Unity

Track Listings

1. Unity

2. Blood from a Rock

3. We Need To Heal

4. The Message

5. Oneness

6. The Beautiful Names

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Shaheed Alkawn was born Shane Conning in September 1978 in Durban, South Africa. He was raised and educated within a strong Catholic background. As a young man Shaheed was very reflective and his keen sense of perception and thirst for knowledge would not allow him to accept the Bible as the word of God. Thus began his tireless search for the truth. After months of researching different ideologies and religions, his search culminated with his acceptance of the Qur'an as the word of God and his subsequent embrace of Islam as a way of life, in 1995 at the age of 16.

Although still a teen, Shaheed chose to put all other aspirations on hold and began his mission in the true purpose of believers to spread the word of God. Being a talented and creatively gifted person, he approached the work of da'wah in an innovative manner that has captivated young people wherever he has been and has been a powerful inspirational force to others.

Product Description
Released December 2003, 'Unity' has been warmly received with much critical acclaim. Featuring a variety of musical styles all generated through voice only and utilising beat-box, this album is both unique and profound. Features the stirring 'We Need To Heal' and his special rendition of 'Asma ul-Hasna'.

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Unity

Unity

Liquid Mind IV : Unity
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Great meditation music, interesting compositions

can't get enough

Liquid Mind IV: Unity

Time for a Handless Massage

Don't operate heavy equipment while listening

Liquid Mind IV : Unity
Liquid Mind
Manufacturer: Real Music / Chuck Wild Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SVLE
Release Date: 2000-03-22

Tracks:

Unity (9:48)
From The Silence (8:30)
Gold In The Shadows (8:37)
Society of Dreams (15:24)
Wrap Me In Your Love (7:49)
Take Me Tenderly (6:54)

Album Description

Liquid Mind IV: Unity, the fourth in Liquid Mind's elegant electronic series of slow relaxation music albums, takes the listener to a place of deep tranquility. This peaceful album is used by parents to help quiet hyperactive children, to assist themselves in going back to sleep in the middle of a difficult night, to relieve the stress of a busy day at a computer terminal, and for meditation. The absence of regular rhythm in the music allows a level of relaxation not achievable by more active music. Like the previous albums (Liquid Mind III: Balance, Slow World and Ambience Minimus), Liquid Mind IV: Unity is graceful, gentle, and healing. This music is designed to help you relax deeply, during meditation, rest, or in times of stress. Liquid Mind is the name used by Los Angeles composer Chuck Wild for his series of stress relief music albums.

Customer Reviews:

Great meditation music, interesting compositions.......2007-03-31

This is an excellent CD for meditation, massage therapy or relaxing. The tempo of the pieces are slow and all of them as a whole are gentle. At the same time, the music is not boring. The chord progressions are interesting and their are lots of unexpected chord substitutions. This creates a solid sense of forward movement, but without a rapid tempo. Often when other artists do this ultra slow music, the chord progressions don't create this same sense of movement and the harmonic changes are very predictable. This CD is heavy on the use of synthesizers, but it is all done tastefully. Highly recommended.

can't get enough.......2007-01-16

I can't get enough of Liquid Mind and each one is better than the last. It is the perfect music for study and for relaxation. Please keep them coming!

Liquid Mind IV: Unity.......2006-08-20

I use this product for massage background music. All Liquid mind CD work well. After purchasing the entire series, I realized you really only need 1 or 2 of this style.

Time for a Handless Massage.......2005-09-29

Just as the other Liguid Mind CD's, this sweeping movement of musical interplaying is designed for quiet, background sound use. The jacket correctly cautions that the music may be somewhat sedating, but after a day at work, what's wrong with that while relaxing at home? There is nothing to hum along with on this album, and, in fact, listeners may forget it's even playing, but sometimes one needs melody and harmony instead of the gooey or graphic lyrics in today's culture. This is more massage than message, and my body is grateful for all of these mind liquifiers.

Don't operate heavy equipment while listening.......2002-05-22

The CD actually has a similar warning printed on the cover - and for good reason. I have found nothing better to help me to wind down from a stressful day and fall asleep. For the first 3 months, I never consciously heard more than about 10 minutes of the first track. I decided I would have start with alternate tracks if I was ever going to hear them.

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Totally infectious
Surprisingingly enjoyable stuff

Shostakovich: Waltzes

Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001IVR2
Release Date: 1999-08-31

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Shostakovich Waltzes

Customer Reviews:

Totally infectious.......2003-01-07

Shostakovich is mostly known for his serious works, his symphonies and string quartets, however he wrote a large number of film, incidental, and ballet music. This CD compiles many of his waltzes and some other pieces from these. While this is mainly what could be considered "light" music, many of the pieces have wonderful melodies and coloful orchestrations.

Some of my favorite waltzes include the one from Return of Maxim, the one from Golden Hills, and the one from The First Echelon (aka Waltz #2 from the 2nd Jazz Suite). Beyond the waltzes there are some other pieces, including the famous Polka from The Age of Gold and Folk Festival (Spanish Dance) from The Gadfly.

The only caveat is that some of the pieces don't reference their original source (rather they are listed as being from various ballet suites, when they in fact come from The Limpid Stream and other sources), but this is a very minor complaint. The performance and sound is wonderful, and unless you are one who can't stand this sort of compilation, it gets my highest recommendation.

Surprisingingly enjoyable stuff.......1999-10-04

After years of my hearing and not thinking very much of Shastakovich's symphonies, this Delos delight came as a total surprise. Containing just under an hour of mostly waltzes mixed with some polkas, a galop, and even setting of "Tahiti Trot" (inspired by "Tea for Two" of all things), this concert gives us a rare chance to hear a good deal of music this composer wrote for films seldom if ever seen outside of Russia as well as some more familiar stuff from his ballets. Not one really great piece, nor not really boring one. Just a boxful of what Thomas Beecham used to call "Bonbons" from a very unexpected source. Lots of fun from Delos.

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Peace found in Unity
In Unity Excels
Cheryl Gunn - freshman effort
Cheryl Gunn - Vanity of Venus
One word describes it; AWSOME!!!!!

In Unity
Tim Wheater , and David Lord
Manufacturer: Gemini Sun Records
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Release Date: 2007-03-13

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Album Description

There is a magic and mystery in the alchemy of Tim Wheater's bittersweet soulful flute playing and David Lord's stunningly beautiful strings. The sounds they create together stir the deepest feelings of human spirit and aspire to the greatest heights of celestial awakening. Their exquisitely masterful music inspires a sense of serenity, healing, and peace.

Customer Reviews:

Peace found in Unity.......2007-05-17

When I first heard this before even buying it, I got a chill up the back of my neck and I sarted to cry! It was so enspiring and calming and spiritual sounding, exactly what I was looking for! So I purchased it and use it to meditate and put a spirit of calm with in my house and with all who enter into it. It is a true Spiritual inspiration of art and I would highly recommend it to those who are searching for that uplifting spiritual calm. Bravo to the artist and please put out more fantastic music such as this! Let Spirit inspire you again, and again, and again.. JA

In Unity Excels.......2007-05-12

This music soothes and comforts. It's peaceful harmonies release tension and bring images of serenity.

Cheryl Gunn - freshman effort.......2005-09-17

Fairly good album for fans of electronic New Age music. Style reminiscent of Vangelis, Yanni, Tomita, Christian Buehner, DaVol. Like all those artists, Gunn is stonger on electronic virtuosity than on composing talent; these songs would make great background themes for movies, video games, or TV shows, but their tendency to rely on one or two musical phrases to carry them through a four-or five-minute length tends to make them become soporific after a few choruses. It is a very rare talent that can pull off interesting listening using such limited musical vocabulary. (For an example of one that can, check out Eric Clapton/Michael Kamen's "Edge of Darkness" EP.) However, Cheryl Gunn is still young, and composing talent is something that usually grows over time. I expect interesting things from her in the future.

Cheryl Gunn - Vanity of Venus.......2005-08-20

Outstanding. A brilliant song writer whose work and my appreciation came together at the same time. I do not think that anyone looking for New Age music will be disappointed.

One word describes it; AWSOME!!!!!.......1999-03-31

Cheryl Gunn's music is incredible. The indivdual scores should be put together with sea, space, and nature video clips from the Descovery Channel.

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Not Your Average Jazz Organ Quartet
Larry Young, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, and Joe Henderson.
Unity: One of the Greatest Modern Jazz Albums
This is a must have!
A Perfect Album for so Many Reasons

Unity
Larry Young
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
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Recorded in 1965, in the afterglow of avant-garde jazz's first significant wave, Unity proved what organist Larry Young's Blue Note debut, Into Somethin', foreshadowed. Young had been a straightforward protégé of Jimmy Smith prior to his Blue Note years, and he later went full-tilt into fusion, eventually joining Tony Williams's Lifetime for their rightly named debut, Emergency. But here Young dug into an exploratory groove that fed in part off the Hammond B-3 tradition and in part off the pulse-oriented rhythmic developments then occupying Cecil Taylor and others. That said, the tunes are all keeled on even tempos, with thoughtful, tight soloing from Joe Henderson and a young Woody Shaw. With drummer Elvin Jones powering the quartet, the music cruises along, but Young's free-flying organ is the most striking point, with its fall-apart deconstructions and its architecturally complex solos and melody statements. More than anything, this recording helped clarify how relevant the B-3 was for the new breed of jazzers. This Rudy Van Gelder remaster improves the sound, both brightening it and bolstering the low end. Also added are a couple of great photos and a new liner essay. --Andrew Bartlett

Album Description

The album that put Larry Young and Woody Shaw on the jazz map, this exciting and inventive session with Joe Henderson and Elvin Jones. Churning rhythms, challenging ground breaking compositions and brilliant solo work make this album a classic that exerted great, uncredited influence on the next generation of jazz artists. And one of the most requested Blue Note reissues!

Customer Reviews:

Not Your Average Jazz Organ Quartet.......2007-01-04

Larry Young has been referred to as the "Coltrane of the B-3 organ". While I applaud those who appreciate his artistry, I believe that this description does not really do him justice. During the era that this recording was made, jazz organ on Blue Note was dominated by Jimmy Smith, whose success helped keep Blue Note afloat financially. Jimmy played in a blues and boppish style. Larry Young, on the other hand, had a totally different conception. This date from 1965, really showcased his advanced harmonic and melodic style. Additionally, the supporting cast was truly world class; Woody Shaw on trumpet (one of his first dates), Joe Henderson, and the legendary Elvin Jones. This was truly a date for the ages; it sounds just as fresh today as it did when released over 40 years ago! This recording should be in everyone's basic jazz library.

Larry Young, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, and Joe Henderson........2005-05-20

"Unity" is an album that belongs in the post-Hardbop category. Larry Young was the first Organist to start to break away from the Jimmy Smith tradition. If you have experienced any of his first few sessions for the Prestige label, you will hear the undeniable Jimmy Smith influence in his playing. Jimmy Smith is the king of the Organ but Young took what Smith had done and refined it. He also added his own material to start a whole new way to look at an instrument that was handicapped by it's own size, but stood out with it's incredible sound. Joining the "Young" organ master is the masterful Elvin Jones with his complicated Rhythmic drumming, Elvin had just left the Coltrane group and, if you have heard any of his earlier sessions with the Coltrane group, you will start to hear his playing change in a way that he is more open to what the soloist is doing yet still keeping the beat and Enhancing the feeling. Larry played the Organ more like a piano so he constructs his solos on lines more than sticking to the more chordal improvisation that was so heavily used by Smith and others. Joe Henderson, a very talented Tenor Saxophonist is often considered to be incredibly original yet you will hear an almost direct relation between him and fellow sax men Junior Cook and Sonny Rollins. Hendersons solos are constructed of broken up phrases that are loud but meaningful statements. Woody Shaw is a very fine trumpeter who sounds like a combonation of Blue Mitchell and Freddie Hubbard. The players are in top form, the Compositions are played with intensity.

"Zoltan", the opening tune, was composed by Woody Shaw and the solo work done on this song alone is worth the price of the album. Young and Jones play a Duo on "Monks Dream" which is obviously by Thelonious Monk. "Moontrane", another Shaw original, was written for John Coltrane since he was one of Shaws, Youngs, and Hendersons biggest influences. The form is standard 32 bars but the harmonies and Chordal structure are much different than that of many standard jazz compositions. "If" is a Henderson tune resembling the blues but many of the chords are replaced with altered voicings that make it very unique sounding. The group plays a reworking of the standard "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" and features excellent solos from all around. The closer, also by shaw, is a smoker and uses even more complex harmonies and chord patterns that "Moontrane" not to mention the odd number of 5o bars. If you want to hear extremely good jazz, this is one of the best examples.

Unity: One of the Greatest Modern Jazz Albums.......2005-05-08

For fans of post-bop jazz, Larry Young's Unity is, quite simply, essential. Young has been called the Coltrane of the Hammond B-3 organ for his progressive, modal, accessible music. Like Miles' Kind of Blue, Coltrane's A Love Supreme and Horace Silver's Song For My Father, this album -- although unfairly unheralded -- is one of those magical musical occasions. Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw and Joe Henderson do some of their best work on this session. A classic.

This is a must have!.......2004-11-23

Wow, what a great album. Who would have thought that Larry Young would provide one of the great jazz albums of the 60's. This album is the perfect blend of old and new. A lot of jazz purists scoffed at the organ as having a roller rinky, circus kind of sound, but this album proves how great the organ can be. Along with the outstanding playing of Woody Shaw on trumpet, Unity creates a unique vibe of its own. It's hard to deny the power of this album. Not overly uptempo or funky like some of the organ albums of the seventies and not entirely contained in the boundries of the traditional jazz of the fifties. This album is for any fan of jazz. You will not be disappointed.

A Perfect Album for so Many Reasons.......2004-06-25

This album is one of the most satisfying jazz albums I've ever bought. First off, it's a treat to hear the organ in such an up-front and wide-open setting; usually when we hear a B-3's sweet tones it is merely tapping out some cute seventh chords in the background of a blues jam. Larry Young is as unrestricted as any jazz musician can sound within the bounds of a chord progression here, playing lines as melodic and purposeful as Freddie Hubbard or as emotional and forceful as Joe Henderson, who also plays in top form on the date in question, within the same solo, all the while holding down a solid bass line with his left hand so masterfully that many have been led in ignorance to think there is a bass player on the recording (there isn't). Woody Shaw, often hailed as one of the most underrated soloists in post-bop, shows his true talent here as well, placing his unorthodox yet fluid phrases in all of the tunes from his own 60's avant-garde flavored "Moontrane" to the very standard standard, "Softly As in a Morning Sunrise," all with the same level of energy and sheer emotion that is par for the course on this fantastic album. So, the soloing is great. Really great.

Next order of business: Elvin Freaking Jones! Elvin passed away recently, and I'm sure many people are looking for his most characteristic and celebrated recordings to appreciate what a great talent he was and what an impact he had on jazz drumming and on jazz as a whole. Unity is as good a place to start as any. Though he was obviously most famous for his work in thepurpose-driven John Coltrane Quartet, he displayed hisunique polyrhythmically swinging style on a number of records as a sideman including this one and other perennials such as Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil and Sonny Rollins' Live at the Village Vanguard. It is a joy to hear him communicating with less familiar musicians with the same empathy as he did in the Coltrane quartet. His solos are fantastic as well, with his free, over-the-barline style which often displayed itself in open-ended solos turning up here inside the boundaries of extended form ("Monk's Dream") and in four bar phrases ("Zoltan"). Even within the restriction of specific solo lengths, Elvin plays with the same freedom and motive-oriented melodicism as always.

And last but not least: song selection. No Larry Young originals here, but three by Shaw and one by Henderson which are wonderful new (at the time) compositions that have become those type of "standards" that get played from time to time but aren't in the Real Book and don't exactly get called at wedding gigs. The very Monk-ish "Monk's Dream" is a Larry and Elvin duet here, a very good choice and a nice variation for the album's general flow. As said earlier, the standard "Softly..." is treated with the same improvisational attitude as the more modern tunes. Great selections.

Okay, if my bombastic ramblings communicate nothing else to you, please hear this last line: buy this album!

Spiritual Unity
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A correction to even further validate this recording

Even an Olympic swimmer might not like the Ocean

As The Spirit Moves

Amazing

Ignore the one star review by Blaster Death

Spiritual Unity
Albert Ayler
Manufacturer: Esp Disk Ltd.
ProductGroup: Music
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A correction to even further validate this recording.......2007-01-30

The reviewer "El Lagarto" may want to note that the release date of John Coltrane's "Ascension," his first proper free jazz album and first major foray into the avant-garde, is June 28, 1965. "Spiritual Unity" precedes that album by approximately a year, and if I am not mistaken, Coltrane cited Ayler as an influence which helped vault him into his late period recordings.

This recording is a masterpiece and must have been a revelation at the time to all with open ears. For an even more complete and brilliant document of Ayler's influential sound and immense presence, check out the Complete Greenwich Village recordings on Impulse! That is all for now.

Even an Olympic swimmer might not like the Ocean.......2006-07-29

This album skipped a few (hundred?) decades and took jazz straight to its logical conclusion. Fast forward several million years, far past our own epoch in this particular cosmic cycle, and you will hear this album playing as the universe dissipates back into its perfectly entropic state.

Don't get me wrong, this is not an album I listen to often. You wouldn't really play it in the car or at a party (unless it's a REALLY good party). This one takes some acclimation...like astronaut camp.

Yeah it's noisy and chaotic, but make no mistake: there is DEFINITELY music here. It's amazing that you can even hear it, let alone that someone actually wrote it, but it's here. Use with caution. This album will liberate your mind and incite a riot in your head, if you let it.

As The Spirit Moves.......2006-07-22

Certain albums seemed destined to capture the public's imagination and win widespread, unequivocal acceptance almost instantaneously. One thinks, for example, of Tapestry by Carole King, Rumors from Fleetwood Mac, and the Johnny Cash landmark effort, At Folsom Prison.

Others, like Brilliant Corners (Thelonious Monk) and Sail Away (Randy Newman) required time, tireless advocacy on the part of convinced music critics, and risk-taking listeners before assuming the iconic status they enjoy today.

Spiritual Unity, which may be Albert Ayler's Guernica, falls into neither category. It was born in obscurity where it has lived ever since, like a prisoner whose slim hopes are sustained only by infrequent visits from family members.

Jazz listeners are a small subset of all music listeners, but jazz itself is a big tent covering various splinter groups. There are those who believe that the sun set on real jazz when Sidney Bechet died. The majority of jazz lovers consider the WWII big band years of Basie and Ellington to be the halcyon era. Hipsters and flipsters latched onto Bop, but many, including Cab Calloway, rejected Bird and Diz. Cab Calloway called Bop "Chinese music."

The herd of jazz enthusiasts was culled even further by the arrival of John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman and others who expressed a wanton disregard for melodic traditions. For many, Coltrane's squawks, squeals, and rapid fire scales were indistinguishable from underwater parachuting - an idea whose time hasn't come. However, Coltrane's disciples followed him and followed the horn players he influenced, like Roland Kirk. By now the herd, though fiercely loyal, was tiny. Then came Ayler.

Ayler blew with maniacal intensity, passion, delirious joy, and complete disrespect for the past. He played as though he'd never heard anyone else play, as if he'd discovered a horn in the desert and was single-handedly inventing music. Ayler did not play from his head or even his heart but directly from his soul. In jazz clubs around Manhattan cries of, "Check please," and, "I think I hear my mommy calling me," and, "Oops, this is my stop," rang out like chimes, followed soon thereafter by hasty retreats.

In a sense, Ayler took abstract jazz to its absolute breaking point; it really can't get much further out than this without sounding like jets warming up on a runway. His music defies evaluation, it even defies judgment. Almost everyone hates it and would pay to not have to hear it. Those who love it, as I do, respond to a spiritual awakening and freedom transcending the bars and dots on sheet music, pointing straight to the next world. For me, this is astonishing, glorious music, but then, I'm in a small herd.

Amazing.......2006-05-13

This album changed the way I hear music. Absolutely amazing. Every time I listen I hear something new.

Ignore the one star review by Blaster Death.......2005-12-19

Blaster Death should stick to reviewing Kenny G albums if he can't hear music on this recording. Not only should Spiritual Unity be placed in the top 100 jazz albums of all time I would go as far as to place it in the top 10. Then again, if real art scares you perhaps you should stick with Kenny G.

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TRULY MAJESTIC
This is good stuff

Majesty
Aeoliah
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Album Description

This highly inspired devotional and spiritual music was created for personal transformation, meditation, new age healing centres, and places of worship. The pieces on this recording evoke the majestic Presence and Reality of our higher Nature, inspiring us with reverance and Divine Love. As you hear this music, please visualize the entire planet earth bathing in these celestial healing sounds, as this will accelerate the healing and enlightenment of our planet Earth.

Customer Reviews:

TRULY MAJESTIC.......2003-07-21

At the suggestion of a friend I purchased this CD, thinking it would not live up to its glowing recommendation. It was actually much better than I had anticipated.

This is good stuff.......2000-08-15

Very very meditative, find myself crying sometimes when i listen to it. Give it a shot, you'll like it.

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Instant Classic.
ANNOINTED!!
Spirit Filled
An Up And Coming Legend
May God Bless

Chain Breaker
Deitrick Haddon & Voices of Unity
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Instant Classic........2004-02-05

Dietrick Haddon is one of the greatest Gospel songwriters of all-time and the "Chain Breaker" proves that communication with a powerful musical delivery is the best way to bring souls to Christ and your ministry. His style has a neo-soul, R&B, Hip-Hop and jazz flavor that is contagious and the message is truly anointing. Every song from "Totally Sold Out," "One Nation," the funky, Michael Jackson-esque "The Walking Dead," and to his duet with John P. Kee on "Double Team," you can tell he's targeting young people as well as paying homage to the old school with the old-fashioned praise & worship and inspirational techniques. On the live portion of the album, he brings back some of his previous songs like "Live The Life," "Fire," and "Don't Let Me Fall," mixed with some unreleased material in "Anybody Here." The only setback is the sound of the acoustics of the live portion. Still, this album is sincere and totally radical making it an instant classic for any believer to praise, worship and allow some chains to fall down in order to move into the next level in God.

ANNOINTED!!.......2003-07-21

I have this CD and Lost and Found and I must say it's hard to say which one is my favorite. I love Chainbreaker!! Every song on this album is worth listening to. Each song has a message especially Live the Life--I can't wait to buy this CD too. "Chosen" will definitely get your head moving with a beat that is "off the hook" and the message in this song is so powerful. We Worship You will definitely take you into the Spirit. "Totally Sold Out" and "Fire" has a little P-Funk style that you will really enjoy. My 6-year old particularly likes "We're All God's Children" I love all of the songs on this album. But #'s 16 & 17 will make you start praising and shouting GLORY!! Deitrick Did It Again! I hope he will be around for a long time, but with an annointing like he has, I doubt if he will ever fade away. Now I have to start a Deitrick Haddon collection. You will NOT be disappointed. You MUST get this album.

Spirit Filled.......2001-09-06

This is the most wonderful album I have ever heard It touches
my soul ever time i litsen to it My who is not saved loves it even more than I do Let God use you and let us worship him in
the spirit

An Up And Coming Legend.......2001-01-29

Deitrick is definitely "The Stuff Legends Are Made Of". Each CD he puts out just keeps getting HOTTER! I recomend every title he has released.

May God Bless.......2001-01-14

This album tops his previous, it really shows the other side of his minstry towards young people. I recommend it!

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Anthony Gomes - One To Keep An Eye On
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TALENTED, BUT A BLUESMAN??

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Customer Reviews:

Anthony Gomes - One To Keep An Eye On.......2007-04-20

Gomes is a young blues guitarist / vocalist who I caught in concert a while back. I was impressed enough to pick up this album from 2002. I liked his live show better than the album, but there is no doubt this guy is a huge talent that can play the hell out of a guitar. His music is pretty typical blues, and his voice is gruff low. His voice grows on you after a while, but I can see where some people might not like it. On this album Gomes plays a variety of blues styles and manages to pull off some great solos along the way. He has a bit of funk and soul to his creations and definitely seems to have some heavy rock influence as well. When Gomes first started out (I think his first album came out in 2000), he was marketed as Christian blues. There is still an element of gospel to some of this material, but he seems to have moved into a more mainstream direction. On stage this guy is a definite entertainer. Gomes is young and full of potential. If you are into blues he is one to keep an eye on.

The Gospel according to Anthony.......2007-01-20

Here's the deal...I was NOT a big blues fan before encountering Anthony Gomes...Liked Stevie Ray, etc, but didn't know a lot about it at all...I heard Anthony live in Nashville in 2001 and fell in love....with his music and his message. I can always find a song to play for any mood I'm in...uplifting, heart-wrenching, ticked-off, or just needing a good laugh. It's all there with Anthony's music and this is one of his best albums, in my opinion.

Worth every penny...if you buy it, I encourage you to play it for a friend.

"I believe that music can change the world. It's a powerful soul sonic force." ~Anthony Gomes

~T

You gotta love AG.......2006-10-27

AG has such a positive message wrapped up in some KING-HELL rocking blues! This album rocks, but doesn't do justice to him live. If you get the chance, do yourself a huge favor and see Anthony Gomes. I guarantee it will take at least 2 weeks to wipe the smile from your face.

New Link To Old Blues - Ain't No Better Out There Now.......2006-05-19

Anthony can play the guitar beyond the best of them. I saw him a long time ago in a Nashville bar and this drunk guy kept harrassing him to play Stevie Ray, and finally Anthony put his guitar on wireless and ran up to the second balcony, placed his foot up on the drunk guy's table and commenced to play Stevie better than Stevie -- and that is a fact. The whole bar fell all about the place with amazement. I was then a believer. Since then, Anthony keeps hooking up with better and better musicians, and his Unity album has great blues and lyrics -- not everybody can handle his voice, but like the blues, it grows on you and soothes you when you are down. If you think you are so knowledgeable about the blues, Anthony had better be in your new blues collection. But as Anthony would tell you, if life was easy, what would we learn?

TALENTED, BUT A BLUESMAN??.......2005-11-17

i actually went to high school with anthony in the Toronto area. He's a super talented musician no doubt. But knowing that as a teen , Anthony was absolutely mad for bands like Iron Maiden and George Lynch of Dokken. Never got the impression he was into blues at all. Not to bust the kid, But i consider him probably just a super talent as opposed to a real bluesman. Rock on Anth

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punk jazz
Been there
spitual unity
Spirits Rejoice.
Primal free jazz classics for a new century

Spiritual Unity
Marc Ribot
Manufacturer: Pi Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009298UW
Release Date: 2005-05-03

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Album Description

"From crusty garage rock to graceful classical, sculpted white noise to sultry Afro-Cuban grooviness, the New York native is a master of myriad musical forms and a slave to none…nowhere in Ribot's discography is this more evident than on Spiritual Unity, an extraordinary tribute to the late free-jazz pioneer Albert Ayler." - SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY

Customer Reviews:

punk jazz.......2006-04-08

I sort of edged into this sideways - as a 40 something ex-punk (wait, I'm still a punk, scratch that ex part) - and musician (guitar, drums) I've long been on the lookout for inspired noise. Earlier a reviewer notioned that Captain Beefheart can be heard in some of this work - and I agree wholeheartedly. It's just good solid fun giving up the usual pop-song form to enjoy the pure sounds of instruments that dance with each other - but perhaps also, dance apart from one another.

I don't care who is the world's greatest guitar player. No truely Punk rock inspired person ever will - because it has nothing to do with being able to create brilliant and inspiring music. If Johnny Ramone could write songs with two barr chord forms (and let's face it, he could have had his hand broken and set in either an A or E barr form, and the ramones would not have suffered much! In fact, ever see him play? His middle finger is UNDER the fret board for his A forms!) and still inspire a million people to pick up instruments and learn to play (instead of waiting around til they could do what Robert Frip does) He'd have to be called an inspiring guitarist, though obviously, technically his playing is more endurance based.
Ribot is sometimes said to be 3rd rate as a jazz musician, and I find the phrase meaningless and silly. After all, every time some guitar rag, full of advertising, lists the most influential guitarists of blah blah blah - the list is almost always the same group of tired classic rock and popular musicians that the kids vote for - there's very little new or interesting happening there. We've heard it!
Ribot is exciting, different, and very inspiring in his approach, tone, and even sleeve art and titles.
You must here Postizos off the Y los postizos cubanos album, to understand where I'm coming from. Lots of fun.

Been there.......2005-10-10

Yes, they are monsters when on stage. But beware, it could make a confusion - a friend of mine ran away from the club after 15 minutes of Ribot's & Ayler's controlled chaos. Wanderful, but not for everybodys ears. However, the recording is less disturbing, almost pleasant.

spitual unity.......2005-09-01

marc ribot is one of our most interesting guitars along with bill frisell. ribot has recognized albert ayler as the great jazz composer, improviser, and performer. ayler's compositions are the great dark ones of jazz. perhaps now ribot or frisell should tackle bix beiderbecke's work.

Spirits Rejoice........2005-07-06

Marc Ribot's Spiritual Unity is a band put together to explore the music of Albert Ayler, both from a compositional and theoretical standpoint-- this recording, four Ayler pieces and one original by Ribot, are performed with the same sort of frenzied collective improvisation style of Ayler's bands. What's remarkable is that for a band that was relatively recently formed, this quartet (Ribot on guitar, bassist on several early Ayler sessions Henry Grimes, trumpeter Roy Campbell and drummer Chad Taylor) sounds as though they've been doing this for years.

Themes are generally briefly stated, after which frantic collective improvisation begins-- at each point, there is a solo voice, but everyone gets involved in the improvisation. Perhaps most impressive is Grimes, making only his second recording since returning to the music scene, who performs with a self-assured confidence, particularly arco. The album is full of powerful moments (all over), but for me, the best moment is the theme statement of "Truth is Marching In"-- Campbell plays the melody, Ribot counters and harmonies it and Grimes freely associates in arco below. Eventually, Taylor joins in and adds flourishes and emphasis to the points being made. The band switches to a second theme (about four and a half minutes in) before soloing, and you can hear the pure joy in their playing.

All in all, this is a great piece-- you get the impression (particularly from the included live recording, "Bells") that this band would be a monster live and that this is only a snapshot of what their potential is. Recommended.

Primal free jazz classics for a new century.......2005-05-18

One of the original giants of 1960's free jazz, saxophonist Albert Ayler's simple folk melodies and catchy march themes are easily the most instantly recognizable yet curiously the least covered or emulated. Guitarist Marc Ribot's "Spiritual Unity" is an attempt to bring Ayler's music into the future by re-imagining these primal works with an electro-acoustic quartet.

From Tom Waits and Elvis Costello to the Lounge Lizards and John Zorn, Ribot is the consummate Downtown scenester. Following his muse from the early "fake-jazz" of his own Rootless Cosmopolitans to exploring Afro-Cuban rhythms with his Los Cubanos Postizos, Ribot has always had an ear for the primal. Shrek was Ribot's early attempt to translate the energetic qualities of Ayler's passionate acoustic free jazz sensibilities to an electric guitar ensemble. With "Spiritual Unity" Ribot has assembled a quartet that not only mirrors Ayler's own classic quartet line-ups, but even features an original member.

With Henry Grimes, Ayler's original bassist, "Spiritual Unity" has a link to the past that provides a solid conceptual as well as sonic foundation. Despite Grimes' decades long hiatus from performing, he sounds utterly confident here and holds down the bottom end as readily as he uses his arco playing to invoke Ayler's frequent use of violins and cellos in his later music. Drummer Chad Taylor's approach to the intrinsic freedom found in these tunes is one of freely modulated pulse and embodies as much textural coloration as blazing forward momentum. Trumpeter Roy Campbell, a long time admirer of the late Don Cherry (one of Ayler's many horn partners) holds up the front line with splintery abstract glee one moment, somber lyricism the next. It is Ribot's own angular electric guitar improvisations that propel the album into the future however. Utilizing an edgy overdriven sound to conjure Ayler's own primal tenor shreik, Ribot bridges the gap between free jazz saxophone skronk and rock guitar wail.

The tunes themselves are mere melodic skeletons, sketched out head melodies designed for intensive improvisation. Subtly updating the old man's original formula, Ribot has managed to transmit Ayler's timeless folk tunes into the next century. Unconcerned with tricky time changes and complex multipart themes utilized by so many other Downtown improvisers, this session is one of unfettered free blowing. The only non-studio track, the closer "Bells," recorded live at Tonic, is a perfect example of the quartet's methodology. Riding a simple melody from barely audible pointillism to burn out collective improvisation and back again, these four conjure everything from plaintive sing song cadences to frenzied electric melt down.

"Spiritual Unity" not only breathes life into classic post-war free jazz tunes, but provides an easy entrance for those unfamiliar with the folksy delirium of Albert Ayler's oeuvre.

Let's Roll: Together in Unity, Faith & Hope

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Will soothe your soul
Outstanding musically and goes to a good cause
pretty good
...
Pathetic

Let's Roll: Together in Unity, Faith & Hope
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sparrow
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006JNFW
Release Date: 2002-09-10

Tracks:

Let's Roll - dcTalk
Horizon - 38th Parallel
I Believe - James Curlin
Who Else Could It Be? - Lila McCann
Light of the World - Jennifer Knapp
Interlude - Nick Moroch & Don Potter
Carry On - Wynonna
I See You in His Eyes - Nicole C. Mullen
Don't Ask Why - Shane Minor
With New Eyes - Joy Williams, Jody McBrayer, & James Curlin
We'll Praise Your Name - Selah, James Curlin, & Jody McBrayer
Lullaby
How Great Thou Art - Pam Kenyon Snider
Our Father - LA Session Choir
Daily Bread - Phil Keaggy
The Lord's Prayer - All-Star Collective
To You Be the Glory - All-Star Collective
In His Arms - Yo Yo Ma

Amazon.com

Of all the ways that musicians across the globe have responded to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the legacy that will likely survive is the dozens of benefit compilation recordings. Released on the one-year anniversary of September 11, Let's Roll is surely among the most interesting of these. The proceeds from the disc benefit the Todd M. Beamer Foundation, established to help the children affected by these events. Performers range from the finest artists in the mainstream contemporary Christian music community, plus a few well-placed celebs, such as Wynonna and Yo-Yo Ma, who neither sound out of place or here just for show. Many of the artists, including 38th Parallel, dcTalk, and James Curlin, appeal to the power of bombastic, anthemic music to channel their patriotic and faith-filled messages. But the most successful songs here employ restraint, subtlety, and grace, as on the beautiful fingerpicked guitar stylings of Nick Moroch and Don Potter. The disc's shining moments arrive in the form of uplifting and gorgeous lullaby ballads from Jennifer Knapp, Nicole C. Mullen, and an absolutely golden-throated Ms. Chaka Khan. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Will soothe your soul.......2006-05-10

Nothing bad can legitimately be said about this album. It was designed as a source of comfort for anyone suffering following 9/11. Done exclusively as a tribute to those on Flight 93, with no financial gain in mind, as the man who put the album together, was a close, personal friend of Todd Beamer, who made the phrase "Let's Roll" famous. They golfed together, and participated in a Bible Study together, and he knew Todd well enough, to include Wynona on the album, as she was one of Todd's favorite artists. Many of Wynona's fans probably don't even realize what a special song she performed that is on this album. Todd loved Country music, which is why some of the songs have a Country feel. "The Lord's Prayer" is emphasized, both because it was an example for us of how to pray, and it's the very prayer one of the other passengers prayed with a telephone operator as she sought to comfort him. Eclectic in nature, the album begins full of power, and excitement, to convey the emotions of the passengers taking back their plane, with the cry, "Let's Roll". As the album progresses, it becomes more, and more worshipful, conveying an attitude of becoming right with one's creator, as many on the plane must have been experiencing, along with purveying comfort to those whose loved ones were lost. Musically excellent, it makes a great album to acquire an attitude of worship for Sunday mornings, deserves a place in every Christian's library, and didn't receive the acclaim it deserved.

Outstanding musically and goes to a good cause.......2006-01-19

This cd is a must have for anyone that loves contemporary Christian music and/or wants money made from their purchase to go to a good cause.

Musically the stand out track in my opinion is the opening one by dc Talk. The members of dc Talk have gotten together extremely rarely the past few years since splitting to do work on solo projects (hopefully not split for good) so anything new from them together as a band is highly anticipated. Their title track "Let's Roll" is unbelievable and better than anything off of their Supernatural cd.

All the tracks on this cd are good in their own right and overall this cd is easily 5 stars. Buy this one with good conscience and enjoy the music which, sadly, Todd Beamer can no longer do.

pretty good.......2004-05-21

This cd isn't great...but pretty good. For me, a big dc Talk fan, it was worth the money for me to purchase this cd just for the first 4 songs. I listened to the title track so many times that the purchase was probably worthwhile just for the one song! I really like Let's Roll. The cd after the first few songs, though, I'm not crazy about.

Tracks 6, 13, 15, and 18 don't even have words--just soft music. 14 and 16 are both the Lord's Prayer, just to different music, both soft styles. The first 5 and numbers 7, 8, and 10-11 (which is really just one song) are basically the only "contemporary" Christian music with words. 9 is a country song.

Good lyrics, but most of the cd is not as upbeat as I would like. 3 1/2 stars.

..........2002-12-14

Just another way for people to cash in on the tradgedy of September 11. Yes, I know the proceeds go to charity, but I think most people would be smarter to donate instead of buying this CD.

Pathetic.......2002-11-03

The title track is a juvenile, inaccurate portrayal of the events of September 11, set to a melodic line stolen so many times over it has become trite.

Good works are a nice thing, but let's be straight about this song: the "writers" sat down to pen an anthemic hit in the Bruce Springsteen vein, with a little Neil Young thrown in for flavoring. Good cause or not, there is no excuse for this kind of songwriting.

Make a donation to the charity of your choice and ask nothing in return. You don't need this cd.

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