Night Train

Night Train

Night Train

ASIN: B000004BFF

Editorial Reviews
From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
The early 1950s found Forrest, a big-toned tenor saxophonist recently departed from the Duke Ellington Orchestra, waxing sides for a pop market clamoring after robust and sensual sounds. Melding two Ellington songs, he came up with the jukebox staple "Night Train," included here with sixteen more R&B tunes that pleasingly evidence his affinity for blues and jazz. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

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Night Train
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Night Train - Oscar Peterson
  • Amazing performance, less than perfect recording
  • Must Buy, Especially For Jazz Pianists
  • Essential Peterson
  • A mature Oscar Peterson
 Night Train
Oscar Peterson Trio
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000047D4
Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

  1. Happy-Go-Lucky Local (AKA 'Night Train')
  2. C-Jam Blues
  3. Georgia On My Mind
  4. Bags' Groove
  5. Moten Swing
  6. Easy Does It
  7. The Honeydripper
  8. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  9. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  10. Band Call
  11. Hymn To Freedom
  12. Happy-Go-Lucky Local (AKA 'Night Train') (Alternate Take)
  13. Volare
  14. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
  15. Moten Swing (Rehearsal Take)
  16. Now's The Time
  17. This Could Be The Start Of Something

Amazon.com essential recording

This 1962 recording represents Oscar Peterson at his most commercially accommodating, yet his trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen never fails to swing. The program includes such familiar melodies as the title track (which began life as Duke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local"), "Georgia on My Mind," and "The Honeydripper." With the notable exception of the gospel-like original "Hymn to Freedom," most of the tracks clock in at around three minutes. This reissue contains several alternate takes that were wisely left off the original LP, including such unlikely jazz vehicles as "Volare" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." --Rick Mitchell

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Night Train - Oscar Peterson.......2007-06-26

Nice, easy listening jazz.

One tune is repeated and some studio tracks end rather abruptly, but the rest is great.

4 out of 5 stars Amazing performance, less than perfect recording.......2007-06-20

Each song is full of passion, creating a heart-warming atmosphere. One drawback of this CD is that the sound quality is not very good. I wish there was an SACD version of this recording.

5 out of 5 stars Must Buy, Especially For Jazz Pianists.......2007-04-24

Wow, this is a great CD. I love listening to it and many great pianists have been influenced by Oscar Peterson. He is an amazing genius.

5 out of 5 stars Essential Peterson.......2007-03-23

This is the Oscar Peterson album that everybody should have. Committed followers know its one of the very best, and newcomers won't find anything too dificult on it. This is the first CD I ever bought 21 years ago and I've been playing it ever since.

The basic feel of the album is blues. C Jam Blues, Night Train, Thing Ain't What They Used To Be, Moten Swing and Honey Dripper are all blues or blues related. However there's great variety amongst these tracks, contrast the mellow version of "Things Ain't What..." with the swinging version of "Honey Dripper".

On this album Peterson makes everything sound effortless, whether its his uptempo playing or superb ballad playing (such as on I Ain't Got It Bad..). My favourite track is Ellingtons Band Call. At the end of the track Oscar plays 3 increasingly syncopated resolutions leading on the 4th occasion to the end of the tune.

Perhaps the only thing you don't get on this album is the virtuoso Peterson (try the "The Trio" or "Tracks" for this). Sure some of this stuff requires excellent technique, but even at this level Oscar still has another gear.

As previous reviewers have said, special mention should be made of "Hymn To Freedom". This is a marvellous Peterson original with a great performance. A fitting way to end a superb album.

4 out of 5 stars A mature Oscar Peterson.......2007-01-14

Oscar was 36 when he and his favorite bass player, Ray Brown, teamed up with Ed Thigpen on drums to record this confident, mature cool jazz collection in 1962. In a very good sense this is a commercially enjoyable studio-recorded collection of safe tunes and some originals. Generally upbeat defined by Oscar's fingers dashing from one end of the keyboard to the other.

If you're unfamiliar with Oscar's work, this is the place to start...then go backward in time and forward. This son of Canada is still living, and may he do so for a long time.
Night Train to Nashville, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A True Gem
  • Immagination seldom seen
  • Reinvigorates an interest in Nashville's R&B music of fifty years ago
 Night Train to Nashville, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Lost Highway
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AC7ORA
Release Date: 2005-09-20

Tracks:

  1. Boogie Woogie Jockey (Jimmy Sweeney)
  2. Gene Nobles' Boogie (Richard Armstrong)
  3. All States Boogie (Ivory Joe Hunter)
  4. Wail Daddy (Charlie Dowell & Orchestra)
  5. Blues (Billie McAllister)
  6. No Better For You (Gay Crosse & the Good Humor)
  7. You Belong To Me (Helen Foster)
  8. Too Much (Bernard Hardison)
  9. If Things Don't Change (Gene Allison)
  10. Love, Love, Love (Ted Jarrett)
  11. Miss You So (Lillian Offitt)
  12. Little Darlin' (The Gladiolas)
  13. No Fool No More (Charles Walker & the Daffodils)
  14. Pretty Please (The Kinglets w/Leroy Thomas)
  15. She Can Rock (Little Ike)
  16. I'm Coming Home (The Neptunes)
  17. You Better Change (Hal & Jean)
  18. Ok, So What? (Freddie North)
  19. She Wears My Ring (Jimmy Bell)

Tracks:

  1. Doctor Feel-Good (Dr. Feelgood & The Interns)
  2. I'm A Woman (Christine Kittrell)
  3. Don't Pity Me (Herbert Hunter)
  4. Next To Me (Clyde McPhatter)
  5. Release Me (Esther Phillips)
  6. Soldier of Love (Arthur Alexander)
  7. Don't Take My Kindness for a Weakness (Earl Gaines)
  8. That's My Man (Marion James)
  9. Strain On My Heart (Roscoe Shelton)
  10. Soul Poppin' (Johnny Jones & the King Casuals)
  11. Swinging Soul Medallion (John Richbourg)
  12. Right on Time (Jimmy Church)
  13. Judy (Frank Howard)
  14. Leave It Up to the Boys (Sandra King)
  15. Don't You Forget That You're My Baby (The Spidells)
  16. I'm Free (The Prisoner's Song) (Johnny Bragg)
  17. Screamin' and Shoutin' (The Fabulettes)
  18. (You Keep Me) Hangin' On (Joe Simon)
  19. She's All I Got (Freddie North)
  20. Lucky Lou (The Imperials)

Album Description

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 16, 2005 - All R& B heaven is about to break loose when the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum and Lost Highway Records release Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-l970, Volume Two on September 20, 2005. The first volume garnered a Grammy Award as the best historical recording of 2004.

Both volumes accompany the Museum's same-titled multi-media exhibition, which opened in March 2004 and closes in December this year. The exhibition and its accompanying recordings, publications and continuing series of public programs revisit an almost forgotten time when Middle Tennessee was a major center for R&B musicians and their followers. "The Night Train story resurrects and celebrates an important era in the evolution of Nashville as Music City," said Museum Director Kyle Young. "The avalanche of local and national critical acclaim it has already received has helped not only to validate the work of important artists, but also to create new opportunities for them.

The two-CD second volume further illustrates the sterling quality and diverse sounds of the Nashville rhythm & blues that exploded across national radio and television airwaves (even though it was not considered suitable for family audiences) in this period. Again, there are numerous interesting examples of collaborations between R&B and country music artists, of country songs that became R&B hits and R&B songs that became country hits. The major focus is on Nashville-based artists, but the collection also includes selected recordings by renowned out-of-towners such as Ivory Joe Hunter, Clyde McPhatter, Esther Phillips and John Coltrane (as a member of Gay Crosse's band). A number of the Nashville artists, including the Spidells, Jimmy Church and Sandra King, appeared in the 1960s on the all-black, Nashville-produced, groundbreaking television program Night Train. First imagined by show host Noble Blackwell, Night Train was followed in later years by the more well-known, Chicago-based Soul Train.

"I think Volume Two strikes a balance between well-known hits and seductive rarities," said Museum Associate Editor Michael Gray, who co-produced both volumes with Dan Cooper.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A True Gem.......2007-01-05

I like Blues. I like Blues that aren't the run-of-the mill type Blues. I never imagined that music like this could come out of Nashville. It shows what a Mecca Nashville was and how quality music could be produced despite being known for only one genera. This was a wonderful glimpse into a part of the Blues that is little known. The CD works well played straight through; its not boring or monotonous. It is great as part of a mix too. It gave me a pleasant surprise. I loved it! I loved "Night Train to Nashville" just as much.

5 out of 5 stars Immagination seldom seen.......2005-12-01

This is a truly wonderful collection for the music lover and the music collector. From the romantic She wears my ring by Jimmy Bell to the many rockin' tunes on this set it's a great all round package.

4 out of 5 stars Reinvigorates an interest in Nashville's R&B music of fifty years ago.......2005-10-25

Playing Time - CD1 (47:00), CD2 (54:34)-- Continuing with a desire to re-release "hits and rarities" from a great 25-year era of Music City R&B, the Country Music Hall of Fame has compiled a second volume from 25 different record labels. There's also one live track never before heard on record (The Imperials' "Lucky Lou") which was recorded on the bandstand by guitarist George Yates. Both of the volumes in this series coincide with an exhibition that was held at the Museum in 2004-5, held to document an underreported era in Nashville's music history, the story of Nashville's R&B heyday from pre-World War II roots through its ongoing connections to country music.

Disc #1 captures Nashville in the late 1940s and 50s. Rhythm & blues is the black popular music genre, emerging at that time, and which became a big influence on rock `n' roll and even pop music today. Check out pianist Bernie Hardison's 1955 rendition of "Too Much," a song that Elvis took to the top of the pop charts two years later. The roots of R&B were the country blues, vaudeville `hokum,' big band and swing. As the big band era came to an end, groups got smaller, and vocalists fronted combos presenting blues and pop. Lyrics were often fun and humorous. The music was very danceable too.

Volume 2 has rollicking barrelhouse piano, steaming saxophone, smooth vocals, raucous singing, and even some doo wop groups that accented soulful singing. The Gladiolas' "Little Darlin" is imparted with a calypso beat. One of Little Ike's only known recordings is "She Can Rock." We know that the electric guitar made inroads into R&B, and I'm curious about the instrument's minor roll in the music of this release. We hear Johnny Jones playing it on the 1959 release of Charles Walker and the Daffodils' "No Fool No More." The electric guitar also gives Freddie North's "OK, So What?" a sweet country twang. Christine Kittrell's bluesy "I'm a Woman" wouldn't be the same without electric guitar and sax. Johnny Jones' "Soul Poppin'" has some swinging trumpet too. A colorful commercial message at track 11 on disc#2 encourages us to buy a swinging soul medallion for only $3.

Many of the great musicians on this release are unnamed Nashville cats who really knew how to jump with their jive. With a 32-page booklet insert, this CD is a splendid introduction to some fantastic music of not so long ago. These remastered tracks have very high fidelity. At the time, Nashville seemed open-minded to new musical ideas, and record producers were encouraging boundaries to be expanded. Just like the ground-breaking television show back then, "Night Train," this 2-disc CD will reinvigorate an interest in R&B music of fifty years ago. (Joe Ross, Roseburg, OR.)
Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A mixed blessing
  • More than COUNTRY music?
  • The Best Music You Never Heard
  • Amazonic Regression . . .
  • Mixed bag, but overall pretty good
 Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970)
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ASIN: B0001DMWFW
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

  1. Nashville Jumps
  2. Buzzard Pie
  3. Skip's Boogie
  4. L & N Special
  5. Sittin' Here Drinking
  6. Just Walkin In The Rain
  7. If You And I Could Be Sweethearts
  8. Baby Let's Play House
  9. Christene
  10. It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)
  11. Rollin' Stone
  12. You Can Make It If You Try
  13. Rockin' The Joint
  14. Let's Trade A Little
  15. Say You Really Care
  16. Somebody, Somewhere
  17. Pipe Dreams
  18. WLAC commercial
  19. White Rose

Tracks:

  1. WLAC Air Check/Monkey Doin' Woman
  2. What'd I Say
  3. Really Part 1
  4. Just Like Him
  5. Anna (Go To Him)
  6. Snap Your Fingers
  7. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
  8. Something Tells Me
  9. Sunny
  10. I Want To Do Everything For You
  11. Bigger And Better
  12. Since I Met You Baby
  13. The Chokin' Kind
  14. She Shot A Hole In My Soul
  15. Gotta Get Yourself Together
  16. Soul Shake
  17. Reconsider Me
  18. Everlasting Love
  19. Everlasting Love - Robert Knight

Amazon.com

The most startling revelation contained on this two-CD compilation is how rich, varied, and deep Nashville's R&B scene was during a 25-year period in which the city solidified its reputation as the undisputed capital of country music. Arranged chronologically, Night Train to Nashville also traces the steady progression of African-American music beginning with the end of WWII--from jump blues, lusty R&B, and smooth-groove vocal groups to proto rock & roll, Southern soul, and Top 40 pop that drew blacks and whites together even as the Vietnam War nearly ripped the country apart. Although this collection contains well-known hits (Bobby Hebb's "Sunny", Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love") and widely acknowledged stars (Etta James and Ruth Brown, both of whom recorded some of their best work in Nashville), many of its most satisfying pleasures come courtesy of lesser-known artists, such as R&B belter Christine Kittrell, swamp bluesman Shy Guy Douglas, and balladeer Sam Baker. In the midst of many ear-opening discoveries, add one more: When listening to the countrified soul of Arthur Alexander, Joe Simon, and Johnny Adams, it's apparent that Nashville in its '60s heyday wasn't two separate but equal towns but one glorious Southern-music Mecca. --Keith Moerer

Album Description

Coinciding with the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum's 2004-05 exhibit, Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970, this collection illustrates the quality and breadth of R&B that emerged from a city more famous for country music. Nashville's 50,000-watt clear channel WLAC reached over half the nation with its late night programming. "To young blacks growing up in East Tennessee the city[Nashville] was our version of Harlem, Chicago, Fifty-second Street, Central Avenue and Beale Street combined..." (excerpted from liner notes by Ron Wynn). Culled from more than twenty record labels, these recordings range from the obvious to the obscure, featuring the best songs of the era. Seventeen of these tracks have been unavailable domestically since release, with seven of them making their CD debut here.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars A mixed blessing.......2006-08-26

I found the first record to be wonderful but the second was not to my taste. Perhaps this is because I am firmly embedded in the 50s when I was 13.

4 out of 5 stars More than COUNTRY music?.......2005-08-23

The Country Music Hall of Fame is behind this collection, but they're hoping to remind folks that Nashville is "MUSIC City U.S.A.", not necessarily "Country Music City U.S.A." What you get is 35 cuts ranging from doo-wop to smooth vocals to gritty R&B shouters. Many of the cuts were taken from original 45 and 78 records but the audio restoration has been done well...they don't SOUND like vinyl transfers. Is the thesis of Nashville as R&B focal point realized here? Fairly well: I'm not about to replace Detroit, Memphis or Chicago in my mind as great locations for R&B but this set is fairly solid.

HIGHLIGHTS:
You'll probably already know Arthur `Hardrock' Gunter's "Baby Let's Play House",Arthur Alexander's "Anna (Go to Him)",Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" and Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love". Outside of those, there are plenty of lesser-knowns that make the grade: The Marigolds' rollicking doo-wop number "Rollin' Stone", Rudy Green's "Buzzard Pie" (reminiscent of `Straighten Up and Fly Right' but edgier, with the buzzard goading his intended victim to just die and get it over with), the call and response of Audrey Bryant's "Let's Trade a Little", and Larry Birdsong's ebullient "Somebody, Somewhere" on disc 1. The latter disc's high points include Joe Henderson's Nat King Cole smooth vocal on "Snap Your Fingers", a sassy "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" from Ruth Brown, Joe Tex's near Temptations sound on "I Want To", The Avons sound like long lost Shirelles on "Since I Met You Baby", and the Hytones are defiantly moving on to "Bigger and Better" things since baby's been gone.

BOTTOM LINE:
There's nothing really poor here and quite a few of these are outstanding, even outside of the hit charters. Not the best collection for soul novices but if you're already an R&B fan, you'll probably enjoy this.

3 1/2 stars

5 out of 5 stars The Best Music You Never Heard.......2004-07-29

This is a a wonderful compilation. The title of my review is stolen from a NY Times review of the Night Train to Nashville that made me go out and buy it. It isn't totally true since I recognized some of the later songs but it was an eye opener. It is pretty sad that most of the country missed out on some of the greatest music of their time; especially when pap like How Much is that Doggie in the Window was being shoved down people throats.

My husband and I enjoyed listening to the CDs on a 5 hour long road trip and thoroughly enjoyed them. There was enough style changes and diverstity to keep you interested and a lot of solid artistry. The White Rose petroleum jelly ad and the Little Richard commercial are a hoot!

5 out of 5 stars Amazonic Regression . . ........2004-06-29

I read all the other reviews and realized that this album is many things to many people. I was impressed by how many people took the effort to review this great collector's item. For myself, it was a bolt out of the blue thanks to being featured on the SUNDAY MORNING TV show. When I was 14 years old (1954) I built a HEATHKIT short-wave radio. I strung 100' of copper wire from our TV antenna tower to the top of the basketball pole. All I had hoped for was to get the BBC or Radio Free Europe. What I got [instead] was Radio Free Nashville ! WLAC, Bill Allen and music I had only heard rumors of. "That kind of music" was not played on mainstream radio in those days. Word got around school that I was listening to Little Richard, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, and Jimmy Reed. I didn't get any more chicks because of it, but it put me in a very elite group of R&B listeners. Once again, AMAZON DOT COM makes regression to our childhoods possible! Thanks, you guys . . . Harrison T.

4 out of 5 stars Mixed bag, but overall pretty good.......2004-06-06

As to be expected, there is some really good stuff on these discs. Unfortunately, some mediocre tunes that are not that impressive crop up here and there.

While I love sixties soul on a personal note, disc one is overall the better side. The early barrellhouse boogie-woogie tunes are quite appealing and hard to sit still to. (The Louis Jordanesqe "Buzzard Pie," obviously inspired by the King Cole Trio's "Straighten Up and Fly Right" is lots of fun). The Prisonaires track is quite beautiful and Little Richard's mentor Esquirita really rocks the house, as well as the tunes by Larry Birdsong and Jimmy Peck's Orchestra.

On disc 2, Etta James rocks out with her version of "What I Say" and "Shy Guy" Douglas does some fine harmonica work. The Vocal Groups like the Avons, Valentines, Hytones, and Frank Howard are okay (as well as Arthur Alexander's original "Anna Go To Him" remembered well by Beatles fans and the lovely original version of "Everlasting Love"). But the rest of this stuff is nothing special.
Night Train
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • This Is Personal....
  • Jimmy Forrest:The Pride of Saint Louis
 Night Train
Jimmy Forrest
Manufacturer: Delmark
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ASIN: B000004BFF
Release Date: 1993-09-18

Tracks:

  1. Night Train
  2. Calling Dr. Jazz
  3. Sophisticated Lady
  4. Swingin' And Rockin'
  5. Bolo Blues
  6. Mister Goodbeat
  7. Flight 3-D
  8. Hey Mrs. Jones
  9. My Buddy
  10. Song Of The Wanderer
  11. Blue Groove
  12. Big Dip
  13. Begin The Beguine
  14. There Will Never Be Another You
  15. Coach 13
  16. Dig Those Feet
  17. Mrs. Jones' Daughter

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars This Is Personal...........2002-02-21

"Night Train" is one of those tunes that you could just listen to forever and not get tired of it. The other cuts, in my opinion, are not nearly as strong as the title, hence the three stars("Night Train" by itself rates off the charts). Personally, I think no other version of "Night Train" even touches this one, even James Brown's(which is saying something).

4 out of 5 stars Jimmy Forrest:The Pride of Saint Louis.......2000-06-17

Jimmy Forrest came up in Saint Louis playing small clubs at about the same time Miles Davis started his career. While Davis' career soon took a turn to the avant-garde, Forrest remained rooted in the big band and rhythm tradition. After he created the famous saxophone riff, he became known as Jimmy "Night Train" Forrest and made a career out of repeating it. Yes, the riff is basically a cop from Ellington, but Art is not above theft. Night Train is one of the signature sounds of the 1950's & 60's. Sonny Liston used to work out to it before his fights. There have been many versions of this song since Forrest, most notably, perhaps, James Brown's funky recast, but none quite equal the sweet, fresh vibrato of the original. Its like cold beer and hot beans n' rice on a summer day.
Shall We Gather - American Hymns and Spirituals
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent
  • Brilliant
 Shall We Gather - American Hymns and Spirituals

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00005QK6L
Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

  1. Libert Hall (Lord, In Thy Presence)
  2. Rise, Shine, For Thy Light Is A-Comin'
  3. Welwyn (O Brother Man)
  4. Pisgah (The Lord's My Shepherd)
  5. Poor Rosy
  6. I've Just Come From The Fountain
  7. Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler
  8. Nettleton (Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing)
  9. Wondrous Love (What Wondrous Love Is This)
  10. Gospel Train
  11. Shining Shore (My Days Are Gliding By Swiftly)
  12. More Love
  13. In Mercy, Lord (In Mercy, Lord, Incline Thine Ear)
  14. Beautiful River (Shall We Gather At The River)
  15. Some Of These Days
  16. The Old Ship Of Zion
  17. St. Peter (In Christ There Is No East Or West)
  18. Missionary Chant (Awake, Our Souls)
  19. Old Ship Of Zion (What Ship Is This?)
  20. Inching Along
  21. Watchman (Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night)
  22. Hurry, On My Weary Soul
  23. Morning Trumpet (O When Shall I See Jesus)
  24. He's A Mighty Good Leader
  25. Hold On
  26. Resignation (My Shepherd Will Supply My Need)
  27. We Shall Walk Through The Valley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2007-05-09

The best "Sacred Harp" or "Shape Note" type singing that I've heard. The various renditons are clear and harmonious.
None of that tuning up, barking, la-la's or other cacophonous sounds here.

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant.......2003-09-22

I couldn't recommend a CD more highly. As a musician I was amazed at the variety of the music here and the truly exceptional performances. It's seems we can always rely on Albany to put out the most interesting and highest quality recordings.
The Symphonic Ellington: Night Creature
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Sound Feast
 The Symphonic Ellington: Night Creature

Manufacturer: Soul Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001QGNZ
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

  1. Night Creature: Fast - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
  2. Night Creature: Andante Misterioso - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
  3. Night Creature: Moderato - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
  4. Night Creature: Moderato - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
  5. Night Creature: Andante Misterioso - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
  6. Night Creature: Moderato Sostenuto - Marco Fumo/Fatlinda Thaci/Marco Fior/Giulio Visibelli/Roberto Rossi
  7. Swampy River - Marco Fumo
  8. New World A-Comin': Moderato Lento - Marco Fumo
  9. New World A-Comin': Moderato - Marco Fumo
  10. New World A-Comin': Allegro/Moderato - Marco Fumo
  11. The Three Black Kings: King Of The Magi - Civica Jazz Band
  12. The Three Black Kings: King Solomon - Civica Jazz Band
  13. The Three Black Kings: Jazz Improvisations - Roberto Rossi/Lucio Terzano/Gianni Bedori/Roberto Tarenzi/Emilio Soana/Tony Arco/Guilio Visibelli
  14. The Three Black Kings: King Of The Magi - Civica Jazz Band
  15. Take The 'A' Train - Enrico Intra

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Sound Feast.......2001-09-23

Night Creature is a universal feast of sonorous and dissonant sounds for aesthetes; in a word, it is beautiful. To me, it as a rare delight of incessant sheer music in a world relentlessly drowning out beauty with noise.
I hear Ellington at his apogee. Jazz? Classical? Why not "Ellington music."
Being one generally shunning live recordings due to the transcendent destructions of hand-clapping noise, I note that one of its myriad of delights is the applause follows in lieu of interrupts the music. Another delight is that the improvisation is by the Civica Jazz Band and Ensemble dell'Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi performed at the Teatro Lirico di Milano; i.e., Europeans deeply aware of Ellington's earned status. Since the six-week ago first hear, I have quotidianly listened at least twice. After each hear, I hear Beethoven say to Mingus, "That gets yo' soul ahit." To which, Mingus sighs in delight, "Oh Yeah."
The Alamo: The Essential Film Music Collection
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • More expensive than the other Essential but worth it.
  • Excellent compilation of an important composer.
  • "film composer Dimitri Tiomkin gave his all and then some"
 The Alamo: The Essential Film Music Collection
Dimitri Tiomkin
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00022MBNK
Release Date: 2004-07-13

Tracks:

  1. Night Passage
  2. Tension At Table Rock
  3. High Noon
  4. The War Wagon
  5. The Wild Wild West: Main Theme
  6. The Wild Wild West: The Ballad Of Jim West
  7. Gunfight At The O.K. Coral
  8. Rio Bravo
  9. Rawhide
  10. Red River
  11. The Unforgiven: Across The Texas Panhandle
  12. The Unforgiven: The Need For Love
  13. The Unforgiven: Horse Ballet
  14. The Young Land
  15. Duel In The Sun

Tracks:

  1. The Fall Of The Roman Empire: Overture
  2. The Fall Of The Roman Empire: The Fall Of Love
  3. The Fall Of The Roman Empire: Pax Romana
  4. 55 Days Peking
  5. Land Of The Pharaohs
  6. Circus World (The Magnificent Showman)
  7. Dial M For Murder
  8. Strangers On A Train
  9. Giant: Main Title
  10. Giant: Love Theme
  11. Giant: The Jett Rink Theme
  12. The High And The Mighty
  13. Wild Is The Wind
  14. The Guns Of Navarone

Tracks:

  1. Cyrano De Bergerac
  2. The Well
  3. Friendly Persuasion
  4. Town Without Pity
  5. It's A Wonderful Life
  6. Tarzan And The Mermaids
  7. The Thing From Another World
  8. The Alamo: Overture/Prologue
  9. The Alamo: Davy Crockett
  10. The Alamo: Tennessee Babe
  11. The Alamo: The Battle Of The Alamo
  12. The Alamo: The Green Leaves Of Summer
  13. The Alamo: Finale

Tracks:

  1. Giant: This Then Is Texas
  2. Rawhide: Rawhide
  3. High Noon: Do Not Forsake Me
  4. Night Passage: Follow The River
  5. Giant: The Ballad Of Jett Rink
  6. Friendly Persuasion: Thee I Love
  7. It's A Wonderful Life
  8. Wild Is The Wind
  9. The High And The Mighty
  10. The War Wagon: The Ballad Of The War Wagon
  11. Rio Braco
  12. The Young Land: Strange Are The Ways Of Love
  13. The Wild Wild West: The Ballad Of Jim West
  14. The Wild Wild West: The Wild Wild West

Amazon.com

Dimitri Tiomkin was one of the most prominent composers of Hollywood's Golden Age and beyond, his career spanning a half-century and some of America's most classic films. This sprawling, four-disc anthology (its title a marketing nod to the modern remake of one of Tiomkin's notable collaborations with John Wayne) features new digital recordings of full-bodied performances by the City of Prague Orchestra and Festival Chorus, the most ambitious and comprehensive tribute to the composer yet attempted. There's something here for film score buffs (rarities like a suite from his sci-fi genre-defining Thing From Another World and the "Main Theme" for the pilot of TV's Wild, Wild West) and novice alike; indeed one could scarcely ask for a more complete overview of Tiomkin's robust orchestral oeuvre. Divided into four chapters, disc one chronicles how the Ukrainian immigrant concocted a rich Western film heritage (including such genre landmarks as Red River, High Noon, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Rio Bravo) from largely European traditions, while the next two CD's cover his rousing work for epics and thrillers of every stripe, and collaborations with Hitchcock, Wayne, Capra, Stevens and more. The concluding disc pays homage to Tiomkin the unlikely pop tunesmith, via his hit vocal themes to Rawhide, Wild is the Wind and High Noon's "Do Not Forsake Me." --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars More expensive than the other Essential but worth it........2007-04-22

This is an excellent set of music of Dimitri Tiomkin's music! The 4th disc is short (at just over 30 minutes), but thats because it is just the vocal versions of tracks which appeared in instrumental form throughout the first 3 discs. Whenever you buy a silva screen compilation, the first thing you ask yourself is 'when were these recordings made' and 'do I have these tracks on other compilations? Thankfully, this set has TONS of new recordings, but there is some recycled stuff and they are as follows:

Dial M For Murder is from the 1993 History of Hitchcock Vol. I, while Strangers on a Train is from 1995's History of Hitchcock Vol. II.

Three tracks originate from 1994's "Music From the Films Of John Wayne". They are "The High and the Mighty", "The Alamo - Overture" and "The Alamo - Green Leaves of Summer".


Red River is from 1996's "How The West Was Won: Classic Western Film Scores Vol. One".

The Thing From Another World suite is from the excelllent 1998 set "Alien Invasion: Space And Beyond II"

Many tracks first appeared on "Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Vol. Two". They are: "Duel In The Sun", "The Alamo (Davy Crockett)", "Friendly Persuasion", "Giant (Main Theme)", "Gunfight at the OK Corral", "High Noon", "Rio Bravo", and "The Unforgiven (The Need For Love)".

The rest of the tracks are brand spankin new, and most are not available on other discs, so snag this one up in a hurry!

5 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation of an important composer........2004-07-16

This long overdue collection of Tiomkin standards and rarities is a must for any fan of symphonic music; albeit, for film or concert hall. As the liner notes clarify; these recordings are a real labor of love for James Fitzpatrick and the Silva Screen team. Tiomkin is; undoubtedly, one of the most difficult of composers to replicate. This recording comes extremely close to "hitting the nail on the head" particularly with tracks such as: "Across the Texas Panhandle" from the Unforgiven, The Entr'acte from Duel in the Sun, The Guns of Navarone, The War Wagon, and the main title and Jett Rink theme from Giant. This recording is a bargain, particularly for collectors who have sought after many of Tiomkin's composer conducted soundtracks (which are getting harder and harder to obtain). Listeners who enjoy this set should consider seeking out previous cd releases of the soundtracks to "The Guns of Navarone" (SONY, Varese Sarabande), "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (Varese Sarabande, PEG), "55 Days at Peking" (Varese Sarabande), and "The Alamo" :original soundtrack (still available on SONY-Legacy).

5 out of 5 stars "film composer Dimitri Tiomkin gave his all and then some".......2004-07-13

Silva America presents the ultimate in film music during the illustrious career of an icon and legendary composer of film scores ~ "Alamo:Dimitri Tiomkin Essential Film Collection/O.S.T", featuring some long forgotten 53 cues that sent chills and thrills into the pulses of world events ~ selections from a limited collectors edition that would make any "film-score-buff" green with envy.

Tiomkin was born in Ukraine, Russia [1894-1979] attended and graduated from St. Petersburg Academy[studied under the famed composer Glazunov] ~ had a degree in music as well as law ~ came to America in 1925, shown great interest for Native American music early in his film career.

Great fondness for "The Western" ~ "DUEL IN THE SUN" (1946) (Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton, Lionel Barrymore, Lilian Gish and Charles Bickford - one of biggest and successful epic Westerns ever, score & photography was simply breathtaking), "RED RIVER" (1948) (John Wayne, Monty Cliff and Walter Brennan - the Duke should have won an Oscar for his performance as the aging cantankerous cattle baron)"HIGH NOON" (1952)(classic film with Gary Cooper in his Oscar winning performance of Will Kane), "TENSION AT TABLE ROCK" (1956), "GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL" (1957)(Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp & Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday pulled this off with the help of the Main Theme), "NIGHT PASSAGE" (1957), "RIO BRAVO" (1959) (top box office leaders John Wayne, Dean Martin, Walter Brennan and Ricky Nelson), "THE YOUNG LAND" (1959) (young Dennis Hopper), "RAWHIDE" (TV Series) (1959-66) (Eric Fleming as trail boss Gil Favor & Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates), "THE UNFORGIVEN" (1960) (Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy and Audrey Hepburn), "THE WILD, WILD WEST" (TV Series) (1965-69)(Tiomkin's music never saw the light of day), "WAR WAGON" (1967) (John Wayne & Kirk Douglas starred) (beautifully melodic) ~ it's easy to see why Tiomkin loved Western lore.

Second disc contains The Epics ~ "LAND OF THE PHARAOHS" (1955) (Jack Hawkins as Pharaoh Cheops and a beautiful Joan Collins as his scheming wife), "55 DAYS AT PEKING" (1963) (Charlton Heston, David Niven and Ava Gardner is the all star cast), "THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE" (1964) (featuring Alec Guinness as emperor Marcus Aurelius), "CIRCUS WORLD" (1964) (John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale and Rita Hayworth under the big top) ~ next we Hitchcock Thrillers with "STRANGERS ON A TRAIN" (1951) (a masterpiece film featuring Robert Walker and Farley Granger are both very convincing as we learn, never talked to strangers on a train or anywhere), "DIAL M FOR MURDER" (1954) (tense moments come from Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings - they don't get any better than this) ~ finally Drama and High Adventure with "HIGH AND MIGHTY" (1954) (another outstanding performance by John Wayne, as the co-pilot of an airline whistling the haunting theme), "GIANT" (1956)(another big epic film with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Chill Wills show us what it's like to be a Texan, with oil and money), "WILD IS THE WIND" (1957) (Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani and Anthony Franciosa), "THE GUNS OF NAVARONE" (1961) (World War II film featuring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Stanley Baker on a small Greek Island trying to outwit the Germans and a very big gun) ~ some of Tiomkin's most inspiring themes rise to the surface.

On disc three ~ as we continue with Drama and High Adventures "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" (1946) (James Stewart, Donna Reed, Thomas Mitchell, Lionel Barrymore and Ward Bond with wholesome warm and endearing themes from our favorite composer), "TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS" (1948) (in his 12th film as Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller still had what it takes to swim and defeat the man-god Balu - Weissmuller and Tiomkin the perfect combination for this Tarzan adventure), "CYRANO DE BERGERAC" (1950) (Jose Ferrer stars as Edmond Rostand's famous swordsman with a even more famous nose), "THE WELL" (1951) (intense cues give the film musical triumphs in final scenes), "THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD" (1951) (exciting Howard Hawks film with a score to match), "FRIENDLY PERSUASION" (1956) (director William Wyler shows the life and times of a Quaker family played by Gary Cooper, Dorothy Mcguire and Anthony Perkins during the American Civil War, very touching), "THE ALAMO" (1960) (big budget epic western with Big John Wayne it's producer, director and star as Davy Crockett with a haunting and never to be forgotten "The Green Leaves of Summer"), "TOWN WITHOUT PITY" (1961) (Kirk Douglas in a post-war Germany story, blends jazz themes with Tiomkin signature arrangements) ~ Tiomkin always made the difference when it came to scoring a film.

The last and final disc four ~ The Tiomkin Vocal Songbook featuring "This Then is Texas" (Giant), "Rawhide" (Rawhide), "Do Not Forsake Me" (High Noon), "Follow the River" (Night Passage), "The Ballad of Jett Rink" (Giant), "Thee I Love" (Friendly Percuasion), "It's A Wonderful Life", "Wild Is The Wind", "The High and the Mighty", The Ballad of the War Wagon" (The War Wagon), "Rio Bravo", "Strange are the Ways of Love" (The Young Land), "The Ballad of Jim West" (The Wild Wild West), "The Wild Wild West" (The Wild Wild West) ~ many were hit makers of the day and in the top ten.

Outstanding performances by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Nic Raine, Paul Bateman, Mario Klemens - are the conductors), Crouch End Festival Chorus (David Temple - choir master), featuring vocals by Jason Howard and Keith Ferreira ~ hats off to James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Olilvia Tiomkin Douglas, John Waxman, Rick Clark and Gareth Williams (associate producers) ~ all film producers and directors welcomed the legendary composer with open arms for their forthcoming projects ~ the "film-score-buff" collectors are ecstatic about this four disc release on the essential film music collection of DIMITRI TIOMKIN, the arrangements and performances are top notch inclusive of HDCD/Dolby Surround.

When listening to the music of a film, you had the feeling of the storyline, characters and convictions of the whole picture, they'll never be another to come this way again ~ Silva America has outdone themselves on this one, it is definitely a five star film score box set...gotta love it!

Total Time: 4-CD-Set ~ Silva America 811 ~ (7/13/2004)
The Mantovani Orchestra
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Real Thing
  • Fantastic Collection of Favorites!!!
 The Mantovani Orchestra

Manufacturer: St. Clair Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005YC5F
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Real Thing.......2007-01-27

I'm a HUGE Mantovani fan and have had mixed results trying to upgrade my collection to CDs. This collection is the original orchestra arrangements of all the classics. This is the one to buy.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Collection of Favorites!!!.......2003-07-02

The Mantovanti Orchestra shows off their "marvelous versatility" in this "wonderful" collection of "8 CDs", with titles that tell you "just what to expect", such as: "The Love Songs", "Memorable Classics", "Itallian Favorites", "On Broadway", etc. You can set the MOOD for practically ANY occassion! There are even some "popular" selections that we all know and treasure like: "Moon River", "Over the Rainbow" and "Autum Leaves"!
You will NOT want to remove these GREAT CDs from your CD Player, once you have listened to them! They make "nice" background music for small get-togethers or "lovely" background music for those "ROMANTIC DINNERS", for you and your "SPECIAL SOMEONE"!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS SET!!! It is a GREAT DEAL for the money, even at the full price!!!
The Sheltering Sky: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • For Fans of the Film, or Sakamoto, a Worthwhile Purchase
  • Absolutely Beautiful
  • Stunning Sky
  • The one and only!
 The Sheltering Sky: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DR6L
Release Date: 1992-06-29

Tracks:

  1. The Sacred Koran - The Sacred Koran
  2. The Sheltering Sky Theme
  3. Belly
  4. Port's Composition
  5. On The Bed (Dream)
  6. Loneliness
  7. On The Hill
  8. Kyoto
  9. Cemetery
  10. Dying
  11. Market
  12. Grand Hotel
  13. The Sheltering Sky Theme (Piano Version)
  14. Je Chante - Charles Trenet
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  16. Fever Ride - Richard Horowitz
  17. Chant Avec Cithare - Chaba Zahouania
  18. Marinia's Tent - Richard Horowitz
  19. Goulov Limma - Various Artists
  20. Happy Bus Ride - Various Artists
  21. Night Train - Richard Horowitz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars For Fans of the Film, or Sakamoto, a Worthwhile Purchase.......2006-11-13

As with most soundtrack albums, you'll buy it because you really liked the film and want an aural souvenir of it. "The Sheltering Sky" certainly works in that regard. It even has the Lionel Hampton number used over the opening credits. Unfortunately, the tracks are not sequential, which lessens the souvenir value a bit, but it's still a good buy for lovers of the film or for fans of Ryuichi Sakamoto's music.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Beautiful.......2005-11-14

This is a timeless, haunting soundtrack. One of Sakamoto's best, and thanks to a supporting cast of great music - this is truly a soundscape best heard in totality. Any fans of Sakamoto's work or even those who love movie soundtracks - you absolutely have to get this. Penetrating and atmospheric.

5 out of 5 stars Stunning Sky.......2004-10-25

The Sheltering Sky is one of my favorite scores. The film itself is flawed but fascinating, and its score is one of its highlights. The Sheltering Sky Theme is so moving and haunting that it ranks up there with "Once Upon A Time In America" and "The Mission" as a brilliant theme music.

This soundtrack is hard to find but worth seeking if you love score music.

5 out of 5 stars The one and only!.......2000-01-05

this Bertolucci movie was really beautiful and so is the soundtrack. It is simply brilliant & in my opinion Sakamoto's very best! A mixture of ancient sounds, slow strings, islamic chants and heartbreaking melodies, just BEAUTIFUL !

Buy it, it's a must! Rik
Night Train
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Mother's milk -
  • KING CURTIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST SIDE MEN IN MUSIC.
 Night Train
King Curtis
Manufacturer: Prestige
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000000ZEO
Release Date: 1995-04-17

Tracks:

  1. Fever
  2. Honky Tonk
  3. So Rare
  4. Tippin' In
  5. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
  6. Tuxedo Junction
  7. The Hucklebuck
  8. Lean Baby
  9. Harlem Nocturne
  10. Night Train
  11. Soft
  12. Free For All
  13. Easy-Like
  14. Hot Saxes
  15. I'll Wait For You
  16. The Party Time Twist
  17. Low Down
  18. Keep Movin'
  19. (Let's Do) The Hully Gully Twist
  20. Slow Motion
  21. Firefly
  22. Something Frantic

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mother's milk -.......2000-01-30

For anyone who grew up on rock and roll in the fifties and sixties, the sound of King Curtis' saxophone is just about as satisfying as mother's milk. Curtis was the ultimate rock and roll sax man, he defined the idiom, he was the idiom. His playing is pure pleasure. This disc contains some great blowing.

Curtis's sound is huge, every note forcefully played, driving, and still, while he plays with tremendous power, his sound is also completely nuanced. Probably every sax player who has played rhythm and blues has played some of King Curtis's licks, but his power and finesse are unmatched; no one can play these licks as well as Curtis.

Curtis invented rock and roll sax, but this was not the limit of his inventivenss, for an example of his playing outside the idiom, check out "Hot Saxes", this track features a tenor battle with Sam "The Man" Taylor, with both players in top form; and Curtis's playing in particular is superb, and he plays some licks you never heard on "Short Shorts" to keep one step ahead of "The Man". My favorite cut is "Hully Gully Twist", it has a super funky guitar riff a la New Orleans's Earl King, and Curtis's four chorus solo is pure power start to finish.

The disc has some great players, like Taylor, Jack McDuff on organ, Billy Butler on guitar. They're playing the rock and roll idiom, track that are two or three minutes long, with easy melodies and easy chords, but even so, there is some great playing on this disc by any standard.

5 out of 5 stars KING CURTIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST SIDE MEN IN MUSIC........1999-05-16

THE ALBUM "NIGHT TRAIN" USES SOME OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST MUSIC MEN OF THERE TIME .I BOUGHT THIS ALBUM A 33 1/3 RECORD AND I PLAYED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN .I THINK I WORE IT OUT.IN MY MIND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST I'VE EVER OWNED.

Jazz Music:

  1. Not Afraid To Live
  2. Not for Nothin'
  3. One of a Kind
  4. Ornithology: Rare Recordings
  5. Perspective
  6. Rainforest Magic [Import]
  7. Rapture
  8. Rhapsody & Blues [Import]
  9. Romance [Box set]
  10. Seize the Rainbow

Jazz Music

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