King of the Ukulele

TOM HARRISON, THE PROVINCE
Charming...an unusual gem....Honours his sources and material...

Product Description
This is an album of Tin Pan Alley Classics played as they were meant to sound. Ralph has chosen some of his favourite songs from the 1920s, 30s and 40s and sings and plays ukulele and chromatic harmonica. Backing him up are some of his country's finest musicians. The CD still get regular airplay on National Radio shows.

King of the Ukulele

King of the Ukulele,Ralph Shaw,Ralph Shaw Productions

Average customer rating: Great stuff!

King of the Ukulele Manufacturer: Ralph Shaw Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Table for Two The Vintage Recordings of Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) Essential Strums for the Ukulele The Complete Ukulele Course taught by Ralph Shaw Singin' in the Rain ASIN: B0006HHIEI Release Date: 1998-10-01

Tracks:

1. Welcome to our Musical World
2. Busy Line
3. Ukulele Lady
4. Puttin' On the Ritz
5. Paper Moon
6. Taking My Oyster For Walkies
7. Cheek to Cheek
8. Makin' Whoopee
9. Whispering Grass
10. Paddlin' Madelin' Home
11. Blue Skies
12. Our Sergeant Major
13. Leaning on a Lampost
14. When I'm Cleaning Windows
15. I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
16. Mister Sun

Album Description

This is an album of Tin Pan Alley Classics played as they were meant to sound. Ralph has chosen some of his favourite songs from the 1920s, 30s and 40s and sings and plays ukulele and chromatic harmonica. Backing him up are some of his country's finest musicians. The CD still get regular airplay on National Radio shows.

Customer Reviews:

Great stuff!.......2005-03-14

Whether you're a fan of the ukulele or just fine music you'll love this gem. Ralph had a wonderful voice that croons with the best of them and is a superb ukulele player. The arrangements are beautiful and the production is top notch all the way. You can hear in the music that Ralph and the other excellent musicians are all having a ball. I bought this CD on a whim when I first started playing the ukulele about 2 years ago. I now have about 50 ukulele related CDs and this one is still one of my all time favorites. You'll have a great time listening to this music.

Average customer rating: Wonderful music Ahh, Bach.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 3, BWV 1006 For Unaccompanied Ukulele Manufacturer: Nalu Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Uke of Ages John King - The Classical Ukulele Fretboard Roadmaps - Ukulele: The Essential Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use Mel Bay Famous Solos & Duets for the Ukulele A Night of Ukulele Jazz Live at McCabe's ASIN: B00007IOYR Release Date: 2001-09-08

Tracks:

1. Prelude (From Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007)
2. Sarabande (From Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007)
3. Gigue (From Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007)
4. Gavotte I & II (From Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012)
5. Gavotte I & II (From Cello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011)
6. Bouree I & II (From Cello Suite No. 4, BWV 1010)
7. Preludio (From Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006)
8. Loure (From Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006)
9. Gavotte en Rondeau (From Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006)
10. Menuet I & II (From Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006)
11. Bouree (From Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006)
12. Gigue (From Violin Partita No. 3, BWV 1006)
13. Prelude, BWV 846
14. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (From Cantata 147)

Album Description

Recorded from 1996 to 1998 and released in 2001 Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 3 for Unaccompanied Ukulele and Other Baroque Masterpieces is the only ukulele recording to include a major work by Bach in its entirety: Partita No. 3, BWV 1006. Performed by John King, the leading proponent of performance in the campanella style. The campanella style is noted for a bell like quality of sound in which individual notes over-ring one another producing an effect very much like that of the harp. This is accomplished by playing each succeeding note in a melodic line on a different string. The ukulele adapts well to this style of performance due to its hallmark re-entrant (my-dog-has-fleas) tuning.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful music.......2006-10-20

As the other reviewer said, this is the real thing. A fine musician playing wonderful music. Yes, it's being played on a ukulele, but that's secondary. Mr King is a wonderful interpreter of Bach. Period. Now to deal with the ukulele. After hearing these cello concertos on a cello (amazing huh?), it is a treat to hear them on a ukulele. Instead of the deep rumblings with a bow, you hear clear bell like tones. Mr King also used the Campanella style, which brings the wonderful clear and precise tone of the ukulele out even more. If you love the music of Bach, please buy this CD. This is a great CD, and I hope that Mr King will eventually turn his attention to some of the wonderful preBaroque musicians as well. Byrd would be wonderful played on a ukulele this way.

Ahh, Bach........2005-08-17

I mean it. This isn't some look-ma-no-hands-Bach-on-a-uke novelty recording. It's the real deal, the ne plus ultra, an Everest of an accomplishment. As a musical interpreter John King is top-flight; as a technician on his chosen instrument, he is without peer. And this is pure Bach. Pure and simple. One man, one ukulele, one great recording.

When King plays, the Prelude to the First Cello Suite is a tightly wound spring that uncoils from beginning to end in one long, sinuous line. Flawlessly. The Gigue from the same suite is a toe-tapping terpsichorean treat. The Gavotte en Rondeau from the Violin Partita No. 3 has a freshness, as though King were improvising it with divine inspiration. This is an ukulele? None like I've ever heard. Possibly the ultimate musical oxymoron: the whimsical ukulele expressing Bachian profundities. Without a doubt, the Master would approve.

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