Bar Talk

Bar Talk

ASIN: B00006DTZJ

Editorial Reviews
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In the 1980s, drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts was the motor behind the advancing army of Young Turks led by Wynton and Branford Marsalis. He took Elvin Jones's rhythmic concepts to new heights and established himself as a drumming force of the future. This CD, his second as a leader, focuses on his compositions more than his drum work. Joined by saxophonists Ravi Coltrane and Michael Brecker, along with guitarists Hiram Bullock and Paul Bollenbeck, and pianist Joey Calderazzo, Watts and company deliver a program of surprisingly light-on-the-ears tunes, penned mostly by him. "J.C. Is the Man" is a boppish tribute to a bartender, while "Stevie in Rio" is a breezy tropical number. "Laughin' and Talkin' (with Higg)" is Watts's sonic shout-out to the dearly departed drummer, Billy Higgins, and Kenny Kirkland's moody ballad, "Tonality of Atonement," is handled with tender loving care from Watts and the crew. On "...Like the Rose," Watts's vocal alter ego, "Juan Tainish," graces the Norman Conners-like ballad with his pipes. Watt's drumming is impressive and supportive--he doesn't have to prove anything with selfish solos. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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Average customer rating: Bar Talk Great album! A Gem Big surprise Jazz CD of the Year

Bar Talk Jeff "Tain" Watts Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Citizen Tain Detained at the Blue Note Megawatts Requiem Braggtown ASIN: B00006DTZJ Release Date: 2002-08-06

Tracks:

1. JC Is The Man (Part 1)
2. Vodville
3. Stevie In Rio
4. Mr. JJ
5. Side B
6. Kiss
7. JC Is The Man (Part 2)
8. Laughin' & Talkin' (with Higg)
9. Tonality Of Atonement
10. ...Like The Rose

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Customer Reviews:

Bar Talk.......2006-11-12

Great album!.......2005-11-14

A Gem.......2004-06-28

The same goes for the rest of the album. Tain knows how serve his listeners--you want something at burning speed, you want a laid back groove, a beautiful ballad, all styles...TAIN IS THE MAN!!
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity--grab this album and you will be more than satisfied.

Big surprise.......2003-07-28

Absolutely no self-respecting jazz lover should have a space in their collection where this disc belongs, if only for the (now legendary) Brecker/Marsalis solo which hits you like a bath of ice cold water. I'll tell you, the hairs on my arm haven't lain back down yet.

Paul Bollenbeack on the guitar is a real find for me too, reminding me a lot of John Scofield in that strange, nagging "Here I am, don't forget about me" to his strings, particularly on the often spacey opening track 'JC is the man'- Bollenback's contribution is gentle enough to sit on the edge of your consciousness and just powerful enough to spice the mix without burning your lips.

'Side B' is the star of the show for me, but then I just love Hiram Bullocks nasty edge, real sleazy, like a down and out hooker with torn nylons and smeared mascara who's just walked into the bar where the guys are playing.

Wait no longer, pick this up at any price (you don't have to wait for a clear out, believe me) !

Jazz CD of the Year.......2003-06-22

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Bar Talk Jeff "Tain" Watts Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00006IIF9 Release Date: 2002-09-30

Tracks:

1. JC Is the Man, Pt. 1
2. Vodville
3. Stevie in Rio
4. Mr. JJ
5. Side B
6. Kiss
7. JC Is the Man, Pt. 2
8. Laughin' and Talkin' (With Higg)
9. Tonality of Atonement
10. Like the Rose

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Gay: The Beggars' Opera [Excerpts] Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000WX2 Release Date: 1993-01-20

Tracks:

1. 'The Beggar's Opera': Overture
2. 'The Beggar's Opera': Thro'All The Employement Of Life
3. 'The Beggar's Opera': 'Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind
4. 'The Beggar's Opera': If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear
5. 'The Beggar's Opera': Our Polly Is A Sad Slut
6. 'The Beggar's Opera': Can Love B e Controlled By Advice
7. 'The Beggar's Opera': O, Polly, You Might Have Toyed And Kissed
8. 'The Beggar's Opera': A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir
9. O Ponder Well
10. The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying
11. 'The Beggar's Opera': My Heart Was So Free
12. 'The Beggar's Opera': Where I Laid On Greenland's Coast; O What pain It Is To Part
13. 'The Beggar's Opera': Fill Every Glass; Let Us Take The Road
14. 'The Beggar's Opera': If The Heart Of A Man
15. 'The Beggar's Opera': Youth's The Season
16. 'The Beggar's Opera': Before The Barn-Door Crowing
17. 'The Beggar's Opera': How Cruel Are The Traitors
18. 'The Beggar's Opera': When You Censure The Age
19. 'The Beggar's Opera': Is Then His Fate Decreed?
20. 'The Beggar's Opera': How Happy Could I Be With Either
21. 'The Beggar's Opera': I'm Bubbled, I'm Bubbled
22. 'The Beggar's Opera': Cease Your Funning
23. 'The Beggar's Opera': Why, How Now, Madam Flirt
24. 'The Beggar's Opera': No Power On Earth
25. 'The Beggar's Opera': Interlude
26. 'The Beggar's Opera': When Young At The Bar
27. 'The Beggar's Opera': I'm Like A Skiff
28. 'The Beggar's Opera': Thus Gamesters United
29. 'The Beggar's Opera': The Modes Of The Court
30. 'The Beggar's Opera': In The Days Of My Youth
31. 'The Beggar's Opera': A Curse Attends That Woman's Love
32. 'The Beggar's Opera': Come, Sweet Lass
33. 'The Beggar's Opera': Hither, Dear Husband
34. 'The Beggar's Opera': Which Way Shall I Turn Me?
35. 'The Beggar's Opera': The Charge Is Prepared
36. 'The Beggar's Opera': Dance Of Prisoners In Chains
37. 'The Beggar's Opera': Would I Might Be Hang'd
38. 'The Beggar's Opera': Finale: Thus I Stand Like The Turk
39. Lionel and Clarissa: Medley

Average customer rating: New music

Bar Talk Dani McGee Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004TWGW Release Date: 2000-05-23

Tracks:

1. Mary's Men
2. Life Is A Pillow
3. Greed
4. A Room Full Of Redheads

Customer Reviews:

New music.......2001-12-12

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Folk's Songs Jeff "Tain" Watts Presents Tain & The Eb Manufacturer: Dark Key Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Way out Willy Back East ASIN: B000R7L8FC

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