Tonic [Live]

Tonic [Live]

ASIN: B00004SQ2F

Editorial Reviews
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With Tonic, John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood clearly have in mind both a window on their roots and a boundary test. A bristling live album, Tonic whisks listeners back to the trio's auspicious, acoustic-piano-driven debut, Notes from the Underground, without even a glimpse of Medeski's electric keyboards. That the trio has made its name in music circles beyond the jazz crowd by using these very keyboards--as well as their trance-like rhythms and deeply involved jams--is largely irrelevant for Tonic. The album starts off with cascading, chromatic rushes on the piano and steamrolls through an often twisting, even free-leaning topography with churning energy. Without the sustain and ambient effects of electric keys, Medeski attacks the piano fiercely, with the rhythms largely driving at the same pace. "Rise Up" is a killer, soulful piece, using a funky hard-bop core as its focal point. The trio closes with Hendrix's "Hey Joe," delivered with a tender, sad calm. It's a fine coda to a thrilling session. --Andrew Bartlett

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On Tonic, recorded at the lower Manhattan club of the same name, Medeski Martin & Wood leave the electronics at home, along with most of the acid-jazz rhythms and trance-music structures that have made them so successful. Like other jazzmen who've hit it big by playing music significantly removed from their roots, MMW want to remind us that they can still handle the lingua franca - the post-bop mainstream - as well as they used to. On the opening "Invocation," they do more than that, shuttling back and forth on the freedom train before the piece melts into Lee Morgan's "Afrique." Soon Coltrane's wistful "Your Lady" sets the stage for the trio's own "Rise Up," a post-modern boogie-woogie distinguished by Chris Woods' bravura bass.

Since they're using the traditional piano-trio format, you might expect pianist John Medeski to take an even more prominent role than usual, but MMW remains an equal-opportunity outfit. In fact, I'd venture that less than half of Medeski's work on this album consists of the spotlit, single-note soloing found in most piano trios. (Of the three, it's the drummer, Billy Martin, who actually commands the most attention.) It all results in a quite competent performance, more impressive for its arrangements and mood swings than for the notes themselves - a 21st-century update on the Ramsey Lewis Trio of the 1950s. Hard-core MMW fans can take solace in the fact that their follow-up disc, The Dropper (due late October), returns to electronics and acid. Others will likely wonder (despite MMW's appropriation of source music from Bud Powell to Cecil Taylor) what the fuss is all about.

Tracks:

Technicolor Nightmare (McBride)
Say Something (Gully)
Clerow's Flipped (McBride)
Lejos De Usted (McBride)
Sonic Tonic (Blake)
Hibiscus (Keezer)
Sitting On A Cloud (McBride)
Boogie Woogie Waltz (Zawinul)

Tracks:

See Jam, Hear Jam, Feel Jam (everyone)
Out Jam/Give It Up Or Turint Loose (james brown)
Lower East Side/Rock Jam (everyone)
Hemisphere Jam (everyone)
Bitches Brew (miles davis)
Out Jam/Via Mwandishi (mcbride)
Mwandishi Outcome Jam (everyone)
The Comedown (LSD Jam) (everyone)

Tracks:

E Jam (everyone)
Ab Minor Jam (everyone)
D Shuffle Jam (everyone)
D Shuffle Jam (part 2) (everyone)

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Christian McBride's basslines range from Jimmy Blanton's big-band boom shots to James Brown's funky grooves on his first live recording, a 3-CD set recorded at Manhattan's Tonic club in January 2005. Backed by his ace band featuring keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer and Saturday Night Live saxophonist/flutist Ron Blake, McBride effortlessly alternates between acoustic and electric bass and lays down some solid bottom on these Herbie Hancock/Miles Davis-influenced, post-fusion tracks. The first disc is highlighted by his fiery rendition of Weather Report's "Boogie Woogie Waltz," and the spacey Latin number, "Lejos de Usted." The second and third discs include an engaging, New Orleans-nuanced "Hemisphere Jam," with guitarist Charlie Hunter and the pointillistic pianist Jason Moran, as well as the 33-minute "E Jam," with the turntablist DJ Logic. Along the way, McBride drops quotes from Thelonious Monk, Kraftwerk, and Stevie Wonder, and his engaging, on-stage demeanor is the icing on this awesome aural cake. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Customer Reviews:

2/3 Great.......2007-01-10

Excellent! So what holds me back? Disc 3. Of course, that's subjective. A great price for 3 CD's.

I love this Cd.......2006-12-19

If you love christian Mcbride, then he will deliver on this album. With the funk jams mixed with his upright and fretless bass, you will never get tired of this album!

So much funI.......2006-11-17

I totally dig this new CD. I downloaded it at [...] and I've nearly memorized the whole thing lol. Charlie Hunter is amazing on this album IMO - I don't know what one of the other reviewers is talking about when it says he "adds little". I'm no Charlie Hunter apologist but, on the tracks he plays on, he really plays these wild intricate pieces that are unlike the Charlie Hunter I know. Since he has a bass player, he focuses purely on the "lead" guitar and he's frigging awesome lol.

Anyway, this isn't a review of Charlie Hunter's performance... Initially I wasn't too thrilled with Disc 3 since it's a lot of long jams. At first, I only listened to the first 2 discs and skipped disc 3 all together (that's still a lot of music). After a few months, I went back and started listening to Disc 3 and WHOA! It's easily as much fun as the other two.

I would suggest starting with discs 1 & 2 and then, after you've absorbed them, then come back later on and dig disc 3. I really enjoy the whole album now but it took me a few months.

Great core band.......2006-09-06

This is the same band as on Vertical Vision. Its a great band with Geoff Keezer on keyboards, Terreon Gully on drums, the estimable Ron Blake on reeds and of course Christian McBride on bass. Disc one is worth the price of admission with the band soaring on all songs. Disc 2 adds guests Charlie Hunter on guitar, Jason Moran on piano and Jenny Schienman on violin (who is new to me). Interestingly, Schienman is the only one who really works. Hunter adds little and Moran detracts. It is amusing to hear McBride introduce Moran as a "soulful brother" when his playing is anything but soulful. He sounds lost - angry but lost. Overall though, this disc along with the first remind me somewhat of what Weather Report sounded like live. The third disc is another story however. The addition of guests Eric Krasno on guitar and Rashawn Ross on trumpet expand the sound and add to the energy of the proceedings. However, adding DJ Logic on turntables and Scratch on beat box caused my dogs to howl and me to rush to the fast forward. This an acquired taste. The crowd obviously loved it. Perhaps the only thing more irritating to me was McBride calling up the soloists by yelling out in every instance "Where you at". I am trying to figure out a way to delete this noise from my ipod. But none the less there are great moments in this third disc. You know, with a band this good there had to be a pony in there somewhere.

Good old funky jams.......2006-07-27

I held off getting this CD at first cause all I had only heard little samples. But I wanted some new music and being a bass player McBride is one of my favorites. I put these CDs in the player in my car and it hasn't left yet. It has a little of everything, but what I love the most are the jams. They remind me of jam sessons I used to play at and a tune would kick off and would just keep evolving and changing grooves. It is raw and live not some over produce smooth jazz CD. This is music as it should be musicians interacting with each others.

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Bobby Darin delivers one of his best live concerts ever recorded
Excellent but not Darin at h is best!
A review for the reviewers
One of the great live albums from the greatest entertainer.
One of Darin's best and most mature live performances.

Live! At the Desert Inn
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ASIN: B0007DBJTQ
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

Intro. Monologue
Save The Country
Moritat (Mack The Knife)
Fire And Rain
Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)
Monologue
Hey Jude/Eleanor Rigby/Blackbird/A Day In The Life
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
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Simple Song Of Freedom\
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Beyond The Sea

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On a cool February night in 1971, entertainer Bobby Darin gathered the friends, associates, and VIPs he'd flown in for the occasion to a sort of summit meeting in the Crystal Room of Las Vegas' Desert Inn. There and then, Darin again staked his claim as one of the most accomplished, versatile, and creatively unpredictable pop singers ever. Despite having traded his early teen idol incarnation for that of mature and ambitious saloon singer a decade earlier, Darin displays his uncanny knack for recasting contemporary rock and pop in his own image repeatedly here. The show may feature a loose, swinging rendition of "Mack the Knife" near the top of the set, and close with the spare, jazzy bonus version of "Beyond the Sea," but they bookend masterful takes on everything from James Taylor (a blues-charged "Fire and Rain") and BS&T's "Hi De Ho" to the Beatles (a medley of "Hey Jude"/"Eleanor Rigby"/"Blackbird"/"A Day in the Life" whose drama shames most contemporary pop covers) and a warm, elegant version of Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight." His hit version of Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter" is shrewdly paired here with the poignant, Darin-penned anti-war anthem "Sing a Simple Song of Freedom" (which Hardin covered successfully), underscoring the willful genre-bending that made Darin so intriguing. -- Jerry McCulley

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Bobby Darin delivers one of his best live concerts ever recorded.......2007-02-28

Bobby Darin stunned many of his contemporaries with his energy and his singularly remarkable passion. Bobby Darin found adoring crowds wherever he went; and his voice could be potent, masculine yet sensitive and electric all at the same time. His audiences loved his versatility and his concerts included surprises that amazed his fans.

I agree with the reviewer who writes that "Save The Country" is indeed a stirring introduction for this live concert recorded on this CD. There is some minor surface noise but the number still shines magnificently. Bobby's solo is flawless as he proclaims that "we can build a new world on love." Booby expresses his anti-Vietnam war sentiment in this ballad. His audiences loved every minute of "Save The Country." The Jeannie Thomas Singers are superb on backup vocals all throughout this album, too.

The concert then moves into one of Bobby's greatest hits, "Moritat (Mack The Knife)." Bobby sings this with a certain intimacy that I never heard him use for this number. It just may be that Bobby truly WAS in his prime even though he would suffer a premature death only two years later. The musical arrangement complements Bobby's vocals flawlessly. Moreover, Bobby performs `Hi-Di-Ho" with such energy and strength that he lifts this production number to new heights. Bobby doesn't waste another opportunity to express his distaste for the then current American foreign policy in Vietnam. The musicians play with the strength of a big band even though The Carleton Hayes Orchestra was small. The band consisted of Terry Kellman on guitar; Billy Aiken on piano; Quitman Dennis playing bass guitar; Tommy Amato on the drums.

Other memorable numbers on this live album include a sensitive and rather slow paced rendition of James Taylor's "Fire And Rain;" a "Beatles Medley" of "Hey Jude;" "Eleanor Rigby;" Blackbird" and "A Day In The Life;" a passionate rendition of Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter" and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher." "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher" rocks hard and pretty soon you find yourself moving to the music even as you listen to this CD for the very first time. The strength of Bobby's voice echoes the world over as he sings. Impressive!

The official concert recording ends with an excellent rendition of "Simple Song Of Freedom" which again protests the evils of war and boasts an electric finish; Bobby then introduces the band members to give them the credit they so richly deserved. The band proves they can jam well, too!

Bobby performs an encore medley to the delight of his ecstatic audience. We get "Chain Of Fools;" "Respect;" "Splish Splash" and "Johnny B. Goode." The audience goes wild when Bobby begins to sing "Johnny B. Goode;" what a strong finish!

A huge plus of this CD is that after the encore we get two previously unreleased bonus tracks from this concert: "Work Song" and another signature Darin song, "Beyond The Sea." This gives us well over an hour of high octane performing on a single album--excellent!

The liner notes include an essay about the concert by Ken Smith and the song credits are provided, too.

Bobby Darin left us all too early; but his legacy remains a bright star in all the heavens as well as on Earth. His music still entertains countless numbers of people and he will never be forgotten. Bobby's fans will love this great CD because it is one of his strongest live recordings available; and people who enjoy classic pop vocals will also love this CD.

Excellent but not Darin at h is best!.......2006-07-23

I recently purchased this CD, Bobby Darin Live At The Desert Inn. I love the CD but it is not currently my favorite out of all my Bobby Darin CDs. This is though my favorite out of his more mature performances. Dispite Darin's horrible heart condition during this performance, he deleivered an exceptional performace. 4 out of 5 stars.

A review for the reviewers.......2006-06-24

After reading the reviews on this CD, I purchased it. My goodness, how much more I enjoyed each track after reading the descriptions of the songs. I don't know how you all know these stories, but THANK YOU for sharing them. My parents were musicians in an orchestra and when I started piano lessons, the first song I learned was "Mack the Knife". I was a little young when Bobby Darin passed away and am just now becoming acquainted with his music. This CD is so fun to listen to in the car, all alone. I love his banter...you feel like you're there. I first went to Las Vegas in 1974 when it was just a big town. The fun part after watching headliners, was to go sit in the lounge of whatever casino they were performing, and they would come out and sit and have a few drinks, often times right next to you. I did see Frank & Dean perform...never saw Bobby. Thanks again reviewers...

One of the great live albums from the greatest entertainer........2006-04-15

I love this album, and it stands on it's own as a quality recording by a wonderful performer regardless of his physical condition. But I do have to second Barry Pasini's remarks that take issue with Lawrence's statement that Bobby's voice was past its prime.

As Barry pointed out this concert was recorded just before Bobby's first heart surgery. This is very literally true. Directly after finishing his last show of his Desert Inn engangement, Bobby left through the back door of the casino and climbed into a station wagon equiped with a bed. It drove him directly to a hospital in LA for open heart surgery (after spending just a few hours with his young son since Darin didn't expect to survive).

Bobby was in no condition to even perform at this point but felt it was essential to his career to keep this engangement, and he therefore insisted on doing it in spite of what his doctors told him. He could barely even breath or stand up by this time due to extensive heart damage from childhood rhuematic fever, and survived only by gasping oxygen backstage and by frequent cardio-conversion procedures to try to shock his defective heart into beating like a normal one.

So his voice was fine, but he was deathly ill. After his successful surgery he was again able to meet the physical demands of performing, albeit briefly until his death. And we can hear in subsequent performances how very fine his voice really was.

His voice quality was tied directly to his health and not to declining abilities. Regardless, his talent shines thru in this album in spite of everything. And people needn't even know this back story to enjoy it and to marvel at this exceptional performer.

One of Darin's best and most mature live performances........2005-11-12

Though I have always liked Bobby Darin, I became a real fan with this CD, re-released in 2005. Recorded in 1971, two years before his premature death at 37, it shows Darin at his peak--sophisticated, versatile, brilliant in his choice of material and presentation, and totally in control, whether he is letting it all hang out in his Medley of "Chain of Fools," "Respect," "Splish Splash," and "Johnny B. Goode," or quiet and subtle in his tribute to Bob Dylan, "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight."

"Save the Country," his stirring opener, sounds like a big Vegas show-stopper, with the Jeannie Thomas Singers in the background and what sounds like a huge band, though it actually consists of four musicians--Billy Aikens on piano and keyboards, Tommy Amato on drums, Terry Kellman on guitar, and his conductor/arranger Quitman Dennis on bass. Beginning with a gospel/revival sound, Darin then switches to an intimate a capella presentation in which he declares, "We can build a world on love," before taking the song to a wild conclusion. "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher" also has a powerful gospel/rock sound, and as Darin puts more and more energy into the song, and you begin to think he cannot possibly get more any more impassioned, he does, while never missing a note.

His tributes to other musician/composers--James Taylor's "Fire and Rain" and Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"--by contrast, sound folky and intimate, beginning quietly, almost a capella, with Darin accompanied by guitar, sounding confidential and personal.

The "Beatles Medley," an incredible, seven-minute tribute depending primarily on "Hey, Jude," reflects his extraordinary talent with ballads, sung almost without accompaniment, with notes held so long that it difficult to imagine any health problems or his constant need for oxygen, backstage. "Hi-De-Ho," Cab Calloway's trademark song, is also one of the many high points. Bluesy, with a Darin harmonica solo and the sound of tambourines, he takes the song into the realm of hard rock and roll, an unbelievable performance.

Darin's easy, natural ability with every kind of music of the day--gospel, folk, ballads, wild rock--and his power with each of them, reveal a versatility that singers like Sinatra never achieved (though this is in no way a criticism of Sinatra). His maturity and ability to pace himself without showing any kind of strain is miraculous, considering his health problems. Consistently good, this Darin live performance features some of his best-ever presentations and arrangements. n Mary Whipple

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...incredible!
A stunning set, even for Masada.
mega extreme fast jazz
Tremendously exciting powerhouse quartet
Possibly My Favorite Live Masada Performance

Masada: Live at Tonic, 2001
Masada
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Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

Intro
Karaim
Ner Tamid
Acharei Mot
Kisofim
Jachin
Malkhut
Nashim

Tracks:

Intro
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Shechem

Customer Reviews:

...incredible!.......2006-01-11

These concerts are simply fantastic! Highly recommended.

A stunning set, even for Masada........2006-01-04

"Live at Tonic" is one of those live shows where pretty much everything comes together. The Masada quartet-- John Zorn on alto sax, Dave Douglas on trumpet, Greg Cohen on bass and Joey Baron on drums-- an immensely talented unit to begin with, by this point was so intimately familiar with each other and the music that they always seem to hit the stage running, but these shows were clearly extraordinary, with two sets from one of Zorn's favorite stages, Tonic in Manhattan.

What really separates this group from virtually any other is the extraordinary level of interaction and brilliant performances between the soloists. Zorn's songbook is full of nice pieces and interesting melodies, but this group brings it to life with powerful individual performances and even better collective work. It also helps that an enormously high level of intensity is maintained by the group throughout.

Examples of this can be found throughout the album, but certainly even from the opening notes of both sets, this is clear-- "Karaim" on the first set finds Zorn soloing patiently, building slowly to a head before Douglas comes in and shakes things loose. All the while, Cohen and Baron maintain a fantastic groove below it all. "Lilin", opening the second set, builds in tension from the opening note, primed until it totally cuts loose and features some downright jawdropping soloing from both horn players. But again, it's the group that sets Masada apart-- take "Ner Tamid" on the first disc. Zorn's solo is fantastic, but below him, Cohen restates and twists the theme over and over again, performing with agility and grace rarely found. Or consider the cartoony ecstacy of "Malkhut" (performed in both sets), where all four members of the band get in on explosiveness and melodrama. And quite the opposite, the delicate, lovely and sensitive performance on "Galshan" (of which I believe this is the only live recording), where the band's interaction reaches such an enormous level that you actually pause during Cohen's solo simply because it's the only time someone feels in the spotlight.

Bottom line, the shows here are just staggering, and they capture as well as anything what Masada is all about. I give the slight edge to "50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7" (recorded at the same club two years later) for best Masada piece, but this one is certainly nothing to overlook. Highly recommended.

mega extreme fast jazz .......2004-10-26

cuatro musicos haciendo realmente jazz extremo, pero sin caer en la cacofonia, lo recomiendo solo para avanzados en el mundo del jazz. John Zorn rules

Tremendously exciting powerhouse quartet.......2003-10-31

A tremendously exciting powerhouse quartet of improvising artists who really hit their straps in these live beautifully engineered live recordings. Not always melodic as in track 6 of CD 1 where a long drum solo backed by a bass figure generates huge excitement, or in Track 7 of CD 1 where an improvised conversation between all four master instrumentalists engages a variety of emotions, joy, anger etc. But when they are melodic - as in Track 2 of CD 2 - ravishingly so. One of their best and they've made a few!

Possibly My Favorite Live Masada Performance.......2002-05-07

This CD is incredible. Typical Masada style and class, with awesome solo features by all the musicians. Each musician top class in their own right, when they play together, it is incredible. This CD features all the magic of Zorn, Masada, and the Tonic venue. Awesome. A must have for all Zorn and Masada fans, as well as all true music fans everywhere.

Andy Williams Live: Treasures From His Personal Collection

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Another great album from one of the greatest singers ever
A Classic
Great collections of Williams' VERY BEST....
The best album available from Andy Williams!
ANDY hits a home run

Andy Williams Live: Treasures From His Personal Collection
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ASIN: B00005MJWU
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

Call Me
Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
The Way You Look Tonight
The Summer Wind
Alfie
Corcovado
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Spanish Harlem
Moon River
If Ever I Would Leave You
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On The Street Where You Live
Dear Heart
Somewhere

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Can't Help Falling In Love
God Only Knows
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Autumn
I'll Remember You
Almost There
Who Can I Turn To?

Customer Reviews:

Another great album from one of the greatest singers ever.......2006-03-12

This album contains one of the best Andy's recordings.
If you appreciate this music style but like to listen good recordings, I think this album is your perfect introduction to the interpretations of this unique singer.

Listen "Yesterday" for example and tell me if this guy was a great singer or not.

A Classic.......2005-09-15

If you were born after 1971-which you probably were-you won,t recall the incredibly smooth sounds of the voice of Andy Williams. Thia CD is great! If you have some older parents play it in your car or buy it for them. They will love it and I bet (if you were born before 1971) that you,ll secretly enjoy it too.

Great collections of Williams' VERY BEST...........2002-05-15

I would put Andy Williams in the same league as Perry Como and Tony Bennett. All three artists came out of the fifties and sixties as crooners of an era that was dominated by Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra. Then, rock-and-roll leaders, such as Elvis Presley and The Beatles came along, and the era of the crooner started to disappear.

Here, Williams puts his VERY BEST live performances on CD. My all-time favorites of his are "Corcovado - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Sarah Vaughan does another impressive version of this song, too), "Moon River", "Charade", "Meditation" (he does this song better than Sinatra's collaboration with Antonio Jobim), "Almost There", "Dear Heart", and "Call Me". This is the type of album to play in front of the grandparents - watch them say "wow, they don't sing them like that anymore"! GRADE: A

The best album available from Andy Williams!.......2001-11-09

This album has the most wonderful feeling of any of his albums. If you have never bought an AW album before and want to try out a lighter, carefree version of Andy Williams, then this is the album for you, especially the arrangments and the song "Call Me". If this CD doesn't make you throw a Martini Party I don't know what will!!!!! This is his best and most delightful ever, buy it you won't regret it. Much Love Jay Manaway.

ANDY hits a home run.......2001-08-03

What can be said about Andy Williams that millions around the world don't already know? Emmy award winning television personality, Grammy nominated singer, award winning personality, and magical performer. WOW, how great to discover all over again what a truely great singer he is---yes is, not was. This collection gives us Andy as he was in the 60's and 70's, but it also gives us a rare chance to hear Andy Live, just as he was in his sold out tour of England, Scotland, and Ireland earlier this year---and just like he will be this fall at his own Moon River Theatre in Branson. Rather your an old fan of Andy's or just discovering him, this is a great introduction to ANDY----LIVE!

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Too short cause it's SOOOOOO good!

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THE WOOD BROTHERS is Chris Wood from Medeski Martin & Wood and his brother Oliver. The band recorded a show in NYC at Tonic that is great -- the show turned out really good and will appeal not only to MMW fans but also to fans of roots music. Their music has a rootsy feel that blends blues, folk, and rock music in a guitar/bass duo. Catch The Wood Brothers on the road! Their debut full-length CD, Ways Not to Lose, comes out in March 2006. Track list: 1 Stealin 2 One More Day 3 Chocolate On My Tongue 4 Atlas 5 Is What It Is 6 Angel Band 7 Chevrolet

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Too short cause it's SOOOOOO good!.......2006-05-01

With only 7 tracks, this CD leaves you wanting many more! That is my only complaint. It is definately well worth a purchase. It's funky-folk at it's finest. Very Hep!!!! Buy it. (or, if you want a longer CD, "Ways not to Loose" has many of these songs-equally great).

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Live at Tonic
Shoup , Flaherty , Moore , and Corsano
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Tonic One (First Set)
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Tonic Three (Second Set)

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full of emotion

Solo Live Tonic
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Drumming Birds

ASIN: B000CNE13W
Release Date: 2006-01-10

Tracks:

Bouquet
Max Moon
Winding Road To The Tree House
Six Grandfathers
Some Words About Black Elk
Coconuts Feeding Birds
Flora Aura
The Daybreak Star Herb Of Understanding
Favela
Duck Pond
Some Words About Burundi
Burundi Drums
Talking Drum
Finale (Part 1)
Finale (Part 2)
Finale (Part 3)

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"Billy Martin is a drummer's drummer, meaning he lays down scattergun jazz-funk jammage with Medeski Martin and Wood and uses his own Amulet Records imprint to explore breakbeat science (the Illy B Eats series) and tribalistic solo drum circling (Black Elk Speaks). But rarely has this in-the-pocket explorer proven himself to be so unbelievably nasty as on his latest solo venture..." - CMJ

Following Billy Martin's first solo CD Black Elk Speaks, he set out on a one-man tour of the Northeast U.S. to refute the myth that he is only a jazz-funk drummer. This CD, which contains live interpretations of some of the Black Elk music, is a testimony to Martin's immense talent. Extremely dynamic and more intimate than the studio recording - audiophiles take note.

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full of emotion.......2006-01-22

Billy Martin is a percussion guru who has worked with artists such as Bob Moses, Chuck Mangione, the Lounge Lizards, Iggy Pop(believe it or not), and the avant-garde trio Medeski, Martin, and Wood.
Aside from working with other musicians, Billy has released several solo and duet albums dedicated solely to percussion. "Solo Live Tonic 2002" is the latest installment. The first three tracks are on the drumset, with some extra trinkets (cowbells, more bells, woodblocks). "Boquet" is a subtle intro, moving around different tempos, pulses and such. By the time "Max Moon" has started, Billy has settled on a steady tempo for the most part. All hell breaks loose by the third track "Winding Road to Tree House"; he flurries around the toms with little drags on the snare. He then solos over the top of a faster samba bass drum pattern.
He then does a piece called "Six Grandfathers" consisting of mainly bass drums and gong. This is from his 2001 release "Black Elk Speaks". After this he provides some background information on "Black Elk".
The rest of the disc covers a vast array of percussion toys. Talking drums, bird whistles, and burundi drums, to name a few.
This live disc that clocks in at just over an hour, does a lot to convey Martin's vast knowledge and background in many different areas of percussion. It's like knowing five different languages, but you can always tell it's him. So, he's speaking all of these languages of percussion, but each one with a unique, Billy Martin inflection.
Be sure to check out some of his other percussion discs.

Walk Unafraid ( Live X 6 -- A 99X Compilation )

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Excellent cd!

Walk Unafraid ( Live X 6 -- A 99X Compilation )
R.E.M. , Foo Fighters , Tonic , Chris Cornell , Billy Corgan , Stone Temple Pilots , Collective Soul , Splender , and Vertical Horizon
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ASIN: B00020O48C

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Excellent cd!.......2004-11-21

Acoustic CD released by radio station 99X - 99.7FM Atlanta

This CD was only available in Atlanta at select stores and is LONG out of print!

Features 12 acoustic tracks...

1) R.E.M. - Walk Unafraid
2) Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
3) Our Lady Peace - Is Anybody Home?
4) Angie Aparo - Spaceship
5) Foo Fighters - My Hero
6) Tonic - If You Could Only See
7) Chris Cornell - Can't Change Me
8) Train - Meet Virginia
9) Billy Corgan - Age of Innocence
10) Splender - Yeah, Whatever
11) Collective Soul - Heavy
12) Stone Temple Pilots - Atlanta

Edge 103.9 (Exclusive Edge Studio Acoustics)

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Edge 103.9 (Exclusive Edge Studio Acoustics)
Ben Kweller , Hoobastank , Authority Zero , Flogging Molly , Tonic , Remy Zero , The Format , Sr71 , Mesh stl , and Coures of Nature
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000Q6OE78

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2002 . This was produced for EDGE 103.9, a radio station in Scottsdale, Arizona ONLY. THIS CD IS OUT OF PRINT. Rare EXCLUSIVE ACOUSTIC and LIVE performances for 103.9 the EDGE This is an amazing acoustic only disc. It contains acoustic renditions that are rare in studio performances, a few are live a certain venues BUT MOST ARE IN STUDIO ACOUSTIC PREFORMANCES, ALL are unique to this disc. ALL THE TRACKS ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THIS CD AND CAN ONLY BE FOUND HERE. There are a total of 12 tracks. Some of the ARTISTS FEATURED are; Tonic, Mesh STL, Ben Kweller, and Remy Zero to name a few. THE BEN KWELLER SONG IS VERY COOL BECAUSE HE BREAKS A STRING ON HIS GUITAR, making it very UNIQUE. The artist and track are as follows: Mesh STL-maybe tomorrow, Course of Nature-Caught in the sun, Authority Zero-Crawling in the dark, Sr71-Right now, The Format-give it up, Flogging Molly-Whats left of the flag, Tonic-If you could only see, trik turner-Friends and Family, Remy Zero-Belong, Ben Kweller Walk on me, and the Clintons-Beer song.. Comes in poly sleeve with a packing card, and silver disc (THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS ISSUED).

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Andy Williams and Christmas - two that always go together
"my kids & I watched Andy from his early beginnings"
A Rare Christmas Treat---ANDY WILLIAMS Live--once again
andy Williams Live-Christmas Treasures

Andy Williams Live-Christmas Treasures
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Manufacturer: Neon Tonic
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ASIN: B00005NOZI
Release Date: 2001-07-24

Tracks:

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
The Christmas Song
White Christmas
Oh, Holy Night
Happy Holidays/It's The Holiday Season
Silent Night
Moonlight In Vermont
Village Of St. Bernadette
The Skater's Waltz
Ave Maria
Some Children See Him
You Meet The Nicest People
Mary's Boy Child
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
May Each Day

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Throughout the '60s, Andy Williams's weekly TV variety show was mandatory viewing for many American households. A highlight of every season was Williams's Christmas show--something that became such a holiday tradition that the singer continued to take a Christmas tour on the road to sold-out audiences for decades after the TV show had ended. This CD is an even better representation of those magic TV moments, however, since the songs are taken directly from the '60s specials, when Williams's vocals were still in top form. Appropriately, a few of these songs became holiday classics: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is almost as famous at this point as Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song," also featured here. And the beautiful "May Each Day" ended every Andy Williams show, holiday-oriented or not. Essentially, this is the equivalent of aural holiday comfort food for a generation of aging baby boomers. --Bill Holdship

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Andy Williams and Christmas - two that always go together.......2004-12-08

The Amazon editorial review encapsulates the highlights of this CD nicely. These tracks are essentially culled from "The Best of the Andy Williams Christmas Shows" which is available on both VHS and DVD. Andy's voice is in peak form and every song is a winner, offering the best in both secular and sacred Christmas standards. It would have been great, however, to include some of the songs by both the Williams Brothers and the Osmond Brothers from the same television specials; maybe a Volume II in the near future, Andy?!?

"my kids & I watched Andy from his early beginnings".......2001-11-19

Yes, back in the early '60s, Andy Williams was doing a weekly television and every year when the Holiday Season came around...his warm and wonderful Christmas Show was the best on the air...my children and I would snuggle up in our living room on a cold winters night and watch our favorite entertainer sing traditional and popular Christmas songs, putting the entire media in the Holiday mood.

This is a nostalgic trip back through time...unforgettable live performances that we all remember and cherish...Andy shares the Christmas message through song...this is a classic album for your special time of the year ~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS with ANDY WILLIAMS!

Total Time: 58:23 on 15 Tracks ~ Concord/Neon Tonic Records NTD-6501-2 ~ (2001)

A Rare Christmas Treat---ANDY WILLIAMS Live--once again.......2001-11-10

From 1962 through 1983 Andy Williams was a staple for Christmas television viewing. Since then he has made only two specials, 1985's In Search of Santa Clause and 1994's Christmas Show Live from Branson. He is indeed a missed feature during holiday television viewing. However, this CD allows any lover of the Andy Williams Christmas Shows of the past to experience once again Andy signing Holiday and Seasonal favorites Live. What a treat. Thank you Andy for the Holiday treat---now let's all hope that he will soon be back on TV at the holidays---or any time. Andy we miss you.

andy Williams Live-Christmas Treasures.......2001-10-14

Anything that Andy Williams sing one can't go wrong. I have been a fan of his since his Cadence days and I have every Vinyl record that he's recorded, however Amazon does not distribute all of them---I could'nt afford to purchase all the CDs. that are listed. In my opinion, he is the most versitile singer of his generation including Sinatra and Tony Bennett.

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