Nice Guys

Nice Guys

Nice Guys

ASIN: B0000261FC

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The Art Ensemble has endured as long as it has because of its members' ability to support fully one another's often diverse musical impulses. On this 1978 studio recording they come together on Joseph Jarman's edgy, boppish, post-Ornette Coleman tune "597-59" as if it were their essential style, but they bring the same focus and commitment to the pointillist shards of Roscoe Mitchell's "C Y P." Similarly, the comic eruption into a group calypso vocal on Lester Bowie's "Ja" is a shared joke, while the sound play of Don Moye's "Folkus" is fully a group creation. Jarman's frequently explored "Dreaming of the Master" is heard in one of the group's finest performances, played with a taut nobility and a collective rhythmic spring that seems as natural as breathing. --Stuart Broomer

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Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • A bargain collection of showtunes
 Golden Greats: Greatest Broadway Hits

Manufacturer: Golden Greats
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005USEJ
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

  1. Ouverture - Orchestra
  2. Something Wonderfull - Dorothy Sarnoff
  3. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Ethel Merman
  4. Life Upon the Wicked Stage - Colette Lyons
  5. So in Love - Patricia Morison
  6. You'll Never Walk Alone - Jan Clayton, Christine Johnson
  7. Bill - Carol Bruce
  8. Hello, Young Lovers - Gertrude Lawrence
  9. Bloody Mary - Male Chorus
  10. I Can't Say No - Celeste Holm
  11. This Was a Real Nice Clambake - Jan Clayton,
  12. Oklahoma! - Alfred Drake
  13. Sue Me - Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene
  14. Woman Is a Sometime Thing - Edward Matthews
  15. Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza,
  16. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Todd Duncan, Todd Duncan
  17. Guys and Dolls - Douglas Deane, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver
  18. It Ain't Necessarily So - Lawrence Tibbett
  19. Make Believe - Jan Clayton
  20. Wonderful Guy - Mary Martin
  21. They Say It's Wonderful - Ethel Merman
  22. When the Children Are Asleep - Jean Darling, Eric Mattson
  23. More I Cannot Wish You - Pat Rooney, Sr., Pat Rooney, Sr.
  24. Puzzlement - Yul Brynner
  25. I Got Lost in His Arms - Ethel Merman

Tracks:

  1. Overture...Summertime - Anne Brown
  2. Why Can't You Behave? - Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang
  3. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Carol Bruce
  4. There's No Business Like Show Business - Chorus
  5. If I Were a Bell - Isabel Bigley
  6. People Will Say That We're in Love - Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts
  7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Anne Brown
  8. Luck Be a Lady Tonight - Robert Alda
  9. Shall I Tell You What I Think of You? - Gertrude Lawrence
  10. Girl That I Marry - Ray Middleton
  11. Nobody Else But Me - Jan Clayton
  12. Carousel Waltz - Orchestra
  13. Dites-Moi - Barbara Luna
  14. Ol' Man River - Kenneth Spencer
  15. Summertime
  16. Many a New Day - Joan Roberts
  17. Blow High, Blow Low - Murvyn Vye
  18. It Takes a Long Pull to Get There - Edward Matthews
  19. You've Got to Be Carefully Taught - Billy Tabbert
  20. We Open in Venice - Alfred Drake
  21. I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Mary Martin
  22. Who Do You Love, I Hope? - Kathleen Carnes, Robert Lenn
  23. I've Never Been in Love Before - Robert Alda
  24. Tom, Dick or Harry - Lisa Kirk
  25. I Whistle a Happy Tune - Gertrude Lawrence

Tracks:

  1. New York, New York - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray
  2. Almost Like Being in Love - Marion Bell, Dave Brooks, David Brooks
  3. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Vivienne Segal
  4. Beat out Dat Rhythm on a Drum - June Hawkins
  5. How Are Things in Glocca Morra? - Ella Logan
  6. Old Devil Moon - Ella Logan
  7. South American Way - Carmen Miranda
  8. September Song - Walter Huston
  9. This Is the Army, Mister Jones - Irving Berlin
  10. Takin' a Chance on Love - Ethel Waters
  11. My Heart Belongs to Daddy - Mary Martin
  12. Anything Goes - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
  13. You're the Top - Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals
  14. I Get a Kick Out of You - Ethel Merman
  15. Night and Day - Fred Astaire
  16. I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
  17. Someone to Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence
  18. Fascinatin' Rhythm - Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire
  19. Strike Up the Band - Red Nichols & His Orchestra
  20. Makin' Whoopee - Eddie Cantor
  21. Heatwave - Ethel Waters
  22. Easter Parade - Clifton Webb
  23. She Didn't Say Yes - Peggy Wood
  24. I've Told Every Little Star - Mary Ellis
  25. Johnny One Note - Lynn Murray, Lynn Murray

Album Description

Import exclusive, budget price compilation featuring Broadway classics like 'You'll Never Walk Alone', 'Summertime', & There's No Business Like Show Business', performed by Ethel Merman, Gertrude Lawrence, Celeste Holm, & many more. 75 tracks in all. Standard double jewel case. Disky. 2001.

Album Details

3 CD set

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A bargain collection of showtunes.......2005-08-19

This bargain collection of showtunes is highlighted by the composition of Kurt Weill and the uniquely rolling tongue of Colette Lyons. I have a complaint about this compilation. It includes "Ol' Man River", but it excludes Al Jolson's rendition of "Ol' Man River." Otherwise, this collection gives you ample bang for your buck.
Nice Guys
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    		Nice Guys
    The Art Ensemble of Chicago
    Manufacturer: Universal
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Avant Garde & Free JazzAvant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0009J8D06
    Release Date: 2005-07-11

    Tracks:

    1. JA
    2. Nice Guys
    3. Folkus
    4. 597-59
    5. Cyp
    6. Dreaming of the Masters
    Songs for Swinging Nice Guys
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Life's never black & white for a hermaphrodite.
    • who woulda thunk 90's punk could be so... PUNK!
    		 Songs for Swinging Nice Guys
    The Connie Dungs
    Manufacturer: Mutant Pop Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00000F1DP
    Release Date: 1998-11-10

    Tracks:

    1. Too Cruel
    2. Mannequeen
    3. Teenage Zombie
    4. Missy and Johnny
    5. Cowboy
    6. Used to Be Cool
    7. Yay Jesus
    8. High School Sweetie
    9. Stacey's Couch
    10. Cash In
    11. Teenaged Punks on Talkshows
    12. Kitty
    13. Yesterday
    14. Bettter Than Me
    15. Somehow
    16. Kill Me in My Sleep
    17. Wimp Boy
    18. Girls Are Always Mean to Me
    19. Julie's Got a Fetus
    20. Froggy
    21. Boy of the Month
    22. Twenty Years
    23. Weiner
    24. Medicine
    25. Showgirl

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Life's never black & white for a hermaphrodite........1999-09-05

    These guys are awesome! This is 100% pure punk rock. DRINK UP

    5 out of 5 stars who woulda thunk 90's punk could be so... PUNK!.......1999-07-25

    this CD is the first two demos that they used to sell at shows. i first heard the tapes a few years ago when i bought them from Wayne the bass player. i wore out my first copy of "songs for swinging lovers" and when this CD came out it was a relief that i wouldnt have to wear out my tape anymore. the lyrical content ranges from love gone bad, to bein a zombie, to teenage punks on talkshows. plus, its sounds incredible for an independant release(the tapes were indie, not this CD). definatly grade A material. BUY BUY BUY!!! and write em letters and stuff. ,¡,,
    Left of Jupiter
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      		Left of Jupiter

      Manufacturer: Three Nice Guys' Music
      ProductGroup: Classical
      Binding: Audio CD
      ASIN: B000LM3TWI
      Best of Los Nice Guys
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        		Best of Los Nice Guys
        Los Nice Guys
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000RH0LWI

        Product Description

        1 Holy Holy 2 Healing Prayer (Spanish) 3 Knocking Down the Door 4 The Winderness, the Mountain 5 Una Fe Comun 6 Red Roan Stallion 7 Clean Living 8 Truthful Man 9 El Sendero 10 Taking on Texas 11 Praying Man 12 Unity Prayer (Spanish) 13 Riding the Rods 14 Some Day 15 Buddhist-Baptist-Catholic-Jew 16 Turn My Troubles into Friends 17 Una Dia
        Ella & Nice Guys
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          		Ella & Nice Guys
          Ella Fitzgerald
          Manufacturer: Decca
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000NL5P88

          Product Description

          With The Delta Rhythm Boys, The Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, and The Sky Larks. Track Listing: 1. It's Only A Paper Moon 2. For Sentimental Reasons 3. It's A Pity To Say Goodnight 4. Big Boy Blue 5. Dedicated Yo You 6. Fairy Tales 7. I Gotta Have My Baby Back 8. Cow Cow Boogie 9. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall 10. I'm Making Believe 11. I'm Beginning To See The Light 12. That's The Way It Is 13. Little Small Town Girl 14. I Still Feel The Same About You 15. Lonesome Gal 16. The Bean Bag Song
          Nice Guys
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • My personal favorite AEC
          • A different conception of beauty
          • Brilliant historical document. Relevatory. Optimistic!
          • A Great Introduction to the Art Ensemble of Chicago
          		 Nice Guys
          The Art Ensemble of Chicago
          Manufacturer: Ecm Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B0000031QA
          Release Date: 1994-06-14

          Tracks:

          1. Ja
          2. Nice Guys
          3. Folkus
          4. 597-59
          5. Cyp
          6. Dreaming Of The Master

          Amazon.com

          The Art Ensemble has endured as long as it has because of its members' ability to support fully one another's often diverse musical impulses. On this 1978 studio recording they come together on Joseph Jarman's edgy, boppish, post-Ornette Coleman tune "597-59" as if it were their essential style, but they bring the same focus and commitment to the pointillist shards of Roscoe Mitchell's "C Y P." Similarly, the comic eruption into a group calypso vocal on Lester Bowie's "Ja" is a shared joke, while the sound play of Don Moye's "Folkus" is fully a group creation. Jarman's frequently explored "Dreaming of the Master" is heard in one of the group's finest performances, played with a taut nobility and a collective rhythmic spring that seems as natural as breathing. --Stuart Broomer

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars My personal favorite AEC.......2004-05-20

          Nice Guys reveals the many dimensions of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, from their crystalline delicacy, through their wry humor, to their unmitigated heaviness ("Dreaming of the Master"). It also reveals their core philosophy of creation, which combines their own eruptive originality and their homage to what they called "Great Black Music."

          I saw the AEC about 20 times from 1976 through 1983, and I was lucky enough to catch them at an AACM festival shortly after the release of Nice Guys. Never did I see them any better, from Don Moye's astonishing work on drums to their thundering entry into "Dreaming of the Master" near the end of their set.

          Nice Guys does it all, albeit it a slightly tamer way than those who love the earlier "A Jackson in Your House" AEC. Take the plunge and enjoy your own dreams of these masters.

          5 out of 5 stars A different conception of beauty.......2000-11-25

          This is a wonderful disk. I am saddened and astonished to see that the only cut that one cannot hear a sample of is "Dreaming of the Master," Joseph Jarman's homage to Miles Davis, the standout cut on this album, and a staple of the AEC's live shows. The music is highly varied from the reggae of the opening "Ja," to the Ellingtonia of "Nice Guys" to the percussion piece "Folkus." The really standout piece though is "Dreaming of the Master" with its elegant counter-melody and double time break. Since unfortunately you cannot hear a sample, think Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments" played by free jazzers. This cut alone is worth the price of the disk.

          5 out of 5 stars Brilliant historical document. Relevatory. Optimistic!.......2000-09-26

          These men are heroes. This music will change your life. This is one of their best albums. Such big-hearted virtuosity is rare as hell, sad to say, but hear it for yourself: buy this album (at your local independent record store).

          I love you,

          Hot Coque

          4 out of 5 stars A Great Introduction to the Art Ensemble of Chicago.......2000-03-13

          If you are interested in the Art Ensemble of Chicago, I would reccomend checking this out. This was the first album I ever heard of the Art Ensemble, and immediately I was hooked by the first track "Ja". Beautiful solos, amazing improvisation, and great rythm all make this release a pleasure.
          Nice Guys Finish Last
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            		Nice Guys Finish Last
            DuetimeDuetime
            Manufacturer: Welldone
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD
            ASIN: B000LWBP06

            Product Description

            Duetime: Nice Guys Finish Last! TRACKS: 1. Do You Think; 2. R.I.P.; 3. Another Saturday Night; 4. Little Did I Know; 5. Outside; 6. Buttercup; 7. 50/50; 8. Be My Girl; 9. Asphalt; & 10. Beat Me, Whip Me, Boot Me.
            Nice Guys?
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              		Nice Guys?
              Tonjip , Phil Usher , Scott Mullane , Sean Bower , and Nigel Smith
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              ASIN: B000PG66O8

              Product Description

              TRACKS: 1. Nice Guys? 2:56 2. Until It's Gone 3:23 3. Selection Criteria 3:21 4. Dow Jones' Locker 1:51 5. Missile Crisis 3:23 6. Coolite 5:52
              Nice Guys Finish Last
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                		Nice Guys Finish Last

                Manufacturer: USA
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

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                ASIN: B000CA3N0C
                Release Date: 2003-09-23

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