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Various: Hollywood Swing & Jazz
by Mark Corroto
In today’s movie soundtrack market, the word is “hype.” Hype, hype, and hype. This week’s flavor, usually a pubescent boy act, is packaged as the soundtrack to the latest teen slasher film. Before the movie comes to theatres, MTV has the video, Burger King the action doll, and junior wants a T-shirt. I’m sorry but I’m ...
Various: In His Own Sweet Way: A Tribute To Dave Brubeck
by Mark Corroto
The standard I apply to critique a recording is twofold: 1) determine what the artist(s) set out to accomplish with the recording, 2) decide whether they were successful. Employing the test: yes, this is a Dave Brubeck tribute, and no, for most artists involved, they didn’t capture the spirit of Brubeck. But, interestingly I think the ...
Various: Celebrating the Music of Weather Report
by Ed Kopp
The 31 musicians who appear on this tribute album deliver upbeat yet shifty interpretations of compositions by Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter and the parade of musicians who comprised Weather Report from 1970 to 1985. Those paying tribute constitute a fusion who's who. For starters, there's Joe Sample, John Scofield, the Breckers, David Sanborn, Dennis Chambers, Andy ...
Various: Frett'n the Blues: Best of the Great Blues Guitarists
by Ed Kopp
Chicago,The Blues,Today! is the indispensable CD for any music fan interested in an overview of ‘60s Chicago blues. That said, Frett’n The Blues is a decent sampler, too, and a good buy considering it delivers 77 minutes of classic blues on one CD.With 21 cuts lifted from some of Vanguard’s finest ‘60s recordings (including ...
Various: Best Of Dixieland
by AAJ Staff
With a title like Best Of Dixieland I had to check this one out. It is an older CD (1987) but what a gem! I like the idea of starting the tracks out with the legands of Dixieland ie: Kid Ory, George Lewis and Louis Armstrong and then progressing to the “newer" dixie style bands that ...
Various: Blow'n the Blues: Best of the Great Harp Players
by Ed Kopp
With my 44th birthday staring me in the face, I recently decided to do something I’d contemplated since my teens: I decided to learn the harmonica.It wasn’t any special love for the instrument that finally motivated me to take up the harmonica. Rather, I had reached a brick wall while trying to hone my ...
Various: Knitting On The Roof
by Glenn Astarita
Sholem Aleichman’s smash hit musical, “Fiddler On the Roof” was one of the longest running musicals on Broadway, if not the longest! Here, the Knitting Factory as part of their ongoingJewish Alternative Movementseries present, Knitting On The Roof. With this project, The Knit’s well-known roster of talent along with other artists such as “The Residents” who ...
Various: Chicago, The Blues, Today!
by Ed Kopp
If you're looking to own a single blues compilation, Chicago The Blues Today! isn't a bad choice. Recorded in 1965 as three separate albums, this music introduced legions of white rock fans to the electric blues, a genre that was largely unknown outside the ghetto neighborhoods of Chicago's South Side. Vanguard has gathered the three recordings ...
Jazz Moods: Groovin' The Blues
By Various
Label: Concord Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Someone Else Is Steppin' In; Funk Pie; The Silver Strut; Down Home Blues; Cold Duck Time; Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On; Old Funky Gene's; Your Mind Is On Vacation; Blues For Sam Nassi; Back In The Day; Wild Women (Don't Have The Blues);
Coca Cola: Hits Of The 90's
By Various
Label: EMI Finland
Released: 1999
Track listing: Show Must Go On; Are You Gonna Go My Way; I Can't Dance; Nothing Compares 2 U; Old Before I Die; Higher Ground; Ordinary World; Still Got The Blues; Weather With You; Right Here, Right Now; Lemon Tree; Beetlebum; Go West; Wannabe; Baby One More Time; Get Down (You're The One For Me); Can't Help Falling In Love; U Can't Touch This; Unbelievable; Everytime We Touch; Sleeping Satellite; Ice Ice Baby; Beyond The Invisible; Adiemus;
