Destiny Is Yours

Destiny Is Yours

Destiny Is Yours

ASIN: B000027U3L

Track Listings
 
1. Destiny Is Yours
2. East-West Exodus
3. Dance in the Question [*]
4. My Funny Valentine [*]
5. One That Makes the Rain Stop
6. If Only One Could See
7. Groove from Heaven

Destiny Is Yours,Billy Harper,Steeplechase,Hard Bop,Jazz,Pop,Post-Bop
Destiny Is Yours
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Vital, exuberant, essential, robust - Jazz as it should be.
  • Destiny almost reached
 Destiny Is Yours
Billy Harper
Manufacturer: Steeplechase
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000027U3L
Release Date: 1994-06-28

Tracks:

  1. Destiny Is Yours
  2. East-West Exodus
  3. Dance in the Question [*]
  4. My Funny Valentine [*]
  5. One That Makes the Rain Stop
  6. If Only One Could See
  7. Groove from Heaven

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Vital, exuberant, essential, robust - Jazz as it should be........2005-02-11

Billy Harper records far too rarely for a saxophonist with such a strong identifiable voice. He embodies the best of the tenor master's legacy. This recording is strong throughout, there are no low points.

Solid arrangments, unison passages and solos. Eddie Henderson on Trumpet, Clarence Seay on Bass, Norman Taylor Baker and Francesca Tanksley form a fine working unit on this recording.

Harper plays wonderfully throughout with a robust tone that is reminiscent of both Wayne Shorter and Dexter Gordon with John Coltrane thrown in. Make no mistake, though. Mr.Harper has his own sound. He so successfully conveys a range of emotion on his playing while providing some impressive technical prowess.

This group plays so inventively that it injects new life into even an overworked pieces such as "My Funny Valentine". That was the thing that impressed me most that they could re-work this piece and give a new life by conveying a passionate emotion distinct from those conveyed in previous renditions by other groups.

Mr. Harper has a refreshing take on ballads that so few saxophonists have these days. He is reminiscent of Wayne Shorter in his economy with notes. He never runs away with himself and has a keen ear for the context in which he is playing.

This group takes it's time and with great care develop a piece. For me, "If Only One Could See", One That Makes the Rain Stop", "My Funny Valentine", and "Destiny is Yours" are true high points.

This one is definitely a keeper to go right next to "Speak No Evil", "Blues and the Abstract Truth" and other classic depictions of the modern jazz aesthetic.

4 out of 5 stars Destiny almost reached.......2002-10-03

Billy Harper is one of the best concerts I have ever been to in any music genre. His spriituality borders Coltrane. I recommend him to any Jazz fan, and this album is a decent sample of his stuff. I have to admit, though, that I'm a little burned out by My Funny Valentine covers. Try him, you'll like him.
Serenade / A Cavalcade of Show Tunes
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Lanza in (mostly) top form
 Serenade / A Cavalcade of Show Tunes

Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import
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ASIN: B0002K0ZTE
Release Date: 2004-08-23

Tracks:

  1. Serenade
  2. Danza
  3. Torna a Surriento
  4. O Soave Fanciulla [La Boh]
  5. Der Rosenkavalier- Di Rigori Armato
  6. Trovatore - Di Quella Pria
  7. Fedora - Amor Ti Vieta
  8. Africaine - O Paradiso
  9. Otello: Dio to Gioconda [Excerpt]
  10. Otello: Dio Mi Potevi [Monologue]
  11. Ave Maria - Mario Lanza,
  12. Arlesiana - Lemento Do Federico
  13. Turandot - Nessun Dorma
  14. My Destiny
  15. Serenade [Previoulsy Unreleased Bonus Track]
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  25. Only a Rose
  26. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! [From Naughty Marietta]

Album Description

UK twofer combines the legendary vocalists 1956 & 1957 albums. BMG.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Lanza in (mostly) top form.......2004-11-28

This is a "twofer" CD, consisting of the 1955 soundtrack to the movie Serenade and the 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes album. Before I go any further, however, I should acknowledge that I was one of the liner note writers for this release. But I have no financial interest in the CD, and am simply reviewing it here because to date no one else has commented on it!

Serenade marked Lanza's return to films after an absence of three years, and revealed a voice that had darkened considerably, while still retaining its brilliant upper register. Stylistically, this is also a much-improved artist in many respects from the sometimes-wayward tenor of the early 1950s. Anyone who compares Lanza's superbly operatic renditions here of Amor Ti Vieta, Lamento di Federico, and O Paradiso with his earlier versions (all featured on the CD Mario Lanza Sings Opera Arias and Duets) will immediately detect the new-found control in his singing.

That's not to say that all of the Serenade material is outstanding. Lanza's renditions of Nessun Dorma, O Soave Fanciulla, Di Quella Pira, and the title song are below par, with the tenor uncharacteristically strained in the upper register and rough in his approach. But redeeming everything are the oustanding renditions of the arias mentioned in the previous paragraph, together with Lanza's sensitive singing of Di Rigori Armato from Der Rosenkavalier, a superb Torna a Surriento, and an unsurpassed Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar from Otello. Lanza also recorded the Act III duet from Otello with Licia Albanese for this film, but time constraints have reduced it to a brief extract here. (The entire duet, however, can be heard on the aforementioned Arias & Duets CD.)

The other album featured here showcases the romantic side of Lanza. Beautifully recorded, Cavalcade includes passionate renditions of Yours is My Heart Alone, Only a Rose, Will You Remember, and other selections from operetta and musical comedy. Although Lanza may indeed be *too* zestful here for some tastes, vocally at least, he is at the height of his powers. The voice is rich and round - gloriously consistent throughout its registers - and the abundance of effortless B flats, Bs, and even a high C reveal a tenor in formidable form.

Highly recommended.

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