Songs With Legs

Songs With Legs

Songs With Legs

ASIN: B000003212

Editorial Reviews
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Carla Bley performs originals in a trio setting, with frequent partner Steve Swallow and an alumnus of her big bands, English saxophonist Andy Sheppard. He shines on tenor and soprano, and clearly has empathic partners. Between judicious contributions, Bley helps out Swallow in the drummerless rhythm section. Fine collaboration, as well as faultless writing and arranging, is her forte, rather than sheer piano chops. As for Swallow, his electric bass sings and lilts, with an attention to his partners that is truly impressive. He steps out front sparingly and effectively. The pieces are all by Bley except Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso," heard here in Bley's fine arrangement. Other highlights are a fittingly galumphing "Wrong Key Donkey" and a swaying "The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah," where Bley rejoices in the chapel, as her big band would do so successfully a couple of years later on Goes to Church. The album takes her far from the grandeur and bulk of the big-band work, but it has the same intricacy and subtle play of convention and invention. --Peter Monaghan

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Shakespeare's Palpable Hits
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Thoroughly entertaining and catchy
  • Buy Me
  • Catchy album
  • Good tunes and a fun romp through Shakespeare's canon!
  • Excellent! Shakespeare music for everyone!
 Shakespeare's Palpable Hits
Dog Legs & Feet
Manufacturer: Zita Sound
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ASIN: B000BIXNE6
Release Date: 2004-03-01

Tracks:

  1. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind (from As You Like It)
  2. Who Is Silvia? (from The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
  3. Hark Hark the Lark (from Cymbeline)
  4. Sweet Sweet Viola (inspired by Twelfth Night)
  5. Come Away, Death (from Twelfth Night)
  6. Come Unto These Yellow Sands (from The Tempest)
  7. A Lover and His Lass (from As You Like It)
  8. O Mistress Mine (from Twelfth Night)
  9. Cats and Dogs (inspired by Cymbeline)
  10. Will You Buy Any Tape? (from A Winter's Tale)
  11. A Sheep-Shearing Song (by John Hilton)
  12. Sigh No More, Ladies (from Much Ado About Nothing)
  13. Take O Take Those Lips Away (from Measure for Measure)
  14. Master & Swabber (from The Tempest)
  15. Under the Greenwood Tree (from As You Like It)
  16. Fie on Sinful Fantasy (from The Merry Wives of Windsor)
  17. Fear No More (from Cymbeline)
  18. Irish Dement (by Dog Legs & Feet)
  19. That Sir That Serves (from King Lear)

Product Description

Shakespeares Palpable Hits is a compilation of Shakespeare lyrics set to catchy modern music. Texas-based band Dog Legs & Feet created this album of their greatest hits after several years of scoring plays in Austins underground theatre scene. Shakespeare's plays contain dozens of songs -- but only the lyrics. For the most part, the original melodies are unknown. Any music for the 400-year-old words must be created afresh for each new production of a play, just like the costumes and sets. The music helps define the world that the characters live in, whether it is first-century Italy, 1920s London, or a timeless fantasy-land. This is not your great-grandfathers Shakespeare. On Palpable Hits, a bunch of rustics in the forest might break into a madrigal or a rollicking country jam; a star-struck lover might express his feelings in a sultry jazz number; a witty song mocking the opposite sex might turn into a campy cabaret. Just like the plays from which they come, the songs are a mixed bag of old and new, bitter and sweet, fast and slow. The album also contains four non-Shakespeare songs -- two that were inspired by the plays, and two that are frequently used in Shakespeare performances. By turns catchy and cool, hilarious or haunting, Palpable Hits is an album no Shakespeare-lover should be without.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Thoroughly entertaining and catchy.......2005-12-03

I was lucky enough to have seen Dog Legs and Feet perform live, and bought this CD as soon as it became available. As the description explains, the album consists mostly of classic Shakespeare song lyrics set to new music, as the original score was lost. The musical style spans a wide range across the tracks, including some very catchy melodies.

This band has an infectious sense of camaraderie which comes through beautifully on this CD. It sounds like a very personal gathering of friends playing together rather than a stiff recording session; these guys were clearly having a blast making this CD, and I guarantee it'll bring a smile to your face.

5 out of 5 stars Buy Me.......2005-11-15

If Shakespeare be your thing, buy this album. If groovy tunes be your thing, buy this album.

5 out of 5 stars Catchy album.......2005-10-26

This isn't normally the type of music I'd pick up, but I was pleasantly surprised at how light and fun it is. It has a great rhythm that I find gets stuck in my head -- sometimes I can be caught singing the songs at work. Great band that sounds like they actually enjoy playing together. I highly recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Good tunes and a fun romp through Shakespeare's canon!.......2005-10-25

This album is really enjoyable and accessible. You don't have to know Shakespeare to enjoy this album, but of course, the more Shakespeare you know - the more you'll enjoy these songs!
Their arrangements are quirky and fun and their harmonies are spot on!

My favorites are - Sweet Viola, Irish Dement and A Lover and His Lass.

Fun for all!

5 out of 5 stars Excellent! Shakespeare music for everyone!.......2005-10-17

This album is cool because it offers fresh takes on music penned by the world's most influential playwright. The songs are very catchy, and run the gamut of musical styles.

I'd especially recommend this as a gift for Shakespeare lovers, or for students studying the Bard in class. The CD really brings home to timelessness of Shakespeare's words and themes.

The song Irish Dement is contagiously compelling. All the songs are loads of fun.
Songs with Legs
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • On the small scale
  • Finest Trio Work , and recorded wonderfully, live.
  • Unique Bley arrangements of jazz classics and others
 Songs with Legs
Carla Bley
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Fancy Chamber Music
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ASIN: B000003212
Release Date: 1995-05-23

Tracks:

  1. Real Life Hits
  2. The Lord Is Listenin' To Ya, Hallelujah!
  3. Chicken
  4. Misterioso
  5. Wrong Key Donkey
  6. Crazy With You

Amazon.com

Carla Bley performs originals in a trio setting, with frequent partner Steve Swallow and an alumnus of her big bands, English saxophonist Andy Sheppard. He shines on tenor and soprano, and clearly has empathic partners. Between judicious contributions, Bley helps out Swallow in the drummerless rhythm section. Fine collaboration, as well as faultless writing and arranging, is her forte, rather than sheer piano chops. As for Swallow, his electric bass sings and lilts, with an attention to his partners that is truly impressive. He steps out front sparingly and effectively. The pieces are all by Bley except Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso," heard here in Bley's fine arrangement. Other highlights are a fittingly galumphing "Wrong Key Donkey" and a swaying "The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah," where Bley rejoices in the chapel, as her big band would do so successfully a couple of years later on Goes to Church. The album takes her far from the grandeur and bulk of the big-band work, but it has the same intricacy and subtle play of convention and invention. --Peter Monaghan

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars On the small scale.......2002-08-19

Carla Bley and Steve Swallow have been performing as a duo for years. For this disc they're joined by the UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard. Rather oddly the six tracks on the disc were recorded at six different concerts given throughout Europe--though one wouldn't have guessed this just from the recording, as the acoustic quality and piano don't sound especially different from track to track. The point of the title is presumably that all six songs--five originals, plus an arrangement of Monk's "Misterioso"--are established numbers from Bley's big-band repertoire, refashioned in this trio context.

It's a slightly odd album, in that it pairs Bley, who like Gil Evans or George Russell plays "arranger's piano" rather than being a highly skilled soloist, with two virtuosic players. For me the main attraction is actually in hearing Steve Swallow, who is without a doubt the finest electric bassist in jazz. Still, I do find the album, like the Swallow/Bley duo albums, rather too cloistered and conspiratorial to have a strong impact--I think I'd rather hear the full band (check out the recent, marvellous _...Goes to Church_, for instance). & in this stripped-down context the tunes based on single-chord bass riffs are rather dull. That said, there are two superb tracks here: the Monk arrangement (a gospelly version of the tune which more or less ignores its original chord changes), & the glorious & lovely closing tune, "Crazy With You".

5 out of 5 stars Finest Trio Work , and recorded wonderfully, live........1999-06-11

It really doesn't get any better than this! Steve Swallow is extrordinary in this drummerless trio. His playing is so right- on rythmically and in structure with this amazing trio, you don't miss, or want the drums at all. This recording features one of the finest electric bass solo ever recorded. The sound on this CD is wonderful, full and natural.

4 out of 5 stars Unique Bley arrangements of jazz classics and others.......1999-02-25

Carla Bley's uniquely imaginative and original arrangements, coupled with the incomparable bass guitar of Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard's mellow but incisive sax make this an unmissable addtion to the collection for all 'Watts family' fans: anyone who hasn't heard them SHOULD!
Songs with Legs
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • On the small scale
  • Finest Trio Work , and recorded wonderfully, live.
  • Unique Bley arrangements of jazz classics and others
 Songs with Legs
Carla Bley
Manufacturer: Ecm Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000263JJ
Release Date: 2000-06-27

Tracks:

  1. Real Life Hits
  2. The Lord Is Listenin' To Ya, Hallelujah!
  3. Chicken
  4. Misterioso
  5. Wrong Key Donkey
  6. Crazy With You

Amazon.com

Carla Bley performs originals in a trio setting, with frequent partner Steve Swallow and an alumnus of her big bands, English saxophonist Andy Sheppard. He shines on tenor and soprano, and clearly has empathic partners. Between judicious contributions, Bley helps out Swallow in the drummerless rhythm section. Fine collaboration, as well as faultless writing and arranging, is her forte, rather than sheer piano chops. As for Swallow, his electric bass sings and lilts, with an attention to his partners that is truly impressive. He steps out front sparingly and effectively. The pieces are all by Bley except Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso," heard here in Bley's fine arrangement. Other highlights are a fittingly galumphing "Wrong Key Donkey" and a swaying "The Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah," where Bley rejoices in the chapel, as her big band would do so successfully a couple of years later on Goes to Church. The album takes her far from the grandeur and bulk of the big-band work, but it has the same intricacy and subtle play of convention and invention. --Peter Monaghan

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars On the small scale.......2002-08-19

Carla Bley and Steve Swallow have been performing as a duo for years. For this disc they're joined by the UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard. Rather oddly the six tracks on the disc were recorded at six different concerts given throughout Europe--though one wouldn't have guessed this just from the recording, as the acoustic quality and piano don't sound especially different from track to track. The point of the title is presumably that all six songs--five originals, plus an arrangement of Monk's "Misterioso"--are established numbers from Bley's big-band repertoire, refashioned in this trio context.

It's a slightly odd album, in that it pairs Bley, who like Gil Evans or George Russell plays "arranger's piano" rather than being a highly skilled soloist, with two virtuosic players. For me the main attraction is actually in hearing Steve Swallow, who is without a doubt the finest electric bassist in jazz. Still, I do find the album, like the Swallow/Bley duo albums, rather too cloistered and conspiratorial to have a strong impact--I think I'd rather hear the full band (check out the recent, marvellous _...Goes to Church_, for instance). & in this stripped-down context the tunes based on single-chord bass riffs are rather dull. That said, there are two superb tracks here: the Monk arrangement (a gospelly version of the tune which more or less ignores its original chord changes), & the glorious & lovely closing tune, "Crazy With You".

5 out of 5 stars Finest Trio Work , and recorded wonderfully, live........1999-06-11

It really doesn't get any better than this! Steve Swallow is extrordinary in this drummerless trio. His playing is so right- on rythmically and in structure with this amazing trio, you don't miss, or want the drums at all. This recording features one of the finest electric bass solo ever recorded. The sound on this CD is wonderful, full and natural.

4 out of 5 stars Unique Bley arrangements of jazz classics and others.......1999-02-25

Carla Bley's uniquely imaginative and original arrangements, coupled with the incomparable bass guitar of Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard's mellow but incisive sax make this an unmissable addtion to the collection for all 'Watts family' fans: anyone who hasn't heard them SHOULD!
Songs with Legs
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Songs with Legs
    Carla Bley
    Manufacturer: Polygram
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B00005FK3V
    Release Date: 1995-03-25

    Tracks:

    1. Real Life Hits
    2. Lord Is Listenin' to Ya, Hallelujah!
    3. Chicken
    4. Misterioso
    5. Wrong Key Donkey
    6. Crazy With You
    S. Joplin; G. Gershwin; I. Berlin; P. Whiteman (Great Composers at the Keyboard)
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      6. Frog Legs Rag
      7. Ole Miss' rag
      8. Arrah Go On I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon (one step arrangement)
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      10. Make Believe (You are glad you are sorry)
      11. Lady, Be Good: So am I
      12. La-La-Lucille: Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo, from
      13. Rhapsody In Blue (concerto in fantasia for piano and Jazz Orchestra)
      14. Rosalie: Oh, Gee! Oh, Joy
      15. LADY BE GOOD: Fashinating Rhythm
      16. LADY BE GOOD: Oh, Lady Be Good!, from
      17. A Russian Lullaby, waltz
      18. How Deep Is The Ocean
      19. Music Box Revue of 1922: Lady Of The Evening
      20. What Does It Matter, waltz
      21. A tribute to I.B. - Berlin: A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, fo
      22. based on melody from Rimsky-Korsakof's 'Sadko': Play That Song of India Again

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      2. Still Soft Voiced Heart: New Yiddish Lieder
      3. Storytelling
      4. Swingin' the Blues
      5. The Antidote
      6. The Beatles, Instrumental Jazz Tribute
      7. The Duke at His Best [Import]
      8. The Goofus Five
      9. The Principle of Uncertainty
      10. The Shadow of Your Smile

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