Nitelife

Nitelife

Nitelife

ASIN: B00005MKDV

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
This English guitarist continues his transformation from British-styled bebop master to Americanized contemporary jazz trendsetter with his second major-label release. While it's not as clean a recording as his last effort, Kiss & Tell, it's a much more focused disc, with more of Taylor's graceful and tasty guitar licks, and fewer featured guests. One of the sidemen, Kirk Whalum, who also coproduced, contributes two outstanding tunes, including the smooth, funky title track, and "Beboptimism," a tune with a traditional jazz melody over contemporary jazz rhythms and harmonies. Only Taylor's own "Green Lady" can be put safely in the tame smooth-jazz category, because there's a definite sharp edge to the most of the other tracks, particularly two of the cover tunes--Earth, Wind & Fire's "That's the Way of the World," with an unexpected key change towards the end, and a sumptuous version of the Isaac Hayes/Dionne Warwick hit "Déjà Vu," which experiments with tape loops, voices, and pretty much sounds like Taylor with Art of Noise. By a conservative count, this is Taylor's 40th album, but will probably the first to make a real impact across the pond in America. --Mark Ruffin

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Nitelife Boogie
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Jump Blues Fans MUST Buy This CD
  • Nick makes the Blues Jump!!
 Nitelife Boogie
Nick Curran & The Nitelifes
Manufacturer: Texas Jamboree
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005M0MF
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

  1. I'm Glad, Glad
  2. Nitelife Boogie
  3. Let The Daddy Hold You
  4. I Want To Love Somebody
  5. Low Down Dirty Shame
  6. Close To Midnight
  7. This Time I'm Out The Door
  8. Space Guitar
  9. She's Fifteen
  10. Jukebox Mama
  11. You Know My Love
  12. Wrong Doin' Woman
  13. Come Back To Me Baby
  14. Don't Jive Me Baby

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Jump Blues Fans MUST Buy This CD.......2001-12-08

Following his freshman effort "Fixin' Your Head," Nick Curran returns to Fort Horton studios in Austin, TX, and once again produces a contemporary jump blues masterpiece. Anyone that felt the first CD was beginner's luck will be convinced that Nick is the real deal with this one. Nick's first CD is a listener favorite on my blues radio show (KNON 89.3 FM Dallas, Mondays 6-8 Central) and this one is just a popular. For the skeptical, I like to play the title cut (Nitelife Boogie) against the origial recording. It's a close, authentic cover, true to the original but not a clone. Nick definitely has that early 50's sound down cold. These two CDs are turning Fort Horton studios into a meca for blues artists around the country. One listen and you will understand why. If you like jump blues in the style of T-Bone Walker, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Magic Sam, Goree Carter, etc., do yourself a favor and get this CD right away!

4 out of 5 stars Nick makes the Blues Jump!!.......2001-10-22

As far as people like Nick keep plays the blues in the old tradition of Texas-West Coast, still a Hope!!
Nervous Nitelife: High Impact 1
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Nervous Nitelife: High Impact 1
    DJ Wayne G
    Manufacturer: Nervous Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000NQR7SE
    Release Date: 2007-04-10

    Tracks:

    1. Kario/Free Your Mind
    2. Paul Goodyear/Disco!
    3. Dj Mike Cruz Presents Chyna Ro & Sandy B/Medicine
    4. Supafly Inc./Moving Too Fast
    5. Peyton/A New Day
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    13. Boogie Balo Presents The Ride Commite Featuring Roxy/Get Huh!
    14. Ralph Falcon/I Need Someone

    Album Description

    DJ Wayne G is a celebrated DJ in the lifestyle/energy club scene around the world and his production credits include remixes for Missy Elliot, Jimmy Sommerville, and Abba. "High Impact 1" is a DJ-mixed CD that includes the blazing hot #1 club hit, "I Need Someone" by Ralph Falcon, and the Freemasons mix of the dance radio smash "Movin' Too Fast" by Supafly Inc. Other highlights include an updated version of the campy underground classic "Get Huh", the new Simone Denny fave, "Sugar Sugar Lovin'", produced by Josh Harris, and the Stonebridge mix of "Take Me Higher" by Mischa Daniels.
    Nervous Nitelife 2006
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • All my hottest tracks
    		 Nervous Nitelife 2006
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Nervous Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000I2IROQ
    Release Date: 2006-10-10

    Tracks:

    1. What's Left Of Me
    2. Just A Girl
    3. World Hold On
    4. You'll Always Have Me
    5. Alive
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    13. Party For The Weekend
    14. Thinking Of You
    15. Mason

    Album Description

    This DJ-mixed CD contains all the biggest songs at dance radio and clubs across the country, including dance mixes from major pop stars like Nick Lachey, as well as the year's biggest dance hits from Bob Sinclair, Ian Van Dahl, Da Buzz, and Danielle Bollinger.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars All my hottest tracks.......2006-10-12

    This cd is crazy. I am a deejay in Long Island. These are all my hottest tracks. What A Feeling is an anthem. Mason - Exceeder is the bomb. The new Ian Van Dahl is hot. I would say this is the hottest cd comp of the year so far.
    Nitelife
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent guitar playing.
    • One of the better ones.
    • TAYLOR MADE!
    • An uveneven collection with 2 gems
    • The Beat Goes On...
    		 Nitelife
    Martin Taylor
    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    1. Kiss & Tell
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    ASIN: B00005MKDV
    Release Date: 2001-07-24

    Tracks:

    1. Chaff & Grain
    2. Doctor Spin
    3. That's The Way Of The World
    4. Deja Vu
    5. Hymne A L'Amour
    6. Nitelife
    7. Green Lady
    8. Beboptimism
    9. Across The Pond
    10. I Get Along With You Very Well

    Amazon.com

    This English guitarist continues his transformation from British-styled bebop master to Americanized contemporary jazz trendsetter with his second major-label release. While it's not as clean a recording as his last effort, Kiss & Tell, it's a much more focused disc, with more of Taylor's graceful and tasty guitar licks, and fewer featured guests. One of the sidemen, Kirk Whalum, who also coproduced, contributes two outstanding tunes, including the smooth, funky title track, and "Beboptimism," a tune with a traditional jazz melody over contemporary jazz rhythms and harmonies. Only Taylor's own "Green Lady" can be put safely in the tame smooth-jazz category, because there's a definite sharp edge to the most of the other tracks, particularly two of the cover tunes--Earth, Wind & Fire's "That's the Way of the World," with an unexpected key change towards the end, and a sumptuous version of the Isaac Hayes/Dionne Warwick hit "Déjà Vu," which experiments with tape loops, voices, and pretty much sounds like Taylor with Art of Noise. By a conservative count, this is Taylor's 40th album, but will probably the first to make a real impact across the pond in America. --Mark Ruffin

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent guitar playing. .......2002-10-20

    Exceptional recording!

    Having listened to many guitarist over the years, I was pleasantly suprise to stumble upon this particular Martin Taylor release. It's exceptionally well recorded and performed, in addition to being both artistically and musically superb. Audiophiles should also appreciate its high-quality recording.

    5 out of 5 stars One of the better ones........2002-03-26

    I bought this CD in August 2001 after listening at a CD shop during a vacation in Houston. I had never heard of him, and as far as I can tell he is not that well know in Europe. The reason I give this CD 5 stars is because since I bought it I have listened to it at least once and usually more times a week. Any CD that makes me do that is good in my book.

    4 out of 5 stars TAYLOR MADE!.......2002-02-09

    Martin taylor does what no man (or woman for that matter) can do:Namely, give him a plank of wood and six strings and he will make you sing, dance or any old thing. The jazz purists ,I know ,won't and don't acknowledge this album but...what he makes of old Isaac Hayes numbers and Django type material just makes you glad to be alive. Martin can also be seen on a great website:geocities.com/johnmedd.

    3 out of 5 stars An uveneven collection with 2 gems.......2001-10-30

    I had heard many good things about Martin Taylor and therefore had high expectations. Songs number 5 & 10 are truly gems. The rest is a potpourri of smooth jazz style drivel and frankly some bizarre noises. The first cut is a highly produced piece that is clearly targeted for the smooth-jazz airplay and is a pleasant song if you don't want to get too deep. There is unintelligible talking at the end of the first cut that hints at stranger things to come. The tinny slide guitar drone in the second song is so out of context I can't stand listening to it. Then I have to skip the next track due to more bizarre - well, noise. Yet another cut makes such poor use of echo that it reminds me of B-grade reggae bands with their overuse of electronics. Cut number 5 is a superb fingerstyle piece. Track 6 is again in the smooth-jazz style and makes it through all the way to the end without any annoyance - until the end. It stops so abruptly I wondered if my CD player broke. Track 10 is also a jewel in fingerstyle playing that is masterfully executed. Tracks 5 & 10 are almost worth the price of this CD, if you can mentally handle skipping over 6 to 8 other songs that you paid good money for. This is a very uneven collection.

    5 out of 5 stars The Beat Goes On..........2001-10-09

    Martin Taylor strikes again. This cd is his best by far. It stretches his musical talents beyond the limit. If he never has another release, which I know he will, "Nitelife" will last forever. Look out Jonathan Butler and Doc Powell, you've got company!
    Essential Soul: Nitelife
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Essential Soul: Nitelife
      Various Artists
      Manufacturer: Madacy Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0007TFIBK
      Release Date: 2005-04-12

      Tracks:

      1. Tonight, I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack
      2. Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
      3. Nice 'N' Slow - Freddie Jackson
      4. Little Bit More - Freddie Jackson, Melba Moore
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      9. L-O-V-E (Love) - Al Green
      10. This Is for the Lover in You - Shalamar
      11. Tender Lover - Babyface
      12. If Ever You're in My Arms Again - Peabo Bryson

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      NiteLife
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • thank heavens for the augmented dominant substitution
      • Incomparable
      		 NiteLife
      Mary Lou Williams
      Manufacturer: Chiaroscuro Records
      ProductGroup: Music
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      Release Date: 1999-02-02

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      15. Nite Life Variations A: A Swinging Meditation/B: A Full-Bodied Portrait/C: A Modern Improvisation

      Tracks:

      1. What's Your Story Morning Glory? #2
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      3. What's Your Story Morning Glory?/Little Joe From Chicago
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      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars thank heavens for the augmented dominant substitution.......2005-02-20

      ...and that's why the fifth star is missing. Overreliance on a particular harmonic formula.As a composition teacher of mine once said, "too much slow music". Nonetheless, there is some really great music on the set. The Joplin interpretations are fascinating. Her reinvestigations of her early music show her incredible ability to synthesize 50 years of Jazz style while maintaining her specificity, her individuality. Highly recommended - with minor cavils

      5 out of 5 stars Incomparable.......2000-12-09

      Very possibly the best solo piano CD ever released. I'm not wild about the recording quality, but tiny flaws generally appear in even the priciest of our gems.
      Nervous Nitelife: Summer Clubbing, Vol. 1
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        		Nervous Nitelife: Summer Clubbing, Vol. 1
        DJ Theo
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        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000SINSWQ
        Release Date: 2007-08-07
        Nitelife
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Awesome Euro Song
        		 Nitelife
        Lucy Diamond
        Manufacturer: Zyx Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        Release Date: 2000-09-12

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        1. Club Radio Edit
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        4. Original Mix

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Awesome Euro Song.......2002-03-25

        I recently bought this album during a trip to Europe. I frequented many clubs while in Europe and this song was played quite often. I'm really like the "Euro" and electronica syle dance music, and the song "Nightlife" is quite possibly one of the best euro songs I've ever heard. And believe me, growing up in Chicago, I've heard this type of music for a long time. I know the good ones when I hear them.
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          		Nervous Nitelife: Electro Sweat, Vol. 1
          DJ Suraci & Spins
          Manufacturer: Nervous Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000RGSOGE
          Release Date: 2007-07-10

          Tracks:

          1. Gutterpunk/Up 2 11
          2. DJ Mike Cruz Presents Inaya Day & Chyna Ro/Movin' Up
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          Gave Myself the Blues
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            		Gave Myself the Blues
            Johnny Mack
            Manufacturer: Topcat Records
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B0000A5A31
            Release Date: 2003-08-26

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