Secret Door

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Kitty Gill loves children and has always wanted to bring children closer to their hearts. She believes this is possible through music, which is why she has created Pixie Sage, a magical character that enters into children’s dreams and helps them solve their problems. Secret Door, a collection of songs sung by Kitty, Pixie Sage, and her daughter, Adina, are for children ages 9 months-8 years. Kitty has been writing songs professionally for 20 years.

Her songs have appeared on The Olsen Twins’ CD, Brother for Sale which hit the Billboard’s Heatseekers Album Chart in 1992, and again on their second CD, I Am the Cute One. Her compositions are also featured on Early Ears, a CD compilation for children ages 0-6 from BMGKidz. And Kitty has written songs for Mondo Book Publishing, a children’s educational publishing company. From a young age, Kitty has received awards for her songwriting.

In 1987, her song, He’s So Right, received The Abe Oleman Scholarship Award for excellence in songwriting from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, as well as publication in Sheet Music Magazine. She also received Certificates of Merit from the American Song Festival in 1982 and 1983.

In addition to being a songwriter, Kitty is a couples and family counselor, and was a teacher at the Fleming School in New York, where she taught French and music. From there, she branched out into storytelling, and then started writing children’s songs. What is Secret Door? Secret Door is a collection of songs for children ages 9 months to 8 years, written and performed by Kitty Gill. Some other performers include her daughter, Adina, and Pixie Sage, a character created by Kitty who embodies "the mind, heart, and soul of a child."

The CD is a magical musical arrangement for children and adults alike, featuring songs that address experiences that children often don’t have words for, such as anger, fear, sleeplessness and love. In between the songs, there are short skits and conversations between Kitty and Pixie Sage. Jane Margolies of Offspring Magazine called it, "a rousing collection of songs by Kitty Gill that kids will want to listen to over and over (and their parents won't mind)."

Secret Door is now being played on WPKN.FM 89.5 in Bridgeport Conn. on the first, third and fifth Saturday of each month, from 6 to 8:45AM. She is appearing live on Dave Zinovenko’s show "The Carousel." on April 29th , and May 6th, with future air dates to come. In the works is a book about the adventures of Pixie Sage, as well as a Pixie Sage doll.

Album Description
Secret Door is a collection of songs ages 9 months to 8 years, written and sung by Kitty Gill. It is a magical, musical arrangement of songs That addresses experiences that children often don't have words for.

Tracks:

Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
Summertime
I Could Write a Book
It Never Entered My Mind
I Can Cook Too
Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please
If I Loved You
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Thou Swell
I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
There's No Business Like Show Business
South American Way

Tracks:

Shall We Dance
Ohio
Luck Be a Lady
Mack the Knife
There's a Small Hotel
Once in Love with Amy
Yodel Blues
Lazy Afternoon
There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love
You're Just in Love
Now Is the Time

Tracks:

Impossible Dream
Love Makes the World Go 'Round
Try to Remember
Put on a Happy Face
I Say Hello
Happiness
She Loves Me
What Kind of Fool Am I?
Shy
Consider Yourself
Poor Little Person

Tracks:

Magic to Do
They're Playing My Song
I Don't Know How to Love Him
I Won't Send Roses
Good Morning Starshine
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
Hard Candy Christmas
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
Won't You Charleston with Me?
Applause

Tracks:

Phantom of the Opera
Memory
On My Own
Muddy Water
How Could I Ever Know
American Dream
I Know Him So Well
Dr. Jazz
Me and My Girl
Suddenly Seymour

Tracks:

Mamma Mia!
Popular
Seasons of Love
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
Whatever Lola Wants
Crazy
How Deep Is Your Love
Stars
People Like Us
I Go to Rio

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Nostalgia Trip
Sweet and Sublime
The aural equivalent of Truffaut's films: humane, touching.

Music for Films of Francois Truffaut

Manufacturer: Nonesuch
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Nostalgia Trip.......2005-09-24

Helps you remember these great and atmospheric movies. Only Nino Rota writes better movie music.

Sweet and Sublime.......1999-06-13

"La valse de Francois T" makes my heart want to burst. Never has sweet melancholia been so sweetly and lyrically expressed. This entire album is a godsend, but "La valse" - it is something else, far beyond my power to convey.

The aural equivalent of Truffaut's films: humane, touching........1998-10-03

Hitchcock had Bernard Herrmann, and Spielberg has John Williams, and Francois Truffaut had Georges Delerue. "Jules and Jim" jauntily evokes the delicious problems of one woman in love with two men. With "Shoot the Piano Player" you can almost see Charles Aznavour in his seedy Paris cafe. And most gloriously, for Truffaut's Oscar winner as Best Foreign Film, "Day for Night," Delerue composes a chorale that celebrates the endlessly repetitious, endlessly varied rituals of filmmaking. A wonderful collection of themes from nine films (plus "La valse de Francois T."), performed by the London Sinfonietta under the direction of Hugh Wolff.

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My favorite of the "Istanbul Oriental Ensemble" discs
Captures Arabian/Ottoman beauty, dreamily.
One of Burhan's best!
amazing
Totally enjoyable!

Sultan's Secret Door
Burhan Öçal
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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

My favorite of the "Istanbul Oriental Ensemble" discs.......2005-10-19

I own three recordings by this version of the band and the "Sultan's Secret Door" is by far the most mature of the three. The songs have a seamless flowing quality that's missing in so much Middle Eastern music. As a couple reviews note below, the group very successfully introduces elements of Jazz and other Western techniques without compromising the musical whole. I've heard many would be officianadoes of Turkish gypsy music bad mouth Ocal on account of the fact that he holds dual Swiss/Turkish citizenship - or over the fact that he's "ripping off" gypsy music. This arguement against innovation is ill informed and severly misdirected. It's like saying that the Beatles were not a very good band and that they didn't really do much for rock'n'roll. But politically correct scholarship is trendy the world over and probably won't die out anytime soon.

If anything, more eastern ensembles should listen to this record and learn from it!

Captures Arabian/Ottoman beauty, dreamily........2003-10-23

Arabian flavour signifies Turkish music and culture.But, European influence gives it a difference from other middle-eastern cultures and musics.It isn't as rigid in its rhythm as Bellydance music, and nor is it as contemplative as Sufi music.
Long stretches of improvisation and mood (always Turkish scales, not jazz), where instruments (percussion,clarinet,oud,violin etc...) enjoyably drift in and out of each other, inevitably find their way into distinctive rhythmic melodylines.You can hear each instrument's texture so clearly, thanks to great production and highest quality instruments -which are played amazingly well.This music is hypnotic because it just 'flows'.There's no sense of effort, despite it being virtuosic.It perfectly fits the Arabian fantasy-world imagery from films and stories, aswell as being authentic folk music.
For a Turkish cd that is back to back melodylines, "Gypsy Rum" and "Caravanserai" would be better choices.But for a cd that shares the catchy parts between long sequences of Turkish mood, this one is perfect.
I'm glad Burhan Ocal didn't keep this secret as well as the Sultan had intended to.

One of Burhan's best!.......2002-04-20

I became so enamored of the music of Burhan Ocal and other Turkish musicians that I felt compelled to take a trip to Istanbul this spring. Of all of the albums that led to this musical odyssey, this was the one most responsible. "The Sultan's Secret Door" is compulsively listenable and absorbing, each track an imaginary set piece taking place at the Sultan's court. The infectious rhythms and rich melodic tapestry capture the spirit of a time (the reign of Suleyman I) and place (Topkapi Sarayi) perfectly. You're on a magic carpet, and Burhan Ocal is the geni that makes it fly. An experience not to be missed.

amazing.......2001-05-11

I love Burhan Ocal..Again a very nice cd by him....No more words...Try to listen it......

Totally enjoyable!.......2000-06-15

This CD is the next best thing to seeing Burhan Ocal and his band perform live. The songs are great, and the excellent sound quality really brings them to life. Percussionist Burhan Ocal is a master finger drummer, and the other members of the band play excellently on mostly traditional instruments such as the oud and the quunun. The violin on track 2 add a very nice touch. There's good balance between the more festive numbers (tracks 1, 2) and the mellow ones (track 3). Highly recommended.

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The best!

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The best!.......2006-08-11

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