Extended Family

Extended Family

ASIN: B00008AV5H

Track Listings

1. Good Question

2. Don't Talk About It

3. Cathy's Taffy

4. Mr. & Mrs. Clef Take A Vacation

5. Extended Family

6. High St.

7. Boson

8. Kyudo For Ken

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Tenor saxophonist and composer Fred Hess's past musical associations fairly describe his own musical outlets. He attended the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York, in the late '70s, and has worked with artists as sympathetically diverse as Charlie Haden, Leo Smith, Ron Miles, Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis, and Ginger Baker. A professor in Denver, he's an extremely active performer in the area, also attracting well-deserved accolades from further afield. This quartet session finds some well-matched players moving from the semi-comical hijinks of "Mr. & Mrs. Clef Take a Vacation" to the fractured post-bop of the title tune to the quiet bearing of the elegy-like "Boson." Throughout, the musicians celebrate the 1960s-era free-form playing that spilled forth in the wake of Ornette Coleman and others who boldly broke jazz molds from the '50s onward. Unobtrusively produced, the set captures their interplay with the warmth of a studio and the visceral edge of a live performance. --David Greenberger

Product Description
Extended Family is flawlessly executed--seamless, quirky, angular, sometimes whimsical stuff ("Mr. and Mrs. Clef Take a Vacation", a sonic story that involves alien abduction) featuring players with a depth of musical knowledge and serious chops.

Extended Family

Tracks:

Extended Family
Everything Must Change
Oh No!
Grit Head
Past Present Tense
Remembering Clyde
Savannah Strut
Talk To Me
Giant Steps
A Little Prayer for Mom

Album Description

Jazz Quartet lead by bassist Avery Sharpe. Features mostly original compositions

Average customer rating:

Is That Right
Flowmotion
Manufacturer: C&D Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAJXJC
Release Date: 2005-09-06

Average customer rating:

Way Back to Feeling Alright

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000T5MZ0E
Release Date: 2007-07-24

Extended Family II-Thoughts of My Ancestors

Average customer rating:

Best "accident" ever!

Extended Family II-Thoughts of My Ancestors
Avery Sharpe
Manufacturer: Jknm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005R8OH
Release Date: 1995-03-01

Tracks:

Dance of Prosperity
Uncle from Ghana
Who Have I Offended?
Summon the Elders
Reincarnation of the Father
Protect Me
Wade in the Water
Judge Not Yet Ye Be Da Judge
All About You
Thoughts of My Ancestors

Album Description

A re-release of modern jazz that features Tonight Show guitarist Kevin Eubanks! Avery Sharpe is a longtime associate of piano legend McCoy Tyner.

Customer Reviews:

Best "accident" ever!.......2006-02-28

I buy a lot of CDs used. So I recently picked up a Kirk Whalum album, stuffed it in the player, and thought to myself... "interesting. That's SO atypical." But I loved every note of it. And when I ejected the CD I saw to my surprise that this was by one Avery Sharpe, hitherto an unknown entity in my repertory but now a favorite.

This album sure outjazzes, outgrooves, outsmoothes a lot of the current smooth jazz, except for that it's some sort of ethnic eclectic mix between.... well, I don't even know. Anything from jazz to soul to North African to - simply wonderful.

Best accident that has ever happened to me!

Big Rock Sounds: Music From the Socko Extended Family

Average customer rating:

Big Rock Sounds: Music From the Socko Extended Family

Manufacturer: Triple R Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000AMVZXO

Product Description

Big Rock Sounds in the vein of Cheap Trick and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Contains 11 tracks.

Average customer rating:

Extended Family III-Family Values
Avery Sharpe
Manufacturer: Jknm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005R8OI
Release Date: 2001-10-01

Tracks:

Family Values
Parental Love
I am My Sister's Keeper
Stone Soul Jester
A Father's Pride
Blood Is Thicker Than Mud
Reunion
Always Expect The Best From Yourself
Don't Be Afraid To Ask For Help
They Are Watching
We're All in This
I Am My Brother's Keeper

Average customer rating:

Extended Family Ceo Edition

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000PUB2OI
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Average customer rating:

Extended Family
Fred Hess
Manufacturer: Tapestry Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00008AV5H
Release Date: 2003-02-03

Tracks:

Good Question
Dont Talk About It
Cathys Taffy
Mr. & Mrs. Clef Take A Vacation
Extended Family
High St.
Boson
Kyudo For Ken

Amazon.com

Tenor saxophonist and composer Fred Hess's past musical associations fairly describe his own musical outlets. He attended the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York, in the late '70s, and has worked with artists as sympathetically diverse as Charlie Haden, Leo Smith, Ron Miles, Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis, and Ginger Baker. A professor in Denver, he's an extremely active performer in the area, also attracting well-deserved accolades from further afield. This quartet session finds some well-matched players moving from the semi-comical hijinks of "Mr. & Mrs. Clef Take a Vacation" to the fractured post-bop of the title tune to the quiet bearing of the elegy-like "Boson." Throughout, the musicians celebrate the 1960s-era free-form playing that spilled forth in the wake of Ornette Coleman and others who boldly broke jazz molds from the '50s onward. Unobtrusively produced, the set captures their interplay with the warmth of a studio and the visceral edge of a live performance. --David Greenberger

Album Description

Extended Family is flawlessly executed--seamless, quirky, angular, sometimes whimsical stuff ("Mr. and Mrs. Clef Take a Vacation", a sonic story that involves alien abduction) featuring players with a depth of musical knowledge and serious chops.

Average customer rating:

See Through
Diana Ah Naid
Manufacturer: 0RiGiN Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000KBOEVU

Product Description

5-track Australian CD single.

Average customer rating:

We Are Family EP (IMPORT)

Manufacturer: Phase 2 Records, UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000E6HSVY

Product Description

Tracks: 1.We Are Family-4:49(Clutch Freaky Mix) 2.We Are Family-6:56(Extended Fresh Mix) 3.Good Times-6:26(Moiraghi Club Mix) 4.Good Times-4:39(Moiraghi Radio Mix) 5.Everybody Dance-5:48(Bum Bum Cub Remix) 6.Everybody Dance-7:16(House People Remix) 7.Lost In Music-4:43(N.H. Edit Version) 8.Lost In Music-7:11(N.H. Main Suite Mix) / UK import Maxi-single featuring two remixes of each song.

Jazz Music:

Jazz Music

Jazz Music