What Are You Listening To?

[Botch]

BTW Mr. Botch.......

I would like to take a second out of my life to say.....

Thank you for serving in our Armed Forces, it means the world to me! Without people like you, we might not have places like this or the freedom to use them!

Again, from the bottom of my heart....Thank You! :text-bravo:



Dennie

Dennie, thanks. That means a lot to me.

 

[Dennie]

BTW Mr. Botch.......

I would like to take a second out of my life to say.....

Thank you for serving in our Armed Forces, it means the world to me! Without people like you, we might not have places like this or the freedom to use them!

Again, from the bottom of my heart....Thank You! :text-bravo:



Dennie

Dennie, thanks. That means a lot to me.

It means a lot to me! Thank you!


Dennie

 

[Dennie]

Clinch Mountain Sweethearts -- CD

Ralph Stanley & Friends

2001 Rebel Records

Amazon.com

This 16-track duet package is something of a companion piece to 1993's Saturday Night & Sunday Morning and 1998's Clinch Mountain Country, both of which offered a dazzling array of duets featuring Ralph Stanley singing with an A-list of country and bluegrass stars. Clinch Mountain Sweethearts, which features only female partners, is a worthwhile collection, though somewhat less focused than its predecessors. Country, folk, and pop stalwarts such as Iris DeMent, Lucinda Williams, Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch, Chely Wright, and Joan Baez display their artistry as they square off with Stanley at the microphone. But the real treats are Stanley's duets with less celebrated talents like Gail Davies, Melba Montgomery, Valerie Smith, Kristi Stanley, and Jeannie Seely. --Bob Allen

Track listing

1. Ridin' That Midnight Train - (with Iris DeMent)
2. Will You Miss Me - (with Pam Tillis)
3. Little Willie - (with Patty Mitchell)
4. Oh, Death - (with Gillian Welch)
5. Loving You Too Well - (with Dolly Parton)
6. Memory Of Your Smile - (with Maria Muldaur)
7. Are You Tired Of Me, Darling - (with Sara Evans)
8. Weeping Willow - (with Joan Baez)
9. I'll Never Grow Tired Of You - (with Kristi Stanley)
10. Rank Stranger - (with Gail Davies)
11. Trust Each Other - (with Iris DeMent)
12. Angel Band - (with Chely Wright)
13. You Win Again - (with Melba Montgomery)
14. I'm Ready To Go - (with Jeannie Seely)
15. Farther Along - (with Lucinda Williams)
16. I'll Remember You In My Prayers - (with Valerie Smith)

 

[Dennie]

What Do I Do With Me -- CD

Tanya Tucker

1991 Capitol Records

If you only buy one Tanya CD, this is the one!, December 9, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: What Do I Do With Me (Audio CD)

Tanya Tucker has recorded many cds, most contain several very good songs surrounded by filler. By the time this album came along, Tanya was in the midst of a career resurgance (about halfway into her time with Capital records). Upon release, it was critically acclaimed and became Tanya's biggest selling album to date. And what an album it is! This is probably the most mature, most thoroughly satisfying album (yet) from Nashville's most feisty performer. She stands in sharp contrast to the bland, faceless, factory-made country/pop that Nashville currently favors. Her 'complicated' personality dots this cd, and she gives memorable performances to memorable tunes. Mid- to upper-tempo tunes like "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" and "Down to My Last Teardrop" became big hits, deservedly so. Ballads drenched with her emotion-filled, smokey-throated voice like the title tune (one of her best songs ever) are convincing in a way that current country/pop divas (and you know who they are!) can't come close to. "Bidding America Goodbye" is a touching song that vividly describes the plight of today's farmers. "Some Kind of Trouble" is bluesy, country/rock that Tanya can do so well. And the last song, "Right About Now", is a real album highlight. If you are looking for a Tanya Tucker album that is consistently excellent, contains some of her best vocal work, and has songs that you'll find yourself humming to yourself long after you listen to it -- then this is the cd to get.
Track listing

"If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" (Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) – 3:02
"Some Kind of Trouble" (Mike Reid, Brent Maher, Don Potter) – 3:51
"(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" (Royce Porter, L. David Lewis, David Chamberlain) – 2:55
"Down to My Last Teardrop" (Paul Davis) – 3:28
"Everything That You Want" (Randy Sharp, Jack Wesley Routh) – 3:42
"Trail of Tears" (Paul Kennerley) – 3:02
"Bidding America Goodbye (The Auction)" (Jamie O'Hara) – 3:21
"Time and Distance" (Donny Lowery, Randy Sharp) – 3:48
"He Was Just Leaving" (Lisa Angelle, Walt Aldridge) – 3:40
"Right About Now" (Rick Bowles, Jeff Silbar) – 3:38

 

[Dennie]

The Secret Sisters -- CD

The Secret Sisters

2010 Universal Republic

A Very Promising Start!, December 10, 2010
By Vitor Vassalo (Lisbon, Portugal) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)


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This review is from: The Secret Sisters (Audio CD)

It's only 45 minutes of country music and there's also a few lows - some songs just needed more music from the musicians, and I'm pretty sure they could deliver that if asked for; use two microphones instead of just one next time for their vocals, just listen to their live performance on kcrw-morning becomes eclectic and you'll understand what I'm talking about.

But the highs of this record are, really, of a very high standard, music beautifully performed, with soul, passion and originality. Buy one and find it for yourself, they can actually reach you with their voices/music like only a much selected bunch of artists ever did! It's deliberately supposed to sound like a vintage recording but I guess they somehow managed to deliver some magic moments that can potentially put this album in the classics shelf.

"Tennessee Me" – 2:28
"Why Baby Why" – 2:29
"The One I Love Is Gone" – 3:25
"My Heart Skips a Beat" – 2:22
"Something Stupid" – 2:42
"I've Got a Feeling" – 2:25
"Do You Love an Apple" – 2:44
"All About You" – 2:58
"Waste the Day" – 2:35
"Why Don't You Love Me" – 2:19
"House of Gold" – 2:57

 

[Dennie]

The Ragpicker's Dream -- CD

Mark Knopfler

2002 Reprise Records

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Even at the peak of Dire Straits' fame, Mark Knopfler's music often seemed informed by a restless worldview as abstruse as his guitar playing was fluid and expressive. This follow-up to his impressive 2000 collection, Sailing to Philadelphia, finds Knopfler chasing a similar musical and lyrical muse, with results that are even more surprising and loose-limbed. "Why Aye Man," the bracing opening chantey that sets much of the album's tone, draws parallels between Geordie pub-speak and Native American chants whilst lamenting economic refugees of Thatcherism forced to ply their blue-collar trades--and keep their Brit pub culture alive--deep in the Fatherland. From there, Knopfler takes us by "A Place Where We Used to Live" for a lounge-y, Jobim-inflected reminder that one can never really go home, drops in on "Quality Shoe" for a tribute to Roger Miller, and gives us a typically dry, so-deadpan-it's-funny rundown of his Circus Sideshow pals on "Devil Baby." "Marbletown," a graveyard folk-blues, showcases the musician at home on solo acoustic guitar, while the loping, laconic "Coyote" draws its good-natured inspiration from a beast named Wile E. But it's the way that Knopfler connects disparate cultures and histories with subliminal, deceptively effortless grace on "Fare Thee Well Northumberland," "You Don't Know You're Born" (both of which feature Knopfler's signature languorous, blues-inflected soloing), the folksy "Hill Farmer's Blues," and the country-fried "Daddy's Gone to Knoxville" that make the album a triumph of understatement. --Jerry McCulley

"Why Aye Man" – 6:14
"Devil Baby" – 4:05
"Hill Farmer's Blues" – 3:45
"A Place Where We Used to Live" – 4:34
"Quality Shoe" – 3:56
"Fare Thee Well Northumberland" – 6:29
"Marbletown" – 3:33
"You Don't Know You're Born" – 5:21
"Coyote" – 5:56
"The Ragpicker's Dream" – 4:20
"Daddy's Gone to Knoxville" – 2:48
"Old Pigweed" – 4:34

 

[Botch]

 

[Botch]

 

[Dennie]

 

[Dennie]

Ahhh, Brian's "Sunday Mornin'" just hits the spot..... :handgestures-thumbup:

Downright Upright -- CD

Brian Bromberg

2007 Artistry Records

Amazon.com

Long before the coining of "smooth jazz," catchy numbers like Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island," Joe Zawinul's "Mercy Mercy Mercy," and the Les McCann-Eddie Harris tune "Cold Duck Soup" enticed pop fans to cross over, however casually or tentatively, into jazz. Now, on veteran bassist Brian Bromberg's Downright Upright, those three songs are vehicles for name-brand smooth jazz players including saxophonists Kirk Whalum, Boney James and Gary Meek, keyboardists George Duke and Jeff Lorber, guitarist Lee Ritenour and trumpeter Rick Braun to do a little crossing back of sorts to show off their mainstream chops. Nobody will confuse the facility of their straightahead solos with real depth, however much emotion they pour into them. But it's an agreeable excursion for all concerned, with Bromberg making the most of his opportunities to lay down melodic lines. Even after the cover versions give way to originals in the same vein, the music stays lively. --Lloyd Sachs

1. Cantaloupe Island
2. Mercy Mercy mercy
3. Cold Duck Time
4. Sunday Mornin'
5. The hacha Cha Cha
6. Chameleon
7. Serengeti Walk
8. Leisure Suit
9. Slow Burn
10. Shag Carpet

10860

 

[Dennie]

Next -- CD

Soulive

2002 Blue Note Records

Amazon.com

Soulive are proof that jazz remains a living organism that continually evolves from its past to make music for the present. Now a quartet with their addition of a saxophonist, Soulive brew a seamless funky concoction of '60s jazz-organ grooves, '70s funk, '90s acid-jazz, and fresh hip-hop that defies classification. The basic vibe of the music mirrors the great organ-guitar-sax era of the '60s, and these twentysomething musicians capture the nightclub feel of that time on "Tuesday Night's Squad" and the stirring ballad "Alkime." Dance-music fans will dig tracks that feature hip-hoppers Black Thought (from the Roots) and Talib Kweli. And for those who need their '70s groove on, they quote Earth Wind & Fire directly on "Flurries" and pay homage to the Brecker Brothers' highly syncopated style on "Whatever It Is." Dave Matthews, who Soulive opened for on a long tour of sold-out rock venues, returns the favor here on "Joyful Girl," but he is by far the least interesting aspect of this 13-song set. As their album title suggests, in jazz, Soulive is what's next. --Mark Ruffin

"Tuesday Night's Squad" – 7:23
"Flurries" – 5:55
"Liquid" – 6:38
"Joyful Girl" (featuring Dave Matthews) – 6:16
"Kalen" – 7:39
"Clap!" (featuring Black Thought) – 5:21
"Interlude" – 1:10
"Ne-Ne" – 8:06
"I Don't Know" (featuring Amel Larrieux) – 5:09
"Whatever It Is" – 4:30
"Alkime" – 7:01
"E.D. Hambone" – 5:05
"Bridge to 'Bama (Hi Tek Remix)" (featuring Talib Kweli) – 4:36

 

[Yesfan70]

Wow, you like those guys? Then you should check out Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, Medeski Martin & Wood. There's more, but don't have them on my mind right now.

 

[Dennie]

Wow, you like those guys? Then you should check out Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, Medeski Martin & Wood. There's more, but don't have them on my mind right now.

I have all that you mentioned and enjoy them all. I actually have Greyboy and Galactic coming up next, but I haven't chosen which one's yet!

Great Acid Jazz! :music-listening:


Dennie

 

[Botch]

Next -- CD

Soulive

Soulive was supposed to have a live DVD coming out, I even pre-ordered it on Amazon, but its been either postponed or nixed...

 

[Dennie]

Freestylin' -- CD

Greyboy with Harold Todd & Marc Antoine

1993 Ubiquity Records

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If you were digging around for an aural answer to the question "What is acid jazz?" you could probably do worse than Greyboy's Freestylin', a loose-limbed and breezily funky affair that could serve just fine as a blueprint for the entire genre. Released in 1993, Freestylin' predates the success of the Greyboy Allstars and Karl Denson (whose tenor sax is heard here on one track), but it's basically the same recipe. Featuring a mix of sampled drum loops and live musicians, Freestylin' rides one idea all the way through its 10 tracks, but that idea holds enough sway to keep the disc engaging and satisfyingly funkified. Greyboy layers fat hip-hop drum loops underneath Harold Todd's tenor sax and flute and Marc Antoine's guitar on "Ruffneck Jazz" and "Panacea," and then proceeds to do just that for most of the rest of the disc. The highlight, "Who's Gonna Be the Junkie?," boasts Karl Denson on sax, Derek G. on bass, and Gary Wing on drums, and cooks up a '70s blaxploitation soundtrack head of steam, foreshadowing the direction the Greyboy Allstars would later investigate so fruitfully. --Ezra Gale

Track listing

1. Ruffneck Jazz
2. Panacea
3. Singles Party
4. Jolla, La
5. On the Strip
6. Freestylin'
7. Lite Bake
8. Texas Twister
9. Who's Gonna Be the Junkie?
10. Outerlude

 

[Dennie]

Coolin' Off -- HDCD

Galactic

1996 Capricorn Records

Cool Grooves and Funky Moods, October 6, 2000
By JD Miller (Allentown, PA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Coolin Off (Audio CD)

This CD combines aspects of Jazz, Funk and Blues beautifully. First, you have one hell of a rhythm section with drumming and bass work that really thumps your mid-section. Next you have the gravel-scratched voice of their singer (who only appears on a few songs). The melodies are provided by Guitar, Organ and Sax.

The production values are great...this doesn't meant the music is over-produced...you can simply hear all of the instruments perfectly at low and high volume. The band provides lots of pictures and liner notes with all of their CDs. The other thing that's interesting is their use of technology to bring their music to fans. If you go to [their] site: you can read about the band, how they started and where they are going. You'll also get suggestions are more artisit from this genre.

I hope this band can manage to stay together - they are so young and, yet, sound so experienced and comfortable with each other. They also have a consistent (not repetitive) sound across all of their CDs. I think you'll enjoy this one.

"Go Go" – 3:02
"Welcome to New Orleans" – 0:14
"Something's Wrong With This Picture" – 5:56
"Funky Bird" – 4:57
"Stax Jam" – 3:10
"Church" – 5:54
"On the One" – 5:29
"Mystery Tube" – 2:35
"Doo Rag" – 6:16
"Percussion Interlude" – 0:51
"Everybody Wants Some, Pt. 1" – 4:19
"Everybody Wants Some, Pt. 2" – 2:24
"Everybody Wants Some, Pt. 3" – 5:12
"Goodnight" – 3:53

 

[Dennie]

We're having a round of Thunderstorms go through and this "Acid Jazz", "Funk, Soul" seems to cover it up well. :handgestures-thumbup:

The Dog (

) hasn't even noticed the Thunder.....yet!

Keep On Movin' -- CD

Soul II Soul

1989 Virgin Records US

Soul II Soul - An influential Black UK Music Group, November 3, 2005
By Encise (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Keep on Movin (Audio CD)

Soul II Soul are one of the most influential music groups in history. When tracks such as "Fairplay", "Keep On Movin" and the massive UK No. 1 "Back to Life" hit the charts in the late 1980s, black music groups across the UK suddenly switched to producing harmonious vocals over hip hop beats. "Another Soul II Soul rip off" was a popular quote when music magazines reviewed such releases.
Originally a sound system, famous for their party's at "Africa Centre" and the Fridge Nightclub in London, the group was a loose collective of singers and instrumentalists, based around founder Beresford Romeo AKA "Jazzie B". This release was originally named "Club Classics Volume I" - and not "Keep On Movin" as per the re-issue.
"A Happy Face, A Thumping Bass...for a Loving Race" was Soul II Souls motto - which the "funki dreds" certainly embodied. "Back to Life", the groups highest charting single ever, is here in a capella form only. Well, the track starts of a capella. Three minutes in, and Caron Wheelers vocals are laced with one of the grittiest hip hop beats ever produced (the beat was later sampled by a slew of American hip hop artists including The Goats, LL Cool J, Mobb Deep, Yo Yo, Ice Cube and Ghetto Boys ) before the track melds into "Jazzies Groove" - in which Jazzie speaks the "story" of Soul II Soul over a funky bassline and chorus horn stabs. Soul II Soul enjoyed considerable - if but brief - success stateside, when "Back to Life" hit the Billboard RnB charts. Jazzie B appeared to present an award at the American Music Awards in 1990.
This album's production sounds as fresh as it did upon its initial release and its fusion of diva vocals and hip hop rhythms would resonate with most modern RnB, funk and soul fans.

1 "Keep on Movin'" 6:01
2 "Fairplay" (Featuring Rose Windross) 3:58
3 "Holdin' on (Bambelela)" 3:51
4 "Feeling Free" (Live Rap) 4:16
5 "African Dance" 6:07
6 "Dance" 3:41
7 "Feel Free" (Featuring Do'Reen) 5:04
8 "Happiness" (Dub) 5:31
9 "Back to Life" (A cappella) 3:48
10 "Jazzie's Groove" 2:37

 

[Dennie]

Jazzmatazz -- CD

Guru featuring Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Ronny Jordan, Lonnie Liston Smith & More

1993 Chrysalis Records

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After rhyming over Premier's doctored jazz beats in Gang Starr, Guru decided to take it to the next level, employing the talents of actual jazz musicians to create the grooves over which he would flow. Coming off like a jazzier extension of the Brand New Heavies' Heavy Rhyme Experience: Vol. 1, Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 brought together a diverse group of jazz cats both old-school and new, including Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ronny Jordan, and Courtney Pine. Guru even enlisted the serene pipes of Carleen Anderson and N'Dea Davenport and acted as something of an international hip-hop ambassador when he flipped "Le Bien, Le Mal" with French mic pro MC Solaar. From the Blue Note-style cover art to the hepcat spoken-word intro, this package is pure hip-hop jazz music. Jazz purists may wish to note that the grooves lean heavily toward the funkier 1970s era of jazz, and hardcore hip-hop heads my be turned off by the mellower musical stance. But then again, this is neither pure jazz nor hardcore hip-hop but rather an extension of the two. --Spence Abbott

"Introduction" – 1:20
"Loungin'" (with Donald Byrd on trumpet and piano) – 4:38
"When You're Near" (with N'Dea Davenport on vocals and Simon Law on keyboards) – 4:02
"Transit Ride" (with Branford Marsalis on alto and soprano saxophone and Zachary Breaux on guitar) – 3:58
"No Time to Play" (with Ronny Jordan on guitar and D. C. Lee on vocals) – 4:54
"Down the Backstreets" (with Lonnie Liston Smith on acoustic and electric piano) – 4:47
"Respectful Dedications" - :54
"Take a Look (At Yourself)" (with Roy Ayers on vibraphone) – 3:59
"Trust Me" (with N'Dea Davenport on vocals) – 4:27
"Slicker Than Most" (with Gary Barnacle on saxophone and flute) – 2:36
"Le Bien, Le Mal" (with MC Solaar) – 3:21
"Sights in the City" (with Courtney Pine on alto and soprano sax and flute, Carleen Anderson on vocals and Simon Law on keyboards) – 5:10

 

[Dennie]

Make Some Noise --CD

Liquid Soul

1998 Ark 21 Records

Smoking Jazz, March 27, 2000
By A Customer - See all my reviews
This review is from: Make Some Noise (Audio CD)

Although this album has been out for 4 years now, I had to write a review. This is one of the best acid jazz albums around. Rarely is an album able to capture the energy of a band that "hits" live. But this album is as close to seeing Liquid Soul is concert as you can get without seeing them at the Double Door on Sundays. These guys deserve all of the accolades they get. They work hard at what they do and it shows in every note.

"Intro" – 0:45
"Threadin' The Needle" – 4:05
"Salt Peanuts/Chocolate Covered Nut" – 4:44
"Yankee Girl" – 5:21
"I Want You To Want Me" – 4:28
"Ricky's Hat" – 3:56
"Cabbage Roll" – 4:47
"Ramblin'" – 2:58
"Cookie's Puss" – 4:18
"No Cents" – 4:57
"My Three S.O.B.'s" – 4:19
"Lobster Boy's Revenge" – 3:30
"Opium Jacuzzi" – 6:38

 

[Dennie]

In The BuzzBag -- CD

The Brooklyn Funk Essentials

1998 Shanachie Records

Their moniker is deceptive because this huge (23-piece) outfit deals in everything from global dub ("Istanbul Twilight") to Middle-Eastern bass-and-drums ("By and Bye"). While this far-flung stylistic sampling might result in havoc, these folks keep it real by focusing on the groove. When they do kick into a straight-ahead funk riff on the title track, even this is peppered with their clever melding of Eastern motifs and dancehall vocals. This is something else, and that's a good thing. ~ Tim Sheridan

1. By And Bye 05:38
2. istanbul Twilight 06:56
3. Magick Karpet Ride 05:12
4. In The Buzzbag 06:31
5. Keep It Together 07:30
6. Selling Out 05:57
7. Ska Ka-bop 04:56
8. You Don't Know Nothing 05:05
9. Freeway To Uskudar 04:58
10. Zurna Prezerve 08:48