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Across The Crystal Sea - Conducted and Arranged by Claus Ogerman

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
by: Danilo Perez, Claus Ogerman

Release Date August 26, 2008
Well, i only gave it 3 stars because i have only heard clips( i haven't bought it yet) but whati heard blew me away! i just hope the rest doesn't turn into bland,rambling watch the paint dry music. After all we need to hear real music,honest interpretations and observations...and,ok, i'll buy it.

CD-Charts Position 72
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Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 [Blu-ray]

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
starring: Various Artists

Release Date September 30, 2008
This is a one-off recording of a one-off supergroup.
The band line-up is:
Steve Gadd - Drums
Marcus Miller - Bass/Bass Clarinet
Joe Sample - Keyboards
Eric Clapton - Guitar / Vocals
David Sanborn - Alto Sax

This is mostly instrumental, with only vocals by Clapton on a couple of tracks. As you would expect with a crack rhythm section like this the groove generated is fantastic and the opening track 'Full House' demonstrates this amply. Clapton had insecurities about playing with such a Jazz based group of musicians, however he more than holds his own against the prodigious talents of Sample, Miller and Sanborn (not to mention the drummers drummer Gadd).

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CD-Charts Position 73
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The Ultimate Christmas Collection

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
by: Brian Setzer Orchestra

Release Date October 07, 2008
The first thing I did when I received this in the mail was pop in the DVD ~ I have been a fan of Setzers since the Stray Cat days and have seen him play a few times. He is an amazing guitarist and knows how to put on one heck of a show, AND it's all captured on this dvd. The musicians behind him follow suit and are equally as gifted. These guys (and dolls) look like they are having the time of their life and it's contagious. The DVD features swingin' holiday favorites, but Setzer also ventures into some of his rockabilly tunes with Bernie Dresel on drums and John Hatton on bass, making for an outstanding trio performance.

This is a must have for your holiday library of music. The fact that you get this great DVD with the musical ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 74
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Disney's Greatest Vol. 2

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
by: Disney

Release Date February 27, 2001
My kids love to dance to this CD...we play it all day! A great mix of Disney songs!

CD-Charts Position 75
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Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
by: Traffic

Release Date March 19, 2002
I stumbled across this album late (1975) and recall being fairly floored at the time that I was not familiar with it (albeit that I had had John Barleycorn for years prior).

Simply put, Steve Winwood was a genius on the emotive and exploratory edge of electric guitar, something that seems entirely lost to multiple generations of guitarists and listeners. Listen, if you will, to the trailing guitar licks on Light Up or Leave Me Alone and tell me if you don't feel the presence of something 'bigger' than the rest of all the BS garbage guitar work out there these days. And yet listeners who don't, in fact, listen will have no idea what I'm talking about...

Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (the song) sits at a level above Stairway, Gimme ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 76
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Revolutionary [Includes Bonus DVD]

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
from: Telarc

Release Date September 23, 2008
It was a pleasure hearing and watching this brilliant artist with his innovative and creative style. While this CD/DVD is saturated with hunger and ambition, it's also confident and sophisticated. It is a work of effortless symphonic grandeur, beautifully excessive and ornamented with dazzling arrangements.

I can understand why the "purists" give this CD a substandard review - they tend not to think outside of the box.

CD-Charts Position 77
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Astral Weeks

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
by: Van Morrison

Release Date October 25, 1990
I know that this is a classic, I know that it has sold a zillion copies and that it estblished Van as a "great and as an innovator." I know that everybody has covered "Moondance", probably even The New Christie Minstrels.

In spite of all that, I cannot stand it. I am not concerned that it is very much of its time. I am not concerned that it was the start of endless records of two/three chord bashes. I am not concerned that it encouraged Van to play sax, which is not good. No, my dislike is very black and white - I can't BEAR his voice. It's a yes or no thing, I guess. I am sure that it is deliberate but he cannot seem to hold a note for more than half a beat, and his tone is so harsh. Listen to the middle section of Moondance - it would give an elephant ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 78
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Simple Things

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
by: Zero 7

Release Date November 13, 2001
I have never received this item, have tracked it and the post office tracking merely says 'in transit' - but it has been weeks. I have been unable to find any customer service appropriate to this question within Amazon or the Post Office. I am an unhappy customer who is not likely to order from Amazon again. I am familiar with this music and know that I want it, and disappointed Amazon did not deliver what I paid for!

CD-Charts Position 79
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Journey to the West

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
by: Monkey

Release Date September 23, 2008
It's certainly inventive. It sounds like a combination of Asian/Scifi/Dance, sometimes all in one song. Which results in some good songs and some that's just noise. I've never seen the production that this is based, though I'd like to. I did grow up knowing about the story of the Journey to the West and also like Gorillaz so I was really interested in hearing this. It takes some time for it to grow on to you and the more I listen to it the more I like it.

However, I still really can't stand "Confessions of a Pig". It sounds like Zhu Bajie (Pigsy) just grunts in beat. At least that's what it sounds like, I can't make out any words. On the flip side, I really like "Monkey Bee". The music resembles "Clint Eastwood" in the middle and the Sun Wu Kong's (Monkey's) words ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 80
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Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer DVD

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
starring: Jojo Mayer
directed by: Jojo Mayer

Release Date July 05, 2007
Buddy would cry. I'm giving up on drums. There's no more secrets.

And buy this DVD..