Bird at Birdland [Live] [Import]

Bird at Birdland [Live] [Import]

ASIN: B00005RRHU

Track Listings

1. Out Of Nowhere

2. Whats New

3. Little Willie Leaps

4. Yesterdays

5. 52nd Street Theme

6. Dizzy Atmosphere

7. Wahoo

8. I Cant Get Started

9. Allens Alley

10. Mambo

11. Lament For The Congo

12. Conception

13. 52nd Street Theme

14. Wahoo

15. Round About Midnight

16. This Time The Dreams On Me

17. Dizzy Atmosphere

18. Night In Tunisia

19. Move

20. The Street Beat

See all 63 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
UK reissue of 1995 compilation. Featuring 61 classic performances captured over a period of five years at the legendary club between early 1950 & August 1954. In these live recordings Parker tends to play longer solos than were ever recorded in the studio, producing jazz improvisations of the highest order. Includes casual jam sessions & his more formal 'with strings' performances. The deluxe four CD book-set includes a 44 page, lavishly illustrated book containing a biography, along with individual session notes & full discographies.

Tracks:

Teonova
MacArthur Park
Left Bank Express
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
Two for Otis
Stay Loose with Bruce
Nice 'N Juicy
Fox Hunt
Got the Spirit
Blue Birdland

Album Description

This 1974 release from this legendary Jazz trumpeter, reached #40 on The Billboard Jazz Albums chart. This was originally a two record set, now contained on a single disc. The best of his Jazz-oriented recordings for the Columbia label, Live At Jimmy's features Ferguson ably assisted bay Lin Biviano, Andy MacIntish, Ferdinand Povel, Pete Jackson and Bruce Johnstone. Wounded Bird. 2007.

Customer Reviews:

The classic Maynard album.......2007-05-16

As this album influenced my jazz tastes through junior high and high school, and into college, I spent countless hours listening to these tunes. Through 30-plus years, I've worn out three of the original albums and at least six tapes before this CD was released. To sit with headphones on and listen to the live atmosphere from Jimmy's takes me to the days of live concerts where high school and collegiate jazzers would sit in awe of the Master's stratospheric work, and the interaction of the musicians. All of the charts are outstanding, including the classic McArthur Park. Nice and Juicy is a fun chart, the Fox Hunt just kicks and Got the Spirit is the perfect closing for a great set.
Perhaps the best words for this album were uttered by Maynard himself as the band played "Blue Birdland" at the conclusion of the album: "I hope we get one hell of an album out of this."
You surely did, Mr. Ferguson, you surely did.

Maynard Ferguson - Live at Jimmy's.......2007-05-12

This is Maynard's greatest live album and possibly his best album period.

Pilates4me.......2007-04-13

This is such an incredible cd. I feel it's one of his best. I've been waiting for a long time for it to be put on cd and so happy that it finally has been. Worth every penny! I listened to the record(aging myself!) growing up and could listen to this everyday for the rest of my life! Got the Spirit is a song that inspired me to play the sax! There's none better than it!

Finally!.......2007-04-11

My records (yeah, remember those?) were stored for a couple of decades, so I was thrilled to unpack them 2 years ago. The first ones out of the box were MF Horn 4&5. It was a fantastic experience and brought tears to my eyes, even through the crackles, pops and distortion caused by what was probably thousands of playings.

Going through my collection, I found this set was THE most worn out of ALL the MF recordings I had (Chameleon, MF2, etc) which says alot about the quality of the recording, the music selection and my preference for live vs studio.

I was really excited to learn this was coming out on CD so I could finally hear a clean version. After waiting an extra couple of weeks beyond the initial promised shipping date, then another 2 weeks of being away from home, I finally got my hands on it yesterday. Whoohooo! It played all day yesterday in my office and on the way home from work.

I agree wholeheartedly with the other reviews, that this is a recording for the ages and would even suggest that, from a layman's point of view, if you have room for 1 MF album, this is the one. He gives Teo Macera credit for recording it ON THE STREET IN A MOBILE VAN, for cryin' out loud, so the quality of the sound is even more amazing. This was no over-miked, multi-take recording with the applause superimposed, but a "you are there" snapshot of a master at work with one of the tightest and most talented bands he ever had backing him up.

I was fortunate to go to the tribute concert held after his death last year in St Louis where alumni from his band rotated through (soon to be on DVD- don't miss that one!). Many of the musicians on this album were there and THAT will be one I watch for.

In life, all we ultimately leave behind is our legacy and he left one of love, teaching and incredible but humble talent.

RIP Maynard, they broke the mold after they made you.

At last, this epic perfomance is on CD........2007-04-09

I wholeheartily concur with the other reviewers. This is Maynard Ferguson and his band at their best. After listening to the CD, I'm even more impressed with the recording quality of this live album. It is a better than most of the live jazz recordings made today -- more than thirty years
later.

I've had the original record since it came out when I was in high school.
Maynard and his band were a huge influence on my friends and me. Several
of my classmates went on to be professional horn players. For me, Maynard
helped spark a lifelong appreciation of jazz and particulary big bands.

Sidenote: What became of Bruce Johnston? I think his bari solos on this
recording are some of my favorites of all time.

High Flying Bird: Live at the Monterey Festival

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Weep for a lost dreamworld!
Yet another re-issue of the same music
IDENTICAL to earlier release
When they were good, they were very good.
Change track order to real performance order and bring back stage banter!

High Flying Bird: Live at the Monterey Festival
Jefferson Airplane
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Sweeping Up the Spotlight: Jefferson Airplane Live at the Fillmore East 1969
At Golden Gate Park
At the Kabuki Theatre
Cleared for Take Off

ASIN: B000JJ3QW6
Release Date: 2007-01-09

Tracks:

Somebody To Love
Other Side Of This Life
White Rabbit
High Flying Bird
Today
She Has Funny Cars
Young Girl Sunday Blues
The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil

Album Description

Jefferson Airplane created the sounds of a generation. Their smash hits "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" provided the soundtrack to the Summer of Love, virtually inventing the era's signature pulsating psychedelic music and personifying the decade's radical counterculture.

Customer Reviews:

Weep for a lost dreamworld!.......2007-04-20

Let's face it - we are never going to hear a sonically perfect version of this legendary recording. But this latest package is the best I have heard and is certainly clearer in sound than the Thunderbolt release (welcome as that was) from the early 90's. The concert is pitched between the Airplane's two most innovative albums 'Pillow' and 'Baxters' and features a band that was youthful, hungry and at a creative peak. 'Today' with its one off harpsichord-like arrangement, is especially haunting. RCA are continually releasing a seemingly endless series of recordings from the Fillmore East. These have merits of their own but to my ears at least, Jefferson Airplane were never as other worldly as they were at Monterey. Buy this album - and weep for a lost dreamworld!

Yet another re-issue of the same music.......2007-03-14

This music has been released several times under many different titles. It is about 36 minutes long and the sound quality fair to poor. It is better than most of the other performances by other groups released from the Monetery Pop Festival. It was recorded for a TV show and was never meant to be a high fidelity recording.

This set is also on the Monterey Pop Festival boxset.

The peformance is fairly good, but not the best of live Jefferson Airplane. With the mediocre sound quality, I would suggest getting many of the other live albums (except Miracle Live) before getting this one.

IDENTICAL to earlier release.......2007-01-29

Despite a reviewer's claim that this release has superior sound quality to the 1995 U.K. label Magnum release, to my ears they're identical. If you have the earlier release, you gain nothing by buying this. Great music, but don't buy this if you have the earlier release.

When they were good, they were very good........2007-01-29

Out of the dozens of shows I saw in the 60's and 70's, Jefferson Airplane was one of the best. Unfortuantely they were also one of the worst. This Monterey Festival set sounds like one of the best. Very nice sound quality. And although the order of songs is screwed up, I am really glad they left in some of the mistakes like eq'ing the microphones with rumbles and all. A couple of times the band appeared to be lost but Jack Cassady just kept going strong until the others caught up. "Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil" gives us a glimpse of where the band was heading. History has proved this a very important performance for the bands that were there-same for the Airplane. The four page booklet gives a general history of the band by Alfie Falckenbach (Records Collector) and a much shorter history of the Festival itself. Both are helpful.

Change track order to real performance order and bring back stage banter!.......2007-01-21

Audio quality is very good, however track orders are switched for this edition which causes some confusion when listening. For example the electric piano in "Today" can be heard before some tracks as Grace is preparing to play it, but then "White Rabbit" starts playing. If the tracks were left in the order they were played, this would be a stronger release. There are no fades either, which sounds quite choppy at times. I also dislike how they edited down the introduction group where Grace laughs, chosing to barrel into "Somebody to Love" instead. Until then, most of the material can be found on the Monterey International Pop Festival Boxed Set. Still, "The Ballad of You, and Me, and Pooneil" stands out as whats to come with After Bathing at Baxters later in the year.

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Bloozey Fun in1970
Don't overanalyze it....

Live 'n' Kicking at Lexington
Pacific Gas & Electric
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ASIN: B000MGBSBC
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

Old Slop in "A" [#]
Are You Ready? [#]
Next Time You See Me [#]
Elvira [#]
32-20 Blues [#]
One More River to Cross [#]
Motor City Is Burning [#]
Jelly Jelly [#]

Album Description

Pacific Gas & Electric was a blues/rock group out of California who had a number of charting albums in the late 1960's-early 1970's. The group was headed up by vocalist Charlie Allen. Wounded Bird proudly presents this previously unreleased live album from Charlie Allen and friends, originally scheduled for release by Columbia in 1970 but never saw the light of day - until now! The rumors of the existence of this album have been a topic of conversation by their fans for decades. The rumors can now be put to rest.

Customer Reviews:

Bloozey Fun in1970.......2007-04-17

Well I had my reservations since there had been a major shake-up in their line up.A new drummer, bass, guitar and no horns????? Ken Utterback replacing Glenn Schwartz on lead?
An unfounded concern, as Ken more than holds his own, filling those really Big Shoes, he's a soulful player with more than a few licks highly reminiscent of one John Dawson Winter III sans the slide.
Now to the real critical part:
Everyone knows that a proper sound check is crucial especially if you plan on recording & releasing a show.
Well...apparently someone forgot to tell the parties involved because it takes until the 3rd song to get their levels right. This is a shame, as this band was legendary for it's live performances.
Track 1: aptly named Old Slop in "A" (11:20 min.) has a wonderful groove marred by a criminally crappy mix ( someone should have been fired for it). And unfortunately this poor quality carries over into their "big" hit track 2: "Are You Ready?" Charlie's vocals are still way out front, fortunately there is only 6:25 of this to endure.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love live recordings, even marginal ones by recording standards.
The problem here is by the third track someone must have slapped the sound board tech and woke him up. The mix improves dramatically.
Too bad it didn't happen sooner. 'Cause this is a really fine band that ( in this reviewers eyes and ears) fell victim of an indifferent or untalented sound crew.
The rest of this release sparkles, but I almost didn't make it past the first couple of tracks.I imagine the execs at CBS didn't make it past 'em either. Maybe that's why these terrific tracks(well tracks 3 thru 8 anyway) have sat on a shelf for 37 years.
All that said, this is still a real historic gem that tho tarnished is a valuable addition to anyone's collection who lived & loved the live sounds of the late 60's and early 70's.

Don't overanalyze it...........2007-04-12

The liner notes indicate this live date took place while touring after "Are You Ready" was released, but with a revised line-up. No "guitar
glen", who was replaced by a very good Ken Utterback, but it is still a worthwhile purchase. It is a crude, undoctored disc, but very enjoyable, over an hour of great guitar blues-rock. It is a bit over-indulgent at times, but who wasn't at the time(8-'70). Well worth the time and expense!

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

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Great compilation
A disappointment

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

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ASIN: B00005Q6IN
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Patti LuPone
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - KT Sullivan
Nunsense: I Just Want To Be A Star - Christine Anderson
Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
Oil City Symphony: Beaver Ball At The Bug Club - Mike Craver/Mark Hardwick/Debra Monk/Mary Murfitt
Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

Tracks:

4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)

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Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters
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ASIN: B000003FDW
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
Being Alive--Patti LuPone
Good Thing Going--The Tonics
Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble

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Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2006-08-06

This is a wonderful double CD of fabulous musical numbers performed by theatre greats and directed by a legandary musical director.

Simply the Best.......2005-06-29

First, to the person who criticizes the recording b/c of "Broadway Baby." Daisy Egan (who sings in in this recording) sounds like she's 10 becuase she IS young. She had just appeared on Braodway in Secret Garden and won a Tony for it. It's a joke...Broadway BABY...hello, it's a joke.

In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.

In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.

If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.

Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21

I am sure no knowledgeable person would deny how absolutely perfect all these songs are. However, the performances on this album are extremely inconsistent. It will go from an excellent rendition (Waiting for the Girls medley, Sunday, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Sooner or Later, Green Finch, Send in the Clowns, Pretty Lady) to the weird (I never Do Anything Twice), to the bad (Broadway Baby, Our Time). I still have absolutely no idea how they managed to butcher one of the best songs ever written--Good Thing Going--and turn it into smooth jazz elevator music. Why would they give Broadway Baby to someone who sounds like she's 10? That said, Liza Minelli, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Dorothy Laudon and the "Waiting for the Girls" performers are all very good. And ending with Bernadette Peters and "Sunday" ends the set on a absolutley fabulous note.

"Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30

This review is by Crosley.

I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.

There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.

I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.

A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16

There's something to be said for the first concert you ever see at Carnegie Hall. I was fortunate enough to have this be my first. This entire evening was devoted to his genius and the performers did not disappoint.

This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.

Tracks:

Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Company: Loveland - Getting Married Today
Follies: Waiting For The Girls Upstairs - Love, I Hear - Live Alone And Like It
Company: Being Alive
Merrily We Roll Along: Good Thing Going
Merrily We Roll Along: Our Time - Children Will Listen
Dick Tracy: Back In Business
Sweeny Todd: Green Finch And Linnet Bird
Follies: Broadway Baby
Merrily We Roll Along: Not A Day Goes By
A Little Night Music: A Weekend In The Country
A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns
Sunday In The Park With George: Sunday

Customer Reviews:

What a recording!.......2000-06-29

I only wich I could have been at Carnegie Hall that night! Come on, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, Karen Ziemba, James Naughton, and so much more! After i bought this highlights album I knew I had to get the full 2-CD set. It's great cause it's live, the orchestrations are Heaven, and you will feel like your in new york in the audience. Buy it enjoy it and if you like it is much as I do buy the Video of the performance!

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From when bossa nova was, well, nova
I'm SO glad this is back in print!!!!

Live at Newport
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Release Date: 2001-10-02

Tracks:

Soft Winds
Desafinado
Samba De Orfeu
Don't You Know
Garota De Ipanema

Album Description

In the year 2000 Wounded Bird issued their first batch of Herbie Mann CD Re-issues. One of those was Standing Ovation At Newport, one of our most popular Herbie Mann CDs. We now finish the Newport trilogy with Live At Newport & New Mann At Newport. Live At Newport was recorded in 1963 at the Newport Jazz Festival. Featured musicians include Dave Pike (vibes), Ben Tucker (bass) and Atilla Zoller (guitar). 5 tracks. 2001 reissue.

Customer Reviews:

live at newport.......2006-02-02

this cd represents herbie manns' talents at the height of his career. it is one of his most prolific works. the back-up musicians complement his style perfectly, making this one of his most enjoyable offerings.

From when bossa nova was, well, nova.......2001-12-01

This is one of my favorite bossa nova albums, from a time when that music was still fresh and exciting (complete with Herbie blowing a note or two). I too am glad it's back in print because I wore out my vinyl copy. Easily the best version of Desafinado ever. Jobim's other standard on this album, Girl from Ipanema, gets a nice treatment as well.The treatment of Soft Winds is intriguing because it's kind of a pre-Memphis Underground bossa nova bop. The same is true for Don't You Know, which is also funky before funk was invented. If you're choosing between this and the 1966 album, New Mann at Newport, choose this one. Or both.

I'm SO glad this is back in print!!!!.......2001-11-15

This is one of those albums that slipped through the cracks for years. Atlantic/Rhino's jazz re-issue department has been completely lax, with the exception of the Mingus/Coltrane/Ornette stuff, which they have every reason to be proud of. But in doing their best to get that stuff out, deserving albums by Eddie Harris and Herbie Mann have stayed out of print. Thank God for these smaller labels that are making everything available again!!! This album features some prime latin Herbie Mann, and the song Don't You Know has been a favorite for years. I have had access to the vinyl, but you can't play the vinyl in your car on the way to a gig, so I've always been kinda bummed that this one never saw the light of day. Until now! Wooo!! I'm so excited to see this one in print again!!

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Ron from Tarzana

Live at the Bijou Cafe
Jesse Winchester
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CC3S50
Release Date: 2006-01-17

Tracks:

Payday
Silly Heart
Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt
Midnight Bus
Nothing But a Breeze
Defying Gravity
Let the Rough Side Drag
Black Dog
Mississippi You're on My Mind
Twigs and Seeds
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I Can't Stand Up Alone

Album Description

Jesse Winchester is a sort of folk/rock singer/songwriter who issued numerous albums for the Bearsville label throughout the 70s & early 80s. Wounded Bird Records will be issuing his entire Bearsville output on CD start with his very first album, Jesse Winchester, and Live At The Bijou Cafe, which when originally released in 1976, was a radio-station-only album. This entire catalog will be digitally remastered. Jesse Winchester features Levon Helm & Robbie Roberson from The Band. Wounded Bird Records. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Ron from Tarzana.......2006-06-27

Jesse Winchester is a great artist, and for his part, this is a great album. Unfortunately, the company reissuing this and other Winchester albums, Wounded Bird Records, did a horrible job of remastering it. The sound is much too bassy and flat, with virtually no treble at all. It needs to be run through an equalizer to listen to it. The CD deserves 5 stars for Winchester's part, and 1 for Wounded Bird's part, which is why I gave it only 3. I've emailed Jesse about it and he says: "I'm afraid I have no control and no influence over the companies who release those records. I was not consulted or even informed by Wounded Bird. I haven't the money for a law suit....I'm very sorry about this. I wish there were something concrete I could do, but due to my own naivite as a young man and the unscruplous people I was doing business with, I have no artistic or financial control whatever over those recordings. We live and learn."

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Live at the Lighthouse
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00065TZVE
Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

Spiritual
Baseball
Shadow of Your Smile
Intima
Novamo
For Someone I Love
What's New

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What a wonderful CD!
The triumphs of I Fagiolini

The Triumphs of Oriana

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YUGY
Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Lady Oriana - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Sing, Shepherds All - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Lightly She Whipped O'er The Dales - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Calm Was The Air And Clear The Sky - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fantasia No.2 (Hirsch No.46) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hence Stars Too Dim Of Light - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Come, Gentle Swains And Shephards' Dainty Daughters - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Angel's Face And Brightness - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Nymphs And Shepherds Danced - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: All Creatures Now Are Merry Merry-Minded - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Nymphs, I Heard One Telling - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Oriana, Seeming To Wink At Folly - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: The Fauns And Satyrs Tripping - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard No.8 'Jest' Or 'Clark's Galliard' (Hirsch No.15) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Round About Her Charret, With All-admiring Strains - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Wreaths Of Rose And Laurel - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Thus Bonny-boots The Birthday Celebrated - Anna Crookes
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Long Live Fair Oriana - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fantasia No.3 (Hirsch No.49) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Arise, Awake, Awake - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hark! Did Ye Ever Hear So Sweet A Singing? - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Orian In The Morn - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: With Angel's Face And Brightness - Matthew Brook
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Come, Blessed Bird - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Galliard (Hirsch No.2) - David Miller
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Hard By A Crystal Fountain - Anna Crookes
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Oriana, Beauty's Queen - Robert Hollingworth
The Triumphs Of Oriana: Fair Cytherea Presents Her Doves - William Purefoy
The Triumphs Of Oriana: As Vesta Was From Latmos Hill Descending - Matthew Brook

Customer Reviews:

What a wonderful CD!.......2003-07-15

This really is a beautiful collection of music. "The Triumphs of Oriana" was published in 1601 by famous English composer Thomas Morley as a collection of songs honoring Queen Elizabeth (Oriana). 25 major English composers' songs are in here, except for William Byrd. The vocals are beautiful and really take the listener back to the golden age of European civilization. There are also several lute pieces inserted into the CD to add to the Renaissance feeling. This is an excellent CD!

The triumphs of I Fagiolini.......2002-08-25

The Triumphs of Oriana are a collection of polyphonic songs of the Elisabethian period published by Morley to honour Oriana (poetic nickname of Queen Elisabeth I). Therefore he collected songs composed by 25 wellknown English composers of his time (only William Byrd is missing) which all end with the words "Long life fair Oriana".
I already heard the Triumphs of Oriana sung by the King's Singers. This version by I Fagiolini sounds differently, as they are 7 men and 3 women instead of 6 men, but the result is very interesting: the female voices give indeed more brilliant to the sound.
Because this series was famous in its time among the amateurs, for private concerts, this CD includes various lute pieces in order to sound like an Elisabethian private concert.
Today, the listener has other standards and I don't find this idea is really good: it deforces the a cappella songs by a kind of intermezzo.
Anyway, the listener has yet the possibility to skip the lute pieces if he likes thanks to the miracle of the CD player.
In that case, the CD is really very good.

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