On Target

On Target Artist: John Swana Quartet
Label: Criss Cross
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 8712474124121
ASIN: B0000AN4IU


Release Date: 2003-09-23

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Tracks:

  1. Through My Eyes
  2. Mud Puppy
  3. Sweet Sadness
  4. On Target
  5. View From Above
  6. When Love Was You And Me
  7. Jitterbug Waltz
  8. Suspended Sentence
  9. Philly Jazz

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  1. Philly-New York Junction
  2. In the Moment
  3. Awakening
  4. Power Source
  5. Tug of War

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........2006-01-27

Ahh, this is the kind of music that is truly timeless. John Swana is playing at the peak of his abilities in a setting which perfectly augments him. There's nothing like a guitar quartet made up of high quality players, and everyone playing on this album is very, very, very, very, very, high quality. John Patitucci is great, as always, Jesse Van Ruller is fantastic, he should really have more recognition, and Eric Harland is also quite wonderful. John Swana himself is, as I said before, at the peak of his talent, and each lyrical solo after the next sounds like a classically composed masterpiece, establishing the perfect ratio of melody and technique. He truly is one of the best players in jazz today, and he is sorely underappreciated. Buy this album now.

5 out of 5 stars Best Swana album yet!!.......2004-05-25

After listening to all of John Swana's great crisscross albums, i feel this one is his best yet(In the Moment being his next best). Swana changes his instrumentation on this album from the standard Piano, Bass, Drums with Sax and trumpet up front..instead he is the sole horn with Guitarist Jesse VanRuller taking the chordal role. Every member of this quartet plays beautifully on the whole session. John Swana's writing and melodies are the strongest yet and show great growth and maturity. This Album has a very modern feel and there is great interplay between the musicians. I look forward to seeing what Swana will do next.

Music CD:

  1. A Twist of Marley: A Tribute ~ Various Artists
  2. A Yo I Killed Your God ~ Marc Ribot
  3. The Album ~ Four80East
  4. Simple Complex ~ Jon Weber
  5. Together Again ~ Teddy Edwards with Howard McGhee
  6. Lux Aeterna ~ Terje Rypdal
  7. No Sweat ~ Gary Willis
  8. Million Sellers/Hits of 1965 ~ Frank Chacksfield
  9. Escape ~ Bill Evans
  10. The Good and Evil Sessions ~ Good and Evil

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Tudo Danca ~ Ze Da Velha & Silverio Pontes

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Rock Against the Juke Box, Vol. 4 ~ Various Artists

Natural Woman ~ Various Artists

Neu Konservatiw ~ Laibach

Lead with the Bass ~ Various Artists

Kamikaze ~ Twista