Collection

Collection Artist: The Yellowjackets
Label: Grp Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio Cassette


UPC: 011105980944
EAN: 0011105980944
ASIN: B0000001UM


Release Date: 1995-03-14

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Tracks:

  1. Wildlife
  2. Spin
  3. Oz
  4. Man Facing North
  5. Revelation
  6. Freedomland
  7. Jacket Town
  8. Dream
  9. Foreign Correspondent
  10. And You Know What
  11. Dewey (A Tribute to Miles Davis)

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Smooth Jazz with an Edge!.......2005-11-23

Like most GRP offerings, the sound quality of this digital master is very good. The tracks here are quite different in style with a mix of vocal tracks as well as live ones. Here lies the problem though as the volume levels are clearly lower for the live tracks while the studio tracks sound louder and more polished. Otherwise, the album sounds exactly like a best of album as it's a collection of hits and the album doesn't flow very well at all. Somehow, the collection does not sound better than the sum of its parts. Great sound but not a great album although some individual tracks like "Revelation" and "Dewey" stand out. Not one of GRP's best albums.

2 out of 5 stars Well.. Buy the original albums instead........2001-08-05

I don't see this album representing what Yellowjacets can do. I really don't. Buy the individual albums instead. That's where Yellowjackets really shows what they can do.

4 out of 5 stars Good, solid jazz.......2000-01-04

Collection is GRP's Yellowjackets hits compilation. There is plenty to like about the disc, especially the collaboration with Michael Franks on "The Dream." Mintzer does excellent sax work throughout the album, and the production is typical GRP (translation: first rate). Ferrante and Company have put out some quality work, and I'm sure the live show is impressive, but my biggest beef about Collection is that 5 of the 11 songs are from Live Wires. Maybe I was looking for more of a variety, but it's a solid 4-star effort.

Music CD:

  1. The Herd Rides Again ~ Woody Herman
  2. Best of Big Band ~ Various Artists
  3. Moonbeams ~ Bill Evans Trio
  4. New Jazz Conceptions ~ Bill Evans
  5. Loveheart ~ Merz
  6. Live ~ Swedish Jazz
  7. Patchwork ~ Sven Berggren
  8. Vintage Jazz ~ Various Artists
  9. Animations ~ Orjan Fahlstrom & the Norrbotten Big Band
  10. Straight Up ~ Beachfront Property

Music CD

Music CD

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Frankly Speaking ~ Awesome Dre

Four Wall Blackmail ~ Dead Poetic

Elvis' Gold Records Vol. 3 ~ Elvis Presley

Is There a Signal Coming Through? ~ Life at Sea

Larks' Tongues in Aspic ~ King Crimson

Heaven & Hell ~ The Easybeats

Walking Away With It ~ Raja-Nee

Still Scandalous ~ S.S.P.

The Saloon Music LP ~ L.A.S. Own Billy the Kidd

Pony ~ Ginuwine