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All Time Greatest Hits -- CD
The Mills Brothers
1997 Decca/MCA Records
Old people's music? I don't THINK so! January 25, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
While the Mills Brothers were "before my time," I remember my mother singing "Paper Doll" and "Glow Worm" to me while she brushed my hair when I was a very little girl. Then I heard the Mills Brothers sing both of those songs on an Oldies radio station, and I was hooked. Their voices blend so beautifully, and their harmony is so incredible that it's difficult to believe that anyone who loves music would not love this album. From the poignant "Till Then" of the WWII years to the upbeat "Be My Life's Companion," this group knows their way around a song. Everyone will have his or her personal favorites--mine are still "Paper Doll" and "Glow Worm." My one regret--I can't help but wish that this album also featured "When You Were Sweet Sixteen," but if it did, it would rate six stars, and I can only give five. If you like real melodies, meaningful lyrics, and voices that will never grow old, buy this album.
1. Paper Doll
2. Lazy River
3. Till Then
4. Across The Alley From The Alamo
5. You Always Hurt The One You Love
6. I Love You So Much It Hurts
7. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
8. Daddy's Little Girl
9. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
10. Be My Life's Companion
11. Say Si Si
12. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
13. The Jones Boy
14. Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)
15. The Glow Worm
16. Cab Driver
Dennie
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Benny In Brussels - Vol. 1 & 2 -- Remastered CD
Benny Goodman
1958/2001 Columbia/Collectibles Records
Classic Benny, Rare Recording January 9, 2002
By Mark Borchers
Format:Audio CD
The availability of this CD is great news for fans of the King of Swing. You won't see this hard-to-find set at your local superstore.
These recordings were made during the World's Fair in Brussels around 1958. Benny put an orchestra together to play in the American pavillion. According to the liner notes, it was a tremedous hit and gave a tremendous boost to America's languishing reputation in the arts.
The significant thing about this recording is that it's classic Goodman style, but the recording quality is light years better than the recordings you've heard from his heyday in the '30's and '40's. The band is crisp and driving, and Benny's virtuoso solos show even more artistry, if possible, than his earlier material. Benny's version of "One O'Clock Jump" would make Count Basie proud, and by itself makes the CD worth buying.
This CD is a fantastic find for Goodman fans - don't miss it!
1. Let's Dance
2. Don't Be That Way
3. Hallelujah
4. Obsession
5. Brussels Blues
6. More Than You Know
7. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
8. Jubilee
9. Roll 'Em
10. Stealin' Apples
11. Memories of You
12. Balkan Mixed Grill
13. Gershwin Medley: The Man I Love/Oh, Lady Be Good/Somebody Loves Me
14. St. Louis Blues
15. Mr. Five by Five
16. March of the Belgian Paratroops
17. One O'Clock Jump
18. Goodbye
Dennie
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Time -- CD
Hugh Masekela
2002 Columbia Records
Since his return to South Africa in 1990, Hugh Masekela has become a national musical icon. And his music has taken on more of the flavor of his homeland, too, all of which is quite in evidence on Time. Of course, this being Masekela, he's not going to be penned into one style, as he shows on "Conchita," his bubbling celebration of Latin music, which name-checks every icon of the genre. But it's township jazz that's always been at the backbone of his sound, and it's there in his revisiting of "Part of a Whole," which he first recorded over 30 years ago. Even if it's township lite these days, more accessible than the real hardcore stuff, there's no doubt his heart is very much in the right place. He's not afraid to be political, either, touching on civil rights, dictators, and reminding people that an older generation hasn't necessarily lost touch with enjoying the pleasures of the world. From South African gospel to the slightly rougher feel of mbaqanga, and even the more contemporary kwaito (South Africa's disco-fied version of hip-hop) on "Old People, Young Folks," this album keeps its feet on the ground at home. About the only thing missing is that Masekela focuses more on his gritty, warm vocals, rather than his excellent trumpet playing. But he seems happy enough with that, and the sense of jubilation surrounding the disc glows peacefully. ~ Chris Nickson
Track Listing
1. Send Me
2. Happy Mama
3. Conchita
4. Ce Soir
5. Mamoshaba
6. Magic
7. Thimlela
8. Saduva
9. Part of a Whole
10. Change
11. Old People, Old Folks
Dennie
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A Musical Romance -- Remastered CD
Billie Holiday & Lester Young
2002 Verve Records
Recorded in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1958.
Romeo and Juliet...Eloise and Abelard...Tracy and Hepburn. These are among history's great romantic relationships, but perhaps the deepest of all romances - in all of American music, at any rate - was the one that was carried on in the recording studio between Billie Holiday (1915-1959) and Lester Young (1910-1959). "Lady Day" and "The President" (they gave one another their nicknames) made a series of "sides," as they were called in those days, that to this day absolutely define love in tune. She was - and is - the greatest of all jazz vocalists. His tenor saxophone style delivered the real Birth of the Cool. Together, they sang and played with an unparalleled sense of intimacy, warmth, and sensuous, behind-the-beat swing, whether the melody was pure gold (like "The Man I Love," "Time On My Hands") or closer to brass ("When You're Smiling," "Back In Your Own Backyard"). Originally produced by the redoubtable John Hammond, and intended first and foremost for jukeboxes, these sixteen seminal performances have been culled from the Grammy-winning 10-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944. They also feature vital contributions from, among others, pianist-arranger Teddy Wilson, who served as leader on many of Holiday's record dates, Swing era superstar clarinetist Benny Goodman, ace trumpeter Buck Clayton (Young's cohort from Count Basie's definitive swing band), the sublime Ellingtonian alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, and Roy Eldridge, little giant of the trumpet. But Lady Day and Pres, forever dancing in the dark, make this a musical romance that will never die. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
1. The Man I Love
2. This Year's Kisses
3. Mean to Me
4. Back in Your Own Backyard
5. I'll Never Be the Same
6. Me, Myself and I
7. Time on My Hands
8. Who Wants Love?
9. I Must Have That Man
10. Foolin' Myself
11. When You're Smiling
12. A Sailboat in the Moonlight
13. He's Funny That Way
14. Laughing at Life
15. Without Your Love
16. Fine and Mellow
Dennie
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People Time -- 2 CD Set
Stan Getz & Kenny Barron
1992 Verve/Gitanes Jazz
Amazon.com essential recording
This album, a series of duets laying the wondrously inquisitive piano of Kenny Barron next to the breathy, half-lit tenor of Stan Getz, was both the last public appearance and the final recording in the life of Getz. Recorded with astonishing clarity live at Copenhagen's Montmartre Café, People Time serves as a passionate coda to the life of this great saxophonist. Many of the tunes seem chosen for their emotional content, as if Getz were aware this might be his swan song. Speculation aside, this is a remarkably gorgeous, exquisitely paced recording. Throughout, Getz and Barron exhibit both a deep understanding of the material as well as sympathetic, truly harmonious playing. Never rushed, never brash, People Time lingers over melodies, fleshing them out and extracting every ounce of feeling. A must-have for fans of both artists. --S. Duda
Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. East of the Sun (West of the Moon)
2. Night and Day
3. I'm O. K.
4. Like Someone in Love
5. Stablemates
6. I Remember Clifford
7. Gone With the Wind
DISC 2:
1. First Song
2. No Greater Love, (There Is)
3. Surrey With the Fringe on Top, The
4. People Time
5. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
6. Hush-a-Bye
7. Soul Eyes
Grace Potter is great! One of the fellows I met through the local Joe Bonamassa crowd is a personal friend of hers, and a big fan of her music, he told some fun stories of a few of her concerts. Gotta get some of her albums...
Dennie
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Blues On The Bayou -- CD
B.B. King
1998 MCA Records
Blues on the Bayou is a 1998 studio recording by B. B. King.
In the CD liner notes, B.B. King writes: "Of the many records Lucille and I have had the pleasure of recording over the years, this one is especially close to my heart. It's also one of the most relaxed and, for me, satisfying [...] No one was telling us what to do. No one needed to tell us what to do." He adds that he considers the band playing on this album as his best ever and that he got to the studio with the idea of keeping the music simple ("I've felt the urge to go back to basics."). With this state of mind, the record was cut in four days: "Found some old B. B. King songs. Wrote some new ones. [...] All live, all real. No overdubs, no high-tech tricks. Just basic blues."
The album won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
"Blues Boys Tune" - 3:25 (B.B. King)
"Bad Case of Love" - 5:28 (B.B. King)
"I'll Survive" - 4:53 (B.B. King and Sam Ling)
"Mean Ole' World" - 4:29 (B.B. King)
"Blues Man" - 5:20 (B.B. King)
"Broken Promise" - 3:34 (B.B. King and Sam Ling)
"Darlin' What Happened" - 5:26 (B.B. King and Sam Ling)
"Shake It Up and Go" - 3:10 (B.B. King and J. Taub)
"Blues We Like" - 5:08 (B.B. King ?)
"Good Man Gone Bad" - 3:20 (B.B. King, J. Taub, and F. Walsh)
"If I Lost You" - 4:57 (B.B. KIng and J. Taub)
"Tell Me Baby" - 3:26 (B.B. King and Sam Ling)
"I Got Some Outside Help I Don't Need" - 4:37 (B.B. KIng and D. Clark)
"Blues in G" - 3:28 (B.B. King)
"If That Ain't It I Quit" - 3:20 (B.B. King)
Dennie
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REPTILE -- 24-bit HDCD Import
Eric Clapton
2001 East Record & Tape Company
"Reptile" - as in "Lizard Lounge" and it's Great!, April 5, 2001
By Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reptile (Audio CD)
For those expecting the rock of "Layla", the variety of "Pilgrim" or the funkiness of "461 Ocean Boulevard", you might be disappointed, but "Reptile" is a masterpiece. All fourteen songs are what you might expect from a personal concert in a small cafe from Eric Clapton. Rythym and Blues are the mainstay here and it shows with classic covers of Ray Charles', "Come Back Baby", James Taylors' "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" and Stevie Wonders', "I Ain't Gonna Stand For It". This collection stands out for consistency and pure love of 'feel good' club music. Granted, Clapton does push more energy on "Superman Inside", almost 'out-blues' himself on "Got You On My Mind" and pulls at your heartstrings with the lovely instrumental, "Son & Sylvia". Each of Clapton's albums vary from time to time and usually for the better. This is a 'low key evening by the fire' collection. It's just one of the things Clapton does the best.
"Reptile" (Eric Clapton) – 3:26
"Got You on My Mind" (Joe Thomas, Howard Briggs) – 4:30
"Travelin' Light" (J. J. Cale) – 4:17
"Believe in Life" (Clapton) – 5:05
"Come Back Baby" (Ray Charles) – 3:55
"Broken Down" (Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan) – 5:25
"Find Myself" (Clapton) – 5:15
"I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:49
"I Want a Little Girl" (Murray Mencher, Billy Moll) – 2:58
"Second Nature" (Clapton, Climie, Morgan) – 4:48
"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" (James Taylor) – 4:47
"Modern Girl" (Clapton) – 4:49
"Superman Inside" (Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Susannah Melvoin) – 5:07
"Son & Sylvia" (Clapton) – 4:43
"Losing Hand" [Bonus track from Japanese release] (Jesse Stone) – 4:18
Dennie
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Hearts and Numbers -- CD
Don Grolnick featuring Michael Brecker
1985 Hip Pocket/ Windham Hill Records
When jazz meet sweetness January 11, 2007
By giulio cesare martinelli
Format:Audio CD
This wonderful record , issued in 1985 is Grolnick's solo record after the experience of the "Step"'s group togoether with Gadd, Mainieri,Gomez and Brecker.Michael Brecker is in this record too and he is the best gift Grolnick could ever give in tracks such as the mitical "Pools" (a wonderful version!) and "Regrets" my favourite.Another great track is "The Four Sleepers" with Marcus Miller on bass. So if you like modern jaz enjoy it.
Track Listing
1. Pointing at the Moon
2. More Pointing
3. Pools
4. Regrets
5. Four Sleepers, The
6. Human Bites
7. Act Natural
8. Hearts and Numbers
Dennie
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Making Movies -- CD
Dire Straits
1980 Warner Bros. Records
A Masterpiece February 7, 2003
By Brad Shorr
Format:Audio CD
This is not only my favorite Dire Straits recording, it is one of my favorite rock CD's of all time. Never has Mark Knopfler's guitar work been more passionate. Never have his lyrics been more poetic. Never have his vocals been more emotive. "Tunnel of Love" has an unforgettable melody, dreamlike lyrics, and a haunting guitar that add up to one of the greatest songs ever. "Romeo and Juliet" tells a heartbreaking story, told perfectly thanks to Knopfler's dead-on vocals. Not a weak song to be found in this masterpiece.
All songs written by Mark Knopfler, unless otherwise noted.
"Tunnel of Love" (Mark Knopfler, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 8:11
"Romeo and Juliet" – 6:00
"Skateaway" – 6:40
"Expresso Love" – 5:12
"Hand in Hand" – 4:48
"Solid Rock" – 3:19
"Les Boys" – 4:07
Dennie
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Surprise -- CD
Paul Simon
2006 Reprise Records
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Since severing his epochal partnership with Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon's solo career been characterized by restless reinvention. But while it's easy to see such disparate, cross-cultural collaborations as Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints as Simon's quest for new creative partnerships, beneath them lies a more crucial willingness to continually challenge the very assumptions and craft of his own songwriting. Six years after his sublime, underappreciated You're the One Simon has pushed that sensibility into a rewarding, if equally unlikely, partnership with Brian Eno. Yet the former Roxy Music texturalist cum contemporary producer/sound conjurer supreme (aided by such stellar sidemen as Bill Frisell, Herbie Hancock and Steve Gadd) offers barely half the "surprises" here.
The playful "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" argues Simon can still beckon his more traditional pop muse at will. Yet some of his best work here turns as much on hypnotic, if no less politically pointed, quasi-spoken word pieces (like "Wartime Prayers" and the gripping, post 9/11 rumination "How Can You Live in the Northeast?") as traditional songcraft. Eno is credited with providing "Sonic Landscape" to Simon's production, but also co-wrote three tracks, infusing "Another Galaxy" with contrasting doses of bracing energy and ethereal elegance, while seasoning the more traditional folk musings of "Once Upon a Time There Was An Ocean" with infectious electro-funk rhythms. "Outrageous," their best full collaboration, suggests that while Eno and Simon may approach world music - and indeed most pop forms - from polar extremes, the common ground they find is truly elevated. In an era when many of his peers are content to craft mere artistic comebacks, Simon's re-emergence here is a bold, compelling step forward. --Jerry McCulley
1. "How Can You Live in the Northeast" Paul Simon 3:42
2. "Everything About It Is a Love Song" Simon 3:57
3. "Outrageous" Simon, Brian Eno 3:24
4. "Sure Don't Feel like Love" Simon 3:57
5. "Wartime Prayers" Simon 4:49
6. "Beautiful" Simon 3:07
7. "I Don't Believe" Simon 4:09
8. "Another Galaxy" Simon, Eno 5:22
9. "Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean" Simon, Eno 3:55
10. "That's Me" Simon 4:43
11. "Father and Daughter" Simon 4:11
Dennie
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Katy Lied -- CD
Steely Dan
1975/1999 MCA Records
Amazon.com essential recording
The last of the truly classic first four Steely Dan albums, the 1975 Katy Lied also sounds like the best. While retaining a solid rock foundation, the music finds Walter Becker and Donald Fagen engaging their jazz influences more successfully than ever; Fagen's piano fills alone are some of the most impressive music laid to tape in the '70s. The songs, too, rate with the team's very best, whether coolly anticipating global financial collapse ("Black Friday"), celebrating the legacy of a mob-hit victim ("Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More"), or letting the Dan's guard down with a pained three-minute survey of life on Earth ("Any World [That I'm Welcome To]"). --Rickey Wright
Side one
"Black Friday" – 3:33
Guitar solo by Walter Becker
"Bad Sneakers" – 3:16
Guitar solo by Walter Becker
"Rose Darling" – 2:59
Guitar solo by Dean Parks
"Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More" – 3:12
Guitar by Larry Carlton
"Doctor Wu" – 3:59
Alto saxophone solo by Phil Woods
Side two
"Everyone's Gone to the Movies" – 3:41
"Your Gold Teeth II" – 4:12
Guitar solo by Denny Dias
"Chain Lightning" – 2:57
Guitar solo by Rick Derringer
"Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" – 3:56
"Throw Back the Little Ones" – 3:11
Guitar solo by Elliot Randall
Dennie
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The Long Run -- CD
Eagles
1979/1990 Elektra Records
The second best from a great group, April 14, 2010
By BrotherSpider "Spider" (The Order of the Eternal Broken Nose) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Long Run (Audio CD)
I loved Hotel California. I often wonder what life would have been like with out it. THIS album is a fantastic follow up to that album. a lot of great kick ass rock on it. you won't be dissapointed.
Side one
"The Long Run" (Don Henley, Glenn Frey) – 3:42
Lead vocal by Don Henley
Slide guitar by Joe Walsh and Don Felder
Guitar Solo by Joe Walsh
Organ by Don Felder
"I Can't Tell You Why" (Timothy B. Schmit, Henley, Frey) – 4:56
Lead vocal by Timothy B. Schmit
Guitar solos by Glenn Frey (played by Don Felder in live performance)
Fender Rhodes Piano by Glenn Frey
Organ by Joe Walsh
"In the City" (Joe Walsh, Barry De Vorzon) – 3:46
Lead vocal by Joe Walsh
Slide guitar by Joe Walsh
"The Disco Strangler" (Don Felder, Henley, Frey) – 2:46
Lead vocal by Don Henley
"King of Hollywood" (Henley, Frey) – 6:28
Lead vocals by Don Henley & Glenn Frey
First guitar solo by Glenn Frey
Second guitar solo by Don Felder
End guitar solo by Joe Walsh
Side two
"Heartache Tonight" (Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, J.D. Souther) – 4:27
Lead vocal by Glenn Frey
Slide guitar by Joe Walsh
"Those Shoes" (Felder, Henley, Frey) – 4:57
Lead vocal by Don Henley
Talk box guitars by Joe Walsh & Don Felder
Solo by Joe Walsh
"Teenage Jail" (Henley, Frey, Souther) – 3:44
Lead vocals by Glenn Frey & Don Henley
Synthesizer solo by Glenn Frey
Guitar solo by Don Felder
"The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" (Henley, Frey) – 2:21
Lead vocal by Don Henley
Background vocals by "The Monstertones" featuring Jimmy Buffett
"The Sad Café" (Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther) – 5:35
Lead vocal by Don Henley
Guitar solo by Don Felder
Alto saxophone by David Sanborn