Friday Night Live [Live]

About the Artist
Craig Taubman has established himself as a unique voice in family entertainment, blending kid-friendly themes with adult musical appeal. He is a proven entertainer who has been writing and performing music for children and their families for over fifteen years.

Craig enjoys a successful career in television and film composing as well. He has composed music for Television Series on Fox, Showtime HBO and PBS. Craig music has also been films from Paramount, New Line Cinema Disney's. His songs have been recorded by such respected artists as Chita Rivera, Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Holliday.

Perhaps best known for his work in the Jewish community, Craig's dynamic music and moving performance style have been an inspiration for over 22 years. His magical and enchanting music brings to life the joy and spirit of the Jewish heritage, appealing to young and old alike and captivating audiences wherever he goes.

His 14 Jewish recordings are an integral part of the Jewish community, weaving song and spirit into the fabric of Jewish life. Craig's most recent release, Friday Night Live was composed for a special Sabbath service held one a month at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. The service which attracts over 2000 people was designed for young adults, ages 25-40, many of whom were estranged from the synagogue and even from Jewish life.

Product Description
Friday Night Live is a service held at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, CA designed for young people, ages 25-40, many of whom were estranged from the synagogue and Jewish life. Now the monthly service is an amazing "happening" that draws 2,000 people! Craig's wonderful music that resulted is recorded with all the energy, excitement, and artistry that mark all of his recording projects.

Friday Night Live,Craig Taubman,Craig N' Co.,Israel,Pop,Religious / Contemp. Christian,Sing-Along,This "#1 top selling Jewish CD in the country." is the "Soundtrack" for the Friday Night Live services being held at Sinai Temple in L.A.

Average customer rating: Live Friday Night Better Than Naked Ladies (And Mango Daquiris Too!) Very nice live blues album good, but not as good as the prior reviews Tabasco-style blues

Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar: Friday Night Bryan Lee Manufacturer: Justin Time Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Live at the Old Absinthe House Bar, Vol. 2: Saturday Live and Dangerous Bryan Lee's Greatest Hits 10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD) The Blues Is... ASIN: B0000021C9 Release Date: 1998-01-27

Tracks:

1. Braille Blues Daddy
2. Cross Cut Saw
3. The Sky Is Crying
4. Ain't Doing Too Bad
5. Five Long Years
6. Automobile Blues
7. Going Down
8. Look On Yonder Wall
9. Key To The Highway
10. Rock Me Baby

Customer Reviews:

Live Friday Night.......2007-03-26

Awesome live cd. Frank Mariano ,Kenny Wayne Shepard and James Cotton are guest. Everyone plays real well.

Better Than Naked Ladies (And Mango Daquiris Too!).......2006-06-27

A New Orleans native, I stopped in at the Old Absinthe Bar for a Sazerac on my way to taking out-of-town guests to a strip club. There was a blues band on the stage fronted by a heavy-set guy dressed all in white. His voice was pretty good, and we were into the music, but when Bryan Lee ripped into his first solo our jaws just dropped. Maybe we'd heard that kind of playing on a blues CD once or twice, but none of us ever imagined we could just walk into a bar off the street, buy our "one drink minimum," and hear someone wail like that. His companion musicians were superb as well. My guests forgot all about the strippers. We sat, hardly talking to each other, until Mr. Lee left the stage for the last time. You'll never hear exactly what we heard. The blues bar was gone long before Hurricane Katrina, another victim to the epidemic of mango-flavored daquiris. But this CD is about as close as you can expect from a live recording. It's the way I'd like to remember my home city.

Very nice live blues album.......2005-08-28

This was my introduction to Bryan Lee and I was not dissapointed. This is really a fine example of how good blues can sound live. There are some really nice guests that appear on this also, by the way the same lineup was also on the Saturday night disc, this should really have come out as a double live album. James Cotton is on this and although he does not wail the same as he once did it is still James Cotton.
There is also a guest appearence by Frank Marino and Kenny Wayne Shepard. I have heard through a he said she said thing that KW was very rude to Marino at these 2 shows, it does not surprise me, he is known to be very arrogant. A kid whose father was in the music buisness and had a whole lot of breaks because of that, and really thinks he is hot stuff. He is a good guitar player , but without a doubt the 3rd best on these 2 discs behind Lee and Marino.
One thing I noticed outright was that Marino's guitar work seems to be turned way down, almost like Lee was trying to let his boy KW sound better than Frank, which is the only way he ever could, KW could not carry Marino's guitar strap if we let the truth be known.
But like I said both this one and the one on Saturday are both well worth a listen.

good, but not as good as the prior reviews.......2003-11-08

When I found out (not from Amazon) that Frank Marino was on this album, plus KWS, I almost bought it sight unseen, but I gave the samples a listen and then decided to pick this and the Saturday night (part II) up.

I wasn't dissapointed, but my expectations we perhaps a little high, so it's not one of my top blues guitar albums, live or otherwise. It's a decent blues album and I like it, and although I'm no stranger to raw live blues, some of Lee's rawness comes off as, I'm sorry, but it's my opinion, sloppiness. Taken in context of a live recording in a New Orleans bar, this fits, but it's not 5-star material. Nor, IMHO is the companion album.

But don't let that stop you from picking it up, it's/they're good album(s). Lee is a decent guitarist and singer, and it's really cool that he had Marino & Shepherd sit in with him. Makes you want to blast it loud while sipping a Jim Beam.

If you're a very hard-core Marino fan like I am, you might a little dissapointed , Frank's a great player on his own and even better with Mahogany Rush, but like his "blues period" where he went from his own, post-Jimi/almost progressive self-styled fantastic sound period (IV, Strange Universe) to a more Johnny Winter vein, well, Frank's just not a blues guitarist *first*. He seems to be straining, not to play notes, but to garner feel. I can't believe I of all people am saying this about Frank!

Frank does do some nice slide playing, although I'm not sure it's actually slide, I had heard that on earlier MR albums he used his whammy bar for slide-sounds, but that be yet another Marino urban legend.

Some people are not so keen on KWS, but I have most of his albums and I like him a lot even if he's a SRV clone, at the end of the day he plays well and has good tunes. He sounds good here too.

Don't kill me for this review, someone else yeh or nay it.

Tabasco-style blues.......2003-11-07

At my high school reunion, a classmate named Kevin McMahon cornered me near the bar, handed me a CD, said that he liked my Roy Buchanan article-and insisted I needed to hear this guy. He was 100% right about that-Lee is the hot Daddy of Bad Blues and he commands respect. The story goes that Bryan plays in a bar in New Orleans and doesn't really leave the place-it's a home to him-and that special guests come to visit. We're talking special guests like James Cotton, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Frank Marino (of Mahogany Rush).

Quick!-my asbestos gloves, because what Stevie Wonder can do with a keyboard, Bryan Lee does with a guitar, and that is scorching good music. Oh, yeah, he's blind, too. We're talking raw, skin-it-alive Fender Stratocaster, folks. Can he sing? Nasty, raspy, and when he screeches, I swear the last time that kind of sound crossed my ears was in metal shop. The backup band's support is hot enough to melt lead, and there's five-yes, five more CDs available. For an extra treat, try his Crawfish Lady-both the music and the recipe are found on that disc, but I warn you: there's no putting out this fire with any known substance, because Bryan Lee is too hot to control except under his own terms.

Average customer rating:

One Shabbat Morning Craig Taubman Manufacturer: Craig 'N Company ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Inscribed Voice of the Spirit: Eighteen Years in Song Celebrate Shabbat The Shabbat Lounge The Hanukkah Lounge ASIN: B000271C6W Release Date: 2002-02-20

Tracks:

1. Elohai
2. Baruch Sheamar
3. Mee Chamocha
4. Kaddish
5. Ayn Kamocha
6. Bay Ana Rachetz
7. Mee Shebayrach
8. New Moon
9. Aytz Chayeem
10. Hu Elohaynu
11. Sin Shalom
12. Ayn Kelohaynu
13. Adon Olam

Album Description

If FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE changed your experience of Shabbat evening worship, wait until you hear what ONE SHABBAT MORNING does for your Saturday morning worship! Once again creative and multi-talented Craig Taubman, has created a service that will invigorate your spirit and renew your faith in the beauty of Shabbat. A project of Adat Ari El in North Hollywood, CA, with guest vocalists Cantors Ira Bigeleisen, Patti Linsky, and Alberto Mizrahi, and liner notes by Rabbi Moshe Rothblum, this stunningly beautiful recording blends traditional, familiar liturgy and music with the newest expression of contemporary sound. The special magic of this experimental service, two years in the making, is captured for others to share in 13 original melodies.

Average customer rating: Friday Night Live Next Level S#%* Fantastic! Awesome Jewish CD Fresh and stirring

Friday Night Live Craig Taubman Manufacturer: Craig 'N Company ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music Klezmer | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Israel | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Sing-A-Longs | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: One Shabbat Morning The Shabbat Lounge Celebrate Shabbat Voice of the Spirit: Eighteen Years in Song Inscribed ASIN: B00000JIPH Release Date: 2007-02-20

Tracks:

1. Romenu
2. L'cha Dodi
3. Barchu
4. Ahavat Olam
5. Shema
6. Mi Chamocha
7. Hashkivenu
8. Adonai S'fatai
9. Shalom Rav
10. B'yado
11. Yigdal
12. Adonai S'fatai
13. Bonus Track

Album Description

Friday Night Live is a service held at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, CA designed for young people, ages 25-40, many of whom were estranged from the synagogue and Jewish life. Now the monthly service is an amazing "happening" that draws 2,000 people! Craig's wonderful music that resulted is recorded with all the energy, excitement, and artistry that mark all of his recording projects.

Customer Reviews:

Friday Night Live.......2005-11-11

This CD not only changed they way I looked at Shabbat but the way I look at Judaism. It opened my eyes and heart to the beauty of the Jewish tradition as well as new possibilities.
It is at once new and old. It is powerful!

Next Level S#%*.......2002-03-15

Craig Taubman is without a doubt one of the most inspiring voices in modern Jewish music and religion today. This Friday night live CD helps convey to the world that the services he is a part of in LA, Friday Night Live at Sinai Temple, and One Shabbat Morning take the whole concept of prayer, spirituality and Judaism to the next level. Combining modern arrangement with ancient melodies, Craig is without a doubt one of the strongest voices in new Jewish music today. Buy this CD, play it for your family, and prepare to welcome the Shabbos Bride into your houses and into your hearts...

Fantastic!.......2002-01-23

I can't say enough good things about this CD. I was fortunate enough to attend an actual Friday Night Live service in CA last year, and the music just moved me so much. The CD is just as stirring, I think, whether or not you are Jewish (I am). It's traditional religious music, yet it has a beat and you can dance to it. It is my 5-year-old daughter's favorite CD. She listens to it over and over, especially "Hashkivenu". Please buy this! You will feel good about yourself and Judaism!

Awesome Jewish CD.......2001-11-03

Great music for all types of music lovers...My tastes run a bit conservative and even I enjoyed this CD with it's rhythm. Even my 3 year old loves it! It has become our CD of choice to be played... : )

Fresh and stirring.......2000-01-18

Wonderful mix of klezmer style, jazz, slower pieces (a stirring b'arechu

Average customer rating:

Friday Night Live Various Artists Manufacturer: Pacific Blues ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004UES6 Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

1. Paper in My Shoe - Zydeco Party Band
2. Disgusted - Lucinda Williams
3. Little Girl - Johnny Dyer, Rick Holmstrom
4. Pancake Man - Catfish Hodge
5. Help Me Spend My Gold - Lee McBee
6. God Bless the Child - Bill Lynch
7. Working Class - Pete Anderson
8. Come on Baby - The Blazers
9. Get Your Nose Outta My Business
10. Interview - Evie Sands
11. Fingerprint Me, Baby - Evie Sands
12. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Lonnie Brooks
13. Good Car - Janiva Magness
14. Interview - Floyd Dixon, Steve F'dor
15. I Think of You, Babe - Floyd Dixon, Steve F'dor
16. One Good Woman - John "Juke" Logan, Doug MacLeod
17. Interview - William Clarke
18. Red Headed Woman - William Clarke

Average customer rating:

Family Favorites: Friday Night Live sessions Manufacturer: Kid's Corner ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002791AQ

Average customer rating:

Nat Janoff Jake Schwartz Live Nat Janoff & Jake Schwartz Manufacturer: Nat Janoff & Jake Schwartz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music International Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005OBD6 Release Date: 2001-08-20

Tracks:

1. Spain
2. Spiral
3. Jacob's Latter
4. Source
5. Even If
6. Horizon
7. Jazzgrass
8. Mediterranean Sundance
9. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Album Description

"Nat Janoff Jake Schwartz—Live" is a high energy live acoustic guitar recording, reminiscent of "Friday Night in San Francisco" by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco De Lucia. A blending of steel and nylon strings, the Nat Janoff and Jake Schwartz guitar duo is a progressive and innovative creative force. The multi-faceted original compostions of Janoff and Schwartz are lit by the duo's powerful technique and distinct style, while the covers of "Spain," "Mediterranean Sundance" and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" exhibit a fresh and intense take on these classic compositions.

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