Beyond Words

Editorial Reviews
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Vocalist Bobby McFerrin, best known for his pop hit, "Don't Worry, Be Happy," is a talented vocalist and all-around musician. This recording is a true reflection of his genius, and it takes jazz-fusion to another level. Joining McFerrin is the great pianist Chick Corea, with Gil Goldstein on accordion, Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona, Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista, and drummer Omar Hakim. Their music is a 21st-century blend of Return to Forever and Weather Report. McFerrin's superhuman vocalese investigates and invigorates a number of musical genres. Corea's spellbinding piano motifs grace the calypso-like "Invocation." McFerrin and Corea turn in a beautiful duet version of the pianist's waltzing jazz standard, "Windows." "A Silk Road" and "Desert Field" are laced with Afro-Eurasian and Arabic colors. Bona's Jaco Pastorius-influenced bass lines anchor the hip-hop oriented "Taylor Made," named for McFerrin's son, whose human beat-box vocals pepper the track. Bobby McFerrin's voice sings, scats, and constructs a musical language that's understood by everyone. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Album Description
McFerrin's, Beyond Words, is his 12th full-length release and his first on Blue Note Records since 1992's Grammy Award-winning album Play. Like that earlier record, Beyond Words reunites McFerrin with pianist Chick Corea, and is full of the quicksilver, improvisatory flights of musical fancy that have characterized McFerrin's extraordinary career.

Bobby McFerrin: Vocals, Keyboards
Chick Corea: Piano & Keyboards, Gil Goldstein: Accordian & Fender Rhodes, Keith Underwood: Flutes, Taylor: McFerrin: Beatbox, Richard Bona: Bass, Cyro Baptista: Percussion, Omar Hakim: Drums

Tracks:

Invocation
Kalimba Suite
A Silken Road
Fertile Field
Dervishes
Ziggurat
Sisters
Circlings
Chanson
Windows
Marlowe
Mass
Pat & Joe
Taylor Made
A Piece, A Chord
Monks/The Shepherd

Amazon.com

Vocalist Bobby McFerrin, best known for his pop hit, "Don't Worry, Be Happy," is a talented vocalist and all-around musician. This recording is a true reflection of his genius, and it takes jazz-fusion to another level. Joining McFerrin is the great pianist Chick Corea, with Gil Goldstein on accordion, Cameroonian bassist Richard Bona, Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista, and drummer Omar Hakim. Their music is a 21st-century blend of Return to Forever and Weather Report. McFerrin's superhuman vocalese investigates and invigorates a number of musical genres. Corea's spellbinding piano motifs grace the calypso-like "Invocation." McFerrin and Corea turn in a beautiful duet version of the pianist's waltzing jazz standard, "Windows." "A Silk Road" and "Desert Field" are laced with Afro-Eurasian and Arabic colors. Bona's Jaco Pastorius-influenced bass lines anchor the hip-hop oriented "Taylor Made," named for McFerrin's son, whose human beat-box vocals pepper the track. Bobby McFerrin's voice sings, scats, and constructs a musical language that's understood by everyone. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Album Description

McFerrin's, Beyond Words, is his 12th full-length release and his first on Blue Note Records since 1992's Grammy Award-winning album Play. Like that earlier record, Beyond Words reunites McFerrin with pianist Chick Corea, and is full of the quicksilver, improvisatory flights of musical fancy that have characterized McFerrin's extraordinary career.

Customer Reviews:

highly reccomended.......2006-02-02

once, at a concert a woman asked bobby to sing " don't worry, be happy," bobby replied. " lady, i'm an artist..." this record is proof of his talent and mastery of the voice as a musical instrument...the songs are wordless, but you don't miss the words because the sounds he makes have a language all its own and the supporting cast compliments him brilliantly. there is a lot to love about this cd....

Beyond Words.......2005-09-11

Beyond Words, is a well created and good-sounding CD. The vocals are not words, which I did not know when I bought the CD. Nonetheless, the CD is like nothing I have ever heard and has a lot of soul. It took me a little while to get into, as some CDs do, but it was definitely a good buy. Addressing the song selection, well, after about a good half hour you get sick of them, they get rather repetitious. Bobby McFerrin undoubtedly is a skilled musician, his vocal range is extraodinary and his jazz singing, (check out him with Chick Corea) is well unbelievably amazingly spectacular. Back to the CD, some of the songs sound very similar to the Circlesong CD, if you like that, you'll like this too. A tip I have for you considering this CD is listen to the sampler tracks and see if you like it before getting this CD.

Killer Jazz Album.......2004-05-16

Get ready for action. Bobby joins Omar Hakim, Chick Corea, and Richard Bona to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Yum! Your guests will ask, "What in the world is this beautiful music?"

Caught me by surprise.......2003-03-11

I've been a rock fan most of my life, but since I've been playing bass I've been listening to a lot more jazz. I bought this disc because Jazz Times gave it a good review. It's a great jazz album, but I was totally caught off guard by how much I enjoyed the world music aspects of the disc. Bobby's silky smooth lyrics just grabbed me, and the disc is now a permanent resident in my cd-changer.

FABULOUS!!!.......2002-09-21

What a wonderfully perfect CD! This is by far one of my favorites in my CD collection! Great for listening at work and I love listening to this on road trips. My favorite tracks are 4, 6, 12, 14 and 15. It's simply marvelous!

Average customer rating:

Walton: Façade 1 & 2 (complete)

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000AL7
Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

Fae An Entertainment: Fanfare
Fae An Entertainment: 1 Hornpipe
Fae An Entertainment: 2 En Famille
Fae An Entertainment: 3 Mariner Man
Fae An Entertainment: 4 Long Steel Grass
Fae An Entertainment: 5 Through Gilded Trellises
Fae An Entertainment: 6 Tango-Pasodobl
Fae An Entertainment: 7 Lullaby For Jumbo
Fae An Entertainment: 8 Black Mrs Behemoth
Fae An Entertainment: 9 Tarantella
Fae An Entertainment: 10 A Man From A Far Countree
Fae An Entertainment: 11 By The Lake
Fae An Entertainment: 12 Country Dance
Fae An Entertainment: 13 Polka
Fae An Entertainment: 14 Four In The Morning
Fae An Entertainment: 15 Something Lies Beyond The Scene
Fae An Entertainment: 16 Valise
Fae An Entertainment: 17 Jodelling Song
Fae An Entertainment: 18 Scotch Rhapsody
Fae An Entertainment: 19 Popular Song
Fae An Entertainment: 20 Fox-Trot 'Old Sir Faulk'
Fae An Entertainment: 21 Sir Beelzebub
Fae 2: Flourish
Fae 2: 1 Came The Great Popinjay
Fae 2: 2 Aubade
Fae 2: 3 March
Fae 2: 4 Madam Mouse Trots
Fae 2: 5 The Octogenarian
Fae 2: 6 Gardener Janus Catches A Naiad
Fae 2: 7 Water Party
Fae 2: 8 Said King Pompey

Average customer rating:

Startlingly Fresh

Beyond Words
Oregon
Manufacturer: Chesky Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music

Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music

Fusion & World Fusion | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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Customer Reviews:

Startlingly Fresh.......2003-06-12

I have seen Oregon a half-dozen times over the last 25 years. One of those was a trio concert. Frankly, it may have been the best I've ever heard them play.

Yes, of course Oregon fans miss Colin Walcott. Yes, of course the rhythms and (perhaps in Oregon's case, even more importantly) the textures are profoundly changed when they play as a trio without a percussionist. But to claim that this music is somehow without rhythmic intensity or without propulsion is absurd.

This is one of their very best records. I saw their last tune-up concert, 1 day prior to their doing this recording. On hearing this recording, I was astonished at how accurately the recording captured the qualities of their playing. It has a freshness and a bouyancy that few of their other recordings do.

Tracks:

Campfire Stories
Swept Away
Durango Kid
Beyond Words
Serenade
The Bamboo Forest
After The Rain
Southeast Passage
Green
Na Pali Coast

Customer Reviews:

mark proves once again why he is one of modern jazz's premie.......2000-01-08

mark egan has recored a beautiful cd full of lush melodies and crafty production. his bass sings like an angel! highlights include the toninho horta tracks. i hope mark egan and danny gottlieb continue to make music together!

Average customer rating:

Magical!

Beyond Words (Au-Dela Des Mots)
Alan Stivell
Manufacturer: Dreyfus
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music

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Master Serie
Back to Breizh
Explore
1 Douar
The Mist of Avalon

ASIN: B00006BXJP
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

Harp, Water Wind
Celtica & Infinity (A)
Celtica & Infinity (B)
Hark! Merlin's Harp Waketh!
The Young Boy and the Harp
Bleimor, Le Bagad
Gourin-Pontivy
In The Breton Highlands
Music In The Scale of Sorrow
Winter's End
To-Morrow Morn' at Carolan's
The Atlantic Harp/The Tin Route
Celtica & Infinity (C)
Harp, Water, Wind

Amazon.com

Most Americans, even those of Irish or Scottish descent, are unaware that the Celtic world actually consists of six nations: Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Wales, Cornwall, and Brittany (Bretagne in French, Briezh in Breton) in western France. Brittany's ancient folkways were nearly extinct when Jord Cochevelou reconstructed a Breton harp from a wire-strung Irish prototype. His son, Alan Stivell (his stage name is the Breton word for fountain), became a worldwide sensation with Renaissance de la Harpe Celtique in 1972. The talented multi-instrumentalist likes to experiment. His albums have incorporated disparate influences, including African pop and rap, with varying success. But this set is diffused and filmy, pure Celtic Twilight. The harper strums along with the wind and the waves, much as he did 30 years ago. The tunes are pretty and relaxing; it's just that Stivell is capable of so much more. --Christina Roden

Album Description

50 years ago, Alan Stivell brought the long forgotten Celtic Harp back into use, beginning a career that would rouse worldwide interest in Celtic Music. In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the modern Celtic Harp, Stivell has released a mesmerizing new instrumental album, "Beyond Words." The album focuses on Stivell's various harps: some that mirror the ancient versions of the instrument, others that bear elements of the modern electric guitar. With its ancient melodies, Celtic modal structures, and serene soundscapes, "Beyond Words" is a masterwork of a world music legend.

Alan Stivell (All harps, Computer Programming, Keyboards, Percussions, Pipes & Whistles)

Customer Reviews:

Magical!.......2007-02-02

I haven't listened to anything else since I got this CD. It has completely ensnared me, with the same power that Renaissance of the Celtic Harp did 30 years ago. He plays six different harps, including four that he designed and had built, including a "cristal-plexiglas" one. It all works beautifully.

Get it, listen, be carried away.

Average customer rating:

GREAT RECORDING, BUT THE PRICE...

Janácek: Osud (Fate)

Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Czech | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Release Date: 1999-10-26

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Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Free As A Bird I Bask In The Sunshine'
Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Heavens, It's Him!' (Mila)
Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Is It Your Child You've Come For?' (Mila)
Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Sun In The Heavens Up On High'
Osud (Fate): Act I: 'We're Back Too Late' (Zivny)
Osud (Fate): Act I: 'The Sun's Vanished' (Mila)
Osud (Fate): Act I: 'Never Will I Forget This Fleeting Moment!'
Osud (Fate): Act II: 'Slumber On Undisturbed In The Shadow' (Zivny)
Osud (Fate): Act II: 'I Do, I Do!' (Mila)
Osud (Fate): Act II: 'We're Married Now' (Zivny)
Osud (Fate): Act II: 'Mummy, Mummy!'
Osud (Fate): Act II: 'Unspoken Thoughts Go Far Beyond Words' (Mila's Mother)
Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Listen To The Thunder Over The Horizon'
Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Endless The Pain I Must Suffer'
Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Enough Of That!'
Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Mummy, Mummy! Do You Know What Love Is?'
Osud (Fate): Act III: 'People Said It Must Have Been His Falling In Love' (Zivny)
Osud (Fate): Act III: 'Bitter Memories' (Zivny)
Osud (Fate): Act III: 'It Seems To Be So Clear' (Zivny)