A Sky of Dreams

Track Listings

1. Sky

2. Ocean

3. Wind

4. Tree

5. Sun

6. Cloud

7. Moon

8. Stars

9. Rain

10. Fire

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
asm2001 A SKY OF DREAMS - Coyote Oldman's Barry Stramp

Stramp combines panpipes, shakuhachi, bansuri and other flutes with revolutionary sound processing to create haunting instrumental music of unparalleled depth, quality and emotion. Deep and dark, angelic and uplifting, this transformative music is excellent for meditation. Featured in the epic PBS documentary THE WAY WEST.

A Sky of Dreams,Barry Stramp,Ancient Sun,Ambient,Ethnic Fusion,Pop,Rock,Solo Instrumental

A Sky of Dreams

Tracks:

Bride Of The Waves
The Holy City
Sounds From The Hudson (Valse Brilliante)
Killarney
Caprice Brilliante (The Debutante)
Perhaps Love's Dream Will Last Forever
Carnival Of Venice
Ah Cupid
Bride Of The Waves
Once Upon A Time
Rondo Caprice (From The Shores Of The Mighty Pacific)
Aloha Oe (Farewell) (Hawaiian Love Song)
Russian Fantasie
The Palms
La Veta Caprice (Lillian)
Berceuse From Jocelyn
Sounds From The Hudson (Valse Brilliante)
Twilight Dreams Waltz-Intermezzo
Southern Cross
Love's Old Sweet Song
Showers Of Gold Scherzo
Macushla
Caprice Brilliante (The Debutante)
Killarney
Carnival Of Venice
Stars In A Velvety Sky

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These 26 selections, recorded from 1904 to 1922, document the work of an important American player and band composer. Despite the trivial nature of most of the music, one can't help listening to Herbert Clarke's playing with respect and growing affection. He was a most elegant player, with a beautiful tone that comes across even in the earliest of these recordings. The showiest pieces, which can be quite dazzling, are still performed with taste and musicianship. This disc is an important sound document, and the transfers from even the earliest of the recordings are surprisingly listenable. Highly recommended to all brass and nostalgia lovers. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant playing transcending primitive recording technique.......2001-01-11

Hearing this CD -- despite the distracting surface noise from the primative acoustic recordings from which this CD was remastered -- I appreciate for the first time the greatness of Clarke as a cornet soloist. If he is not the greatest to date, he is surely one of the giants upon whose shoulders modern virtuosi of the trumpet (which has pretty much replaced the cornet) stand.

Clarke's sheer artistry in both composition and performance still dazzle and his interpretive ability brings to life some of the 'tear jerkers' of the golden age of popular brass music in a way no modern performance comes close to.

Although on first hearing one could be very much distracted by the primitive recordings, the brass player soon focuses on Clarke's playing so completely that the the surface noise disappears.

Every trumpet player and cornetist, more, every brass player and lover of band music, should own a copy.

The Master of the Cornet.......2001-01-04

God bless Crystal Records for taking the time to re-issue these extremely rare and valuable recordings from an unfortunately neglected giant in American musical history. Most people today don't realise how famous and influential Mr. Clarke and his peers (Sousa, Pryor et. al.)were on the American musical scene at the beginning of the Twentieth century. It is very important that these recordings (and others from this period, the birth of sound recording) be preserved for future generations.

As for those who could not stand the "hiss" on these recordings, how spoiled can you be? You simply miss the point of all this. We all know that these records were made during the infancy of the recording industry, and that they didn't have the technology we now have. I find it thrilling to listen to them just as they are. Recorded sound is the closest we have to time travel, and I find it fascinating to listen to these recordings as though I was there when they were first made. And most of all, through the marvel of recorded sound (Mr. Sousa notwithstanding) I can listen today to the greatest cornetist who ever lived, even though he passed away over 50 years ago.

Hopefully Crystal Records will someday put out an anthology of original Sousa and Pryor Band recordings.

Clarke is the cornet master!.......2000-08-03

Herbert Clarke is the finest cornetist the planet has ever seen. The technical brilliance on Carnival is just breathtaking. The sound quality of the recording is little hinderance on the true genius behind this man's playing. Don't let the hiss bother you!!!

heartbreaking music from a bygone era.......2000-03-22

These vintage recordings would have been otherwise lost to us--and a great loss at that. Clarke plays so beautifully, esp. those pieces that he wrote. It's notall oom-paa-paa, but music that is deeply affecting and stirring.This is the effect that Wynton Marsalis was going for in his "Carneval." While Marsalis's album is a wonderful tribute, this is the original. A must-have for any serious trumpet player.

Be careful.......1999-09-14

Watch out if you want to buy this cd! It's a good cd with Herbert Clarke playing some of his own pieces the way they should be played...but the recording is TERRIBLE! Naturally, it's a 1904 recording! But the hiss for the first half of the cd is almost painful. It's NOT something you can just ignore, so don't be caught unawares.

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It's Magic
Oh goodness
Best album to date...and that's saying something!

Flapjacks from the Sky

Manufacturer: High Noon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009U81NY
Release Date: 2003-12-23

Tracks:

Rocket
Sunday in the Rain
Kiss from Eve
Moondog House
Baby Jane
I Wish
Better Life
Living with God
Talkin' to the Buddha
Big 8 Wheeler
Jump Rope
Bike
Glide
Gonna Get Up
In Her Own World
Sullivan Lane
Look Ma, No Hands
Fumes
Call to the Mystic
Flapjacks from the Sky
Nightime

Customer Reviews:

It's Magic.......2007-03-22

I found a promotional copy of this CD set in the "Free To Good Home" box at the radio station where I broadcast a weekly jazz show. The "price" and packaging urged me to bring the CD to my good home. Magic.
I was surprised and captivated on first listen. My wife, who can be a tad skeptical of my music enthusiasms, listened and liked. Magic.
No more than two weeks later Fate and Destiny entered in. I came across a listing for GM&SCOD gig within a sober evening's drive from home.
As another reviewer has noted, the live show is not to be missed. Magic.

Listen, watch and you will know, Josiah and crew have been around the musical block a few times, swam some laps upstream and down, been there , done that yadayada They have emerged a Born Again Band of Beatific Gypsy Mystic Prophet Rockers. Magic.

Not sure your Great Grandmother, or your three year old , would like the CD but, I do think they would enjoy the band's live show. Magic.

You will like the CD. Magic.

Oh goodness.......2006-12-29

I love love love this album. LOVE. As the other reviewer says, 2 discs, no filler, absolutely fantastic. This is the Circus at their most beautiful, and I feel at home listening to this album. I'm sorry my review's not more descriptive than that...

Best album to date...and that's saying something!.......2005-07-13

Flapjacks from the Sky presents The Circus at their creative peak (at least so far as they do rule). It's two discs but no filler...no kidding (if you knew this band you wouldn't be surprised).

The tune "Bike" is a somewhat heart-breaking yet supercharged ode to a boy who's father made him a bike for Christmas but died of cancer before he could give it to him. I know this sounds a bit much, but you have got to hear this! No sticky sentimentality here...just a rockin' track that pumps along as hard as you can envision the kid pumping the bike pedals.

"Living With God" is one of the finest crafted pop tunes you will ever hear. Beautiful lyrics masterfully accompanied by just the right instrumentation. Energized yet not over-powering the mood of the song. It's my favorite so I'm a bit biased...they never play it live though!

"Moon Dog House" and "Glide" are my wife's favorites. Good tunes in their own right. Moon Dog House is kind of funky while Glide is almost like rock/oriental...this shows you the diversity the band is capable of.

I'd never heard "In The Nighttime" before this album, even though it appears to be one of their oldest tunes. It is stunning in it's beauty. So REAL...how refreshing after all the MTV b.s. that's pushed on everyone. Show's early on this band had something special going for it.

I could go on and on but you get the picture. I'm a big fan of this band and they earned it the hard way; compelling live performances that prompted me to get the albums. It's old school musicianship backed up by authentic songwriting talent thanks to Mr. Joziah Longo. You must, must, must see this band live ([...]for a tour schedule). Flapjacks easily gets my vote for best album of 2004.

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Joy (Poem)
Nakai is a gift
words can never fully describe Music and that's why I generally can't review Music...
Bold, ambitious attempt that hits some marks, misses others
Music to Contemplate By

Fourth World
R. Carlos Nakai
Manufacturer: Canyon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006BXHV
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Tracks:

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Product Description

1. Fourth World, Rainbow World
2. Whippoorwill
3. Comes The Dawn
4. Sonoran Nights
5. Shaman's Call
6. Eye Of The Eagle
7. Garden of Dreams
8. Into The Twilight
9. Under The Beautiful Sky
10. Little Dog
11. Meditations On Dinetah

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Joy (Poem).......2007-06-02

Joy is all to hear.
A journey to the centre of Creation.
Sharing pleasure of the heart.

Nakai is a gift.......2007-04-17

This wonderful man and his
music will reach into you
and set you soaring.
I highly recommend any
of his music. What a gift
R. Carlos Nakai is to all.

words can never fully describe Music and that's why I generally can't review Music..........2006-07-24

Strings tie up the wind
to tame the accompaniment
of the lone flute's breadth.

7-22-06 (a musical haiku)

Bold, ambitious attempt that hits some marks, misses others.......2002-12-06

This is an engaging and unusual integration of Nakai's flute-playing talent with an orchestral accompaniment, creating a romantic, sweeping, and contemplative score that sounds like a motion picture soundtrack in many instances. Nakai's command of the flute never wavers, but sometimes competes, rather than synchronizes with the full-bodied strings that interject themselves almost randomly throughout every piece. When the two mediums cooperate the result is moving and lyrical. One can almost visualize scenes of beauty, mourning, and determination that are the embodiment of Native American existence. But in some places, the music meanders between the two forms creating a neutral, unfocused, and occasionally dispassionate mood.

I applaud Nakai's innovation and experimentation, but I think his strongest work with Western classical music forms is still best demonstrated in his collaborations with pianist Peter Kater, such as "Migrations". Oddly enough, Kater's work with Nakai is not mentioned in the liner notes.

Music to Contemplate By.......2002-12-01

I had never heard any of Nakai's work before buying this CD, so I came to it with no idea of what to expect. The first word that comes to my mind when I play it is "soothing." That describes the first three tracks without need of another word. With the fourth, soft sweeping strings join Nakai's plaintive flute for a feel best described as "floating" or "drifting." The fifth is sweetly mournful. The sixth brings muted brass into play. In the seventh there are moments both majestic and plaintive. And so it goes. This is quiet, thoughtful music, the kind you might play while reading some favorite old "gentle" book or practising your deep breathing. Although I generally prefer more powerful sounds from my stereo, this one is an enjoyable change of pace, and full of Native mysticism.

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If you like Native American Flute music
Deeply exudes serenity in any space

A Sky of Dreams
Barry Stramp
Manufacturer: Ancient Sun
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000J5P3
Release Date: 1999-01-01

Tracks:

Sky
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Tree
Sun
Cloud
Moon
Stars
Rain
Fire

Album Description

asm2001 A SKY OF DREAMS - Coyote Oldman's Barry Stramp

Customer Reviews:

If you like Native American Flute music.......2006-12-15

If you like Native American flute music, like to meditate or have trouble sleeping, this is the cd for you. The music is very relaxing, I play it during the night to help me sleep. I highly recommend this cd.

Deeply exudes serenity in any space.......1999-06-18

I have had this title on a cassette for over 3 years, and it is one I reach for constantly when I just want to feel more of love, gentleness, peace and connect with my spirit. I am going to get this on CD......it is hauntingly sacred music and most people ask me "who is that" when they hear it playing. It aids me in coming to that still place deep inside........

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Poems for Piano

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000A33E
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

Pieces of China: The great wall
Pieces of China: Fable
Pieces of China: China blue
Pieces of China: Puppets
Pieces of China: Slow Dance - Lotus
Pieces of China: China chips
Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Unroll the flicker's rousing drum
Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Soft is the collied night
Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Gather for festival bright weed and purple shell
Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Wake subtler dreams, and touch me nigh to tears
Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Ravished lute, sing to her virgin ears
Poems for Piano, Vol. 1, Op. 4: Whose thin fraud I wink at privily
Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: And warms winds spilled fragrance into her solitudes
Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: To whose more clear than crystal voice the frost had joined a crystal spell
Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: Sleep, weary mind; dream, heart's desire
Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: Dust in sunlight, and memory in corners
Poems for Piano, Vol. 2, Op. 5: Make me drunken with deep red torrents of joy
Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: Rear its frondings sighing in aetherial folds
Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: Listen! Can you hear the antic melody of fear those two anxious feet are playing?
Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: Puffed out and marching upon a blue sky
Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: And hunged like those top jewels of the night
Poems for Piano, Vol. 3, Op 14: Each gay dunce shall lend a hand
Sonatina No. 1: Largo assai
Sonatina No. 1: Allegretto
Sonatina No. 1: Allegro vivace
Sonatina No. 2: Andante quasi Allegretto
Sonatina No. 2: Allegro moderato
Poems of the Sea: Waves
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Poems of the Sea: At sea

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Open Roads and Broken Dreams
Reach the Sky
Manufacturer: Deathwish Inc
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Manufacturer: American Journey
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ASIN: B00005UWIT
Release Date: 2001-12-21

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Dreamy Hawaiian Moon (Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiian Hotel)
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
There are No Wings on a Foxhole (Meredith Wilson)
G.I. Jive (Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Band)
Here We Go Again (Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Band)
Buckle Down Winsocki (Glenn Miller and His Army Air Force Band)
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Price for Peace

Album Description

Price for Peace is a 90-minute film documentary by James Moll, with executive producers Steven Spielberg and Stephen Ambrose, in association with The National D-Day Museum. This film beautifully depicts the events that transpired in the Pacific War theatre between the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 1941) and the bombing of Hiroshima (August 1945). Nathan Wang provides the background score and incorporates 12 period recordings into the soundtrack.

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Take Me Back----Please

Dreams of Sea & Sky
Surabhi
Manufacturer: Amiata Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DMK9
Release Date: 1998-05-05

Tracks:

Dreams Of Sea And Sky
Port-A-Bial-Dance To Your Shadow
Song Of The Dales
The Inescapable
Applecross
Bens Of Jura
Changes
A Song For Raguvira
Night Speaks In Whispers
Prayer To The New Moon
The Mermaid's Croon

Customer Reviews:

Take Me Back----Please.......2003-04-11

In the late 60's, (the good old hippie days) there was a group called "The Incredible String Band" which had a sound that this singer Surabai takes me back to. It was a simple, honest, humble sound as are all the tunes on "Dreams of Sea & Sky.