CD-Charts Position 181
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Brand Spankin' New

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz Jam Bands
by: Zony Mash

Release Date September 15, 1998
How do you know when you *really* like an album? After you hear it over and over, you start buying other CDs by the same artist. But THEN, you notice that the other CDs are not as good as the first. BUT you loved that first one so much, you just keep buying and buying the artist's work, hoping you'll eventually find another one as good as the first.

After BRAND SPANKIN' NEW, I bought all of the other Zony Mash albums, Wayne Horvitz's solo stuff, and albums by his other bands, The President and Pig Pen. None of them are quite as good as this, but most of them get very close.

CD-Charts Position 182
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Get Organized

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by: James Taylor Quartet

Release Date March 21, 1990
I guess this album has it all. Great songs, great musicians, great sounds. If you've been looking for that classic hammond organ sound, then look no further. Great all round musicianship combined with great music that can only be described as a cocktail of high energy funk and acid jazz. Highly recommended.

CD-Charts Position 183
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Liquid Soul

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by: Liquid Soul

Release Date October 29, 1996
I recommend this CD to anyone who likes jazz.
It's a kind of jazz I like very much, 'cause it's fast and has a good "swing". We have a couple of jazz bands here in Brazil wich plays something like the Liquid Soul style, but I confess Liquid Soul is my favorite at the moment. This CD is always in my car's CD player, and all my friends who have listened the cd approved it as well.

Márcio Barbeto Menezes - São Paulo - Brazil

CD-Charts Position 184
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The Zone

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz Jam Bands
by: Topaz

Release Date October 23, 2001
I bought this CD about six years ago after seeing the band play live at the Pourhouse in Raleigh, NC. My date told me he was taking me to see a jazz band, and not being much of a jazz fan, I reluctantly agreed to go. WOW--I was totally floored by this band. I bought the CD, and to this day I make pretty much everyone who visits my house listen to it. Incredible energy, incredible talent, impossible not to dance along--irresistible to just about every music fan. I even married the guy who took me to that first show--such is the power of this music!

I have also bought "Listen!" and "The Afro Dub Sessions" which are also great, but "The Zone" is their best.

I recommend this disc to anyone and everyone. AND if you are lucky ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 185
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Everything Is Changing

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz Jam Bands
by: Groove Collective

Release Date August 05, 2002
I bought this CD about six years ago after seeing the band play live at the Pourhouse in Raleigh, NC. My date told me he was taking me to see a jazz band, and not being much of a jazz fan, I reluctantly agreed to go. WOW--I was totally floored by this band. I bought the CD, and to this day I make pretty much everyone who visits my house listen to it. Incredible energy, incredible talent, impossible not to dance along--irresistible to just about every music fan. I even married the guy who took me to that first show--such is the power of this music!

I have also bought "Listen!" and "The Afro Dub Sessions" which are also great, but "The Zone" is their best.

I recommend this disc to anyone and everyone. AND if you are lucky ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 186
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Turn It Out

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz Jam Bands
by: Soulive

Release Date February 16, 2001
I bought this CD about six years ago after seeing the band play live at the Pourhouse in Raleigh, NC. My date told me he was taking me to see a jazz band, and not being much of a jazz fan, I reluctantly agreed to go. WOW--I was totally floored by this band. I bought the CD, and to this day I make pretty much everyone who visits my house listen to it. Incredible energy, incredible talent, impossible not to dance along--irresistible to just about every music fan. I even married the guy who took me to that first show--such is the power of this music!

I have also bought "Listen!" and "The Afro Dub Sessions" which are also great, but "The Zone" is their best.

I recommend this disc to anyone and everyone. AND if you are lucky ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 187
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Coolin' Off

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by: Galactic

Release Date February 27, 1997
If you are looking for some great, chill, laid back funk, then this album is it. Galactic really lays down the funk throughout. Pop this CD in the player, roll down your windows, lean back, and enjoy the ride.

CD-Charts Position 188
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Mission Impossible

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz Jam Bands
by: James Taylor Quartet

Release Date July 23, 1996
This CD is fun in a tongue-and-cheek way, but why couldn't JTQ at least break the forty-minute mark? This disc is over before you know it.

CD-Charts Position 189
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V as in Victim

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz Jam Bands
by: Pigpen

Release Date October 21, 2002
This is THE Pig Pen album to own. Miss Ann has some nice stuff, Day Light is okay, and Live in Poland is fun, but "V as in Victim" is just amazing. It's some of the most bizarre "jazz" I've heard (and I like the freaky stuff). There is a nice range of styles here, although the overall tone is pretty dark. Tunes like "V as in Victim" and "Again" are mournful while tunes like "Speech" and "Jazzmaster" are downright vicious.

This is definitely the most skillfully produced of the Pig Pen albums. Day Light suffers from a very compressed, bland palate, and the Live CD is, well, a live recording. The band has never been tighter than on V. The musicians are absolutely inspired throughout.

If you're a fan of Horvitz, John Zorn, Naked City, or ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 190
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Greybreaks, Vol. 1

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz Jam Bands
by: DJ Greyboy

Release Date January 20, 1998
DJ Greyboy always puts out consistently great beats and music that is fun to listen to. This album is no different. To the reference below about A Tribe Called Quest...their album came out long before this album so I wouldn't say they got the beat off track 1 from DJ Greyboy. Also, Tribe uses that beat for "Luck of Lucien" not "I Left my wallet in El Segundo".