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Classic Jazz Archive [Import]

ASIN: B0009NDDGQ

Track Listings

1. Fascinating Rhythm

2. Prelude To A Kiss

3. Just A-Sittin' & A-Rockin

4. Cheek To Cheek

5. It Ain't Necessarily So

6. What Is This Thing Called Love

7. Night & Day

8. Long Ago & Far Away

9. Easter Parade

10. Tea For Two

11. Song Is You

12. Blue Moon

13. Without A Song

14. Ldy Is A Tramp

15. I Want To Be Happy

16. Lover

17. Man I Love

18. Somebody Loves Me

19. I've Got A Crush On You

20. Strike Up The Band

See all 33 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

LULLABY OF BROADWAY duet with Dixie Chicks
SMILE duet with Barbra Streisand
PUT ON A HAPPY FACE duet with James Taylor
THE GOOD LIFE duet with Billy Joel
THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE duet with Juanes
RAGS TO RICHES duet with Elton John
THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU duet with Paul McCartney
COLD, COLD HEART duet with Tim McGraw
IF I RULED THE WORLD duet with Celine Dion
THE BEST IS YET TO COME duet with Diana Krall
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE duet with Stevie Wonder
ARE YOU HAVIN ANY FUN? duet with Elvis Costello
BECAUSE OF YOU duet with k.d. lang
JUST IN TIME duet with Michael Bubl
THE BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS duet with Sting
I WANNA BE AROUND - duet with Bono
SING, YOU SINNERS duet with John Legend
I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING? duet with George Michael

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At this point, who else but Tony Bennett would have the clout to round up stars on the scale of Elton John, Paul McCartney, Bono, Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand for some duets? (Note also that unlike some similar projects, all the parties involved on this CD were alive when it was recorded!) The material consists of relatively obvious classics in standard big-band arrangements, and Bennett himself is in top form at age 80, so much so that he doesn't need anybody else to handle "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." But the fun comes from checking out how his collaborators fare. The Dixie Chicks provide wonderful Andrews Sisters-type harmonies on the percolating version of "Lullaby of Broadway" that opens the festivities. The best songs tend to be the ones where Bennett's slightly craggy voice is juxtaposed to smooth female ones, like Diana Krall on "The Best Is Yet to Come," familiar accomplice k.d. lang on the sultry "Because of You" and Streisand—-perhaps Bennett's only equal in stature at this point—on "Smile." Among the less expected guests, soulman John Legend is a revelation on the hard-swinging "Sing, You Sinners," while George Michael confirms he's quite the crooner on "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" Elvis Costello, Celine Dion or Juanes don't sound as comfortable, and sometimes it feels as if they overdo it to compensate, but overall this collection is among the best of its kind, with most guests rising to the occasion. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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Perfecting the art of excellence for over six decades, with 105 albums selling over 50 million copies, Tony Bennett has come to represent the essence of elegance, tradition and artistic accomplishments. Tony celebrates his 80th birthday recording Duets of his greatest hits with today's greatest artists: Bono, Michael Bublé, Elvis Costello, Celine Dion, Dixie Chicks, Billy Joel, Elton John, Juanes, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, John Legend, Paul McCartney, Tim McGraw, George Michael, Sting, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, and Stevie Wonder.

More from Tony Bennett

The Art of Romance

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Perfectly Frank: An American Classic Celebrates 80

Basie Swings, Bennett Sings (DVD)

The Movie Song Album

The Classic Collection (Box Set)

Customer Reviews:

Not bad but the voice is going--sorry.......2007-06-27

I would say "OK" but it is not of the quality of the Ray Charles' duets. Tony is fantastic but time diminshes the quality of the voice.

Watch the DVD, then rate the album.......2007-06-23

PBS ran the tape of the making of Duets and gave me a whole new perspective on the CD. I now can visualize each song as I listen, and it has enhanced my enjoyment of the best tracks while making ones I thought were not as good much more in line with the Bennett tradition of "telling the story" of each song. He gets inside the music and lives there with such ease.

There is nobody who can blend with Bennett's voice better than k.d. lang - except Diana Krull, James Taylor, Tim McGraw or, well, most of the other people chosen to sing with him.

This record is joyful and not enhanced, as one reviewer suggested. Hearing/seeing how Bennett works with lyrics and other performers still amazes me. I've been a fan since his first recording - there was nothing like a Bennett song for setting the mood.

Tolerable but falls short of its potential.......2007-06-19

As much as I wanted to rate this album higher, befitting Tony's legendary status, I couldn't because it suffers from "too many cooks in the kitchen." Like so many of these collaborations, some of the singers paired with Bennett work (McCartney, Michael, Streisand, John, and a surprisingly good Bono), some are adequate (Dion, Wonder, Joel, Juanes) and some fall into the "what-were-they-thinking" category (The Dixie Chicks, McGraw and John Legend).

And no matter how much respect I have for the legendary crooner, Bennett's voice is, expectedly, not what it used to be and on some songs, he strains and has wavy tones.

However, one can't deny his musical status and the fact that he was able to get so many top-notch talent to support is a testament to that fact.

And the choice of songs can't be denied; they are all bonafide "classics" in the truest sense of the term.

So glad you did it Tony!.......2007-06-18

This Album is a must in any collection of Music!

Wonderful music!.......2007-06-08

I have always thought of Tonny Bennett as an old-time singer but he SWINGS on this and the duet with Stevie Wonder is worth the price of the CD alone! KD Lang was amazing and Streisand was faultless and more. All in all it was a CD that is still being played in my car and will never get old.

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Great Sinatra sound.
An Ideal Single Disc Collection Of Sinatra's Peak Years.
Like a 45rpm disc
My introduction into the world of Frank Sinatra.
This was my first Sinatra album...

Classic Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
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ASIN: B0000479AV
Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

I've Got The World On A String
I Get A Kick Out Of You
They Can't Take That Away From Me
My Funny Valentine
Young At Heart
Someone To Watch Over Me
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
I've Got You Under My Skin
You Make Me Feel So Young
It Happened in Monterey
Oh! Look At Me Now
Night And Day
Witchcraft
The Lady Is A Tramp
All The Way
Come Fly With Me
Put Your Dreams Away
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Come Dance With Me
Nice 'N' Easy

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Few would dispute that Frank Sinatra was one of the greatest popular singers of the 20th century. His voice had distinct power and majesty, whether he was belting out a swinging dance number or softly crooning a tender ballad. When he was at his height, no one could touch him, and the songs collected on Classic Sinatra showcase the range of his talent. Recorded during his memorable run for Capitol Records in the 1950s, the songs here are more than just his best, they're often the definitive recordings: "I Get a Kick out of You," "Young at Heart," "Witchcraft," "The Lady Is a Tramp," "In the Wee Small Hours," and "I've Got You Under My Skin." Like almost everything Sinatra recorded during this period, there isn't a dud to be found, which makes Classic Sinatra a perfect introduction to the work of this truly great talent. --Robert Burrow

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Romance: Songs From the Heart
No One Cares
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely

The Capitol Years
A Swingin' Affair
Come Dance with Me!

Customer Reviews:

Great Sinatra sound........2007-07-09

This CD has many classic Sinatra songs just as reflected by its name. Great CD for easy listening.

An Ideal Single Disc Collection Of Sinatra's Peak Years........2007-05-03

As someone who's been Sinatra's fan literally since he was a baby, I generally do consider myself an expert in his music. And since I consider myself someone with that expertise, I feel I have the right to suggest to beginning Sinatra (a new one enter's God's world every day) which is the best collection to introduce them into each phase of The Voice's career.

Now, like most hardcore Ol' Blue Eyes fans, I consider Sinatra's best period as an artist to be his tenure at Capitol Records. And like most fans, I consider the best introduction to that period is the three cd boxed set "The Capitol Years". However, that set may or may not be too pricey for beginning fans.

Now, those with that dilemma can hold themselves over with the 20 song, single disc "Classic Sinatra". Though nowhere near as concise the 75 song "The Capitol Years", "Classic Sinatra" boasts 20 songs that define Sinatra's style and artistic ability also boasts superior sound quality.

Among the clasics here are songs like "I've Got The World On A String", "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Witchcraft", "All The Way", "Come Fly With Me" and "Nice N' Easy", all songs which are instantly indentifiable with Sinatra because unmatchable ability to deliver a song. This goes evne moreso for songs like "My Funny Valentine" and "Someone To Watch Over Me", songs done contless times by numerous artists, yet it's always Sinatra's versions that are named definitive.

So while not as concise as its three disc predecssor, "Classic Sinatra" is still a solid introduction to The Greatest Artist Of All Time in his peak years.

Like a 45rpm disc.......2007-03-23

Should have been remastered but at that price I enjoyed crooning to my favorite lyrics.

My introduction into the world of Frank Sinatra........2007-01-23

My dad bought me this CD as a gift years ago. I didn't care for Frank at the time, but as I listened to this CD, I grew to love the music of Frank Sinatra. The time period this CD covers is during his years at Capitol Records, which is still my favorite label that he worked under. This CD is great - a lot of Sinatra classics when the man's voice was at his best. Fresh, chipper, and sharp. This is an excellent CD for someone who is new to Frank. I own the 4-CD disc set from his Capitol years as well, but this is a great little disc all on it's own.

This was my first Sinatra album..........2006-12-28

...and now I have got more than 20 albums by The Voice in my collection. I was into Rock and Jazz and never paid much attention to Sinatra, although I knew he was considered the best singer of the 20th century. When I heard this album I was absolutely shocked!!!. It is perfect!!! The voice, the songs, the arrangements, the sound... This album changed my life forever. After years ignoring Sinatra, I am such a big fan that my mother calls Him "your friend". Now I can only think about saving some money to buy more and more Sinatra albums!!!. Probably, if I had to select only 2 albums from my huge collection (more or less 1500 CDs and 500 vinyl LPs) this album would be the first, and the second would be some Bill Evans (the piano player, not the sax player).

I discovered Sinatra when a friend of mine, who is absolutely into Jazz, told me that Sinatra is his favourite singer of all times. And I thoug: "If me and Teo have more or less the same tastes in Jazz, I should try Sinatra". And this album was the perfect introduction to him.

So no doubts, if you are new to Sinatra, buy this album and you will so shocked that, like me, you won't stop buying more CDs by Him.

And I have to point something finally: I have read many of the reviews in amazon, recomending other albums or periods of 'ol blue eyes, but almost no one says nothing about his columbia years. I own the 4-CD box set "The best of the Columbia years (1943-1952)" and I think it is absolutely amazing. It contents mainly ballads, but Sinatra is in perfect voice, the arrangements by Axel Stordahl are fantastic, and the sound quality is quite good. Now I am listening to "The house I live in" and singing ...that's America to meeeee.

so BUY THIS ALBUM and you will changed forever!!!

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Urban Blues w/ Maria in top form
Excellent Tribute with Awesome Backup
Good stuff
PAYING HER DUES , AGAIN

Naughty, Bawdy and Blue
Maria Muldaur
Manufacturer: Stony Plain Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000O591I8
Release Date: 2007-05-15

Tracks:

Down Home Blues
Up The Country Blues
Separation Blues
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Handy Man
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
Smile
TB Blues
One Hour Mama
Empty Bed Blues
Early Every Morn
Yonder Come The Blues

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Building on her Grammy-nominated collections of classic women's blues from the '20s through the '40s (Richland Woman Blues, 2001, and Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul, 2005), jazz/blues chanteuse Maria Muldaur returns with Naughty, Bawdy & Blue. It's an apt title for a sassy group of songs originally recorded by Victoria Spivey (one of Muldaur's mentors), Alberta Hunter, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and other female urban blues stylists the singer describes as "liberated socially, financially, and most of all sexually from the confines and mores of the times." Backed by the perfect fit of James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band, who often performed with Sippie Wallace and whose sound seems to have time-traveled without alteration, Muldaur moves through a dozen vaudeville blues numbers with integrity and authenticity, and never resorts to campy riffs or faux black dialect. Her expressive soprano has taken on a depth and heft through the years, and she's smart to deliver such suggestive lines as "I love the way he whips my cream" (from "Handy Man") or "He's a deep-sea diver with a stroke that can't go wrong" (from Smith's "Empty Bed Blues") with a subtle wink, preferring to let an insinuating trumpet chase home the joke. The album finds its highlight with "Separation Blues," a duet with Bonnie Raitt, who introduced Wallace to new audiences on her tours of the '70s and '80s. Muldaur and Raitt--corduroy and burlap--harmonize with the ease that comes from decades of friendship, and from the joy of preserving and appreciating one of America's purest musical forms. --Alanna Nash

Customer Reviews:

Urban Blues w/ Maria in top form.......2007-06-05

Thankfully there is someone carrying the torch to the Next Generation of music lovers. I can say, "Gee, I remember when I heard Alberta Hunter sing 'Handy Man' live in New York City." and count my blessings. Now there is someone who will keep these songs alive for others to discover.

The Chicago Jazz Band is one of the best bands I've heard in ages and they work hand in hand with Maria Muldaur. It's a shame this is just a single cd - they have enough material for a double, I'm sure.

I know there is that DRIVE to hit the ultimate cut of a song, but I think a second version of Empty Bed Blues wasn't quite necessary. I keep thinking there were two or three other songs that could have been used. Coming in at just a shade over 45 min. seems like a big tease.

Coming down to it - she's the best blues singer, she gathers the best musicians and arrangers around her. She just oozes sex appeal and she knows just what she's singing about.

Hopefully she's got a Naughty, Bawdy & Blues Pt. 2 up her sleeves.

Excellent Tribute with Awesome Backup.......2007-06-01

This album is great. I discovered her music back in college in the 90s, and she really is one of the best blues singers around. . .and amazingly productive putting out an album a year since Louisiana Love Call came out in 1992. She has done all types of genres of jazz and blues.

Naughty Bawdy & Blue is one of the best. The songs are mostly uptempo with a great backup of trumpets, trombones, clarinets, saloon style piano, etc. It is urban upscale blues of the 1920s and 1930s, a tribute to the great female singers of the era.

The songwriting is terrific. You don't get this kind of smart, bawdy, and often moving type of songwriting today. The Chicago Jazz Band brings an infectious mood to the songs.

In short: This is a really fun album of great songs, singing, and musicianship. I guarantee you will like it. It is one gem after another to the point you are disappointed when the album ends. My favorites: Down Home Blues, Up the Country Blues, Separation Blues (great duet with Bonnie Raitt), New Orleans Hop Scot Blues, TB Blues, One Hour Mama (very funny), and Yonder Come the Blues.

I cannot imagine anyone not liking this album. It makes me want to seek out the original singers and songwriters of these songs, which is exactly what a tribute album should do.

Good stuff.......2007-05-25

Just love the delicious old-time racey blues. The harmony with Bonnie Raite is so tight.

PAYING HER DUES , AGAIN.......2007-05-17

PAYING HER DUES, AGAIN

If you ever wondered who, if anyone, was going to carry on the tradition of great female blues singers now that the likes of Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Sippy Wallace and Memphis Minnie have long been gone from the scene look no further. As I pointed out in a review of her last album Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul Maria Muldaur has paid her dues and here she is doing it all over again. This is the third album in series that she started in 2002 to cover the old great blues singers. In the present album she covers the above-mentioned singers and others in a style in which they would surely recognize their style. These are the classic female blues singers of the 1920's and 30's. Maria is in fast company but she does not miss a beat.

Pay particular attention to her rendition of Victoria Spivey's Handy Man and the covers of Sippy Wallace songs. Damn if Maria does not sound like that unfortunately not well known singer (Maria also covered a Wallace classic Don't Advertise Your Man on her last album).

I would also add that I had the pleasure of hearing some of the cuts on this album live in concert by Maria in Cambridge (one of her old stomping grounds in her youthful days with the Kweskin Jug Band back in the sixties) and she can still belt them out. If there is any truth in the assumption that former President Clinton was our first `black' president no one can deny that Maria is our first `black' classic blues singer. And has the stage presence, to boot. The tradition lives. Listen on.

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Absolutely the best of Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
The tragedy of a lonely woman!
Billie's Best - Accept No Substitutes
A serious and great artist's best work, you need these sides

Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
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ASIN: B00005Q45Y
Release Date: 2001-10-02

Tracks:

What A Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday
These Foolish Things - Billie Holiday
I Cried For You - Billie Holiday
Summertime - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
If You Were Mine - Billie Holiday
A Fine Romance - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Easy To Love - Billie Holiday
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
I Must Have That Man - Billie Holiday
Me, Myself And I - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
They Can't Take Away From Me - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Easy Living - Billie Holiday
A Sailboat In The Moonlight - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Travelin' All Alone - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
When A Woman Loves A Man - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
You Go To My Head - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
My Man - Billie Holiday

Tracks:

I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Billie Holiday
The Very Thought Of You - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Sugar - Billie Holiday
Some Other Spring - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Them There Eyes - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
The Man I Love - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Body And Soul - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Swing, Brothers, Swing - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Night And Day - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Let's Do It - Billie Holiday
God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Solitude - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
I Cover The Waterfront - Billie Holiday
Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday
Until The Real Thing Comes Along - Billie Holiday
All Of Me - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra

Album Description

Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday is an ideal introduction to the Voice of Jazz in all its enduring glory. This incomparable collection draws on the 10-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) (CXK 85470), representing not only her finest work, but American jazz and pop singing at its zenith. Accompanied sublimely by a Who's Who of the Swing Era (including her soulmate Lester Young, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buck Clayton, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jo Jones, and pianist-arranger Teddy Wilson, who was often at the helm when Holiday entered the studio), Billie Holiday masterfully renders a host of mostly-classic pop tunes. Fans are drawn to her musical triumphs and personal tragedies. She is a mysterious icon in the same vein as Miles Davis. Columbia possesses the first and finest recordings of her entire career! This material has never sounded clearer and more intimate!

Customer Reviews:

Absolutely the best of Billie Holiday.......2007-02-24

Anybody who likes Billie Holiday even part time needs this CD. Even great for those people who only know a few songs just by chance. Love the CD. Even got another as a gift for a friend.

Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday.......2007-01-10

Bought this for my granddaughter. She's a Billie Holiday fan. She loved the CD.

The tragedy of a lonely woman!.......2006-11-21

The stature of this emblematic singer of the jazz is absolutely undeniable. Her powerful, sensitive and expressive voice made of her, one of the most tragic icons in the jazz. She sung as she lived. In this sense she reminds too much to the legendary Edith Piaff in the other side of the Atlantic.

What else might I add for cataloguing this cult artist that it has not been said just before? She is part of the history jazz and her memory will transcend and surmount the next years to come.

Billie's Best - Accept No Substitutes.......2006-06-12

Billie Holiday is the quintessential jazz singer; despite a limited vocal range she set the standard by which all others are measured. It's all about the quality of her voice, the lush tone, and her marvelously idiosyncratic phrasing. Though her career was short and troubled, she recorded a lot, which means novice collectors must avoid innumerable bear traps. In general, her later work should be ignored, by then she was wearing her emotional problems like an ugly hat, despair manifested itself in performances so lackluster they're depressing at best, frequently downright tragic.

For the best of Billie you need to go back to the glory days, 1933-1944, precisely the time period covered by this reasonably priced and beautifully produced 2-CD set. (If you're a player with money to burn go for the 10-CD comprehensive retrospective, The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944.) All the songs providing the foundation of her reputation are here, as well as many pleasant surprises. The booklet, though not lavish, provides photos, background, and a complete list of personnel for each track. This detail is significant because the players on these selections, in addition to being the finest who ever backed Ms. Holiday, were also the absolute elite of their generation, each worthy of individual exploration. (Names like Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, and Teddy Wilson enjoy legendary status.)

Perhaps most amazing is the sound quality, considering the recordings are WWII vintage they're clear and smooth. About Ms. Holiday's personal life, the less said the better. What is remarkable is that, despite her personal troubles, she managed to create a canon of work that is truly timeless, just as sweet and powerful today as it was then. Not only is this the best Billie Holiday anthology available, it makes a formidable addition any jazz collection. (Dig that cover photo, wow!)

A serious and great artist's best work, you need these sides.......2005-03-11

If there were some way to award music 200 stars, I am sure all of us would have done so for this set!

Like others here, I have it all, but I think her work from the 30s and early 1940s from Columbia and its ancestors is not just her greatest works, but among the great works of world musical culture. Everyone with a set of ears should be more or less required to have this music and enjoy it.

Strange Fruit was not recorded for Columbia but for the Indy label Commodore. Thus, you will not find it on this or any of the Columbia collections like this that capture her work in the period BEFORE Strange Fruit. It was recorded in the 1940s, whereas this collection contains work from Billie in the 1930s and perhaps 1940 and 1941. No doubt Sony wishes it had the rights to that side and everything else Commodore recorded, but they don't.

The truth is, Strange Fruit is not one of Billie's Greatest works. There are about 15 tunes on this CD that have better singing, better musicians backing her, and were more important pieces of Billie's work. Strange Fruit is well known to the people who know about Billie as a person, but don't know much about Billie as a Jazz musician. Her recording, while powerful, was not very nuanced, not very jazzy, and not as good as much of the work here. Indeed, the weakness of her mid-1940s Commodore work as opposed to these recordings is that Billie was persuaded to move away from Jazz and swing to attempt to become a cabarat chanteuse of "serious" songs, a move that some also relate to the inception of heroin and the decline of her voice, a move that brought about a decline in her art.

If you want to hear a better version of "Strange Fruit," listen to Josh White's recording which is so much more powerful, if not as well known. I am not downing the song or its politics, far from it, but Billie's Strange Fruit is more important as a political statement than as a work of Jazz art.

One of the greatest things about these records are the many master musicians of swing and jazz that join her on these recordings. Very shortly after she started recording, the greatest names in Jazz would flock to her sessions and play on her recordings for litte because of the innovation and creativity Billie showed as a jazz creator in her own right. These recordings were a chance for them to jam together in loose arrangements and be more innovative and creative than they were with the orchestras they played with.

These masters of Jazz viewed Billie as a serious artist of Jazz. They delighted in her knowledge of the musical aspects of swing jazz which was unique for such a young singer (she was in her twenties when these records were made) and delighted in her ability to sense what they were doing in their accompaniments and solos and to respond to them in her vocals.

Despite the exaggerated picture of her life as a prostitute that was part of the marketing of the 1950's work of ghost-written fiction called "Lady Sings the Blues," that a drug addled Billie claimed was her autobiography, Billie Holiday grew up around Jazz with her father being a big band guitar player who complained Billie hired every NY guitarist but him for these sessions. Billie's mother specialized in boarding Jazz musicians and catering parties for musicians and singers, parties where the young Billie would often help serve the food. So when she met Lester young in 1937 for these sessions, she had already known the man she named 'Prez in 1934 when he boarded with her mother while he was in the Fletcher Henderson band.

These sides contain most of the great collaboration between Lester Young and Billie. They were great musical friends and personal friends until Billie became a heroin addict, at which point Lester didn't much want to be around her.

However, as much as I am a Lester Young man to the death (his framed picture hangs in my home), too little is said of the other musicians who grace these recordings. Billie's collaboration with pianist Teddy Wilson who plays on and directed most of these recordings (many were recorded as Teddy Wilson Orchestra sides)needs to be explored. Likewise, her work with the great bassists and rhythm players on these records needs to be appreciated. My favorite sides are the ones in which she has the benefit of Basieites like her dear friend Freddy Green on guitar and the great Walter Page on bass. Likewise, Billie's musical closeness with the great Buck Clayton and his role on these sides is also underestimated.

Yet, it doesn't matter if Billie had recorded these sides with some high school band members from Winslow, Arizona. This is good music to listen to, good music to smile to, music to fall in love to, and music to dance too. Contrary to the tendency to get maudlin and milk her image as a tragedy that Holiday developed in the 1950s as her life and her musical skill declined , even the songs on these recordings with the sadest lyrics possess a great joy, swing, and spirit of the wonders of Jazz.

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the good songs are very good
Fits the Mood of the Show
Not bad for a TV soundtrack
Another great TV soundtrack.

4400

Manufacturer: Milan Records
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ASIN: B000OCY6VI
Release Date: 2007-05-01

Tracks:

A Place In Time (Theme From The 4400) - Bosshouse
This Is Your Life - Switchfoot
Falling By The Wayside - People In Planes
Into The Fire - Thirteen Senses
Worry About You - Ivy
How Do You Say Goodbye? - Engineers
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
Shy Baby - Jacqueline McKenzie
Do The Buildings And Cops Make You Smile? - Bedroom Walls
Cheek To Cheek - Billie Holiday
Salvation - John Van Tongeren
A Place In Time - The Landau Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

the good songs are very good.......2007-06-26

I really like this CD. The songs that are not so good (in my opinion) are still tolerable. The very good ones are just that...outstanding. I am biased because I really like the show and the music really adds to the on-screen events. I do think that you probably need to be a fan of the show to like most of the music on this CD...

Fits the Mood of the Show.......2007-06-16

Judged on its own, this would probably get a 3-star rating. Rated by knowing the show, it should get 5 stars, but the last track is worth a demotion of one star (it's that bad). Most music must be enjoyed according to your mood, and this CD gives one an eerie feeling, almost depressing, but the beauty of it keeps it above the depressive level. Like the series, there's a chill to the overall tone with just enough hope in there to emulate the series to perfection.

Aye, the opening song (the best cut) is WAY too short: I thought like the Geico theme song, "Remind Me," there was surely a longer version. Still even at just over a minute, it's worth buying. Very moody, but very worth listening to!

Not bad for a TV soundtrack.......2007-06-02

I've bought a few TV soundtracks over the years and have sometimes been dissatisfied by them. I rarely remember the selections as being used in the series, The 4400 is no exception but at least it seems to have a nice sound to it.
About all that really stood out for me was the theme song, #1 "A Place in Time" (really the only reason I even bought the CD) and I think I remember #11 "Salvation" being used at some point. The rest of the selections don't mean much to me but they're a good fit and if you like one you'll probably like most of the rest. The worst piece was #12, the instrumental version of the theme- instrumental adaptations rarely work well and this was no exception.

Another great TV soundtrack........2007-05-10

I'm not really into this show but I bought the CD due to the track listing and it's a real good surprise even if I already knew a couple of it:
1) A place in time : apparently the show's theme,nice but a little too short. 4/5
2) This is your life : oh my god! masterpiece! love the band and this one is one of their best by far. 5/5
3) falling by the wayside : really good follow up to this is your life. 5/5
4) into the fire : the same .5/5
5) worry about you : a changing a tone but for the best.It's one of my favorite band and fav song. 5/5
6) how do you say goodbye? : on the verge of into the fire and falling by the wayside. 4,5/5
7) she will be loved : masterpiece but doesn't fit at all with the rest of the CD exept maybe the newt one,shy baby. 5/5
8) shy baby : great discovery on the CD and a great song with a beautiful voice,all little folk to chill. 5/5
9) do the buildings and cops make you smile?: normal follow up to the rest of the songs. 5/5
10) cheek to cheek: same as she will be loved exept that we can't relate it to any other song from the CD.4/5
11) salvation : not a fan of the show so don't really care about this one but it's nice,way to short but nice. 3/5
12) a place in time: another score which is a remix of the theme song.Should have been sang. 3/5
If you're a fan of the show,well buy it cause it's really good,if not,buy it anyway,it's a really good CD,trust me.

Ken Burns's Jazz: The Story of American Music

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Great Intro to Jazz
Ken Burn's Jazz CD
A must have..
Good starter set for jazz beginners
good as a starting point as any

Ken Burns's Jazz: The Story of American Music
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Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000050HVG
Release Date: 2000-11-14

Tracks:

Star Dust - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' in My Room0 - Mississippi
Memphis Blues - Lieut. Jim Europe's 369th Infantry ("Hell Fighters") Band
Livery Stable Blues - The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Charleston - James P. Johnson
Chimes Blues - King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Back Water Blues - Bessie Smith
The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton
Dead Man Blues - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
Wild Cat Blues - Clarence Williams's Blue Five
Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home) - Clarence Williams's Blue Five
Sugar Foot Stomp - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven
West End Blues - Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five
The Mooche - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians
Black Beauty - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Mood Indigo - The Jungle Band
There Ain't No Sweet Man (Worth The Salt Of My Tears) - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke
Singin' The Blues - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke
Riverboat Shuffle - Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke
Hotter Than 'Ell - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra
I Got Rhythm - Ethel Waters

Tracks:

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Echoes of Harlem - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Moten Swing - Benny Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
St. Louis blues - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Ain't Misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
King Porter Stomp - Benny goodman & His Orchestra
Rose Room - The Benny Goodman Sextet
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) - Benny Goodman Sextet
Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today - Count Basie & His Orchestra
Lester Leaps In - Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
Oh, Lady, Be Good! - Jones-Smith Incorporated
Without Your Love - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra
Three Little Words - Art Tatum
Rebecca - Pete Johnson & "Big" Joe Turner
Harlem Congo - Chick Webb & His Orchestra
A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Chick Webb & His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald
Shine - Django Reinhardt & Le Quartet du Hot Club de France
Dear Old Southland - Noble Sissle & His Orchestra

Tracks:

Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins
Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Take the 'A' Train - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
In The Mood - Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
Well, Git It! - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
Solitude - Billie Holiday with Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra
Drum Boogie - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie & His All Star Quintet
Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Ko-ko - Charlie Parker's Re-Boppers
Scrapple From the Apple - Charlie Parker Quintet
Enbraceable You - Charlie Parker Quintet
Get Happy - Bud Powell Trio
Epistrophy - Thelonious Monk
Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
Manteca - Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Moon Dreams - Miles Davis Nonet
Just Friends - Charlie Parker
Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio
Walkin' Shoes - Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan
Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday

Tracks:

Doodlin' - Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers
I Get A Kick Out of You - Clifford Brown & Max Roach
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Django - The Modern Jazz Quartet
Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
So What - Miles Davis Sextet
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Rick Kick Shaw - Cecil Taylor Trio
Chronology - Ornette Coleman
Original Faubus Fables - Charles Mingus
Acknowledgment - John Coltrane Quartet

Tracks:

Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong
Desafinado - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Tourist Point of View - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
E.S.P. - The Miles Davis Quintet
Spanish Key (single version) - Miles Davis
Birdland - Weather Report
Mister Magic - Grover Washington, Jr
Rockit - Herbie Hancock
Un Ange en Danger - M.C. Solaar & Ron Carter
Tanya - Dexter Gordon
Soon All Will Know - Wynton Marsalis
Death Letter - Cassandra Wilson
Take The "A" Train - The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

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This five-CD box set soundtrack to filmmaker Ken Burns's 10-part, 19-hour documentary Jazz spans nearly a century of jazz styles, from the martial rhythms of James Reese Europe to the soul-jazz of Grover Washington Jr. It includes time-tested classics like Benny Goodman's 1938 classic, "Sing, Sing, Sing"; John Coltrane's chanting 1965 immortal track, "A Love Supreme"; Billie Holiday's blue-ember ballad, "God Bless the Child"; and Ella Fitzgerald peeling off "A-Tisket A-Tasket." Bebop is represented by Charlie Parker's orchestral bop version of "Just Friends"; Thelonious Monk's nocturnal calling card, "'Round Midnight"; and Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" and "Groovin' High."

The jazz-instrumentalist-as-singer comes to life on Coleman Hawkins's "Body and Soul" and Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers' "Doodlin'." Clifford Brown and Max Roach's "I Get a Kick out of You" epitomizes the hard-bop era, while Miles Davis's "So What" stands as the modal masterpiece. The cool school is in session with Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan dishing out "Walkin' Shoes," and the Modern Jazz Quartet's soulful elegy "Django" straddles all the above musical orbits. As for Django Reinhardt, he's featured on "Shine" with the justly famed Le Quartet du Hot Club de France.

Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues" and "Potato Head Blues" and Duke Ellington's rousing rendition of Billy Strayhorn's anthem, "Take the A Train," and his moody "Solitude" show why they are the Olympian masters of this art form--and the most frequently featured artists in the series. Although Ken Burns tries bringing the music up-to-date with Wynton Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, and two jazz-hip-hop-influenced tracks--Herbie Hancock's robotic "Rockit" and the French-language "Un Aige en Danger" by MC Solaar and bass legend Ron Carter--there are significant holes here. After Cecil Taylor and Ornette Coleman, the avant-garde period from the late 1960s to the 1980s is lacking. And aside from the bossa nova hit "Desafinado," Latin jazz is also missing. It's a tough task summarizing jazz in five CDs, and Burns has given us a vibrant and vivid multicolored aural portrait of the music. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Great Intro to Jazz.......2007-03-23

For those just getting into Jazz or just need a refresher course this is a great CD. I brought it for my husband who is a big Jazz fan and he just loves it and gets alot of use out of them.

Ken Burn's Jazz CD.......2007-01-14

A great cd with many remastered original recordings of jazz greats. Each cd features a different jazz era, so one can select a jazz genre to suit one's mood.

A must have.........2007-01-05

..for any jazz fan or music history buff. LOADS of content, hours and hours of great music.

Good starter set for jazz beginners.......2006-02-22

This is a beautifully packaged 5 disc set highlighting some of the greatest jazz artists of all time. If you buy this set and are really excited about the sound and the masterful artists presented then, I highly recommend collecting the 22 discs of individual artists by Burns which showcase the popular and influential music of those artists. Having all of the Ken Burns Jazz editions is of course just a start but a good start into the world of jazz it will be.

good as a starting point as any.......2005-10-10

If you obtained this set, miles davis' kind of blue, and "the verve story 1944-1994" you have the makings of a good starting point of a jazz collection.

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Dinah does it right
She Swings and Sings
A superb performance with an incredible band to back it up!
swingin Miss D
Foot tapping, beautiful Quincy and Dinah, FUN!

Swingin' Miss 'D'
Dinah Washington
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B00000AFF0
Release Date: 1998-09-22

Tracks:

They Didn't Believe Me
You're Crying
Makin' Whoopee
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
But Not For Me
Caravan
Perdido
Never Let Me Go
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
I'll Close My Eyes
Somebody Loves Me
I'll Drown In My Tears
You Let My Love Grow Cold
Bargain Day
Relax Max
Tears To Burn
The Kissing Way Home
I Know

Customer Reviews:

Dinah does it right.......2007-06-08

This CD by Dinah Washington has some great tunes on it...the title Relax Max just makes you want to smile and is actually very timely in that a major hotel chain is currently featuring it in there TV ads! Really nice CD -- Dinah left us way to soon !!

She Swings and Sings.......2007-06-08

This is an excellent album with Dinah backed by Quincy Jones and his Orchestra. Some of the highlights include "They Didn't Believe Me," Makin' Whooppee," and "Relax Max". But you will enjoy each and every tune on the album. Dinah has a voice that captivates from to start to finish. And when she's done singing, you wish she'd sing some more!

A superb performance with an incredible band to back it up!.......2007-05-22

I stipulate to all the other comments already made in previous reviews... but since I didn't see this information on this page... thought I'd pass it along. Dinah's performance is indeed incredible... not a bad song on the entire CD... but the orchestra (big band) that backs her up is also incredible... and is it any wonder... with Quincy Jones (conductor); Hal McKusick (alto saxophone, flute); Anthony Ortega (alto saxophone); Jerome Richardson, Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); Danny Bank (baritone saxophone); Don Elliott (trumpet, mellophone, vibraphone, xylophone, bongo); Bernie Glow, Jimmy Maxwell, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Nick Travis, Joe Wilder (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Quentin Jackson (trombone); Tommy Mitchell (bass trombone); Clarence "Sleepy" Anderson (piano); Barry Galbraith (guitar); Milt Hinton (bass); Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson (drums). This was recorded in 1956 with 23-year-old Quincy Jones arranging. Nothin' like the sound of a real BIG BAND and a singer who's got the pipes to compete with all the horns... fantastic...

swingin Miss D.......2007-05-13

This is a very good CD and and the hotel chain TV ad introduced me to Miss Washington.

Foot tapping, beautiful Quincy and Dinah, FUN!.......2007-05-09

I am listening as I write, will try to get through the whole album before I finish this review. The sound on this album is very rich for an old, restored album...amazing, really; the sound is as good as a newly produced album. It has 18 songs on it; the original only had 12. Has anyone seen the Doubletree ad with the wonderful graphics...and Dinah singing "Relax Max". Well, that's what got me onto this album, and it was not a mistake...this album is truly a winner. Lots of foot-tapping joy, with some nice ballads to calm you along the way. I'm so glad my mother wasn't a fan of Quincy and Dinah, so I can enjoy this as new, with no offending memories attached. I will not name a song that is better than any other...they are ALL good. Well, on second thought, "i'll drown in my tears" is a very old fashioned bluesy song, so great! "you let my love grow cold" is very swingy, irresistable. I must stop my review at this point, but this album is a winner. The songs on it are ALL winners. The best of the best of this genre.

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What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
My Twins Song
what a wonderful world
A Wonderful CD!
Great Recording!

What a Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
Manufacturer: Verve
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ASIN: B000003N4G
Release Date: 1996-02-27

Tracks:

What A Wonderful World
Cabaret
The Home Fire
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Give Me Your Kisses
Sunshine Of Love
Hello Brother
There Must Be A Way
Fantastic, That's You
I Guess I'll Get The Papers And Go Home
Hellzapoppin'

Album Description

MCA. 1988.

Customer Reviews:

What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong.......2007-03-08

Delivered within a timely period. CD in really good condition upon arrival. Thanks.

My Twins Song.......2007-01-23

I love this CD. My Father in law would sing this to my tiny twins while in the hospital & then onto when they came home & everyday he would hear it on the radio & just ring our phones & let it play thru the speakers. My Babies would be Fussy or crying & as soon as i turn this song on you would hear nothing absolutely nothing!!! After searching for the cd we found it & was given to him for a christmas gift however he didn't get to hear it he passed away on christmas day morning so unfotunately now that cd has been put! We all miss him dearly & know that he is in a better place & is watching over us right now!!!

what a wonderful world.......2007-01-13

Louis Armstrong reminds us through his voice what a simple and wonderful world we once had. This record is a classic - will never fade. Even my 6 year old son liked it.

A Wonderful CD!.......2007-01-03

You can't go wrong with a collection of songs by Louis Armstrong. What a Wonderful World, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Cabaret were the most familiar to me; but even those I did not know are great.

Great Recording!.......2006-11-06

Quality of the recording is excellent. Captures the essence of Louis Armstrong. We have enjoyed listening to it.

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Upbeat Jazz
If you like Pink Martini
Highly entertaining, keeps you jumping
Cool fusion continues, but start with one of their earlier CDs
Witty, urbane, funky beats

Motifs
Paris Combo
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ASIN: B0006SSNPA
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

High, Low, In
Calender
Aquarium
Ennemis Siamois
Etoile Pale
Touriste D'une Vie
Baguee
Motus
Reflet
Prete A Porter
Baron De Chaise
Discordance
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Je Ne Sais Qui Fumer

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With a sound made up of equal parts bossa nova and classic chanson transported almost unchanged from the 1960s, plus American jazz, Argentinean Tango, bal musette and the Manouche swing made famous by Django Reinhardt, Paris Combo undeniably personifies that city's aesthetic. French music and film tend to share an elegant, humorless, surreal, coolly theatrical artificiality so ingrained that observed or remembered passion becomes more seductive than the real thing. Style-over-substance is merely a different reality, no less involving than daily life. The band's membership includes a guitarist from Madagascar, a keyboardist/trumpeter from Australia, a French drummer and a French-Algerian guitarist, each of whom contribute whimsical, cosmopolitan images from their own travels. Bandleader-singer Belle du Berry's lyrics are wry metaphors, in which estrangement, loss and desire are experienced in nightclubs under the light of pink lampshades and each carefully posed film-noir frame is wreathed in expensive perfume and cigarette smoke. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews:

Upbeat Jazz.......2007-06-24

Paris Combo is such a great upbeat jazz group that you can listen to liven up your day. Put this cd on and it is sure to put you in a good mood. A great combination to go along with anyone who listens to Pink Martini.

If you like Pink Martini.......2006-05-29

You'll love this CD. Obviously you don't have to know a language to enjoy music sung in it. The happy tune of this jazzy CD will make you want to dance in your car, as you make up words so that you can sing along.

Highly entertaining, keeps you jumping.......2006-05-20

I bought this CD on the basis that several reviewers indicated that if a listener liked the works of Pink Martini, that they would like this CD by Paris Combo. Well, they are right.

Many of the things I like about Pink Martini are present here. The work is delightful, playful, fun, and danceable. You will hear the influence of jazz, pop, swing, tango, and sophisticated lounge music. In one song you will hear Kurt Weil's influence and then in the next you hear the nightclub music found in 1940 gangster films. The range of music keeps you on your toes - but all in fun. Great for a cocktail party or to get yourself going on a Saturday morning.

Belle Du Barry, the vocalist, has great presentation. All the lyrics are in French.

Cool fusion continues, but start with one of their earlier CDs.......2006-03-23

They sound too satisfied and confident in their fusions here. The sharp edge of surprise I detect in their earlier work is absent here. This work is lighter, popper, loungier than earlier work, to its detriment. Still, the cool fusion continues-Hot club, boulevard, bossa nova, American swing.... Close listening reveals shifts from one style to another in almost every song, so they're still mixing it up. Maybe the edges are easier to see. Stand-outs: tr 7-Baguée (Big American driving beat subverted by quick trip-tongued French vocal, Gypsy finger-picked guitar). Très cool. tr 9- Reflet (Quick 30s Gypsy-viper instrumental). tr 14- Je ne sais qui fumer (Simple American blues with a cool, Parisian jaunt, swagger). [50:30]

Witty, urbane, funky beats.......2006-02-13

Paris Combo's latest album is a tour of another world, a forgotten era, when music moved your heart but was classy and seductive at the same time.

There is no one today producing a sound like this. Their music will stay with you; it is mesmerising.

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Wonderful Collection
Pops-- The king of jazz trumpet
Fabulous
What a wonderful world
A Drop in the Ocean...

The Essential Louis Armstrong
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Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

Sugar Foot Stomp
Cake Walking Babies (From Home)
Pickin' On Your Baby
Heedie Jeebies
Willie The Weeper
Potato Head Blues
West End Blues
Basin Street Blues
Beau Koo Jack
St. James Infirmary
Tight Like This
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Ain't Misbehavin'
Black And Blue
That Rhythm Man
St. Louis Blues
Bessie Couldn't Help It
I'm Confessin'

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Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Blue Again
You Rascal You
When It's Sleepytime Down South
Lazy River
Star Dust
Georgia On My Mind
Shadrack
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
When The Saints Go Marching In
Rockin' Chair
Blueberry HIll
Mack The Knife
Aunt Hagar's Blues
Honeysuckle Rose
A Fine Romance
What A Wonderful World

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Collection.......2007-05-13

The sound quality is excellent and it is a fabulous selection of his music. Would recommend to new or old fans of Louis Armstrong.

Pops-- The king of jazz trumpet.......2007-03-02

THE ESSENTIAL LOUIS ARMSTRONG is a sweeping overview of THE most influential jazz musician of the 20th Century. Disc one contains Armstrong's New Orleans-styled electrical recordings of the late '20's (note that he had made some acoustic horn stuff prior), while the second CD continues the early sides until midway through, and then offers brief glimpses of Satchmo's career from 1938 to '67.

To mention a single outstanding example, Armstrong's early beautiful tone is clearly evident on his trumpet intro to 1928's "West End Blues," as is his fine scat voice. Beyond that track, all of disc one is certain to be a revelation to those only familiar with Louis' "Hello Dolly" pop-type tunes.

Mastering of the antique 78s in particular is remarkable-- they all sound great! THE ESSENTIAL LOUIS ARMSTRONG is a set that belongs in everyone's collection, not just jazz afficionados. Buy with confidence!

TOTAL RUNNING TIMES --
DISC ONE -- 57:53
DISC TWO -- 63:33

Fabulous.......2007-01-09

This CD package is absolutely wonderful. It came quickly, and I could not have been more pleased with it. Thank you!

What a wonderful world .......2006-12-24

I am not an expert on any kind of music, but like so many others I have long loved the sound of Satchmo. The purity of the horn , the raspy catchy voice, the soul. Satchmo is himself bound up with the Birth of the Blues but one of the things that most gets me is the optimism, and love of life in his music. When he plays and sings 'What a wonderful world' you believe it.

A Drop in the Ocean..........2006-01-24

...of what constitutes Louis' career, so it's hard for it to earn its "Essential" appellation, but still, it's hard to go wrong with this -while you're listening to it, every cut sure seems essential. Some listeners, used to recordings of more recent vintage may be shocked at how lo fi some of this is, but still, I think they'll be able to get past that...Wonderful and beautiful stuff from one of the alltime if not THE alltime, American immortals...

ps - Be sure and pick up LA's collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald: "Ella and Louis" and "Ella and Louis Again" - they are sublime and transcendant.

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