Jazz Celebration

Jazz Celebration

ASIN: B00007M8PR

Track Listings

1. Swinging At The Heaven

2. Surrey With The Fringe On Top

3. Wynton Speaks

4. Cain And Abel

5. Nostalgic Impressions

6. After

7. Sultry Serenade

8. Twelve It

9. Harry Speaks

10. Saint James Infirmary

11. Struttin' With Some Barbeque

12. Part's Over

Tracks:

GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES) - Carla Thomas
LAST NIGHT - The Mar-Keys
YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER - William Bell
GREEN ONIONS - Booker T. & The MGs
WALKING THE DOG - Rufus Thomas
I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG (TO STOP NOW) - Otis Redding
CANDY - The Astors
RESPECT - Otis Redding
YOU DON'T KNOW LIKE I KNOW - Sam & Dave
I WANT SOMEONE - The Mad Lads
HOLD ON I'M COMIN' - Sam & Dave
LET ME BE GOOD TO YOU - Carla Thomas
YOUR GOOD THING (IS ABOUT TO END) - Mable John
KNOCK ON WOOD - Eddie Floyd
B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
TRAMP - Otis & Carla
SOUL FINGER - The Bar-Keys
BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN - Albert King
SOUL MAN - Sam & Dave
(SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY - Otis Redding
I GOT A SURE THING - Ollie & The Nightingales
SOUL LIMBO - Booker T. & The MGs
I'VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (TO LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO) - Eddie Floyd
WHAT A MAN - Linda Lyndell
PRIVATE NUMBER - William Bell & Judy Clay
WHO'S MAKING LOVE - Johnnie Taylor
I FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER - William Bell
I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING (TO ME) - Carla Thomas

Tracks:

TIME IS TIGHT - Booker T. & The MGs
SO I CAN LOVE YOU - The Emotions
WALK ON BY - Isaac Hayes
DO THE FUNKY CHICKEN - Rufus Thomas
JODY'S GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE - Johnnie Taylor
MR. BIG STUFF - Jean Knight
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - Isaac Hayes
WHATCHA SEE IS WHATCHA GET - The Dramatics
RESPECT YOURSELF - The Staple Singers
THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes
SON OF SHAFT - The Bar-Kays
THAT'S WHAT LOVE WILL MAKE YOU DO - Little Milton
I'VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG - Frederick Knight
HEARSAY - Soul Children
IN THE RAIN - The Dramatics
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE - The Staple Singers
STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN - Mel & Tim
DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE - The Temprees
IF YOU'RE READY (COME GO WITH ME) - The Staple Singers
CHEAPER TO KEEP HER - Johnnie Taylor
I'LL BE THE OTHER WOMAN - Soul Children
WOMAN TO WOMAN - Shirley Brown

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When Concord Music purchased Fantasy Records in 2006, the bulging Stax catalog came along for the ride. Not a bad deal, especially since Stax remains one of the richest and most vital sources of '60s and '70s soul, blues, and R&B. The newly reactivated label's debut release is a lavishly boxed double-disc set of 50 highlights--as opposed to hits--from the Memphis label's voluminous vaults to celebrate its 50th anniversary. All the usual suspects appear, including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes, Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, Albert King, and the Staple Singers. But the compilers deliver a well-rounded, even eclectic collection by including tracks from such relatively obscure acts as the Astors, Ollie & the Nightingales, the Mad Lads, Linda Lyndell, and Mable John, whose "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" is one of the great lost soul treasures. Propelled in large part by house band Booker T. & the MGs, the majority of these songs have become integral threads in the fabric of American soul. Even at two and a half hours, there's not a dull moment here. That is a testament not just to the Stax musicians, but to a label whose artists defined a classic sound that remains as timeless, relevant, influential, and electrifying as when it was recorded. --Hal Horowitz

Album Description

FIRST TIME EVER! 50 GREATEST STAX HITS IN A SPECIAL 2CD BOXED SET. Set includes chart toppers by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus and Carla Thomas, Booker T & the MGs, Isaac Hayes, The Staples Singers, Johnnie Taylor, and more

*Packaged in a UNIQUE HARD COVER BOX with LENTICULAR COVER ART *EVERY MAJOR STAX AND STAX-ATLANTIC HIT from the label's 1960s and 70s heyday. *THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE STAX HITS COLLECTION EVER! *Release coincides with the 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF STAX *DIGITALLY REMASTERED *Features a MULTI-PAGE BOOKLET with notes from "Soulsville USA: The Story of Stax" by noted soul music historian Rob Bowman

Customer Reviews:

stax of hits.......2007-07-07

STAX have a reputation for pure soul as opposed to a certain label who
'motored' off in to a commercial watering-down of black music.Here we have
a generous fifty tracks on two cds of real soul music,not all hits,but all
representative of what STAX could do.A great compilation!

Two and a half magic hours.......2007-06-19

When "The Summer of Love" enters the conversation, most of us mean San Francisco, 1967. Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead. Be-Ins. Flower Power. Sgt. Pepper.

If by "love" we mean white kids from all over the country convening in urban crash pads --- well, that sets the bar pretty low, doesn't it? Given the opportunity, we could have done that. A lot of us would, even now. Just tell us where to show up.

A year before Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed there, it was a lot harder to show the love in Memphis. And yet, in an ancient movie theater in South Memphis, black and white musicians made some of the most inspired music we'll ever hear.

Let Motown own the slicker-than-snail-snot "commercial" franchise of urban black music.

And nine bows to Atlantic, with 18 singles on the Billboard Hot One Hundred Charts in the late Spring of 1967 --- ranging from Aretha Franklin doing the unofficial black national anthem ("Respect") to the white Long Island band, the Young Rascals. The only other competition Stax had in this rarified interracial zone in the late `60s: Sly & the Family Stone.

At Stax, something wonderful flourished, and it's in the grooves for all to hear --- starting with an interracial house band backing up such megawatt soul signers as Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Rufus Thomas and Eddie Floyd. Their influences were various: rock, pop, country, blues. Mixed together, they produced music that was at once familiar and not --- music that jarred the ear just enough that you had to listen to it.

But "produced" isn't quite the right word. At Stax, they mostly recorded "live." Even when they didn't, the theater's acoustics made music sound "live." As a result, you heard an excitement --- a vibrancy --- in these records that was available nowhere else in American popular music. Just listen to one of the 50 songs on the Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration when the horns --- horns! --- kick in and you'll remember how exciting music could be.

There was so much talent on the label it was able to survive the December '67 plane crash that killed Otis Redding and two-thirds of his backup band. The reason: Stax had the Staples Singers coming on strong. And Stax had Issac Hayes.

You remember "Shaft" --- "can you dig it?" But Hayes also self-produced "Hot Buttered Soul", a record that featured an unlikely 18-minute version of "By the Time I Got to Phoenix." This was as radically different from `60s pop music as Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On."

This two-CD boxed set has hits galore: "Green Onions", "I've Been Loving You Too Long", "Knock on Wood", "Born Under a Bad Sign" and "Respect Yourself." It also has songs you don't know, oddities that sure sound like hits.

The through-line: men and women singing one love song after another. The music can be raw --- loss makes for even better songs than happiness --- but I don't think I'm making it up when I say the primary ingredient of that music is love. First, of course, love of music, pure and simple. But more, love of the historical moment, love of the knowledge that when we're creating together, there's no reason we can't get along.

This Stax set is testimony to a grand idea, now honored too often only with empty words. It's also great fun, music that holds its own with the best pop this country has ever produced --- music so enjoyable you can forget the moral it contains.

Great mucic with great package.......2007-05-21

This is terrific music. These 50 songs will be among the best you will own in your life. No fillers.

Stax & back to my youth........2007-05-20

I am one of the original English fans from the 60's era & the music really took me back to my teenage years. Very good double cd & very speedy delivery service.

Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration.......2007-05-15

This is a fantastic CD set! Everyone who loved that good music the first time it came out and the second and third times needs to get it! Getting to Memphis to the Stax Museum should be on everyone's list of things to do, especially this year with all the 50th anniversary celebrations.

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Amazing and Soulful
Was disappointed
excellent, excellent cd
Awesome Recording
OUTSTANDING!

Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration
Dianne Reeves , Patti Austin , Stevie Wonder , George Duke , Take 6 , and Al Jarreau
Manufacturer: Word Entertainment
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Tracks:

Overture: A Partial History Of Black Music - Various Artists
Comfort Ye My People - Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Every Valley Shall Be Exalted - Chris Willis
And The Glory Of The Lord - Diane Reeves
But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming - Patti Austin
And He Shall Purify - Tramaine Hawkins
Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Howard Hewitt
O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Stevie Wonder
For Unto Us A Child Is Born - James Wright
Glory To God - The Boys Choir Of Harlem
Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion - The Richard Smallwood Singers
Behold The Lamb Of God (Instrumental) - The Yellowjackets
Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates - Commissioned
Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage? - Al Jarreau
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Tevin Campbell
Hallelujah! - Various Artists

Customer Reviews:

Amazing and Soulful.......2007-07-03

I first heard this recording at a session at the 2007 conference of the Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation and I have been listening to it ever since. This CD really is a celebration of music.

I have put in this CD without telling people what it was and have enjoyed the totally positive response.

Was disappointed.......2007-05-22

I bought this CD because of the great reviews and didn't like it at all. Too loud and abrasive for my ears... I gave it away to someone who might better like it.

I expected it to be mellifluous and soulful but found it rather annoying... especially at the holidays.

excellent, excellent cd.......2007-04-26

there is nothing more i could say about this cd that the other reviewers haven't already mentioned - it is a must have for anyone, even if you are not a fan of christian music. i had never even heard of this project - i bought it soon after it came out, simply because i liked the cover art and thought it would be a good cd to have around christmas. it's better than that - i listen to it year round. every song, no matter what style, is delivered with all heart and soul possible. excellent lift-you-up music, and great to listen to in the mornings to get you pumped up for the day. "and he shall purify" is simply electrifying. i am also a big fan of the final song, "halleluja!" and "but who may abide the day of his coming" will just set you free! year round, this is an outstanding example of gospel, jazz, hip-hop and absolute zeal for any music lover.

Awesome Recording.......2007-04-11

Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration is a masterful interpretation of an age old classic. The arrangements are sheer brilliance. My hats off to Mervyn Warren and all those involved in this project.

OUTSTANDING!.......2007-03-16

This album won a Grammy many years ago. I saw a Gospel Choir perform the Halleluah Chorus live at the award show. Since then I have not only enjoyed the recording tremendously myself I have given it to several people at Christmas time and they have been equally enthralled. I loaned it to my son's High School Choir teacher and finaaly made it a gift when he refused to give it back!

Average customer rating:

Simply Breath-taking!
Infectiously cheerful!
A good compilation of some of Yanni's best
Good sample of Yanni's early works
Good, Not Great

In Celebration of Life
Yanni
Manufacturer: RCA Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Reflections of Passion
Dare to Dream
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ASIN: B0000000KQ
Release Date: 1991-11-12

Tracks:

Santorini
Song For Antarctica
Marching Season
Walkabout
Keys To Imagination
Looking Glass
Someday
Within Attraction
Standing In Motion
Sand Dance

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This 1991 compilation is essentially a companion piece to 1990's Reflections of Passion. Combined, these two worthwhile samplers offer listeners an inexpensive way to own the best of Yanni's first four recordings. None of the 10 tracks here, including some of his most dynamic and arresting early epics ("Santorini," "Marching Season," "Keys to Imagination"), are duplicated on Reflections of Passion, which is a big plus for listeners who prefer acquiring best-of packages. Since Yanni has eight such compilations on the market, choosing the right ones could be a challenging task. Here's a tip: If your tastes lean toward Yanni's bolder, more rhythmic compositions, this 50-minute disk, in tandem with Reflections of Passion, make a great instant library of Yanni's most impressive pre-1990 works. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

Simply Breath-taking!.......2005-12-03

I had been to the athens concert years back and just fell in love with this guy. I play the classics on the piano and would just sit down and listen to track after track of his compositions.

Simply Amazing!

Infectiously cheerful!.......2003-05-26

A collection of favorites that were previously released on Yanni's many earlier albums, "In Celebration of Life" features mostly high-energy selections. The exuberant, beat-filled compositions are both motivating and uplifting. There is also an innocent, wonder-filled joie de vivre about this music that can release one's inner child. This compilation album, and also another similar one--"Reflections of Passion"--are great introductions to Yanni's multi-layered synthesizer music. Try also his recent release, "Ethnicity", for more of his upbeat celebrations of life.

A good compilation of some of Yanni's best.......2001-05-17

I had never heard of Yanni before I was given this album, so I didn't know what to expect or even, what kind of music it was. But I was pleasantly suprised. The music is soothing while at the same time rousing in parts. I enjoy New Age music, it's the type of music that at first listen doesn't really mean much, but after a few listens it all starts to come together, and you can hear different things in the music that you had missed the first time. I recommend this album for those who enjoy New Age or any type of instrumental music.

Good sample of Yanni's early works.......2000-06-30

Forget everything else from Yanni, these two compilations are all you need! "Reflections of Passion" and "In Celebration of Life" present the best of Yanni's more impressive (pre-1990) works. In my opinion, his best works ("Santorini," "Marching Season," "Keys to Imagination"), are on In Celebration of Life.

Good, Not Great.......2000-06-06

I didn't know what to expect when I bought this album. But after a few listens, I decided that I liked it although the songs were really no big deal. Although pleasant and at times interesting, they just didn't seemm to stick with me. A good effort, but ultimately not that satisfying.

Average customer rating:

Great Album Period.
One of the Best Releases... probably ever!
One of the best!
Technical Melodeath From America?
Strap Yourself In For A Rollercoaster Ride!

A Celebration of Guilt
Arsis
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ASIN: B0001GWAHY
Release Date: 2004-03-30

Tracks:

Face of My Innocence
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Dust and Guilt
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Customer Reviews:

Great Album Period........2007-01-13

This is an album that leaves you breathless on first listening. Melodic Death Metal has been declining in quality for the past 5 years but Arsis are the crack to jump start the scene again. The guitar work is simply stunning, the best I've heard in a great while. James Malone certainly knows the instrument. The drums are definitely pounding and unrelenting, as Death Metal drums should be, good work on Darren Cesca's part. Jame Malone's voice has a very black metal tinge to it, making the band's sound complete. If you like Death Metal, pick this album up. The best Melodic Metal album in a long time.

One of the Best Releases... probably ever!.......2006-11-24

This is some of the best guitarwork I've heard in a number of years. The opening track itself was worth the purchase, hammerons and pulloffs at 32nd note speed shifting into some vicious power chords leading into some beautiful arpeggios... The vocals are excellent, probably best compared to Carcass's heartwork, not a single horrible cookie monster tone on the whole disc. The earlier review of calling this "At the Gates" on speed is pretty accurate. You can hear some of their influences, the 2nd track, "Maddening Disdain" is reminiscent of Maiden... Wintersun for a contemporary comparison, though Wintersun debuted the same year. (2004 was a very good year for death metal.) An incredible release with spectacular delivery... if you like At the Gates, In Flames, etc., but sped up and on crack, this is it. An epic album.

One of the best!.......2006-09-29

One of the best cd I own.I never liked death metal but once I heard Arsis-A Celebration of Guilt I new I had to have it.Every song is this cd is HOT like HELL!I give each song an 11/10.You will love it.

Technical Melodeath From America?.......2006-09-08

It sounds weird, doesn't it, because everybody these days makes lame assumptions that all melodeath bands hail from Sweden, Denmark, Poland, etc. Well, if you thought that was true, you're dead wrong.

Hailing from the state of Virginia comes two masterminds that compose of the technical melodic death metal group Arsis. James Malone (guitarist/songwriter) and Michael Van Dyne (drums) execute their talent well on this CD. Even though they may perform live as a 4-piece, the two founding members are the real talent behind Arsis.

Now, to the CD. This CD will make you s**t your pants the first time you listen to it. The guitars sound like they have a digital effect to them, bringing out their technicality. And the drumming is fast as f**k. This CD will appeal to fans of later Carcass, Arch Enemy, and At The Gates. This could easily outrival "Slaughter of the Soul" by At The Gates for the greatest true melodeath CD invented.

If you are a fan of technical death, melodeath, or just plain metal, you need this.

Strap Yourself In For A Rollercoaster Ride!.......2006-09-06

Although Arsis consists of only 2 members, what they produce is AMAZING. And that drummer, MAN! How does he do it? There are no slow songs on this album, just heavy intense innovative magic. It is very satisfying if you are in the mood for heaviness and like the idea of a sonic rollercoaster ride, and it is complex enough to keep your mind busy interpreting it.

A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005

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Outstanding in Every Sense
Thank You!!
New Oerleans Music
Katrina relief fun CD
...replan, Rebuild, RECREATE . . .

A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005
Various Artists
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Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Something You Got - Davell Crawford
Good To Be Home - Harry Connick, Jr. with Branford Marsalis
Medley: I Done Got Over/Iko Iko/Hey Pocky Way - Irma Thomas, Second Line
Carnival Time - Al Johnson
Meet de Boys on de Battlefront - Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias
Check Mr. Popeye - Eddie Bo
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I'm Alabama Bound - Jelly Roll Morton
Lawdy Miss Clawdy - James Booker
I Get Lifted - Theryl de Clouet with Galactic
Keep On Gwine - New Orleans Nightcrawlers
B's Paris Blues - Branford Marsalis Quartet
Cuttin' Out - Professor Longhair
Funkyard - Walter Wolfman Washington and the Roadmasters
Never Alone - Johnny Adams and Aaron Neville

Album Description

Rounder Records is releasing A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005. All proceeds will go to the MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund, providing assistance to musicians and other music industry people directly affected by Hurricane Katrina.

"Hurricane Katrina struck a direct hit to the soul of American music. It is the wish of everyone at Rounder Records that the proceeds from this sampler will help to restore the lives and livelihoods of the Gulf Coast musicians who are among our greatest cultural treasures," states Rounder Vice President of A&R Scott Billington.

Neil Portnow, President of The Recording Academy and MusiCares, states, "It is inspiring and gratifying to witness the generosity of spirit, support and resources that the music community has poured out in response to this tragedy. We are immensely proud to be the music industry's 'charity of choice' during this profound time and will continue to work very hard to keep that support."

Featuring liner notes by Branford Marsalis, the album is a joyfully unruly collection celebrating America's greatest musical city, moving from second-line brass band music and R&B to modern jazz, Mardi Gras Indian music and gospel, spanning 65 years of recording. There's a common thread that connects all of these sounds--the ebullient, funky musical attitude that lets you know this music is from no other place on the planet than New Orleans. Here is the soul and spirit of a city that will never die.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding in Every Sense.......2007-06-27

As a New Orleans area native (Mandeville) this CD brings me back to my musical roots. It is simply outstanding. It's rare these days to buy a CD that is listenable from start ot finish, however this is certainly one of them. Sing Me Back home is frankly one of the better CDs I've purchased in recent memory!

Thank You!!.......2006-08-30

This is a beautiful cd that I would encourage everyone to go out and buy! Play it often, and play it loud!! I've lived in New Orleans for 8 years, and my fiance is a born and bred New Orleanian (going back many generations). Hurricane Katrina may have destroyed a great deal of our city, but our spirit and the culture can not be crushed!

New Oerleans Music.......2006-03-23

Wide ranging sample of the variety of music you encounter in New Orleans. Makes me want to walk down Bourbon Street again !

Katrina relief fun CD.......2006-03-01

I was happy to find some NO music that also would help the relief efforts. A good variety of music too.

...replan, Rebuild, RECREATE . . . .......2005-12-17

" ... ebullient, funky musical attitude that lets you know this music is from no other place on the planet than New Orleans. Here is the soul and spirit of a city that will never die." Amen.
" ... ALL PROCEEDS will go to ... providing assistance to musicians and other music industry people directly affected by Hurricane Katrina." Amen.

" ... New Orleans is a timeless place. Each generation, while grasping many of the fads that occur in their time, retains an essence that cannot be found anywhere but the Crescent City." --Branford Marsalis

America's greatest cultural, heritage treasure ...

25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller

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igottaview
25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller
A fun retrospective of Chip Davis' seminal work
Fitting Tribute
"time really flies when you're having a good time"

25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller
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Fresh Aire 8: The Steamroller
Fresh Aire III: Morning
Classical Gas: Baroque-A-Nova
Christmas In The Aire: Christmas Lullaby
Fresh Aire IV: Four Rows Of Jacks
Sunday Morning Coffee II: Chocolate Coffee
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Dinner: Sonata Bach's Lunch
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Customer Reviews:

igottaview.......2007-03-08

GREAT ALBUM! Not quite as BIG as Trans Siberian but still a keeper!

25 Year Celebration of Mannheim Steamroller.......2007-01-09

Not as inspiring as their Christmas music, but quite catchy.

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A fun retrospective of Chip Davis' seminal work.......2006-10-02

Before the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Enigma, Estampie and the Medieval Baebes started making old music new again, and at the very beginning of that nebulous and ever-changing genre of music now known as "New Age," there was Mannheim Steamroller. During the last quarter of the 20th century, the cheerfully original music of Mannheim Steamroller explored the use synthesizer voices and textures, both in popularly-styled pieces and also in a delightful form of rock/classical fusion sometimes described as "classical gas" or "eighteenth century rock `n' roll." Originally created to test the capabilities of speaker systems, and groundbreaking for their time, Chip Davis's compositions were so hard for the music industry to categorize that he had to set up his own company, American Gramaphone, to produce and market it--to the tune of over 22 million albums sold to date! This two-disc retrospective features one selection, chosen through fan voting, from each of Davis' 25 previous releases, including numbers 1 through eight of the "Fresh Aire" series, three of the Christmas albums, "Classical Gas," "Sunday Morning Coffee" 1 & 2, "Romance" 1 & 2, "Impressions," "Interludes," "Dinner," "Party," "Yellowstone," "Saving the Wildlife," "Mannheim Stemaroller Meets the Mouse" (as in Mickey)," and "To Russia With Love." There's a little bit of everything mixed into Davis' music, and while it is often, these days, labeled as "New Age," it really doesn't seem to fit into that category, save for the facts that it includes some dreamy, reflective numbers, and it utilizes synthesizers (though not exclusively, by any means). It ranges from straight pop and light jazz to bona fide classical, and electronic to acoustic, often mixing the extremes in whimsical flights of imagination. Sometimes lively, sometimes mysterious, at times brilliant, at others generically pop-like and derivative, often exciting, and occasionally downright silly, the one thing that all of Davis' compositions have in common are their bright sense of playfulness. This is music for the inner child in all of us. My personal favorites in this set are the fusion numbers, featuring harpsichords, strings and recorders in modernized interpretations of classical idioms: "Baroque-A-Nova," "Four Rows of Jacks," "Sonata Bach's Lunch" and the Christmas carols. But many of the more synthetic and space-music pieces are cool, too, and the raunchy "Chocolate Fudge" is just downright fun. The two-album set comes with an actual hardbound book, not just flimsy liner notes, and in the book are citations of the track sources and anecdotes about the recordings. So you can read through the book and decide which of Mannheim Steamroller's albums you might like to hear more of. Pick one or more, put aside your preconceived stylistic boundaries, and just have fun!

Fitting Tribute.......2006-02-25

We had not heard of Mannheim Steamroller until we went to a Christmas concert where one of their pieces was played. My wife and I immediately bought their most recent CD, and later the 25 Year Celebration. Great stuff - wide variety and individuality.

"time really flies when you're having a good time".......2000-12-07

Has it been 25 years? Yes, in the 25 years of Mannheim Steamroller, has sold more than 24 million albums - without the backing of a major label and significant radio air-play..."Fresh Aire" series pioneered the New Age and Adult Contemporary genres, and its Christmas albums comprise the best-selling series consistently topped the Billboard New Age, Catalog and Christmas charts - three are multi-platinum, one platinum and 10 others gold.

Always following his basic instincts, Chip never looked back only to the horizon, and this 2-CD-Set definitely has "happy trails" written all-over-it. Mannheim Steamroller has even managed to crack the Top Jazz Albums and Adult Contemporary charts - "Fresh Aire VI" was Top Jazz Album - where it resided for seven weeks.

A quarter of a cenury later, we're still at it...listening, collecting and anticipating each new Mannheim Steamroller release and what delights they bring...may they always charm the listeners old and new with their special magic!

Tracks:

Hooray For Love - Ella Fitzgerald
Get Happy - Mel Torme
Blues In The Night - Dinah Washington
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Count Basie
That Old Black Magic - Shirley Horn
Let's Fall In Love - Diana Krall
It's Only A Paper Moon - Morgana King
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home - Helen Merrill
Stormy Weather - Billie Holiday
If I Only Had A Brain - Abbey Lincoln
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Louis Armstrong
Over The Rainbow - Sarah Vaughan
As Long As I Live - Billy Eckstine
Down With Love - Blossom Dearie
The Man That Got Away - Ella Fitzgerald
My Shining Hour - Count Basie

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Somewhere over the Rainbow / way up high

Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Concord Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Get Happy: The Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration
Over the Rainbow
Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen

ASIN: B00070EBCG
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

As Long As I Live - Ernestine Anderson
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Sarah Vaughan
That Old Black Magic - Carol Sloane
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is home - Rosemary Clooney
Down With Love - Curtis Stigers
My Shining Hour - Nnenna Freelon
Blues In The Night - Jimmy Witherspoon
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Monica Mancini
Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe - Abbey Lincoln
Let's Fall In Love - Maynard Ferguson
Last Night, When We Were Young - Mel Torme
Hit The Road To Dreamland - Susannah McCorkle
Over The Rainbow - Jack Sheldon

Tracks:

Out Of This World - Kenny Burrell
Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) - Scott Hamilton
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Bill Evans Trio
It's Only A Paper Moon - Miles Davis
Stormy Weather - Curtis Fuller
I've Got The World On A String - Art Tatum
When The Sun Comes Out - Art Pepper
A Sleepin' Bee - Ray Brown
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Wes Montgomery
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Oscar Peterson
For Every Man There's A Woman - George Shearing
Get Happy - Dizzy Gillespie Jam

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Somewhere over the Rainbow / way up high .......2006-06-06

Harold Arlen in his greatest songs was with Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Rodgers- Hart- Hammerstein, Cole Porter the very top of American popular song- writing. Like Al Jolson the son of a cantor he grew up in Buffalo, New York before going on to make a career in which he would collaborate with among others Johnny Mercer and Ira Gershwin.
For the musical film, the 'Wizard of Oz' he wrote the music for the song Yip Harburg later wrote the lyrics for, the song many believe the greatest American popular song of all time, 'Over the Rainbow'. This is a song which speaks to the dream and hope and youth of all of us. Arlen wrote many other great songs, the most well- known of which are included in this collection. This collection has some truly stellar perfomrances including those by jazz greats Miles Davis, and Art Tatum.

As Long As I Live - Ernestine Anderson
2. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Sarah Vaughan 3. That Old Black Magic - Carol Sloane
4. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is home - Rosemary Clooney 5. Down With Love - Curtis Stigers
6. My Shining Hour - Nnenna Freelon
7. Blues In The Night - Jimmy Witherspoon 8. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Monica Mancini 9. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe - Abbey Lincoln
10. Let's Fall In Love - Maynard Ferguson 11. Last Night, When We Were Young - Mel Torme
12. Hit The Road To Dreamland - Susannah McCorkle 13. Over The Rainbow - Jack Sheldon 1. Out Of This World - Kenny Burrell
2. Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) - Scott Hamilton Listen Listen Listen
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Bill Evans Trio 4. It's Only A Paper Moon - Miles Davis
5. Stormy Weather - Curtis Fuller
6. I've Got The World On A String - Art Tatum 7. When The Sun Comes Out - Art Pepper 8. A Sleepin' Bee - Ray Brown 9. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Wes Montgomery 10. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Oscar Peterson 11. For Every Man There's A Woman - George Shearing
12. Get Happy - Dizzy Gillespie Jam

The Very Best of This Is Acid Jazz: A 10 Year Celebration

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Looking for a different taste of jazz, hip hop and soul.
Seems kinda weak to me....
What a Compilation!
An Excellent Overview
Funkisized

The Very Best of This Is Acid Jazz: A 10 Year Celebration
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Instinct Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005Q6K3
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

What's That - Exodus Quartet
Lonely Blues - Mitch Moses' Acid Blues Project
Sunshine - Little Big Bee
Obey The Rules Of The Night - Heavy Shift
Jazzin - Swing Machine
Rock Hopper - The Hip Joints
Surprise - Pal Joey's New Breed
Make Your Move Swing - CFM Band
Un Premier Jour Sans Toi - Reminiscence Quartet
Dig This - Mitch Moses' Acid Blues Project
Jazz Addiction - O.M.U.
When It's Cold - Disjam

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Funk Shack West - Sharpshooters
Dazzle - The Chris Bangs Project
On The Vibe - Duboniks
Iapetus (Jazzy Moon) - Ultralights
Vibe Merchant - James Hardway
Outta Sight - James Taylor Quartet
Rush Hour - Sambada
Somewhere - United Future Organization
Floot Juice - Yada Yada
Always 2 Always - Anthea
Total Float - Mr. Electric Triangle
Topics In Groove - Jimpster

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Looking for a different taste of jazz, hip hop and soul........2006-02-02

It's refreshing to hear a genre in the music industry that has'nt been taited by the formula that if a certain sound sells jam it down the publics hears regardless of substance. The best of this Acid Jazz delivers especially for those who can appreciate jazz instrumentation,a solid hip hop back beat,a latin soul groove, funky club mixes and mellow R&B vocals all together in one style of music. This music brings everything to the table and can be enjoyed in any setting, I purchased six CDs so far in this series including the Verve Remixes and I will tell you that after hearing these tracks smooth jazz sounds like the high school band.

Seems kinda weak to me...........2004-01-13

I just bought this cd a couple of weeks ago, and while some tracks stand out as being cool, a lot of them on here are either really corny or straight unlistenable. I was hoping for a lot more "fusion" type tracks, a la hip hop or house or something. But I was disappointed. Maybe a lot of the tracks were before that whole trend. Perhaps this is just not quite my thing, but this isn't really a whole lot like the other stuff I listen to, i.e. st germain, jazzanova, mr. scruff, etc. which I had considered to be "acid jazz." Maybe I'm wrong.

What a Compilation!.......2002-01-19

i love it, what else is there to say? The best is Mitch Moses' song Lonely Blues but there are so many great songs on this two CD set. i think there is only one song i don't care for and it isn't like i hate or anything. i highly recommend this CD as a good intro to Acid Jazz (which there ain't enough of in my opinion!)

An Excellent Overview.......2001-12-18

I am at best a dilitant when it comes to acid jazz, but this is an excellent collection for someone who is interested in the genre. The mix of songs have a bit of flavor from almost every other music style, and yet taken as a whole, is a very cohesive ensemble. You definitely get an idea of the range of possibilities as well as some guideposts for seeking out specific artists or sub-styles.

Funkisized.......2001-10-30

This was my first taste of acid jazz and it left me wanting for more . I'm more used to the Rippingtons and Spyo Gyra so this extensive 2 CD survey gave me a good "wiff" of the range of styling and composition . The riddims are great for road cruisin' in the car CD and just chillin'. The case is flimsy though and one track skipped. Lots of grooves for the $$ .

My Favorite Things: A Richard Rodgers Celebration

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Actually a great recording -
The glass is half full on this project
Rodgers - 5, Pops - 3
A Mixed Bag
Boston Pops: A Richard Rodgers Celebration

My Favorite Things: A Richard Rodgers Celebration
Jason Danieley , and Boston Pops Orchestra
Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B0000640NM
Release Date: 2002-04-23

Tracks:

Main Title (Oklahoma!)
"My Favorite Things" (The Sound of Music)
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Oklahoma!)
Overture to Babes in Arms
"Slaughter on 10th Avenue" (On Your Toes)
"March of the Clowns" (Nursery Ballet)
"I Have Dreamed" (The King and I)
"Grant Avenue" (Flower Drum Song)
"D-Day" (Victory at Sea)
"The Sound of Music" (The Sound of Music)
"Mountain Greenery" (The Garrick Gaieties of 1926)
"The Carousel Waltz" (Carousel)
"Shall We Dance?" (The King and I)

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Actually a great recording -.......2003-10-12

The more I listened to this CD, the more I was blown away by some of the arrangements and orchestrations. Some of it I'd heard before i.e. the Oklahoma! overture based on the Robert Russell Bennet film arrangement; some of it I hadn't heard quite this way like the "Babes in Arms" overture or "Surrey with a Fringe on Top" in swing time. I especially liked the "My Favorite Things" arrangement which diverges from the original. I highly recommend it because most of the arrangements/orchestrations are very powerful in their own right and you may not have heard it all before. A few of the arrangements feature newer vocalists as the other reviews indicate. I reserve comment on this one because it is always difficult to compare an unfamiliar vocalist with Julie Andrews for example.
Also, I have taped two 1 hour Rodgers specials off PBS which feature some of these performances. I'd love for PBS to put these episodes on a DVD instead of the usual pledge drive DVD fare.

The glass is half full on this project.......2002-10-16

To do a celebration of Richard Rodgers music is simply grand. Without question he was the backbone of what we have come to know as "Broadway Magic".

For this occasion the Boston Pops did a good job of paying tribute to this master tunesmith. I think Richard would be more than proud to see his masterpieces performed in such a manner.
BRAVO to the B.P.O.!

If there were any shortcomings to this project it would have to be two things. First, I felt like they should have used better vocalists. Second, I felt like the repertoire was not as good as it could have been. Some of the tunes performed here I really disliked. I can think of a lot of songs I would have rather been listening to.

I think it would safe to recommend this cd to all the die hard Richard Rodgers fans.

Rodgers - 5, Pops - 3.......2002-09-15

Keith Lockart is certainly a solid heir to the Boston Pops of Arthur Fiedler. His performances are crisp, and lively. The Pops likes working with him, and it shows. And, I own every Keith Lockart/Boston Pops disc so far. But....although there were some interesting additions to this repertoire, especially the scenario of "Victory at Sea", I was really turned off by the so-so vocal renditions. They really detracted from the overall fun of the disc. Certainly the music of Richard Rodgers is timeless (not EVERTHING he wrote was delicious), but Lockhart missed the boat with this one. It's a neat album if you have a player that can pick and choose what you listen to, but after the first few tunes, I got a bit restless.

A Mixed Bag.......2002-07-18

The two most interesting items in this collection are "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" in an effective arrangement Broadway orchestrator/arranger Hans Spialek made for Paul Whiteman and "The March of the Clowns" from "Nursery Ballet," a number from a Whiteman commission recently discovered in the bandleader's archives. Patrick Hollenbeck arranged the march for the Pops and has the style right, so it's too bad the other two movements of the original suite weren't included in this release.

Otherwise, the most satisfying selections on the disc are the Main Title from the film version of "Oklahoma!" (the work of Robert Russell Bennett), the overture to "Babes in Arms" (Don Walker's orchestration captures the spirit of the Broadway original in full orchestra terms), "D-Day" (Lockhart paces it more as a jaunty march than an epic one), and the "Carousel Waltz."

I confess that I like big-orchestra arrangements of show music even though I know I'm not supposed to, but the remaining instrumental numbers are played in arrangements (by Sammy Nestico, Don Sebesky, and Alexander Courage) that I don't like. They are mostly fussy, heavy, lacking in fun, and tinged with elements from the Big Band era that sound out of place in these surroundings. It's too bad Hollenbeck didn't do these arrangements, too. Failing that, the Pops music library must still have arrangements Bennett, Leroy Anderson, and Richard Hayman did of Rodgers scores, and I don't understand why they weren't used here. They never wear out their welcome.

The singers are uniformly disasters. Martina McBride ("My Favorite Things"), Jason Danieley ("I Have Dreamed"), and Collin Raye ("The Sound of Music") are described on the label as "vocalists." The term tells you all you need to know about their lack of any sense of the appropriate style for their numbers. They are club, not theater, singers. Their vocalizings can't hurt Rodgers, but they are jarring to the listener in the context of the rest of this disc. Their voices, as voices, are mediocre, and the arrangements (each by a different person) of the pieces don't help. (Some comparably dubious items have been included in most recent Pops recordings. Each has some interesting, unusual things along with others that don't really belong. I wonder if they are the price Lockhart has to pay in order to record the interesting stuff.)

The Boston Symphony and Pops were the orchestras I grew up with, so it hurts to have to say that this disc is such a mixed bag.

(By the way, Nelson Riddle recorded an LP of his own splendid arrangements of the principal numbers from "Oklahoma!", and I wish Capitol would resurrect it from the vaults as a salute to Rodgers's memory in his centennial year.)

Boston Pops: A Richard Rodgers Celebration.......2002-05-08

What a wonderful celebration this recording is! The scope and beauty of Richard Rodgers' music has seldom been given a better airing than on this CD by the Boston Pops. An absolutely stunning recording in both performance and choice of selections. We are treated not only to fresh and memorable instrumental renditions of beloved standards such as "The Surrey With The Fringe On Top", "Where Or When" and "Shall We Dance", but also to a few of Richard Rodgers' less frequently heard compositions such as the jazzy "Grant Avenue", the stirring "D-Day Theme" from Victory At SEA, and a premier recording of a very delightful "March Of The Clowns", a piece originally commissioned by Paul Whiteman in the 1930s. The artists chosen to sing the three vocals on this CD are exceptional. In fact, this particular recording would be worth owning if for no other reason than to enjoy Jason Danieley's spine-tingling rendition of "I Have Dreamed". And after hearing Mr. Collin Raye's beautiful masculine rendition of "The Sound Of Music", one will never again think of that classic as being primarily suited only for a female vocalist. In short, this Boston Pops CD is a richly satisfying treat -- lush and nostalgic, as well as being upbeat and as contemporary as year 2002 -- a worthy tribute to the timelessness of Mr. Rodgers' musical genius.

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