Invisible Hand

Invisible Hand

ASIN: B000042OQY

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Amazon.com
On alto saxophonist Greg Osby's Invisible Hand, he embarks on a sonic excursion past the boundaries of time signatures, chord progressions, and prefigured tempos toward a universe of pure music--all the while joined by icons such as guitarist Jim Hall and pianist Andrew Hill. Bassist Scott Colley, saxophonist-flutist Gary Thomas and drummer Teri Lyne Carrington round out the band, demonstrating and helping define how solid Osby's own musical conception is. Osby shows the dual influence of Steve Coleman's M-BASE collective--where he made his creative home during the 1980s and '90s--and of Eric Dolphy, who worked with pianist Hill in the '60s. Hill's pointillism illuminates his enigmatic composition "Ashes," and his duets with Osby on both takes of "The Watcher" ring with a Debussy-like impressionism. Hall's hushed tones provide the right harmonic settings on "Sanctus" and the Latin-tinged "Who Needs Forever." Osby's sharp and flowing lines paint new algorithmic versions of Fats Waller's classic "Jitterbug Waltz" (a Dolphy favorite) and the standards "Indiana" and "Nature Boy." On those tracks Osby and company play the past and sound like the future. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

From Jazziz
Alto saxophonist Greg Osby's recent string of records for Blue Note - Art Forum, Further Ado, Zero, and Banned in New York - have got critics and fans championing him as traditional jazz's most envelope-pushing soloist and conceptualist. His new record, The Invisible Hand, finds Osby teaming up with two musicians who received similar praise back in the early 1960s, pianist Andrew Hill and guitarist Jim Hall. Osby has worked with both musicians in the past, recording on Hill's Eternal Spirit (Blue Note) and on Hall's By Arrangement (Telarc), among others. Several tunes, including "Sanctus," were written by Hall. "Jim wanted a Johnny Hodges-like interpretation," Osby says of "Sanctus," "but I couldn't go that far because I'm not into bending and scooping my notes like that. That's highly stylized and personalized. I think it would be patronizing for me to do it. I just tried to do justice to the song because it's so beautiful, a through-composed and arranged composition with a definite theme and development and motives. He wrote the melody based on the way he thinks I play - which flatters me. It's custom-made and I hope I satisfied him with my interpretation."

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Love Divine All Loves Excelling - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Father Hear the Prayer We Offer - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Now Thank We All Our God - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Stars of the Morning So Gloriously Bright - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
God Save the Queen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Day of Resurrection - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
O Come All Ye Faithful - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Thine Arm O Lord in Days of Old - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Good Christian Men Rejoice and Sing - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
There Is a Green Hill - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Lord of Beauty - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
Rejoice Today With One Accord - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
New Every Morning - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
O God Our Help in Ages Past - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral

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Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Behold the Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Rejoice the Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Creator of the Stars of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir
He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir
Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir
This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir
Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir
Jesus Lord We Look to Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir
O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir
Lord of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir

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Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Thou in All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O God Thy Soldiers' Crown and Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
Strife Is O'er the Battle Done - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral

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Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Tracks:

Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Album Description

Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

The picture.......2006-12-11

I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.

Average customer rating:

caution advised
Another Grand Slam for Mr. Osby!
Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny
Osby: The Inspirer
Heavyweight band, delicate music

Invisible Hand
Greg Osby
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Jitterbug Waltz
Sanctus
Indiana
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Amazon.com

On alto saxophonist Greg Osby's Invisible Hand, he embarks on a sonic excursion past the boundaries of time signatures, chord progressions, and prefigured tempos toward a universe of pure music--all the while joined by icons such as guitarist Jim Hall and pianist Andrew Hill. Bassist Scott Colley, saxophonist-flutist Gary Thomas and drummer Teri Lyne Carrington round out the band, demonstrating and helping define how solid Osby's own musical conception is. Osby shows the dual influence of Steve Coleman's M-BASE collective--where he made his creative home during the 1980s and '90s--and of Eric Dolphy, who worked with pianist Hill in the '60s. Hill's pointillism illuminates his enigmatic composition "Ashes," and his duets with Osby on both takes of "The Watcher" ring with a Debussy-like impressionism. Hall's hushed tones provide the right harmonic settings on "Sanctus" and the Latin-tinged "Who Needs Forever." Osby's sharp and flowing lines paint new algorithmic versions of Fats Waller's classic "Jitterbug Waltz" (a Dolphy favorite) and the standards "Indiana" and "Nature Boy." On those tracks Osby and company play the past and sound like the future. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Customer Reviews:

caution advised.......2004-12-06

I would recommend the prospective buyer to investigate carefully this cd: some songs are familiar, like ahbez' nature boy or waller's jitterbug waltz. But this is not a standards cd: the songs are basis for some experiment. I personally like it, but understand that it might catch some by surprise. As I write this, there are used versions avaible for less than $5, which means some people bought it and are now really trying to get rid of it. I'm keeping my copy.

The atmosphere is very mellow throughout the cd. It is very spare, with very relaxed tempo. I think it is the slowest version I own of the jitterbug waltz mention below (out of 3). Hall and Hill are great players, who would take first credit over Osby in any jazz antology, but here are relatively subdued. Nature Boy is very haunting, almost hypnotic. Most of the other songs were composed for the session. This cd grows on you after several time listening to it, but it takes some effort to get into it.

Another Grand Slam for Mr. Osby!.......2001-08-22

As usual this c.d. was a masterful work. Fun and yet thought provocing while driving. A good c.d. to unwind to after a long day! Howard University consistantly turned out fabulous, entriguing musicians when I attended in the late seventies and early eighties. These guys are still funking and grooving, reminding us that sometimes...a little older "is" better! Great going Greg!

Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny.......2001-07-10

"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny" observed Frank Zappa in the 1970s, but it took until the early 2000s and albums like this one for the observation to really apply. Osby and Co. coast through a thoroughly unengaging program, not really trying very hard. We are supposed to fall all over them with delight because they simply showed up. It seems that they are trying for cerebral detachment, but to me, they just are not cutting it at a minimally acceptable level for this style of music. This is not adventurous music--give me a break--hundreds of albums in this style which are much more exciting and risk taking are filling the bins of the jazz section in any good music store. Osby needs to get up off his posterior and really play with some passion and dedication, and stop shucking the listening public.

Osby: The Inspirer.......2000-12-05

Greg Osby is making a habit of releasing music that is both diverse in it's scope and always intellectually challenging. His work with pianist Jason Moran, vibe sensation Stefon Harris, and tenor saxophonist Mark Shim has proven Osby's ability to inspire the best out of his younger band members. "The Invisible Hand" is a tribute to all alto players and the different moods that the instrument evokes. It's both subtle and a ton of bricks at the same time. Although Osby has been around a long time, and in a plethera of different jazz genre's, I think he's found his niche' with a traditional, straight ahead jazz styling. At least for this album that is...

Heavyweight band, delicate music.......2000-09-24

The most eyecatching thing about _The Invisible Hand_ isn't the leader but the sidemen: the alto saxophonist Osby has put the great 1960s hardbop/avantgarde pianist Andrew Hill together with the classic mainstream jazz guitarist Jim Hall (though Hall has been notably open to experiment, as any of his own albums from the last few decades will attest). The rest of the band is Gary Thomas on flute & tenor; Scott Colley on bass; & Terri Lyne Carrington on drums. The feel of the album is cool yet intense; only "Indiana" is taken at a fast clip, & the album's prevailing tonality is that of the blues even when the tunes themselves (such as Andrew Hill's fine "Ashes" or Hall's "Sanctus") are structures of great sophistication. The album is perhaps slightly too self-conscious in its presentation (it is self-produced): the instrumentation is varied with every track, & the focus is, despite the stellar cast, very much on Osby (Thomas, for instance, gets exactly one full solo on the whole album plus a few flute obbligatos; Osby on some tracks overdubs countermelodies to himself)--yet he sustains that focus admirably, his solos admirably logical & yet highly expressive. The inclusion of two takes of the duet with Andrew Hill is particularly valuable--not a repeated idea in sight.

This is an album that takes a while to sink in, but contains more substance than many more immediately impressive discs. Osby in the liner notes is a bit laborious in his dues-paying, as seems to have become de rigeur post-Wynton; but this doesn't affect the music, which is packed with quiet intelligence. Nice to hear an album that's understated but makes me sit up to pay attention instead of fall asleep.

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Let them be heard.......2004-09-23

Attrition is one of those groups that has to be heard to be understood. To try and describe them by labeling them dark or 'goth' or industrial darkwave or one of those 'gothic' bands just doesn't do them justice. Many would categorize industrial and gothic as a world of music that all sounds the same. Well sounding the same is what bad groups do. Attrition has a distinctly original sound that is unique to them. They don't sound like Funker Vogt. They don't sound like Lords of Acid. They don't sound like Ministry. Wait a minute, aren't all these groups classified in the same category? You see my point? Attrition doesn't even sound like Leather Strip despite both bands having an evident love of classical music.
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a MUST for any fan of attrition!.......2000-06-12

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Pictures At An Exhibition: The Gnome - Gerhard Eckle
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Songs And Dances Of Death: Berceuse - Robert Titze/Walter Bohle
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