With You

Overture (Orchestra)
Not for the Life of Me (Sutton Foster)
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Sutton Foster and Ensemble)
Not for the Life of Me (Sutton Foster, JoAnn M. Hunter, Alisa Klein, Jessica Grove, Megan Sikora, Catherine Brunell and Kate Baldwin)
How the Other Half Lives (Angela Christian and Sutton Foster)
Not for the Life of Me (reprise) (Ken Leung and Francis Jue)
The Speed Test (Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan and Ensemble)
They Don't Know (Harriet Harris)
The Nuttycracker Suite (Orchestra)
What Do I Need with Love? (Gavin Creel)
Only in New York (Sheryl Lee Ralph)
Jimmy (Sutton Foster)
Back at Work (Orchestra with Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan and Ensemble)
Forget About the Boy (Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan and Ensemble)
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life/I'm Falling in Love with Someone (Marc Kudisch and Angela Christian)
I Turned the Corner/I'm Falling in Love with Someone (quartet/reprise) (Gavin Creel and Sutton Foster, Marc Kudisch and Angela Christian)
Muqin (Harriet Harris, Francis Jue and Ken Leung)
Long as I'm Here with You (Sheryl Lee Ralph and Male Ensemble)
Gimme Gimme (Sutton Foster)
Finale (Thoroughly Modern Millie) (Gavin Creel, Angela Christian and Ensemble with Sheryl Lee Ralph and Sutton Foster)
Final Bows (Entire Company)

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Although it's based on the 1967 movie of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie is almost thoroughly new. Composer Jeanine Tesori (Violet) and lyricist Dick Scanlan wrote a whole batch of songs, while retaining a couple from the movie--including the Jimmy van Heusen-Sammy Cahn title tune--and recycling even older material (look for Victor Herbert's "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and the inventively arranged "Nuttycracker Suite"). Miraculously, the show, set during the jazz age, doesn't feel stitched together, and Tesori does a great job cranking out swinging melodies. Sutton Foster is appropriately brassy as Millie, but she can also tone it down, as in the beginning of "Gimme Gimme" (of course, she then proceeds to project up to the last rafters as the song builds to its climax). Harriet Harris, as nasty Mrs. Meers, steals the show with "They Don't Know." Close your eyes, listen to her, and you'll be back in Broadway's golden age. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Musical, But Product Quality - Eh.......2007-07-15

I absolutely love the musical so I'm thrilled with the cd.

My problem was not with the quality of the cd, but with the plastic case. The cd cases always come cracked. Although it doesn't affect the quality of the cd itself, it's rather disheartening that Amazon charges customers for its poor shipping.

MODERNIZE your music collection!!!.......2007-07-13

This is an AMAZING musical and great album. It is sure to jazz-up any music collection! BUY THIS ALBUM NOW!

A must to add to your collection.......2007-05-18

I was very fortunate enough to see this on Broadway. It was one of the best shows I've ever seen! The music has just enough jazz and contemporary vive that any musical lover would enjoy! It's also got tapping in it! Sutton is simply awesome in this role and all of the cast can really belt out their songs. Harriet Harris is phenominal in her role as Mrs. Meers. I highly recommend this to all broadway lovers! It's one to add to your collection!

Delightful.......2006-06-12

The music takes a little bit to grow on you, but boy, does it! It's wonderful, charming, romantic, funny--just like the play itself. I loved almost every song and I was really impressed with "Long As I'm Here With You"-- I thought it was an old song written back in the twenties, because it so sounded like one. The cast is absolutely energetic and endearing, and Sutton Foster just *rocks*. Definitely worth the money.

YOU WILL LOVE IT.......2006-02-17

If you like musicals, you will NOT REGRET purchasing this musical soundtrack. JUST DO IT. It's so great, you will be listening to it forever. I also saw the show at the Kennedy Center in D.C. and it's one of the best I've ever seen. (And I've seen A LOT.)

Have Fun!

Average customer rating:

She does it again
Inga sings and swings

Reverie
Inga Swearingen , and The Bill Peterson Trio
Manufacturer: Rhythome
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B000CAFUKI
Release Date: 2005-06-01

Tracks:

Tiptoes
Black Crow
Reverie
Where Flamingos Fly
Stargazer
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Happy to Be
Sunrise
Stompin' at the Savoy
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
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Product Description

Intimate, beautiful & strong - Inga Swearingen sings and scats with the Bill Peterson Trio on "Reverie" so comfortably that every note, chord, beat and breath will pull you in closer.

Customer Reviews:

She does it again.......2007-01-29

An outstanding follow-up to her debut album, Learning How To Fly. Inga's voice is smooth and accurate while at the same time retaining a sense of intimacy and warmth.

Inga sings and swings.......2006-07-09

A great album of great songs. Inga sings with feeling and is ably supported by the Bill Peterson Trio. 'Black Crow' and 'Just in Time' are exceptional tracks, but then the whole album is superb. Excellent.

Live With the Devil You Know-Grimey's 10-20-06

Average customer rating:

More of an addition to "The Devil You Know"...but still great
Perfect For a Fan
Good, but not the place to start
Not "Hotel Rooms, Part II". Better material, for one thing.

Live With the Devil You Know-Grimey's 10-20-06

Manufacturer: New Door Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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The Devil You Know
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Songs for the Daily Planet

ASIN: B000OPOC6Y
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Looking For A Job
Thin Wild Mercury
The Devil You Know
Just Like Old Times
You Got Away With It (A Tale Of Two Fraternity Brothers)
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Happy New Year into All That Matters (reprise)

Album Description

Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of the Year

#14 Blender's Top 2006

#25 No Depression's Top 60 of 2006

"Top Wiseass... a tough-'n'-tender singer-songwriter who convinces the roadhouse crowd he's a hang-loose rogue. ...the feckless drawl Snider has nurtures is perfect for detailing and embodying `a different kind of American dream.'... ." Robert Christgau, Blender

"the country-folk record of your lit-major dreams: boozy hard-luck narratives complete with rich details and ace jokes...Snider drops scorching bar-band stuff and always keeps it slyly tuneful" Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone

Customer Reviews:

More of an addition to "The Devil You Know"...but still great.......2007-05-31

This doesn't really seem like an album in and of itself...more as a second-disc bonus material that should've been packaged with THE DEVIL YOU KNOW. Still, these seven songs are all great, and Snider's performance is intimate and quirky as always. His songwriting is at its peak...basically, this is an intimate, live acoustic album with a guy and his guitar, telling stories and joking with the audience in between songs. Fans will definitely enjoy this; non-fans should start elsewhere, perhaps with Snider's last effort, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, or any one of his other fine records.

Perfect For a Fan.......2007-05-20

If you are a fan keeping your Todd Snider collection up-to-date this is a great buy.

If you are just discovering Todd Snider, Buy "The Devil You Know" first.

Good, but not the place to start.......2007-05-20

I have to admit that this album, while certainly not bad, is somewhat disappointing. I've been a Todd Snider fan since the release of his first single "Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues" in 1994, and while some of his albums aren't completely solid, each one has at least a handful of keepers that make the album worthwhile. And granted, this one is no exception. There are a few songs here that are easily worth the price of admission, most notably "The Devil You Know," which even manages to improve on the studio version. But there's something missing from most of the performances here. On his previous live album "Near Truths and Hotel Rooms," there is an immediacy and an audience rapport that makes the songs in that performance come alive.

Regardless of your opinion of some of his more "sophomoric" tracks like "Beer Run," the album "Near Truths..." crackles with energy, making it one of the best live albums I've ever heard. I know that Todd Snider has had somewhat of a career resurgence in the past few years, owing to the success of "Nashville Skyline" and "The Devil You Know" (which are, admittedly, two of his best albums). I also realize that part of his newfound success owes to the more serious tone of those albums (although anyone who thinks that Todd Snider has only recently become a "serious" artist probably isn't familiar with early songs like "I Spoke as a Child," "I Can't Complain" or even later-day gems like "Waco Moon").

But those albums, serious as they were, were still spirited and passionate. This E.P., on the other hand, mostly sounds leaden, as if the audience was too reserved or too indifferent to respond to songs that practically demand interaction. And that's too bad. I've seen him live probably a dozen times, and every time I've seen him, including on the tour for "The Devil You Know," the crowd vibe and his performance level were closer in feel to "Near Truths...," that is, energetic and high-spirited. I just wish he'd released one of those shows instead of this one. If you like the songs here, get the album "The Devil You Know." The versions on that album are, by and large, better than the ones here. This album is not bad, but it's definitely not the place to start.

Not "Hotel Rooms, Part II". Better material, for one thing........2007-05-18

At some point in time during the current presidential regime, Todd Snider realized that his considerable story-telling chops could be used for more than just describing the drama of finding a friend's couch to crash on or cataloging the records he listens to. Maybe the turning point came when he got married. Maybe it was when he regained consciousness in that hospital bed. I'd like to think that at least part of it was when he tried to write a political song about "Louie Louie." And succeeded. Because the socio-economic-spiritual-political songs he wrote on last year's The Devil You Know, and delivers here again in a somewhat too dry, acoustic setting, are so genuine and true that they go all the way past Dylan and Prine, and verge on Mark Twain territory.

While the absence of the sympathetic arrangements and skillful playing found on that studio album may initially put you off of these live, solo cuts, by the time he gets to "I'm sure she is/But that's not all she is" in the fourth song, you'll be as deeply into the narrative groove as he is. And if you aren't, I have to wonder if you'll continue as a Todd Snider fan. Because these days, being a Todd Snider fan means being able to sort out the multiple definitions of the word "we" in "We can't just kill what we don't understand", rather than being able to recite all the words to "Beer Run."

Note: The last lyrics he sings to this small Nashville crowd, some of whom he inevitably knows, are "You're all that matters/To me."