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[Dennie]

Rickie Lee Jones -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Rickie Lee Jones

1979/1990 Reprise Records

Amazon.com

The breezy melodies and jazz stylings of Rickie Lee Jones's debut album are usually found in the works of more mature pop artists. It's only the exuberance of Jones's often cackling voice that reminds you that a 23-year-old is at the controls. And Jones's "little girl lost" perspective, while hanging out in mid-1970s Los Angeles with neo-Beat songwriters-barroom troubadours Tom Waits and Chuck E. Weiss, makes for colorful storytelling. In fact, her tale about Weiss, "Chuck E.'s in Love," hit the Top 10. But there's a lot more elegant stuff here: "Last Chance Texaco" is a soaring ballad about automobiles and broken hearts, and the Sinatra-esque "After Hours" features a lonely Jones singing to a lamppost. --Bill Crandall

Songs written by Rickie Lee Jones, except where noted.

1. "Chuck E.'s In Love" 3:28
2. "On Saturday Afternoons In 1963" – 2:31
3. "Night Train" – 3:14
4. "Young Blood" – 4:04
5. "Easy Money" – 3:16
6. "The Last Chance Texaco" – 4:05
7. "Danny's All-Star Joint" – 4:01
8. "Coolsville" – 3:49
9. "Weasel And The White Boys Cool" (Rickie Lee Jones, Alfred Johnson) – 6:00
10. "Company" (Rickie Lee Jones, Alfred Johnson) – 4:40
11. "After Hours (Twelve Bars Past Midnight)" – 2:13

 

[Dennie]

Her best album.....

....so far!

Frank -- CD :handgestures-thumbup:

Amy Winehouse

2003/2007 Universal Music

From Amazon.co.uk

With her debut album Frank, Amy Winehouse proves to be one of the most original, honest, and brave singer/songwriters to emerge in recent years. Over the course of the 13 songs, she manages to do everything required of a classic album. This is a stark piece of work, comprising husky, frequently sexually charged vocals, painfully honest lyrics and soft trumpets, laid back beats, and sparse guitar work. It seems that soulful jazz doesn't always have to be bland--it can also be playful, twisted, and arrogant ("Amy Amy Amy"). "F*** Me Pumps" charts a seemingly guilt-free act of infidelity: "What do you expect when you leave me here alone?" she asks coyly, as if by way of justifiable explanation. "You wouldn't want me to be lonely," she adds. You can't help warming to her, despite what she's saying. A unique sense of humour (how rare in music now) and a no-bull attitude make for an interesting, compelling debut. Frank? Yes, but refreshingly so. You wouldn't want her for a girlfriend, but as a life companion she may yet prove indispensable. --Cortman Virtue

1. "Intro"/"Stronger Than Me" Salaam Remi, Winehouse 3:54
2. "You Sent Me Flying"/"Cherry" Felix Howard, Remi, Winehouse 6:50
3. "Know You Now" Delroy Cooper, Donovan Jackson, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Luke Smith, Gordan Williams, Winehouse 3:03
4. "*** Me Pumps" Remi, Winehouse 3:20
5. "I Heard Love Is Blind" Remi, Winehouse 2:10
6. "Moody's Mood for Love"/"Teo Licks" Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, James Moody/ Teo Avery, Errol Campbell, Gregory "Mr Bassie" Jackson, Earl "Chinna Smith 3:28
7. "(There Is) No Greater Love" Isham Jones, Marty Symes 2:08
8. "In My Bed" Remi, Winehouse 5:17
9. "Take the Box" L. Smith, Winehouse 3:20
10. "October Song" Matt Rowe, Stefan Skarbek, Winehouse 3:24
11. "What Is It About Men" Wilburn Cole, Cooper, Howard, Jackson, Smith, Paul Watson, Williams, Winehouse 3:29
12. "Amy Amy Amy"/"Outro"/"Brother"/"Mr Magic (Through the Smoke)" Rowe, Skarbek, Winehouse; Remi, Winehouse; Winehouse; Ralph McDonald, William Salter, Winehouse 13:14

 

[jamhead]

 

[topper]

"Couldn't Stand The Weahter" by Stevie Ray Vaughan


a Stevie Ray day . . .

bscene-drinkingcheers:

 

[Rope]

Rope

 

[Dennie]

Nice choice Jamhead! I really enjoy Jimmy's albums. I have "Damn" on cd and 4 or 5 Lp's and really enjoy them all. :handgestures-thumbup:

Dennie

 

[Yesfan70]

Her best album.....

....so far!

Frank -- CD :handgestures-thumbup:

Amy Winehouse

2003/2007 Universal Music

From Amazon.co.uk

With her debut album Frank, Amy Winehouse proves to be one of the most original, honest, and brave singer/songwriters to emerge in recent years. Over the course of the 13 songs, she manages to do everything required of a classic album. This is a stark piece of work, comprising husky, frequently sexually charged vocals, painfully honest lyrics and soft trumpets, laid back beats, and sparse guitar work. It seems that soulful jazz doesn't always have to be bland--it can also be playful, twisted, and arrogant ("Amy Amy Amy"). "F*** Me Pumps" charts a seemingly guilt-free act of infidelity: "What do you expect when you leave me here alone?" she asks coyly, as if by way of justifiable explanation. "You wouldn't want me to be lonely," she adds. You can't help warming to her, despite what she's saying. A unique sense of humour (how rare in music now) and a no-bull attitude make for an interesting, compelling debut. Frank? Yes, but refreshingly so. You wouldn't want her for a girlfriend, but as a life companion she may yet prove indispensable. --Cortman Virtue

1. "Intro"/"Stronger Than Me" Salaam Remi, Winehouse 3:54
2. "You Sent Me Flying"/"Cherry" Felix Howard, Remi, Winehouse 6:50
3. "Know You Now" Delroy Cooper, Donovan Jackson, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Luke Smith, Gordan Williams, Winehouse 3:03
4. "*** Me Pumps" Remi, Winehouse 3:20
5. "I Heard Love Is Blind" Remi, Winehouse 2:10
6. "Moody's Mood for Love"/"Teo Licks" Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, James Moody/ Teo Avery, Errol Campbell, Gregory "Mr Bassie" Jackson, Earl "Chinna Smith 3:28
7. "(There Is) No Greater Love" Isham Jones, Marty Symes 2:08
8. "In My Bed" Remi, Winehouse 5:17
9. "Take the Box" L. Smith, Winehouse 3:20
10. "October Song" Matt Rowe, Stefan Skarbek, Winehouse 3:24
11. "What Is It About Men" Wilburn Cole, Cooper, Howard, Jackson, Smith, Paul Watson, Williams, Winehouse 3:29
12. "Amy Amy Amy"/"Outro"/"Brother"/"Mr Magic (Through the Smoke)" Rowe, Skarbek, Winehouse; Remi, Winehouse; Winehouse; Ralph McDonald, William Salter, Winehouse 13:14

You don't hear from her much anymore. Is she in rehab? She was all the rage with a few members on S&V, then "poof" she's gone.

 

[Dennie]

Her best album.....

....so far!

Frank -- CD :handgestures-thumbup:

Amy Winehouse

2003/2007 Universal Music

From Amazon.co.uk

With her debut album Frank, Amy Winehouse proves to be one of the most original, honest, and brave singer/songwriters to emerge in recent years. Over the course of the 13 songs, she manages to do everything required of a classic album. This is a stark piece of work, comprising husky, frequently sexually charged vocals, painfully honest lyrics and soft trumpets, laid back beats, and sparse guitar work. It seems that soulful jazz doesn't always have to be bland--it can also be playful, twisted, and arrogant ("Amy Amy Amy"). "F*** Me Pumps" charts a seemingly guilt-free act of infidelity: "What do you expect when you leave me here alone?" she asks coyly, as if by way of justifiable explanation. "You wouldn't want me to be lonely," she adds. You can't help warming to her, despite what she's saying. A unique sense of humour (how rare in music now) and a no-bull attitude make for an interesting, compelling debut. Frank? Yes, but refreshingly so. You wouldn't want her for a girlfriend, but as a life companion she may yet prove indispensable. --Cortman Virtue

1. "Intro"/"Stronger Than Me" Salaam Remi, Winehouse 3:54
2. "You Sent Me Flying"/"Cherry" Felix Howard, Remi, Winehouse 6:50
3. "Know You Now" Delroy Cooper, Donovan Jackson, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Luke Smith, Gordan Williams, Winehouse 3:03
4. "*** Me Pumps" Remi, Winehouse 3:20
5. "I Heard Love Is Blind" Remi, Winehouse 2:10
6. "Moody's Mood for Love"/"Teo Licks" Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, James Moody/ Teo Avery, Errol Campbell, Gregory "Mr Bassie" Jackson, Earl "Chinna Smith 3:28
7. "(There Is) No Greater Love" Isham Jones, Marty Symes 2:08
8. "In My Bed" Remi, Winehouse 5:17
9. "Take the Box" L. Smith, Winehouse 3:20
10. "October Song" Matt Rowe, Stefan Skarbek, Winehouse 3:24
11. "What Is It About Men" Wilburn Cole, Cooper, Howard, Jackson, Smith, Paul Watson, Williams, Winehouse 3:29
12. "Amy Amy Amy"/"Outro"/"Brother"/"Mr Magic (Through the Smoke)" Rowe, Skarbek, Winehouse; Remi, Winehouse; Winehouse; Ralph McDonald, William Salter, Winehouse 13:14

You don't hear from her much anymore. Is she in rehab? She was all the rage with a few members on S&V, then "poof" she's gone.

The last I heard, she was making a new album. She had missed some recording dates, but was working get this new album done.

I don't follow the "gossip" or entertainment news, but I hope it is true. She really has IMHO a great talent.

Dennie

 

[Dennie]

A really fun album...... :handgestures-thumbup:

Rich versus Roach - A battle of bands and drums between Buddy Rich and Max Roach -- CD bscene-drinkingcheers:

Buddy Rich & Max Roach

1959/1986 Mercury Records

Rich in one ear and Roach in the other equals MAGIC, October 21, 2002
By Kevin Nieman "Writer / Provocateur" (Moorpark, CA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Rich Vs Roach (Audio CD)
I have always been fascinated by the tribal lure of the drum, and Buddy Rich has always been the pre-eminent drum virtuoso of all time, in my opinion.

Yes, there are those who dislike Rich's bombastic playing as opposed to Max Roach's more calm and intellectual approach to his instrument. I cannot argue with that other than to say that this CD is a perfect example of both men's styles. Rich pounds the drums like a madman, and Roach plays them like a lover. Rich exhudes flash and fireworks, and Roach embraces subtlety and a carefully placed silence. Both men hammer out their styles like professionals, and some may say that it comes out as a draw.

Whatever your personal taste is regarding these two drum masters, this is a CD that drum fans and jazz fans can enjoy for generations to come. The debate over who was the better drummer will never be solved, but at least we can hear these two jazz giants battle it out, knowing that they were loving every minute of it.

1. "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" (Louis Prima) – 4:22
2. "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" – 4:08
3. "The Casbah" (Gigi Gryce) – 4:28
4. "The Casbah" – 4:58
5. "Sleep" (Earl Lebieg) – 3:18
6. "Figure Eights" (Buddy Rich, Max Roach) – 4:30
7. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 5:41
8. "Big Foot" (Charlie Parker) – 5:00
9. "Big Foot" – 5:14
10. "Limehouse Blues" (Phillip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 3:56
11. "Limehouse Blues" – 3:43
12. "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye" (Ernie Erdman, Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn, Robert A. K. King) – 3:57

 

[CMonster]

Radio Paradise via the Squeezebox. They've been in top form thus far this evening...

 

[Dennie]

Live at the Village Vanguard-- CD

Kenny Burrell Trio

1959/1994 Lejazz/Charly Records
1. All Night Long
2. Will You Still Be Mine
3. I'm A Fool To Want You
4. Trio
5. Broadway
6. Soft Winds
7. Just A Sittin' And A Rockin'
8. Well You Needn't
9. Afternoon In Paris
10. Tricotrism

 

[Rope]

Rope

 

[Dennie]

A Dynamic New Sound: Guitar/Organ/Drums -- SACD :text-bravo:

The Wes Montgomery Trio

1959/2004 Riverside/Fantasy Records

This is the record that started it all. When Cannonball and Nat Adderley heard Wes Montgomery in an Indianapolis after-hours club in the fall of 1959, Cannonball decided that this remarkable talent had to be exposed to the world. He then not so much persuaded, as ordered, Riverside's Orrin Keepnews to record Montgomery. Soon, Keepnews flew to Indianapolis, listened, and signed Montgomery before the night ended. At the age of 37, this mild, teetotaling father of six was on his way to becoming the most influential jazz guitarist since Charlie Christian. What we hear on this Super Audio Compact Disc (SA-CD) of Montgomery's first album is essentially what the Adderleys and Keepnews heard, Wes at the helm of his trio playing his thrilling, melodic single-note lines, revolutionary octaves, and block chords. During the Riverside period he astonished the jazz world with his technique, musicianship, and soul.

1. 'Round Midnight
2. Yesterdays
3. The End Of A Love Affair
4. Whisper Not
5. Ecaroh
6. Satin Doll (Take 5)
7. Satin Doll
8. Missile Blues (Take 5)
9. Missile Blues
10. Too Late Now
11. Jingles

 

[Dennie]

My One & Only Thrill -- CD :text-bravo: :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap: :eusa-clap:

Melody Gardot

2009 Verve Records

Product Description
Amazing though it is, the story of how Melody Gardot overcame the effects of a near-fatal accident to become one of the vocal sensations of 2008 is not the most extraordinary thing about the 23-year-old Philadelphia singer-songwriter. It is simply that here is a voice in a million; one that touches the soul.

Melody's debut album `Worrisome Heart' introduced, in The Sunday Times' words: "a remarkable talent by any measure", with songs of quiet, wistful poetry in arrangements that "ooze after-hours sophistication". Yet the follow-up, for release in April 2009, marks a substantial leap forward. `My One And Only Thrill' is an intensely creative milestone, transcending genre distinctions of jazz and blues to offer a haunting personal musical statement that will appeal to all music-lovers. As with her acclaimed live shows she captures and holds her audience in the palm of her hand.

These eleven songs, covering a wide range of emotions, are all her own except for an irresistible, Brazilian take on Somewhere Over The Rainbow. It would take a heart of stone to remain unmoved by the poignant title track My One And Only Thrill. And when the album is finished (as Irving Berlin wrote truly) the song is over, but the Melody lingers on . . .

All songs written by Melody Gardot, except when noted.

1. "Baby I'm a Fool" – 3:30
2. "If the Stars Were Mine" – 2:48
3. "Who Will Comfort Me" – 4:56
4. "Your Heart Is as Black as Night" – 2:42
5. "Lover Undercover" – 4:24
6. "Our Love Is Easy" (Gardot, Jesse Harris) – 5:28
7. "Les Etoiles" – 3:18
8. "The Rain" (Gardot, Harris) – 3:21
9. "My One and Only Thrill" – 6:10
10. "Deep Within the Corners of My Mind" – 3:19
11. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 4:33
12. "If the Stars Were Mine" (Orchestral Version) – 3:13

 

[Dennie]

Welcome To VH1 Storytellers -- CD

Various Artists

2000 Interscope Records

Amazon.com

It's difficult to fathom the thinking behind this overview of VH1's popular Storytellers series. Begin with the fact that the actual stories are expunged from the recording. If you want the tales behind the songs, you'll have to read the booklet. So the music is left to stand on its own, but with each of the 15 artists allowed one selection to make their mark, even those that stand tall don't stand for long. David Bowie brings a tremendous focus to "China Girl"; Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks mix their voices in "Strong Enough" to striking effect; and the Eurythmics's "Here Comes the Rain Again" improves upon the hit original. On the downside, Jewel's caterwauling in "Who Will Save Your Soul" (the singer gets tangled up in a ball of yarn as she meows into the mic) makes one want to use "scat" in the feline rather than the Fitzgerald sense of the term. --Steven Stolder

1. China Girl - David Bowie
2. Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
3. Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders
4. Rain King - Counting Crows
5. Crash - Dave Matthews
6. Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel
7. Stay - Lisa Loeb
8. Regarding Steven - John Popper
9. Mexico - James Taylor
10. Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow
11. Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
12. Carnival - Natalie Merchant
13. Jack & Diane - John Mellencamp
14. Just A Memory - Elvis Costello
15. How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees

 

[Dennie]

Signature -- CD

Charlie Musselwhite

1991 Alligator Records

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

Musslewbite's harp playing is always crisply purposeful while his singing is usually intense in a phlegmatic son-of-the-South manner. The three Silent Partners again speak eloquently, with a bit more blues direction than on Ace of Harps. The new wrinkles, nothing worth crowing over, are a horn section on two songs and longtime pal John Lee Hooker hanging loose in "Cheatin' on Me." -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

1. Make My Getaway 6. What's New Again
2. Blues Got Me Again 7. Hey Miss Bessie
3. Mama Long Legs 8. Me And My Baby And The Blues
4. 38 Special 9. Catwalk
5. It's Gettin' Warm In Here 10. Cheatin' On Me

 

[Dennie]

CSN -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Crosby, Stills & Nash

1977/1990 Atlantic Records

Adult music, March 21, 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: CSN (Audio CD)

Some people prefer the youthful flash of this trio's first album, some the rocknroll flash of the first one where "Y" was part of the mix, but I've always found CSN to be the most satisfying of Crosby, Stills and Nash' efforts in that particular formation. The main reason is that it sounds like three ADULTS really giving their all together; in the songwriting, in the harmonies, in every respect. Particular high points are Still's "See The Changes," a sort-of cousin musically to his earlier "Helplessly Hoping," but whose world-weary lyrics are some of the most penetrating the man ever wrote; Nash's "Cold Rain," about returning to where you originally came from and remembering why you left in the first place, with some wonderful close harmonies; Nash again with "Cathedral," a dramatic high point in the group's arrangements; and Crosby's "Shadow Captain," as potently evocative of sailing on the open seas as a song can get. This album doesn't have the "gosh-wow" factor of CSN's 1969 debut, but it's just as rewarding an album---maybe more.

# Shadow Captain
# See The Changes
# Carried Away
# Fair Game
# Anything At All
# Cathedral
# Dark Star
# Just A Song Before I Go
# Run From Tears
# Cold Rain
# In My Dreams
# I Give You Give Blind

 

[Dennie]

I really enjoy this Classic album....

City To City -- CD :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Gerry Rafferty

1978/1990 Capitol Records

Amazon.com

It took Quentin Tarantino's using "Stuck in the Middle with You," the 1973 hit of Gerry Rafferty's former band Stealers Wheel, in Reservoir Dogs to make Rafferty hip again. But City to City, his 1978 solo breakthrough, has long been worth rediscovering--and not just because it contains "Baker Street," one of the biggest and best singles of the 1970s. Rafferty brilliantly modernizes his Scottish folk-rock background on such pop treasures as the churning title track, the minor follow-up hit "Right Down the Line," the bouncing ditty "Mattie's Rag," the enchantingly churchy "Whatever's Written in Your Heart," and others. It's as rewardingly refreshing a change of pace now as it was when it emerged in the midst of the disco era. --Peter Blackstock

 

[Rope]

Rope

 

[Dennie]

Hard Promises CD

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

1981 MCA Records

Amazon.com

Tom Petty's love affair with the more pop-oriented output of the Byrds and Dylan at their mid-'60s prime continued to find an increasingly wide audience in the '80s--and damned if some people didn't persist in calling it "new wave." Go figure. If writing hook-laden, instantly memorable pop-rock songs was both a sign of genius and one of music's toughest feats, Hard Promises (and its FM evergreens, "The Waiting" and "A Woman in Love") confirmed that Petty was one skinny, little, hard-working prodigy. Picking up effortlessly where *** the Torpedoes left off, Petty and the equally conscientious Heartbreakers took nothing about their newfound fame for granted, delivering their fourth strong effort in a row, this one increasingly seasoned with touches of their Southern roots. The title hints at the tough underbelly beneath the jangly veneer of Petty's ever-accessible songwriting, exemplified here by "Nightwatchman," "Something Big," and "The Criminal Kind." All tracks on this edition have been upgraded via digital remastering, and the album's original inner artwork and lyrics have also been restored. --Jerry McCulley

All songs were written by Tom Petty, except where noted.
Side one

1. "The Waiting" – 3:58
2. "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 4:22
3. "Nightwatchman" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:59
4. "Something Big" – 4:44
5. "Kings Road" – 3:27

Side two

1. "Letting You Go" – 3:24
2. "A Thing About You" – 3:33
3. "Insider" – 4:23
4. "The Criminal Kind" – 4:00
5. "You Can Still Change Your Mind" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:15