Stone Jazz

Stone Jazz

ASIN: B00009PJRA

Track Listings

1. Miss You

2. Satisfaction

3. Ruby Tuesday

4. This Could Be the Last Time

5. Jumpin' Jack Flash

6. Paint It Black

7. Under My Thumb

8. Waiting for a Friend

9. Beast of Burden

10. As Tears Go By

Tracks:

Theme From Mission Impossible - Schifrin
Theme From Gladiator - Zimmer
Hedwig's Theme - Williams
Harry's Wondrous World - Williams
Allegro Moderato - Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished' - Schubert
Suite From Shakespeare In Love - Warbeck
Out Of Africa - Barry
Requiem, Rex Tremendae - Mozart
Prelude In E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 - Chopin
Suite No. 3 In D, Air On The G String - J.S. Bach
I Will Always Love You - Parton
Symphony No. 40, Molto Allegro - Mozart
Finlandia - Sibelius
My Heart Will Go On - Horner

Tracks:

Theme From Lord Of The Rings - Shore
Overture To All That Jazz - Kander & Ebb
'Trout' Quintet, Theme, Andantino And Variations - Schubert
Prelude No. 15 In D-Flat - Chopin
Windmills Of Your Mind - LeGrand
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - KAMEN
Theme From Schindler's List - Williams
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Excerpt - Strauss
Symphony No. 3, Lento Cantabile - Semplice - Gorecki
Die Walkure, Ride Of The Valkyries - Wagner
Goldberg Variations, Aria Da Capo - J.S. Bach
Theme From License To Kill - KAMEN
Sonata No. 8, Op. 13, 'Pathetique,' Andante Cantabile - Beethoven
Die Another Day - Arnold
Symphony No. 9, Ode To Joy, Excerpt - Beethoven

Customer Reviews:

Movie Themes CD.......2007-03-10

Very nice CD with beautiful music from past movies. Very relaxing music to listen to.

"three decades of film composers ~ Simply The Best".......2004-03-06

Rhino Movie Music presents "Simply The Best Movie Themes", featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and other various artists ~ within the realm of the following composers David Arnold, John Barry, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Wendy Carlos, Fred Ebb, James Horner, James Newton Howard, Michael Kamen, John Kander, Michel Legrand, Alex North, Basil Poledouris, Howard Shore, Wladyslaw Szpilman, Stephen Warbeck, John Williams and Hans Zimmer ~ each composer has created one or more of the scores in this twenty nine classic line up.

Film scores covering over three decades with "2001:SPACE ODYSSEY", "A CLOCKWORK ORANGE", "APOCALYPSE NOW", "THE BODYGUARD(I Will Always Love You)", "CHICAGO(Overture to All That Jazz), "DIE ANOTHER DAY", "EYES WIDE SHUT", "FEARLESS", "GLADIATOR(Theme)", "HANNIBAL", "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE(Hedwig's Theme)", "HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE(Harry's Wondrous World)", "THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER", "JURASSIC PARK:THE LOST WORLD", "LICENSE TO KILL, "LIVING DAYLIGHTS", "THE LORD OF THE RINGS(Theme)", "MINORITY REPORT", "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE (Theme)", "OUT OF AFRICA", "THE PIANIST", "ROBIN HOOD, PRINCE OF THIEVES", "SCHINDLER'S LIST", "SE7EN", "SHADOWLANDS", "SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE", "THE SIXTH SENSE", "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR"and "TITANIC(My Heart Will Go On)" ~ a mixture of original compositions and classics of the old masters. Loaded with not just themes, but full of orchestral arrangements that are fresh and rewarding ~ sure to bring back those special moments from the film.

The presentation is superb with every cue inclusive with spectacular performances from suspense, romance and adventure all rolled into a two disc package. Rhino must be commended on doing such a great job and doing it well. Most serious "film-score-buffs" will welcome this compilation, has many cues available all under one banner ~ Rhino Records...gotta love it!

Tracks:

Tereza My Love
Children's Games
Choro
Brazil
Stone Flower
Amparo
Andorinha
God And The Devil In The Land Of The Sun
Sabia
Brazil (Alternate Take)

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The American producer Creed Taylor produced some of the best recordings Antonio Carlos Jobim ever made. Taylor's lush strings, evocative woodwinds, and selection of top-notch jazz musicians were a perfect match for Jobim's spare, bossa nova-flavored compositions. This 1970 recording features Jobim backed by bassist Ron Carter, trombonist Urbie Green, flutist Hubert Law, and soprano saxophonist Joe Farrell. Several classics, such as "Children's Games," the lilting "Tereza My Love," and the two soft samba/swing renditions of Ary Barroso's "Brazil," are lovingly draped in the velvet arrangements of the then-young Brazilian sensation Eumir Deodato. Jobim's dry and achy vocals, along with his acoustic and rarely heard electric-piano playing, add the right sonic seasoning to this delightful disk. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Sublime.......2006-06-12

I'll add my praises of this disc to all the others. I fell totally in LOVE with Bossa Nova back in high school. I collected everything I could, from Best of Sergio Mendes - which is also very highly recommended to those who love this genre- to Joao Gilberto. In fact I made a trip to Brazil back in 1975 because I had to see this land where this sublime music came from. Anyway back to the disc. I had everything Jobim had recorded but this one intrigued me the most. It was his darkest and most complex. Worth adding to any collection of jazz, bossa, latin or anything else.

Jobim.......2006-03-07

Listen to the samples and you will not need anyone's comments. "Wave", "Tide", "Stone flower" and the rest of the albums with Jobim's music will live for ever. Smooth, relaxing, stylish.

Maybe the most precious Jobim treasure.......2006-02-24

Another 5-star Jobim collaboration with producer Creed Taylor for his CTi label with arrangements by Deodato and a team of Jazz master musicians featuring Urbie Green and Hubert Laws.

Repertoire consists of Jobim material except for traditional Brazilian composer Ary Barroso's 'Brazil'.

Part of Jobim's compositions is music he composed for the film 'The Adventurers' also with arrangements by Deodato, issued in a very rare soundtrack album by Paramount label. Unfortunately, out of print.

Refer to the beautiful waltz 'Children's Games' which was also recorded by Elis Regina in her 'Elis & Tom' under the Portuguese title 'Chovendo na Roseira'.

A fundamental Jobim and Bossa Nova and Great Music album!

Mere words just aren't enough..........2006-02-09

This is the greatest in bossa nova bar none and would be my pick of what music straight from Heaven sounds like. Antonio Carlos Jobim is the underrated genius of the genre and his recordings are beyond words for description. Both cuts of "Brazil" are priceless and the song "Sabia" is worth the price of this album alone. The new 2002 reissue has new liner nothes and a crystal-clear sound, giving them the greatest of sound quality for the full effect. Do yourself a favor and get this, it will send you to places you never thought possible.

Stone Flower-Also Ran.......2006-02-01

While this is a very fine album, the tracks are not Jobim's best. These are prime examples of a great composer's lesser works, that produced by anyone else would be considered gems. The musicians on the album are all well known in their own right and the recording quality is excellent. A good album but not a great album

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A Jimi Hendrix experience with a difference
Odd line up
STONEFREE: A TRIBUTE TO JIMI HENDRIX
Homage to Hendrix
Very Nice Collection

Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
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ASIN: B000002MNC
Release Date: 1993-11-09

Tracks:

Purple Haze - The Cure
Stone Free - Eric Clapton
Spanish Castle Magic - Spin Doctors
Red House - Buddy Guy
Hey Joe - Body Count
Manic Depression - Seal & Jeff Beck
Fire - Nigel Kennedy
Bold As Love - Pretenders
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I Don't Live Today - Slash & Paul Rodgers With The Band Of Gypsys
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Crosstown Traffic - Living Colour
Third Stone From The Sun - Pat Metheny
Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun) - M.A.C.C

Customer Reviews:

A Jimi Hendrix experience with a difference.......2007-05-21

I bought this CD a long while ago when bands like the Spin Doctors and PM Dawn were "in". I liked it then and I still do now. Let me make one thing clear: I`m a true Hendrix fan. I have a lot of his output, even hardcore stuff like South Saturn Delta. However I also have RHCP, Tool, Audioslave, Pearl Jam in my stack, so I'm no refusenik. What I like about this CD is its at times liberal interpretations of JH classics, which basically all the tracks are. Reprise could easily have done a double CD in fact, but you takes what you gets. Some of the tracks are fairly true to the original, my favourites in this department being Bodycount's smoking Hey Joe and Slash's/Paul Rodger's blazing remake of I Don't Live Today, while others, like The Cure's version of Purple Haze, go in a completely different but nevertheless interesting direction. Nigel Kennedy would not get on the CD if they did it today, but there you go. Jimi was a free spirit and reinterpreted stuff he liked by others in his own unique way which didn't go down well with everyone in the late 60s. The BBC for example: there's one 60s session I love where you can hear the sound engineer complaining along the lines "It's no good Mr Hendrix, I`m just getting too much distortion here". I'm sure he'd have been flattered by this outpouring of appreciation.

Odd line up.......2007-03-31

A strange tribute to the great Jimi Hendrix. There are simply not enough guitar players featured here ... which seems odd, no? However, Jeff Beck's playing on Manic Depression is worth the price of the album. He is someone that can play the guitar in the same free spirit as Jimi Hendrix, he is a true artist that, like Hendrix, follows his heart and not the corporate mentality. Too bad much of this album is not like that.

STONEFREE: A TRIBUTE TO JIMI HENDRIX.......2007-02-24

AWESOME! THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR ANY HENDRIX FAN AND A MUST FOR ANY MUSIC LOVER.

Homage to Hendrix.......2007-02-13

The impressive array of musicians on this tribute album deliver the goods, although some interpretations are a bit bizarre, like Nigel Kennedy's violin dance on Fire. Robert Smith and The Cure's synth-driven version of Purple Haze is another strange one. These two tracks are certainly innovative but there's nothing of the master guitarist's spirit in them.

I Don't Live Today by Band of Gypsys, Paul Rodgers and Slash sound very authentic, and Chrissie Hynde's rendition of (Axis) Bold As Love is spectacular. I also like Eric Clapton's powerful interpretation of Stone Free. Another highlight is Third Stone From The Sun by Pat Metheny, an enjoyable jazz-funk take on the classic.

Some of Hendrix's more obscure songs are ably covered by PM Dawn, Spin Doctors and Buddy Guy, whilst Manic Depression as done by Seal and Jeff Beck is quite memorable, as is Hey Joe by Ice T and Bodycount. MACC's awesome version of Hey Baby (Land Of The New Rising Sun) and Living Colour's Crosstown Traffic are gems. Hendrix would have been proud.

Very Nice Collection.......2006-05-20

Nobody's a bigger Hendrix fan than I am, and I still think this is an excellent collection of updated arrangements. Purple Haze by the Cure and Bold as Love by the Pretenders are superb. In fact, the numbers that are closest to sounding like the original--Stone Free and Manic Depression--are the least interesting. The musicians did a great job on this recording, and I'd recommend it to anybody.

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Oh What a Joyous Sound!
The greatest living vocalist on planet earth period
The Street That Knew My Name
Van's Greatest Song Is Here
As 'bootleg' collections go, the music is really solid

The Philosopher's Stone
Van Morrison
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ASIN: B000006P11
Release Date: 1998-06-16

Tracks:

Really Don't Know
Ordinary People
Wonderful Remark
Not Supposed To Break Down
Laughing In The Wind
Madame Joy
Contemplation Rose
Don't Worry About Tomorrow
Try For Sleep
Lover's Prayer
Drumshanbo Hustle
Twilight Zone
Foggy Mountain Top
Naked In The Jungle
There There Child

Tracks:

The Street Only Knew Your Name
John Henry
Western Plain
Joyous Sound
I Have Finally Come To Realise
Flamingoes Fly
Stepping Out Queen Part 2
Bright Side Of The Road
Street Theory
Real Real Gone
Showbusiness
For Mr. Thomas
Crazy Jane On God
Song Of Being A Child
High Spirits

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Van Morrison is the second-best improvisatory singer in rock history (after Aretha Franklin), never singing a song the same way twice. What's more, he's continually fooling around with songs--both originals and covers--that never make it onto his "official" albums. The two-CD Philosopher's Stone serves up 30 unreleased studio tracks from 1971 to 1988. There are some glaring omissions (the 1971 Pacifica High sessions, his collaborations with Bob Dylan and Chet Baker), but what's here (including collaborations with Mark Isham, Jackie DeShannon and the Chieftains) is fun, and two tracks ("Flamingoes Fly" and "Stepping Out Queen") are incandescent. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Oh What a Joyous Sound!.......2007-05-31

THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE is proof positive that Van Morrison is almost as bad at choosing which songs to release and which to leave in the vaults as Paul McCartney is. (Paul should really release a collection like this too, but that's another story altogether.) Comprised of unreleased songs spanning the years from 1971-1988, this is a two-disc, two-and-a-half-hour windfall that belongs in the collection of any serious Van Fan.

The first CD plays better than the second as a whole, mostly because the recordings collected here cover a shorter span - specifically the period between 1971 and 1976 - lending it, if not a sense of cohesion, then at least a more uniform sound. Highlights? "Madame Joy" is a buoyantly nostalgic look back at that girl every boy wanted. The emotionally shattered "Not Supposed to Break Down" viciously indicts society's demands that we keep our emotions locked inside. The eight-minute original version of "Wonderful Remark" far outstrips its latter-day counterpart in its airy grace. "Drumshanbo Hustle" is the product of Van's by-now familiar disdain for the record industry, but is much sharper and generally better than his bitter screeds of the 90s. The searing funk of "Naked in the Jungle" forms the backdrop to one of Van's most intense vocal performances. The title of the slight-yet-touching "Lover's Prayer" says it all; same goes for the breezy "Laughing in the Wind". And that's not even half of Disc 1.

After the release of 1974's VEEDON FLEECE, Van Morrison went on hiatus until 1977. Over the course of these years, reports surfaced that Van was in the process of recording a new album, but nothing came of these rumours. Many of these sessions are present here, spread out over the end of Disc 1 and the beginning of Disc 2. And if Van Morrison had indeed made an album with these songs, it would have easily been his best album since ST. DOMINIC'S PREVIEW, and would have retained that title until 1979's masterpiece INTO THE MUSIC.

Disc 2 is, as mentioned above, somewhat more uneven, but a treasure trove of great songs nevertheless. It kicks off with this set's lost masterpiece, "The Street Only Knew Your Name". This flawless gem of a song would seem to foreshadow Van's nostalgia obsession of the 80s and 90s, but its sound and peerless vocal performance are pure 70s Van. The disc then progresses through a pair of blues covers and alternate takes of songs from A PERIOD OF TRANSITION and INTO THE MUSIC, with a great new cut (the pensive "I Have Finally Come to Realize") thrown in for good measure. This brings us up to the 80s, where the highlights are fewer but the quality is still high: the straight-up R&B of "Street Theory", Van's cover of Robin Williamson's poetic "For Mr. Thomas", and "High Spirits", a suitably rousing leftover from the Chieftains collaboration IRISH HEARTBEAT, especially stand out from this period.

Van Morrison is one of the most prolific writers, recorders, and performers in all rock music. He's released almost an album a year since 1970, and it's clear from THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE that he had, and probably still has, even more just waiting in the vaults. And not just odds and ends either; the vast majority of the selections are fully-formed, well-performed songs that, for whatever reason or another, Van simply chose not to release. Just another testament to the staggering talent that is George Ivan "Van the Man" Morrison.

The greatest living vocalist on planet earth period.......2007-01-22

For a so called B side/un-released song collection this is ridiclously good. Van is a seminal arist for the more mature music ears. Only a place like Ireland with its love for music and the arts could produce a mystic, poetic genius like this.

He is a rare artist that puts the corporate music biz to shame. His concerts sell out in minutes without any promotion and i think he has even surpassed his hero Bob Dylan. We will be telling our kids about the genius of Van morrison. He is the best white soul/blues singer on earth today. On his last tour the tickets for his concert in nashville sold in 12 minutes. Long live Van. We need him to keep going to shame the no talented teenyboppers and MTV sellouts.

The Street That Knew My Name.......2005-07-27

Somehow I had either forgotten and/or misplaced my Phil Stone CD
and played it this past week. The years have gone by so quickly and Van's catalog has always been impressive.....so the headphones came out and I was again transformed... to another place and time and then back again to today.

I have read all 35+ reviews and agree with most all in some way or another but I do feel that PS is a masterpiece in so very many ways. Van shouts, growls...has the eternal "Fire in his belly" and brings us a sense of the blues and funk and gospel. As has come to be expected, VM had the presence of mind to use musicians of such stellar quality....especially the brilliant piano work of Jef Labes to forge this expensive gem.

As was noted by another reviewer, it is worth it alone for the superb, as yet unmatched, soulful version of "The Street...."

Damn!!!, what a sound, what charts, what a sax, a "Joyous Sound"
that no one save for Ray Charles has ever exhibited on vinyl.

I just love this mans' music.

Van's Greatest Song Is Here.......2005-03-11

Buy it for The Streets Only Knew Your Name, the finest Van Morrison composition and performance of all time and one of the greatest songs I've ever heard. If you've never heard the forgettable version he released on Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, avoid it like the plague. If you have heard that, this version will make you forget you ever did.

Rest of the record is quite good as well for a collection of outtakes, especially Madam Joy, Really Don't Know, and Mr. Thomas.

As 'bootleg' collections go, the music is really solid.......2005-02-01

Van Morrison, one of rock's finest songwriters and arguably it's finest singer, crafted a number of strong albums, and that's where most should start. However, once you get through ASTRAL WEEKS, MOONDANCE, and the rest, if you still want more, PHILOSOPHER'S STONE is an excellent set to get. The packaging is a bit lacking (incorrect dates and lyric transcriptions, and even though Van wrote track-by-track notes, he decided not to include them), but as far as content goes, this is an excellent selection of unreleased studio material. Unfortunately, it doesn't include any content like demos or outtakes before the 1970's (hopefully there will be a Volume Two that includes them), but what's here is surprisingly consistent. Even the weaker material like "Twilight Zone" is enjoyable for Van's singing.

Few artists merit collections like these, because in order for them to work, one has to be prolific and, more importantly, shelve 'rejects' that hold up to their best work; this set fulfills both requirements. A strong, early version of "Wonderful Remark" arguably trumps the released version. "Madame Joy" and "Contemplation Rose" are beautiful tracks that could've salvaged HARD NOSE THE HIGHWAY (one of his weakest albums); so could've "Drumshanbo Hustle," an angry, vitriolic song against the music industry that miraculously transcends its bitterness. Then there's "Naked Jungle," possibly his greatest stab at funk, and excellent compositions like "The Street Only Knew Your Name" and "I Have Finally Come To Realize" that disprove the notion that he had trouble coming up with new material in the mid-70's (trouble releasing it, but not writing and recording it). Even better is "Crazy Jane On God," which was meant for release but had to be temporarily shelved for legal reasons (based on a Yeats poem, he didn't get permission to use it); in less capable hands, it could've been a pretentious disaster, but it's surprisingly accessible and works very well here.

It's an expensive set at $30, and for that reason, I'd recommend this only if you've already explored his best work: the early classics with Them, ASTRAL WEEKS, MOONDANCE, ST. DOMINIC'S PREVIEW, VEEDON FLEECE, IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW, and INTO THE MUSIC, for starters. If your appetite is still strong by that point, than PHILOSOPHER'S STONE will definitely come in handy.

Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone

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STONE HITS!!
Enchanting and soulful
very average&way too soon
Another copy protection nightmare!!
Greatest Hits from a Great artist

Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone
Angie Stone
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ASIN: B0009NCPO2
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

Wish I Didn't Miss You
Brotha
No More Rain
Stay For A While- featuring Anthony Hamilton
I Wasn't Kidding
I Wanna Thank Ya
Everyday
Pissed Off
More Than A Woman- featuring Joe
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Bone 2 Pic (Wit U)
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Customer Reviews:

STONE HITS!!.......2006-03-21

I never really heard of Angie Stone before, but the other day I was watching VH1 soul, and saw I Wanna Thank Ya video and I loved it. Then I decided to buy her greatest hits album and now I love it! I am now a huge fan of Angie Stone and I plan to buy all her previous album.
My Favorites Are:
Wish I Didn't Miss You
Brotha
No More Rain (In This Cloud)
I Wasn't Kidding
I Wanna Thank Ya
Everyday
U-Haul

People should stop giving her bad reviews just because it's Copy-Protected. I had no problem getting it on my iPod.

Enchanting and soulful.......2006-01-06

I bought this album as an introduction to Angie Stone's music. The only familiar track was the first (I Wish I Didn't Miss You) with its luscious bass line. So the rest was a new territory, one that I became increasingly delighted to discover. Stone's style indeed belongs to another era, but what a glorious era it was. How rare it is today to find a soul/r&b singer that doesn't overdo her part or compromise her sound just to be trendy. The little rapping heard on this compilation only adds flavor to a well seasoned meal.
I only wish some songs were twice as long (they don't make 12" versions today). Little Boy is a true gem.

very average&way too soon.......2005-11-11

Angie stone is like a Songstress version of alicia Keys to me. most of Her biggest Hits sound like songs from 25-30 years ago.vocally she has some nice runs,but She is only good for a few cuts here&there.She doesn't hold my ear for a whole album though.this is way too soon&a sign that while she is a decent Songwriter that the solo Artist run just might be over.

Another copy protection nightmare!!.......2005-11-09

Whatever happened to an artist releasing an extensive catalogue of albums before releasing a "very best" set? Stone has only THREE albums, and she hasn't been around the block long enough to come up with a greatest hits album. But what really pissed me off is that this copy-protected CD comes with a VERY malicious form of spyware call ROOTKIT which cannot be removed and makes your PC a slave to Sony. Do you want Sony spying on you to find out what you're listening to, when, and how often? Then do not, repeat-DO NOT, buy this infected CD. You'll be sorry.

Greatest Hits from a Great artist.......2005-11-02

To the reviewer above Angie Stone doesn't only
have two greatest hits songs an album. But has three Greatest Hits Cds. Get this and add to great all day listen cd.

Angie keep oup the good work.

Junior

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Not up there at all!
VAST SPAN

The Iron Stone
Robin Williamson
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Release Date: 2007-04-24

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Not up there at all!.......2007-06-11

Sorry, I loved a lot of Robin Willamson's music over the years, in the Incredible String Band and afterwards, but this is just bloody awful. His voice is completely shot and the quaverings that used to sound mystical and eerie now sound like he has a bad case of the trots. He massacres the title song and you really have to scurry back to the Incredible String Band original in order to appreciate what a good song it actually is. I hope this is just a lapse and that he'll be back to rights with the next CD. This one should be deleted as soon as possible.

VAST SPAN.......2007-05-16

We have come a very, very long way with Mr. Williamson, and it's hard to name many more musicians as consistently engaging and innovative as he. For those wondering where traditional musics might go next, The Iron Stone sets out a brilliant map, extending the expressive qualities of Scottish folk and other traditions into the lush and unsettling tonalities of Modern and even Postmodern palettes -- along with some exquisitely abstract and sonorous word-painting. Remarkable for the writing and performing, the pieces range from somewhat familiar to genuinely expressive contemporization of established forms. Of course, Williamson is surrounded by outstanding musicians and his experience with his subject matter -- traditional tales, the telling of them and the articulate search for wonder and meaning in our existence -- makes The Iron Stone much broader in scope than his two prior and equally remarkable ECM releases. But for a long-time listener like myself, revisiting two of his most evocative pieces (The title track and The Yellow Snake from Wee Tam /Big Huge) proves to be a wonderful way to add further dimension to the music with the perspective and ballast of more than thirty years in between. (BTW, anyone know what the Ocrd designation means?)

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Heads Up
Stone Alliance , Don Alias , and Steve Grossman Gene Perla
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Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

Georgia O
Pedra Da Lua
Aunt Remus
Tribute To Afreeka
Uncle Jemima
Kimmy And Donnie
Trampoline
Para Los Papinos

Album Description

Featured Artists Don Alias, drums, percussion/Gene Perla, bass, keyboards/Kenny Kirkland, keyboards/Bob Mintzer, reeds, flute/Jan Hammer, keyboards/and many more

Tracks:

Stone Free
Purple Haze
Manic Depression
Third Stone From The Sun
Bold As Love
Foxey Lady
Hey Joe
Up From The Skies
Little Wing
The Wind Cries Mary
Castles Made Of Sand
Blue Sunrise (Original Composition)

Product Description

1. Stone Free
2. Purple Haze
3. Manic Depression
4. Third Stone From The Sun
5. Bold As Love
6. Foxey Lady
7. Hey Joe
8. Up From The Skies
9. Little Wing
10. The Wind Cries Mary
11. Castles Made Of Sand
12. Blue Sunrise (original composition)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Just As Profound As Jimi Hendrix!!!.......2005-09-13

WARNING! YOU MAY FIND THIS REVIEW TO HAVE SOME SPOILERS--I HIGHLY RECCOMEND YOU LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM!!!

Believe it or not, this album is truly a masterpiece! It was very maturely, and innovatively done, and will be appreciated by both lovers of classical and Jimi Hendrix (and, of course, good music!) It is by far one of the greatest albums I've ever listened to. The album is a mix of acoustic and electric string instruments (traditional, no adulterating guitar) and it has a very classical/asian sound overall. The whole album has a very full, robust, bassy tone, unlike the Led Zeppelin tribute (which sucks! Both of them--DON'T SUBJECT YOURSELF TO THEM!) which is all-acoustic and nothing but weak, squeaky, violin. This album has both cello and double bass (bowed, of course) I believe. Their are three highlights, and they are:

1.) Third Stone From the Sun
2.) Bold As Love
3.) Castles Made of Sand

Third Stone From the Sun is, by far, the most classical sounding, and, at the same time, mind-blowing, track (it will leave you in a stupor). The original track, which is largely trippy sound-effects, is rendered well. This is also, without question, the most electric track on the album, as, not long into the song, there emerges an unreal slur of distortion from the bowed electric instruments...sigh...and what a glorious ending...

Let's move on to my next favorite...Bold As Love...

This track immediately follows Third Stone (that track placement is just beautiful!) Throughout the song, there's one guy in the backround who, as my friend described it, is just sawing away on the violin. Eventually it bursts into a screeching electric solo. The rendition of the "fireworks" ending is not only note-for-note, but the sound is bent and distorted exactly the way it is in the original. It's the icing on top of the cake my friends, and it's a real treat!

Castle's Made of Sand is, as are the previous two, amazing. It has a very unique, asian-sound to it. Everything is adapted, including the psychedelic intro and outro (and it just sounds so mind-bending when done on the violin!) It sounds like they're using an esraj or dilruba (two exotic, unconventional indian instruments, which are like bowed sitars--both are very similar to each other) for the little solo in the middle and on the five/ten second intro/outro. It's definitely not a violin, and it sounds very, very asian. They also add a little twist to the end by hitting the notes really high (you'll hear what I'm talking about!)

Those are, in my opinion, the three most profound adaptations. That's not to say the others aren't! They extend Little Wing, making it almost six minutes long--adding some really warped string effects! There's a cry-baby violin at the end of up-from the skies. Stone Free is definitely one of the heaviest (sounds like someone's striking and bowing the the electric cello or double-bass every few seconds in the backround!), especially with the elctric violin solo!

I do, however, have one bone to pick. Manic Depression was completely changed! They took away the sound and made it sound like some tribal Native American dance--which isn't bad, but it's not upbeat like the original. I wish they'd done as good a job on this song as they did the others as it's one of my top picks for Hendrix songs. Don't be afraid of this album, it's not a disgrace to Jimi Hendrix. The opposite in fact. It's worth your money, and it deserves five big stars. It's surprisingly unpopular, which is a shame...Ironicaly I didn't even buy this album. A guy I knew burned it for me, but I like it so much that I'm gonna order it tonight! Heh. Well, happy listening!

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Not as "revelating" as it could have been.......2005-07-02

If you go through the series of String Quartet tributes to various artists you really wonder if the compiler was a psycho, there is no logic at all, one would expect either giving more relevance to intrinsic artistic value or simply choosing the most successful artists in a hope to sell well. On the contrary you have a random selection which leave you bemused. However, there are a few interesting ones and by this I mean when the sheer beauty of the songs should be matched, one thinks, by the adaptability to a String Quartet format. The Jimi Hendrix one was obviously one of the more interesting on paper, if only to prove once again that he wasn't merely the greatest rock guitar of all times but also a rather dignified musician who could have given the world other masterpieces had he not succumbed to excessive drug use. Especially interesting for those familiar with the relatively famous jazz "treatment" given to some of his songs by Gil Evans, an experiment in some cases very successful. The problem with both is that, of course, you can't help but miss Jimi's guitar and you are sometimes frustrated by thinking what could have been The String Quartet WITH Jimi Hendrix or, in the other case, what were like the endless jams that Jimi played with John McLaughlin or what could have been the much-talked collaboration with Miles Davis. But I'm beating about the bush, so to talk about this album I'll just say that the choice of tracks is inevitably good, even if I resent the absence of any tracks from Electric Ladyland, that the playing is good and at times inspired, that the songs that translate better are the ones originally less centered around Jimi's solo (the standout for me is Bold as love) and that the arrangements are a little bit sedate. All in all, not a must for Jimi's fans but a tasteful addition to a slim discography (that is if you take out the posthumous albums).

Imagination with Hendrix runs wild!!! Well worth getting........2004-05-24

If your like me, your music tastes run the gamut. I can listen to opera, jazz, funk, rap and then rock without missing a beat. I just plain love music.

I especially love Jimi Hendrix. I saw this CD in a used bin and I thought I'd give it a whirl. Wow. This isnt some warmed over version of Jimi's music. It is a string quartet interpretation of Jimi's music. While an ardent fan will of course recognize the songs, my friends who have not been, ahem, musically educated think that this is a new classical album. When they are confronted with his Jiminess they are surprised and often pleasantly so.

Highlights for me include "Manic Depression", "Purple Haze" and "The Wind Cries Mary (I think the it is the standout track)."
Overall, if you like classical music, and Jimi Hendrix, I think you will like this collection. It is imaginative to say the least, and stands as a fine work of classical style art. Also, it confirms to me that Jimi Hendrix was a fine music composer who stands with the all time greats!

Can You Dig Being Dug?
Average customer rating:

Superb Trumpet Quartet Set

Can You Dig Being Dug?

Manufacturer: itsusJazz
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BUUL0I
Release Date: 2005-10-31

Tracks:

There Will Never Be Another You
Happy Go Lucky
Can You Dig Being Dug?
Yesterdays
Calming Notion
MIDI Evil Blues
One Note Samba
What Can I Say?
The Girl From Cancun
Blues On The Side

Product Description

Yes, this live recording is hip. What else would you expect from CS? Recorded live at Charlie O's in Van Nuys, CA, "Can You Dig Being Dug?" features Carl with his LA quartet: Christian Jacob (piano), Dave Stone (bass), and Santo Savino (drums). If you're like me, you often find yourself smiling and shaking your head in disbelief at some of the things Carl does. Check out some of the sound clips and see if you can sit still.

Customer Reviews:

Superb Trumpet Quartet Set .......2005-11-20

Some of the very best jazz is released on small labels run by people who are in love with the music and simply want to share it with a wider audience. Such is the case with Carl Saunders "Can You Dig Being Dug?" CD, produced by trumpet fan Mike Kaiser on the Itsus jazz label.

One hopes that this CD (recorded live in 2003) finds a wide audience, for it is superb jazz in the boppish vein. Leader Carl Saunders is beyond question one of the top trumpet players in jazz today. Saunders plays lead with the magnificent Bill Holman Band, and is a featured soloist with Mike Vax's Kenton Alumni Orchestra. Recently he recorded two fine CD's for JazzEd Media with Phil Urso and Phil Woods. Saunders has also recorded his own excellent big band CD entitled "BeBop Big Band" on Seabreeze (also produced by Kaiser).

On the present CD Saunders is front and center as he leads a finely tuned group through 10 tunes comprising 77 minutes of excellent jazz. Saunders is right at home on every tune, spinning long, lyrical lines out of his horn with deceptive ease. His improvisational approach is highly melodic and his solos are full of pleasant surprises. His tone is also very attractive. The backing trio comprising Christian Jacob on piano, Dave Stone on bass, and Santo Savino on drums is tight, swinging, and responsive at every turn. In fact, Jacob nearly equals Saunders with his flowing and exciting improvisations.

The program is exceptionally well-balanced with an appealing mixture of standards and Saunders' originals, including burners, sambas, ballads, and a couple of blues which add meat to the program. Among the highlights are the opening "There Will Never Be Another You" which sets the swinging note for the set; Saunders' "Calming Notion" which affects the listener in the way the title suggests; the spiky "Midi-Evil Blues"; the sprightly "One Note Samba"; and Carl's lovely ballad "What Can I Say?"

This is a delightful, uplifting, and highly recommended CD. It is certainly one of the best jazz releases of 2005. Once you've heard it, you'll be wanting to give it another spin immediately. (And if you don't already have it, strongly consider ordering the aforementioned "Bebop Big Band CD" along with this one).

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In the Morning Light
Ed Stone
Manufacturer: Ed Stone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066HGV
Release Date: 2002-06-18

Tracks:

Brooklyn Nights
Noonday
Beautiful Woman
Free After 5
Skyline
Just to Love You
In the Morning Light
Sweet Dreams
Travelin' Man
You're My Joy
Topaz
Sterling Star

Album Description

Jazz guitarist Ed Stone's debut CD entitled "In the Morning Light," received strong reviews from the jazz press, radio stations and listeners. Stone's music blends improvisational and soulful beats with romantic melodies

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