Visits Paris, Vol. 2

Visits Paris, Vol. 2 Artist: Jimmy Raney
Label: Vogue
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 743214348024
EAN: 0743214348024
ASIN: B000008A0D


Release Date: 2000-09-12

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Tracks:

  1. Fascinating Rhythm
  2. Everything Happens To Me
  3. Someone To Watch Over Me
  4. Tres Chouette
  5. Imagination
  6. Have You Met Miss Jones
  7. What's New
  8. Love For Sale
  9. Night And Day
  10. Dinah
  11. Too Marvelous For Words
  12. Cherokee

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Superb jazz by a consummate musician.......2006-11-15

Jimmy Raney plays beautifully on all his recordings, and I believe that this recording is probably his best. As always, his technical skills are extraordinary - each note sounds clearly, his articulation is perfect even on almost Bird-like runs taken at lightening speed, his ballad playing maintains just the right balance between speed and emotion. The distinguishing characteristic of this album is the extraordinary empathy between Raney and his sidemen, and the complexity of the harmony and counterpoint that they create. When he's not soloing, Raney voices his guitar like a second or third horn, playing intelligent single note harmonies and countermelodies while the horns have the lead. His note choices in these instances are flawless - it's obvious that he was really paying attention during his time in Woody Herman's big band, because this small group sounds really big most of the time.

This recording is an extradinary example of musicianship at its best.

5 out of 5 stars Jimmy Swings with Abandon....Again!.......2000-09-24

I bought Volume 1 of this series a few years ago on an impulse in a record store. I didn't know much about Jimmy Raney other than some loose association with Stan Getz. It was a good impulse...Volume 1 knocked me out. Volume 2 is even better. For my money, no one swings a standard like Raney. No disrespect to Herb, Tal or Barney but Jimmy is the cleanest, most crisp and melodic swing guitarist of the 50's. This is just a great, great set of standards done in either swing tempo or ballad. Raney himself is impeccable but is also joined by some fine French sidemen. Highly recommended if your a small group swing freak like moi!

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