The Originals

The Originals

ASIN: B00008FJZF

Track Listings

1. How to Become a Country Star

2. When the Yankees Come Home

3. Here We Are Again

4. Where He Always Wanted to Be

5. Mr Autry

6. Nothing as Original as You

7. Counting My Memories

8. Little Farther Down the Road

9. Just a Little Talk With Jesus

10. Almost in Love

11. Star Spangled Banner

Tracks:

Baby I'm For Real
You're The One
I'll Wait For You
The Bells
We Can Make It Baby
Just To Keep You Satisfied
God Bless Whoever Sent You
I Like Your Style
Suspicion
I'm Someone Who Cares
Down To Love Town (12in Version)
Good Lovin' Is Just A Dime Away
Game Called Love
Once I Have You (I Will Never Let You Go)
Keep Me

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The Originals languished on Motown's roster until Marvin Gaye took an interest in their career in 1968. Soon he'd produced and cowritten two Top 5 soul hits for the smooth quartet. The doo-wop-influenced "Baby I'm for Real" and "The Bells" are hardly the only highlights of this compilation, though--"God Bless Whoever Sent You" and the later disco smash "Down to Love Town" are near classics that deserve the new light that falls on them here. Most rewarding for Gaye fans will be an early, unreleased version of "Just to Keep You Satisfied," a song he later rewrote for Let's Get It On. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Good 'ol Songs.......2007-07-05

This compilation of The Originals is the basis for soul music. Marvin Gaye delivered the right sound and lyrics for this group.

The Originals.......2007-05-13

I like the cd, it's makes you want to invite friend over and have a social gathering.

The Very Best of the Originals.......2007-02-17

I bought the CD because it has my high school sweetheart's and my favorite song. He had bought me the album when we were 16 and I don't know what happened to it. We have recently reunited and the songs bring back memories. He sang "Baby I'm for Real" but I couldn't remember what it sounded like. It's great hearing the other songs that they had done as well.

Take me back to my college days!.......2006-10-31

When I was at college in the early 70's, I always loved the Moments, the Dells and the Originals. The Bells was and has always been one of my favorite love songs.

To be loved to that level would be a blessing!

Where do we go from here...?.......2006-02-03

With the 90s, "Superstar Series", "Baby, I'm For Real", & "Portrait Of The Originals" (the latter two reissues of their first two albums) cd releases long out of print, and when offered for sale, are at supply/demand numbers, it appears this "Very Best Of" and the import reissue of the first lp, are "it", at this time, provided the other UK "Best Of" fails to present itself. This cd is a 1999 release, yes plenty of copies were manufactured at that time, are they still being produced? For the informed, if the need is present to sell the necessity of the cd into an old-school soul music collection, just what is in the collection? For the un-informed, unquestioned late 60s early 70s ballad classics "Baby, I'm For Real", "The Bells, & "God Bless Whoever Sent You", rank with some of the best of the time, ticket the cd in! Should the cd be in an old school soul music collection is not the question, the question is, is this cd an already out of print cd, waiting for remaining copies to sell? If so, what then? As we see when cds go out of print, then out ofstock, not worth the risk of not buying while the buying is good. Buy now!

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El Cantante: The Originals
Héctor Lavoe
Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Comedia

ASIN: B000R7I33W
Release Date: 2007-07-03

Tracks:

El Cantante
Mi Gente
Che Che Colé
Periódico De Ayer
El Dia De Suerte
Qué Lío
Aguanile
Todo Tiene Su Final
Tú Bien Lo Sabes
Plato De Segunda Mesa
No Hay Quién Te Aguante
Paraíso de Dulzura
Lloré
Mi Gente (Louie Vega EOL Remix-Radio Edit)

Album Description

El Cantante - The Originals - Hector Lavoe

HÃ©ctor Lavoe continues to be the source of tributes, covers, drama, and films. This collection of carefully remastered original songs affirms that the attention is well deserved. It features some of the classic hits he recorded together with Willie Colon. The influence of Lavoe will continue to be felt in the Latin music world, but nothing beats listening to this remastered original.

HÃ©ctor Lavoe siempre serÃ¡ una fuente de tributos, Ã¡lbumes, portadas, obras de teatro, y pelÃculas. Esta colecciÃ³n de temas originales remasterizados otorgan la atenciÃ³n que se merece el gran cantante. Adicionalmente, contiene canciones clÃ¡sicas que grabo con Willie Colon. La comunidad latina continuara sintiendo el impacto de Lavoe, pero en realidad, no hay nada mejor que escuchar este Ã¡lbum original remasterizado.

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Very Enjoyable

Fun for Kids and Parent's too

A MUST- HAVE!

Come on along, buy some Happy Songs!!!

Happy songs cd by Milkshake

Happy Songs
Milkshake
Manufacturer: Milkshake Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006JBJK
Release Date: 2002-08-10

Tracks:

Happy Song
Tall
Breakfast Time
Never End
That's Me
Fingers & Toes
Dance On My Shoes
When You Were Born
Clap My Hands
Try
Scared
Goodnight Moon
When You Are Sleeping
Close Your Eyes

Album Description

Contemporary, fun, educational and heartwarming, Milkshake's debut recording "Happy Songs" is a potpourri of activity songs, upbeat inspirational rock songs and lullabies released on Deck Party Music. Milkshake's original songs are based in the pop-rock genre, and influenced by both the years spent performing tuneful, melodic music in their rock band alter ego Love Riot, and the classic sounds of great groups like the Beatles.

Customer Reviews:

Very Enjoyable.......2006-08-05

One of my daughter's friends 'really' introduced us to Milkshake. I'm surprised we didn't put 2+2 together since we are ardent XM Kid listeners and they play a lot of songs from Milkshake. I guess for some reason we got them mixed up with Scribble Monster. Anyway, we realized that "Happy Songs" was their song and bought this CD and the newer one too.

Overall, the music is top notch. The girls dance to it and enjoy it. I like the newer CD the best, but this one is very good too.

Fun for Kids and Parent's too.......2006-03-23

I'm not a fan of music for kids that parent's can't enjoy as well: case in point being anything by Barney. Milkshake is lots of fun. My kids (2, 5 and 7) always request "Scared" which they refer to as "the Scary song." I particularly enjoy "Goodnight Moon," and yes, it does reference the book. "Fingers & Toes" is lots of happy, peppy fun about hands and feet and counting! I highly recommend it for fun at home and in the car!

A MUST- HAVE!.......2006-03-10

My daughter is addicted to both Milkshake albums and I recommend them both highly. Really fun lyrics with fanciful sound effects (birds tweeting, bells ringing, etc). I find that they are the first albums that I reach for as well. Lisa Mattthews has a "Sheryl Crowe"-like sound which is refreshingly contemporary for kids music.

Come on along, buy some Happy Songs!!!.......2005-01-13

This album is the perfect mix for families. Notice I didn't say "for KIDS", I said for FAMILIES!! As an avid music listener, I was dreading having kids and having to listen to that purple dinosaur or other saccharine aural pacifiers, but Milkshake has saved my ears (halleluyah!). My 2.6 year old LOVES both albums and I enjoy listening to them too. Happy Songs is the perfect blend of hit songs (the title track has graced the XMKids Top Thirteen Under Thirteen for a good long time), silly songs (Anyone for some yummy critter fritters in "Breakfast Time"?) and good quality melodies that rival the likes of Jewel and Ani DiFranco. Do yourself and your kids a favor, buy both Milkshake CD's, force them to listen to them once through and you'll be chucking those dinosaur CD's out the window [ED: Author does NOT condone littering] in no time at all.

Happy songs cd by Milkshake.......2004-11-04

I have both of Milkshake's cd's, Happy Songs and the new one, Bottle of Sunshine, and I love them. My four year old is constantly singing and dancing to them, and has been enjoying Milkshake since she was two. I, too, know all of the words to the songs, and enjoy listening to them (unlike some other children's music which is not as pleasing to the ears of parents). I highly recommend both cd's.

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Funny Man Andy Griffith
Clean humor
Deacon Andy Griffith
What it was was football, is there a part 3?
Down-home country humor at its very best

American Originals
Andy Griffith
Manufacturer: Capitol
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000HY5X
Release Date: 1993-01-26

Tracks:

The Fishin' Hole
What It Was, Was Football (Part I & II)
Cindy
Love Poems: To The Lovely Juanita Beasley
Make Yourself Comfortable
North Carolina, My Home State
The Preacher And The Bear
Romeo And Juliet (Part I And II)
Love Poems: Togetherness
Swan Lake
Flop Eared Mule
Hamlet
The Discovery Of America
Don't Look Back
Opera Carmen
Andy And Cleopatra
The Midnight Special
The Andy Griffith Theme

Customer Reviews:

Funny Man Andy Griffith.......2007-05-08

This is some real humor from the past by a guy that only can put pain in your sides from laughing at his brand of explaining things. Highly recommend it!

Clean humor.......2007-03-12

This makes me laugh when I listen to it and when I think about it. It is acceptable for all audiances---clean and a simple down-home type comedy. I would like to see and hear more like it. ---Kenneth Whitman

Deacon Andy Griffith.......2006-11-05

I have always loved Andy and these old songs are just as I remembered

What it was was football, is there a part 3?.......2006-08-20

Is there a part 3 to what it was was football? I ordered this CD expecting the entire track. It said part 1 & 2, but I've heard this track before and not everything was on this CD. Can someone help??

Down-home country humor at its very best.......2003-11-27

Everyone knows Andy Griffith from The Andy Griffith Show, but many today may not be aware of the range of this man's talent as an actor, comedian, and all-around entertainer. This album collects a number of Andy's funny stories and songs taken from a series of recordings he made in the 1950s and early 1960s. The material itself is an almost vaudevillian mix of memorable treats. Griffith's natural penchant for telling hilarious, down-home stories actually jump-started his whole career. The most familiar Andy Griffith recording was his first one, recorded live at an insurance convention in 1952; as the story goes, he essentially thought up the whole routine during a 45-minute drive from Chapel Hill to Raleigh. "What it Was, Was Football" is classic Southern humor that had his audience rolling in the aisles, and it is as funny today as it was decades ago. Colonial released the recording, it sold over a million copies, and Andy Griffith soon found himself working for the Columbia label, putting out a number of albums over the next twelve years. What It Was, Was Football is simply hilarious, as Griffith assumes the role of a country bumpkin describing his first experience watching the game of football. Explaining things in simplistic, countrified terms went over big up North of the Mason-Dixon line, but Andy never forgot, betrayed, or belittled his North Carolina roots.

The strength of this CD is the comedy bits, but there are also several songs included for your enjoyment. The album opens up with The Fishin' Hole: yes, there are actual lyrics to the theme song of The Andy Griffith Show, and you can hear them right here. Cindy and Flop Eared Mule are bluegrass-oriented tracks meant to entertain, while The Midnight Special reveals the kind of true singing talent this man has always possessed. Of course, Griffith's ingenious storytelling is the star of this collection. I suppose much of this would be called stand-up comedy, but Andy tells his stories as if he is sitting on the porch at home entertaining a few good friends. Two of the better tracks found here consist of Andy's unique, folksy recounting of Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, but he also tickles the funny bone explaining opera in Opera Carmen and ballet in Swan Lake. He goes on to describe the history of The Discovery of America and Andy and Cleopatra in a manner you surely won't find in any textbook. He also offers up two love poems, one called Togetherness and the other dedicated To The Lovely Juanita Beasley. If you need some help sparkin' that sweetheart of yours, you might want to try a few lines from these poems yourself (although they should prove much more effective down here in the South than up North).

Tracks:

Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus
Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais
Le Poinneur Des Lilas
Ces Petits Riens
Bonnie And Clyde
Ballade De Melody Nelson
Requiem Pour Un Con
Lola Rastaquou
Good-Bye Emmanuel
La Chanson De Slogan
L' H Particulier
I'm the Boy
Sorry Angel

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Umph's=Greatness
Unimpressive
better once youve heard it live
Keepin in Real
Not your average white band

Local Band Does O.K.
Umphrey's McGee
Manufacturer: Sci Fidelity Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00019PDX4
Release Date: 2003-06-01

Tracks:

Andy's Last Beer
Uncle Wally
Hurt Bird Bath
Headphones & Snowcones
Ringo
Blue Echo
The Empire State
White Man's Moccassins
Prowler
2nd Self
Roulette
Dough Bro
Water
Nothing Too Fancy

Customer Reviews:

Umph's=Greatness.......2006-12-02

Tyler, clearly you don't much about good musicianship. This band, especially the guitarists are the some of the best musicians around today. Umphrey's is not trying to be anybody, that is the most inaccurate statement i've heard in awile. In fact it's the opposite, they blend soo many different styles and genres, from blues to jazz to reggae to rock, that you cannot put a finger on their music. They can play anything and they are the tightest band around right now. Go see them live and you will be amazed and don't listen to "tyler"

Unimpressive.......2006-03-11

I saw Umphrey's McGee at the Chicago theatre and have to say I was a little disappointed. I hadn't heard their music before but had heard good reviews. Unfortunately, I can't say I was overly impressed. Here are my impressions - their music is just O.K. and the vocals (what little they have) are horrendous - off key and painful to listen to. During the show I couldn't help but get the impression that Umphrey's was trying to follow in the footsteps of the dead and phish - the music and attitude is undeniably "phishesque". Perhaps Umphrey's is trying to cash in on the void left by their absence, but truth is Umphrey's just isn't at the same level. The extraordinary musical talent found in Phish and the Dead is noticeably missing in Umphrey's. All that is left is a somewhat impressive light show and a theatre saturated with patchouli oil and herb. This is probably why the vast majority of their crowd consisted of high schoolers. Eager to be there for the "experience" and atmosphere, they simply didn't care that the music was sub-par or just didn't know any better.

better once youve heard it live.......2006-01-06

but there are so many tracks that are so much better live. dont get me wrong, i love this cd, but it dosent compare to live versions of most of the songs. all of the songs are great, but when played live, even when they arent jammed on are just better than whats on the cd. for instance, uncle wally on this cds okay but not as good as it is live and when its played electric.

all in all a great album. nothing too fancy and white mans moccosins are still some of my favorite um songs even with all their new stuff out

Keepin in Real.......2005-12-17

Sexy album. I have seen Umphreys a number of times, and have quite a bit of their music, and this is my go to when I want some Umphreys. I like it better than Anchor Drops (which is also great), because it feels a little more open and free, AD can get dense and heavy at times (which is good, because it doesn't just sound like more of the same).

I like the use of acoustics as lead guitars in Uncle Wally and Water. Andy's Last Beer is a song anyone will like. Ringo, Roulette and Hurt Bird Bath are very very sexy, but my favorite song (which I have yet to hear live) is 2nd Self, mainly because of the last minute of so, which is a nice little guitar jam...BUT IT, LISTEN TO IT!

(and read the liner notes, they're fun)

Not your average white band.......2005-07-29

"Local Band Does O.K." is far superior than "Anchor Drops" in my view. If you liked AD, you'll want LBDOK.

Some have compared UM to Phish, but I don't hear it. These guys ain't about one guy as much as Phish.

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One of her very best !

Best Blues & Originals
Rory Block
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000003MC
Release Date: 2006-10-18

Tracks:

Walk'in Blues
Travel'in Blues
Got To Have You Be My Man
The Water Is Wide
Crossroad Blues
Ain't No Way To Do
Catastrophe Rag
Lovin' Fool
Sit Down On The Banks
God's Gift to Women
The Golden Vanity
El Vuelo Del Alma
Future Blues
M & O Blues
Foriegn Lander
Moon's Goin' Down
Send The Man Back Home
Lovin' Whiskey
Gypsie Boy
Goin' Back To The Country

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One of her very best !.......2000-08-18

I Love great blues and I Love hearing someone who can belt them out with all the feeling and grit that makes them so dynamic...Rory Block delivers all that and more on this album. She has a voice that grabs your attention and a style that's deep and personal. I've heard a few of her albums and I liked them, but this one is one of the top ten in my CD collection. I listen to this CD over and over, start to finish and never tire of it. I searched and searched for this album (before I discovered Amazon)because it had some tracks that I knew were awesome. When I finally found a copy, took it home, and realized how great the entire CD was, I went back to the store to order more for friends. I was so enthused I offered to let the clerk(another blues fan)open the CD and play it on their storewide system. As soon as the first song started, she began to smile(that Zen-like smile that music lover's get when they encounter quality) just at the sound of Rory's voice. By the time that track was halfway through, several clerks had gathered from around the store to enquire, "WHO was THAT ? ". The group of us listened to and enjoyed a few more tracks before I made my purchase. As I was leaving they were busy putting in a request for several copies for the store. I haven't played it for anyone who didn't respond in the same way. If you like blues, if you like women who can sing, if you like music that can move you and make you experience that zen-like smile....try this out ! I'm betting this is one you'll want to share !

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Explicit lyrics?
The lady with the "wicked laugh" in her voice!
When What Wasn't Said Was Sexier
Double Entendre Aplenty
Great CD! A rare find! Go see

'Boobs'- Ruth Wallis' Greatest Hits
Ruth Wallis
Manufacturer: Wallis Originals
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004NKDJ
Release Date: 1998-12-01

Tracks:

Queer Things
Boobs
Drill 'em All
Ubangi
The Pistol Song
He'd Rather Be A Girl
Follies Bergere
Admiral's Daughter
Pizza
De Gay Young Lad
The Pop-Up Song
Cape Canaveral Blues
The Army Gave My Husband Back
The Dinghy Song
Freddie The Fisherman's Son
Hawaiian Lei Song
The Same Little Yo-Yo
Marriage Jewish Style
The Bell Song

Album Description

'BOOBS ! The Musical' opened at the Triad Theater in New York City on May 19th. It continues to run to rave reviews from all the major critics. 'BOOBS' celebrates some of the catalogue of work of Ruth Wallis, the saucy chanteuse, who performed to audiences on four continents from the mid 1940's through the early 1970's

For more info on Ms. Wallis, the critic's reviews, etc : please visit boobsthemusical.com

Customer Reviews:

Explicit lyrics?.......2007-05-31

I used to listen to these songs when I was a kid. For along time we didn't get the double meanings. When we eventually were told we laughed. It may have been explicit in the 40's and 50's, but today I'm surprised they don't jump rope to the songs in the playground. Even back in the 70's we took some of the songs to school and played them for our 7th grade teacher(after shool hours, of course) and she was delighted! I LOVE Ruth Wallis!

The lady with the "wicked laugh" in her voice!.......2005-01-08

Nothing but delightful, soft-core fun here! It's a bit of a shame Ruth Wallis didn't record more things seriously as a singer since she had a beautiful, rich voice. She's vocally similar to legendary Alma Cogan at times - like Alma crossing the line of sassiness from some of her zanier work! Of course, in the "PC hysterical" world of today there are one or two tracks that couldn't be done on this collection any more...you know - "Good Holiday Spirit, Jack! Good Holiday Spirit to you, too!"

When What Wasn't Said Was Sexier.......2004-08-24

Like many others, I first heard Ruth Wallis on Dr. Demento's radio show in the early 70's. It was broadcast live every Sunday in SoCal and forever warped my taste in music. (For that I will be eternally indebted to Barry "Dr. Demento" Hansen.) To hear more I had to scour thrift shops, cut-out bins, flea markets, and record conventions to find 78's and 45's with "Wallis Original" labels. THOSE are the very best of Ruth Wallis but, alas, no one has seen fit to reissue all those sides. This CD is about the best available. But if you don't own the originals, this is a great introduction to Ruth's tongue-in-cheek recordings.

Compared with the language used by some contemporary rappers, Ruth Wallis' risque innuendo seems squarely tame. Her lyrics are suggestive but never vulgar. She couldn't afford to be! When those records first came out, a person could go to jail for selling or owning "obscene" material. But lines like "Johnny's got the same little yo-yo" and "You've got to stay out of my pantry, mister" could have entirely innocent meanings. Of course, most everyone got the joke but there was an unspoken understanding among open minded adults.

Teasing the listener's imagination is far more stimulating than today's explicit lyrics. Ruth Wallis was a master of playful double entendre and that her recordings stand up well in this "Parental Advisory" era is testament to Ruth's talent. Listeners that haven't been pummeled into numbness by contemporary explicit language will find Ruth Wallis' wicked ditties delightfully naughty.

Double Entendre Aplenty.......2004-01-21

I first head Ruth Wallis on the Dr. Demento show singing a song about Davy's Dinghy (it shows up in a number of songs). Recently I found this CD and decided to give it a try. I am very pleased.

Clear singing, good humor, excellent musicians all combine to create music you would listen to even if you weren't in it for the lyrics. The lyrics themselves are full of innuendo, suggestion and double entendres to beat the band. All together it makes for an excellent album that is fun to listen to over and over again.

Great CD! A rare find! Go see.......2003-09-25

After winning tickets to go see the off-Broadway show "Boobs: the Musical", I was thrilled. Truly a great musical. Shortly afterwards, Ive searched for any Ruth Wallis CDs in major record stores and came up dry. Luckily, I found this great CD on amazon.com. I hope her other tracks will soon be released on CD.

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The Real Thing!

Cuban Originals
Orquesta Aragón
Manufacturer: Sony International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000K577
Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

El Bodeguero
Suavecito
Sabrosona
Al Vaiven De Mi Carreta
Noche De Farra
Espiritu Burlon
Ritmo De Azucar
Calculadora
Culpable Soy
Los Fantasmas
Yo Tengo Una Muneca
El Enfermo
Senor Juez
La Gloria Eres Tu
No Te Vuelv As Loco
Los Tinosos

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The violin is an instrument few people would associate with Cuban music. Yet, beginning in the 1940s, Orquesta Aragon made massed fiddles synonymous with a dance-music style called charanga, which added a dose of urban sophistication to the more pastoral, flute-led danzon genre. Orquesta Aragon rode a gliding, polished sound based on the interplay between the string section and the effervescent flute of Richard Egües, more recently heard backing Senegalese singer Cheik Lô on his breakaway disc, Bambay Gueej. Though charanga would seem to be at odds with tougher, more rhythmically charged Cuban dance music, the Orquesta put the mambo-derived cha-cha on the map with Egües's composition "El Boduguero," which Nat "King" Cole later took to the top of the American charts. Famous members of this world-class ensemble include Rafael Lay, who arranged the songs with Egües, and Buena Vista Social Club alumnus Pio Leyva. The band remains together, but this disc traces the glory days of the late 1940s to the early 1950s. --Bob Tarte.

Customer Reviews:

The Real Thing!.......2001-08-16

The Orquesta Aragon, the original Orquesta Aragon, was the ultimate dancing orchestra during the cha-cha-cha period. None other, not even Fajardo y sus Estrellas, could compete with the Aragon's style. But, unfortunately, there are too many CD's around that pretend to the Aragon's fame, without its ability. Making matters worse, the new Orquesta Aragon (which doesn't sound at all like the original) is recording many albums too. But THIS IS THE REAL THING! Buy it and enjoy every old song in the original style.

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Gypsy Jazz lives

Gypsy in My Soul
Connie Evingson
Manufacturer: Minnehaha Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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i have dreamed

ASIN: B0007CKALK
Release Date: 2004-12-03

Tracks:

Nature Boy
I'm Confessin'
Gypsy in My Soul
Nuages
Lover Come Back to Me
Lullaby of the Leaves
Until
April in Paris
Caravan
The Lonely One
Night and Day
You and the Night and the Music
Django's Premonition (Anouman)
I Cover the Waterfront
S'Wonderful / Dizzy Atmosphere

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With Gypsy in My Soul, Connie Evingson goes from cool Beatles to hot jazz. As a follow-up to her Let It Be Jazz, Evingson pays tribute to one of the most distinctive and wonderful sounds in jazz history, the French hot clubs of guitarist Django Reinhardt in the 1930s and '40s. Assisting her are three different bands, Parisota Hot Club and Clearwater Hot Club from her Minnesota home and Pearl Django from Seattle. All have the guitar-led sound just like Django Reinhardt, while Clearwater and Pearl Django add the violin that also helped make the Django sound distinctive (in his case, most famously by Stephane Grappelli). (Parisota substitutes a clarinet, which was a lesser-known aspect of the Django sound.) The groups' sound is also supplemented by accordion (Dan Chouinard and Patrick Harrison), vibes (Susan Pascal), and other instruments. Gypsy in My Soul isn't a note-by-note re-creation: Django didn't use vocals (Evingson provides lyrics to his "Anouman" music for "Django's Premonition" and she sings Susannah McCorkle's lyrics to his "Nuages"), and though he did perform American standards, those wouldn't have included Sting's "Until" or the Nat "King" Cole hit "Nature Boy." But it's a fun listen on its own terms, and might open up a new audience for Django. --David Horiuchi

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"Hot Club Swing" in the style of Django Reinhardt, with vocals! Jazz vocalist Connie Evingson sings with three different Hot Club groups: Pearl Django, Parisota Hot Club and Clearwater Hot Club. This CD features tunes typical of the genre ("Caravan", "Night and Day", "I'm Confessin"), Django originals ("Nuages", "Anouman"), and some unusual offerings by Sting ("Until") and Dizzy Gillespie ("Dizzy Atmosphere").

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Gypsy Jazz lives.......2005-11-07

Connie Evingson has never sounded better in this tasty collection of gypsy infused tunes. Backed by three different groups, this unapologitically romantic effort is full of infectious rhythms and solos. Whether it is a song aimed at the heart or the feet, Gypsy in my Soul will lift your spirits. Makes you want to grab your Gitanes and head for a late night cafe.

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