Samsara

Samsara Artist: Tom Maxwell
Label: Samsara Limited
Category: Music


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


UPC: 634457127128
EAN: 0634457127128
ASIN: B00004RJOI


Release Date: 2000-05-16

Samsara


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Tracks:

  1. Indicatif
  2. Sixes and Sevens to Me
  3. Uptown Stomp
  4. Can't Sleep - Tom Maxwell,
  5. Mooche
  6. If I Had You
  7. Caveat Emptor
  8. Some Born Singing
  9. Don't Give Me the Runaround
  10. Flame in My Heart
  11. Nobody Likes You
  12. Three Fires Blues
  13. Roll Them Bones - Tom Maxwell,
  14. You Always Get What's Coming
  15. Samsara

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Amazon.com

For his post-Zippers debut, former Squirrel Nut frontman Tom Maxwell shows great skill at mixing musical languages. For starters, he opens with a <I>sona</I> solo (that's a Chinese reed instrument, natch). Then he kicks in with a pair of horn-heavy rave-ups--"Sixes and Sevens to Me" and "The Uptown Stomp." What stands out in the swing department is Maxwell's more cabaret-touched approach, less about Setzerian flash and more about energetic detail and drama. Just as a <I>sona</I> solo opens the album, so too two other Buddhist numbers appear: "Some Born Singing" and the title track, both sung by Holly Harding Baddour. She has a voice that peaks and wavers on these Asian-tinged numbers and then swaggers on "If I Had You," a sultry cabaret swinger. Maxwell moves in other directions, too: "Flame in My Heart" is a George Jones tune, faithfully rendered, "Three Fire Blues" is Maxwell as a solo guitar bluesman, and "You Always Get What's Coming" has the leader duetting with Tom Loncaric on pipe organ. <I>Samsara</I>'s an ambitious outing, as big in scope maybe as are Maxwell's spiritual notions. This is also an immense creative success. <I>--Andrew Bartlett</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ultimate in diversity.......2001-09-11

I want to keep this short. I bought SNZ's Bedlam Ballroom not knowing there were changes in the group,when I discovered the missing element was Tom Maxwell I bought this cd as well. This is the one I still listen to a year later. PLEASE GIVE US MORE TOM!

5 out of 5 stars Record of the year for me!.......2001-08-02

Leaving to do his own thing I think opened him up in some way to make music I wish folks still made more of. I have friends that find there own favorite songs, but feeling satisfied with a lot of lot. First, there was never any sousaphone playing on any Zippers album that I remember, which was a beautiful old, classic touch. Then, you wish you had a lot more time to find all these influences that come out in his music (like Waller). His blues and country song are genuine, his addition of amazing Holly Harding is tremendous, the singing quartet does two completely original songs great and he seems to have a way that critics never seem smart or educated enough to come off intelligently in their "reviews." If you just love music, this is the album. You can hear his missing presence (and Ken Mosher's) in the new Zippers and you can see its soul re-figuring itself and rebirthing here with Maxwell's visionary and roots respecting music. If I had more room I'd say more (like you couldn't tell). Amen to him and what he does.

5 out of 5 stars An excellent and diverse CD!!!.......2001-06-12

Samsara under the leadership of previous band member Tom Maxwell of the group Squirrel Nut Zippers has lots of elements that one can expect from genres of jazz such as New Orleans Jazz and Classical Jazz. According to my opinion this CD can even beat any SNZ album. I like SNZ very much and thanks to SNZ as I have had come to know Tom Maxwell and other gifted musician of today like Andrew Bird, Katharine Whalen, Kevin O'Donnel etc. when I have collected my first SNZ CD a few years back.

This CD has also introduced me to the melodious voice of Holly Harding Baddour. The pieces If "You Had Me" and "Samsara" shows that she is equally competent to any female jazz vocalist. Tom Maxwell is a musical genius and there is no doubt about that. He can play not only lots of instruments, but also can sing with sheer confidence. His vocal in "The Uptown Stomp", "Don't Give Me Runaround", "No Body Likes Me" just proves that. His solo gitar "Three Fires Blues" is one of the best solo gitar blues that I have heard. This CD is for mature music lover, but it can also be a great introduction for novice who wants to taste the great jazz music of the old days. This CD is extremely diverse. Flame in My Heart sounds like country music and Some Born Singing by Holly Harding Baddour reminds me as if I am listening to Radio Peking. It is very Chinese indeed.

I thank every musician who has contributed to this album, especially my cordial thanks again goes to the producer of this CD Mr. Mike Napolitano who previously have produced some of the most brilliant albums that I have ever listened and he is still keeping that promise. As a jazz enthusiast, I consider this CD to be a gem in my collection. If I had the opportunity, than I could give this CD six stars. Buy this CD NOW and I promise you will never regret for that.

(Buy also CDs of the gifted musician Andrew Bird, Kevin O'Donnels, Tom Maxwell, Tom «Jimbo» Mathus, Katharine Whalen and of the group Squirrel Nut Zippers, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Kevin O'Donnels Quality Six and other musicians whose name appears on the cover of their CDs. These musicians use to collaborate with each other.)

5 out of 5 stars An excelent and diverse CD!!!.......2001-06-12

Samsara under the ledearship of previous band member Tom Maxwell of the group Squirrel Nut Zippers has lots of elements that one can expect from genres of jazz such as New Orleans Jazz and Classical Jazz. According to my openion this CD can even beat any SNZ album. I like SNZ very much and thanks to SNZ as I have had come to know Tom Maxwell and other gifted musician of today like Andrew Bird, Katharine Whalen, Kevin O'Donnel when I have collected my first SNZ CD a few years back.

This CD has also introduced to me the melodious voice of Holly Harding Baddour. The pieces "If You Had Me" and "Samsara" shows that she is equally competent to any female jazz vocalist. Tom Maxwell is a musical genious and there is no doubt about that. He can play not only lots of instruments, but also can sing with sheer confidence. His vocal in The "Uptown Stomp", "Don't Give Me Runaround", "No Body Likes Me" just proves that. His solo gitar "Three Fires Blues" is one of the best solo gitar blues that I have heard. This CD is for mature music lover, but it can also be a great introduction for novice who wants to taste the great jazz music of the old days. This CD is extreamly diverse. "Flame in My Heart" sounds like country music and "Some Born Singing" by Holly Harding Baddour reminds me as if I am listining to Radio Peking. It is very Chinise indeed.

I thank every musician who has contributed to this album, especially my coardial thanks again goes to the producer of this CD Mr. Mike Napolitano who previously produced som of the most brilliant albums that I have ever listened and he is still keeping that promise. As a jazz enthusiast, I consider this CD to be a gem in my collection. If I had the oppertunity, than I could give this CD six stars. Buy this CD NOW and I promise you will never regret for that.

(Buy also CDs of the gifted musician Andrew Bird, Kevin O'Donnels, Tom Maxwell, Tom «Jimbo» Mathus, Katharine Whalen and of the group Squirrel Nut Zippers, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Kevin O'Donnels Quality Six and other musicians whose name appears on the cover of their CDs. These musicians use to colaborate with each other.)

5 out of 5 stars An excelent and diverse CD!!!.......2001-06-12

Samsara under the ledearship of previous band member Tom Maxwell of the group Squirrel Nut Zippers has lots of elements that one can expect from genres of jazz such as New Orleans Jazz and Classical Jazz. According to my openion this CD can even beat any SNZ album. I like SNZ very much and thanks to SNZ as I have had come to know Tom Maxwell and other gifted musician of today like Andrew Bird, Katharine Whalen, Kevin O'Donnel when I have collected my first SNZ CD a few years back.

This CD has also introduced to me the melodious voice of Holly Harding Baddour. The pieces "If You Had Me" and "Samsara" shows that she is equally competent to any female jazz vocalist. Tom Maxwell is a musical genious and there is no doubt about that. He can play not only lots of instruments, but also can sing with sheer confidence. His vocal in The "Uptown Stomp", "Don't Give Me Runaround", "No Body Likes Me" just proves that. His solo gitar "Three Fires Blues" is one of the best solo gitar blues that I have heard. This CD is for mature music lover, but it can also be a great introduction for novice who wants to taste the great jazz music of the old days. This CD is extreamly diverse. "Flame in My Heart" sounds like country music and "Some Born Singing" by Holly Harding Baddour reminds me as if I am listining to Radio Peking. It is very Chinise indeed.

I thank every musician who has contributed to this album, especially my coardial thanks again goes to the producer of this CD Mr. Mike Napolitano who previously produced som of the most brilliant albums that I have ever listened and he is still keeping that promise. As a jazz enthusiast, I consider this CD to be a gem in my collection. If I had the oppertunity, than I could give this CD six stars. Buy this CD NOW and I promise you will never regret for that.

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