Oranj Album

Oranj Album Artist: Oranj Symphonette
Label: Rykodisc
Category: Music



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


UPC: 014431045523
EAN: 0014431045523
ASIN: B00000DCWI


Release Date: 1998-10-13

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Listmania:

  1. You Don't Know Me, But I Have Good Taste (I think)
  2. re: Common Ground

Tracks:

  1. Call Me Mister Tibbs
  2. The Magnificent Seven
  3. Satin Doll
  4. Beat Girl
  5. Bananas
  6. Dreamsville
  7. A Man And A Woman
  8. After The Fox
  9. Arabesque
  10. Midnight Cowboy
  11. Up, Up And Away
  12. Chelsea Bridge
  13. Valley Of The Dolls

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  1. Plays Mancini

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS!!!!!!.......2004-10-16

YOU'D BE (...) NOT TO PURCHASE THIS ALBUM! IT'S LIKE A JAZZ INFUGED ROMP AND I LOVE IT! BUY TODAY!!
-Emma Sahs

5 out of 5 stars MUSIC PLUS HUMOR = FUN!!!!.......2001-02-17

TO BEGIN , ORANJ SYMPHONETTE HAS "MUSICAL PEDIGREE"-- AS THE FOUNDING MEMBER IS JAZZ MUSICIAN DAVE BRUBECK'S SON ( "BRU", OF "TAKE 5" & "BLUE RONDO A LA TURK" FAME, FOR ALL YOU NON-INITIATED), THIS CD FOLLOWS THE ADVENTURSOME BUT UNEVEN RELEASE OF THEIR "DE-COMPOSTIONS" OF FAMOUS HENRY MANCINI COMPOSITIONS RELEASED A FEW YEARS BEFORE. THIS CD MARKS THE FULLY REALIZED FRUITION OF ORANJ SYMP.'S "MAD PASSION". POP , JAZZ & "LOUNGE"( THIS MONIKER IS GETTING RATHER WORN OUT) "STANDARDS" ARE GIVEN WARPED BUT COMPLETELY MUSICAL TWEAKINGS BY THESE FUN LOVING MUSICIANS.THIS CD INSPIRES THE PERFECT BLEND OF IRREVERENCE & RESPECT FOR THE TRADITION OF MUSICIANSHIP ( THESE GUYS ARE NO MEDIOCRE "POP" MUSICIANS, THESE GUYS CAN ARTICULATE WONDERFUL MUSICS FROM THEIR "AXES"!). FROM THE EROTICLY HYPNOTIZING RENDITIONS OF "DREAMSVILLE" & "ARABESQUE" TO THE RIPPING & SHREDDING OF SATIN DOLL ( JAZZ FANS, THINK ARCHIE SHEPP'S WEIRD MANGLING OF GIRL FROM IPANEMA!)--THE BIGGEST JOY IS SAVED FOR "O.S." BRINGING OUT THE BEAUTIFUL MELODY IN "VALLEY OF THE DOLLS", AND MAKING A THROW AWAY 60'S POP TUNE "UP UP & AWAY" A MINI-MASTERPIECE! IF ONE MAKES MUSIC & DONT HAVE FUN, IT BECOMES EVIDENT,TIME TO FIND A NEW METHOD OF EXPRESSION.NO PROBLEMS HERE- THESE GUYS ARE HAVING A B-L-A-S-T-!!! 10 STARS!!

5 out of 5 stars Ay Carumba! These Guys are Too Much!.......1998-11-22

I can't not dig this music. Like "Plays Mancini" beforeit, "The Oranj Album" is a jazzy, trippy and very entertaining stroll down memory lane. Some mighty fine musicianship happenin' here as well. I swear, if you're not deaf or dead, you'll love this stuff! Don't think about it, just buy it, now! Had I never listened to Waits... well, I'd have missed out on Waits for one thing.. but I'd never have gotten into Oranj Symphonet and that too would have been a tragedy!

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