Nice Up the Dance [Import]
Nice Up the Dance [Import]
ASIN: B000092XEK
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1. Boomin' in Ya Jeep - Kenny Dope, Screechy Dan
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2. Who Say Me Done - Cutty Ranks
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3. Get That Money - Ms. Thing
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4. Satisfied - J-Live
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5. Synthesizer Voice
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6. Ring the Alarm [Hip Hop Mix] - Tenor Saw
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7. If I Know Jah
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8. Infiltrate
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9. Fuss Fuss
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10. Petrol - Ward 21
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11. Gunshot - Kenny Dope, Shaggy
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12. No No No - Dawn Penn
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13. Boom - Chaka Demus, Pliers
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Nice Up the Dance,Various Artists,Soul Jazz,Dancehall,Jazz,Political Reggae,Ragga
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- Peculiar
- Gershwin Never Sounded Better!
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Gershwin: Piano Music
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
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- Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls
ASIN: B000005IY8
Release Date: 1992-04-09 |
Tracks:
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Swanee
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Nobody But You
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Do It Again
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Fascinating Rhythm
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Oh, Lady Be Good
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Somebody Loves Me
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Sweet And Low Down
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): That Certain Feeling
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): The Man I Love
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Clap Yo' Hands
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Do Do Do
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): My One And Only
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): 'S Wonderful
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Strike Up The Band
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Liza
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): I Got Rhythm
- George Gershwin's Song Book (1932): Who Cares?
- Other Piano Pieces: Rialto Ripples
- Other Piano Pieces: Three Preludes-Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
- Other Piano Pieces: Three Preludes - Andante con moto e poco rubato
- Other Piano Pieces: Three Preludes - Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
- Other Piano Pieces: Impromptu In Two Keys
- Other Piano Pieces: Three-Quarter Blues
- Other Piano Pieces: Merry Andrew
- Other Piano Pieces: Piano Playin' Jazzbo Brown (Jasbo Brown Blues)
- Other Piano Pieces: Promenade
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: How Long Has This Been Going On?
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: By Strauss
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Someone to Watch over Me
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: The Man I Love
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Just Another Rhumba
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Isn't It A Pity?
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: They All Laughed
- Songs By George And Ira Gershwin: Love Is Here To Stay
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William Bolcom is my kind of musician. He writes music that is sometimes adventurous but always based in a recognizable American idiom. And he's a terrific ragtime pianist, the best Joplin player I've heard. With these credentials, of course he's a wonderful Gershwin player. These are the best piano performances of Gershwin I know. After you hear those, Bolcom joins his wife Joan Morris for very flavorful versions of 10 George and Ira Gershwin songs. The whole disc is a delight, and the original analog recordings still sound fine. Highly recommended to all Gershwin lovers. --Leslie Gerber
Customer Reviews:
Peculiar.......2005-01-26
I can see how someone might enjoy this album. William Bolcom is a top-flight pianist and the idea of playing the tunes as George Gershwin played them at parties is intriguing.
Because my ear is used to it, I guess, I would like to have heard longer performances of fewer songs. Each one sounded to me like a snippet -- over too soon. Because of that, plus the fact that I'm not a fan of Joan Morris' showy voice, I give the album one thumb up.
Gershwin Never Sounded Better!.......2002-06-25
This is a fantastic CD! Back in the 70's, pianist William Bolcom and his singer wife Joan Morris made a delightful series of albums on the Nonesuch label of old songs from the first half of the twentieth century - just glorious voice backed by brilliant piano. As Ira Gershwin might say - who could ask for anything more? The music is not only beautifully performed, you can hear the joy of the performance in every note. And Bolcom and Morris were never better than when doing Gershwin.
A combination of two albums, the first part of this CD is all piano. The Gershwin Songbook consists of brief (some under a minute) versions of some of his more popular songs in the way that Gershwin himself famously played them at parties. They demonstrate that Gershwin was as gifted a pianist as he was a composer. The other instrumental tracks are some of Gershwin's solo piano pieces, including the wonderful Rialto Ripples, a rag written when he was just seventeen. For me, the pinnacle of both Gershwin's and William Bolcom's artistry is reached on the second of the three preludes - a classic study of a bluesy mood.
Just when you think things can't get any better, Joan Morris arrives. She effortlessly sings and swings her way through ten of Gershwin's best songs from the cheeky comedy of By Strauss to the smoky moodiness of Someone To Watch Over Me. Maybe I'm just an incurable old romantic, but the ballads are the best of all.
No Gershwin collection can be complete without this CD. Now if only I could find a copy of that Bolcom/Morris song about Humphrey Bogart...
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'S Wonderful
Manufacturer: Avid Records UK
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ASIN: B00002MRH1
Release Date: 1998-12-15 |
Tracks:
- 'S Wonderful - Buddy Clark, Dinah Shore
- He Loves and She Loves
- My One and Only - Jack Hylton Orchestra
- How Long Has This Been Going On? - Mel Torm
- I've Got a Crush on You - George Gershwin, Sarah Vaughan
- Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) - Al Jolson
- Strike up the Band - Carroll Gibbons & His Orchestra
- Bidin' My Time - The Foursome
- Could You Use Me? - Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
- Embraceable You - Frank Sinatra
- I Got Rhythm
- But Not for Me - Teddy Wilson
- Treat Me Rough - Mickey Rooney
- Boy! What Love Has Done to Me! - Jane Froman
- You've Got What Gets Me - Roy Fox & His Band
- Gems from of Thee I Sing: Wintergreen for President/Who Cares?/Of Thee - Jane Froman, , Victor Salon Group
- Mine
- Slap That Bass - Fred Astaire, Johnny Green & His Orchestra
- (I've Got) Beginner's Luck - Roy Fox & His Orchestra
- They All Laughed - Red Nichols
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Greta Keller, Brian Lawrance
- They Can't Take That Away from Me - Fred Astaire, Johnny Green & His Orchestra
- Shall We Dance? - Fred Astaire, Johnny Green & His Orchestra
- I Can't Be Bothered Now - Fred Astaire, Ray Noble & His Orchestra
- Things Are Looking Up - Fred Astaire, Ray Noble & His Orchestra
- Foggy Day
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
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Instrumental Favorites
Manufacturer: Showtunes
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ASIN: B00005YJ30
Release Date: 1996-01-11 |
Tracks:
- But Not for Me
- Embraceable You
- Fascinating Rhythm
- I Got Rhythm
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Man I Love
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Someone to Watch over Me
- They Can't Take That Away from Me
- Summertime
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Essential Gershwin
Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B000088E4C
Release Date: 2003-02-11 |
Tracks:
- Rhapsody In Blue - Andre Previn
- Symphonic Portrait Of Porgy & Bess - Robert Russell Bennett
- Cuban Overture - Howard Hanson
- An American In Paris - Lorin Maazel
Tracks:
- 3 Preludes For Piano Solo - Werner Haas
- 3 Preludes For Piano Solo - Werner Haas
- 3 Preludes For Piano Solo - Werner Haas
- Lullaby - Riccardo Chailly
- Variations On I Got Rhythm - Bernard Herrmann
- The Man I Love - Barbara Hendricks
- Oh Kay! - Overture - Arthur Fiedler
- Walking The Dog From Shall We Dance - John Mauceri
- They All Laughed From Shall We Dance - John Mauceri
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off From Shall We Dance - John Mauceri
- They Can't Take That Away From Me From Shall We Dance - Barbara Hendricks
- A Foggy Day From A Damsel In Distress - John Mauceri
- Nice Work If You Can Get It From A Damsel In Distress - Barbara Hendricks
- Love Walked In From The Goldwyn Follies - John Mauceri
- Love Is Here To Stay From The Goldwyn Follies - Barbara Hendricks
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- The BEST Gershwin/Porter album
- Glowing Coles of Porter...
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Fennell Conducts Porter & Gershwin
Manufacturer: Philips
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- Hanson Conducts Hanson
ASIN: B0000057LZ
Release Date: 1993-02-16 |
Tracks:
- Blow, Gabriel, Blow
- So In Love
- It's All Right With Me
- Ridin' High
- In the Still of the Night
- Begin the Beguine
- Night and Day
- My Heart Belongs To Daddy
- Anything Goes
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- It's De-lovely
- You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
- I Got Rhythm
- Love Is Sweeping The Country
- Love Walked In
- 'S Wonderful
- Bidin' My Time
- Oh, Lady, Be Good
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Liza
- Embraceable You
- The Man I Love
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- But Not For Me
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The BEST Gershwin/Porter album.......2004-02-11
Perhaps I'm romanticizing, but this was THE cd I listened to in high school. The arrangements are absolutely captivating; building new material over the original themes while referencing them so purely. I couldn't imagine a better use of your money than purchasing this album, it will bring you years of joy!
Glowing Coles of Porter..........2004-01-15
I can only comment on the Porter half of this recording, as I own it on original vinyl. It's a mono copy, but you wouldn't know it. As usual, excellent engineering from Mercury, who set standards in the early 60's that still count (IMHO) as best practice.
Frederick Fennell is right at home in the warmth of these beautifully wrought Ray Wright orchestrations. As he should be; Wright's day job was orchestrating for Radio City Music Hall. The sound is lush, the dynamics amazing, the performance spot on. It gets four stars only because I can't justify five, not having heard the Gershwin half.
I suppose that if you can't find a nice copy to play on a good turntable with a warm amplifier, then this CD would do - but then, you miss the excitement of hearing sound you've been taught can only come from a CD, magically floating straight up from ancient vinyl.
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- Excellent performer
- A unique project
- Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival
- Definative
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Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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ASIN: B0001Z2RSC
Release Date: 2004-08-24 |
Tracks:
- Swanee
- Come To the Moon
- I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
- Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
- Nobody But You
- Limehouse Nights
- Drifting Along With The Tide
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Oh Lady Be Good!
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Hang On To Me
- I'd Rather Charleston
- The Man I Love
- The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
- So Am I
- Kickin' The Clouds Away
- Concerto In F
Tracks:
- Sweet And Low-Down (I)
- That Certain Feeling (I)
- Looking For A Boy
- When Do We Dance?
- Sweet And Low-Down (II)
- That Certain Feeling (II)
- Irish Waltz
- Do, Do, Do
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Clap Yo' Hands
- Maybe
- Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
- Meadow Serenade
- My One And Only
- 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
- He Loves And She Loves
- An American In Paris
- Liza
- Strike Up The Band
- Embraceable You
- I Got Rhythm (I)
- I Got Rhythm (II)
Tracks:
- Of Thee I Sing
- Jilted
- Second Rhapsody
- For You, For Me, For Evermore
- Cuban Overture
- Isn't It A Pity?
- Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
- I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
- II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
- III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
- IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
- V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
Tracks:
- Girl Crazy Overture
- French Ballet Class
- Dance Of The Waves
- Slap That Bass
- Walking The Dog
- I've Got Beginner's Luck
- They All Laughed
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Shall We Dance
- By Strauss
- I Can't Be Bothered Now
- The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
- Put Me To The Test
- The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
- Stiff Upper Lip
- A Foggy day (In London Town)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Things Are Looking Up
- I Was Doing All Right
- Love Walked In
Customer Reviews:
Excellent performer.......2007-03-09
This plates are wonderful. I was charmed, and when I close my eyes now, I see scenes with American in Paris or Porgy and Bess but my favorite piece of music is Rhapsody in Blue. It's more than excellent is fantastic. Jack Gibbons perfectly feels the unique tone Gershwin's music, the mixture rythms of jazz with influences of impressionists and clear and beauty melodies.
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A unique project.......2006-11-23
Gibbons' undertaking is unique: to reconstruct and then execute and record the note-for-note playing of Gershwin as documented on the composers' piano rolls, sound recordings and certain published arrangements. I agree with the reviewer who points out that the result is like a library and not a recital you sit back and listen to (or get up and dance to). In fact Gibbons does some editing of his "library" now and then, and clearly documents it in his liner notes: in some reconstructions he augments accompaniment effects and even the melodic line itself. I don't mind that at all, especially as Gibbons scrupulously accounts for such tampering in his liner notes; but it seems to me that it is in this area of "tampering" that Gibbons the artist is asserting himself...which of course undermines the "library", the "historical archive": you have to search and read a bit to find out when you're hearing only Gershwin and when you're hearing some added Gibbons. I don't mind; Gibbons is a remarkable artist in his own right, not merely an impeccable documentarian. For sheer generosity of production Gibbons' Gershwin must also be unique: 4 cd's, scholar-level liner notes (yes, you need a magnifying glass to read them), and rock-bottom bargain price.
Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12
First: this is 4 high-end produced cd's (in low-end jewel cases) for the price of 2. The liner notes of all 4 cd's are condensed in a booklet of microscopic print, so you may need to spend the savings on a magnifying glass. MONEY WELL SPENT.
Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.
Definative.......2005-07-23
Here's the whole Gershwin catalog at a great price... Five plus hours of bliss. Definately five stars!
Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.
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Nice Up the Dance
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ASIN: B000092XEK
Release Date: 2004-11-15 |
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- Boomin' in Ya Jeep - Kenny Dope, Screechy Dan
- Who Say Me Done - Cutty Ranks
- Get That Money - Ms. Thing
- Satisfied - J-Live
- Synthesizer Voice - Pompidoo
- Ring the Alarm [Hip Hop Mix] - Tenor Saw
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- Infiltrate - Sean Paul
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- Gunshot - Kenny Dope, Shaggy
- No No No - Dawn Penn
- Boom - Chaka Demus, Pliers
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Nice Up The Dance mixes new classic Dancehall, original Ragga Hip-Hop and party anthems to bring you a record like no other! Featuring some of the biggest names from both the Reggae and Hip-Hop worlds such as Kenny Dope, Sean Paul, Tenor Saw, Chaka Demus and Pliers alongside current Jamaican Dancehall artists such as Ward 21 and Ms Thing.
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Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm
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Release Date: 2005-03-01 |
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- Embraceable You
- Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll By)
- A Foggy Day
- 'S Wonderful
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Menuhin and Grappelli Play Gershwin
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ASIN: B000008B21
Release Date: 2001-07-10 |
Tracks:
- Fascinating Rhythm
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- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Embraceable You
- Liza
- A Foggy Day
- S'Wonderful
- The Man I Love
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The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook
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- Damsel in Distress, Musical Play: A Foggy Day (In London Town)
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- Strike Up the Band, Musical Play: Strike Up the Band!
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