What Are You Listening To?
- Thread starter Rope
- Start date
bscene-drinkingcheers: :banana-dance: :banana-rock:
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Van Halen -- CD
Van Halen
1978/1990 Warner Bros. Records
Amazon.com essential recording
At least half of the songs on Van Halen's eponymous 1978 debut are still considered classics, and the Eddie Van Halen instrumental "Eruption" revolutionized the guitar community by introducing a technique called finger-tapping into the heavy metal lexicon. A magnificent debut for sure, but maybe the band should have held onto a few of their blockbuster tunes to bolster the lean years that started after 1984, and continue to the present day. Regardless, Van Halen amply demonstrate their drive, showmanship, and musicianship throughout, blowing the needle off the scale on such tracks as "You Really Got Me," "Jamie's Cryin'," "Runnin' with the Devil," and "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love." --Jon Wiederhorn
Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Runnin' with the Devil" 3:36
2. "Eruption" (Instrumental) 1:43
3. "You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies) 2:38
4. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" 3:50
5. "I'm the One" 3:47
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Jamie's Cryin'" 3:31
2. "Atomic Punk" 3:02
3. "Feel Your Love Tonight" 3:43
4. "Little Dreamer" 3:23
5. "Ice Cream Man" (John Brim) 3:20
6. "On Fire" 3:01
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Greatest Hits -- CD
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
1993 MCA Records
Amazon.com
He's sold millions of albums, filled arenas, and hobnobbed with George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison, but Tom Petty's driving heartland rock has often been taken for granted by the same critics who hail John Mellencamp as a genius. Greatest Hits is an airtight argument for Petty's own greatness. Starting with "American Girl," the rollicking, Byrds-inspired single from Petty's first album in 1976, this compilation presents a chronological overview of the guitarist-vocalist's career with and without the Heartbreakers, also chronically underrated as one of today's best bands. Every one of the 16 older tracks is a well-crafted gem, full of solid guitar hooks ("Here Comes My Girl"), arresting images ("Don't Come Around Here No More") and simple but poetic lyrics ("The Waiting").
Petty isn't an innovator; he's a talented craftsman with impeccable taste and a strong sense of rock history, internalizing influences ranging from the Beatles' psychedelic masterpiece, Revolver, to the best of '70s punk. (It's interesting to remember that early efforts such as "Refugee" and "Don't Do Me Like That" first won Petty attention as a New Wave artist). With his Dylanesque vocals and chiming 12-string guitars, Petty is more often linked these days with the sounds of the '60s. But recent tunes such as "Learning to Fly" and "Into the Great Wide Open" are as smart, relevant and (dare I say) alternative as anything in MTV's Buzz Bin. --Jim DeRogatis
"American Girl" (Tom Petty) – 3:35
(Originally released on the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.)
"Breakdown" (Petty) – 2:44
(Originally released on the album Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.)
"Listen to Her Heart" (Petty) – 3:05
(Originally released on the album You're Gonna Get It!.)
"I Need to Know" (Petty) – 2:26
(Originally released on the album You're Gonna Get It!.)
"Refugee" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:25
(Originally released on the album *** the Torpedoes.)
"Don't Do Me Like That" (Petty) – 2:44
(Originally released on the album *** the Torpedoes.)
"Even the Losers" (Petty) – 4:01
(Originally released on the album *** the Torpedoes.)
"Here Comes My Girl" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:27
(Originally released on the album *** the Torpedoes.)
"The Waiting" (Petty) – 4:01
(Originally released on the album Hard Promises.)
"You Got Lucky" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:38
(Originally released on the album Long After Dark.)
"Don't Come Around Here No More" (Petty, David A. Stewart) – 5:07
(Originally released on the album Southern Accents.)
"I Won't Back Down" (Petty, Jeff Lynne) – 2:59
(Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
"Runnin' Down a Dream" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:25
(Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
"Free Fallin'" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:18
(Originally released on the album Full Moon Fever.)
"Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:05
(Originally released on the album Into the Great Wide Open.)
"Into the Great Wide Open" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:45
(Originally released on the album Into the Great Wide Open.)
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Petty) – 4:35
(First release.)
"Something in the Air" (John Keen) – 3:17
(Thunderclap Newman cover.)
(Originally released on the album Hollywood Dream.)
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Endless Summer -- CD
The Beach Boys
1974/1990 Capitol Records
Amazon.com essential recording
Brian Wilson's brilliance manifested itself in the euphoric, cheerfully square, sun-and-fun stuff heard here early on, before it got darker and more complicated. Endless Summer runs from the beginning of the Boys' pinstriped career to 1965, right before the melancholy of Pet Sounds, but also includes the inescapable "Good Vibrations." You can hear a few hints of adolescent sadness and fear--"Help Me, Rhonda" is essentially a kids' sing-along about a wrenching emotional rebound, and the shadow of death is hiding somewhere in "Don't Worry, Baby"--but Wilson is mostly concerned with the cars, waves, and girls that made up the Boys' public image, and his ingenious arrangements (coupled with the group's inimitable harmonies) make everything go down as smoothly as lemonade. --Douglas Wolk
All songs by Brian Wilson/Mike Love, except where noted.
Side 1
"Surfin' Safari" – 2:05
"Surfer Girl" (Brian Wilson) – 2:26
"Catch a Wave" – 2:07
"The Warmth of the Sun" – 2:51
"Surfin' USA" (Chuck Berry/Brian Wilson) – 2:27
Side 2
"Be True to Your School" (Album Version) – 2:07
"Little Deuce Coupe" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 1:38
"In My Room" (Brian Wilson/Gary Usher) – 2:11
"Shut Down" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 1:49
"Fun, Fun, Fun" (Album Version) – 2:16
Side 3
"I Get Around" – 2:12
"Girls on the Beach" – 2:24
"Wendy" – 2:16
"Let Him Run Wild" – 2:20
"Don't Worry Baby" (Brian Wilson/Roger Christian) – 2:47
Side 4
"California Girls" – 2:38
"Girl Don't Tell Me" – 2:19
"Help Me, Rhonda" – 3:08 Today! version originally entitled "Help Me, Ronda," with false endings, retitled as "Help Me, Rhonda"
"You're So Good to Me" – 2:14
"All Summer Long" – 2:06
Bonus CD track
"Good Vibrations", was added to the end of Endless Summer in the 1980s for its CD edition.
Dennie
Well-Known Member
After The Gold Rush -- CD
Neil Young
1970/1990 Reprise Records
Neil Young's third solo album followed his Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young masterpiece Déjà Vu. Top 10 and double platinum, with the Top 40 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' and his condemnation of racism in 'Southern Man,' 1970's After The Gold Rush has been ranked among the '100 Greatest Albums Of All Time' by both Rolling Stone and Time magazine.
All songs written by Neil Young except as indicated.
Side one
"Tell Me Why" — 2:54
Neil Young - guitar, vocal; Nils Lofgren - guitar, vocal; Ralph Molina - vocal
"After the Gold Rush" — 3:45
Young - piano, vocal; Bill Peterson - flugelhorn
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" — 3:05
Young - guitar, vocal; Danny Whitten - guitar, vocal; Lofgren - piano; Greg Reeves - bass; Molina - drums, vocal; Stephen Stills - vocal
"Southern Man" — 5:31
Young - guitar, vocal; Lofgren - piano, vocal; Reeves - bass; Molina - drums, vocal; Whitten - vocal
"Till the Morning Comes" — 1:17
Young - piano, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Reeves - bass; Molina - drums, vocal; Stills - vocal; Peterson - flugelhorn
Side two
"Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) — 3:47
Young - guitar, piano, harmonica, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Talbot - bass; Molina - drums, vocal
"Don't Let It Bring You Down" — 2:56
Young - guitar, vocal; Lofgren - piano; Reeves - bass; Molina - drums
"Birds" — 2:34
Young - piano, vocal; Whitten - vocal; Molina - vocal
"When You Dance I Can Really Love" — 4:05
Young - guitar, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Jack Nitzsche - piano; Talbot - bass; Molina - drums
"I Believe in You" — 3:24
Young - guitar, piano, vibes, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Talbot - bass; Molina - drums, vocal
"Cripple Creek Ferry" — 1:34
Young - piano, vocal; Whitten - guitar, vocal; Reeves - bass; Molina - drums, vocal
Dennie
Well-Known Member
If you "Google" "Baddest Ass Drummer On The Planet" you will come up with the same thing Chris Botti did when he was putting together his band for this session......
This CD/DVD set was on a list from my used music dealer, a couple of years ago. I was introduced to some amazing talent while watching the DVD. Renee Olstead is a Young Canadian Singer who blew me away. Also here are Burt Bacharach, Paul Buchanan and Paula Cole.
But, the real stand-out was the Drummer "Billy Kilson". Chris gives him a solo called "Why Not" and if you've never seen "The Baddest Ass Drummer On The Planet" then you owe it to yourself to get this disc and watch Billy Kilson "Knock it out". WOW, WOW, WOW!
I told you that, so I could tell you this......
On my latest "List" from my "Used Music Dealer" was a "Bob James Trio" album and since I'm a big fan of Bob James and everything he does, I picked it up. Well, to my surprise, when I looked at the CD, I saw that the Drummer was none other than "Billy Kilson"!
This is my first spin of this album.....
Take It From The Top -- CD
Bob James Trio
2004 Tappan Zee/Koch Records
Amazon.com
Pianist/composer Bob James made his fame as top-selling smooth jazz pioneer and his theme song to the TV show Taxi is one of the most familiar melodies in syndication. But his roots are in straight-ahead jazz. On this CD with bassist James Genus and drummer Billy Kilson, James pays tribute to his piano heroes and drops some surprises into the mix. His treatment of Nat "King" Cole's "Straighten Up and Fly Right," is driven by hip-hop rimshots, and Mal Waldron's classic ballad "Soul Eyes" is syncopated with a Latin lilt. James's most impressive act of syncopated subversion is his take on the Petula Clark hit "Downtown." Somehow Bob James manages to keep it smooth and jazzy. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
Track listing
1. Billy Boy
2. Straighten Up and Fly Right
3. Downtown
4. Tenderly
5. Nardis
6. Poinciana
7. Caravan
8. Soul Eyes
9. Django
Note: On the Chris Botti CD/DVD we also get Billy Childs on Keyboards and he is never to be overlooked. :handgestures-thumbup:
13783
This CD/DVD set was on a list from my used music dealer, a couple of years ago. I was introduced to some amazing talent while watching the DVD. Renee Olstead is a Young Canadian Singer who blew me away. Also here are Burt Bacharach, Paul Buchanan and Paula Cole.
But, the real stand-out was the Drummer "Billy Kilson". Chris gives him a solo called "Why Not" and if you've never seen "The Baddest Ass Drummer On The Planet" then you owe it to yourself to get this disc and watch Billy Kilson "Knock it out". WOW, WOW, WOW!
I told you that, so I could tell you this......
On my latest "List" from my "Used Music Dealer" was a "Bob James Trio" album and since I'm a big fan of Bob James and everything he does, I picked it up. Well, to my surprise, when I looked at the CD, I saw that the Drummer was none other than "Billy Kilson"!
This is my first spin of this album.....
Take It From The Top -- CD
Bob James Trio
2004 Tappan Zee/Koch Records
Amazon.com
Pianist/composer Bob James made his fame as top-selling smooth jazz pioneer and his theme song to the TV show Taxi is one of the most familiar melodies in syndication. But his roots are in straight-ahead jazz. On this CD with bassist James Genus and drummer Billy Kilson, James pays tribute to his piano heroes and drops some surprises into the mix. His treatment of Nat "King" Cole's "Straighten Up and Fly Right," is driven by hip-hop rimshots, and Mal Waldron's classic ballad "Soul Eyes" is syncopated with a Latin lilt. James's most impressive act of syncopated subversion is his take on the Petula Clark hit "Downtown." Somehow Bob James manages to keep it smooth and jazzy. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
Track listing
1. Billy Boy
2. Straighten Up and Fly Right
3. Downtown
4. Tenderly
5. Nardis
6. Poinciana
7. Caravan
8. Soul Eyes
9. Django
Note: On the Chris Botti CD/DVD we also get Billy Childs on Keyboards and he is never to be overlooked. :handgestures-thumbup:
13783
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Oops, forgot to post this one.... BTW..... :bow-blue:
Time and Time Again -- CD
Paul Motian - Bill Frisell - Joe Lovano
2007 ECM Records
Amazon.com
You could call the austere, resonating sounds laid down by drummer Paul Motian, guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano chamber jazz. But while that would speak to the refinement of this long-standing trio, it would miss the free, open-ended nature of their collaboration. You get the feeling if they weren't in the business of making a recording, their three-way conversations would keep going and going. Dominated by Motian compositions, this sequel to their fine 2004 album, I Have the Room Above Her, is frequently centered by Lovano's artfully restrained tenor, buoyed by Frisell's trademark roots-inflected chordings and prodded by Motian's ever-shifting patterns. But the artists exchange those roles at will, resulting in melodies that can come at you from any angle and textures that constantly renew themselves. A diaphonous reading of Thelonious Monk's "Light Blue" and a plummy reading of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "This Nearly Was Mine" (from South Pacific) raise the melodic ante while maintaining the overall feeling of the album. --Lloyd Sachs
Product Description
One of the great bands of modern jazz, Paul Motian, Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano have been recording together since 1981. Ever since, and despite skyrocketing careers, the three musicians have always set aside time to continue their trio collaboration.
Paul Motian's last two albums on ECM have been widely lauded by press and fans alike. 2005's I Have The Room Above Her was Motian, Frisell, Lovano's last outing, and Time and Time Again has been eagerly-awaited since. The new record features compositions by Motian and Lovano, plus a tune from Thelonious Monk and the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic "This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific.
01.Cambodia 04:31
02.Wednesday 03:57
03.Onetwo 04:45
04.Whirpool 03:13
05.In Remenvrance of Things Past 07:59
06.K.T. 03:04
07.This Nearly Was Mine 05:07
08.Party Line 07:43
09.Light Blue 04:04
10.Time and Time Again 07:27
Time and Time Again -- CD
Paul Motian - Bill Frisell - Joe Lovano
2007 ECM Records
Amazon.com
You could call the austere, resonating sounds laid down by drummer Paul Motian, guitarist Bill Frisell and saxophonist Joe Lovano chamber jazz. But while that would speak to the refinement of this long-standing trio, it would miss the free, open-ended nature of their collaboration. You get the feeling if they weren't in the business of making a recording, their three-way conversations would keep going and going. Dominated by Motian compositions, this sequel to their fine 2004 album, I Have the Room Above Her, is frequently centered by Lovano's artfully restrained tenor, buoyed by Frisell's trademark roots-inflected chordings and prodded by Motian's ever-shifting patterns. But the artists exchange those roles at will, resulting in melodies that can come at you from any angle and textures that constantly renew themselves. A diaphonous reading of Thelonious Monk's "Light Blue" and a plummy reading of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "This Nearly Was Mine" (from South Pacific) raise the melodic ante while maintaining the overall feeling of the album. --Lloyd Sachs
Product Description
One of the great bands of modern jazz, Paul Motian, Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano have been recording together since 1981. Ever since, and despite skyrocketing careers, the three musicians have always set aside time to continue their trio collaboration.
Paul Motian's last two albums on ECM have been widely lauded by press and fans alike. 2005's I Have The Room Above Her was Motian, Frisell, Lovano's last outing, and Time and Time Again has been eagerly-awaited since. The new record features compositions by Motian and Lovano, plus a tune from Thelonious Monk and the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic "This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific.
01.Cambodia 04:31
02.Wednesday 03:57
03.Onetwo 04:45
04.Whirpool 03:13
05.In Remenvrance of Things Past 07:59
06.K.T. 03:04
07.This Nearly Was Mine 05:07
08.Party Line 07:43
09.Light Blue 04:04
10.Time and Time Again 07:27
Dennie
Well-Known Member
and now.....
Jazz 'Round Midnight -- CD
Chet Baker
1990 Verve Records
Amazon.com
Issued in a series devoted to jazz at its most romantic, this CD is compiled from several sessions either recorded in Paris in 1955, emphasizing Chet Baker's trumpet with trio accompaniments, or New York in 1965, emphasizing his voice in settings from nonet to duet. He's in good form for all of it, one of jazz's essential ballad artists defining a fine edge between cool detachment and wistful sensitivity. His trumpet is particularly inventive on the relaxed tempo of the extended "Exitus" and simply brilliant on the brief, finely etched "Alone Together." His voice may have been in the best shape of his career in 1965, and the nonet of reeds and rhythm frames it beautifully on "Easy Living" and "Trav'lin' Light." "Sweet Sue," revealing new depths with Baker's surprising ballad treatment, and "You're Mine, You!" are gorgeously spare with just Kenny Burrell's guitar, while a young Bob James adds limpid piano to "The Touch of Your Lips." --Stuart Broomer
Track listing
1. Easy Living - (vocal)
2. Tenderly
3. Sweet Sue-Just You - (vocal)
4. Touch of Your Lips, The - (vocal)
5. You're Mine, You! - (vocal)
6. You Go to My Head
7. Everything Depends on You - (vocal)
8. No Greater Love, (There Is No) - (vocal)
9. Exitus
10. When Your Lover Has Gone - (vocal)
11. Trav'lin Light - (vocal)
12. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
13. Alone Together
14. Everything Happens to Me - (vocal)
Jazz 'Round Midnight -- CD
Chet Baker
1990 Verve Records
Amazon.com
Issued in a series devoted to jazz at its most romantic, this CD is compiled from several sessions either recorded in Paris in 1955, emphasizing Chet Baker's trumpet with trio accompaniments, or New York in 1965, emphasizing his voice in settings from nonet to duet. He's in good form for all of it, one of jazz's essential ballad artists defining a fine edge between cool detachment and wistful sensitivity. His trumpet is particularly inventive on the relaxed tempo of the extended "Exitus" and simply brilliant on the brief, finely etched "Alone Together." His voice may have been in the best shape of his career in 1965, and the nonet of reeds and rhythm frames it beautifully on "Easy Living" and "Trav'lin' Light." "Sweet Sue," revealing new depths with Baker's surprising ballad treatment, and "You're Mine, You!" are gorgeously spare with just Kenny Burrell's guitar, while a young Bob James adds limpid piano to "The Touch of Your Lips." --Stuart Broomer
Track listing
1. Easy Living - (vocal)
2. Tenderly
3. Sweet Sue-Just You - (vocal)
4. Touch of Your Lips, The - (vocal)
5. You're Mine, You! - (vocal)
6. You Go to My Head
7. Everything Depends on You - (vocal)
8. No Greater Love, (There Is No) - (vocal)
9. Exitus
10. When Your Lover Has Gone - (vocal)
11. Trav'lin Light - (vocal)
12. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
13. Alone Together
14. Everything Happens to Me - (vocal)
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Happy 4th of July Everyone! :text-welcomeconfetti:
This is my last one for the evening.....
Jazz 'Round Midnight -- CD
Astrud Gilberto
1996 Verve Records
Astrud Gilberto's voice makes you forget where you are!, December 19, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Jazz Round Midnight (Audio CD)
I'll be honest, I heard The Girl From Ipanema on a TV commercial and had to know who that was. I mostly enjoy jazz or classical along with other music styles, but when I put this in the CD player, and heard The Girl From Ipanema I fell in love with this woman. I was scared from that point on that the rest of the album would be a waste of my dollars, but after listening to the album several times through, I can say this was the best cd I've picked up in a long time. I got home from a stressful day at work, put this on, and just sat there listening to the music for hours. It was the most peacful time I have had in months. I must have more! This album is GREAT!
Track listing
1. Girl from Ipanema, The
2. Fly Me to the Moon
3. Non-Stop to Brazil
4. Only Trust Your Heart
5. It Might as Well Be Spring
6. My Foolish Heart
7. Misty Roses
8. Tu Meu Delirio
9. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
10. Manha de Carnaval
11. If You Went Away
12. Here's That Rainy Day
13. I Will Wait for You
14. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
15. Once upon a Summertime
16. Shadow of Your Smile, The
This is my last one for the evening.....
Jazz 'Round Midnight -- CD
Astrud Gilberto
1996 Verve Records
Astrud Gilberto's voice makes you forget where you are!, December 19, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Jazz Round Midnight (Audio CD)
I'll be honest, I heard The Girl From Ipanema on a TV commercial and had to know who that was. I mostly enjoy jazz or classical along with other music styles, but when I put this in the CD player, and heard The Girl From Ipanema I fell in love with this woman. I was scared from that point on that the rest of the album would be a waste of my dollars, but after listening to the album several times through, I can say this was the best cd I've picked up in a long time. I got home from a stressful day at work, put this on, and just sat there listening to the music for hours. It was the most peacful time I have had in months. I must have more! This album is GREAT!
Track listing
1. Girl from Ipanema, The
2. Fly Me to the Moon
3. Non-Stop to Brazil
4. Only Trust Your Heart
5. It Might as Well Be Spring
6. My Foolish Heart
7. Misty Roses
8. Tu Meu Delirio
9. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
10. Manha de Carnaval
11. If You Went Away
12. Here's That Rainy Day
13. I Will Wait for You
14. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
15. Once upon a Summertime
16. Shadow of Your Smile, The
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Today's work truck music....
Legend - The Best of -- Remastered CD
Bob Marley and the Wailers
2002 Def Jam Records
Amazon.com essential recording
Even as greatest hits packages go, this is an utter gem. Every song is inspired, in a class of its own, whether the real version of "I Shot the Sheriff," the hymnlike "No Woman, No Cry," or the sheer joy of "Jamming." Even allowing that Marley never wrote any bad material, then Legend is still the crème de la crème, the heart and soul of the Jamaican people packed into one five-inch compact disc. He was unique, and the message of this record, more than any other, is that he died far too soon. --Chris Nickson
"Is This Love" – 3:52
"No Woman, No Cry" (Live) (Vincent Ford) – 7:07
"Could You Be Loved" – 3:55
"Three Little Birds" – 3:00
"Buffalo Soldier" (Bob Marley/Noel G. "King Sporty" Williams) – 4:17
"Get Up, Stand Up" (Bob Marley/Peter Tosh) – 3:16
"Stir It Up" – 5:33
"Easy Skanking" – 2:57 (bonus track on original cassette edition/2002 reissue)
"One Love/People Get Ready" (Bob Marley/Curtis Mayfield) – 2:51
"I Shot the Sheriff" – 4:41
"Waiting in Vain" – 4:15
"Redemption Song" – 3:49
"Satisfy My Soul" – 4:32
"Exodus" – 7:36
"Jamming" – 3:31
"Punky Reggae Party" –6:52 (bonus track on original cassette edition/2002 reissue)
Legend - The Best of -- Remastered CD
Bob Marley and the Wailers
2002 Def Jam Records
Amazon.com essential recording
Even as greatest hits packages go, this is an utter gem. Every song is inspired, in a class of its own, whether the real version of "I Shot the Sheriff," the hymnlike "No Woman, No Cry," or the sheer joy of "Jamming." Even allowing that Marley never wrote any bad material, then Legend is still the crème de la crème, the heart and soul of the Jamaican people packed into one five-inch compact disc. He was unique, and the message of this record, more than any other, is that he died far too soon. --Chris Nickson
"Is This Love" – 3:52
"No Woman, No Cry" (Live) (Vincent Ford) – 7:07
"Could You Be Loved" – 3:55
"Three Little Birds" – 3:00
"Buffalo Soldier" (Bob Marley/Noel G. "King Sporty" Williams) – 4:17
"Get Up, Stand Up" (Bob Marley/Peter Tosh) – 3:16
"Stir It Up" – 5:33
"Easy Skanking" – 2:57 (bonus track on original cassette edition/2002 reissue)
"One Love/People Get Ready" (Bob Marley/Curtis Mayfield) – 2:51
"I Shot the Sheriff" – 4:41
"Waiting in Vain" – 4:15
"Redemption Song" – 3:49
"Satisfy My Soul" – 4:32
"Exodus" – 7:36
"Jamming" – 3:31
"Punky Reggae Party" –6:52 (bonus track on original cassette edition/2002 reissue)
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Swiss Movement -- Montreux 30th Anniversary Edition CD
Les McCann & Eddie Harris
1969/1996 Atlantic Records
Trust me, just buy it., March 19, 2010
By J. Furlong - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Swiss Movement: Montreux 30th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)
Absolutely essential!
I've always been a rock-n-roll kid. Although I have always appreciated jazz music, I don't often get home from a hard day's work and want to hear jazz... I usually need something that drives and gets my energy back up. And being a lover of most kinds of rock, pop and punk music, I default to my faves.
Having said that, I can tell you this album is not only perfect for after work, it's pretty much perfect for any time, and can easily suit any mood.
I won't go into a detailed song-by-song analysis, since the other positive reviews here that describe Swiss Movement in detail all do a great job at conveying what makes this album so unique and downright excellent.
I can only tell you that it will have your foot tapping and your mood will be good, listen after listen. Swiss Movement is about the most rock-n-roll jazz album (although I'm sure jazz afficionados can cite other great examples of such crossover works). I never get sick of its energy. It is fluid and passionate music made by guys at the peak of their game. Suffice it to say, it has more heart and more balls than most of what passes as rock music in today's world.
Like I said, trust me, just buy Swiss Movement. Absolutely essential to have in your collection...
"Compared to What" - (Gene McDaniels)
"Cold Duck Time" - (Eddie Harris)
"Kathleen's Theme" - (Les McCann)
"You Got It in Your Soulness" - (Les McCann)
"The Generation Gap" - (Les McCann)
"Kaftan" - (Leroy Vinnegar) - Bonus track on the 1996 reissue
Les McCann: Piano, Vocals on "Compared to What"
Eddie Harris: Tenor Sax
Benny Bailey: Trumpet
Leroy Vinnegar: Bass
Donald Dean: Drums
Dennie
Well-Known Member
First Time! - The Count Meets The Duke -- Remastered CD
The Duke Ellington and Count Basie Orchestras
1961/199? Columbia Records
Amazon.com essential recording
The two greatest big bands in jazz history side by side on your headphones: What can be more glorious? If, as Billy Strayhorn said, Duke Ellington's band was his instrument, then this 1961 session finds Ellington and Count Basie "trading fours," as it were. The composer credits and solo space are divided democratically, to say the least--four songs from Duke's camp, four from Basie's. The sparring between soloists of both bands is a pure delight, especially the gentle conversations between the two leaders-pianists, who finish each other's thoughts as if all four hands were attached to one unified torso. Highlights include two engaging new Duke compositions--the blistering opener "Battle Royal" and the impulsive "Wild Man"--and the closing Basie chestnut "Jumpin' at the Woodside," on which the lead tenors Frank Foster and Paul Gonsalves engage in ferocious dueling. Amazingly, there is no toe-stepping amid the rousing interplay. --Marc Greilsamer
All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
"Battle Royal" - 5:33
"To You" (Benny Davis, Tommy Dorsey, Thad Jones, Ted Shapiro) - 3:53
"Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:46
"Corner Pocket" [aka "Until I Met You"] (Freddie Green, Donald Wolf) - 4:53
"Wild Man" [aka "Wild Man Moore"] - 6:20
"Segue in C" (Frank Wess) - 8:22
"B D B" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:43
"Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) - 3:09
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane -- CD
Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane
1958/1987 Prestige/OJC Fantasy
Great people, good tunes; you won't get tired of this one..., December 25, 2002
By William E. Adams (Midland, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (Audio CD)
Kenny Burrell's guitar-playing sounds a lot like Wes Montgomery, who didn't make a splash in the jazz world until two years after this recording date. That means this disc would be worth buying for his leading work alone. But when you add in support three of the seven artists who created the classic "Kind of Blue" record just a year or so later, you of course have a first-rank album on your hands. John Coltrane on tenor sax, Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums all were part of the later Miles Davis-led album which is one of the most popular jazz works of all time. The final master-stroke was adding Tommy Flanagan on piano, who always is a welcome member of an ensemble. I suspect many recent and future buyers of this will do so because of Coltrane's prominent contributions, but everyone playing here gets kudos, especially Burrell. This disc runs just under 38 minutes, but it is so cheerful and lovely you will play it twice in a row most the time. If you are a 'Trane fan, or a fan of jazz guitar, you need to own this one.
Tracks
"Freight Trane" — 7:18
"I Never Knew" — 7:03
"Lyresto" — 5:35
"Why Was I Born?" (Jerome Kern) — 3:11
"Big Paul" — 14:13
Recorded March 7, 1958 in Hackensack, NJ.
John Coltrane — tenor saxophone
Kenny Burrell — guitar
Tommy Flanagan — piano
Paul Chambers — bass
Jimmy Cobb — drums
Dennie
Well-Known Member
My last one for the evening...
Shangri-La -- CD/DVD
Mark Knopfler
2004 Reprise Records
Amazon.com
Mark Knopfler isn't afraid to drop names. The heavyweight Cassius Clay laid low, the man who made burgers and fries into big business, the kings of rock & roll and skiffle are among the motley assortment who pass through Knopfler's fourth solo album. Recorded in Malibu with a tight crew of steadfast Knopfler sidemen, Shangri-La (the title comes from the studio where the entire set was recorded) chronicles the foibles of the acclaimed and the adrift, all delivered with the nonchalant grace that has marked Knopfler's music since Dire Straits emerged in the late '70s. Seven of album's 14 originals clock in at between five and seven minutes. That's Knopfler in a nutshell--don't rush things, but don't loose the thread, either. As a songwriter, Knopfler has a storyteller's eye for minutiae, which he delivers with practiced nuance. He overreaches here and there ("Song for Sonny Liston" fails to capture the pathos of the menacing fighter), but also pulls off a few career highlights (the understated crime-drama opener "5.15 a.m."). --Steve Stolder
All songs written by Mark Knopfler.
"5.15 A.M." – 5:54
"Boom, Like That" – 5:49
"Sucker Row" – 4:56
"The Trawlerman's Song" – 5:02
"Back to Tupelo" – 4:31
"Our Shangri-La" – 5:41
"Everybody Pays" – 5:24
"Song for Sonny Liston" – 5:06
"Whoop De Doo" – 3:53
"Postcards from Paraguay" – 4:07
"All That Matters" – 3:08
"Stand Up Guy" – 4:32
"Donegan's Gone" – 3:05
"Don't Crash the Ambulance" – 5:06
Shangri-La -- CD/DVD
Mark Knopfler
2004 Reprise Records
Amazon.com
Mark Knopfler isn't afraid to drop names. The heavyweight Cassius Clay laid low, the man who made burgers and fries into big business, the kings of rock & roll and skiffle are among the motley assortment who pass through Knopfler's fourth solo album. Recorded in Malibu with a tight crew of steadfast Knopfler sidemen, Shangri-La (the title comes from the studio where the entire set was recorded) chronicles the foibles of the acclaimed and the adrift, all delivered with the nonchalant grace that has marked Knopfler's music since Dire Straits emerged in the late '70s. Seven of album's 14 originals clock in at between five and seven minutes. That's Knopfler in a nutshell--don't rush things, but don't loose the thread, either. As a songwriter, Knopfler has a storyteller's eye for minutiae, which he delivers with practiced nuance. He overreaches here and there ("Song for Sonny Liston" fails to capture the pathos of the menacing fighter), but also pulls off a few career highlights (the understated crime-drama opener "5.15 a.m."). --Steve Stolder
All songs written by Mark Knopfler.
"5.15 A.M." – 5:54
"Boom, Like That" – 5:49
"Sucker Row" – 4:56
"The Trawlerman's Song" – 5:02
"Back to Tupelo" – 4:31
"Our Shangri-La" – 5:41
"Everybody Pays" – 5:24
"Song for Sonny Liston" – 5:06
"Whoop De Doo" – 3:53
"Postcards from Paraguay" – 4:07
"All That Matters" – 3:08
"Stand Up Guy" – 4:32
"Donegan's Gone" – 3:05
"Don't Crash the Ambulance" – 5:06
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Today's work truck music...
Get Lucky -- CD
Mark Knopfler
2009 Warner Bros. Records
Editorial Reviews
This is the sixth solo studio album from the legendary musician and follows 2007's highly successful Kill To Get Crimson, which Rolling Stone heralded as 'a gem' and USA Today described as, '...yet another unpretentious showcase for his unmistakable gifts as a musician, tunesmith and storyteller.'
Recorded at Knopfler's award-winning British Grove Studios in West London, Get Lucky was co-produced with longtime collaborators, engineer Chuck Ainlay and keyboardist Guy Fletcher and featured Richard Bennett, Danny Cummings, John McCusker, Matt Rollings and Glenn Worf. The 11-track album explores a lifetime of musical roots exemplified by the title track. 'The first itinerant person I ever met would sing in soul bands in winter, then work part-time in fairgrounds or 'go pick fruit down south' when the weather turned warm,' explains Knopfler. 'I was about 15 years old, stuck in school and envious. 'Get Lucky' came from him and other traveling characters I went on to meet in places I'd find myself working short-term, like farms, warehouses, building sites, before I got lucky with my songs.'
"Border Reiver" – 4:35
"Hard Shoulder" – 4:33
"You Can't Beat the House" – 3:25
"Before Gas and TV" – 5:50
"Monteleone" – 3:39
"Cleaning My Gun" – 4:43
"The Car Was the One" – 3:55
"Remembrance Day" – 5:05
"Get Lucky" – 4:33
"So Far from the Clyde" – 5:58
"Piper to the End" – 5:47
Get Lucky -- CD
Mark Knopfler
2009 Warner Bros. Records
Editorial Reviews
This is the sixth solo studio album from the legendary musician and follows 2007's highly successful Kill To Get Crimson, which Rolling Stone heralded as 'a gem' and USA Today described as, '...yet another unpretentious showcase for his unmistakable gifts as a musician, tunesmith and storyteller.'
Recorded at Knopfler's award-winning British Grove Studios in West London, Get Lucky was co-produced with longtime collaborators, engineer Chuck Ainlay and keyboardist Guy Fletcher and featured Richard Bennett, Danny Cummings, John McCusker, Matt Rollings and Glenn Worf. The 11-track album explores a lifetime of musical roots exemplified by the title track. 'The first itinerant person I ever met would sing in soul bands in winter, then work part-time in fairgrounds or 'go pick fruit down south' when the weather turned warm,' explains Knopfler. 'I was about 15 years old, stuck in school and envious. 'Get Lucky' came from him and other traveling characters I went on to meet in places I'd find myself working short-term, like farms, warehouses, building sites, before I got lucky with my songs.'
"Border Reiver" – 4:35
"Hard Shoulder" – 4:33
"You Can't Beat the House" – 3:25
"Before Gas and TV" – 5:50
"Monteleone" – 3:39
"Cleaning My Gun" – 4:43
"The Car Was the One" – 3:55
"Remembrance Day" – 5:05
"Get Lucky" – 4:33
"So Far from the Clyde" – 5:58
"Piper to the End" – 5:47
