Migration

Track Listings

1. Wandering

2. Initiation

3. Honoring

4. Stating Intention

5. Surrender

6. Embracing the Darkness

7. Lighting the Flame

8. Transformation

9. Quietude

10. Becoming Human

11. Walking the Path

12. Service

Migration,Peter Kater,R. Carlos Nakai,Silver Wave,Contemporary Instrumental,Ethnic,Ethnic Fusion,Meditation,New Age / Meditation,Pop

Migration

Migration

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Beautiful!

Winged Migration CD

Beautiful Soundtrack

WINGED MIGRATION

THE RIGHT MUSIC FOR THE RIGHT MOVIE

Winged Migration
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Higher Octave
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Beautiful!.......2007-04-24

I've owned this CD for several years now, and it definitely remains on my short, short list of favorites! The music is beautiful and contemplative, drawing the listener into the journey of migration undertaken by the birds who inspired it. Everything is amazing on it: the writing, the instrumentation, the vocals. This albumn is definitely not just for fans of the movie, but for anyone who loves slow, calming, thoughtful music.

Winged Migration CD.......2007-02-08

Awesome, for the most part- best after watching the documentary. A couple of songs had to skip through, but the rest is a good post movie mental review- watch the movie first...

Beautiful Soundtrack.......2007-01-06

I loved this movie and the soundtrack makes it ever better. I havent bought a CD in a while and this one is reasonably priced and rare.

WINGED MIGRATION.......2006-08-29

The movie is excellent. The scenery is breathtaking, but you actually feel like you are flying with the geese. Geese are amazing birds. A must see.

THE RIGHT MUSIC FOR THE RIGHT MOVIE.......2006-06-22

Even if you haven't seen the beautiful french documentary, you'll love this soundtrack. The score captivates listeners from the very beginning and the song "To Be By Your Side" by Nick Cave gives the very special mood that the movie requires. Bruno Coulais is the same composer from HIMALAYA, thus you may understand better the sort of music you're listening: half ethnic, half new age and totally haunting. Don't miss it.

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Cruisin' with Grusin
Nice music well recorded
MIGRATION DAVE GRUSIN
What A Treat!.......'Milagro' Suite Included Too!
Light Jazz at it's FINEST!!!!

Migration
Dave Grusin
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Milagro
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Customer Reviews:

Cruisin' with Grusin.......2006-11-12

Kick back and relax to the tunes of Dave Grusin in his Migration CD. Mellow, but not a snoozer, this CD fits the tastes of those who know good music.

Nice music well recorded.......2006-08-25

I like the music on this CD. The sound quality is fabulous!

MIGRATION DAVE GRUSIN.......2005-09-19

FAST SERVICE, WILL USE AGAIN. PRODUCT IN GOOD CONDITION AND PLEASED

What A Treat!.......'Milagro' Suite Included Too!.......2005-08-23

This review refers to the CD of "Migration/Dave Grusin"

If you are a fan of the film "The Milagro Beanfield War", and it's wonderful soundtrack, and have been looking for it's music on CD, you will find it here included in this fabulous jazzy delight from Dave Grusin.

Every track is a real treat for fans of Grusin and Jazz, as well as the film. An all instrumental, upbeat, light and airy feel, will have you replaying this CD over and over. These fabulous arrangements with Grusin on keyboards, feature some great musicians, including Branford Marsalis on Soprano Sax on "Punta Del Soul", and Tenor Sax on "Dancing in the Township" and a rousing "T.K.O." Other tracks included are "Southwest Passage", "Western Women", a wonderful rendition of "In the Middle of the Night", and a sweet and refreshing "Polina", featuring Hugh Masekela on Flugelhorn.

The Suite from the "Milagro Beanfiled War" is the icing on the cake. It's a wonderful southwest feel with "Lupita", "Coyote Angel"(this was definitive of this feel good film), "Pistolero", "Milagro" and "Fiesta".

There are a 14 delicious tracks in all. The first 9 all run a really good length, from 4 minutes to almost 7 minutes each. The Suite from Milagro has shorter but most enjoyable tracks that flow nicely. A fine quality recording that will give you a lift on long drives or around the house or office. A booklet with all credits is included.

I live in an apartment building and at least 3 people have stopped by my patio to ask what CD this is. It's highly contagious, feel good stuff!

Enjoy....Laurie

Light Jazz at it's FINEST!!!!.......2004-05-09

The body of work on Migration are simply terrific. Rarely has there ever been a better selection of songs gathered on one album as this collection before you. Never one to shy from endorsing great music -- however subjective, I truly believe these songs showcase and define Dave Grusin's best work. In an age with processed drum loops dominating the airwaves, it's refreshing to revisit an album such as this, and be reminded what genuine musicianship is all about.

If ever there was a time to introduce someone to Jazz or instrumental music, this album would be perfect to do it with.

Often artists put out a "best of" collection of songs that were deemed radio friendly; with this album, you essentially have every single track as such -- it can stand on it's own because every single effort is equally great.

Particular favourites are: First-time Love, a quintessential ballad for every romantics out there. Polina is another wonderful track that forces you to ponder who Polina may be; perhaps a close love one of Mr. Grusin's? What ever the case may be, it's beautifully poignant.

Migration
Average customer rating:

If I could give it 6 stars I would

Okay, but not as good as some of his other work.

sacred holy

hauntingly beautiful

Awesome but reject the shamanism

Migration
Peter Kater , and R. Carlos Nakai
Manufacturer: Silver Wave
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Wandering
Initiation
Honoring
Stating Intention
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Lighting The Flame
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Becoming Human
Walking The Path
Service

Customer Reviews:

If I could give it 6 stars I would.......2007-03-04

I wasn't even on the Amazon.com website tonight, but after listening to this CD for about the 500th time in the last 5 years (sometimes I play it all day long in my massage therapy room) I was moved to get on this site and rate this CD. This, as well as "Through Windows and Walls" are my all time favorite CD's. That says a lot as I have literally 1000's of CD's. Nothing can touch my soul and put me in a serene place like these two CD's. 9 out of 10 clients have asked me the name of these 2 CD's and have gone out and purchased them themselves. It's the musical version of what profound beauty looks like. I can't decide which of the two I like better. Buy both. You won't be sorry. Unless of course you're looking to rock out. Then forget it.

Okay, but not as good as some of his other work........2005-09-20

This CD may be perfect for a slooow meditation, however I enjoy his other CD's more that have some life to them.

sacred holy.......2005-08-26

If I could only have 1 cd this would be it. Now if I could have 2 cds this one and Santana Shaman would take care of all my needs. I have felt that way for years. I finally had to get a new one, as it was worn out. IF you use music to create holy time, and love piano, cello or native american flute. This will probably rock your boat. These gentleman have in my opinion connected with that holy energy of life. What a gift. I want to say thank you to them.

hauntingly beautiful.......2003-10-20

I love the adagios, specially the piano pieces by Peter Kater. Hauntingly beautiful. I tend to listen to them at night. I call them soulful music. The ones with vocals are wonderful too. Uplifting. Inspiring even.

Awesome but reject the shamanism.......2003-10-16

I love Peter Kater and most of his music without occult or shaman titles in them, because the truth is, it is part of a cult thinking and spiritual darkness. I studied it for years as I did other cults and I know people firsthand who were involved with the illuminated cult and "ism. Otherwise he has an excellent talent and beautiful spirit in music and melodic creation on the piano and you cannot deny that he has a God-given gift, if and when he ever acknowledges that is truly where it comes from.

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Best Hiphop cd i have heard for a long time..
A Breath of Fresh Air
Stop frontin on WU.....
"I'm migrating"
Get it!

The Great Migration
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Best Hiphop cd i have heard for a long time.........2007-03-01

Start to finish this album is off the hook BUY IT NOW all i got to say.
(About the review i was reading below from "Jesus A. Garcia "Powder" he said "beats from RZA" but just wanted to let yall know RZA did not touch this album Bronze produced all tracks)just wanted to clear that up.

A Breath of Fresh Air.......2006-10-14

I thoroughly enjoy listening to this CD. Bronze is a renaissance hip hop head, producing and MC'ing. With so much garbage out there, I really appreciate his lyrics and creativity. He brings consciousness and street life together well. Bronze uses lots of old soul music samples which also set this CD apart from most other artists. I would describe the sound of this CD as Wu-Tang throwback, reminissant of Liquid Swords or Wu Tang Forever and all from a Detroit cat. It has that gritty head banging effect. My favorite song on the CD is 'Hear What I Say'. In it Bronze describes his journey thru the corporate hip hop world and what he did to land his record deal. Also he touches on the type of garbage music that he was bypassed for.

If you like real hip hop (not the grown man finger snapping variety), then cop this joint. It is a CLASSIC! Peace

Stop frontin on WU............2006-09-09

Bronze and the wu are back, please cop this album and support real hip hop of 2006!!!!!!!!

Peace N Luv to true hip hop heads.

"I'm migrating".......2006-09-08

I would give this five stars but I did have some minor issues with this album. There were a few spots on this gem that kept it from being cohesive. I can't help it I grew up with cassettes and that's how I rate an album. If I feel tracks don't feed into each other, it throws off my enjoyment of an album. That's my only complaint on this album. Other than that I was really glad I copped it. He is well rounded artist, good lyrically, great producer. Be warned though, the dirty production is comparable to Bobby Digital's "Digital Bullet", maybe a little dirtier. I will keep this one in rotation for some time. Thanks Bronze Nazareth for your contribution to hip-hop.

Get it!.......2006-09-06

Heard Bronze on the Wu- Tang: think differently LP, and liked his flow. Definately one to cop, and tell your friends about. Flows and beats are amazing, refreshing to not hear bout rims and bling on an entire album. Real music. If u liked the think differently album, u'll like this.

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Olney, mixed review

Migration
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A reputation as a songwriter's songwriter ensures that a troubadour enjoys the highest respect among his peers while receiving minuscule attention from the public at large. Over a career spanning three decades, David Olney has seen his songs recorded by the likes of Emmylou Harris (who praises him in this CD's liner notes), Steve Earle, and Johnny Cash, while resolutely resisting any commercial formula or compromise. The musical settings here range from the flamenco tinge of the opening "The Song," a meditation on the carpentry of songwriting, to the Brecht-like waltz of "My Lovely Assistant" and the raucous rock of "Upside Down." Both "Lenora" and "All the Same to Me" reconfirm Olney as a kindred spirit to the late Townes Van Zandt. Whatever Olney's voice lacks in supple subtlety is offset by the depth of his expressive conviction. Artists looking for fresh material to record will find a country classic in "No One Knows What Love Is," the highlight of an album that explores the essence of song, the mystery of romance, and the relationship between the two. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Olney, mixed review.......2005-07-18

There are a few gems, The Song, Oh Lord, Birds and an upbeat Upside Down, My Lovely Assistant
Some dogs: Ace of Spade Blues, No One Knows What Love Is
and some fairly mediocre stuff
a Contenders classic, Light From Carolina, with only modest and some filler, All the Same To Me Listen Listen
He wwrites great songs, some are on this cd
But, he seems to be singing from some far away place, a place where he may be bored with the whole exercise.
Try other Olney.
Bill

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Bereshit
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Album Description

Won Sin. 2004.

Album Details

The Third Album from the Michigan Band that Featured a Young Ted Nugent on Guitar and Primary Songwriter. The Band's Immediate Predecessor, "Journey to the Center of Your Mind", Had Spawned a Fanbase Among Psychedelic Music Lovers. For this Outing Though, Nugent Came Up with Songs that were a Less Spacey and More Roots Oriented. Perhaps Most Surprising is their Cover of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers' "i'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent". Nugent's Own Love of Hunting Made an Early Appearance with "Loaded for Bear", an Aspect of his Life that Would Bring Him Fame Later in Life. This Edition Adds Two Tracks Not Present on the Original LP: "j.b. Special" and "Sobbin in My Mug of Beer".

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amazon tracklisting inaccurate for bonus disc

The Secret Migration (Special Edition)
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Customer Reviews:

amazon tracklisting inaccurate for bonus disc.......2005-08-17

As of the time this review was submitted, the tracklisting for the bonus disc was incorrect. It has 8 tracks as confirmed by the sticker, not 9 as stated here. The John Lennon song "Isolation" is not included. I will mention though, that a different live recording of it is available on a hard-to-find Japanese EP "Goddess on a Hiway". No regrets in springing for the special limited edition, though. The exclusive tracks are quality songs on par with the regular album, and the live KCRW versions demonstrate the true quality of their songs stripped of overdubs, bells and effects. Fortunately, "live" in this case doesn't mean audience, there is none. There are many good reviews of the disc one contents, and I will simply say that this is great music to work to, very melodic and beautiful, and devoid of any of the "challenging" listening on some of their previous work (which I'm not bashing). This is going to be in heavy rotation for a while.

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Outstanding Collection

New American Piano Music
Henry Martin , Charles B. Griffin , Tomas Svoboda , Alex Shapiro , Steven Heitzeg , Elizabeth Pizer , and Teresa McCollough
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Tracks:

Bam!
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Close Enough For Jazz
Prelude And Fugue XIII - A Slow Drag
Vernacular Dances: I. Andante Moderato
Vernacular Dances: II. Meditatively, Con Rubato Molto
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Sonata: Moderato
Sonata: Lento; Andante
Sonata: Scherzo
Sandhill Crane (Migration Variations)
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Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Collection.......2001-08-14

The voices of contemporary composers are so difficult to discover these days. It's one thing to read about fine new writers, but unless we seek them out and take the time to listen and tell others of our experiences, these voices will quietly fade away. Here is an opportunity to explore the music of seven such composers of modern American music. Most of this material was written within the past decade, and all of it is thrillingly performed. I am especially fond of Alex Shapiro's piano sonata. By turns contemplative, wistful and joyous, it's a highlight on a disc filled with bright and engaging new voices.

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softest known landing, flailing and felled: secret review #5
Flowers of romance ( non-sarcastic version. )
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What happened to their vocalist???
Unendurable

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Mercury Rev's sixth album Secret Migration is a high flying psychedelic concept record filled with paeans to Mother Nature. Singer Jonathan Donahue has never been so in touch with his inner hobbit as he is here. Dave Fridmann remains the band's producer, which is excellent as he's the most interesting part of the band, and a great deal of the reason that the band's best album, `98's Deserter's Songs, is as good as it is. M. Rev has never been a wildly original band--they've been aesthetically joined-at-the-hip with the Flaming Lips for much of their career, and "Diamonds" almost sounds like a parody of Wayne Coyne and crew. But there's something beguiling about the band, a childlike simplicity that runs through their modern-day prog anthems. On "My Love," Donahue sings "Ain't it amazing when the seasons begin to change/Someone behind the scenes just seems pull some strings," and as daft as that sounds, well, he's right! As ecological stoner anthems go, these are righteous. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

softest known landing, flailing and felled: secret review #5.......2005-12-17

An album certainly. A digital introduction of tones and lines. Perhaps the numbers crawl and build pottery office buildings, seventy stories of clay and middle management. Without the backboards, this album finds itself a chucker, a clear morninged
sky, a test match reminding us of overnight, and the threats that music can make.

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Flowers of romance ( non-sarcastic version. ).......2005-11-04

The Chartres cathedral, if it could write and record a pop album, would come up with something like this. It may be the only example of convincing optimism in recorded history, but that's only because Mercury Rev take such care to paint leering gargoyles in every corner, scalding the hero's soul with their taunts as he righteously slashes his way through an incomprehensible life. Deep traces of morbidity and the ashy cobwebs of a past trauma, though never explicit as on All is Dream, still make themselves felt... in a funny way, defanged but even more troubling, as if, in the other world, sadness resonates more faintly and seductively than it did when it was real, calling us back to this barren rock like a siren's song. The height of morbid grandeur and beauty, this album is like a windswept embrace with Jacqueline Bisset circa 1974 as a nuclear bomb falls on your head.

A Pillow of Winds.......2005-08-15

A recent MOJO magazine review by noted critic David Fricke hailed Mercury Rev as the "American Pink Floyd".
Anyone looking to delve into this band might be slightly disappointed if that's what they are expecting to hear as those kind of comparisons are hard to live up to.
Having said that musically Mercury Rev does have a connection with early Floyd, Syd Barret through Meddle era.
However this band stands on their own and this album is quite good, better than even their last "All is Dream".
Rocking and atmospheric it is well worth your time and money.

What happened to their vocalist???.......2005-07-28

The Rev's previous album "All is Dream" always comes to mind when I'm asked what my favorite music is. This 1991 album, which still gets a lot of airplay in my car, featured vocalist Mary Gavazzi Fridmann on most of the tracks. Although she's listed as an "additional musician" on "Secret Migration", I don't hear her at all.

Too bad - REALLY too bad. What a disappointment. The Rev's musical style really lends itself to a female voice, and Ms. Fridmann handled the job with excellence, her delivery and her plaintive voice wonderfully complimenting the style of the music.

On the new album all the vocals are by a male vocalist, presumably one of the band's male musicians. He doesn't come close to matching Fridmann's ability to fill-out the emotional impact of the Rev's music. I agree with some of the previous reviews on why this album does not live up to "Dream". The song writing is not the same quality. But what I miss most is the great singing.

If you're considering your first Mercury Rev purchase, get All is Dream. You'll like it better.

Unendurable.......2005-07-17

I had the misfortune of seeing these pretentious avant pop pranksters perform live at the Sydney Opera House recently (supporting the peerless Finn Brothers no less, who have a lot of explaining to do - or their promoter does). The set went for an unforgivable sixty minutes and I'd warrant it was the longest hour of my life. Most of the auditorium wisely fled for the bar after three tracks of this prancing drivel, but I stuck around thinking it might improve. It didn't, and listening to this album proves why: Mercury Rev, in 2005 at least, are an abomination. I'm told their earlier work is more "edgy". I'm happy to take that as given rather than risk exploring it. This album, however, is about as edgy as Oprah on one of her "Remembering Your Spirit" jags. It's full of painfully earnest lyrics about the nexus between nature, love and the meaning of the universe. It sounds like frontman Jonathan Donahue has swallowed "The Tao of Physics", Lovelock's "Gaia" and "The History of Western Philosophy" and is now regurgitating uncontrollably. Rather than heeding the advice of the sages they mercilessly plunder and letting the inexpressible remain unexpressed, Mercury Rev seem intent to die trying. The songs are overloaded with nature imagery which might work if it wasn't so literal, so generic, so cliched. It would be syrupy and cringe-worthy enough on paper, but becomes utterly unbearable when given Donahue's unique vocal treatment which sounds like a yearning chipmunk cross-bred with Michael Stipe. Is this meant to be innocent and cute? Is it meant to be childlike and profound, out of the mouths of babes, etc? Or is it supposed to be emotional nakedness, some kind of attempt at vulnerability? If so, it fails. The band would do well to read John Berger on the difference between nakedness and The Nude: one's vulnerable, honest and open; the other's a self-conscious pose. I'm fairly sure which one Mercury Rev have in mind when they expose themselves, but you'll be cringing either way.

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