Viva Caruso

Viva Caruso
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music



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


UPC: 724353598624
EAN: 0724353598624
ASIN: B000063T0U


Release Date: 2002-04-23

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Listmania:

  1. Musica!

Tracks:

  1. Vesti La Giubba 'I Pagliacci'
  2. Tarantella Sincera
  3. The Streets Of Naples
  4. Cielo Turchino (Deep Blue Sky)
  5. Pecche? (Why?)
  6. O Sole Mio
  7. Viva Caruso
  8. Campane A Sera (Evening Bells)
  9. Santa Lucia
  10. Soltanto A Tte (Only To You)
  11. Il Carnivale Di Pulcinella - A. Joyus Dance, B. Romance, C. The Bite, D. Wild Tarantella
  12. For You Alone

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant concept wonderfully executed.......2002-10-29

Only Joe Lovano could pull something like this off. Only Joe Lovano would even THINK of something like this. A jazz album based on songs made famous by perhaps the greatest tenor of all time? Kinda like, "From one tenor to another." Or something.

Maybe it's because he's a fellow paisano, I don't know, but he has clearly spotted the jazz possilities in this music and brought these Mediterranean classics to life. When you think about it, is it really that different than that erstwhile favorite pass time of jazz practioners--gleaning the best from Tin Pan Alley and calling them "standards"? No, it's not. And the results, in the hands of a master player and arranger like Lovano, are no less satisfying than Coltrane playing, for example, "My Favorite Things."

Two kinds of purists--jazz and classical--may not like it, but most everyone else should dig it.

5 out of 5 stars Just Jazz, Baby.......2002-09-05

Perhaps you're like me; when I first saw the title of this CD, I blanched at the possibility it would turn out to be a bland yet money-making crossover 'project' a la the horrible Andrea Bocelli. Fortunately, a single listening proves this is another excellent record of Jazz from Lovano.

Yes, the organizing principal is based on Caruso's musical career, but the style is all Lovano, reminiscent of his great "Rush Hour" CD. Like that one, the arrangements are imaginative and all in the jazz idiom, the harmonies often complex, the sense of freedom consistent. Lovano plays both 'inside' the tunes and 'outside' the changes, never shying away from some tough playing. Much of the record comes off as lytically melancholy, and the sound of the winds and accordion can be both sweet and pained. A terrific CD, especially for Lovano fans.

Music CD:

  1. Optimist ~ Gerard Presencer
  2. Blue Lights, Vol. 1 ~ Kenny Burrell
  3. Radio Rhythm ~ Don Neely's Royal Society Six
  4. Don't You Leave Me Here - New York, Volume 3 ~ Various Artists
  5. Just Play ~ Steve Grismore
  6. Portraits
  7. Freebop Now! ~ Malachi Thompson
  8. The Transcription Performances 1946 ~ Boyd Raeburn
  9. The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions: Poor Butterfly ~ Joe Turner
  10. Dream Session: The All-Stars Play Miles Davis Classics ~ Various Artists

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Flowin' in File ~ Daddy-O

Lucero ~ Lucero

Landed ~ Ben Folds

Tribute to Ayrton Senna

Die Ariola Star-Club ~ Various Artists

Anachronism ~ Evick

Tears in My Heart ~ Patrick Green

Stimulated, Vol. 1 ~ Various Artists

Live ~ The Prophecy

Splash Waterfalls ~ Ludacris