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Dennie
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Urban Gypsy -- CD
Marc Antoine
1998 GRP Records
Not sure what’s happening with me on this one, but it seems like the more I listen to it, the better Urban Gypsy gets. Urban Gypsy stated simply is one of Marc Antoine’s best CDs to date.
Unfortunately, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Urban Gypsy. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.
These days it’s a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs.
Overall Urban Gypsy is an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up and is most definitely a worthy addition to any Jazz collection. Truly an outstanding Jazz CD. One of those that is completely void of any wasted time, as each track is simply superb.
While this entire album is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 2 – Quand Le Jazz Hip-Hop, track 10 – Paris Jam, and track 12 – Storytime.
My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 – Latin Quarter. This is a great track!
Urban Gypsy Release Notes:
Marc Antoine originally released Urban Gypsy on January 27, 1998 on the NYC Music label.
CD Track List Follows:
1. Latin Quarter
2. Quand Le Jazz Hip-Hop
3. Sand Castle
4. Steppin’
5. El Matador
6. First Rain
7. Urban Gypsy
8. Forget-Me-Not
9. Brazil ’96
10. Paris Jam
11. Hollywood Viscount
12. Storytime
Dennie
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You Know That Feeling -- CD
Brian Bromberg
1998 Zebra Records
With the release of his first solo record in 5 years, Brian Bromberg claims his rightful place among the world's elite bass players. The multitalented player, composer and producer has been acclaimed for his unique and versatile abilities. Fow other bass players anywhere can play both electric and acoustic bass with such virtuosity.
There are NO GUITARS on this recording!! It's all Bromberg Bass! Checkout the incredible rockin' bass on "Na Na Na Na Na Na" and "Joe Cool", the groove of "Hero" featuring Rick Braun, dedicated to Zebra artist Zachary Breaux and the Metheny-esque "I Fell Asleep As A Child... And Woke Up A Man". Look for the first single "By The Fireplace" featuring Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp and Brian on Piccolo Bass.
Other guest's on this 10 track masterpiece include Rick Braun, Joe Sample and more! Zebra kicks off 1998 with "You Know That Feeling". It's gonn' be a great year!
Tracks:
1. Hero (For Zachary Breaux) (05:02)
2. Through the Window (05:38)
3. My Love (04:57)
4. By the Fireplace (05:14)
5. September (05:25)
6. I Fell Asleep a Child and Woke Up a Man (09:25)
7. You Know That Feeling (05:15)
8. A Love Affair (06:07)
9. Nananananana (05:32)
10. Human (04:39)
11. Joe Cool (05:25)
12. Goodbye (For My Father) (04:18)
Dennie
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I picked that CD up a few years ago at a used music store and didn't realize what the cover was until I got home.Botch said:Never heard this album, but how could you forget that album cover! :violin: :dance:Dennie said:
I did a double take when I finally saw "her"! :handgestures-thumbup: :text-thankyoublue:
Dennie
Dennie
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Question and Answer -- CD
Pat Metheny - Dave Holland - Roy Haynes
1990 Geffen Records
Jazz guitar - unsynthesized., February 8, 2001
By Douglas T Martin (Alpharetta, GA USA)
The best thing about this recording is that the spontaneity of the situation comes through. With some days off, Metheny decided to jam with Haynes and Holland and record the results as though it was a live gig. And that's what it sounds like - a jam session. No studio treatments, no elaborate arrangments, just a guitar, bass, (a lot of) drums, and only one day in which to record them. Roy Haynes hyperactive drums kick things off as the trio runs through the Miles Davis classic "Solar". Throw in some Ornette Coleman (a big Metheny influence), some standards from the 1930s, and five well-written Metheny originals and you've got a real jazz album that stands up with the classics. There is some Synclavier on the last track, "Three Flights Up", but it's only used for background sounds and doesn't get in the way. An excellent recording.
1. "Solar" (Davis) – 8:27
2. "Question and Answer" (Metheny) – 7:07
3. "H&H" (Metheny) – 6:51
4. "Never Too Far Away" (Metheny) – 5:52
5. "Law Years" (Coleman) – 6:51
6. "Change Of Heart" (Metheny) – 6:14
7. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Hammerstein) – 8:26
8. "Old Folks" (Hill, Robison) – 6:38
9. "Three Flights Up" (Metheny) – 6:10
Dennie
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Every Note Counts -- (Limited Edition) CD
Joe Jewell Quartet
2006 Joe Jewell Quartet Records
Dennie adds: Good info on Music/Artists is often hard to find, but after searching a little I found this.....
:text-bravo:
About the CD:
It only took five decades, but Joe Jewell has finally released his first CD! The Quartet worked together for two years refining their style and repertoire and were finally ready in 2006 to commit to a recording. By then the music had become sophisticated, cool, fun, and memorable. The sound is unique, capitalizing on the sonic palette created by the electric fretless bass and masterfully played Fender Rhodes. The drumming and percussion provide a solid but creative underpinning for Joe Jewell's always melodic guitar. The grooves and the stellar Rhodes playing might remind you of the great CTI recordings of the 1970's. Part of the beauty of this CD comes from the eclectic repertoire, which ranges from straight-ahead jazz to R&B to classical guitar; familiar tunes intermixed with many surprises. This is serious jazz but melodic and listenable at the same time. Brilliantly recorded and mixed, it sounds like you are at an intimate concert!
About Joe Jewell:
Dr. Joseph Jewell is a celebrated Southern California guitarist and educator. Equally adept on classical and electric guitar, Joe can be found performing as a featured jazz soloist at the State University of New York Jazz Guitar Festival the week after performing the avante garde concert music of Chinese Composer Tan Dun at the La Jolla Chamber Music Festival. In 2003, Joe completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Guitar Performance at the University of Southern California and is currently Professor of Guitar and Jazz Studies at Fullerton College. Joe has performed with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Pasadena Pops, the Long Beach Pops Orchestra, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Ensemble. Joe's studio credits include performances on soundtracks for numerous television shows and films and he is featured as a studio guitarist on over 50 commercially available recordings. He has performed in the orchestras for over one hundred musical theater productions. His personal website is joejewellguitar .
About the Quartet:
Dr. Reed Gratz is a Professor of Music at the University of La Verne. Reed has been awarded a jazz composition grant from the NEA, a research grant in African-American music by the NEH, a Senior Fulbright Lectureship at the University of Innsbruck, and the Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of La Verne. The Fulbright commission recently awarded Professor Gratz the Walt Whitman Distinguished Chair of American Culture Studies at Leiden Universiteit in the Netherlands. Currently, Dr. Gratz is Vice President and Director of Artists & Repertoire, Special Projects - Jazz, World Beat and Pop - for Netunes and has been added to the Advisory Board of The American Jazz Institute. As a pianist, Reed has played with Herb Alpert, George Russell, Buddy DeFranco, Barbara Morrison, Lanny Morgan, Sonny Wilkinson, John Patitucci, Willem Nijholt, Brandon Fields, Jeff Healey and many other internationally-known musicians.
Bassist and composer Baba Elefante is one of the most in-demand bassists in every imaginable style in Southern California. Baba was voted one of the nation's top bass players in a recent Bass Player Magazine poll. Baba recorded on the soundtrack for the Universal film "The Hunted," and has been featured in concert with jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, saxophonists Pete Christlieb, Brandon Fields, and Justo Almario, harmonica legend Lee Oskar, "Yes" keyboardist Patrick Moraz and "Kansas" lead vocalist John Elefante.
Drummer and percussionist, Mike Bennett, has recently been featured in both Modern Drummer Magazine and Drum! Magazine. Mike has been recognized by Downbeat Magazine as a rising young star and Los Angeles Jazz Scene Magazine says that "...his perfectly accented and dynamic drumming makes him a standout." Mike has appeared with artists such as Max Bennett, Tony Franklin, Johnny Blas, Tony Kaye, Ron Powell, Mike Miller.
Track List:
* Something Special
* Sunny
* La Cathedral (Prelude)/Estaté
* A Child Is Born
* Alone Together
* Back At The Chicken Shack
* Beatrice
* I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face
* While We're Young
* Dream Dancing
* In Walked Bud
Wow. I've been a HUGE Fountains of Wayne fan ever since they had the hit "Stacy's Mom". Their last album Welcome Interstate Managers was the greatest power-pop album of this last decade, but every appearance they did on Letterman, Leno, etc they looked like deer in the headlights. They didn't play very well and I felt bad for them.Botch said:Fountains of Wayne, Live in Chicago (I didn't know this DVD existed until recently):
This concert, they played and sang perfectly, but Collingsworth, the lead singer, just doesn't have it as a frontman. The whole audience stands the entire show, but that's all they do, stand. Coll looks like its his first gig the entire show, and it just pulls the whole thing down. Sad...
By Mississippi John Hurt - Vanguard (2000) - Acoustic Blues, Country Blues
"Although not as consistently magnificent as Hurt's 1928 recordings, the performances the artist recorded for Vanguard in the mid 1960's would be the zenith of many blues artist's entire careers. Songs like the opening "Payday" and "Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home" rank with any folk-blues song ever recorded. This fantastic set collects the three albums Vanguard released in Hurt's lifetime and as such is undeniably the package to go for to acquire these later gems." ~ Thomas Ward, Rovi
(footnote: Mick Jagger & the Stones' music was influenced by Robert Johnson.)
~ topper . . . . some good Folk Blues .. a 3 disc set ..
"The Complete Studio Recordings"
Eric Bibb – "Booker's Guitar" (Telarc Records)
Photo courtesy Telarc Records Although inspired by pre-war Delta blues music, Eric Bibb has brought the acoustic country-blues sound into the new century with Booker's Guitar, and as such his material has all of the gravitas and punch of the old stuff, combined with the immediacy and vitality of modern music. The blues of Booker's Guitar won't be to every listener's liking – this is blues music for the brain as well as the heart and soul, and if you'll take the time to thoroughly enjoy Eric Bibb's Booker's Guitar, you'll be richly rewarded.
This was originally recorded in 1956 and 1960 in "three-channel stereo", whatever that is. It was remastered to SACD in 2005, and plays thru the left, center, and right channels; think that's the only disk I have that plays like that. It does make for an... interesting soundstage.
soundhound
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Botch said:
This was originally recorded in 1956 and 1960 in "three-channel stereo", whatever that is. It was remastered to SACD in 2005, and plays thru the left, center, and right channels; think that's the only disk I have that plays like that. It does make for an... interesting soundstage.
For many years in the 1950s, 1/2" 3 track tape machines were the norm (Ampex 300-3). For stereo releases the engineers simply mixed the center into both the left and right channels at a level of -3dB, which would yield even volume for the center as the left and right. The RCA recordings you have have this center channel as discrete. If you do not lower the center channel 3dB (or it wasn't done for the SACD release), then the imaging will be heavily biased to the center and will sound unnatural.
soundhound
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By the way, it was also common practice on popular music recordings to record the backing orchestra on two of the tracks as stereo, and record the vocal on the third track; a primitive form of multitrack recording. Some relatively recent rereleases of vintage recordings use this third channel to allow duets with deceased singers, or to replace the original vocalist.
This is an Ampex model 300-3:
This is an Ampex model 300-3:
