Jazz Singing [Import]

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Album Description
Compilation from the preeminent jazz label Verve. 60 tracks on 4 CDs featuring Nina Simone, Cleo Laine, Louis Armstrong, Betty Carter, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O'Day. All the greats together in one package. 1997 release. 4 standard jewel cases housed together in a slipcase.

Jazz Singing, Music, Various Artists, Ballads, Big Band, Bop, Cool, East Coast Blues, Hard Bop, Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jazz Collections, Jazz-Pop, Jump Blues, M-Base, Mainstream Jazz, Mystery / Suspense, Pop, Post-Bop, R&B, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, West Coast Jazz

Learning How To Fly
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Great singing, great jazz.

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Learning How To Fly
Inga Swearingen , and Trio 14
Manufacturer: Inga Swearingen
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAG0ZM
Release Date: 2003-02-01

Tracks:

Learning How To Fly/Fly Me To The Moon
Caravan
The Nearness Of You/Misty
Mood Indigo
Dat Dere
All Blues
Speak Low

Product Description

Inga revives the art of scat-singing, imbuing these jazz standards with a rare vitality.

Customer Reviews:

Great singing, great jazz........2006-07-08

This is a great album from Inga Swearingen ably supported by Trio 14.She sings a wonderful selection of songs, the outstanding tracks being 'The nearness of you' and 'All blues'. Superb jazz on an album that should become a collectors item. Buy it while you can.

Forwarded Review from CD Baby.......2005-12-14

Original Reviewer: Christy Devine * RIM student from MTSU"Home of the largest recording school
Source: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/inga

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Good for the soul and ears. Highly recommended for all music lovers

Refreshing, soothing, and amazing were some to the 1st thoughts that came to mind after listening to this CD. Inga's vocal ability is awesome not to mention very enjoyable to my ears. I highly recommend this album and can't wait for her upcoming projects.

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You'll be disappointed
Pretty good musical mix

Greatest Songs from the Musicals
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Soho
ProductGroup: Music
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Very Best Of Broadway Musicals
Only Broadway CD You'll Ever Need
Ultimate Broadway
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ASIN: B000077JS0
Release Date: 2002-10-21

Tracks:

Aquarius [From Hair] - Steve Brooker, NSO Ensemble, , Caroline O'Connor
If I Can't Love Her [From Beauty and the Beast] - Ethan Freeman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
I Could Have Danced All Night [From My Fair Lady] - Katrina Murphy, National Symphony Orchestra
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? [From The Lion King] - John Barrowman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
What I Did for Love [from a Chorus Line] - National Symphony Orchestra, Catherine Porter, Martin Yates
This Is the Moment [From Jekyll and Hyde] - Gary Mauer, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
All That Jazz [From Chicago] - Paulette Ivory, Julian Kelly, Katrina Murphy, National Symphony Orchestra, Sally Ann Triplett
Impossible Dream [From Man of La Mancha] - Ethan Freeman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
America [From West Side Story] - National Symphony Orchestra
Written in the Stars [From Aida] - Simon Bowman, NSO Ensemble, Sally Ann Triplett, Martin Yates
Mame [From Mame] - Jerry Lanning, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
Some Enchanted Evening [From South Pacific] - Thomas Allen, John Owen Edwards, Philharmonic Orchestra
I Am What I Am [From LA Cage aux Follies] - Janet Glazener, Leslie Uggams
One Song Glory [From Rent] - Sean McDermott, Martin Yates

Tracks:

Phantom of the Opera [From The Phantom of the Opera] - Ethan Freeman, Claire Moore, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
I Dreamed a Dream [From Les Miserables] - National Symphony Orchestra, Jacqui Scott, Martin Yates
Bui Doi [From Miss Saigon] - Ethan Freeman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
As Long as He Needs Me [From Oliver!] - National Symphony Orchestra,
Time Warp [From the Rocky Horror Picture Show] - Anita Dobson, NSO Ensemble, Martin Yates,
Memory [From Cats] - Kim Criswell, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
Why God Why [From Miss Saigon] - Graham Bickley, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
I Know Him So Well [From Chess] - Katrina Murphy, NSO Ensemble, Sally Ann Triplett, Martin Yates
One Day More [From Les Miserables] - National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
Peggy Sue [From Buddy Holly Story] - Dominic Curtis
Empty Charis at Empty Tables [From Les Miserables] - Graham Bickley, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
Dancing Queen [From Mamma Mia!] - Julian Kelly, NSO Ensemble, , Caroline O'Connor
All I Ask of You [From The Phantom of the Opera] - Andrew Halliday, , National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
We Will Rock You [From We Will Rock You] - Martin Yates

Tracks:

It's a Grand Night for Singing [From State Fair] - National Symphony Orchestra
If I Were a Rich Man [From Fiddler on the Roof] - Jerry Lanning, National Symphony Orchestra
I Talk to the Trees [From Paint Your Wagon] - Ethan Freeman, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
Over the Rainbow [From The Wizard of Oz] - Gillian Bevan, , John Owen Edwards, , Royal Shakespeare Company
Bless Yore Beautiful Hide [From Seven Brides for Seven Brothers] - Hal Fowler, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
Grease [From Grease] - John Barrowman, NSO Ensemble, Martin Yates
Woman in Love [From Guys and Dolls] - Gregg Edelman, , Emily Loesser, National Symphony Orchestra
Secret Love [From Calamity Jane] - Debbie Gravitte, National Symphony Orchestra
Quintet [From West Side Story] - National Symphony Orchestra
I Will Always Love You [From the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas] - Salena Jones, John Pearce
Money, Money [From "Caberet"] - Maria Friedman, National Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Pryce
If My Friends Could See Me Now (Sweet Charity) - Jacqueline Dankworth, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
Thank Heaven for Little Girls [From Gigi] - Ron Moody, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates
Singin' in the Rain [From Singin' in the Rain] - Craig Barna, National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Robinson

Customer Reviews:

You'll be disappointed.......2006-09-02

Not the original artists. Very weak versions of beloved songs by marginal to downright bad vocalists.

Pretty good musical mix.......2006-03-10

Lots of great and clear vocals. I was looking for a musical mix and this has a nice sampling of many major songs but also some more recent stuff. I haven't purchased an import before but I would do it again if the opportunity presented itself. It is somewhat annoying to have three cds when I think it could have fit onto two. Still, more than I have complaints, I have compliments about it.

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I wish there were 6 stars
Singing in the shower's like singing in the rain.
How can music so quaint "rock" so hard?
MAKES YOUR FEET TAP AND BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE!
"Sensitive guys who play old outdated tunes"; what a treat!

Singing in the Bathtub
R. Crumb & the Cheap Suit Serenaders
Manufacturer: Shanachie
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ASIN: B000000DSP
Release Date: 1993-04-22

Tracks:

Singing In The Bathtub
Chile Blues
Dream Of Heaven
Suits Crybaby Blues
Collier Medley: Ben Hur March & Napoleon March
Shopping Mall
Yearning And Blue
Hula Girl
Pedal Your Blues Away
La Gima Polka
Sing Song Girl
Home
My Gal Sal
Hano Hano Hawaii

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In the late '70s the Cheap Suit Serenaders--fronted by comix legend Robert Crumb but also featuring fellow old-time music artistes Robert Armstrong, Bob Brozman, Al Dodge, Tom Marion, and Terry Zwigoff (who would later produce a whole film on Crumb)--were the only group around who would even think about still producing 78s. After all, that's where all their favorite music came from. Those platters are now highly collectible, but their albums live on, reissued on CD. Singing in the Bathtub collects some of their best work--humorous originals such as "Suits Crybaby Blues" and plenty of covers of tunes from obscure 78s. Their playing is flawless (you probably haven't heard the steel guitar, banjo mandolin, or musical saw played with such virtuosity as here), the tunes are mostly fun and spirited, and the music styles are varied. In the hands of the Cheap Suits, old-time music is alive and well. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

I wish there were 6 stars.......2006-11-10

This is a great interpretation of some old treasures. The first (title) track will knock your socks off when Bob Brozman comes in with his Resophonic guitar. And there are some new(er) songs in the same vein, especially "Shopping Mall Blues". See also "Chasin' Rainbows". If you don't have both, take the buy-2 deal. You won't be sorry, except that you'll never get some of these out of your head.

Singing in the shower's like singing in the rain........2005-08-31

R. Crumb and the Cheap Suit Serenaders were an "old timey" band fronted by the legendary underground cartoonist. This CD features their third (and last) album, originally titled "Number Three". On this album, the group was expanded from four members to six, which resulted in them having a "fuller" sound. The music here is a lot of fun and it's very well played. The CD is in mono, except for "My Gal Sal", which is inexplicably in stereo. If you enjoy "old timey" music, you will definitely enjoy this CD.

How can music so quaint "rock" so hard?.......2004-10-31

These guys tackled old time music with such enthusiasm, musical talent, and just plain "hep", this collection is entertaining without any sense of feeling like a museum piece. Their talent and pure love of music are unmistakable in the instrumentation and vocal work of these songs. If you think you are too cool to smile and sing along, maybe even dance around a little, then don't buy this cd.

MAKES YOUR FEET TAP AND BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE!.......2003-12-17

An all too forgotten music brought back to life, by this amazing band of well humored and talented musicians. Find modern day albums are sufficently lacking in the playing of a saw?!! well search no further! This CD resurects instruments and music long past, but never out of style. Mr. Robert Crumb has certainly left his mark on this world in very unique ways :)

"Sensitive guys who play old outdated tunes"; what a treat!.......2001-01-18

I have all three of the original vinyl LP albums and thought I'd never get to hear these wonderful tunes again when my turntable broke and I switched to CDs. Crumb & Company complain in their self-mocking Suits Crybaby Blues: "Nobody likes our music, they all want stuff that's loud". Whatever the market may be, this music makes my soul soar. It's not "Camp", that 60s fad where truly bad pop culture was held up as unconscious self-parody. These multi-talented, multimedia artists lovingly render these obscure, high-spirited and quaintly corny echoes from a more innocent era. Naive, a bit goofy, and even somewhat racist in an innocent way ( "Sing Song Girl" portrays cartoonish orientals)this music evokes the enthusiastic rowdiness of an America on a binge. Much like R. Crumb's comix, the stuff may be a bit politically incorrect and even grotesque, but it is raucously entertaining.

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Cliff at his Best
One of the great personalities of the Jazz Age!
Cliff Edwards: A Great Talent!!!
one of the true originals
The Saddest Story

Singing in the Rain
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards
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Release Date: 1995-12-02

Tracks:

Singing In The Rain
The Swetheart Of Sigma Chi
For Me And My Gal
Louise
Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight!
Remember
Minnie, My Mountain Moocher
Sweet Leilani
Ain't Misbehavin'
The Man On The Flying Trapeze
Together
Paper Doll
I'll Buy The Ring And Change Your Name To Mine
Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
It All Belongs To Me
In The Gloaming
I Can't Get The One I Want
True Blue Lou
Hang On To Me
Soft Lights And Sweet Music
Paddlin' Madelin' Home
My Melancholy Baby
I Used To Love You But It's All Over
If I Had You
What A Night For Spoonin'
Good Little Bad Little You
A Song Of Old Hawaii
When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Blues
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Over The Rainbow
St. Louis Blues

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Although Cliff Edwards, also known as Ukulele Ike, was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1920s he is almost forgotten today. He was the first performer to do the classic "Singing in the Rain," he debuted Gershwin's "Fascinatin' Rhythm" in 1924, and he acted in over 100 movies. Unfortunately, he received no screen credit for his most famous role--as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio. His version of "When You Wish Upon a Star" is still the definitive version of that classic song. Cliff Edwards deserves to be remembered, and a good place to rediscover him is on Singing in the Rain, a collection of songs from the 1910s, '20s, and '30s recorded for radio in the early '40s. He accompanies his jazzy vocals with his virtuoso ukulele playing. His performances have a surprisingly modern feel with none of the stilted quality that performers from the '20s can have. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews:

Cliff at his Best.......2007-03-09

Before he was "Jiminy Cricket", Cliff was a great jazz skat singer. These recordings capture his sense of rhythm, range and inventiveness. His range is amazing. He can go from baritone to counter tenor effortlessly.

I've often thought that the Disney drawings of Jiminy Cricket were intentionally made to look like Cliff.

One of the great personalities of the Jazz Age!.......2006-07-27

Wow! Ever since I've watched a few Cliff Edwards movies, I've gotten addicted to his voice. The song selection on this CD is good, and is really a great tribute to him. Still, I was dissapointed to not find the song Night Owl on it. I thought it was really a catchy tune and I would have loved it to be on this CD. It was a song from a musical called Take a Chance, with him(Cliff Edwards), James Dunn, Lillian Roth, June Knight, and Charles(Buddy)Rogers. It's a good movie other than Pinocchio of Edwards's.

Cliff Edwards: A Great Talent!!!.......2005-06-05

Cliff Edwards was a big star in the 20s and 30s. No, he wasn't a handsome crooner and he didn't enter into the Swing movement. His career as a successful singer was too brief. But just listen to this wonderful album from ASV/Living Era. I was captivated by the first song! I was totally entranced listening to his excellent voice and unique style of singing. He can be lighthearted on songs like "Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter?" but he can also put his heart into songs such as "I Can't Give You Anything But Love". Today people think Gene Kelly was the originator of "Singin" In the Rain" but just listen to Cliff sing it! It was his song and a momumental hit for him. He introduced the song in "Hollywood Revue of 1929", an MGM film that was a box office hit. Cliff Edwards had a knack for comedy, after all, he knew he was not the type women would swoon over, but he was a very superb musician and this CD is evidence of his diverse talent. I love this album and I am so glad I have it in my collection of music from the 20s and 30s. Why Cliff isn't given the credit due to him as a innovative musician is a mystery. If you like Jazz from this era, this CD is for you!!! I cannot recommend it highly enough. The notes that Cliff could reach are amazing. He transformed every song he recorded into his own. That shows true artistry. If anyone knows who he is, they know him for being the voice of Jiminy Cricket which he was excellent at but he left behind these superb recordings. From songs with a touch of humour to heart-felt songs all done so very, very well. This CD is seventy-three minutes of great music from a truly gifted musician. Buy it!!! You won't regret it. You will be captivated by his music. I hestitated but I remembered his great performance in "Hollywood Revue of 1929" of "Singing In the Rain". I have come to appreciate and treasure Cliff Edwards' talent so much more from this superb collection of his recordings. I believe that you will too. I would give it six stars if I could but it deserves five stars. Don't hesitate and treat yourself to a talented artist whom you will thoroughly enjoy.

one of the true originals.......2005-05-06

Cliff Edwards, what a talent! Nobody knows who he is anymore, but his music is a segement or original Americana, just listen to this CD and you'll be feeling great. It's a real pleasure to listen to music so stripped down yet lyrical nevertheless. And there are 32 great tracks on this CD (even though they run a couple of minutes each, each one is a gem)! I would love to see a movie made about Cliff's life someday, a true American tragedy. This recording was made from a radio transcription in 1943, long after Cliff had initially made his mark. He was singing "scat' back in the 20's before that style of singing even had a name. And don't forget that he is the voice of Jiminy Cricket ("When You Wish Upon A Star")!

The Saddest Story.......2005-03-04

Wait till you hear the passion and the wit with which Cliff sings the famous Billy Rose number, "The Night Is Young (And You're So Beautiful." I love the optimism and the subtlety of the lyrics, "When the lady is kissable, and the evening is cool, any dream is permissable--in the heart of a fool." Elsewhere the track uses the word "overamorous"--when was the last time you heard that in a song lyric?

Cliff was born in Hannibal, Missouri and had the class to brag that he hailed from the same burg as none other than Tom Sawyer. Like Tom Sawyer, he was a boy at heart. Even his trademark uke had a boyish charm to it, and he could wield it like nobody's business. It is said that at the top of his popularity, music stores were selling ukeleles at a rate of 250 a week, a feat unmatched ever since.

This LP, made in the 40s while Cliff's voice had attained a golden lustre, shows him at his best. It's simple, and unadorned, but you will surely get a tear in your eye when you hear him whisper:

"Like a bolt out of the blue, fate steps in to see you through/
When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true."

It didn't happen for Cliff Edwards, but it can still happen to you.

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Be one of the first "in the know"
A Great Artist, Just Hitting Her Stride
Late Blooming Great Jazz Diva!
Soaring Songbird
This One Sings

How Can I Keep from Singing?
Rene Marie
Manufacturer: MAXJAZZ
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ASIN: B00004SVIM
Release Date: 2000-05-16

Tracks:

What A Difference A Day Makes
Tennessee Waltz
Motherless Child
Four Women
The Very Thought Of You
I Like You
Afro Blue
A Sleepin' Bee
Hurry Sundown
God Bless The Child
Take My Breath Away
How Can I Keep From Singing?

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The national arrival of Virginia-Washington, D.C. singer René Marie is a major event in the jazz vocal ranks. She has passion and technique to spare, and she's willing to try unusual material and fresh approaches. A ballad like "The Very Thought of You" shows her in command of all the traditional virtues, unfaltering pitch and articulation, subtle inflections of her sound, and a personal approach to reshaping melody. She even takes some signature songs and makes them her own, recasting "God Bless the Child" at a fast tempo that takes it out of Billie Holiday's exclusive orbit. She has a sense of a lyric's strength, too, whether it's the potent protest of Nina Simone's "Four Women" or the whimsy of Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's "A Sleepin' Bee."

The musicians are superb, working hand in glove with Marie well beyond the usual accompanying roles, from the Afro-Cuban modal powerhouse "Afro Blue" to the township groove of the title song. Pianist Mulgrew Miller surrounds her voice with the most apt chords, while bassist Ugonna Okegwo, solid throughout, makes a compelling duet of "Motherless Child." "Tennessee Waltz" picks up jazz harmonies from Marie's voice and a strong country-blues infusion from Marvin Sewell's slide guitar, while "Afro Blue" has Marie soaring with Sam Newsome's soprano saxophone, effectively imitating a flute in the process. Marie's also an affecting songwriter, as the uptempo "I Like You" and the sultry "Hurry Sundown" make clear. René Marie is a classic jazz singer, one who sets her standards by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughan but still makes her own statements. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Be one of the first "in the know".......2005-06-15

I found this CD on a "So You'd Like to.." list from someone whose reviews I typically enjoy and was flabbergasted that I'd never heard of Ms. Marie before. She uses her supple voice to assay classics in startingly fresh ways, such as the bluesy "Tennessee Waltz", which includes a brief yodel section (stop cringing, the way she does it it's AMAZING...) or the zippy take on the Billie Holiday chestnut "God Bless the Child".

Marie is helped along here by pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Ugonna Okegwo, guitarist Marvin Sewell, Sam Newsome on soprano sax, and Gerald Cleaver behind the kit with Jeffrey Haynes assisting on percussion.

When I got here there were only 18 reviews, leading me to believe she's still fairly unknown. I borrowed this CD at our local library (God bless 'em) and here's my take:

HIGHLIGHTS:
Marie turns in a buoyant "What a Difference a Day Makes". The bridge alone (featuring Marie's "Harlem yodel" [she blends the blues into it rather than a pure country yodel] and a soaring wordless moan that stretches throughout her range and incorporates vocal trills at times) demonstrates the control Rene has over her voice and the lengths to which old songs may be stretched and remolded into something new. A barebones rendition of "Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child" deftly segues into her take on Nina Simone's "Four Women", makes it a laidback "coffeehouse" arrangement complete with bongo.The desire in her voice is palpable as she begs "Hurry sundown/bring him to my side..". A caffeine spiked version of "God Bless the Child" soars into the ether with a nice solo from Miller and some inspired scatting by Marie. The title hymn is a dancing ode to the power of the current breath...a celebration of life itself. ("No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock I'm clinging/Since love is lord of heaven and earth/how can I keep from singing?") A delicate whisper of a vocal does "The Very Thought of You" proud.

LOWS:
"I Like You" sounds like an attempt at the whimsical imagery of "My Favourite Things" but it's not up to the task. It's not awful...just far from being one of the better moments here. Likewise, I didn't find myself going back to "A Sleepin' Bee".

BOTTOM LINE:
Where have I been that I've been missing out on this woman? Where have YOU been? Recommended.

A Great Artist, Just Hitting Her Stride.......2005-05-01

In the past 4 months I have become a huge Rene Marie fan. I consider "Serene Renegade" and "Live at the Jazz Standard" two of the best albums of the past two years. It's interesting to hear an album like this, released in 2000. It is a 5-star album; it pales only in comparison with the latter two Rene Marie albums. Whereas there she's roaring out of the starting blocks, here she's starting to hit her stride.

A good example of what I mean is the title track, "How Can I Keep from Singing." Here, accompanied by acoustic guitar, soprano sax, and percussion, it is outstanding; on "Live at the Jazz Standard," done a capella, it is out of this world.

Another example: Her original, "I Like You", is witty and has a nifty hook. Her later originals, "Paris on Ponce" and "Rufus Daliarg", are even better.

For me, the two highlights of this album are "Tennessee Waltz". She does this old chestnut as a blues, with a "yodel" at the bridge. When you think of the song's lyrics, it works as a blues. This is the most creative cover on the album; her latter two albums are full of creative covers, however.

And 5 stars to any singer who does the Nina Simone classic, "Four Women." This is the most under-covered classic around, undoubtedly because it doesn't work unless a Black woman singer sings it. But still, the last time I heard it covered was by a folk duo, Hedge and Donna, more than 30 years ago. Ms. Marie is sensational on this tune.

I also have to tip my hat to her cover of "God Bless the Child". I wouldn't think I'd like this song done as an uptune; but her scatting here is likewise sensational.

Bottom line: if you're a Rene Marie fan, you must have this. If you are a fan of jazz singing, you should have this. Highly recommended. RC

Late Blooming Great Jazz Diva!.......2003-06-08

I enjoy listening to this new songtress. Ms. Rene Marie has a very pleasing silky smooth Jazz voice and she does great homage to the popular songs of the past, but I would like to hear her do more originals. She needs to record some songs to make own, songs that would be known as Rene Marie songs. I myself have some songs that I wrote that could help her out in that respect if she or her management were interested. All they need do is contact me at: bluesboy@his.com. In any case good luck to her with her career and I shall keep listening.

Soaring Songbird.......2002-12-23

In reverse it was. I got "Vertigo" first, because that was the only one the store had. I was so in love with Rene's voice and vision that I just had to get her previous album. "How can I..." is almost better than the follow-up. They are similar in their greatness: Great musicians, innovative arrangements ("Afro Blue" and "God Bless the child"), and superb compositions by Rene, such as "I like you" and "Hurry Sundown." Rene has got to be one of the best jazz talents around today. Her improvisations are quite original and surprising, her vocal control is simply breathtaking, her compositions and arrangements of trad Jazz tunes is highly creative. Who would have taken "God bless..." at such a fast-paced tempo, when it always has been a ballad? Or, "Afro Blue" given a world-music dress? Her voice itself is also a wonder to behold. She can blare out like a perfectly controlled wind instrument at full volume, or she can whisper you into ecstasy with perfect timing and elastic phrasing on the ballads.Thank goodness she came out of her musical retirement. The music world is better thanks to her.

This One Sings.......2002-03-23

Read the reviews, press releases etc... then buy it, you won't be disappointed. She rates right up there in quality and presence. A really wonderful talent.

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He's at it again

Blue Mongol
Roswell Rudd
Manufacturer: Sunny Side
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ASIN: B000B6TR48
Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Behind The Mountains
Steppes Song
Djoloren
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Buryat Boogie
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American Round
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Honey On The Moon

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Blue Mongol recording is an extension of a 2004 concert that featured Rudd with Asian musicians from Mongolia, the mountainous country that lies between Russia and China, where the art of throat singing has flourished for thousands of years. That unique vocal tradition - called hoomei by the indigenous people -- consists of overtones and harmonic resonances created by channeling air through the human vocal folds and out through the lips, creating strange (to our ears) octaves, low drones, and high-pitched, woodwind-like tones, which enable the vocalist to sound more than one note at once (think Rahsaan Roland Kirk). The Mongolian musicians are lead by throat singer and multi-instrumentalist Battuvshin Baldantseren: a virtuoso on the limbe bamboo flute, Ikh Khur horse-head bass and khomus Jaw harp, singer Badma Khanda, Dmitry Ayurov on the Morin Khur horse-head fiddle, iochin dulcimer player Kermen Kalyaeva and Valentina Namdykova on the yatag zither and the lute! -like Khalmyk Dombr. Rudd calls their music "art folk, because it combines the sophistication of conservatory, western training with the indigenous performance style of their long history."

Customer Reviews:

He's at it again.......2005-10-15

Following up on the spectacular critical and commercial success of Malicool, a unique encounter between West African traditional kora-based string music and North American jazz, Roswell Rudd goes even farther out, melding Western improvisation with traditional Mongolian throat-singing and folk stylings.

And the results yield a unique amalgam, even more wonderfully strange than his previous effort.

For me, this intersection of various world folk musics with jazz sensibilities produces some of the most exciting music on the scene today. It started with Egberto Gismonti, continued with Andy Narell, and goes forward with Jan Garbarek, Omar Sosa, Safa, Peter Epstein, Miguel Zenon, Yusef Lateef, Lingua Franca, The Intercontinentals, Jenny Scheinman, Dhafer Youssef, Nguyen Le, Roberto Rodreguez, Jean-Pierre Mas, Rita Marcotulli, Vijay Iyer, Guillermo Klein, Pago Libre, Michael Wolff, Will Calhoun, Ben Allison, Fraser Fifield, and a host of others too numerous to name.

The key consists in retaining the authentic aspects of each music, even as both are decoded and put together in new and unforeseen ways.

Case in point: "Buryat Boogie," a fiftyish-sounding boogie-woogie seamlessly grafted onto the Mongolian steppes that comes out sounding both bizarre and completely familiar. The title cut clinches the deal. Here a traditional blues is placed in such an unlikely setting as to nearly deconstruct it, yet it all comes out as almost inevitable. Perhaps even more astounding and weirdly glorious is "American Round," an amalgam of "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer," and "Amazing Grace." Do you know of more evocative music? I don't. And I doubt I'll ever encounter it. And don't forget "Honey on the Moon," a Rudd composition that sounds so authentically eastern that one could hardly be blamed to think of it as a lost oriental folk classic.

Bottom line: Full monty mysterioso ur-folk magically melded with American jazz--something no person with minimal aesthetic sensibilities should miss. More advanced aesthetes will drop everything and purchase same post-haste.

Average customer rating:

Beautiful album by excellent musicians.
This CD is My TREASURY!!

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Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003FU7
Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

The Piano: The Promise - A Bed Of Ferns
A Room With A View: O mio babbino caro
La Strada
Black Orpheus: Manha de Carnaval
Sleepless In Seattle: When I Fall In Love
Singin' In The Rain
The Last Temptation Of Christ: With This Love
The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
Out of Africa: Adagio (From Clarinet Concerto)
Sophie's Choice: Love Theme - I'll Never Leave You
West Side Story: Somewhere
Spartacus: Spartacus Love Theme
Once Upon a Time in America: Once Upon A Time In America (Deborah's Theme - Cocky's Song)
Bagdad Cafe: Calling You
Schindler's List: Theme From Schindler's List
Philadelphia