Gettin to It

Gettin to It

ASIN: B0000046WL

Editorial Reviews
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This 1994 recording was McBride's debut as a leader, and it consolidated his place as the most eminent bassist of the mainstream youth movement. His big sound, relaxed time-feel, and keen harmonic sense all hearken back to the great bass players of the '50s, and his adroit bowed solos can recall the work of Paul Chambers. McBride has assembled some of his most talented peers here in various permutations, forming a tight rhythm unit with drummer Lewis Nash and inspiring strong contributions from trumpeter Roy Hargrove, tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, trombonist Steve Turre, and pianist Cyrus Chestnut. Together they invoke many of the moods of classic modern jazz, from Chestnut's elegance to Redman's rambunctious energy. Neal Hefti's "Splanky," a staple of the Basie book, gets an unusual workout from a bass trio with Ray Brown and Milt Hinton, McBride holding his own with members of the bass pantheon. --Stuart Broomer

Tracks:

Shreveport Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton
Sweet Man - Jelly Roll Morton
Tom Cat Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
Nobody But My Baby - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
Got To Cool My Doggies Now - Thomas 'Fats' Waller
Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
Weeping Willow Rag - Scott Joplin
Something Doing - Scott Joplin
Steeplechase Rag - James P Johnson
Twilight Rag - James P Johnson
Charleston Rag - Eubie Blake
It's Right Here For You - Eubie Blake
Fare Thee Honey Blues - Eubie Blake
Mr. Freddie Blues - Jimmy Blythe
Regal Stomp - Jimmy Blythe

Customer Reviews:

Awesome to hear the old masters almost live........2007-03-27

It was an awesome experience to hear Ragtime and early blues played by the masters themselves. When you hear the music from their own hands, if not their own pianos, it makes the music immediate, and makes even clearer the stylistic differences of the various American musical pioneers. The sound quality is excellent. I'd strongly recommend this recording to anyone who enjoys early-20th-century jazz.

The Greatest Ragtime of the Century.......2005-10-30

What a terrific CD. What a joy to add to your life. Everyone should begin their day with this Great Ragtime.We would all be much better.

As a former dancer, Flapper, wth the Charleston in my routine, I do appreciate Great Music. I'm not quite as good as I used to be, but neither are you, Gal. Will be 66 next birthday. Still have the rhythm and love life.

Put some spice in your life and don't let this CD get away. Please, just get it today.

A great introduction and sampling........2005-08-23

Prior to this album, the only ragtime I really knew was "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag". I don't know how this album fares for enthusiasts, but I've thoroughly enjoyed it. It introduced me to several different composers. The way the album is organized by giving you a two or three song block by each composer is good. As you listen to this, you can easily hear the different styles from one composer to another. As for the recording quality, I don't have any complaints whatsoever. Each note is clear without much noticable fuzz or hissing. The versions of Scott Joplin's songs are played a bit brash and speedy when compared to Joshua Rifkin, but I think they sound livlier because of it. Overall a solid release.

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Gettin' to the New Generation
Great debut album...great bassist.
How good is this guy?
Getting into it is easy to get into...
Great Cd which mixes jazz sounds.

Gettin' to It
Christian McBride
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000046WL
Release Date: 1995-01-17

Tracks:

In A Hurry
The Shade Of The Cedar Tree
Too Close For Comfort
Sitting On A Cloud
Splanky
Gettin' To It
Stars Fell On Alabama
Black Moon
King Freddie Of Hubbard
Night Train

Amazon.com

This 1994 recording was McBride's debut as a leader, and it consolidated his place as the most eminent bassist of the mainstream youth movement. His big sound, relaxed time-feel, and keen harmonic sense all hearken back to the great bass players of the '50s, and his adroit bowed solos can recall the work of Paul Chambers. McBride has assembled some of his most talented peers here in various permutations, forming a tight rhythm unit with drummer Lewis Nash and inspiring strong contributions from trumpeter Roy Hargrove, tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman, trombonist Steve Turre, and pianist Cyrus Chestnut. Together they invoke many of the moods of classic modern jazz, from Chestnut's elegance to Redman's rambunctious energy. Neal Hefti's "Splanky," a staple of the Basie book, gets an unusual workout from a bass trio with Ray Brown and Milt Hinton, McBride holding his own with members of the bass pantheon. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Gettin' to the New Generation.......2001-12-28

Hey, you lovers of Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Paul Chambers,Ron Carter, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Oscar Peterson, Miles, Coltrane, et al: round out your collections of yesteryear's jazz giants, and then take heart, because there's a whole new posse in town. And this cd is a great place to start.

What a marvelous collection of young talent. Certainly, the cd belongs to McBride. He shows himself to be an extremely talented composer (The Shade of the Cedar Tree, Black Moon, Gettin'to It) and an already accomplished bass man. His solo interpretation of the great Night Train is audacious, confident, and attention getting.

McBride, however, doesn't hog the spotlight. Pianist Cyrus Chestnut is bluesy, tender, boppish, and extremely supportive.
Roy Hargrove and Joshua Redman take their turns on trumpet and sax respectively and go a long way in bringing this strong material to life. Young trombonist Steve Turre even sits in on a couple numbers and wields that unwieldy instrument with detexerity and determination. And Lewis Nash on the drums holds everything and everyone together.

A few of the pieces feature McBride, Chestnut, and Nash in trio; a few more add brass or reed to the mix, and one cut--Splanky-- consists of only three bass players: McBride, Milt Hinton, and Ray Brown. That cut, along with McBride's solo work on Night Train, makes you wish these bassmen would get together for an all-bass outing.

Young lions, and two old giants--Hinton and Brown-- come together here in a way that makes you optimistic for the future, where the likes of Kenny G and "smooth" jazz can scare the life (and other things) out of you. Hinton and Brown seem pretty comfortable and confident here. You will, too. Get to Gettin' to It.

Great debut album...great bassist........2001-02-14

A fantastic debut for Christian as leader. Plus 6 of these songs are his own compositions which really prove his song writing skills. Joined here by first class musicians...Roy Hargrove, Joshua Redman, Steve Turre, Cyrus Chestnut and Lewis Nash, this album is sizzling. Plus the wonderful bass trio of Christian, and the legends Ray Brown and Milt Hinton on "Splanky", make this a must have album for any jazz lover. And Christian sounds exactly how he wanted to on "Night Train", which he plays completely solo. As he states in the liner notes, he only worked it out 15 minutes before recording, and he simply wanted it to sound as low down, gritty, nasty, and funky as possible. Well, it does, and is absolutely brilliant. Every song on this album is fantastic, I can't rate it highly enough.

How good is this guy?.......2000-02-03

This is a great CD. The first just kicks you right in the face and after that it never lets up. "Gettin' To It" has a great feel. Christian is to jazz today what guys like Paul Chambers and Ray Brown were to jazz back in the day.

Getting into it is easy to get into..........1999-05-14

Great album with a breadth of musical styles and tones. Every song is seriously tight and crisp, yet he avoids sounding merely like a technician. It's a special treat too to hear Joshua Redman on this album. Splanky is my favorite track: it's a all-bass number with Christian, Milt Hinton, and ray brown. Worth the whole album just for this one track...IMHO.

Great Cd which mixes jazz sounds........1999-01-20

This is a great cd. Christian McBride has always played great jazz, but this time he is joined by Joshua Redman, Lewis Nash, and others to create a wonderful mood. Some tracks include a five piece band, while others like Night Train, are McBride solo tracks. Splanky is a song which features an awesome bass trio doing solo's over a nice blues line. I suggest you get this album immediately.

Tracks:

Sunny
That's Life
Strangers In The Night
Willow Weep For Me
Cold Sweat
There Was A Time
Chicago
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Time After Time
All The Way
It Had To Be You
Uncle

Customer Reviews:

Is there anything James Brown couldn't do?.......2007-05-28

This is a very cool project. Mr. Brown is singing a few standards, as well as giving some of his hits a new twist. If you're a fan of the Godfather, you gotta have this!

Tha Jazzy Side Of The Godfather........2006-01-02

This is an incredible jazz album put out by Verve records. I didn't think it'd turn out to be this great as I've never had a copy of the vinyl of this one. To all who are familiar with James Brown and do not dislike jazz--you will LOVE this. Not one song is skippable. The jazz version of 'Cold Sweat' on here is amazing.

Notable Tracks:

Sunny
Cold Sweat
Time After Time
All The Way

JB After Hours?.......2005-10-07

The title of this Verve-King reissue suggests the expected funk and fire of James Brown during his 1967-73 period of ascendence, indeed the title is shouted during "Cold Sweat", his only (recognizable) vocal on a very familiar JB classic, but the song titles suggest a much quieter, introspective side, and quieter it is: with the Dee Felice Trio. [A mellow, jazz-inflected back-up gig with Brown on "Playboy After Dark" comes to mind].
Last year Verve gave us "Soul On Top" - ofcourse Jazz and Soul, but in a "Big Band" setting. Here...a small band. And it works.
The highlight is the opener - "Sunny" - with JB harmonizing up a storm with Marva Whitney. This is his only released version (apparently issued on CD only one time before on an Australian collection). The intro. is slow, voices in a whisper; then into the verse with a passion. No screams here...just Soul in a different light. [Not long after this issue, it appears Brown introduced the song as a set-list piece. It's been written that it remains an unissued track from the "Love, Power, Peace" set from '71].
"That's Life" is very subdued compared to the version heard on a couple of 1968 TV Specials; although the two released Apollo versions were more in the "Gettin' Down..." vein. Some nice improvizations on this one. Nothing to return to very often but well worth hearing.
"All The Way" is tremendous. This is perhaps his most *controlled* vocal...ever. On The Louis Bellson album mentioned above there are occasional uncomfortable sudden shifts in the decibel level and the track as a whole suffers. On this cut a great singer gets a chance to stretch and invites the initiated to relax and enjoy the change of pace.
The mix is fine, however, I would have preferred a bit more echo on most of the numbers; also a slower tempo in a lower key, here and there.
This is an important release. It also serves as a reminder to the historians collectors that there's still plenty of never-on-CD JB in the files, including some titles that a Jazz-Blues label like Verve might not touch, namely "Live At The Garden", an incredible live set at a New Jersey venue. Let's hope this notable set begets a few items not exactly similiar in content but in...Soul!!!

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Hands Free of the Clock
Ty Wadley
Manufacturer: Ty Wadley
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA7Y5M
Release Date: 2005-04-26

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Field of Dreams
Zion
Manufacturer: I-66 Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAF710
Release Date: 2007-04-24

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Gettin' It Together
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Jamey Aebersold
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YB2G
Release Date: 2000-06-28

Tracks:

Major - 4 Bars Each Chromatically up (2x)
Major - 4 Bars Each Chromatically Down (2x)
Major - 2 Bars Each Chromatically up & Down (2x)
Major - 2 Bars Each Tritone up Then Down 1/2 Step (4x)
Major - 1 Bar Each Through the Cycle (10x)
Major - 1 Bar Each up in Whole Steps (6x)
Major - 1 Bar Each up in Minor Thirds (11x)
Major - 1 Bar Each Chromatically up Then Down (5x)
Major - 2 Beats Each Through the Cycle (12x)
Major & Sus 4 - 8 Bar Phrases Through the Cycle (2x)
Major & Parallel Minor - 2 Bars Each Chromatically up (3x)
Major, Minor, Major, Dom 7 - 2 Bars Each - Through Cycle
Dominant 7th - 4 Bars Each Chromatically up Then Down (1x)
Dominant 7th With B9 - 4 Bars Each Through the Cycle (2x)
Dominant 7th - 2 Bars Each Through the Cycle (4x)
Dominant 7th - 4 Bars Each Random Root Movement (2x)
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Tracks:

Dominant 7th - 1 Bar Each Through the Cycle (5X) [#17 in Book - 1 Bar
Minor (Dorian) - 4 Bars Each up in Whole Steps (2X) [#18 in Book - 4 B
Minor (Dorian) - 4 Bars Each up in Whole Steps (2X) [#19 in Book - 4 B
Minor (Dorian) - 4 Bars Each Down in Whole Steps (2X) [#20 in Book - 4
Minor (Dorian) - 4 Bars Each up in Minor Thirds (2X) [#21 in Book - 4
Minor (Dorian) - 4 Bars Each Through the Cycle (2X) [#22 in Book]
Minor (Dorian) - 2 Bars Each Tritone Then Down 1/2 ... [#23 in Book -
Minor (Dorian) - 2 Bars Each Chromatically up and ... [#24 in Book - 2
Lydian (#25 in Book) [8 Bars Each up in Minor 3rds (2X)]
Sus. 4 - 4 Bars Each Random Root Movement (2X) [#26 in Book - 4 Bars]
Major & Minor (#27 in Book) - 2 Bars Each Random Root Movement (2x)
Half-Diminished - 4 Bars Each Through the Cycle (2X) [#28 in Book - 4
Minor With Major 7th - 4 Bars Each Chromatically up ... [#29 in Book -
F Blues (Concert Key): 8 Choruses of 12 Bar Blues [#30 in Book]
BB Blues [#31 in Book]
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Get This
James Glass and the Get to Gettin' Band
Manufacturer: No Cover Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA2TI4
Release Date: 2005-06-21

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Identity Crisis

Manufacturer: Edge Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA2MEU
Release Date: 2001-06-26

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Unreal real hip hop

GETTIN IT ALL

Manufacturer: Hatka Entertainment Music L.L.C.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006HMP5
Release Date: 2002-07-23

Tracks:

Vibin
Fire
Come 2
N Da Country
Da Dina
Mary
Just A Man
Ride
Let It Loose
Morning After
Got To Give
Ha Ha (Who Got The Last Laugh)

Album Description

HATKA ENTERTAINMENT music artist, The Island Boyz - T-Rez and Ra Cleazy, return with their third LP entitled, GETTIN IT ALL. This time around, the Island Boyz transcend their previous recording, OPERATION PIRATE COUNTRY, by showing their versatility and ability to reach all audiences via tracks such as the west coast induced `Morning After', R&B/Hip Hop laced `Got To Give' and the southern testimonial of `Just A Man' to name a few. As smooth and tasty as southern grits and catfish, GETTIN IT ALL once again takes Florida based hip-hop to another level! With help from label mates SOUL FLO and C-LO DA HUSTLA aka MR. 456, T-Rez and Ra once again invite you to `ride and vibe.'

Customer Reviews:

Unreal real hip hop.......2006-07-18

Into solid funky rap with roots? Get this, especially "Just A Man" will blow you away with a summer breeze of chilled funky beats.

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James Brown - "Gettin' Down To It" (1969) & "Soul On Top" (1970)

Gettin' Down to It
James Brown
Manufacturer: King
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009V1FPE
Release Date: 2005-09-05

Tracks:

Sunny
That's Life
Strangers in the Night
Willow Weep for Me
Cold Sweat
There Was a Time
Chicago
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Time After Time
All the Way
It Had to Be You
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James Brown - "Gettin' Down To It" (1969) & "Soul On Top" (1970).......2006-06-15

Better known for a personal assembly of different black music styles in what was to be called `funky' music, James Brown, also known as `Mr Dynamite' or the Godfather of Soul has two diamonds in his discography that have remained mostly unnoticed, despite the stunning performances there recorded.

The first time I heard of them was when I caught one of my jazz teachers singing a fragment of "Sunny". Seeing my astonished face -I had always thought of it as a soul hit-, he explained me he hat been listening to a recording where James Brown sang jazz classics with the accompaniment of a jazz trio. He didn't tell me anymore, just the impression that hearing Mr Dynamite squeezing his voice in a funky fashion in the middle of a jazz standard produced to him. No title, no more clues... Since then, I've spent four years of my life looking for it -well, maybe it's saying too much. Anytime I entered a record shop I asked unsuccessfully for it. My internet researches were unlucky too. Finally this year I had news about the reedition of "Gettin' Down To It" (1969) and I went for it. But, what a surprise I had when it came across that this wasn't Mr. Brown's only jazz incursion. One year later, in 1970, the Godfather of Soul hadn't had enough jazz and hired a big band to go further in "Soul On Top".

The first thing that draws your attention into the music is how comfortable Brown seems to be in an environment that, anyway is not that strange to him. Used to repetitive rhythms, he moves softly but also firmly along the swinging scales and notes of jazz. Anyway, he can't help rowing to his port, so that some jazz standards become funky exhibitions, especially those supported by the big band. Then, Mr Dynamite's throat, playful in the slow tempos, climb higher and higher, in a desperate need for generating faster frequencies. That shouldn't be the goal. Mr Brown is capable of doing better. He's got the technique, a gifted voice and an enormous musical talent that allows him to explore softer registers. Shouting is not expressing.

However, on the other hand, the experience of dragging a jazz trio into funky grooves is a kind of illumination. James Brown shows able to keep the powerful performances of his funky combos with just a piano, a bass and the drums. Though stripped, the Godfather of Soul sounds powerful, and even richer in musical shades. Just an experience to take into account.

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