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Dennie
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Skylark -- CD
Renee Olstead
2007 Reprise Records
Product Description
Nine days after her seventeenth birthday, singing sensation Renee Olstead and her stunning bluesy jazz voice take flight with her second major-label album, Skylark. Backed by esteemed producer/arranger David Foster (Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Celine Dion) on strings, piano, horns and often keyboards, Olstead stamps her mark on standards and modern classics and premieres four originals she co-wrote, including one with Foster. Following her 2004 #1 Jazz self-titled album, Olstead soars on Skylark.
1. "Midnight Man" – 3:02
2. "Lover Man" - 5:02
3. "Stars Fell On Alabama" - 3:15
4. "My Baby Just Cares For Me" - 3:03
5. "When I Fall In Love (ft. Chris Botti)" - 4:43
6. "Thanks For The Boogie Ride" - 3:01
7. "Hold Me Now" - 4:02
8. "Skylark" - 4:12
9. "Midnight In Austin Texas (ft. Robert Randolph)" - 3:25
10. "Hit The Road Jack" - 3:22
11. "You've Changed" - 3:27
12. "Ain't We Got Fun" - 2:45
13. "Nothing But The Blame" - 4:11
Track listing
"Ordinary Day" (Vanessa Carlton) – 3:58
"Unsung" (Carlton) – 4:20
"A Thousand Miles" (Carlton) – 3:57
"Pretty Baby" (Carlton) – 3:55
"Rinse" (Carlton) – 4:31
"Sway" (Carlton) – 3:57
"Paradise" (Carlton) – 4:50
"Prince" (Carlton) – 4:09
"Paint It Black" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:30
"Wanted" (Carlton) – 3:55
"Twilight" (Carlton) – 4:49
Dennie
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It Was Just A Matter of Time -- DVD-A
Randy Travis
2001 Image Entertainment
Amazon.com
The back cover of this concert video refers to Randy Travis's buttery baritone as "one of country music's most timeless voices." That remains to be seen, but as this live set shows, Travis's voice is a unique instrument, even if his songs have a staid, traditional quality to them. With his lantern jaw, billboard of a forehead, and mouth full of perfect teeth, he looks like a movie cowboy--except that he's dressed in blazer and mock turtleneck, which gives him the appearance of a rancher at a country-club mixer. But when he starts singing, the audience goes wild, as he pulls out hits from the past two decades. The music ranges from up-tempo ("Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart") to ballad ("Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man") with little variation. The blend of foursquare lyrics and mainstream country instrumentation (including fiddle and pedal steel guitar) makes for more than 80 minutes of music that will satisfy any longtime Travis fan. --Marshall Fine
1. Whisper My Name
2. Before You Kill Us All
3. Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man
4. Better Class of Losers
5. On the Other Hand
6. Look Heart, No Hands
7. If I Didn't Have You
8. Medley: The Storms of Life/Is It Still Over/I Won't Need You ...
9. The Hole
10. Horse Called Music
11. Shallow Water
12. Baptism
13. It's Just a Matter of Time
14. Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart
15. He Walked on Water
16. Deeper Than the Holler
17. Forever and Ever, Amen
18. Diggin' up Bones
19. Runaway Train
20. King of the Road
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Nolita Fairytale" Vanessa Carlton, Stephan Jenkins 3:28
2. "Hands On Me" Vanessa Carlton, Stephan Jenkins 3:01
3. "Spring Street" Vanessa Carlton, Linda Perry 4:10
4. "My Best" Vanessa Carlton 3:00
5. "Come Undone" Vanessa Carlton, Stephan Jenkins 4:35
6. "The One" (featuring Stevie Nicks) Vanessa Carlton, Stephan Jenkins, Linda Perry 4:05
7. "Heroes & Thieves" Vanessa Carlton 3:47
8. "This Time" Vanessa Carlton, Linda Perry 3:49
9. "Fools Like Me" Vanessa Carlton 3:10
10. "Home" Vanessa Carlton, Stephan Jenkins 5:38
11. "More Than This" Vanessa Carlton 4:48
Dennie
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Bat Out Of Hell -- 24k Gold CD
Meatloaf - Songs by Jim Steinman
1977 Cleveland/Epic Legacy
Indulgent, Overblown ... Just The Way I Like It!, May 19, 2000
By Bill R. Moore (New York, USA)
(TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Bat Out of Hell (Audio CD)
This album falls somewhere between progressive rock, classical, and opera. Strange? Yes. Good? Definitely. A classic? You bet.
One reviewer said that Meat Loaf is a "pretty good singer". Man, is that a major understatement. Meat is one of the greatest singers of all-time. Although he is not my favorite singer, you'd be hardpressed to find another rock vocalist who could pull off these songs and not make them sound corny.
Despite what some reviewers have said, that is exactly what he does here. Every single song is a masterpiece. The title track is a classic rock song, with the timeless "motorcycle guitar" from Todd Rundgren (who also does a masterly job producing this album). Paradise is the most well known song from here, and with good reason, it is great. Heaven Can Wait is a simple song (a rarity on this album) that features one of Meat's best ever vocal performances and some great piano work from Roy Bittan.
Jim Steinman is a genius, plain and simple, anyone who could write such grandiose, sprawling music as this should be given credit, and no one else could've sung it except for Meat Loaf. For that reason alone, Bat Out of Hell is worth owning.
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Bat Out of Hell" 9:48
2. "You Took the Words Right out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)" (intro spoken by Jim Steinman and Marcia McClain) 5:04
3. "Heaven Can Wait" 4:38
4. "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" 4:19
Side two
No. Title Length
5. "Two out of Three Ain't Bad" 5:23
6. "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (duet with Ellen Foley) 8:28
7. "For Crying Out Loud" 8:45
Dennie
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The Magic Continues -- CD
Arthur Lipner
1994 Palmetto Records
Percussion in modern music, November 30, 1998
By A Customer
This review is from: The Magic Continues (Audio CD)
With a heavy jazz and afro-cuban influence, this album sets a new standard for the relationship of percussion in the medium of modern music. The excellent musicality without the tedious and monotonous style of many "new age" performer's makes this album unique. Lipner's music speaks for itself...
Track listing
1. Lime Juice
2. Space Dancer
3. Hymn for G.P.
4. Mango Man
5. Kaleidoscope
6. 24 Jam
7. Snakey
8. Cabana en el Sol
9. Mango Man (Reprise)
Dennie
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Reunion -- CD
Gary Burton - Pat Metheny - Mitch Forman - Will Lee - Peter Erskine
1989 GRP Records
Reunion is a 1989 album by Gary Burton, reuniting him with guitarist Pat Metheny for their first recordings in almost 13 years. Both have been called prodigies; Burton when he joined George Shearing's group in 1963 at age 19. Burton met the 18-year old Metheny at the Wichita Jazz Festival in 1973, when Metheny was 18 years old. After welcoming him as a teaching colleague at the Berklee College of music, he hired the guitarist into the newly-expanded Gary Burton Quintet in 1974.
Metheny left Burton's group in 1977 to form his own quartet with Lyle Mays. The two had virtually no contact with each other until, in early 1988, the organizers of the Montreal Jazz Festival contacted Burton. They told him that Metheny was the festival host, and invited Burton to join him onstage. "My apprehension was immediately erased when I saw how easy it was for us to play together, even after 12 years," said Burton.This led to their collaboration on Reunion.
Side A
"Autumn" (Polo Orti) – 4:24
"Reunion" (Mitchel Forman) – 5:15
"Origin" (Mitchel Forman) – 6:31
"Will You Say You Will" (Vince Mendoza) – 4:55
"House on the Hill" (Pat Metheny) – 5:40
Side B
"Panama" (Paul Meyers) – 5:38
"Chairs and Children" (Vince Mendoza) – 5:55
"Wasn't Always Easy" (Pat Metheny) – 5:06
"The Chief" (Pat Metheny) – 4:16
"Tiempos Felice (Happy Times)" (Polo Orti) - 4:13
"Quick and Running (Polo Orti) - 6:42
Dennie
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Time and Time Again -- CD
Paul Motian - Bill Frisell - Joe Lovano
2007 ECM Records
By NENAD GEORGIEVSKI, 2008
There's always magic in the air whenever Paul Motian , Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano get together and this album is no exception. A sequel to the brilliant I Have the Room Above Her (ECM, 2005), this is another master painting by these fine artists. Jazz has always favored individual voices and expressionism, and these players have proven themselves undisputed masters on their instruments. But jazz also favors teamwork, something that is definitely evident on Time and Time Again. Several decades on, the musical partnership between drummer Motian, saxophonist Lovano and guitarist Frisell is stronger than ever.
Since no bass or piano is used here, whatever the band tries to express is done in a reflective and calm manner. Contemplation is the key word. The musicians create an alluring aural palette that mesmerizes, mystifies and beguiles. They breathe throughout as one organism, building subtle layers on tracks such as the meditative "Cambodia" and "Light Blue," shifting harmonic constructions seamlessly on the raucous "OneTwo" and wandering lonely towards the spontaneous improvisation "In Remembrance of Things Past." "Wednesday" has some beautiful whirling sax melodies, with Motian's elegant brushes sounding like birds' wings. The overall setting is perfect for Frisell's relaxed, lyric style, his guitar providing beautiful tapestries. All of the compositions have an ethereal and fluid quality, thus giving an impression of almost effortless improvisational mastery.
From the opening of "Cambodia" until the closing title track, the compositions have a strange and creative dreaminess about them. One moment things are sneakily avant-garde, the next, conservatively lyrical. As a collective experiment in spontaneous collaboration, Time and Time Again is a great success.
Track listing
1. Cambodia
2. Wednesday
3. Onetwo
4. Whirlpool
5. In Remembrance of Things Past
6. K.T.
7. This Nearly Was Mine
8. Party Line
9. Light Blue
10. Time and Time Again
Dennie
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Like Minds -- CD
Burton, Corea, Metheny, Haynes, Holland
1998 Concord Jazz
Amazon.com
Vibist Gary Burton has been collaborating with pianist Chick Corea and guitarist Pat Metheny since the mid-'70s, and it shows. The three have a strong intuitive sense of each other's lines and sound and can enhance the music in myriad, subtle ways. Having a great rhythm section doesn't hurt either, and bassist Dave Holland and drummer Roy Haynes are two of the very best. On Like Minds they have created an excellent CD: a no-frills, straight-ahead jazz album, crisply recorded, full of energy and imagination. With the exception of the George Gershwin piece, "Soon," the disc features all original compositions, with considerable thought given to distinguishing each soloist despite the surface similarity of their nimble, bouncy styles. Like minds, perhaps, but each possesses a singular voice and the ability to merge it creatively with others. --Wally Shoup
"Question and Answer" (Metheny) – 6:24
"Elucidation" (Metheny) – 5:21
"Windows" (Corea) – 6:17
"Futures" (Corea) – 10:41
"Like Minds" (Burton) – 5:50
"Country Roads" (Burton) – 6:26
"Tears of Rain" (Metheny) – 6:33
"Soon" (Gershwin) – 6:24
"For a Thousand Years" (Metheny) – 5:23
"Straight Up and Down" (Corea) – 9:02
Zing said:
I would rate it an "8" out of "10".
Sounds better in my office on my 2 channel system then my den with the 60's and sub.............the acoustics absolutely suck in the den.
I like a lot of her stuff, however some of it is just too "cute". I have not heard her new one yet???
Dennie said:
Like Minds -- CD
Burton, Corea, Metheny, Haynes, Holland
1998 Concord Jazz
Amazon.com
Vibist Gary Burton has been collaborating with pianist Chick Corea and guitarist Pat Metheny since the mid-'70s, and it shows. The three have a strong intuitive sense of each other's lines and sound and can enhance the music in myriad, subtle ways. Having a great rhythm section doesn't hurt either, and bassist Dave Holland and drummer Roy Haynes are two of the very best. On Like Minds they have created an excellent CD: a no-frills, straight-ahead jazz album, crisply recorded, full of energy and imagination. With the exception of the George Gershwin piece, "Soon," the disc features all original compositions, with considerable thought given to distinguishing each soloist despite the surface similarity of their nimble, bouncy styles. Like minds, perhaps, but each possesses a singular voice and the ability to merge it creatively with others. --Wally Shoup
"Question and Answer" (Metheny) – 6:24
"Elucidation" (Metheny) – 5:21
"Windows" (Corea) – 6:17
"Futures" (Corea) – 10:41
"Like Minds" (Burton) – 5:50
"Country Roads" (Burton) – 6:26
"Tears of Rain" (Metheny) – 6:33
"Soon" (Gershwin) – 6:24
"For a Thousand Years" (Metheny) – 5:23
"Straight Up and Down" (Corea) – 9:02
Dennie,
How do you rate this one???
I have a list of wants and not sure if I should add this one?
Keith
Dennie
Well-Known Member
Good to see you Keith. This is a fantastic disc. They are all great musicians on their own, and even better musicians in this group. I'm a big Gary Burton fan and he shines on this one. Along with Pat and Roy and Chick and Dave. All superstars of their instruments! This is truly "Like Minds" coming together as one!!! Top Notch!!!! :text-bravo:heeman said:Dennie said:
Like Minds -- CD
Burton, Corea, Metheny, Haynes, Holland
1998 Concord Jazz
Amazon.com
Vibist Gary Burton has been collaborating with pianist Chick Corea and guitarist Pat Metheny since the mid-'70s, and it shows. The three have a strong intuitive sense of each other's lines and sound and can enhance the music in myriad, subtle ways. Having a great rhythm section doesn't hurt either, and bassist Dave Holland and drummer Roy Haynes are two of the very best. On Like Minds they have created an excellent CD: a no-frills, straight-ahead jazz album, crisply recorded, full of energy and imagination. With the exception of the George Gershwin piece, "Soon," the disc features all original compositions, with considerable thought given to distinguishing each soloist despite the surface similarity of their nimble, bouncy styles. Like minds, perhaps, but each possesses a singular voice and the ability to merge it creatively with others. --Wally Shoup
"Question and Answer" (Metheny) – 6:24
"Elucidation" (Metheny) – 5:21
"Windows" (Corea) – 6:17
"Futures" (Corea) – 10:41
"Like Minds" (Burton) – 5:50
"Country Roads" (Burton) – 6:26
"Tears of Rain" (Metheny) – 6:33
"Soon" (Gershwin) – 6:24
"For a Thousand Years" (Metheny) – 5:23
"Straight Up and Down" (Corea) – 9:02
Dennie,
How do you rate this one???
I have a list of wants and not sure if I should add this one?
Keith
Dennie
Dennie
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Seasons of My Soul -- CD
Rumer
2012 Atlantic Records
Like the seventies never ended, November 9, 2010
By Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)
Newcomer Rumer has been compared to Karen Carpenter and earned effusive praise from Burt Bacharach. One listen to her debut "Seasons Of My Soul" shows you why. Rumer's clear vocals do recall Karen Carpenters, and the melodic harmony-laden Pop pieces are remniscent of another era. She even sings of "Listening to the radio playing Superstar" (the Carpenters hit, I'm guessing) on the classy piano ballad "Thankful".
Everything stands out really, from the slightly perky "Am I Forgiven?", the smouldering Jazzy "Come To Me High", the enchanting and aptly titled "Slow", the retro Soul "Aretha" (about a lonesome child who finds solace listening to Aretha), to the sunny ballad "Goodbye Girl". Like a lost classic from the Seventies.
1. Am I Forgiven
2. Come To Me High
3. Slow
4. Take Me As I Am
5. Aretha
6. Saving Grace
7. Thankful
8. Healer
9. Blackbird
10. On My Way Home
11. Goodbye Girl
Dennie
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ILLUSIONS -- CD
Eliane Elias
1987 Nippon/Columbia/Denon (Import Japan)
Eliane Elias' debut as a leader (she had been a member of Steps Ahead) finds her abandoning the electric keyboards in favor of acoustic piano. On seven songs she is joined by bassist Eddie Gomez and either Al Foster or Steve Gadd on drums; the remaining two selections feature her accompanied by bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White. With harmonica great Toots Thielemans making guest appearances on two numbers, Elias was at the time easily the least-known of the players on her own CD. However the pianist was already far along toward developing her own sound as she shows on four originals, two obscurities, Herbie Hancock's "Chan's Song," Blossom Dearie's "Sweet Georgia Fame" and the standard "Falling in Love with Love." A fine start to a significant solo career. ~ Scott Yanow
1 Choro 4:38 Written-By - Amilton Godoy
2 Through The Fire 6:05 Written-By - David Foster , Tom Keane
3 Illusions 7:09
4 Moments 5:53
5 Falling In Love With Love 6:23 Written-By - Lorenz Hart , Richard Rodgers
6 Iberia 10:26
7 Loco Motif 5:41
8 Sweet Georgia Fame 5:43 Written-By - Blossom Dearie
9 Chan's Song 6:18 Written-By - Herbie Hancock , Stevie Wonder
Dennie
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...at Shelly's Manne-Hole, Hollywood, California -- CD
Bill Evans Trio
1963/1991 Riverside/Fantasy Records
Lesser known treasure..., April 1, 2005
By Larkenfield
I've heard a number of great Bill Evans albums over the years (great being his overall norm) and I was immediately attracted to this recording because Evans sounds so completely relaxed, laid-back and at ease at the piano, yet rises to the occasion with his sparkling, cascading technique when needed... In short, he seems to be having a good time and that usually means a good time for the listener... In addition, this is a beautifully balanced set with a satisfying blend of classics, ballads, and blues... all played in front of a modest but appreciative audience. I believe some of the magic is because of the warm acoustics at Shelly's Manne-Hole and a piano that seems to be capable of luscious sonorities and responds so well to Evan's superb touch. It seems like he really enjoyed playing it, and the feeling comes through his performance as he sounds so completely at home. This album plays well for active listening... or to set a sophisticated mood for an evening with someone special. I've enjoyed it countless times.
"Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:37
"The Boy Next Door" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 5:22
"Wonder Why" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 5:15
"Swedish Pastry" (Barney Kessel) – 5:45
"Our Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:46
"'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 8:54
"Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:57
"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 5:44
"Blues in F" – 8:44