Wide
10. Gaelic Lullaby
11. Little Angel
12. Day Is Done

Tracks:

1. Moon Song
2. Mother Nature Sings
3. Gentle Rain
4. By The River
5. Meadowland Melodies
6. Clouds
7. Beyond The Sky
8. Attunement
9. A Warm Breeze
10. Streams
11. Starry Nights
12. Nurture and Nature

Tracks:

1. In Minuet Style - Hubert Parry
2. Variation No. 9 (Nimrod)Edward Elgar
3. Intermezzo from Momentum Suite - Peter Hope
4. Of Foreign Lands And People
5. Child Falling Asleep
6. Dreaming
7. Sunrise from Daphine et Chloe - Ravel
8. Prelude in G Flat Major, op 7 - Heino Kaski
9. Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel - Humperdinck
10. Lyric Pieces - No. 5 Cradle Song - Grieg
11. Venus, The Bringer of Peace - Holst
12. Largo from the New WOrld - Dvorak

Album Description

3CD Vinyl Packaging

Customer Reviews:

AWESOME.......2006-11-11

Calming and Soothing for your little love.......2005-05-19

Average customer rating: One of the great unknown jazz originals

Beyond the Sky Yusef Lateef , and Adam Rudolph Manufacturer: Meta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Zimbabwe | Africa | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: In the Garden World At Peace - Music For 12 Musicians African-American Epic Suite ASIN: B000053F09 Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

1. Beyond The Sky
2. Orgin Of A Mother Tongue
3. Evanescent Symmetries
4. Handful of Gifts
5. Within Yourself
6. Three Dreams
7. Lqbal Remebered
8. Sun Cup
9. Hunger And Tears
10. Beyond The Sky, Pt. 2

Customer Reviews:

One of the great unknown jazz originals.......2003-01-05

Not least because of artists like Yusef Lateef. Here's a man who's been making brilliant music basically in near total obscurity since the late '50s. Yes, he had his day in the sun (he was once a major artist in the Atlantic stable), but since he began his forty + year sojourn down paths of Eastern-tinged jazz, founded his own label, and basically thumbed his nose at the jazz establishment, he has eschewed commercial success and pursued his own ideosyncratic and glorious vision.

Beyond the Sky strikes me as one of his most fully realized discs to date. Indeed, this is one of a handful of absolute great world jazz albums, including Sanfona by Egberto Gismonti, Vira Loucas, by Cyro Baptista, and The Invisible, by Peter Epstein.

What I love about Beyond the Sky, and what sets it appart from other great world jazz outings, is the depth of its jazz concept perfectly melded to an unimpeachable world music esthetic that encompasses a huge variety of world musics, from African, to East Indian, to Oriental, to American Indian. It thus becomes a kind of world jazz ambassadorial kind of thing, able to communicate with ease in any number of authentic world jazz idioms.

Part of it is that three core members of this group--Lateef, Adam Rudolf, and Ralph Jones--have been perfecting this approach as an ensemble for more than a decade. They thus operate at a level of musical compatibility and comraderie that is nothing short of uncanny. Marc Helias (wrongly rendered as "Helais") on acoustic bass produces some of the deepest and most thoughtful rhythmic underpinnings to be found on jazz recordings. Joseph Bowie on trombone and a variety of percussion is simply magnificent, as is Charles Moore on trumpet and other assorted instruments. I have no previous familiarity with the other players, but Alex Marcelo on piano fits perfectly into these memorable musical soundscapes. And electro-acoustic computer and guitarist M. Abidh Waugh consistently adds beautiful coloration and wry musicality to the proceedings.

One of the reasons for the spectacular success of this disc is the uncanny fluidity and versatility of the players. All told, the eight performers play more than 39 different instruments, including such rarities as the deeraphone, moan flute, hichiriki, batajon, djun-djun, and karinya. Amazingly, nothing sounds exotic for exoticness' sake: everything is seemlessly integrated into a simply glorious sound signature.

Especially evocative is the Lateef composition "Iqbal Remembered," one of the most mysterious, mesmerizing musical experiences I have ever encountered.

The more I listen to this, the more I am becoming convinced that it is the greatest ever world jazz album. If you have even the slightest affinity for music of this type, DO NOT MISS THIS DISC.

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Beyond The Sky Rob Schwimmer Manufacturer: NuNoise Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Opp. 50 & 62 Horizons - Leif Ove Andsnes ASIN: B000HA3YIS Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

1. Hello Again
2. Ostinato
3. Orpheus
4. Waltz For Clara
5. Hello, Again Part II
6. I Would Talk With My Dad
7. Holding You In My Arms
8. Conversation
9. Quicksilver
10. Repeated Notes
11. Beyond The Sky
12. Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime?
13. Never Never Land
14. Double Helix
15. Atmospheres
16. Inside
17. Waltz For Clara for theremin and piano
18. All The Things You Are
19. Stormy Weather

Product Description

Average customer rating: POWER TRIO / HEAVY BLUES ROCK BLISS

Sky High Randy Mcstine Manufacturer: Grooveyard Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Still Rockin' Freedom Acid Blues Experience LONG HARD ROAD Tribute To Hendrix ASIN: B0007DGBB2 Release Date: 2005-01-01

Tracks:

1. Rainbow Child
2. Cold Winds
3. Wake Up Zombies!
4. Money Blues
5. Sky High Boogie
6. Together Again
7. I Don't Live Today
8. Across All Borders
9. Morning Ballad
10. Dalarna
11. Hoochie Coochie Man (live)
12. Fire (live)
13. Voodoo Chile (demo)

Album Description

Clas Yngstrom is a true bona-fide blues/rock axemaster of awesome proportions and he is rite up there with the best of them as one of the greatest Hendrix-inspired guitarists in the world. C.Y. digs in deep and shines throughout on the debut SKY HIGH disc, brimming with style, class, vibe & blues power. Clas is an amazing gifted player who has achieved true greatness on the guitar and deserves all the credit he can get. Make no mistake, Clas Yngstrom is the REAL deal when it comes down to some of the finest Hendrixy blues/rock heavy guitar magic you'll ever hear.

SKY HIGH has been re-issued and released for the first time on compact disc by GROOVEYARD RECORDS (a new label dedicated to outstanding TOTAL GUITAR music from around the world). Originally released on vinyl in 1980 and recorded with Swedish vocals, the 2005 re-issue version of SKY HIGH features brand-new English vocals for universal appeal plus 3 awesome BONUS TRAX not found on the original version, including 2 killer Hendrix jams that will fry your brain! Even though the SKY HIGH disc was recorded 25 years ago, it sounds fresh and vibrant today; an amazing undiscovered heavy guitar gem and musical document full of life, soul & blues power that stands tall as one of the all-time great blues/rock heavy guitar discs of our time.

The awesome debut SKY HIGH disc is HIGHLY recommended to fans of JIMI HENDRIX (THE MAN!), ROBIN TROWER, FRANK MARINO, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, JOHNNY WINTER, RORY GALLAGHER, CREAM, Z.Z.TOP (vintage era), GARY MOORE, WALTER TROUT, WARREN HAYNES, ERIC GALES, PHILIP SAYCE, JOE BONAMASSA, BUDDAHEADS, RANDY HANSEN,THE HAMSTERS and just about any other killer, get-down, top-shelf blues/rock axeslingers on the third stone from the sun that kick serious blues/rock heavy guitar ass.

Clas Yngstrom and SKY HIGH have released over a dozen albums plus various solo discs through the years and it's long overdue and "high" time that the classic first SKY HIGH album has finally been released on compact disc. The bottom line is that if you dig outstanding blues/rock heavy guitar music then you owe it to yourself to tune into the phenomenal debut disc by SKY HIGH.

(((EXPERIENCE THE HEAVY GUITAR BLUES POWER OF CLAS YNGSTROM & SKY HIGH)))

Customer Reviews:

POWER TRIO / HEAVY BLUES ROCK BLISS.......2006-05-25

Average customer rating: More good stuff! But reissue of Higher Octave title of 1990.

Sky's Beyond Karunesh Manufacturer: Oreade Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Beyond Heaven Call of the Mystic Sounds of the Heart Zen Breakfast Secrets of Life ASIN: B00006ALE8 Release Date: 2003-03-04

Tracks:

1. Sky's Beyond
2. Moon In The Water
3. Atlantis
4. Into The Light
5. Over The Light
6. New Morning
7. Indian Summer

Customer Reviews:

More good stuff! But reissue of Higher Octave title of 1990........2003-04-03

Average customer rating: Each and every song a jewel

Beyond the Night Sky : Lullabies for Guitar Alex de Grassi Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bolivia | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Water Garden A Windham Hill Retrospective Bolivian Blues Bar Tata Monk Deep at Night ASIN: B0000033VR Release Date: 1996-09-03

Tracks:

1. The Rain Is Pouring
2. Beyond The Night Sky
3. Bells Of London
4. Boo Maramba
5. Mama, Papa
6. When My Soul Embraces You
7. Sleepytime
8. A La Nanita Nana
9. As You Drift Away
10. Swedish Lullaby
11. Waters Of Time
12. Brahms Lullaby

Customer Reviews:

Each and every song a jewel.......2005-09-09

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