Ring

Ring Artist: Keiko Matsui
Label: Narada
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724381319802
EAN: 0724381319802
ASIN: B00006J3ZU


Release Date: 2002-10-01

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Listmania:

  1. The one and only KEIKO

Tracks:

  1. Steps Of Maya
  2. Venus Of The Sea
  3. Moon Circle
  4. Prism
  5. The Next Plateau
  6. Messenger
  7. Deity In The Silence
  8. The Ring
  9. White Owl
  10. Prescious Time

Similar Items:

  1. The Piano
  2. Whisper from the Mirror
  3. Wildflower
  4. White Owl
  5. Deep Blue

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Easy listening but a little different.......2005-08-03

This is a nice CD but not quite my style, yet it is still a worthwhile purchase.

5 out of 5 stars Very Romantic.......2005-02-28

Of three favorite Keiko CDs (Wildflower, Deep Blue and The Ring)
The Ring is the most consistently "romantic," while Wildflower uses electronica best; and Deep Blue stands between them. I would like to give all potential buyers of Keiko CDs some advice I wish someone had given to me: If you want to hear Keiko Matsui at her best; that is, without a lot of distracting vocals and too-smooth saxaphone solos that make you cringe; then, in general, be wary about buying any of her work on the "Shout" label, and buy only from her work on the "Narada" label. Now---let's not forget Whisper From The Mirror: Matsui's most magically magnificent music, with superlative use of bass...Whisper From The Mirror is
a MIGHTY FINE CD.

5 out of 5 stars I Generally Despise Smooth Jazz and New Age Music But..........2004-03-14

This is an exception. Somehow it does not completely comply with the standards set in both of those genres, therefore actually leaving room for creativity.

This is the guiltiest of my guilty pleasures.

5 out of 5 stars Really cool.......2003-11-30

I really like this album better than deep blue. My favourite is definitely "Messenger" although "White Owl" is really good as well. Composition like "Messenger" really what I call smooth jazz. Other songs in this album are beautiful but not as good as my favourite one.

5 out of 5 stars More than Smooth.......2003-03-10

I am fairly new to Keiko Mutsui and her music, and have enjoyed all I have heard. As with all of her albums that I have heard so far, this is a collect of instrumental pieces with a theme that seems to revolve around Nature or cultures that are linked to nature. I guess this album falls in to the smooth jazz category, but the content runs from Modern to New Age to Fusion. Her use of percussion and flamenco guitar to compliment and counter point the piano made me stop and listen to some tracks a second time immediately. I found the enhancement useful with information and adds a kind of intimacy. I am now looking forward to seeing Keiko in a live performance.

Music CD:

  1. I.O.U. ~ Allan Holdsworth
  2. Brazilian Romance ~ Sarah Vaughan with M. Nascimento
  3. Complete 1950-1954 Studio-Issued Recordings ~ The Four Freshmen
  4. Soda Fountain Shuffle ~ Earl Klugh
  5. Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi-Fi ~ Stan Getz with Gerry Mulligan
  6. Mel Bay Awakening; The Corey Christiansen Quartet ~ Corey Christiansen Quartet
  7. Wandering Moon ~ Terence Blanchard
  8. Sound-System ~ Herbie Hancock
  9. Firefly ~ Emily Remler
  10. A Transparent Mask ~ Ken Nordine

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The Turnpike Diaries ~ The Getaway People

Idyllatry ~ Peter Principle

Appalachian Death Ride ~ Appalachian Death Ride

Leaders of the Free World ~ Elbow

Blink-182 ~ blink-182

Great Scots ~ Johnny & the Roccos

The Soundtrack To Life ~ The Outfit

Tha Takeover ~ Twistit