Modern Art [Import]

Modern Art [Import]

ASIN: B0006B0YRW

Track Listings

1. Mox Nix

2. Fair Weather

3. Darn That Dream

4. Touch Of Your Lips

5. Jubilation

6. Like Someone In Love

7. I Love You

8. Cold Breeze

9. Air Mail Special

10. Midnight Sun

11. Flying Home

12. Stardust

13. Four To Four

14. I Can't Get Started

15. Cinderella's Curfew

16. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance

17. Patting

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The complete 1958 Modern Art session! Two rare complete 1958 dates by bandleaders Anthony Ortega and Teddy Charles featuring Art Farmer, Benny Golson and Bill Evans. Includes nine bonus tracks. 20-bit digitally remastered. Lonehill Records. 2004.

Tracks:

Hover
Softer
Water
Only These Things Count
Sober
Darker
Feeder
Dancer

Customer Reviews:

Not for all tastes (or pockets) but ineffable, enchanting, and profoundly aesthetic........2006-12-06

Upon reading the titles of the tracks on "ER," I was prepared for a Windham Hill sampler of programmatic "nature-music" pieces. But Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer's muse, it soon becomes evident, is more closely related to the genius presiding over "In a Silent Way," "Bitches Brew" and similar projects by some of Miles Davis' '70s progeny. It's New Age music with a beat, but with nuanced textures mixed so deliberately and motifs insinuated so subtly that the inattentive listener is likely to miss altogether the gossamer fabric of these fragile yet frequently appealing, inviting constructions.

Molvaer's trumpet is too much in the background for this music to be mistaken for a Miles Davis session. Instead, the horn becomes another vibrant freqency floating in the sonic ether, whether producing muted plaintive sounds without the mute or suggesting a momentary chill when Molvaer blows through his mouthpiece sans horn. Even the multiple tracking of the instrument along with the layering of bird calls and human voices does little to disturb the Noh-like stillness of "Water," following "Softer" like diaphanous gauze yielding to the glimpse of a golden carp suspended in a moon-lit pool.

"Only These Things Count" is verbalized, sung moreover in English, thus threatening to rupture the listener's connection with the safe and magical harbor of the musical Zen garden. But soon the churning textures of the accompaniment lead to another quiet, intimate moment during which Molvaer's breathy trumpet supplies incandescent incantations over a single sustained pitch, a note evoking a wordless plainsong resonating with the dynamic energy field of consciousness itself.

The next piece, "Darker," momentarily establishes an almost funky groove, perhaps Molvaer's turn to run the voodoo down, but again he moves skyward, as "Feeder" offers the most extended, extreme trumpet solo on the CD--loud in dynamics or high in register only relative to its previous unobtrusive presence. The role of the trumpet as an "individual" voice is an open-ended question in music of such exacting scale and ecological balance.

"Dancer," the final piece--or, more precisely, movement of a continuous work (there are no silences between the compositions)--is descriptive of the acoustic properties of the piece itself, which emphasizes the rhythms of primitive percussion. But in its metaphoric invoking of dance, it's also an interpretive, revelatory key to Molvaer's paradoxical and poetic, even mystical, compositions that blur the lines between soloist and accompaniment, text and context, confounding any attempts at easy categorization of this music.

The listener's epiphany is that "ER" is, above all, a delicate but vital and indivisible organism, recalling if not demonstrating the understanding implicit in the poet W.B. Yeats' famous question about the relationship between the artist and his creation: "How can you know the dancer from the dance?"

GREAT TRUMPET PLAYER, GOOD ALBUM.......2005-11-08

Nils Petter Molvaer has made some good music over the years. His trumpetplaying is very moody and he can set an atmosphere that not a lot of people can. The beats and electronics he uses are unique. The beats and sounds he uses create a lot of space in wich he can let a solo come to full advantage. The particular Molvaer-sound is only to be heard in the group of musicians Molvaer works with (the guitarist Eivind Aarset for instance; try his album Electronique Noir!).
I own three albums of Molvaer: Khmer, NP3 and ER. The first one (Khmer, 5 stars easily) is without a doubt the best. Most songs take their time to develop, but there always is a lot going on. Within the songs the tempo or volume build up. The beats are not the only things that count. And that maybe is Molvaer's trap: he manages to make his beats sound better and better, but they become so important that the rest of the music gets less attention.
NP3 had bigger beats than Khmer, but the album as a whole is a bit flat. But it's the most accessible and if possible happy one.
ER is down. Way down. And I like that. The album starts of really good. The first song is a killer! The second one is very sad. The intro's the songs lead to good beats that have a good dark atmosphere. But just like NP3 I miss the evolution of the songs beyond the beat. When Molvaer could pull that off again he could make a 6 star album.
There's one thing about the album I almost forgot to mention: there are voices on two of the songs of the album. The voice of Sidsel Endresen is a treat. She doesn't sound like a jazzsinger, and I/m glad about that. It wouldn't fitt. The singing is like a beat up Sally Oldfield or holds somewhere in the middle of Portishead and Clannad. Very tastefull!

When you don't own a Molvaer-album and you've got nothing against fantastic electronic beats, soundscapes and trumpet you must get yourself a Molvaer-album. This album for me is a five star album untill song number six. It's good enough, especialy the way the beats are recorded is good, but I believe Khmer has more to offer.

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Modern Art
Art Farmer
Manufacturer: Japanese Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005O5TU
Release Date: 2001-12-11

Tracks:

Mox Nix
Fair Weather
Darn That Dream
Touch of Your Lips
Jubilation
Like Someone in Love
I Love You
Cold Breeze

Album Description

Japanese reissue of 1958 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Featuring Bill Evans on piano.

Album Details

24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Rattlesnake Guitar: The Music Of Peter Green

Average customer rating:

best blues tribute album ever!!!!
well deserved tribute to peter green
Best Tribute Album I've Ever Heard

Rattlesnake Guitar: The Music Of Peter Green
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000G6I3
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

Black Magic Woman - Larry McCray
Love That Burns - Lonesome Dave Peverett, Rod Price
Stop Messin' 'Round - Savoy Brown, Kim Simmonds
Looking for Somebody - Snow White, Snowy White
Crying Won't Bring You Back - Luther Grosvenor, Mike Kellie, Jess Roden
Leaving Town Blues - Rory Gallagher
If You Be My Baby - Lonesome Dave Peverett, Rod Price
Ramblin' Pony - Wilbur Bascomb, Sr., Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Wilber Bascombe, Harvey Mandel
Green Manalishi - Arthur Brown
Hellbound on My Trail - Ken Hensley
I Loved Another Woman - Jay Aston, Larry Mitchell
Same Way - Mick Abrahams
Drifting - Jim McCarty, Top Topham
Supernatural - Clas Yngstrom
Man of the World - Ian Anderson

Tracks:

Oh Well - Billy Sheehan
Rattlesnake Shake - Vince Converse, Innes Sibun
Fleetwood Mac - Stuart Hamm, Larry Mitchell, Jonathan Mover
Wathcha Gonna Do - Zoot Money, Bob Tench
Showbiz Blues - Rory Gallagher
Merry Go Round - Luther Grosvenor, Mike Kellie
Albatross - Max Middleton, Bob Tench
Closing My Eyes - Naked Blue
Evil Woman Blues - Ray Gomez
Lazy Poker Blues - Troy Turner
Watch Out - Harvey Mandel, Jon Paris
Long Grey Mare - Wilbur Bascomb, Jr., Wilber Bascombe, Harvey Mandel
Fool No More - Kim Lembo
Baby When the Sun Goes Down - Southside Johnny, Uptown Horns

Album Details

Features Ian Anderson, Savoy Brown, Rory Gallagher, Arthur Brown, and More Covering the Legendary Music of Peter Green.

Customer Reviews:

best blues tribute album ever!!!!.......2003-03-05

Ive been into peter green since 1969 and was lucky enough to see the mac the night they recorded Shrine 69. For my money this is the best tribute ever. the recording is very good and long. You can here what an ispiration he was to other musicians. The tribute should be good for introducing you to other artists that may not be known to you.

well deserved tribute to peter green.......2000-06-27

This one is almost perfect. From the true to the original "Oh Well" to the hauntingly beautiful "Closing My Eyes", this one shows what an amazing talent Peter Green was in the early Fleetwood Mac. There is almost nothing not to like on this. The performers range from Kim Simmons, Lonesome Dave, Stu Hamm even Ian Anderson is here. The only down side is that I really love the track by a band called Naked Blue and I can not find any thing else by them, but I keep on looking. Do yourself a favor people and get this cd.

Best Tribute Album I've Ever Heard.......1999-02-26

A massive, 2-disc compilation featuring cover versions of virtually every Peter Green song written during his Fleetwood Mac period, and a few drawn from his mid-80s solo period. While there are some weaker moments in this 39-track collection, the majority of the interpretations feature blues guitar, piano and vocal at their very best. Rather than simply pay tribute to Peter Green by faithfully imitating his material, the artists have chosen to re-interpret these songs and in most cases the results are superb. The power of Green's influence is felt all the more deeply when so many artists use his music as a jumping-off point. A must have item for blues guitar fans.

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