Private Astronomy: A Vision of the Music of Bix Be

Artist: Geoff Muldaur's Futuristic Ensemble
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 028947458326
EAN: 0028947458326
ASIN: B0000C3I2R

Release Date: 2003-09-30

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Tracks:

Take Your Tomorrow (And Give Me Today) - Vocal by Geoff Muldaur and the Harmony Boys
In The Dark - The Futuristic Chamber Group
There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth the Salt of My Tears - Vocal by Martha Wainwright
In A Mist - The Futuristic Chamber Group
Futuristic Rhythm - Vocal by Geoff Muldaur and the Harmony Boys
Davenport Blues - The Futuristic Chamber Group
Singin' the Blues - Vocal by Martha Wainwright
Candlelights - The Futuristic Chamber Group
Bless You Sister - Vocal by Loudon Wainwright III and the Harmony Girls
Flashes - The Futuristic Chamber Group
At the End of the Road - Vocal by Geoff Muldaur
In A Mist (chorale) - The Futuristic Chamber Group
Clouds - Vocal by Geoff Muldaur

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Customer Reviews:

Absolutely fantastic musicianship.......2005-12-15

Wow, what a CD. The chords, the compositions are beautiful. The musicians are cream of the crop, and their intonation unbelievable. You'll feel like you're sitting in on the band, and a fantastic band to boot, when you listen to this CD. You'll feel as though you just left a live jazz club after this one.

The "Clouds" piece is particularly poignant, and the group plays it perfectly.

Can't say enough about how surprised I was in getting this CD. Didn't know what to expect, but certainly didn't expect such a fabulous and rich sound. If you like good jazz from a group that's in tune, exhibits great musicianship, has a inate sense of rhythm , and just seems to have fun on this CD, this one's for you.

Mr. Muldaur, more please !

Another Gush, Sorry.......2005-10-05

I didn't take to this CD right away--sometimes you're not in the right frame of mind for something. It was ALL MY FAULT! Once I had my ears on right, I was swept away. The arrangements are so fun, so unexpected, so sonorously inviting and whimsical they can't help but make you smile. The delicate interplay of horns just melts in the air. The singing is first rate, too, and those songs are a kick. I've been a fan of Muldaur's from Kweskin, too. This album is reminiscent of his renditions of Brazil, Having a Wonderful Time and Dardenella, tunes I still cherish. Another reviewer mentioned his recent CDs and I'd add that Beautiful Isle of Somewhere, a live CD from a solo show in Bremen, Germany, is a gem--own it if only for the title track, sung as an acapella encore.

Private Astronomy -- a great CD.......2005-09-20

I love this CD. For those of you who like the jazz of the earlyish 20th century, this can't be beat. People who like Pink Martini may enjoy this album. I love it so much that I purchased extra copies for some of my family.

oh, my GOSH!.......2005-05-03

In the town where I grew up, there was a summer when someone painted (with a brush, no spray paint at that time) the words "Bix Lives" virtually everywhere. I asked everyone I could think of if they knew who this "Bix" was ... finally, it was our Postmaster (a pretty fair ragtime piano player) who told me that the "Bix" painted everywhere referred to a jazz cornetist named Bix Biederbeck. I never heard anymore about that, and my public-school music teachers weren't really very forthcoming.

I heard about this disc on Public Radio. I had to order it from Amazon because my local music store was at something of a loss when it came to Geoff Muldaur and Mr Biederbeck. What drew me mostly were some remarks that Bix had drawn some of his later influences from composers like Maurice Ravel and Claude DeBussy. I really wanted to hear this!

I have finally found MY FAVORITE cd ... this has handily surpassed every other favorite I've EVER had. It's simply beautiful ... sometimes wistful, occasionally melancholy, and always a delight.

A wonderful reimagining of some great old music.......2005-01-30

Don't pay any attention to the crabbypants, crusty jazz purists who are poo-poohing this disc. They're simply being humorless and unimaginative, which pretty much puts them in 180-degree opposition to this lovely little record. I liked this a lot. It was very sweet, very creative and very listenable, and if it (gasp!!!) doesn't sound exactly like Bix Beiderbecke did, well golly! Why not go buy a Beiderbecke album as well, and quit carping about how this "doesn't live up to" the man, the myth and the legend? There's really no reason we can't enjoy BOTH the original music and this warm, intelligent tribute to Beiderbeck's restless genius. They each have a lot to offer. I, for one, look forward to listening to this record for years to come.

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