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Dennie
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Belly Of The Sun -- CD
Cassandra Wilson
2002 Blue Note Records
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By now, it's a moot point whether Cassandra Wilson is singing jazz or not. By unifying what were once considered disparate styles and song forms with her languorously rich vocals and offbeat instrumental textures, she has become the queen of her own genre. Largely recorded at a one-time train station in her native Mississippi, Belly of the Sun ranges from country-blues great Fred McDowell's gritty "You Gotta Move" (popularized by the Rolling Stones and here featuring acoustic-guitar wiz Richard Johnston) to Brazilian immortal Antonio Carlos Jobim's winsome "Waters of March" (featuring a children's choir) to a hauntingly feminized version of Jimmy Webb's "Wichita Lineman." Revealing her command of narrative material, Wilson draws seductive meaning from Bob Dylan's "Shelter from the Storm" and the Band's "The Weight." Featuring Kevin Breit and Marvin Sewell on all manner of guitars and related string instruments, Belly of the Sun also boasts three strong Wilson originals, including "Just Another Parade," a jazzy-soulful duet with India Arie, and "Show Me a Love." As her own producer, Wilson comes up with less compelling backgrounds than Craig Street, who produced her darker-tinged breakthrough albums. Still, this is her most seamless, smoothest-flowing, and most effortlessly expansive recording. "I need to feel some rich black soil that's moist between my toes," she sings. You can feel her Southern roots in the grooves as well. --Lloyd Sachs
1. "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 6:05
2. "Justice" (Cassandra Wilson) – 5:27
3. "Darkness on the Delta" (Jay Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 3:47
4. "Waters of March" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:26
5. "You Gotta Move" (Mississippi Fred McDowell) – 2:44
6. "Only a Dream in Rio" (James Taylor) – 4:32
7. "Just Another Parade" (Wilson) – 6:05 featuring India.Arie
8. "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) – 5:48
9. "Shelter From the Storm" (Bob Dylan) – 5:17
10. "Drunk as Cooter Brown" (Wilson) – 4:58
11. "Show Me a Love" (Robinson, Wilson) – 3:49
12. "Road So Clear" (Richmond) – 5:22
13. "Hot Tamales" (Robert Johnson) – 1:43
Dennie
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The Master's Touch -- Remastered CD
Lester Young
1992 Savoy/Nippon Columbia (Import Japan)
Conventional jazz wisdom holds that the recordings Lester Young made after his Army stint are those of a man who is merely a shell of his former highly creative self. Those wishing to fly in the face of that wisdom are hereby instructed to check out this 20-track compilation of recordings made for the Savoy label in 1944, along with four tracks from a 1949 session. Tracks like "Ding Dong," "Crazy Over Jazz," "Salute to Fats," and "Exercise In Swing" (all of which are presented here in multiple takes) show Prez to be in top creative form, playing at brisk tempos with no signs of a faltering technique. Count Basie appears on the 1944 session on a mellow version of "Ghost of a Chance" and a bouncy "Indiana," which also feature Shadow Wilson on drums and Freddy Green's impeccable rhythm guitar work. An April 1944 session finds Prez working in an almost Dixieland surrounding, with Billy Butterfield, Johnny Guarnieri, Hank D'Amico, and Cozy Cole providing the fireworks. A far more modern session from 1949 kicks thing off with Lester fronting a combo that features Junior Mance and Roy Haynes in the rhythm section and Jessie Drakes and Jerry Elliott making a very swinging two-man brass section. "Tush," "Poor Little Plaything" and two takes of "Circus In Rhythm" feature Young in the company of a large band of Basie-ites led by Earl Warren. Some nice Prez originals and lots of great playing out of everyone make this one to add to the collection. ~ Cub Koda
Track Listing
1. Crazy Over J-Z - (Take 2)
2. Crazy Over J-Z - (Take 3)
3. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You - (Take 2)
4. Ding Dong - (Take 2)
5. Ding Dong - (Take 3)
6. Blues 'N' Bells - (Take 2)
7. Blues 'N' Bells - (Take 3)
8. (Back Home Again In) Indiana - (Original Take 2)
9. Basie English
10. Salute to Fats - (Short Take 2)
11. Salute to Fats - (Original Take 5)
12. Exercise in Swing - (take)
13. Exercise in Swing - (take)
14. Circus in Rhythm - (Original Take 2)
15. Tush - (Original Take 2)
16. Circus in Rhythm - (Take 3)
17. Poor Little Plaything - (Take 2)
18. Exercise in Swing - (Take 2)
19. Salute to Fats - (Take 4)
20. Salute to Fats - (Take 3)
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Personnel: Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Earle Warren (vocals, alto saxophone); Dexter Hall, Freddie Green (guitar); Hank D'Amico (clarinet); Jimmy Powell (alto saxophone); Count Basie (tenor saxophone, piano); Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Rudy Rutherford (baritone saxophone); Ed Lewis, Edward Lewis, Harry "Sweets" Edison , Joe Newman , Al Killian, Billy Butterfield, Jesse Drakes (trumpet); Lou Taylor , Dicky Wells, Jerry Elliott , Eli Robinson, Ted Donnelly, Louis Taylor (trombone); Clyde Hart, Johnny Guarnieri, Junior Mance (piano); Cozy Cole, Jo Jones , Roy Haynes, Shadow Wilson (drums).Audio Remasterer: Yujiro Kasai.Liner Note Author: H. Alan Stein.Recording information: 04/18/1944-06/28/1949.Arrangers: Dicky Wells; Dick Flanagan; Tadd Dameron.
Dennie
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BassFace - Live At Kuumbwa -- 20 Bit CD
The Ray Brown Trio - Benny Green - Jeff Hamilton
1993 Telarc Jazz
For this Telarc CD, bassist Ray Brown and pianist Benny Green split the solo chores almost evenly with drummer Jeff Hamilton, giving them stellar and creative support. Green has his best improvisations on "Phineas Can Be" and "Taking a Chance on Love," and the trio plays very close attention to dynamics (often swinging very quietly) and quickly reacting to each other's ideas. Rather than merely jamming the songs (the majority of which are standards), the bop-oriented group gives each melody a colorful framework filled with plenty of subtle surprises. ~ Scott Yanow
Track Listing
1. Milestones
2. Bass Face
3. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
4. Tin Din Deo
5. Crs-Craft
6. Taking a Chance on Love
7. Remember
8. Makin' Whoopie
9. Phineas Can Be
Dennie
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Today's work truck music....
Full Moon Fever -- CD
Tom Petty
1989 MCA Records
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Ten years had passed since Petty's last solid outing (*** the Torpedoes in 1979), and Full Moon Fever fully resuscitated the artist's career, which--some would say "arguably"--had been losing steam. With the album's four major hits and rave reviews from the critics (these things do not always go hand-in-hand), Petty must have breathed a sigh of relief. He left the Heartbreakers behind, hooked up with musician, writer, and producer Jeff Lynne, and rocked out with "Runnin' Down a Dream," got mellow and introspective on "Free Fallin'" and "A Face in the Crowd," and paid tribute (finally) to the Byrds with a cover of "Feel a Whole Lot Better." He perfected the sing-along guitar-pop song on "Yer So Bad" and had a wild time on "Zombie Zoo." Pure Petty perfection! --Lorry Fleming
All songs written by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, except as indicated.[2]
"Free Fallin'" – 4:14
"I Won't Back Down" – 2:56
"Love Is a Long Road" (Mike Campbell, Petty) – 4:06
"A Face in the Crowd" – 3:58
"Runnin' Down a Dream" (Campbell, Lynne, Petty) – 4:23
"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) – 2:47
"Yer So Bad" – 3:05
"Depending on You" (Petty) – 2:47
"The Apartment Song" (Petty) – 2:31
"Alright for Now" (Petty) – 2:00
"A Mind with a Heart of Its Own" – 3:29
"Zombie Zoo" – 2:56
"Hello, CD listeners…"
Early pressings of the album on compact disc contain a hidden track at the beginning of track 6. The interlude, which is referred to in the album credits as "Attention CD Listeners", features a brief tongue-in-cheek monologue by Petty, over a background of barnyard noises:
Hello, CD listeners. We've come to the point in this album where those listening on cassette, or records, will have to stand up, or sit down, and turn over the record. Or tape. In fairness to those listeners, we'll now take a few seconds before we begin side two. [pause] Thank you. Here's side two.
Full Moon Fever -- CD
Tom Petty
1989 MCA Records
Amazon.com essential recording
Ten years had passed since Petty's last solid outing (*** the Torpedoes in 1979), and Full Moon Fever fully resuscitated the artist's career, which--some would say "arguably"--had been losing steam. With the album's four major hits and rave reviews from the critics (these things do not always go hand-in-hand), Petty must have breathed a sigh of relief. He left the Heartbreakers behind, hooked up with musician, writer, and producer Jeff Lynne, and rocked out with "Runnin' Down a Dream," got mellow and introspective on "Free Fallin'" and "A Face in the Crowd," and paid tribute (finally) to the Byrds with a cover of "Feel a Whole Lot Better." He perfected the sing-along guitar-pop song on "Yer So Bad" and had a wild time on "Zombie Zoo." Pure Petty perfection! --Lorry Fleming
All songs written by Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, except as indicated.[2]
"Free Fallin'" – 4:14
"I Won't Back Down" – 2:56
"Love Is a Long Road" (Mike Campbell, Petty) – 4:06
"A Face in the Crowd" – 3:58
"Runnin' Down a Dream" (Campbell, Lynne, Petty) – 4:23
"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" (Gene Clark) – 2:47
"Yer So Bad" – 3:05
"Depending on You" (Petty) – 2:47
"The Apartment Song" (Petty) – 2:31
"Alright for Now" (Petty) – 2:00
"A Mind with a Heart of Its Own" – 3:29
"Zombie Zoo" – 2:56
"Hello, CD listeners…"
Early pressings of the album on compact disc contain a hidden track at the beginning of track 6. The interlude, which is referred to in the album credits as "Attention CD Listeners", features a brief tongue-in-cheek monologue by Petty, over a background of barnyard noises:
Hello, CD listeners. We've come to the point in this album where those listening on cassette, or records, will have to stand up, or sit down, and turn over the record. Or tape. In fairness to those listeners, we'll now take a few seconds before we begin side two. [pause] Thank you. Here's side two.
Dennie
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The Way I Should -- CD
Iris DeMent
1996 Warner Bros. Records
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Iris DeMent's 1994 My Life is the best country album released in the 1990s. Yet with its gorgeous string-band arrangements and its heartbreaking tales of home and family, it's so timeless it could just as easily have been released in the '30s as the '90s. By contrast, there's no mistaking which decade DeMent's album, The Way I Should, comes from, with its crossover-country sound and its references to Calvin Klein, MTV, child abuse, "quality time," and Beavis and Butt-head. Nonetheless DeMent's twangy Arkansas soprano and detail-filled lyrics are as sharply original as ever. DeMent's voice seems to glow on "This Kind of Happy," a love song co-written with her outspoken admirer, Merle Haggard, and on the prayer-like "Keep Me God." --Geoffrey Himes
Track Listing
1. When My Mornin' Comes Around
2. There's a Wall in Washington
3. Wasteland of the Free
4. I'll Take My Sorrow Straight
5. This Kind of Happy
6. Way I Should, The
7. Letter to Mom
8. Keep Me God
9. Quality Time
10. Walkin' Home
11. Trouble
Dennie
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Lone Star State of Mind -- CD
Nanci Griffeth
1987 MCA Records
If there was any question that Nanci Griffith would lose her edge after signing to a major label, LONE STAR STATE OF MIND answered it definitively in the negative--if anything, on her first album for MCA, Griffith sounded even more authentically country than ever. As always, her singing was superb, the songs (both her own, including a remake of "There's a Light Beyond These Woods" from her debut album, and an ahead-of-its-time cover of Julie Gold's "From a Distance") were instantly memorable, and the instrumental backing by the cream of Nashville sessioneers, including innovative banjo whiz Bela Fleck and fiddle star Mark O'Connor, was beyond flawless. Bottom line: If this is what selling out sounds like then everybody else should sell out immediately.
Track Listing
1. Lone Star State of Mind
2. Cold Hearts / Closed Minds
3. From a Distance
4. Beacon Street
5. Nickel Dreams
6. Sing One For Sister
7. Ford Econoline
8. Trouble in the Fields
9. Love in a Memory
10. Let It Shine on Me
11. There's a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)
Personnel: Nanci Griffith (vocals, acoustic guitar); Phillip Donnelly (acoustic & electric guitars); Patrick Alger (acoustic guitar, high-string guitar); Mac McAnally (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Rick West (acoustic guitar); Lloyd Green (dobro, pedal steel); Bela Fleck (banjo); John Catchings (cello); John Jarvis (piano); Emory Gordy (electric bass, mandolin); Roy Huskey, Jr. (upright bass); Russ Kunkel (drums, percussion); Lucy Kaplansky (background vocals).Recorded at Soundstage and The Back Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee in July 1986.
Dennie
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Anniversary: Twenty Years of Hits -- CD
Tammy Wynette - The First Lady of Country Music
1987 Epic Records
Coming two decades after the one-two punch of "Apartment #9" and "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad," 1987's ANNIVERSARY is a fine summary of the highest points of Tammy Wynette's early career. For the casual fan that just wants a quality collection of the hits, ANNIVERSARY is hard to beat. All of the hits are present and accounted for, from epoch-defining masterpieces like "Stand By Your Man" and "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" to less familiar but no less worthy gems like "Don't Wanna Play House." The 20-track collection even includes three of Wynette's duets with husband George Jones, "We're Gonna Hold On," "Golden Ring" and "Two-Story House." Completists might want to spring for the more exhaustive three-disc box set TEARS OF FIRE or the double-disc ESSENTIAL TAMMY WYNETTE, but this is the best single-disc collection available.
Track Listing
1. Apartment No. 9
2. Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
3. I Don't Wanna Play House
4. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
5. Stand by Your Man
6. Singing My Song
7. Run, Woman, Run
8. We Sure Can Love Each Other
9. Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)
10. Bedtime Story
11. 'Til I Get It Right
12. Kids Say the Darndest Things
13. Another Lonely Song
14. We're Gonna Hold On
15. Woman to Woman
16. 'Til I Can Make It on My Own
17. Golden Ring
18. You and Me
19. One of a Kind
20. Two Story House
Dennie
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When Fallen Angels Fly -- CD
Patty Loveless
1994 Epic Records
How does an artist follow up not only the best album of their career but probably the best country album of the year? That was Patty Loveless' dilemma after her 1993 gold album, ONLY WHAT I FEEL. Fortunately, Loveless sets all minds to rest with the spectacular WHEN FALLEN ANGELS FLY.Patty Loveless is one of country music's strongest vocalists, a favorite duet/harmony partner of many country artists, especially super-vocalist Vince Gill. Her voice is the mournful call of the hills of Kentucky, powerful and proud, yet expressive and vulnerable. She brings a spiritual and graceful depth to her material, especially the ballads, her forte. From the wrenching "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" to the hushed "Over My Shoulder" Loveless offers pristine classics, and once again hits her artistic zenith. Then she switches gears and has fun with the novelty hit "I Think About Elvis" and rocks out with the Rolling Stones-ish "Old Weakness (Coming On Strong)." Her songs are varied, but always mature and haunting.Patty Loveless is a stylist in the classic sense, an interpreter extraordinaire. Her song selection is impeccable, her production crisp and reverent. She is the best of all musical worlds: passionate, inspirational and hip. This once-fallen angel rises further with each new album; and she soars WHEN FALLEN ANGELS FLY.
Track Listing
1. Handful of Dust, A
2. Halfway Down
3. When the Fallen Angels Fly
4. You Don't Even Know Who I Am
5. Feelin' Good About Feelin' Bad
6. Here I Am
7. I Try to Think About Elvis
8. Ships
9. Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)
10. Over My Shoulder
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1. Queen of California
2. The Age of Worry
3. Shadow Days
4. Speak For Me
5. Something Like Olivia
6. Born and Raised
7. If I Ever Get Around To Living
8. Love Is A Verb
9. Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967
10. Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey
11. A Face To Call Home
12. Born and Raised (Reprise)
Dennie
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This may be the last piece of music I get to post. So, someone take over, okay?!!!
Departure -- CD
Gary Burton & Friends
1997 Concord Jazz
For his first album for the Concord jazz imprint, vibraphonist Gary Burton goes back: back to some of the most enduring compositions in the jazz lexicon, constructing the program on Departure completely from jazz standards, except for "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs" (the theme from the television show Frasier). Along with guitarist John Scofield, drummer Peter Erskine, pianist Fred Hersch, and bassist John Patitucci, Burton also returns here to the quicksilver, porcelain sound of the George Shearing quintet, Burton's first job after graduating from the Berklee College of Music. For the uninitiated, Departure is a worthwhile introduction to Burton's style on vibes, with his strong sense of swing swaddled in a sound that's most often elegant yet sometimes surprisingly funky. Scofield really shines here, too. Departure is also a great way to discover less-known compositions by some of the best-known composers and performers in the history of jazz, including Duke Ellington ("Depk," from his "Far East Suite"), Chick Corea ("Japanese Waltz"), and Horace Silver ("Ecaroh," which is "Horace" spelled backwards), as well as Mel Tormé ("Born to Be Blue"), and "If I Were a Bell," a staple that rang throughout in the 1950s repertoire of Miles Davis and whose title chimes harmoniously with the sonorities of Burton's vibes. ~ Chris Slawecki
Track Listing
1. September Song
2. Poinciana
3. Depk
4. Tenderly
5. If I Were a Bell
6. For All We Know
7. Japanese Waltz
8. Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs - (Theme From "Frasier")
9. Born to Be Blue
10. Ecaroh
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Personnel: Gary Burton (vibraphone); John Scofield (guitar); Fred Hersch (piano); Peter Erskine (drums).Arrangers: Gary Burton ; Tommy Kamp.
Thanks,
Dennie
Departure -- CD
Gary Burton & Friends
1997 Concord Jazz
For his first album for the Concord jazz imprint, vibraphonist Gary Burton goes back: back to some of the most enduring compositions in the jazz lexicon, constructing the program on Departure completely from jazz standards, except for "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs" (the theme from the television show Frasier). Along with guitarist John Scofield, drummer Peter Erskine, pianist Fred Hersch, and bassist John Patitucci, Burton also returns here to the quicksilver, porcelain sound of the George Shearing quintet, Burton's first job after graduating from the Berklee College of Music. For the uninitiated, Departure is a worthwhile introduction to Burton's style on vibes, with his strong sense of swing swaddled in a sound that's most often elegant yet sometimes surprisingly funky. Scofield really shines here, too. Departure is also a great way to discover less-known compositions by some of the best-known composers and performers in the history of jazz, including Duke Ellington ("Depk," from his "Far East Suite"), Chick Corea ("Japanese Waltz"), and Horace Silver ("Ecaroh," which is "Horace" spelled backwards), as well as Mel Tormé ("Born to Be Blue"), and "If I Were a Bell," a staple that rang throughout in the 1950s repertoire of Miles Davis and whose title chimes harmoniously with the sonorities of Burton's vibes. ~ Chris Slawecki
Track Listing
1. September Song
2. Poinciana
3. Depk
4. Tenderly
5. If I Were a Bell
6. For All We Know
7. Japanese Waltz
8. Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs - (Theme From "Frasier")
9. Born to Be Blue
10. Ecaroh
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Personnel: Gary Burton (vibraphone); John Scofield (guitar); Fred Hersch (piano); Peter Erskine (drums).Arrangers: Gary Burton ; Tommy Kamp.
Thanks,
Dennie
