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[Dennie]

The Wall -- 2 CD Set

Pink Floyd

1979 Pink Floyd Music/Columbia

Amazon.com essential recording

The Wall is less a collection of songs than a single work, which is sometimes frustrating; the plot lacks enough coherence to hold the snippets of music together. However, there are occasional flashes of brilliance on what arguably ranks as Pink Floyd's most ambitious project. Most of these come from the fully developed songs, which have become classics in their own right; "Hey You," "Mother," and especially "Comfortably Numb" are subtly incredible pieces of music. Though complex, they move at a relaxed pace, allowing the listener to absorb them slowly; this kind of pacing was something Pink Floyd excelled at. Also worth noting is the "Another Brick in the Wall/The Happiest Days of Our Lives" medley, which has become a staple of rock radio. --Genevieve Williams

All songs written and composed by Roger Waters, except where noted.
Side one
No. Title Music Lead vocals Length
1. "In the Flesh?" Waters 3:19
2. "The Thin Ice" Gilmour, Waters 2:27
3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" Waters 3:21
4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" Waters 1:46
5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" Gilmour, Waters 4:00
6. "Mother" Waters, Gilmour 5:36
Side two
No. Title Music Lead vocals Length
1. "Goodbye Blue Sky" Gilmour 2:45
2. "Empty Spaces" Waters 2:10
3. "Young Lust" Waters, Gilmour Gilmour 3:25
4. "One of My Turns" Waters 3:35
5. "Don't Leave Me Now" Waters 4:16
6. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3" Waters 1:14
7. "Goodbye Cruel World" Waters 1:13
Side three
No. Title Music Lead vocals Length
1. "Hey You" Gilmour, Waters 4:40
2. "Is There Anybody Out There?" Waters 2:44
3. "Nobody Home" Waters 3:26
4. "Vera" Waters 1:35
5. "Bring the Boys Back Home" Waters 1:21
6. "Comfortably Numb" Gilmour, Waters Waters, Gilmour 6:24
Side four
No. Title Music Lead vocals Length
1. "The Show Must Go On" Gilmour 1:36
2. "In the Flesh" Waters 4:13
3. "Run Like Hell" Gilmour, Waters Gilmour, Waters 4:19
4. "Waiting for the Worms" Waters, Gilmour 4:04
5. "Stop" Waters 0:30
6. "The Trial" Waters, Ezrin Waters 5:13
7. "Outside the Wall" Waters 1:41

 

[Botch]

This is supposedly coming out this year in 5.1 Surround. :banana-dance: :banana-dance: :banana-dance:

I think I listened to this album, start to finish, on headphones every single night of my sophomore year in college, lying on the couch with my eyes closed. :music-listening:

 

[Dennie]

This is supposedly coming out this year in 5.1 Surround. :banana-dance: :banana-dance: :banana-dance:

I think I listened to this album, start to finish, on headphones every single night of my sophomore year in college, lying on the couch with my eyes closed. :music-listening:

That explains a lot!!!

...... :laughing-rolling:


Dennie..... :teasing-tease:

 

[Dennie]

'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out' -- CD

The Rolling Stones in Concert

1986 Abkco Records

Stones On Stage in '69, October 6, 2000
By Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (Audio CD)

The Rolling Stones tour of America in 1969 has become one of the most infamous and legendary of all time. It of course concluded with the Altamont concert and was documented in the film Gimme Shelter. Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out provides us with a live document of the tour from a Madison Square Garden show. What makes this such a great live record is that is does what so few live albums do, it makes us we feel as if we're actually at the show. From the opening introduction of the "Greatest Band Of All Time" to the closing chords of the militant "Street Fighting Man", we get the vibe of what it must have been like to have been there. While the performances, from a technical point of view, may not be the best of their career, that's beside the point. The Stones have always been more about emotion than anything else and the performances of "Sympathy For The Devil", "Midnight Rambler", "Love In Vain" & "Stray Cat Blues" perfectly capture and convey all their raw emotion and intensity. The Stones have made it a practice to release a live album after all their tours, but none are even close to this one.

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (November 27, 1969: Madison Square Garden, New York City) 4:02
2. "Carol" (Chuck Berry) - (November 28, 1969: MSG (first show)) 3:47
3. "Stray Cat Blues" (November 28, 1969: MSG (first show)) 3:41
4. "Love in Vain" (Robert Johnson†) - (November 26, 1969: Civic Center, Baltimore) 4:57
5. "Midnight Rambler" (November 28, 1969: MSG (second show)) 9:05
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Sympathy for the Devil" (November 28, 1969: MSGarden (first show)) 6:52
7. "Live with Me" (November 28, 1969: MSG (second show)) 3:03
8. "Little Queenie" (Chuck Berry) - (November 28, 1969: MSG (first show)) 4:33
9. "Honky Tonk Women" (November 27, 1969: MSG) 3:35
10. "Street Fighting Man" (November 28, 1969: MSG (first show)) 4:03

† Originally credited as traditional with arrangement by Jagger, Richards).

 

[Dennie]

The Best of..... -- CD

Down To The Bone

2007 Narada Jazz

A must have for jazz lovers., <---RIGHT BOTCH? :handgestures-thumbup: March 14, 2007
By Fernando Favela Vara "Capitan Z" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Down to the Bone (Audio CD)

I have been following the group for some time and when I found this compilation immediately went to buy it. All the great piesces are there (for a 1 CD compilation that is) and the icing on the cake is the last track , ¨Long way from Brooklin¨. I hope that you will ejoy it as I do every time I listen to it.

Album Tracks

1. Staten Island Groove
2. Cellar Funk
3. The Zodiac
4. Black Choice
5. Gotta Get Back To You
6. Brooklyn Heights
7. Electra Glide
8. I'll Always Hold You Close
9. Carlito's Way
10. Pure Funk
11. Long Way From Brooklyn

 

[Dennie]

United Kingdoms -- CD

Ultramarine

1993 Sire/Giant Records

What should have been Ultramarine's breakout album, United Kingdom sank them with an audience expecting far-out ambient techno who received instead lukewarm folk-pop with only occasional electronic textures. The added vocals (from a heavy influence, the Soft Machine's Robert Wyatt) were a good idea, but United Kingdom sounds more like a Mike Oldfield LP from the 1970s rather than an electronic album of the 1990s. ~ John Bush

Track Listing
1. Source
2. Kingdom
3. Queen of the Moon
4. Prince Rock
5. Happy Land
6. Urf
7. English Kitten
8. Instant Kitten
9. Badgers, The
10. Hooter
11. Dizzy Fox
12. No Time

 

[Dennie]

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman -- Remastered CD

1963/1995 Impulse/GRP Records

From his formative days with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, through the expansive revelations of his Prestige, Atlantic and Impulse! recordings, John Coltrane revealed many facets of beauty--some full of turbulence, others bathed in serenity. JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN is probably the saxophonist's most graceful, accessible recording in a discography awash in spiritual radiance.When this album was recorded in March of 1963, Coltrane was completing a series of recordings designed to highlight his lyric strengths and the subtle accompaniment skills of his quartet. When the concept of singer was raised, Coltrane reached out to Hartman because the saxophonist considered the crooner's soothing, elegant baritone to be a musical parallel to his own singing sound.The spiritual aura and artistic empathy they achieve on JOHN COLTRANE AND JOHNNY HARTMAN is simply transcendent. Their version of "My One And Only Love" is among the most mesmerizing performances in the history of jazz, as Coltrane's majestic tenor and Garrison's syncopated bass anticipate Hartman's entrance, with his luminous timbre, poetic articulation and hear-a-pin-drop phrasing. Hartman and Tyner turn the opening verse of Strayhorn's "Lush Life" into a theatrical event, setting a bittersweet tone for the ambivalence of the main theme, while their interplay on "You Are Too Beautiful" is tenderness personified. And when the saxophonist finally sidesteps the melody to vigorously expand upon the harmonic and rhythmic implications of the changes to "Autumn Serenade," one realizes that for John Coltrane, beauty was the sum total of his very existence.

Track Listing
1. They Say It's Wonderful
2. Dedicated To You
3. My One And Only
4. Lush Life
5. You Are Too Beautiful
6. Autumn Serenade

 

[Dennie]

...and after that, this.....

Ballads -- Remastered CD

John Coltrane Quartet

1962/2007 Impulse/Verve Records

That Brilliant Mellow Groove, July 22, 2008
By Chris "takethekman" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ballads (Reis) (Rstr) (Dig) (Audio CD)

This is just a joy to listen to, filled with beautiful melodic passages, overflowing w/both emotion and technique; As a guitar player(rock, metal mostly...), I am always looking for something new to tap into; This was just a really nice surprise. A perfect 'rainy day' CD, or for when you're shacking up with that special lady. Just kick it and let this CD take you away.

My only complaint is that it's only a little over 30 minutes long...But worth repeating.
1 SAY IT ( OVER AND OVER AGAIN)
2 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
3 TOO YOUNG TO GO STEADY
4 ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL
5 I WISH I KNEW
6 WHAT'S NEW
7 IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER
8 NANCY (WITH THE LAUGHING FACE)

 

[Kazaam]

The Oak Ridge Boys
It's Only Natural

Available exclusively from Cracker Barrel restaurants, this is the newest release from my favorite band of old geezers; and its thin paper packaging reads like an advertisement---good food, American values. It's a perfect pairing because the Oaks are patriotic and they like to eat food, and, apparently, the people who eat at Cracker Barrel seem to like the Oaks, which seems surprising because I can't stand eating (or shopping) at that place, but I love the band.

"It's Only Natural" finds the Oak Ridge Boys singing a few new tunes, and re-recording a few old ones.

Aside from one decent new tune, it appears the main purpose (aside from getting paid) is to get the current band lineup on record with their hit songs that were sung by the late Steve Sanders, perhaps so that they can finally perform these classics on stage the next time they hit Branson, or the Freeborn County Fair. But, sadly, these re-recordings are for the most part pretty bad. Like karaoke kind of bad. Their voices, if not shot, are certainly not anywhere near where they used to be. And even back in their prime, I doubt they could've ever sounded as good as they did with Singin' Steve's silky baritone.

That said, there is one exception: And that is "Louisiana Red Dirt Highway", which is a song originally sung by William Lee Golden on his solo album during his years absent from the group. But now it's getting the full Oak Ridge Boys treatment and it sounds pretty good.

Ultimately, stay away from this CD. That is unless you're like me and have a soft spot in your heart for the Oaks. Or if you happen to really like eating at Cracker Barrel, of course.



Here's one of the new songs, done up YouTube style with that Keenan kid. It's actually not too bad:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzjKa3Iu5BA[/youtube]

 

[Dennie]

Tissues and Issues -- CD

Charlotte Church

2005 Sony/BMG Records

'Tissues And Issues' is the first full-on pop album by former child opera star Charlotte Church. Combining elements of soul with a sassy pop sensibility, 'Tissues And Issues' is proof positive that Charlotte Church can turn her spectacular vocal abilities to any genre. Includes the single 'Crazy Chick'.

Track listing

1. Call My Name
2. Crazy Chick
3. Moodswings (To Come at Me Like That)
4. Show a Little Faith
5. Finding My Own Way
6. Let's Be Alone
7. Easy to Forget
8. Fool No More
9. Easy Way Out
10. Casualty of Love
11. Even God
12. Confessional Song

 

[Dennie]

Kickin' It -- CD

Jeff Lorber

2001 Narada Jazz

Jeff Lorber's label debut on Samson Records is a typical jazz fusion effort that will sound familiar to fans of his band of the 1970s and '80s, the Jeff Lorber Fusion. Teaming with co-writer/producer/arranger Steve Dubin, Lorber constructs a series of upbeat rhythm tracks over which he plays melodically on either acoustic piano or Fender Rhodes electric. He is joined on nearly every track by a guest saxophonist and/or guitarist. Tenor saxophonist Gerald Albright sits in on "Snakebite," "Keep That Same Ol' Feelin'," and "Kickin' It" (with guitarist Stuart Wylen); soprano saxophonist Dave Koz on "Happy Endings" (with guitarist Michael Landau) and "The Bijou"; tenor saxophonist Steve Cole on "Chopsticks"; soprano saxophonist Gary Meek on "Reflections" (with Wylen) and "What It Is"; and tenor saxophonist Richard Elliot on "The 'In' Crowd." Lorber cedes considerable space to his guests, but he still finds room for his own improvisations. He also brings in a horn section on several cuts, notably "Keep That Same Ol' Feelin'," which sounds enough like a lost Steely Dan track that you keep expecting Donald Fagen to start singing on instead of Siedah Garrett, who intones the repeated lines "Keep on/Keep that same ol' feelin'." "Ain't Nobody" is the 1983 Rufus and Chaka Khan hit, here rendered with an appropriately funky feel, and "The 'In' Crowd" is, of course, the 1965 Ramsey Lewis Trio hit, a nod to an obvious predecessor of Lorber's. The keyboardist slows the pace for "Reflections," but most of these tracks are lively pieces with lots of interplay that is only ended when they fade out. ~ William Ruhlmann

Track Listing
1. Snakebite
2. Ain't Nobody
3. Happy Endings
4. Chopsticks
5. Keep That Same Ol' Feelin'
6. Reflections
7. Bijou, The
8. Kickin' It
9. "In" Crowd, The
10. What It Is

 

[Dennie]

Bring It On Home......The Soul Classics -- CD

Aaron Neville

2004 Burgundy Records

Amazon.com

Approach Aaron Neville's Bring it on Home ... the Soul Classics with anything but an open heart and you've missed the point. This is a serious CD, at once mournful, humble, and joyous, with no shortage of moments that recall the terribleness of Hurricane Katrina. One way of processing it is as a cataloging of classic songs that helped Neville's fellow New Orleanians soldier through: opener "Rainy Night in Georgia" with jazzman Chris Botti wrings beauty from soaking-wet despair, "Stand By Me" turns its heel on pleading in favor of promise-making, and "People Get Ready," with David Sanborn and brother Art, is a chill-sending reminder of how unity and perseverance can trump tragedy. Viewed from another lens, Soul Classics is Neville's attempt at climbing aboard the late-career, classic-covers bandwagon while weaving his bayou-soul heritage into the picture. The trouble with that theory, though, is that it feels like so much more. His voice flutters alongside Mavis Staple's on "Respect Yourself" with completely uncontrived tenderness, and Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" becomes a meditation on stillness and ease that befits a boulder-sized lump in the throat. A tossed-together concept album this is not; a reflection of a soul man gifted with the ability to spin epic, unyielding sorrow into grace is more like it. --Tammy La Gorce

1 Rainy Night in Georgia (featuring Chris Botti) 4:40
2 Ain't No Sunshine 3:40
3 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay 4:28
4 Stand By Me 3:52
5 You Send Me 4:14
6 Respect Yourself (featuring Mavis Staples) 4:06
7 When a Man Loves a Woman 3:24
8 Let's Stay Together (featuing Chaka Khan) 4:03
9 It's All Right 3:34
10 People Get Ready (featuring David Sanborn & Art Neville) 4:07
11 My Girl 3:58
12 Ain't That Peculiar 3:43
13 A Change Is Gonna Come 4:10

 

[Dennie]

Greatest Hits Plus -- CD

Ricky Van Shelton

1992 Sony Music

greatest, August 18, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Ricky Van Shelton - Greatest Hits Plus (Audio CD)

Rickey VAN SHELTON,S music is the best of all country music since Hank WILLIAmS,and Elvis. Country Music FAn,SINCE,1948

1. "Just as I Am" (Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) - 3:08
* previously unreleased
2. "Wild Man" (Rick Giles. Susan Longacre) - 3:17
* previously unreleased
3. "Somebody Lied" (Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins)- 3:21
4. "I've Cried My Last Tear for You" (Tony King, Chris Waters) - 2:29
5. "I'll Leave This World Loving You" (Wayne Kemp) - 3:06
6. "Statue of a Fool" (Jan Crutchfield) - 3:04
7. "I Am a Simple Man" (Walt Aldridge) - 3:26
8. "Life Turned Her That Way" (Harlan Howard) - 3:23
9. "Keep It Between the Lines" (Russell Smith, Cathy Louvin) - 3:49
10. "Rockin' Years" (Floyd Parton) - 3:25
* duet with Dolly Parton
11. "From a Jack to a King" (Ned Miller) - 2:21
12. "Living Proof" (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae) - 3:22
13. "Don't We All Have the Right" (Roger Miller) - 2:36
14. "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (Bert Carroll, Moody Russell) - 2:11
* previously unreleased on studio album

 

[Dennie]

Diamonds and Rust -- CD

Joan Baez

1975/1990 A&M Records

Amazon.com essential recording

Perhaps the most outstanding folk album of the 1970s, this collection represents Baez's blossoming from a girlish folk icon into a mature interpreter of folk music. The title track (and, to a much lesser degree, "Dida" and "Children and All That Jazz") showcases her songwriting, but the intimate spin she puts on the music of others is what makes this the remarkable work it is. On Jackson Browne's "Fountain of Sorrow," Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate" and John Prine's "Hello in There," the purity of Baez's clear soprano (deeper and mellower than on her early albums) expresses the gentle pains of nostalgia and what-might-have-been. The medley of "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair/Danny Boy" reminds us that no matter what other directions she moves in, Baez will always be a masterful singer of traditional folk music. --Barrie Trinkle --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

1. "Diamonds & Rust"
2. "Fountain of Sorrow" (Jackson Browne)
3. "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright)
4. "Children and All That Jazz"
5. "Simple Twist of Fate" (Bob Dylan)
6. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts)
7. "Hello in There" (John Prine)
8. "Jesse" (Janis Ian)
9. "Winds of the Old Days"
10. "Dida" (duet with Joni Mitchell)
11. Medley: "I Dream of Jeannie" (Stephen Foster) / "Danny Boy" (Frederick Weatherly)

 

[Dennie]

Failer -- CD

Kathleen Edwards

2003 Zoe Records

Amazon.com

This young Canadian singer-songwriter delivers a sucker punch of an American debut. While it may take a few listens for some of the material to sink in, Kathleen Edwards plainly has attitude to burn and a killer band to back it up. As a rootsy artist who sings about sexual attraction and betrayal with a languid breathiness, she inevitably has been tagged a younger Lucinda Williams, but it would make as much sense to describe her as an alt-country Ani DiFranco or a female Ryan Adams. What's most powerful in her music, however, seems to come from a deeper, more personal place than the study of other artists: from the violent climax of "Six O' Clock News" to the bitter resignation of "Hockey Skates" to the buoyantly rocking resilience of "12 Bellevue" to the offhand sensuality of "Westby." Plainly, she's unconcerned with ruffling feathers, titling one number "One More Song the Radio Won't Like" and elsewhere asking the musical question "Do you think your boys' club will crumble just because of a loudmouth girl?" --Don McLeese

"Six O'Clock News" – 4:34
"One More Song the Radio Won't Like" – 4:23
"Hockey Skates" – 4:26
"The Lone Wolf" – 4:52
"12 Bellevue" – 3:41
"Mercury" – 3:29
"Westby" – 2:25
"Maria" – 3:43
"National Steel" – 4:50
"Sweet Lil' Duck" – 4:28

 

[Dennie]

Great Gonzos -- CD

Jerry Jeff Walker

1991 MCA Records

Amazon.com essential recording

It's ironic that the man who made his reputation by writing "Mr. Bojangles," one of the most enduring and oft-covered tunes of the late 20th century, succeeded in his career as a performer by singing the works of others, but that's the case. Walker has always been a fine judge of material, and over the years, picked up on some great stuff, such as Billy Joe Shaver's "Old Five and Dimers Like Me," Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting for the Train" and "L.A. Freeway," Gary Nunn's "London Homesick Blues," Ray Wiley Hubbard's "Up Against the Wall Redneck," and Rusty Weir's "Don't It Make You Wanna Dance." This set gathers those remarkable cuts together with some of Walker's own songs, such as the party anthem "Sangria Wine," "Railroad Lady" (written with Jimmy Buffett), and, of course, "Bojangles." Great Gonzos gives you the flavor and the laid-back aesthetic of Jerry Jeff's seminal work of the '70s. There's more to the story, but this is where it all began. --Daniel Durchholz

Track Listing
1. Gettin' By
2. Sangria Wine
3. Mr. Bojangles
4. Desperados Waiting for a Train
5. Pick Up the Tempo
6. Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother
7. London Homesick Blues
8. Takin' It as It Comes
9. Backslider's Wine
10. Old Five and Dimers Like Me
11. Charlie Dunn
12. Railroad Lady
13. L.A. Freeway
14. Don't It Make You Wanna Dance?

 

[Dennie]

The signal flag that makes up the cover of the album is "O (Oscar)", standing for "man overboard."

Flag

James Taylor

1979 Columbia Records

All songs by James Taylor unless otherwise noted.

"Company Man" – 3:47
"Johnnie Comes Back" – 3:55
"Day Tripper" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:25
"I Will Not Lie for You" – 3:16
"Brother Trucker" – 4:01
"Is That the Way You Look?" – 1:59
"B.S.U.R." – 3:23
"Rainy Day Man" (Taylor, Zach Wiesner) – 3:02
"Millworker" – 3:52
"Up on the Roof" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 4:21
"Chanson Française" – 2:05
"Sleep Come Free Me" – 4:43

 

[Dennie]

Safe At Anchor

Kate Wolf

1979 Kaleidoscope Records

1979's SAFE AT ANCHOR, Kate Wolf's third album, marks some important changes in her career. No longer supported by the bluegrass-inspired backing group the Wildwood Flower, Wolf is able to toy with her arrangements more, running the gamut from simple guitar and voice to the use of tasteful strings and Celtic harps. More importantly, this is also Wolf's first album of all original material, and her first not to be recorded live in a home studio.The resulting improved sound only adds to the power of Wolf's advanced songwriting. Her lyrics, less rooted in standard folk tropes, and using much more poetic language--"She Rises Like the Dolphin" is a triumph--are far beyond 1976's BACK ROADS or even 1977's LINES ON THE PAPER; similarly, her melodies are more unique and rich. The closing "Two-Way Waltz" is stunning, one of the most emotionally affecting songs of Wolf's career.

Track Listing
1. Safe at Anchor
2. Early Morning Melody
3. Sweet Love
4. She Rises Like the Dolphin
5. Great Love of My Life
6. Shining!
7. September Song
8. Seashore Mountain Lady
9. Looking Back at You
10. Two-Way Waltz

 

[Dennie]

Solid

Grant Green

1979 Blue Note Records

All compositions by Grant Green except as indicated

"Minor League" (Duke Pearson) – 7:05
"Ezz-Thetic" (George Russell) – 10:41
"Grant's Tune" – 7:01
"Solid" (Sonny Rollins) – 7:23
"The Kicker" (Joe Henderson) – 6:23

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on June 12, 1964

Grant Green - guitar
James Spaulding - alto saxophone (tracks 1-5)
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone (tracks 1-5)
McCoy Tyner - piano
Bob Cranshaw - bass
Elvin Jones - drums
Rudy Van Gelder - engineer

 

[Dennie]

Weaver of Dreams

The Vocal Artistry of Kenny Burrell

Columbia Records

Kenny Burrell reaffirms the proposition that relaxed, smooth playing need not lack expression or energy. He's made restraint an art form. Burrell's simple, straightforward melody lines, elegant phrasing, and mellow tone are delightful and impressive.

Long sought after as well as a valued collector's item by jazz vocal aficionados, Weaver of Dreams features the smooth vocal stylings of well-known jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell. Burrell's voice is pleasant, his musicianship self-assured and his choice of tunes leave the listener in a romantic mood designed to last.

Side 1.

1. I'll Buy You A Star
2. Weaver Of Dreams
3. The More I See You
4. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
5. A Fine Romance
6. Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Side 2.

7. The Blues Is Awful Mean
8. That Old Feeling
9. If I Had You
10. Hootchie-Koo
11. Afternoon In Paris
12. Like Someone In Love